Weekly Update Post (29/12/25)

First of all, I hope everyone had a good Christmas or if you don't celebrate, just a good week in general. I saw Patreon's got a new weekly newsletter post format so I figured I'd try it out for this weeks update post.

New Content

First of all, whilst I said I'd be taking most of this week off, I ended up getting bored and decided to just work on some stuff anyway so I have some stuff to report back on. This might mean next week's report won't be as busy, since I'll be waiting for my prescription.

First of all, I finished animating and writing Ellin the receptionist's scene, something I started in November. Because of this change, some of the earlier parts of the scene don't utilise the lens focus as much, but I don't think this affects the quality of the scene at all. I also finished writing the end of the quest and when designing the quest reward, I decided to give the xp level up item system a small rework. I've replaced the player's level up item, essence of origin, with new exp books, one for each class. Instead of a level, these items will give the player a set amount of experience. This experience is increased once the player has Ellin's Bookmark, a quest reward for completing Ellin's quest.

Whilst I've finished a lot of new content for the adventurer's guild for the upcoming patch, I've decided I still want to add one last big quest. Similar to the last E rank quest in which you help Lyra with a mission, this quest will be available after getting enough guild reputation and will then transition into the eventual D-rank promotion exam. Similar to before, the D rank promotion exam won't be available yet and will instead be something set up for future patches. This last big quest I'm adding is going to involve the player stepping in and helping a local "Bannerbound" Team, a sport that's played throughout Eldaria. It's going to feature a new area, the Caldrithian Bannerbound League arena, where players can visit and perhaps find a hidden achievement somewhere. I'm currently in the middle of writing and making this quest and it's taking a bit longer than others since it involves me creating a whole new area and several new named NPCs.

What's Left

As for what's left this update, I've decided to push Qingyan's companion quest back a patch. This is since it's both going to take a while to animate her scene and also due to the amount of adventurer's guild content next patch, it makes sense to have it all as it's own patch. So as for what I have left to finish this patch, first is finishing the aforementioned quest as well as adding all of these quests to the notice board. Next I need to animate the patreon exclusive scene, which at this point is tied in voting between Fubuki - Nyssa and 2B - Freya. If the votes are still tied or similar by the time I get around to animating the scene, I'll settle on Fubuki - Nyssa, since that one was a suggestion from one of you guys and 2B Freya was something I thought of. I will however be making 2B Freya the next scene though to compensate for this.

Looking to the Future

As you can see from the thumbnail, there's plans for a new character to be added too, however this won't be next patch but the patch after. Before I even started making this game, I saw a boat called "The Pirate Princess" and for some reason that name stuck with me as a character I could use. Whilst trying to make a quest which utilised the upgraded shovel, I had the idea of creating a Pirate treasure hunt and then whilst thinking of what reward I could make, I realised this would be the perfect time to add this character. The idea behind the Pirate Princess is that she will be a class leader for a new Pirate class that the player can unlock. She doesn't have a name yet and whilst I've put the idea out to super supporters for a suggestion, I still haven't decided upon one yet. I spent a while making the model and am happy with what I ended up with, however she won't be added to the game this upcoming patch, as I'd like to release her with at least one scene. Additionally, I haven't settled on a final structure for the pirate class and at this point am thinking of making the class somewhat of a bruiser type. Somewhere in between the tankiness of the Knight class and high damage agility focused Clown class. If you have any ideas, let me know either down below or anywhere else.

I also plan to rework Bat's first scene for the patch after this, potentially making some minor visual tweaks on her 3d model as well. I'm not sure how I feel about the bright pink skin, as it both contrasts quite a bit with her in game 2d sprite, as well as the typical image of a bat monster girl people might have. I'll be sure to ask you guys what you think about any changes I make before going through with them however.

Finally, as you may have seen from a poll the other day, I'm testing the waters on a small dialogue rewrite for Sylvie, particularly her first quest. After reading some reviews on several sites, I've seen a lot of people really don't like her as a character. Whilst I understand this can be down to preference, upon re-reading her earlier dialogue, I've noticed she is maybe a bit too harsh towards the player and although she softens up during her companion quest, this initial impression could turn a few players off of her. I'll add her rewrite to the things planned for next patch since once again, I'd like this upcoming patch to focus solely on the Adventurer's Guild.

Personal

Like I said earlier, I hope you've all had a good holiday season, whether you celebrate or not. This week, I went to see family and just did usual Christmas things. Since I was spending the day down at extended family this weekend, I only managed to catch the last 10 minutes of Arsenal vs Brighton on my phone and did so nervously, watching us barely hold onto a 2-1 lead. Kind of scared going forward since I imagine city are going to spend big in January, however it's good to see Gabriel back. As for NFL, I watched a bit of the Christmas day Lions vs Vikings game with my brother and it was honestly a bit sad of an end of the season for Detroit, watching Jared Goff choke against the vikings 3rd choice quarter back or whoever was playing. As for music, I'll continue the tradition of shouting out an album/artist each week so this week I'll shout out an older album, Ants From Up There by Black Country New Road. From 2022, I re listened to it for the first time in a while and remembered just how good of a song "The Place Where He Inserted the Blade" is. Genuinely might be one of my favourite songs of all time and although it's 7 minutes long, it feels like 3 which i think is a sign of it being a good song.

Final Note

So to wrap things up, all that's left for this patch is the final adventurer's guild quest and some finishing touches for all of them, as well as the Patreon scene which, unless voting changes dramatically, will be Fubuki-Nyssa. The patch after will include Qingyan's companion quest, as well as a new class and class leader who is yet to be named. For the final time, I hope you've all had a good Christmas and I wish all of you the best heading into the new year. Thanks to all of you for supporting the game so far and here's to hoping 2026 will be an even better year for Zero to Harem Hero.

-Z2HH Dev