Most video games that are actively receiving updates and content have roadmaps or goals, both per quarter and per year. The overall goal of InZOI since New Years of 2026 has been a “Fundamentals First” attitude towards developing and updating InZOI, with a primary focus on the basics of simulation and player-requested changes or features being recentered as we approach the InZOI August Update.

Just into July, we’re now in the second half of 2026, and Producer & Director of InZOI, Hyungjun ‘Kjun’ Kim, has reaffirmed the overall goal of InZOI for this year and wants to pull back to updating Fundamentals First. As stated in the developer diary below regarding the InZOI August Update, the development team for InZOI is roughly 40% of the way through all the goals set for this year in development under Fundamentals First. That means that while they’ve made progress, there is still quite a ways to go.

COMING SOON: The InZOI August Update!

○ Asking for feedback on this feature, Kjun stated that they’re considering removing the text previews that currently pop up on the bottom of your screen/user interface. It would instead show up on your phone on the right side.

○ They asked what players preferred, or if there was a different option.

○ The ESC Key will now always function as a home button when using the cellphone menu.

○ To put away your phone, you can click the phone icon or press the shortcut “P” again.

○ To naturalize the simulation and avoid awkwardness, queueing and conversation or interaction with a Zoi who is engaging with a third party will no longer immediately stop or interrupt their conversation, and it will continue as your Zoi moves towards them.

○ Beanbags can now be used to watch televisions.

○ Panning to different parts of the map will now only fully load assets once you’ve stopped over a specific position, reducing stuttering and frame rate drops that happen as the game loads items while panning around.

○ A cheat has been added to allow you to fully edit uncontrollable NPCs in the world.

○ To reduce the clutter underneath outfits in Create-A-Zoi, outfit indicators (Like for DLCs, New Additions, and Recolorable options) one of the new outfit indicators may be moved to the top left of each icon.

○ There is now a separate and organized headwear category in accessories.

○ There is now a separate category and accessory slot for face masks.

○ A new tank top is being added.

○ A new short-medium bob haircut is being added.

○ Adults will now always crouch when interacting with babies.

○ Babies interacting with televisions will now only engage when something is playing, not when the television is off and the screen is blank.

○ The animations for Zois dying by natural causes (Can also be referred to as old age deaths) have been adjusted and improved.

Hyungjun ‘Kjun’ Kim’s Message to Players (July 3rd, 2026)

InZOI Development Update: Preparing for the August Update

Hello, It is a wonderful Friday. I would like to share this week’s development progress from the inZOI team.

First, there seems to have been some misunderstanding regarding last week’s post. To clarify once again, the list we shared last week consists of items we are preparing with the goal of including them in the update at the end of August.

Separately from that work, we are also continuing to develop the FF list in parallel. It is true that we have not been able to address as many FF items as we would have liked so far.

However, around 40% of them have been handled, and there are many items we have not been able to disclose yet due to the update schedule and release order. In the second half of the year, we plan to focus more heavily on FF.

In recent builds, we have been finding more bugs and stability issues than expected. As the person responsible for development, I find this situation deeply unfortunate, and it weighs heavily on me. Even today, we identified three new major issues, and we are preparing a hotfix by working on them over the weekend. With thousands of features in the game, even a single broken part can create a chain reaction of problems, which makes things difficult for the team.

We always want to show you a better game, but we know there are still many areas where we fall short. For that reason, rather than pushing too hard to add new features in this update, we plan to focus more on reducing bugs and improving stability. I feel like I may be repeating the same message every time, almost like “The Boy Who Cried Wolf,” but this time, we will do our very best to prove it through results. I believe in the inZOI team.

Thank you sincerely to everyone who continues to support us and generously share your feedback. Have a wonderful weekend.

kjun

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If you want to see where we’re at on the Fundamentals First Roadmap heading into the InZOI August Update, you can review it right here!