✍️ Zendaria’s Corruption – 0.5.0 Devlog | Week 5 (Patreon)

This week was a bit chaotic. I was quite busy, so development progress wasn’t as large as I would have liked. Still, some important steps were taken.

🎨 Hand-Drawn Art Transition

For the next update:

All AI-generated Zendaria images will be made 100% by hand

The introduction of Micah and Gina will be illustrated

The transformation into Mikaria will also be fully hand drawn

As always, I’ll be sharing progress and previews here in future devlogs.

✍️ Story Planning & Direction

I used a couple of days this week to focus purely on writing and planning.

Defined a clearer approach for how the story will continue

Expanded narrative direction in Agua Fría

Evaluated pacing between Solitude, Agua Fría, and Crystal Reach

It’s unlikely that we’ll get new content for Willo’wisk in this update. Agua Fría is taking more time than expected, and I don’t want to neglect Crystal Reach either.

🐻🐲 Boss Content & Bad Ends

Added bad ends for:

Bear Milf

Bear Dilf

Fire Dragoness

Only a few final details remain, and this entire questline will be fully completed.

I also don’t want Agua Fría to consume the entire update, since I need to continue progressing the main story, including pending arcs like the Vortex Club.

🎬 New Combat & Cinematic Animations

Added new animations:

Earth Buff

Earth Buff 2

Powerdown Curse

⚔️ New Special Weapons

Golden Dragon Sword

Maerra’s Fang

🧍 Cyrus – Character Conclusion

This week, I fully finalized the new Cyrus storyline, giving him a definitive conclusion.

A significant amount of time went into:

Expanding his dialogue

Adding deeper interactions

Making sure he feels like a fully realized character

I didn’t want him to end as just another NPC that accompanies us briefly. He deserved proper development and closure.

🎯 New Class – Bounty Hunter

Added the “Bounty Hunter” class.

Designed primarily for Cyrus

Possibly usable for future NPCs

Not player-selectable

Skills:

Marked Shot

Close Range Takedown

Crippling Slash

Dirty Finish

Bounty Claimed

This class is built around pressure, execution, and tactical finishing.

That’s everything for this week.

Sorry again that this devlog is a bit shorter than usual.

As always, thank you very much for your support 💜