InZOI: Kjun Apologizes for Instability and Presents Roadmap After the June Update
Following the massive June patch that added active schools, clothing stores, and a first-person view, the InZOI developers took stock of the situation. In the latest developer diaries, game producer Kjun apologized for the instability of the base game, admitted that "the further we develop the game, the more problems we discover," and presented an extensive list of what the team will be working on in the coming months. The focus is not on new features, but on strengthening existing systems and fixing bugs.
Kjun's Message: "I'm Sorry We Released the Update Before Full Stabilization"
The most important part of the new developer diaries is Kjun's sincere message. He admitted that the team released the update before fully stabilizing the base game:
"I'm posting this because I'm sorry we released the update before full stabilization of the base game. Oddly enough, the more we continue development, the more problems we discover. Nevertheless, we are learning little by little, and although my heart is heavy, we continue development with hope."
Kjun assured players that the team is aware of the community's patience and promised that starting next week, developers will focus only on fixing base game issues and strengthening connections between existing systems. The main goal is to make already implemented features work together more naturally, bringing InZOI closer to the feeling of real life.
He also shared something personal: developing alongside the community is a new experience for him, one he even shares with his son. And on the possibility of the game failing, he said philosophically:
"We suffer because of the standards we create for ourselves."
Two Directions for Improvement: Numerical Control and Active Management
Kjun explained that the team is approaching problem-solving from two sides.
First — numerical control. Improving internal values, priorities, and conditions that affect character behavior, their needs, schedules, and the overall flow of the simulation.
Second — active situational management. The developers want to give players more convenient ways to understand, guide, and manage what is happening in the game, so the simulation feels more connected and meaningful.
Team Reorganization: Everyone Does Everything
One of the key changes is internal reorganization. Instead of keeping a separate team focused only on bug fixing and stabilization, now every team member contributes to improving the game, while also continuing to fix bugs and improve stability.
What's Included in the Post-July Roadmap?
The developers published a detailed list of what they plan to work on in the near future. The main goal is to eliminate bugs, stabilize existing features, and ensure all systems work together naturally and reliably.
Family and Characters
- Adding the ability to create and save family photos.
- Support for editing entire families at once.
- Expanding family relationship and connection settings.
- Introducing family presets.
- Ability to add new family members during gameplay.
Conversations, Personality, and Emotions
- Improving conversations to better reflect the current situation and context.
- Expanding and refining dialogue options.
- Developing new character traits based on character values.
- Improving the Aspiration system.
- Further developing the Expectations system.
- Adding new personality traits.
- Increasing the maximum number of traits per character.
- Preparing a new trait specialization system "Donut Trait."
- Adding aspirations specifically designed for children.
- Improving emotional expressions and animations.
Life, Careers, and Daily Activities
- Improving eating-related behavior.
- Adding more dish variety.
- Introducing an ingredient-based cooking system.
- Preventing unnecessary object cleaning.
- Further improving the career system.
- Improving Smart Zoi behavior.
- Providing advantages for graduates with high performance in job interviews.
Skills, Furniture, and Content
- Improving the skill system.
- Expanding furniture functionality.
- Adding the possibility of fires from food left on the stove.
- Expanding career-related game content.
- Improving interactions with toddlers.
- Ensuring the Expectations system activates only in appropriate situations.
Autonomy and Relationships
- Deepening personality traits related to autonomy.
- Adding the ability to stay overnight in another character's home.
- Expanding the romance system.
- Strengthening family relationship storytelling.
- Enabling NPCs to more naturally approach and initiate interactions with the player.
New Items and Improvements
In addition to the overall roadmap, the developers mentioned several specific features that will arrive "relatively soon":
New underwear. A variety of new items, including nightgowns, panties, boxers, and lingerie.
Natural behavior. Efforts to naturalize Zoi behavior so they interact with their surroundings more naturally.
Reactions to infidelity. Updates to Zoi reactions to infidelity and cheating based on their traits.
Active interactions. Updating and adding smoother active interactions, such as throwing or kicking objects, and fighting.
Modding. Working on uneven scaling and free object placement through mods.
Modding as an Alternative: Developers Ask for Feedback
In one of his messages, Kjun raised an important question: the team does not have the resources to fulfill all player requests and wants to know if the community is ready to accept some features implemented through mods rather than official updates. This is an open dialogue about how to distribute efforts between development and supporting the modding community.
Kjun's message and the updated roadmap paint a picture of a mature approach to development. The InZOI team acknowledges its mistakes, apologizes for instability, and honestly says it can't do everything at once. Instead of chasing new features, the developers will focus on fixing bugs and strengthening the game's foundation.
This may mean that upcoming updates will be less "loud" in terms of announcements, but of higher quality. And Kjun and his team's openness is a rare example of honesty in the gaming industry that deserves respect.
