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0.20.0 | Major Demo Update

Rediscover Wizdom Academy with a completely reworked demo!

This update introduces significant gameplay improvements, visual upgrades, and a host of new features, including graphic settings, to enhance your magical building experience.



Here’s what’s new in version 0.20.0:

[h2]New features and major changes[/h2]

  • Global rework of the onboarding: Begin your adventure with a brand-new onboarding experience, designed to guide you seamlessly into the magical world of Wizdom Academy.
  • Builder workshop: Your wizards can now construct your academy! Mana is no longer required for building. Embrace your inner architect in the revamped builder workshop.

  • Headmaster selection: Choose your headmaster when starting a new game. Customize your leadership and bring your unique vision to life.

  • New room shapes and construction zone changes: Explore new square room shapes, reduced sizes for more compact designs, and updated stairways for better navigation.
  • Alerts for unlocked content: Stay informed as you progress with notifications for new buildings, subjects, and other unlockable content.
  • New difficulty settings: Play your way with new difficulty modes: Easy, Normal, Hard, Custom, and Sandbox.
  • Rest rooms for professors: Professors can now be assigned dedicated rest rooms, ensuring they stay refreshed and productive.
  • Performance templates: Optimize your gameplay with performance presets: High, Medium, Low, and Potato.
  • Arrival portals: Characters now enter your academy through newly added arrival portals, enhancing immersion.
  • New ruins and obstacles: Discover mysterious ruins and overcome new construction challenges on the map.
  • Enhanced academy design: Added attics between buildings to eliminate gaps and ensure your school feels cohesive.

  • Exterior decorations: Beautify your academy with new outdoor decorations.

  • Revamped dormitory system: Dormitories are no longer mandatory for expanding your student and teacher roster.
  • Visual and atmospheric improvements:
    - Volumetric clouds and atmospheric fog.
    - Water upgrades: better reflections, transparency, and wave effects.
    - Enhanced ambient lighting, shadows, and post-processing for richer colors and contrasts.
    - Reworked floor decorations: grass and stones now animate with the wind.
  • New stained glass materials: The academy’s glass materials have been upgraded to stunning stained glass designs.
  • Over 400 new artworks: Discover refreshed and corrected visuals that bring your academy to life.

  • 3D sound effects: Immerse yourself with realistic sound effects for student graduations and other key moments.


[h2]Minor fixes and improvements[/h2]

  • Fixed camera issues preventing full terrain exploration.
  • Updated UI animations for graduating students and new alerts.
  • New camera travel sequences when starting a game.
  • Improved recruitment UI for teachers, including new negotiation options.
  • Teachers and students can now fall asleep on the ground if necessary.
  • Construction prioritization now available for improved project management.
  • Fixed color inconsistencies in energy and well-being UIs.
  • Reduced the number of unnecessary alerts in the news feed with improved color coding.
  • Enhanced visuals for building under construction and character movement.
  • Fixed darker effects when changing floors.
  • New portraits for headmasters with unique background designs.




[h2]Bug fixes[/h2]

  • Characters (e.g., constructors) not reaching certain rooms: fixed.
  • Players can no longer kick recently graduated students.
  • Advanced localization work on 5 new languages.
  • Gradation fixes in the counselor satisfaction gauge.
  • Polished settings menu and reverted alert direction for improved navigation.




As the year comes to a close, we want to thank you for your continued support and enthusiasm for Wizdom Academy. Your feedback and passion inspire us every day. We wish you and your loved ones a magical holiday season!

And don’t forget: the Early Access release of Wizdom Academy is just around the corner. Stay tuned for more exciting updates in the new year!

[h3] Wizdom Academy Demo is available now:[/h3]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2668000/Wizdom_Academy/
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