With the 1-year anniversary of InZoi coming up, I had a small idea that could make the moment feel special for the people who have been here grinding the game since the beginning.
A lot of us already have 500+ hours, logging in constantly, testing features, giving feedback, and basically living in this world. It would be really cool if the anniversary recognized those players with something small but meaningful.
Nothing game-changing either, just some token of appreciation that says “you were here since Year One.”
Some ideas could be:
• A small anniversary clothing item for CaZ / Decor for build mode.
• A special lobby name color for Year One players.
• A tiny anniversary badge next to the player’s name in the lobby.
• Or upgrading the status from “Newbie” → something like “Full-Timer” or “Year One Zoier”
Just a small cosmetic reward for players with something like 200+ hours or consistent activity during the first year.
It wouldn’t affect gameplay at all, but it would make the anniversary feel a lot more memorable and give early players something fun to show.
Would you want something like this for the 1-year anniversary or something different? What would you add?
please add interactive college campus activities like going to class in the classroom going to eat lunch in the cafeteria exams in class studying at home and more not just the homework and taking college when you live in a apartment
@cwalsh1 thank you for the lovely suggestions. Unfortunately, those suggestions don’t belong in this thread because they’re off-topic. Feel free to browse the Wishlist category for threads resembling your ideas and add your input there. You can also open new threads there for your suggestions
I love the idea! I have over a thousand hours in the game and haven’t even spent enough time in Build Mode. I would usually build a lot in this game, but the gameplay is a lot of fun for me!
I’ve played several special storylines/save games with it, and am hoping to have my first multigenerational game continue after the update at the end of March (in 2 days from me writing this).
I think it would be a good idea to provide something for players who were involved in the 1st year. That would be purchasing the game in the first year. That shows a lot of support and love for the game.
Something for players who put in many, many hours playing the game (and most likely making bug reports, posting feedback and ideas, etc.) is another special thing that should be recognized if the devs feel like rewarding first year supporters and players.
The participation of players is the entire reason to do an Early Access game. Sure, buying the game helps, but actually playing it and sharing your experiences (here, or in other places like the Discord, Steam forums, Reddit, etc.) is vital. Its importance can’t be overstated.
I wouldn’t expect anything too major, but it would be fun to have a decorative item for being a first year supporter (bought in the first year), and another for playing 300 or more hours sounds really fair and nice.
What should it be?
Anything with Psycat would be nice!
…but ultimately, I’m just thrilled to have experienced the entire past year of inZOI! Knowing what it was like to play on day 1 (which was still fun for me) and the journey through every single update to how it is to play even now before the March update has been special, exciting, memorable, and truly fun.