Luminary Labs LLC, NH
@luminarylabsxr.bsky.social
Professional Unity Developer, Writer, and Historian
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I Blew My First XR Gig. Here’s the Proposal System That Actually Lands Contracts.
A Developer’s Guide to Landing Contracts (Without the Business Degree)
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Finally got around to writing this, its been on my mind for a while. Getting contracts in game/app development in XR isn't easy. This is my 🤏memoir/guide to help you through this challenge.
#indie #XR #VR #AR #Entrepreneurship #softwaredevelopment #gamedevelopment
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#indie #XR #VR #AR #Entrepreneurship #softwaredevelopment #gamedevelopment
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Thought some Unity 6 devs might find this helpful with recent API changes...
#indiegamedev #gamedev #unity6 #unitygameengine #Cs
#gameoptimization #gameperformance
#guide #UnityAPI
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#indiegamedev #gamedev #unity6 #unitygameengine #Cs
#gameoptimization #gameperformance
#guide #UnityAPI
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Unity 6: FindObjectByType Guide
FindObjectByType<Type>() methods are among the most useful functions in Unity 6, but they should be used with care and caution. These…
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November 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Thought some Unity 6 devs might find this helpful with recent API changes...
#indiegamedev #gamedev #unity6 #unitygameengine #Cs
#gameoptimization #gameperformance
#guide #UnityAPI
medium.com/@simon.swart...
#indiegamedev #gamedev #unity6 #unitygameengine #Cs
#gameoptimization #gameperformance
#guide #UnityAPI
medium.com/@simon.swart...
medium.com/@simon.swart...
Started learning Rust - will be posting updates on Medium. If you aren't a medium member, and want to read the article, just send me a message and I'll get it to you.
#Rust #RustLang #LearnRust #BorrowChecker #CodeOwnership #MemorySafety #SystemsProgramming #BackendDev
Started learning Rust - will be posting updates on Medium. If you aren't a medium member, and want to read the article, just send me a message and I'll get it to you.
#Rust #RustLang #LearnRust #BorrowChecker #CodeOwnership #MemorySafety #SystemsProgramming #BackendDev
Learning Rust — Part 1 — Ownership Basics (and our first Rust app)
Let’s learn Rust — the easy way!
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November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Started learning Rust - will be posting updates on Medium. If you aren't a medium member, and want to read the article, just send me a message and I'll get it to you.
#Rust #RustLang #LearnRust #BorrowChecker #CodeOwnership #MemorySafety #SystemsProgramming #BackendDev
Started learning Rust - will be posting updates on Medium. If you aren't a medium member, and want to read the article, just send me a message and I'll get it to you.
#Rust #RustLang #LearnRust #BorrowChecker #CodeOwnership #MemorySafety #SystemsProgramming #BackendDev
Finally got around to writing this, its been on my mind for a while. Getting contracts in game/app development in XR isn't easy. This is my 🤏memoir/guide to help you through this challenge.
#indie #XR #VR #AR #Entrepreneurship #softwaredevelopment #gamedevelopment
open.substack.com/pub/luminary...
#indie #XR #VR #AR #Entrepreneurship #softwaredevelopment #gamedevelopment
open.substack.com/pub/luminary...
I Blew My First XR Gig. Here’s the Proposal System That Actually Lands Contracts.
A Developer’s Guide to Landing Contracts (Without the Business Degree)
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Finally got around to writing this, its been on my mind for a while. Getting contracts in game/app development in XR isn't easy. This is my 🤏memoir/guide to help you through this challenge.
#indie #XR #VR #AR #Entrepreneurship #softwaredevelopment #gamedevelopment
open.substack.com/pub/luminary...
#indie #XR #VR #AR #Entrepreneurship #softwaredevelopment #gamedevelopment
open.substack.com/pub/luminary...
More updates coming tonight!
SGR Update #1
Super Galaxy Runner is another weekend project style game - I'll come to it here and there but I am pushing to actually get it out this time - so many in progress games - time to bring a simple one to the finish line. PC and VR.
#indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #gamedev #indie #games
Super Galaxy Runner is another weekend project style game - I'll come to it here and there but I am pushing to actually get it out this time - so many in progress games - time to bring a simple one to the finish line. PC and VR.
#indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #gamedev #indie #games
October 31, 2025 at 5:29 PM
More updates coming tonight!
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Second in my series on becoming a pro in C# and Unity.
#programming #unity #gamedev #tutorial #learning
Second in my series on becoming a pro in C# and Unity.
#programming #unity #gamedev #tutorial #learning
Lesson 2 — Variables, Methods, and Scope in C#
The shape of small programs in C# and Unity
open.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Second in my series on becoming a pro in C# and Unity.
#programming #unity #gamedev #tutorial #learning
Second in my series on becoming a pro in C# and Unity.
#programming #unity #gamedev #tutorial #learning
SGR Update #1
Super Galaxy Runner is another weekend project style game - I'll come to it here and there but I am pushing to actually get it out this time - so many in progress games - time to bring a simple one to the finish line. PC and VR.
#indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #gamedev #indie #games
Super Galaxy Runner is another weekend project style game - I'll come to it here and there but I am pushing to actually get it out this time - so many in progress games - time to bring a simple one to the finish line. PC and VR.
#indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #gamedev #indie #games
October 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
SGR Update #1
Super Galaxy Runner is another weekend project style game - I'll come to it here and there but I am pushing to actually get it out this time - so many in progress games - time to bring a simple one to the finish line. PC and VR.
#indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #gamedev #indie #games
Super Galaxy Runner is another weekend project style game - I'll come to it here and there but I am pushing to actually get it out this time - so many in progress games - time to bring a simple one to the finish line. PC and VR.
#indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #gamedev #indie #games
We are creating a free app called CycleTracker. Completely local data tracking (your data is never public or sold) with gender neutral views in-app (trans inclusive). The app like others that already exist, will predict and record menstrual cycles based on daily check-ins and display on a calendar.
October 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
We are creating a free app called CycleTracker. Completely local data tracking (your data is never public or sold) with gender neutral views in-app (trans inclusive). The app like others that already exist, will predict and record menstrual cycles based on daily check-ins and display on a calendar.
Working on a series of games that I hope to release on Steam in the future based on old school classics - this first one is called Witch's Tower - and here is a sneak peak at the initial game loop I prototyped with help from my partner.
#iindiegamedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiegame
#iindiegamedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiegame
September 22, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Working on a series of games that I hope to release on Steam in the future based on old school classics - this first one is called Witch's Tower - and here is a sneak peak at the initial game loop I prototyped with help from my partner.
#iindiegamedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiegame
#iindiegamedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiegame
Oh - and Chapter 3 also just went up - Preoptimizing Code for AI
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#gamedev #indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #vibecoding #vibecodingforunitydevelopers #unity #unitygamedevelopment
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#gamedev #indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #vibecoding #vibecodingforunitydevelopers #unity #unitygamedevelopment
Vibe Coding For Unity Developers — Chapter 3 — Preoptimizing Code For AI
A continuation of Chapter 2 — Leveraging Sequence Systems for Enhanced Vibe Coding
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July 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Oh - and Chapter 3 also just went up - Preoptimizing Code for AI
medium.com/@simon.swart...
#gamedev #indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #vibecoding #vibecodingforunitydevelopers #unity #unitygamedevelopment
medium.com/@simon.swart...
#gamedev #indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #vibecoding #vibecodingforunitydevelopers #unity #unitygamedevelopment
Vibe Coding for Unity Developers Chapter 2 - Now on Medium
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#gamedev #indiegamedev #vibecoding #vibecodingforunitydevs #unitydevelopment #unitygamedevelopment
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#gamedev #indiegamedev #vibecoding #vibecodingforunitydevs #unitydevelopment #unitygamedevelopment
Vibe Coding for Unity Developers 2 — Leveraging Sequence Systems for Enhanced Vibe Coding
The first step in making code to prompt LLM’s with is making highly modular, decoupled scripts. This alone, however, comes with its…
medium.com
July 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Vibe Coding for Unity Developers Chapter 2 - Now on Medium
medium.com/@simon.swart...
#gamedev #indiegamedev #vibecoding #vibecodingforunitydevs #unitydevelopment #unitygamedevelopment
medium.com/@simon.swart...
#gamedev #indiegamedev #vibecoding #vibecodingforunitydevs #unitydevelopment #unitygamedevelopment
Starting the audio-book/podcast version of my Vibe Coding book on Substack, just the introduction for now - but definitely more to come:
Doing the audio recordings myself - feedback appreciated!
simonswartout.substack.com/p/vibe-codin...
#gamedev #podcast #vibecoding #indiegamedev #gamedevelop
Doing the audio recordings myself - feedback appreciated!
simonswartout.substack.com/p/vibe-codin...
#gamedev #podcast #vibecoding #indiegamedev #gamedevelop
Vibe Coding For Unity Developers -Introduction
Today we introduce the concept of Vibe Coding, and its place in software development today.
simonswartout.substack.com
July 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Starting the audio-book/podcast version of my Vibe Coding book on Substack, just the introduction for now - but definitely more to come:
Doing the audio recordings myself - feedback appreciated!
simonswartout.substack.com/p/vibe-codin...
#gamedev #podcast #vibecoding #indiegamedev #gamedevelop
Doing the audio recordings myself - feedback appreciated!
simonswartout.substack.com/p/vibe-codin...
#gamedev #podcast #vibecoding #indiegamedev #gamedevelop
Just put out a set of videos timelapsing the creation of an aspect of our Hub World environment in Wind Rider that we are pretty proud of. The videos are linked in the comments below.
#indiegamedev #gamedev #timelapse #environmentbuilding #gamedevelopment #satisfying
#indiegamedev #gamedev #timelapse #environmentbuilding #gamedevelopment #satisfying
July 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Just put out a set of videos timelapsing the creation of an aspect of our Hub World environment in Wind Rider that we are pretty proud of. The videos are linked in the comments below.
#indiegamedev #gamedev #timelapse #environmentbuilding #gamedevelopment #satisfying
#indiegamedev #gamedev #timelapse #environmentbuilding #gamedevelopment #satisfying
New chapter up on Medium!
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#indiegamedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment #vibecoding #programming #unity #unity3D
medium.com/@simon.swart...
#indiegamedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment #vibecoding #programming #unity #unity3D
Vibe Coding for Unity Developers 2 — Leveraging Sequence Systems for Enhanced Vibe Coding
The first step in making code to prompt LLM’s with is making highly modular, decoupled scripts. This alone, however, comes with its…
medium.com
July 13, 2025 at 7:05 AM
New chapter up on Medium!
medium.com/@simon.swart...
#indiegamedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment #vibecoding #programming #unity #unity3D
medium.com/@simon.swart...
#indiegamedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment #vibecoding #programming #unity #unity3D
Writing a book to solidify and distribute my knowledge on vibe coding - currently releasing it chapter by chapter on medium - I will be posting these articles here for free! :
medium.com/@simon.swart...
#indiegamedev #gamedev #gamedevupskill #vibecoding #programming #AI #ChatGPT #GithubCopilot
medium.com/@simon.swart...
#indiegamedev #gamedev #gamedevupskill #vibecoding #programming #AI #ChatGPT #GithubCopilot
Vibe Coding for Unity Developers — A New Guidebook for Game Development
I am writing this brief article to introduce a book that I am currently writing called Vibe Coding for Unity Developers — I will be…
medium.com
July 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Writing a book to solidify and distribute my knowledge on vibe coding - currently releasing it chapter by chapter on medium - I will be posting these articles here for free! :
medium.com/@simon.swart...
#indiegamedev #gamedev #gamedevupskill #vibecoding #programming #AI #ChatGPT #GithubCopilot
medium.com/@simon.swart...
#indiegamedev #gamedev #gamedevupskill #vibecoding #programming #AI #ChatGPT #GithubCopilot
Writing a book to solidify and distribute my knowledge on vibe coding - currently releasing it chapter by chapter on both medium - I will be posting the medium articles here:
medium.com/@simon.swart...
medium.com/@simon.swart...
Vibe Coding for Unity Developers — A New Guidebook for Game Development
I am writing this brief article to introduce a book that I am currently writing called Vibe Coding for Unity Developers — I will be…
medium.com
July 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Writing a book to solidify and distribute my knowledge on vibe coding - currently releasing it chapter by chapter on both medium - I will be posting the medium articles here:
medium.com/@simon.swart...
medium.com/@simon.swart...
youtu.be/MLwlUe-1iwA
Yes, we've been vibe-coding to accelerate our workflow.
www.gamedev.net/blogs/entry/...
Here's an article briefly explaining the workflow that I put together along with the video.
Enjoy! 😁
#gamedev #indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #unity #vibecoding #unityeditortooling
Yes, we've been vibe-coding to accelerate our workflow.
www.gamedev.net/blogs/entry/...
Here's an article briefly explaining the workflow that I put together along with the video.
Enjoy! 😁
#gamedev #indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #unity #vibecoding #unityeditortooling
Rapid Prefab Placement -- Unity Vibe Coding w/ VS Code - Accelerate Your Dev Pipeline
YouTube video by SimonSDev - Luminary Labs
youtu.be
June 27, 2025 at 6:35 AM
youtu.be/MLwlUe-1iwA
Yes, we've been vibe-coding to accelerate our workflow.
www.gamedev.net/blogs/entry/...
Here's an article briefly explaining the workflow that I put together along with the video.
Enjoy! 😁
#gamedev #indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #unity #vibecoding #unityeditortooling
Yes, we've been vibe-coding to accelerate our workflow.
www.gamedev.net/blogs/entry/...
Here's an article briefly explaining the workflow that I put together along with the video.
Enjoy! 😁
#gamedev #indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #unity #vibecoding #unityeditortooling
Wind Rider Alpha is live! Formerly Disc Golf VR, with immersive visuals, refined disc physics, and a practice range. Testers get early builds, auto-updates & Discord news. Sign up (Meta email): forms.gle/9rHfTmqhUd6K...
#gamedev #gamedevelopment #metaquest3 #metaquest2 #indiegamedev #VR #XR
#gamedev #gamedevelopment #metaquest3 #metaquest2 #indiegamedev #VR #XR
June 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Wind Rider Alpha is live! Formerly Disc Golf VR, with immersive visuals, refined disc physics, and a practice range. Testers get early builds, auto-updates & Discord news. Sign up (Meta email): forms.gle/9rHfTmqhUd6K...
#gamedev #gamedevelopment #metaquest3 #metaquest2 #indiegamedev #VR #XR
#gamedev #gamedevelopment #metaquest3 #metaquest2 #indiegamedev #VR #XR
🚨WE NEED VR ALPHA TESTERS🚨
I would like to invite you to be a member of the Disc Golf VR testers group! Completely volunteer basis, so obviously feedback is not required, but IS greatly appreciated!
Contact me for more details on how to become a tester today!
#indiegamedev #gamedev #VR #MetaQuest
I would like to invite you to be a member of the Disc Golf VR testers group! Completely volunteer basis, so obviously feedback is not required, but IS greatly appreciated!
Contact me for more details on how to become a tester today!
#indiegamedev #gamedev #VR #MetaQuest
May 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
🚨WE NEED VR ALPHA TESTERS🚨
I would like to invite you to be a member of the Disc Golf VR testers group! Completely volunteer basis, so obviously feedback is not required, but IS greatly appreciated!
Contact me for more details on how to become a tester today!
#indiegamedev #gamedev #VR #MetaQuest
I would like to invite you to be a member of the Disc Golf VR testers group! Completely volunteer basis, so obviously feedback is not required, but IS greatly appreciated!
Contact me for more details on how to become a tester today!
#indiegamedev #gamedev #VR #MetaQuest
I’m excited to share that Disc Golf VR is officially in Alpha on Meta Quest! Our practice range lets you huck discs between a handful of goals, hone your throw, and help us nail the physics. DM me to join the playtester channel and shape the next courses.
#VRGaming #MetaQuest #Playtest #DiscGolfVR
#VRGaming #MetaQuest #Playtest #DiscGolfVR
May 8, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I’m excited to share that Disc Golf VR is officially in Alpha on Meta Quest! Our practice range lets you huck discs between a handful of goals, hone your throw, and help us nail the physics. DM me to join the playtester channel and shape the next courses.
#VRGaming #MetaQuest #Playtest #DiscGolfVR
#VRGaming #MetaQuest #Playtest #DiscGolfVR
Add a touch of post processing and glossed up the Disc Golf starting hub!
#indiegamedev #gamedev #unity #gamedevelopment #indiegamedevelopment #VR
#indiegamedev #gamedev #unity #gamedevelopment #indiegamedevelopment #VR
April 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Add a touch of post processing and glossed up the Disc Golf starting hub!
#indiegamedev #gamedev #unity #gamedevelopment #indiegamedevelopment #VR
#indiegamedev #gamedev #unity #gamedevelopment #indiegamedevelopment #VR
We started putting assets on the Unity Asset Store in January and I'm humbled to have received so many downloads (now exceeding 1000!). Excited to continue growing this sector of our company and offering top quality assets to Unity creators!
#unityassetstore #unityassetstorestats #unity #gamedev
#unityassetstore #unityassetstorestats #unity #gamedev
April 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
We started putting assets on the Unity Asset Store in January and I'm humbled to have received so many downloads (now exceeding 1000!). Excited to continue growing this sector of our company and offering top quality assets to Unity creators!
#unityassetstore #unityassetstorestats #unity #gamedev
#unityassetstore #unityassetstorestats #unity #gamedev
Okay the shader on this disc and its customization interaction feels pretty good. I'd like to make the effect appear more varied and give property control - but for now - it's a good start and I love the flexibility while playing.
#DiscGolfVR #indiegamedev #gamedev #metaquest #discgolf #gaming
#DiscGolfVR #indiegamedev #gamedev #metaquest #discgolf #gaming
April 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Okay the shader on this disc and its customization interaction feels pretty good. I'd like to make the effect appear more varied and give property control - but for now - it's a good start and I love the flexibility while playing.
#DiscGolfVR #indiegamedev #gamedev #metaquest #discgolf #gaming
#DiscGolfVR #indiegamedev #gamedev #metaquest #discgolf #gaming