Build Release 18.09.2026 Announcement and Changelog

Hey everyone,

Welcome to the September test-build ;)
As you may or may not know, this is the last story-mode build before the full release in February. It would be incredibly useful for us if you really dig into the story and play-test it and give us feedback on all aspects. Any typo in dialogues, any bugged quests, any floating models in the world, any issue with the UI, anything at all basically, this is the time for you to shine and help us identify all those small or large areas where improvements need to be made.

The most work has been happening around Apoc, the newly added introduction (tutorial) level, and some aspects of the main story. Here we have added chapter 4, albeit unpolished and still heavily work in progress (missing cutscenes and general polish) but you can now play the main story from start to end.

Romance quests have been mostly implemented - around 80% and some are still missing their minigame implementation. Since last time we have focused here on the Max X Shey, Max X Zumon, Max X Riv, Maya X Rawn, and Maya X Locu. There has also been plenty of work happening for the Maya X Max romance.
Many sidequests have been improved or added, this involves Milanna, Grix, Andorin, Ancient Goatman, and a couple other characters. Shorty, Frank, and Commander Fox have also received new dialogues in the Alpha Camp, as well as Samo in the Lake Village. There is a bigger side quest for Maya where she can obtain an epic weapon at the end, and a side quest for Max where he can build a sex-bot with his pal Shorty.

On the Level side of things, we have focused a lot on the Pillar Region, Yterra, Umbar, and some areas in Apoc. We have added many bandit camps around the world. They are still roughly implemented and some are still missing proper gameplay integration, but you can already see where it is going with them. The general areas such as the desert and parts of the grasslands region have also been worked on and visually improved.

There have been many improvements and additions in the sandbox, as well. You can read about those below.

Please don't hesitate to report any findings and feedback on our discord :)

With that being said: here is the changelog for this months test build:

Additions:

    • Added 51 new sandbox sex animations, see the full list here

    • Added new character: Tyler, sandbox exclusive femboy based on Sethro

    • Added new tutorial section to intro (WIP)

    • Added new outfit: Farm Girl for Maya, Shiva, Koodie, and Zeya

    • Added new outfit: Farm Boy for various Max based characters and Zumon

    • Added new outfit: Harem Dancer D for Tanya

    • Added new outfit: Blacksmith Apron for Maya, Shey, Geneva, Jadeen, and various Max, Sethro, and Bol based characters

    • Added new outfit: Casual Female for Geneva, Koodie, Zeya, Maya, and Shey

    • Added new outfit: Umbar Female A for Koodie, Zeya, Maya, Shey, Shiva, and Geneva

    • Added new outfit: Sexy Sweater Dress, Summer Dress

    • Added new outfit: VK Sweater for Mercer

    • Added new outfit: Cocktail Dress for SheyFuta

    • Added new outfit: Vamp Prince for Zyke

    • Added new outfit: Bikini 3 for Koodie, Zeya, Shey, and Maya

    • Added new outfit: Bathingsuit 2 for Geneva, Jenny, Janara, Milanna, and Shiva

    • Added new outfit: Summer Dress for Geneva

    • Added new outfit: Summer Dress 2 for Maya, Jenny, Janara, Shey, Shiva, Geneva, and Lala

    • Added new outfit: Summer Dress 2B for Geneva, Maya, Shey, Koodie, and Zeya

    • Added new outfit: Summer Dress 3 for Maya, Mercer, and Kylee

    • Added new outfit: Harem Dancer B for some Max based characters

    • Added new outfit: Shorts for some Sethro based characters

    • Added new outfit: Warrior Female for Tanya

    • Added new outfit: Summer Vibe for various Max, Sethro, and Bol characters, and Zumon

    • Added new outfit: Bodysuit for Tanya

    • Added new outfit: Farm Girl and Blacksmith No Wraps for Shey

    • Added new outfit: Sexy Nun 2 for Koodie, Zeya, and Shey

    • Added new outfit: Egypt Goddess for Zuri

    • Added new outfit: Rathunter for Locu

    • Added new outfit: Cow outfit for Shey, Shiva, Koodie, Zeya, Maya, Mercer, and Kylee

    • Added new outfit: Kims new outfit (Kimfirmary) for Maya and Kim

    • Added new outfit: Chainmail Bikini for Shey, Koodie, Zeya, Shiva, Maya, Kylee, and Mercer

    • Added new Music to most regions and game states

    • Added a whole range of new combat and routine sounds

    • Added a new option for animation estimation for sex toys, especially strokers, to reflect the animation more accurately (on by default)

    • Chapter 4 fully functional (although polishing, final cutscenes etc. are still missing)

    • Implemented a new questline for Maya where you can earn a legendary blade (the weapon itself is missing as of yet as we are still waiting for the model to finish)

    • Started implementing a new questline for Max where you can join a pig gang (not complete yet)

    • Finished a questline where Max can hunt parts from old sex bots to build his own (sex minigame and a polishing pass are missing)

    • New NPC Grix can be found in Adûn near the western 'Adûn Mountain Pass' fast travel point featuring a quest with multiple encounters throughout the player's journey through Adûn

    • Added a lot of dialogue between Max and Maya as part of their romance

    • The Ancient Goatman moved into his new hut on top of the Emerald Falls featuring a new quest and the possibility to reset spent perk and attribute points

    • Andorin can be found in the Forbidden Forest with a new quest and armor set for Max as a reward

   • Milanna Sparkles, everyone's favorite galactic influencer arrived in the Alpha Camp with the entourage. She's a new romance interest for Max with a couple quests attached

    • Added a new Wildfire NPC 'Otto' to the Alpha Camp with a simple game start quest

    • Shorty, Fox, and Frank all received additional dialogue available at the game start and a couple simple quests to smooth the introduction into the game world

    • Added several minor quest locations

    • Added several new bandit camps

    • Added several minor locations in the desert

    • Sandbox editor: Added some Dialogue emotion poses for most characters

    • Sandbox editor: Added some new routine poses for Djablo, Shey, and Maya

    • Sandbox editor: Added Photography poses for Maya and Shey based characters

    • Sandbox editor: Added the ability to mark character presets as favorites, which moves them to the start of the list

    • Sandbox editor: Added a small world axis display to the bottom left of the edit mode viewport

    • Sandbox editor: Sandbox poses have new sliders to change the IK scale of arms and legs

    • Sandbox editor: Added an 'Emission Strength' option to the Speech Bubble prop for glowing text support

    • Sandbox editor: Added the ability to have a character always wear the non-sex version of clothes

    • Sandbox editor: Added a triangle prop that allows customization of position, normals, and UVs per vertex

    • Sandbox editor: Added an 'Unpossess Time' option to Camera and Camera Path props

    • Sandbox editor: Added an 'Asset Library' system that generates dedicated folders per external content type for quick access. Assets can be automatically copied there and the props use these folders as their initial directory

    • Sandbox editor: Added Casual Long C hairstyle for Maya characters

    • Sandbox editor: Added cumflated belly for Solenne

    • Sandbox editor: Added various morph targets to different characters

    • Sandbox editor: Added black and white cow pattern to tali and other kerpalis as available sandbox skin texture

    • Sandbox editor: Added cast shadow option for user skinned mesh

    • Sandbox editor: Added new featured maps

Improvements:

    • Saving the game works asynchronously now

    • Overhauled Apoc quests

    • Maya is now a perk teacher for Max after finishing the 'Duel with the warrior princess' quest

    • Resolved character falling through floor if starting to interact with routine destination while on top of it

    • Samo now properly explains how the Ancestor Shrines work

    • Frank sells the full set of 'Heavy Mercenary Armor' now

    • Increased max immersion depth for sprinting and running

    • Resolved key rebinder setting mouse wheel up/down on axis inputs

    • Changed interact input to activate on key down instead of up

    • Resolved not being able to cancel routine destination player interaction while character is moving towards the destination

    • Setup inputs to go directly into specific tabs in the inventory widget (I = Inventory, J = Journal, M = Map, P = Progression)

    • Resolved melee specific perks being applied by projectiles if player has stopped aiming before it landed

    • Resolved some general melee perks not being applied while aiming

   • Ignore distance when deciding to add/remove status display for a few seconds if player has hit something

    • Improved quick wheel gamepad input handling

    • Improved quick wheel by showing item count 0 and 1 too and showing the image at 0, but disabled

    • Resolved cutscene subtitles not getting hidden when skipping

    • Resolved inventory closing when non-consumable item is used

    • Resolved ongoing dialogue comments not loading correctly

    • Implemented system to prevent visual conflicts between certain animations and held weapons

    • Resolved reload being cancelled when stopping aiming

    • Resolved compass markers lagging a frame behind

    • Resolved compass markers flickering

    • Resolved NPCs continuously overshooting their path goal if fps is low

    • Polished play mode camera

    • Changed aim input to Alt

    • Optimized characters

    • Resolved aim, shoot, and parry not getting cleared when being forced into dialogue via important fragments

    • Resolved bow being sheathed while aiming when landing from a sprint jump

    • Resolved not being able to put recipes in quick item slots

    • The Player HUD and parts of the inventory/trading screen UI was visually overhauled

    • Resolved the weapon enhancement screen selecting a different weapon when upgrading one to max

    • Increased the arrow carry capacity for all arrow types

    • Drastically increased bow base damage, but reduced attribute scaling and damage increases from smith upgrades

    • The torch doesn't cause shock stagger anymore

    • Increased the starting health for Max and Maya equally

    • Ancestor Shrines should now correctly display a feather offer item if Maya had already visited them

    • Building positions updated in Umbar

    • Updated dungeon basement in Apoc

    • Various improvements to dialogues

    • Various improvements to quests

    • Various improvements to characters

    • Various improvements to animations

    • Various improvements to levels

    • Sandbox editor: The Voxel World prop can now load custom external mask and mesh brushes

    • Sandbox editor: The in-game file explorer can now show thumbnail icons for all files and has a new tile view

    • Sandbox editor: The Sandbox scene selection menu was visually overhauled

    • Sandbox editor: External images now support special and non-latin characters in the path

    • Sandbox editor: Play mode sex scene load lag should now be contained to the black fade instead of during fade out

    • Sandbox editor: Animation Sequencer and some other UIs should no longer keep drawing elements when the UI is toggled to hidden

    • Sandbox editor: Resolved custom material sliders not saving the value correctly when typed in

    • Sandbox editor: Resolved custom material refraction not loading when opening a map

    • Sandbox editor: Resolved prop collection preview capture no longer rendering the sky

   • Sandbox editor: Resolved the left/right arrow keys no longer expanding/collapsing the selected object in the outliner

    • Sandbox editor: Resolved Voxel World prop not exporting custom materials

    • Sandbox editor: Resolved Lua and events being able to set float options to 'Infinite' or 'NaN'

    • Sandbox editor: Resolved Shey characters not being able to crawling

    • Sandbox editor: Adjusted crawling animation and move speed so they don’t slide

    • Sandbox editor: Added new prop: Farmer hat

    • Sandbox editor: Added new props: New set of weapons

    • Sandbox editor: Added new props: Some new plant props

    • Sandbox editor: Added new props: Cannibal cage props

    • Sandbox editor: Added new prop: Open trash barrel

    • Sandbox editor: Added new props: Various glasses

    • Sandbox editor: Added new prop: Censoring primitive

    • Sandbox editor: Added new props: 3 Warrior Village Statues

Known Issues:

    • Nav mesh generation is very slow for performance reasons, so NPCs can get stuck in the middle of their path, but will continue once the nav mesh is generated

    • Setting animation speed and amplitude to zero causes sex toys to disappear

    • Clothes textures will not fully load in the character creator

    • Physics break if you scale characters in the sandbox editor

    • Rendering issue on moving characters - most noticeable on hair and clothing

The build will be available to download soon, keep an eye out for the link post.

Thank you for all your awesome support and we wish all of you a great weekend :)

• Wild Life Team