inZOI developer inZOI Studio has revealed particulars of one of many main new options coming to the life sim in its August replace. In a brand new put up by producer and director Hyungjun “Kjun” Kim, particulars concerning the third metropolis coming to inZOI have been revealed. Previously introduced as Kucingku, the identify of the third metropolis – a resort city – has been modified to Cahaya.
Kim defined that the phrase means gentle, and that town will comply with related themes by providing gamers “a wide range of vibrant and refreshing experiences throughout unique islands.” As soon as the replace goes reside, gamers will have the ability to discover uninhabited islands, in addition to partake in actions like farming, boating, and usually enjoyable.
“Cahaya is a metropolis themed round ‘relaxation’,” defined Kim. “Whereas growing inZOI has been a supply of nice pleasure for me, there are occasions after I really feel the urge to get away from all of it. Impressed by these emotions, I wished to create a retreat for gamers exhausted by the motions of on a regular basis life to unwind in.”
It’s value noting that whereas Cahaya is bringing with it a number of recent content material, the replace is not going to be bringing in fan-requested options like enhancements to the job system and colleges. Kim explains that the choice was made as a result of “Cahaya was designed as a resort-themed metropolis, options like jobs and colleges didn’t fairly really feel like the suitable match.”
“As such, we’ve made the choice to exclude them from this metropolis fully,” the put up continues. “Gamers as a substitute can get pleasure from a self-sufficient way of life via actions akin to farming or fishing. Enhancements to the job system might be coming with the subsequent metropolis replace.”
Extra particulars concerning the Cahaya replace might be revealed throughout Gamescom, the place we’ll additionally get to see the resort city in motion. Within the meantime, Kim has famous that the event staff has been taking participant suggestions fairly critically. As a part of this, the Cahaya replace can even be bringing with it enhancements to the sport’s emotional expressions system with a view to make Zoi interacting with one another really feel extra pure, whereas additionally including depth to interactions and convey enhancements to the connection system.
The latest main replace for inZOI introduced with it new programs within the type of youngsters. Because the launch of the replace, gamers might add youngsters to their Zoi households in a wide range of alternative ways, together with via adoption, in addition to by making use of the brand new “Create a Youngster with Medical Assist” characteristic. The replace additionally introduced in enhancements to the sport’s relationship programs, together with including the power to “ship the primary textual content” to kickstart a relationship.
Together with the addition of youngsters to households, inZOI additionally bought greater than 200 new objects added to the sport via the inZOI Modkit. With this stuff, gamers now have extra choices to customize their Zoi and houses than ever earlier than via new clothes and furnishings.
inZOI is offered on PC as an Early Entry title on Steam. For extra particulars, take a look at our overview from again when it first launched.