Dev Update 08/2025: Side Characters ReDesign
Hey everyone!
Since introducing Side Characters in Shattered Minds, one of your most frequent requests—whether in comments, feedback, reviews, or private messages—has been for animations instead of static images.
Well, I've heard you loud and clear! Starting with V0.19, all currently available Side Characters will now feature animations!
Since many of you questioned the purpose of Side Characters, I've given them a comprehensive redesign.
From now on, fully corrupted Side Characters will offer you passive bonuses.
You can always see which bonus each character provides under their corruption status, even if they haven't been fully corrupted yet. This allows you to strategically choose which one to focus on first.
Leah (Beach): +10% XP Output from Harem Members
Cynthia (Park): Regain 1 Mind Energy/day
Polly (Coffee shop): +1MP/day for the Coffee Shop
Sharon (College): Bonus through children in the day care
Jennifer (College): +10% Money from the College
Lillie (Gym): +10% Money from the Gym
As exciting as these improvements are, there's one small downside.
With all the extra work that is going into these improvements, I won't be adding any new side characters in V0.19.
In future releases, I'll add at most one new side character per update, and sometimes none at all.
Hope you like the ReDesign as much as I do! This finally allows side characters to blend seamlessly into the game experience alongside the other animated characters, while also providing genuine gameplay value.
Comments (12)
Oh any release date for v19 or proximate date?
I can't give a precise release date just yet, but June is what I'm aiming for.
Plus i was really like to see the side characters in the gym and police station
In my opinion I would like more side characters and add the animations for those side characters for a side update if your still working on the story for the v20 or above
I am supporting your decision to concentrating on the existing characters instead of adding a new one. Thanks for the hard work.
Im enjoying all the character so far they ae well written and each feel unique
As much as I enjoy the deepening of side characters, I'd rather have some updates that are smaller but focus on their animations. Take it as additions between updates, kinda like a v0.18.5 or something like this, where every few updates you add the animations and points systems later.
As someone who criticized side characters in the past, I applaud this change. I would much rather have fewer higher quality/more useful side characters than what we had before. Thanks so much for this change. This is such a good change and it’s great you hear and react to feedback.
In my opinion, it's totally fine to slow down the pace for side characters. I just hope V0.19 will include more main girls that can join the harem. And, seriously, thanks for all the hard work on the updates — the game is insanely good. Big props!
They will become valuable and useful members to society.
Supporting roles are valued for their quality rather than their numbers
I'm glad to see, Your Excellency, that you made the best choice