Greetings, Headmasters,
This update focuses on major UI improvements, a deep rework of admissions and academic progression, and large-scale optimizations across the entire game.
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New graduate panel
Improved layout and clarity
Updated year display
Better visibility of academic progression
New recruitment pool system
Year 2 and Year 3 students can now appear in admissions
Diploma traits now procedurally roll for:
Students
Professors (no diploma restrictions for professors)
Diploma restrictions added to students to ensure coherent academic paths
Student subjects are now aligned with their diplomas
Students who pass Trials now gain diploma traits
Subjects availability now depends on already acquired diplomas
Rename system
You can now rename:
Students
Professors
Rooms
Buildings
Quest completion visual
New “Quest Done” visual feedback when a quest is completed
NPC history
NPCs now keep a history of their past events and actions
Student discipline system
Students can only be expelled for serious misconduct
Added a 3-warning system before a student can be expelled
Christmas assets
Seasonal festive assets added 🎄
Floor change particle effect
Wizards now display a particle effect when changing floors
Replaced all in-game walls with optimized Opti walls
Tutorial and secondary quest pacing improved
Updated onboarding buttons
Improved Elara’s dialogue bubble UI : Better readability and visual consistency during dialogues
Optimized roof window rendering
Badlands map performance improvements
Crystal Rift map visual polish
Updated student visuals in the Selected Panel
Trait organization reworked:
Diploma traits are now displayed first
Subject priority can now be reordered in student management
Post-Trial behavior updated:
Students and professors now return using village timers
Management UI reworked and cleaned up
Door direction arrows are now hidden on tower floors not currently viewed by the camera
Students attending classes without a professor
Expedition Room issues
Elara UI overlapping the recruitment window and world map during dialogues
Corridor construction exploit near debris when spamming clicks
Incorrect assignment of high-priority tasks in building construction panels
Rank II and III subjects can no longer be selected unless the corresponding tier is unlocked
7th academic cycle not displaying correctly
Hover feedback not updating when switching floors in construction mode
Selection not clearing when switching floors when the selected building is no longer visible
Professors incorrectly appearing as students
Duplicate NPC traits appearing on the same character
Duplicate student names being generated
“No students” alert now correctly opens the Admission menu when clicked
UI mouse cursor remaining red after exiting destruction mode (right-click)
Admission profile staying open after rejecting a student
Buildings outline now correctly matches roof visibility state
Students no longer gain experience
Fixed an issue where subject priority could not be moved correctly
Fixed an issue where the selected panel priority did not update properly during construction
🚀 Optimization & Performance
Major global optimization pass including:
New LOD system
Texture optimizations
Polygon count reduction
Shadow optimizations
Improved tree rendering and management
Thank you all for your continued support, feedback, and passion for Wizdom Academy, it truly helps shape the future of the school.
As the year comes to an end, the entire team wishes you happy holidays and a wonderful end of year!
Enjoy the festive season, take a well-deserved break, and don’t hesitate to share your thoughts with us as always.
And this is only the beginning…
2026 is shaping up to be a big year for Wizdom Academy, with major updates, new systems, and exciting surprises already brewing behind the scenes. 👀
See you soon in the Academy!
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