0.4.3 | Systems reworked & inspector arrives

A new wave of improvements has arrived at the Academy!

This update introduces major system reworks, new features, visual polish, and a large batch of fixes based on your feedback.

The Council is watching… 👀

As always, thank you for helping us shape Wizdom Academy ❤️

• Cancel Trial button for better control over student trials

• Icon on Trial Rooms when trials are completed

• Visual feedback when closing UI bubbles

• Gold income feedback from villages

• New panel for sending Professors on exploration

• Inspector NPC, now roaming the Academy with full AI behavior

• Inspector arrival timer (“Inspector arrives in 5 cycles”)

• NPC arrival timers for better anticipation

• Visual queue indicators for clearer flow management

• Safety fallback for logo loading issues (preventing save errors)

• “Wow” moment for Wellspring upgrade

• Visual & animation integration for Inspector (rig, textures, animations)

• Rebalanced building upgrades for better progression

• Improved overall economy clarity and consistency

• Reworked Recruitment System (now clearer and more consistent)

• Recruitment panel now uses Years instead of Novice/Adept/Apprentice labels

• Improved post-processing effects for better visual quality

• Updated Exploration system UI & flow (including Aequilibrium remockup)

• Exploration simplified: only one emissary can be sent at a time

• Improved Councillor Taxes menu UI/UX

• Councillor is now selectable

• Linked Council Trust bar to Inspector menu

• Improved Onboarding flow and overall design

• Adjusted speech speed of Elara when framerate is low

• Exploration info now properly displayed on world map

• Improved Wellspring upgrade visuals

• Optimized room interiors for better outline rendering

• Reduced size of mischief bubbles and fixed scroll interaction

• Improved gold display logic (removed redundant popups, clearer feedback)

• Updated tooltip: gold per cycle now reflects villages instead of students

• Fixed a large number of issues reported by the community

• Your feedback continues to directly shape Wizdom Academy, thank you!

• Issue where Exploration menu was hidden under map points

• Teachers getting stuck when building corridors near construction rooms

• Students not leaving properly at timer end

• Dark Magic room doors not opening

• Queue animation issues

• UI timers remaining on screen incorrectly

• Multiple UI inconsistencies and bugs

• Resident AI issues when destroying classrooms

• Gold calculation from students

• Wrong resource icon display

• World map visual issue with professors in exploration

• Save issues related to missing logo loading

• Students leaving behavior inconsistencies

• Onboarding triggers for horde/squad systems

• Council & recruitment waiting list save issues

• Inspector payment edge cases

The Academy keeps evolving, and this is only the beginning.

With the arrival of the Inspector, deeper system reworks, and continuous polish, we’re laying the foundations for what Wizdom Academy is meant to become.

We’ll keep listening, improving, and building this world with you.

Now… prepare your students. The Council is watching. 👁️

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