Witches Gone Wild (0.21) - Rework Update - Public Release (Patreon)

Hey everyone! 💛

The Witches Gone Wild rework is finally out publicly!! 🎉

It's been three weeks since I released the rework, and apparently I wasn't quite finished with it yet. ^^

I've spent most of that time going through the writing again. And making coffee. Lots of coffee actually...

For me WGW isn't just a little proof of concept anymore, and I just had to untangle all the weird logic and inconsistencies I kept finding... everywhere. You fix one conversation and suddenly realize something three quests earlier doesn't make sense either. Then fixing that means changing another conversation. Anyway, I think it's finally in a good place now, so I can move on and carry the same style forward. So... yup. That's where I've been 🤭

I also wasn't happy with some of the narration. Sometimes there would be a nice moment between the characters, and then the narration would explain it to death. Or tell you how to feel about it. Or just casually spoil what you're about to see in the next frame...

Sooo I've been working on that too. Giving the girls more personality, making MC's thoughts feel more like his own, and letting certain moments happen without me putting three sentences of explanation around them. I think it makes quite a difference, and I really hope you'll feel that too. 💛

And somewhere in between all of this, I wrote a detailed outline for the full main storyline and planned ahead with most of the girls! Which should make my life a hundred times easier from now on. Or at least that's what I'm telling myself. ^^

Anyway!!

If you missed what was in the big rework:

Around 80% of the old dialogue was rewritten or reworked.

Lily and Bella got major storyline expansions, and Narcissa got new quests and interactions.

A new Spell system and training with Minerva.

Redesigned GUI, Quest List, Gallery and Collectibles menus.

New Owl Mail with replies and character photos, plus the Owl Shop.

New achievements, notifications and collectible tracking.

Updated maps, locations and background animations.

Over 1,200 new hand-edited renders, almost 40,000 words of new and rewritten dialogue, around 32 new quests, 2 new locations and 2 new NSFW scenes.

Maybe I got a tiny bit carried away with the whole rework thing. 🤭

And during these three weeks, I've also changed these:

Improved the writing and fixed more story inconsistencies throughout the game.

Updated every Journal entry. They feel more like MC actually wrote them now^^

Added direct instructions under "Need a Hint?" so you don't have to guess what I wanted you to do.

Improved the background characters in the Three Broomsticks.

Added an option to delete saves.

Owl Shop delivery boxes now stay visible at every time of day until you collect them.

Added nameboxes for Tabby Cat and Mrs. Norris.

Mail attachments now show image thumbnails instead of the image titles.

Changed the portrait in the librarian's office and across Lily's quests.

A few quest-related fixes too:

After Lily's Q16, when Pince is away, you can't wander off halfway through sneaking into her office anymore. It felt a bit weird to set that moment up and then let you leave to do something completely unrelated. Once you have her key, you can also enter the office at night.

If learning Alohomora delays Bella's sigil theft, she'll contact you the next morning to arrange another attempt that night. You'll need to finish it before sleeping or skipping time again.

Added an Empty Vial to the Owl Shop. You'll need one in your inventory before Bella's Moonsalt quest starts.

After Narcissa's courtyard scene, you now have to go to bed before doing anything else. I mean... you could barely walk back home after inhaling the vine ^^

So if you've already played the rework, this is mostly a writing and polish update. A lot of it doesn't really make for exciting screenshots, but I wanted to give these things the attention they needed before moving on to the next part of the game. 💛

The two statue scenes I had to leave out are still coming in the next update too!

And if you somehow made it through my entire wall of text here... Thank you so, so much for being patient with me, supporting the game and being here.🥰 I know I've been talking about this rework for quite a while now, and I'm really happy you can finally all play it. I hope you have fun with it and I can't wait to hear what you think! <3

Next stop: Hermione 💛

Oh and I'll be back in a few days with the plans and release date for that update! ^^

-Pixie