Weekly Update Post (22/12/25)

Hope you've all been enjoying the new update and enjoying the festive season so far. Todays weekly update post might be a bit earlier than usual, but for me it's technically monday already so I figured why not post it now. As for content, I've actually got quite a bit to announce despite the patch releasing a few days ago, however I'll probably be taking most of next week off since it's Christmas after all.

New Content - Adventurer's Guild

This week I've been busy getting started with some of the content for next patch which should be a pretty big one. One thing I finished this week was the writing for Vaela's scene which the player will get at the end of their Adventurer's Guild promotion exam. I also added even more adventure guild requests, bringing the total of new adventure guild quests coming next patch, to 7. One of which is the promotion exam, another is an Ellin (the receptionist) focused quest and then 4 new E-rank quests and a new F-rank quest too.

New Content - Qingyan

Additionally, I've started making Qingyan's companion quest and am about to get started with animating her scene. As you can see from the screenshot, Qingyan undergoes a couple of changes during this quest, such as scales growing on her thighs, neck and face, as well as her sclera turning black. Whilst the black sclera is to do with narrative moment during the quest, I might keep the scales for future content with her. One thing I have to say, is creating the scale texture to put on her took way longer than it should have. Due to koikatsu lighting or something, I cannot get that shade of blue on her scales to be any lighter and it took me about 5 hours of trying to finally figure that out. I'll also say, that Qingyan's scene is going to take longer than most to make, since her tail is pretty annoying/finicky to work with.

New Content - Other

Also this week I've been making some new achievements and sprinkling them throughout the world for people to find. Whilst I don't want to spoil them, I'll let you know about one of them so you have an idea as to what these achievements will be like. After finishing the quest, Royal Ruse, players will now be able to access the royal chambers at any point. By interacting with the closet in there, players will find a pair of the Queen's panties. You'll then get presented with the choice, take them or leave them? Each option will have it's own corresponding achievement, "Royal Linen" in the case you take them, or "Royal Restraint", in the case that you don't. Each achievement will be worth the same in terms of the points system which I plan to add at some point in the future. One thing I'm deciding on right now is where to put this achievement tracking & reward system. I'm thinking maybe somewhere in the player's house, or perhaps in a separate isolated building altogether, but I'm not sure yet. If any of you have ideas, let me know down below or in the discord.

Additionally, one of the quest rewards from one of the new adventure guild quests is an upgraded version of the shovel, the tool which you can use to discover the hidden hole in Crownreach park. I plan on having certain unlockables/secrets that you can find by having this shovel, but currently I haven't thought of anything yet. Again, if you have any ideas let me know since it really helps.

Planned for next patch

On top of this adventurer's guild update, qingyan companion quest and new achievements, I'm hoping to be able to get out a new patreon scene for you guys, as well as that Bat girl scene rework which i promised before. Since there's a lot of content already, Bat might get pushed back a patch since as it stands I still have 3 full scenes to animate and write, which take a while. I also might make a couple visual tweaks to her model, so expect some polls in the future testing the waters for a couple different designs. As for the patreon scene, I'll come up with a few ideas and then submit a poll for you all to vote on. I'll probably only include characters who don't yet have a patreon scene and also aren't getting a scene this patch.

Personal

Once again I'll keep the personal section small and since it's a few days away, I'll share a couple things I've got on my Christmas wishlist because why not. My bluetooth earbuds broke, so that's the main thing I've been asking for. As well as that, I've asked for a couple of vinyls including Getting Killed by Geese since I wasn't able to get a copy on release due to limited numbers. Add on to that a bottle of whiskey and some new furry crocs and that just about completes my list. I'll continue the tradition of shouting out a musical artist and so for this week I'll shout out MJ Lenderman. He's been one of if not my favourite artists for a bit now, at least since Manning Fireworks came out. Makes indie singer songwriter slightly country stuff and his lyrics are always pretty interesting to listen to, at times even funny.

Final Notes

So all in all, quite a productive half week I've had since releasing 0.1.6. I'll be working on some stuff today and then after that I'll be taking most of the next week off. If there's enough to report back on I'll make a weekly post next week, but if you don't see one it will probably be because there's not enough news to make one about. Thanks as always to you guys for supporting the game and I hope you've been enjoying the latest patch. I've been wondering what people's thoughts are on this new patch compared to the Halloween one so let me know if you've played both, which you've preferred. Have a happy Christmas if you celebrate and if you don't, I wish you all the best too.

-Z2HH Dev