We’re thrilled to announce that the Wicked Island demo is now up to the same level as the full game available on SubscribeStar! This update brings a wealth of features, fixes, and improvements to the demo, giving everyone a chance to experience the latest version of the game. Here’s what you can expect:

• First-Person Mode 🎥: Explore the island from a whole new perspective with a simple toggle.
• Revamped Character Creation 🎨: Tons of new head and body presets, glowing tattoos, facial details, and more customization options!
• Cheat Menu Overhaul 🔧: Now includes search functionality, JSON preset saving/loading, and loads of new features.
• Pregnancy Customization 🤰: Optional settings to keep pregnancy belly and breasts growing with each pregnancy.
• Combat Upgrades: Dash and power attacks now use action points, generated from hits on enemies.

• Combat Tweaks:
  • Increased multipliers for power attacks (3.5x) and dash attacks (2.5x).
  • Small pushback added to melee strikes for more impact.
• Harvesting Overhaul 🌾:
  • Trees, rocks, and ores behave more realistically and now shrink or split when harvested.
  • Improved respawn logic avoids resource nodes near player-built structures.
  • Cutting trees can now spawn branches.
• Follower AI Improvements 🛡️:
  • Servants now follow and fight more reliably.
  • Added commands to move, attack, and stop, giving you greater control.
  • Fixed teleportation bugs and distractions—no more aimless wandering!

• Improved Locomotion: A new skeleton for the female character leads to smoother animations and better armor alignment.
• Main Menu Updates: See your saved character’s armor in the menu and enjoy a cleaner layout.
• Graphics Settings: Expanded options for foliage, textures, reflections, and more.

• Fixed low-res textures, hair color inconsistencies, and clipping issues.
• Resolved major follower issues, including hostility and duplication on load.
• Fixed dialogue, loot, and animation glitches, improving overall polish.
• Addressed misaligned weapons, disappearing trees, and overburdened movement quirks.

• Optimized LODs for female characters, armors, and distant objects.
• Reduced CPU load with a revamped foliage system and smarter instancing.
• Significant improvements to building, crafting, and overall world responsiveness.

This update reflects major under-the-hood changes and loads of polish to make the demo feel more immersive and rewarding. Whether you’re diving in for the first time or returning to see what’s new, we can’t wait to hear your feedback!

Thank you for your support, and happy exploring! 🌴

Change notes:

Added
Foot IK to all biped characters
Can now name servants through dialogue

Change
Engine version updated to 5.4.2
Changed the technology for deforming skeletal meshes on the player, which should result in more realistic deformations
Removed the color feedback in build mode as it was only half working anyways
Changed the minimum value for trade skill to avoid things becoming free
Upgraded to latest Nvidia DLSS version

Fixed
Player character always squatting slightly with overly bent knees
No offspring for explicit birth
Planted items not affected by harvest multiplier
Time of day not progressing
Slaves should now appear outside dungeons after being freed
Made some changes that might fix hair getting put in moustache spot on first spawn
An issue where quests would not save properly in some instances when saving
Footstep sounds should now be more consistent and work better for AI as well
Loading screen should now display until the character is loaded, instead of a black screen.
Save system should work properly now
Foot IK for females should work better with less quirks
Breast size resetting to 0 after pregnancy
Carrots not being harvestable
Plants remaining if their planter was destroyed