Female Forge was first released on itch.io on April 28, 2024. Since then, the project has evolved considerably through numerous major updates, thousands of new customization elements, and many improvements designed to make creation smoother, faster, and more expressive. The MK versions, from MK1 to MK5, represent Female Forge's Early Access period. Each major MK release marked a new stage in the project's development, gradually expanding its content, features, customization tools, and overall experience. Here is a look back at more than two years of evolution, from the very first public release to Female Forge's arrival on Steam.

April 28, 2024 The very first public version established the foundations of Female Forge and its character creation system. It included:

• Character creation and customization

• Screenshot capture and a personal gallery

• Music player

• Character save/load system

• Random character generation

• Custom background support

• Various graphics settings

The first updates brought various fixes and visual improvements while gradually refining the overall creation experience.

August 29, 2024 MK2 considerably expanded the wardrobe and creative possibilities. This version introduced new hairstyles, outfits, dresses, swimwear, underwear, wings, gloves, shoes, body paints, eyelashes, Secret Outfits, and new body shapes. New poses and music were also added. But MK2 wasn't only about adding more content. This generation introduced facial expressions, as well as Auto Tone, a system designed to automatically adjust the character's tint according to the background. The HUD was also reworked, while the save/load system was redesigned with new compatibility checks. The various MK2 updates continued this evolution with:

• Pose 06 and its effects

• The NoLimit feature

• Improved eye colors

• More shader customization possibilities

• New cosmetic categories

Many new clothes, accessories, hairstyles, backgrounds, and effects continued to be added throughout the MK2 period.

January 25, 2025 With MK3, Female Forge placed a greater focus on usability and tools allowing players to go further with their creations. This version introduced:

• A redesigned main menu

• A dedicated Music menu

• Improved color pickers

• New graphics options

• Improvements to text panels, thumbnails, and navigation

• A control to reset the character's position and zoom

• Save thumbnails and character previews directly in the load menu

• The Clothing Synthesizer

• Stickers

• Platforms and walls for building scenes

• New backgrounds

• Glow effects

• New skins, outfits, accessories, and cosmetic elements

• New music

A new image compression method was also introduced, significantly reducing Female Forge's storage footprint.

June 21, 2025 MK4 marked an important milestone with the introduction of the HUB, giving Female Forge a more interconnected world built around its various systems. Players could now move between several areas, including the Office, Black Market, NanoShell Constructor, Clothing Synthesizer, Omniview, and Generator. MK4 also introduced several new systems:

• The NanoShell Constructor

• Cryptocurrency mining

• The Black Market

• The Crypto Rush minigame

This generation also considerably expanded the available content with NanoShells, back accessories, blush, Black Market outfits, face accessories, face paints, earrings, new backgrounds, and new music. The save system was also extensively reworked to improve compatibility with future versions and provide better management of the different character elements and layers.

October 25, 2025 MK5 represented one of the largest refinement and polishing phases in Female Forge's development. A new shadow projection system was introduced to add more depth to selected clothing, accessories, and hairstyles. Custom text and stickers could also receive optional shadows. A large part of the game's underlying infrastructure was reworked to make Female Forge lighter, faster, and more polished. The random character system also received much more detailed color controls for clothing, hair, makeup, and other character elements. MK5 also introduced or expanded:

• The Wheel of Masks

• Face View

• Ground masks

• Animals

• New overall and background masks

• New backgrounds

• NanoShell overlays

• New masks

• Back and face accessories

• Pubic hair

• New Secret Outfits

• A new pose

• New Pose 06 effects

• New dresses, hosiery, and leggings

• New bikinis and underwear

• New wings and skins

• New cosplay content

The main menu, buttons, and fonts were also redesigned. Particle effects were added to NanoShell construction and the Black Market, while the new system maintained compatibility with MK4 saves.

April 26, 2026 After the different MK generations, Female Forge reached a new milestone with the release of version 1.0, marking the end of its Early Access period. This generation consolidated many of the systems developed over the previous years while introducing several major new features. Version 1.0.0 introduced much broader display and resolution support, including 16:9, 16:10, and 21:9 formats, along with a compatible resolution selector. One of the major additions was a true Undo/Redo system capable of storing up to 25 actions, allowing creators to easily go back through changes made to their character. The random character generation system was extensively redesigned. The Easy Colors system was also introduced, making it faster to harmonize a character's primary, secondary, and tertiary colors while retaining individual control over each element. Version 1.0.0 also introduced:

• Transitions and sound effects when changing clothing, hairstyles, and accessories

• An experience system featuring 8 tiers

• Adjustable filmic effects

• New music

• Statistics available through the Data Center

• An Experimental section

• New Black Market content

• Major improvements to the save, load, and progression systems

The creative tools also continued to evolve. Saturation and exposure controls were added for skins, along with Blender Skin, allowing two skins to be mixed together. Hair gradients were introduced, while many new hairstyles, poses, body shapes, dresses, outfits, skins, backgrounds, stickers, and background masks were added. Auto Tone, layer management, zoom, textures, audio, HUB visuals, and background transitions also received numerous improvements.

Versions 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, and 1.0.5 continued the development of Female Forge following the 1.0 release, bringing new content, technical improvements, and numerous fixes. These updates notably introduced:

• New one-piece outfits

• New shoes

• New hairstyles

• New body ornaments

• A Refresh button allowing newly added custom backgrounds to be loaded without restarting Female Forge

• Smoother transitions between poses and body shapes

• Changes to XP gains and rewards

• Automatic progression adjustments for older saves

• New wings

• Optional tails for selected Furry skins

These versions also continued to improve stability, performance, and the overall experience.

July 27, 2026 Version 1.1 represented another major evolution for Female Forge, with a particular focus on performance and customization. One of its main additions was a new Favorites system for several categories. Items can be marked as favorites and displayed using the Favorites Only filter. The random character system also gained support for this feature, allowing characters to be generated using only favorite items. Check All / Uncheck All controls were also added to the randomization settings. Face and body customization was expanded with:

• Face freckles

• Moles

• A second Face Paint layer with FacePaint A and B

• Two body tattoo layers, A and B

• New eyeliners

• New Face Paints

• New hairstyles

New backgrounds and music were also added. One of the most significant improvements in version 1.1, however, was performance. The optimization system was completely reworked, significantly reducing loading times for poses, body shapes, and character saves, with loading now up to 3× faster. Version 1.1 also improved:

• The skin shader

• Auto Tone

• Music and sound effect volume saving

• The XP system and its rewards

• The Black Market

• Access to the Crypto Rush minigame

Version 1.1.1 continued these improvements with new interface controls allowing the side panels to be hidden or displayed, providing more space to view the character while creating. It also introduced:

• New hairstyles

• New outfit tops and bottoms

• New dresses

• A more consistent makeup panel

• Further improvements to Auto Tone

• Background changes that are now twice as fast

Several fixes were also made to Face View and various cosmetic elements.

Since its first release on itch.io on April 28, 2024, Female Forge has evolved through more than two years of continuous development. What began as a character creation tool has gradually grown into a much more complete creative experience, now offering thousands of possibilities for customizing characters, clothing, accessories, and scenes. Each generation — MK1, MK2, MK3, MK4, MK5, 1.0, and 1.1 — has helped shape the Female Forge of today. And its evolution is far from over.

Thank you to everyone who discovered Female Forge on itch.io, supported the project, shared their creations, provided feedback, or simply followed its evolution since the beginning. After more than two years of development, Female Forge is now coming to Steam to begin a new chapter in its story. And more updates are already in development.

Female Forge 1.2 will officially launch on Steam on November 6, 2026.

A free demo on Steam is also planned and will be available on launch day.

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