✏️ Zendaria’s Corruption 0.6.0 — Week 9 Devlog (Patreon)

🎀 Frostwatch Bimbo Virus Flashback

This Sunday, I finally started working on the Bimbo Virus flashback in Frostwatch.

I decided to add it directly into the main quest. I think it is taking a really good shape. This way, before leaving for the kingdom of Coronado, players will be able to see what happened with Joan during the Frostwatch incident. It will be a little small (There is not too much to tell, Joan infecting the population haha) but I hope you like it!

😈 New Important Characters

There will also be new important characters based on some Discord recommendations.

During the main quest, there will be a small piece of succubus content.

I will not explain too much about it yet to avoid spoilers, but I think it fits very well with the direction of the story right now.

🗺️ +1000 New Map interactions!

This week I worked on something that ended up taking much more time than I originally expected

Since almost all of Thamora was still missing these small interactions, I had to dedicate around four full work sessions only to this feature. It may sound like a small thing, but this is one of the details I like the most in our game.

Players will be able to interact with almost any object in Thamora and read Mikaria’s thoughts about them. This includes objects inside towns, houses, important buildings, roads, quest areas, and many other places across the continent.

I know this took a lot of time for something that maybe is not as flashy as a new quest or a new Bad End, but I really think it helps make the world feel much more alive.

And luckily, it is almost finished now.

❄️ Thamora Side Content Progress

Officially, all the new content for these areas is now finished:

Nuevo Agua Fria

Vortex Club

Cold Nook

As I said before, this update does not have a huge amount of new main quest content, but I really like how this version is ending up. Thamora now has many more things to do.

I think this update gives the kingdom a much better sense of completion before we move forward to the next area.

🎨 New Handmade Pixel-Art Portraits

This week, we are also start preparing a new batch of handmade pixel-art portraits.

This time, Cyrus is receiving his portrait.

Since Cyrus becomes playable for a while during his questline, I think he definitely deserves to have a proper portrait.

Soon, Tomoko will also receive one. For now, the plan is to focus handmade pixel-art portraits on characters who become part of the party at some point, even if only temporarily.

🖌️ New Handmade Art — Gina

As I mentioned in the previous devlog, we now have a new artist.

This week, I spent time coordinating costs, explaining the project, talking about the scenes, and organizing how we will continue with the handmade art.

And in just this weekend, we may already have the new handmade art for Gina. After Gina, the next scenes planned are Zendaria, Dovelan, and Micah.

The goal is to continue illustrating the introductory scene, which is exactly where we had stopped with the previous artist. I am very excited to finally continue this part in a more controlled and stable way. 💜

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I know the map interactions took a lot of time, but I really believe these small details help make the game feel much more alive.

We are getting closer and closer to finishing the update, and I am very happy with how Thamora is turning out. Thank you so much for your support, your patience, your feedback, and for following development week by week.

I hope you all have an amazing week! Love u all!💜