On November 14th 2025, Producer & Director Hyungjun ‘Kjun’ Kim first introduced out the idea of Canvastown and requested for suggestions. Since then, a small staff has been engaged on this characteristic. As we speak, Kjun shared the primary peek into the event to InZOI Canvastown, alongside the multiplayer characteristic coming with it.
Wednesday September 2nd Catch-Up
Kjun’s Observe-As much as “09.04.26 Open Catalog”
Hello everybody, Wednesday already. Appears like autumn is lastly settling in right here in Korea 🍂
Here is one other have a look at what we have been engaged on.
Occasion System
These days we have been sprucing issues in order that the occasions occurring in inZOI are simpler so that you can discover. We put a variety of work into these occasions, and it seems loads of them have been slipping by unnoticed.
To begin, we’re making ready to let married {couples} go on dates with one another. We’re additionally engaged on stabilizing the occasion system itself, together with enhancements so occasions can set off throughout a wider vary of occasions of day.
Eating places & Companies
You have shared quite a bit with us about what’s been irritating with eating places, and what you have been hoping for. Proper now the restaurant setup UX and the recipe assist options aren’t working as easily as they need to. So we’re including a separate set of choices for restaurant mode within the enterprise settings UI, and quickly disabling the drink and baking/pastry recipes. After that, we’ll be bettering the eating movement additional in order that meals and the act of consuming can come collectively correctly. I hope you will belief me and bear with us just a bit longer.
On the enterprise facet, we’re additionally trying on the break-time settings lots of you have got requested for, together with a wide range of enterprise occasions. When you have ideas on this, they’d be an enormous assist to us.
Autonomy Enhancements
We’re nonetheless arduous at work on autonomous conduct. We’re bettering how Zois search throughout flooring when on the lookout for an object. We’re additionally including a response the place a Zoi raises a hand to greet somebody they know, and conduct the place a Zoi with a foul relationship will get kicked out in the event that they’re wandering round your home.
A few of you may fear that anybody will get thrown out the second they stroll in, so to be extra particular: we’re pondering of getting the house owner ship them off solely after they’ve stayed for a sure period of time.
CAZ
So lots of you have got been having fun with the CAZ creation options — it makes all of the work we put in throughout September really feel value it.
We added household photographs, character mixing by means of genetics, household tree setup, a wider vary of relationships to register, voice customization, and extra. The staff can be persevering with work on the choice modifying and deeper relationship modifying that did not make it into this patch. There’s lots extra on the way in which, so keep tuned.
On Friday, I believe we’ll be capable to share one thing a variety of you have got been inquisitive about.
See you Friday 👋
Developer Diary Recap
○ The primary focus of the Developer Diary was Canvastown. The reasons of it adjusted over time, to which Kjun feels it is pure to the event. It’s going to possible change to suggestions.
○ Canvastown is a separate expertise from the primary gameplay. It’s independently constructed by a number of small groups who’ve by no means outmoded the efforts to enhance the primary life simulation side.
○ There shall be a devoted button to enter Canvastown, clicking which is able to deliver you to MyZoi part the place the participant creates or chooses an avatar Zoi.
○ After coming into Canvastown, you will be dropped at MyHome, which is totally customizable by the participant with a chance to make use of properties made by others from Canvas.
○ The central location of Canvastown is the AR Firm the place you’ll be able to socialize with different gamers and NPC workers by means of the textual content chat characteristic. Work together with different Zois to enter one on one dialog mode.
○ Worker NPCs will reply primarily based on their character and their present conditions. They’re additionally in a position to finish the dialog or have their subsequent plan of action influenced.
○ From the management pill close to the middle globe, you’ll be able to teleport to different’s MyHomes and work together with objects and Zois in there.
○ Canvastown additionally options customized mini-games. Those proven within the video have been racing and parkour.
○ There are additionally eventualities which gamers can set which will be performed alone or with different gamers.
○ Apart from native instruments, it is usually attainable to make the most of modding capabilities to create new experiences from scratch to be shared with others.
○ It’s attainable to host non-public periods the place gamers can both play with their associates solely or fully alone. The AR Firm space solely permits as much as 50 gamers per channel to maintain it from changing into chaotic. Inviting associates to the present channel is being explored.
The video was closed by showcasing a number of the eventualities made by the staff for Canvastown. Situations can have ending situations, after which gamers are given an possibility to finish it or proceed it. Under we’ll recap these utilizing Google Translate.
○ The primary one, roughly translating to I Am a Farmer Beginning As we speak, options Joseph, a CEO returning to his hometown to amass his grandmother’s farmland. In there, he has a reunion together with his childhood crush. After 17 hours, the participant is given an choice to proceed the state of affairs and having fun with the nation life or finish it by promoting the land.
○ The second roughly interprets to Secret Magnificence Salon. It contains a hairdresser who writes down the secrets and techniques of the purchasers to her e-book. After 21 hours, the state of affairs will be ended by fleeing the city or continued by surrendering the cash earned from promoting secrets and techniques.
○ The third one contains a girl working in a comfort retailer with a troublesome supervisor and clients. Nevertheless, she is seeing a daily buyer who’s making the time just a little straightforward. After 18 hours, gamers can finish the state of affairs by quitting or persevering with it for cash and love.
○ The fourth one (translating to 32 Hours) is about Jamie, a homeless girl, who hears a couple of legendary treasure that’ll disappear in 32 hours. The state of affairs ends when both the online worth is 90,000,000 Mew or when 1 day and 10 hours go by.
○ The fifth one, roughly translating to Life Sport, sees a husband liable to dropping his job who has a spouse and triplets. This state of affairs has no ending situations.
○ The ultimate one contains a girl who has misplaced her recollections and her lover who she will’t bear in mind. After 20 hours, it’s revealed that her lover is a stalker pretending to be her accomplice, giving the participant an possibility to finish the state of affairs by ending it or persevering with it by forgiving him.
This Week’s Developer Diary
09.11.26 Canvastown Preview
Glad Friday!
I’m writing from Shanghai as I will be attending the TapTap Sport Fest tomorrow, which I briefly talked about in a earlier publish. At this occasion, we plan to showcase our multiplayer capabilities in addition to the ‘MyHome’ characteristic in a model new sport mode referred to as ‘Canvastown,’ which a small staff from our studio has been creating step-by-step. The identify ‘Canvastown’ represents the thought of you and I residing collectively in a creator’s village.
We need to ensure your expectations are correctly managed, as options like constructing a complete metropolis from scratch or laying down roads—as rumored on-line—will not be obtainable but. After all, we plan to proceed creating options to assist beautify your metropolis and edit terrain sooner or later. Proper now, it is only a facet challenge, and we’re very a lot targeted on our core objectives.
The primary aim of Canvastown is get away from mundane every day life and seize memorable moments inside life simulation so you’ll be able to soar in and luxuriate in solely these extraordinary moments. It’s additionally the place you’ll be able to craft attention-grabbing storylines, take part in a set position, and dwell out their lives.
The connected video exhibits a short idea: gamers log on, enter pre-made eventualities by means of “AR Firm” to take part in a set position. In our devoted on-line area, round 50 individuals can converse and work together in the identical channel beneath mutual consent. The NPC Zois behave in keeping with their roles we’ve assigned. Like a film director, you’ll be able to assign roles and solid your actors to create your state of affairs. I usually puzzled if doing this might’ve been me reinventing the wheel (doing pointless work) since gamers often want acquainted gameplay.
To additional assist this gameplay, we’ll be offering script mods in order that small options to assist enliven your story will be applied. Utilizing mods, we have been in a position to create mini-games like automotive racing—although it’s admittedly a lesser expertise than devoted racing video games. We need to create a movement the place these mini-games meant for Canvastown can later be added to the primary sport as effectively.
I consider that the largest pleasure of enjoying RP (position enjoying) video games is not to “clear a sport,” however quite have a world the place you merely coexist with different individuals. That was the origin for the creation of ‘AR Firm.’ I’ve been pitching my idea the place gamers can, for one second, step away from actuality into this world of inZOI the place they’ll dwell out a distinct life. Considering of the film ‘Prepared Participant One’ may make it simpler so that you can visualize.
After all, trying on the present construct makes me sigh. There are such a lot of missing areas, and we now have a really lengthy solution to go. However sometime, I hope to deliver this dream of mine to life.
I need to merely present a strong basis, and I would like it to be you who shall be writing the tales upon it. By permitting you the area to create unpredictable conditions and social interactions, it could take time, however I do foresee the place that may turn out to be a residing, respiratory world.
I’m fairly introverted and dislike stepping exterior my home, however in terms of sport growth, I’m notably outgoing in terms of the challenges of making one thing new. Nevertheless, simply final Sunday after I added kimchi as an ingredient to my pasta and nervously checked my beloved spouse’s expression to see if she appreciated it, I’ve the same anxiousness for tomorrow’s occasion.
Some say it’s good to tackle new challenges quite than enjoying it secure, however not like in video games, actuality comes with individuals’s evaluations, criticisms, and typically applause, which makes it scary for me. I informed the corporate that I’d resolve the way forward for Canvastown primarily based on the occasion’s final result. It would go effectively, or many shortcomings could be uncovered, however I consider it is a needed course of to maneuver ahead to the subsequent step.
I hope to jot down to you all with excellent news.
Thanks from the underside of my coronary heart for at all times supporting us.
Hoping that in the future we will dwell life like a sport,
From Shanghai ~ kjun
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