News 20.05.2025
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Hello, witches and wizards!
Another ten days of development are behind us, and once again we're ready to share what the team has been working on lately. The long-awaited release of patch 0.12A is getting closer — and, as always, we’re here to give you a progress update, current milestones, and a look at what’s coming next.
Let’s start with the art preview (available in the next post).
This time, you can see one of Susan’s new polaroid photos. She’s lying in a revealing pose — but this time, it’s no accident. Susan knows she’s being watched, and she’s clearly enjoying every second of posing for the camera.
Now onto the main news!
At the beginning of last week, we finished implementing the full logic for Act 2, Chapter 3. Internal testing began immediately after, and by Friday, we had completed the first full playthrough of the chapter with one of the waifus. During that test, we found and fixed various bugs, made improvements, and polished things up. By the end of the process, the chapter was fully playable with that waifu.
Since some scenes change depending on which waifu the player has chosen, we’re currently testing the chapter with the remaining characters. At the time of writing, it’s already playable with two waifus, and testing with the others is underway.
This next phase should go faster than the first playthrough, as a part of the underlying logic is shared across different waifu routes. Most major bugs have been fixed, so the base structure is now working reliably.
This Monday, we hosted a private team playthrough on an internal stream, open to all team members who wanted to participate. The goal was to gather fresh feedback, discuss the flow of the chapter in real-time, and note any necessary adjustments.
In the second half of the week, we plan to release a test build with the latest changes on our Discord server, available to all patrons with the Cannoneer tier or higher — this will help us gather more feedback before final preparations for release.
Currently, a few pieces of artwork are still missing from the chapter — art tasks for them were created during testing. Most of them are already complete and in the final stages of implementation.
There’s also one fullscreen scene that hasn’t been integrated into the game yet. Adding this scene is one of our top priorities for this week.
We also plan to include a Live2D animation for that scene, so that both a static and animated version will be available on release day. However, if the animation isn’t finished in time, it will be added later in patch 0.12B, or one of the upcoming hotfixes for 0.12A.
What’s left to do to finish patch 0.12A? (some of the main tasks at the moment)
1. Continue testing and bug-fixing.
2. Add expressions and gestures to all chapter dialogues, to make the interactions feel more alive.
3. Insert the missing fullscreen scene.
4. Add the remaining artwork into the game.
5. Perform final full playthroughs to ensure build stability and apply final tweaks. >;D
What’s next on our schedule?
1. Continue testing and fix as many bugs as possible.
2. Host another internal team-wide playthrough on Thursday to gather more feedback.
3. Implement all adjustments based on internal test results.
4. Prepare a test client for a wider audience (including eligible patrons).
5. Add facial expressions and character gestures while inserting the last art pieces and the fullscreen scene.
6. Move on to the next top-priority task based on the build status at the time.
That’s all for today, friends! We truly appreciate you staying with us and supporting the development through your donations and feedback. Thank you so much!
We’ll meet again very soon in the next news update. Until then, take care and don’t forget to enjoy life!
Peace to everyone✌
Yours,
Sad Crabs.
Now it's poll time!
We regularly run polls among our supporters to better understand the audience's preferences for
Innocent Witches. This time, we’d like to ask your opinion on a rather specific topic: how do you feel about the idea of "sharing" female characters with other in-game characters — male or female (including scenes that could be perceived as NTR-style content)?
This type of content might involve, for example, asking a character to do something explicit in front of others, or even entering into a physical relationship with someone other than the main character. It could be presented as a text description, a monologue, or as fully illustrated scenes.
We want to emphasize that if this kind of content ever gets added, it will be strictly optional and only appear if chosen by the player.
Please vote or leave a comment below — it helps us gauge how fitting this direction would be within the game.
- I like the idea — the thought of one or more of "my" characters doing this is actually exciting.
- I don’t mind it, but it’s not something I personally care about.
- I’m not into this, but if it’s fully optional, I’m fine with it.
- I’m totally against it — I don’t want this kind of content in the game.
- Just want to see the poll results.
I like the idea — the thought of one or more of "my" characters doing this is actually exciting.
33 %
I don’t mind it, but it’s not something I personally care about.
12 %
I’m not into this, but if it’s fully optional, I’m fine with it.
42 %
I’m totally against it — I don’t want this kind of content in the game.
9 %
Just want to see the poll results.
4 %
310 Stimmen insgesamt
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