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Project W Post: February 2025

Another Project W Wednesday has arrived 🥳️

We've got the next batch of infographics on the wonderful world of lumulle life. However, don't get too excited when you see the last image! It's about lumulle clothing style, but unfortunately you as the MC will spend most, if not all, scenes in a work uniform. It's not like OL2 where you'll get to design an outfit. You will get to customize your body type/skin tone/head accessories/etc., though.

The reason for this is that in Project W your MC will appear as a sprite in the normal art style! Yes, it won't limited to a simple doll icon anymore. Because it will be drawn in a more complex art style, the trade off is that we can't let players have dozens of clothing options to go over different body types and everything. So, your outfit will be one thing that's decided for you. But you can certainly imagine or eventually make fanart of how you'd like your MC to dress during their off hours using these hot style tips!

Lumulle Info Part 2:

These creatures might be born with a very similar base, however lumulles have endless options for self-expression. For starters, their entire bodies are living planters. A lumulle can chip holes into their outermost layer and place seeds inside to grow from scratch or existing foliage can be grafted onto them and continue to thrive. It’s typical for lumulles to cultivate plants on their head to create a “hairstyle”.

But it doesn’t have to be limited just to that! Anything that can grow on dirt or stone can also grow anywhere on a lumulle. Lumulles love to have plant "accessories" or "enhancers" on their arms, neck, etc.

However, lumulles are made of a flexible clay-type substance, it's not the same texture as raw earth. Lumulle’s skin is comparable to handmade pottery, it takes very well to being painted. They can apply paint like it's human-style makeup and/or they can add decals like non-permanent tattoos.

Lumulles traditionally wear colorful hanging cloth or clothes that are simply knotted to stay in place. Lumulles usually don’t want their body to be restricted or unable to breath/feel the sun. Some lumulles don't wear any clothing, choosing to keep large sections of their body covered in plants they’ve grown. However, lumulles who live in towns developed by humans might follow the buttoned-up clothing style that humans themselves dress in.

(Project W is set in a more historical time period, comparable to late 1800s/early 1900s)

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Now that's fun. I think players will create a lot of lovely MCs with this basis for the species. And you'll get to meet plenty of charming lumulle NPCs with all sorts of style, too.

We'll be back again next month to continue revealing the mysteries of these magical creatures 💖

Infographic Artist: talentlesshuman

[To read further about this project, you can click the "Project W" tag on this post to see a list of every post about it!]

Comments

I love this concept so much! Now I'm getting really excited for the "character creator"

Konoi Kurozora

Thank you, I look forward to that. 🧑‍⚕️🧑‍🎨

Psykes

Woah cool!

Theo (icon by Xianiyi on Twitter)

That will explained in next month's post!

GB Patch

The outer layer can crack and blacken if it gets burned.

GB Patch

Ooh that's so cool. How does scarring work? If you're made of clay, what happens if you get burned?

Theo (icon by Xianiyi on Twitter)

to add: strawberry head!

tina

mushroom head! mushroom head! mushroom head! mushroom head!

bigpointyhat

Thinking about chipping the outermost layer to create floral hairstyles, makes me wonder, "what does the lumulles do to heal themselves?" If a lumulles wants to just have a smooth head after, let's say a decade, of having a full bush of hair on top, or even what happens if an arm or leg is broken? Would they go back to where they are born in the soil to collect clay and use a spatula fill in the cracks or shape a new limb?

Psykes

this looks really cool!! i'm loving the idea of planting hair omg

carcinoguts

Omg that's so fun!! I'd love to interact with characters like that, it'd be nice to see what wildly different perspectives they have on human gender. And probably also humans with different perspectives on Lumulle gender. I can imagine a lot of interesting scenes, both fun and angsty. All this worldbuilding is so inspiring!!

Bunni89

Haha, yes. It's very common for lumulles to use certain gendered human clothing styles because they like them or think it's more "professional" without actually identifying as that gender.

GB Patch

Yes, it is!

GB Patch

dragon snap braids, tulip Bantu knots, long weeping begonias, oml the possibilities 😭

killjinx

i'm already obsessed wsbdhjewjrt AAAAAA

Sammiebee

Is the long purple hair wisteria? because that'd be seriously awesome!!

kaleidoscopeMediator

We can have FLOWER HAIR!!!!!!!!! 😍🥰😍😍

Anna Bia

Also I think it would be fun if that character still has the genderless Lumulles default identity. "Oh golly no, I'm not a man! I just love the aesthetic!"

Bunni89

Omg this is even better than expected!! I love the variety of options and the cute personalities you conveyed through the example characters. I think I'll pick the flower hair for my own MC, but I also love the vibes of that fancy moss beard gentleman. Immediately sells the appeal of seeing Lumulles who are more or less integrated into human society. So much potential for cool designs!

Bunni89

love love love

theoktony

Flower hair?! So cute!

Flightwings

These are so cute!! I am super hype for more updates on this 😊

BoboSan16

This looks so lovely!

Allison

omg like a chia pet

✧ ✦ e g g i ✦ ✧

As a ceramist, I am enchanted by theses creatures! It makes me happy to read about pottery, clay and nature <3

Ohana

I am a simple person, when I am given the option of flower/plant hair, pottery people and flowy clothes, I love it I am SO hyped for this game I wanna make an MC design :DDD

Firefly Arts (formerly holybreadstick)

they are so cute ♥ I already have an idea of ​​what my character would look like: the long purple hair and the leaf "dress" in the middle

locke 281

Positive by the way, I hope I managed to get that across.

Saturn Nine

I don't usually comment (because I'm shy) but this concept is SO?????

Saturn Nine

omg as a potter i love the pottery description!!!

Rina

Oh my god I can have flowers hair?! Plant based looks? 1800/900 setting? I'm in love with it already.

Cheese-And-Rice, Mooney

You don't understand how obsessed I am with these beauties!! 😭😭😭🌺

Lonely_Mermaid

Flower hair! Always fun ^^

Lily the Litten


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