https://witchbrookhq.com/news Official Witchbrook dev blog updates and announcements, summarised by the unofficial Witchbrook HQ wiki. en Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.witchbrook.com/dev-blog-dating-on-campus/ witchbrookhq-devblog-2026-09-10 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Final internal playtest wrapping up while localisation and console porting continue. Confirms 11 romanceable characters, introduces Leif and Evadne, and details the post-office dating system with 200+ date chatter spots and 600+ colour-swap furniture pieces. https://www.witchbrook.com/building-a-home/ witchbrookhq-devblog-2026-08-12 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Korean and Russian localisation confirmed as final text goes to translators. Details cottage decoration at the Harbour Home store, grid-based placement, wallpaper and flooring, the Telekinesis spell, gardens with wildflower meadows and beekeeping, outbuildings with greenhouses, and extra multiplayer cottages. https://www.witchbrook.com/dev-blog-life-at-witchbrook/ witchbrookhq-devblog-2026-06-19 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Explains core gameplay: witch business and deliveries, classes, assignments, merits, exams, and a wellbeing system. Covenmate stories play like mini visual novels, and a first in-game year takes roughly 40-50 hours to playtest. More languages are planned but still secret. https://www.witchbrook.com/winter-comes-to-mossport/ witchbrookhq-devblog-2025-12-15 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT Seasonal decorations arrive across Mossport shops and streets. Composer David Fenn previews a Winter Suite, with music that changes by season, time, and location, and introduces Pip, the witch-mechanic covenmate. https://www.witchbrook.com/dev-blog-express-yourself/ witchbrookhq-devblog-2025-11-26 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT Character customisation deep dive: 11 clothing layers with no gender restrictions, over 1,300 hand-drawn animation frames for the player, the Clothes Mapping System, the Calico clothing shop, and the artist covenmate Cormac. https://www.witchbrook.com/development-update/ witchbrookhq-devblog-2025-10-15 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT Witchbrook delayed from winter 2025 to 2026, with the extra time going toward more platforms and languages. First look at the official Mossport world map, where every coloured zone is a playable area. https://www.witchbrook.com/dev-blog-back-to-school/ witchbrookhq-devblog-2025-08-12 Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT Details Witchbrook College: grounded magic anyone can learn, classes in Alchemy, Divination, and the Arcane Arts, architecture inspired by Cambridge, and the newspaper editor Eli Ivers as the second dateable character. https://www.witchbrook.com/devblog-simulation/ witchbrookhq-devblog-2025-06-05 Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT The first dev blog, covering world simulation on the custom Halley engine: seasons, a day-night cycle, hundreds of tracked citizens, and traffic with British road rules. Reveals Hana as the first dateable character.