An InZOI High School is Coming, and The Development Team is Back in Full Swing!
After the major March update to InZOI and the one-year anniversary of the InZOI Early Access release, the development team took a small break from development videos and keeping players in the loop to rest and begin work on their next big project; An InZOI High School features expansions that would allow players to fully play out their teen Zois’ days, have milestone moments, and make memories before they age up!
While features have not yet been fully described and fleshed out, InZOI Director and Producer Hyungjun ‘Kjun’ Kim did walk us through what assets have been created and a few features that are coming for this next feature expansion, as well as asking for feedback on some new technical settings and for guidance on what features players are looking for when they’re thinking of InZOI High School gameplay.
Developer Diary: InZOI High School Update Coming in May!
○ While the InZOI High School gameplay is still fairly deep in development, and will be introduced in May, the team decided to preview some features to players to receive feedback and guidance.
○ Since the development team for InZOI are largely native to South Korea, they were not aware of American culture surrounding high school prom. To expand gameplay for this, new create-a-zoi assets have been created.
○ In part for this update but also due to player request, high heels are also being added. Since variable heights can cause issues with certain animations and interactions, the heels do not change the Zoi’s height.
○ Many new assets are being added in this update to expand gameplay for an InZOI High School update, with some create-a-zoi items being added, but also many new buildings, lots, and furniture pieces.
○ Based on the assets and screenshots shown, there seems to be tons of gameplay being added for extracurriculars, hobbies, clubs, and specific class-types. Some shown include a gym, band room, art room, classrooms, cafeterias, and more.
○ The development team for InZOI is also asking for feedback on whether players would like a setting to toggle Zois spawning when far away from the player in exchange for increased performance. This would mean that when moving quickly, some parts of the world may seem emptier, and Zois will spawn closer to the player character.
April 10th, 2026 – School Gameplay: A Preview
Hello,
We’re finally ready to begin sharing some of our latest developments in video form. As we’re currently working toward the April and May update, we wanted to better organize the contents of these videos whenever possible.
For example, I know many of you are eager to see what School play will look like in inZOI, so we’ll show what we have so far for that this week.
Set to release in May, you can give us many feedback on this topic, and we’ll use our remaining time to implement those feedback.
Also, the last part of the video is to ask your opinion on a change we’re looking to make.
We are currently exploring multiple approaches to enhance CPU and GPU performance, as well as overall stability and crash prevention. Through testing, we have confirmed that reducing interior rendering and crowd density in areas outside the active Zoi’s vicinity can greatly improve game stability.
However, as this change may noticeably affect the gameplay experience, we are looking to implement it as an optional setting rather it being unchangeable.
We’re hoping this would greatly benefit performance for all players without losing very much as to what would be perceived as depth in your regular gameplay.
Since we would offer this as a changeable setting, those who prefer greater immersion can still turn it back on, even if it means you’ll be sacrificing some performance.
Let us know what you think about this and also our current rendition of School play.
Wishing everyone has a wonderful weekend,
-Kjun
What features are you hoping to see in the InZOI High School update to be introduced in May? What assets teased here do you find most exciting?
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American prom culture?
Not that it matters, but it exists in Europe too, and I think even longer.
It’s sad that everything Western is automatically American…
I suspect the author is from the States, and as we know, they like to appropriate things there… sad!