This update contains minor fixes requested by players or noticed by testers and is released with thanks to those who took the time to point them out.

Changes include
- New Neville animated model replaces previous model.
- Reintegration of walkway to Asylum Rock for people that have more time than common sense.
- Holes discovered by tester LadyCakePops are removed for common sense purposes.
- Integreation of FSR support at 3.01
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🕯️ The Wickie 2.0 Has Arrived – Rebuilt. Revoiced. Reawakened.
Now Steam Deck compatible. DLSS / FSR / Native Upscaling supported.

"Pandora’s Rock is not what it was. The salt is deeper in the stone.
The machines have begun to speak again, and the ghosts now come with names."

After months of intense rebuilding, Version 2.0 of The Wickie is here—and it's not just a patch. It's a full resurrection.

What was once a mysterious curiosity has now become a fully voiced, fully 3D narrative horror experience with vast new areas, fresh systems, reworked environments, and a deeply atmospheric story flow.

🔥 Key Features in 2.0

🎮 Steam Deck Ready + Performance Improvements
FSR support for Steam Deck users ✅

DLSS support for NVIDIA users ✅

Native Upscaling support for everyone else ✅

Major performance optimizations across the board—expect smoother framerates and shorter load times.

🧍 All NPCs Are Now Fully 3D

Hand-animated with body language and facial nuance

Fully voiced with cinematic framing

Every interaction now feels alive, immersive, and eerie

🛳 Brand New Tutorial – Aboard The Wanderer

Replaces the old skip-friendly version

Atmospheric intro level introduces lore, puzzle mechanics, and character tone

A strange, beautiful prelude to the horrors ahead

🏭 Massive New Zones & Reworks

Cargo Sorting Station: Binary puzzle systems, stealth gameplay, and hostile C.A.R.L. units

Unit 4: An industrial tomb filled with rust, machinery, and deadly AI

Engine Room Igniter: Non-linear puzzle chains with narrative voiceovers and a terrifying new threat

The Bridge Spar: Meet Captain Malin in full

Asylum Rock Reception: Bureaucratic horror, new puzzles, and Tom Crilley’s unforgettable tannoy broadcasts

🌧 Weather & Lighting Overhaul

Real-time puddles, stormfronts, fog layering, snowfall and wet surfaces

Each zone now breathes and reacts to your presence

🧠 The World Has Grown Strange
Everything from the UI to the save system has been rethought for immersion and tone. There are new ways to move, new ways to die, and new ways to understand what’s truly happening on Pandora’s Rock.

📘 Patch Notes (Optional Reading – But Deep Lore Fans, This is For You) are available in the community hub!

The light is calling.

Today we launched the official trailer for The Wickie 2.0 — a massive free update coming on May 16. If you haven't seen it yet, take a moment to meet Captain Malin and the newly voiced, fully animated crew of Pandora’s Rock:

🎬 Watch the trailer now:
This is just the first of many changes coming in Version 2.0 — and we’ll be posting daily updates from now until launch.

Expect deeper looks into:

The new environments and puzzles

Changes to the story flow

Creeping threats lurking in familiar places...

Already own The Wickie? Your game will update automatically on May 16.
Just arriving? Wishlisting now ensures you won’t miss the call.

🕯️ Keep the light.
More tomorrow.

🕯️ From Cardboard Cutouts to Living Souls — The Wickie 2.0 is Coming
We’ve completely overhauled every major character in The Wickie.

Where once you met two-dimensional cutouts — silent, static figures — now you’ll encounter fully animated, fully voiced 3D characters with unique personalities, voice actors, and interactions. Captain Malin, the sailors, the scientists, the strange residents of Pandora’s Rock — they’re alive now. And they’re waiting to meet you.

🎭 Every voice is real.
🧍 Every character now moves and exists in full 3D.
💬 Every conversation adds depth to the world around you.

This is just one of the many massive changes in The Wickie 2.0, a free update launching May 16. The entire island is evolving — visually, narratively, and mechanically — and we’ll be sharing more updates daily right here.

📅 Follow us and check in each day as we reveal what’s new, what’s changed, and what’s still to come.

Already own The Wickie? Version 2.0 will download automatically on May 16.
Thinking about grabbing it? There’s no better time — all new content will be included in the base game, no DLCs or addons.

🕰️ The island is waking up.
🌊 The light must be kept.
🎙️ And now... the voices are calling.

👉 {ПРЕМАХНАТА ВРЪЗКА}https://bit.ly/thewickie

This patch is to address CTD caused by moving from mapzones to main mapzones where there is no interval map.

This is a small fix for navigation issues for AI pathing effected by the previous main release update.

CHANGES.
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MAP
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New Feature - The Main Map. You can now see where you are in the world by opening the Map (currently pressing M which is remappable to a game console button!). You can view where you are and where to go on the main islands - Gondola, Asylum Rock and Pandora's Rock now and the map dynamically switches between each.

MAP MARKERS
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NPCs and interesting items and things are now marked on your main map and also on the new minimap for you. Some items and markers will ONLY appear on the minimap so that you can locate hard to find items when you are near them.

MINIMAP
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The minimap is now open all the time showing where you are, what you are near and which direction you are facing!

MAP NAVIGATION
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Need to get somewhere? Right click in the main map to set a marker and then just GO! Note that the directions given may be dangerous or outright wrong. That is because it deliberately has no idea of the secret passages and so on.

MOBS AND NAVI.
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Mapwide navigation for NPCs is now enabled. Beware. More mobs are incoming. The "Oh its a gun" update will be coming soon. Perhaps.

This is a minor update to fix issues regarding the loading screen not appearing when you are playing the game. This is a cosmetic fix aimed towards players who needed to be aware that the game was loading and not crashed.

This patch addresses issues from streamer Octopink that due to accessibility issues, she was having problems with the large walkway from the upper engine room to the pliades pillars and up to the black gate.

This also adds some fixes to the lever system for the black gate not working properly.

There are also 100% more creepy strange bones.