update · January 10, 2025
Wild Life Development Update Outlines 2025 Roadmap and Combat Animation Work
The Wild Life team detailed ongoing development progress for 2025, covering camera post-processing options, feral bull animations, weapon movesets, and story mode minigames.
The developers of Wild Life released a progress report detailing current production efforts across level design, character art, animations, and camera systems as the team ramps up work for 2025.
Code and Camera Options
Programming work centers on camera post-processing options. The game defaults to standard rendering, but players and level designers can override global options such as bloom, vignette, chromatic aberration, tonemapping, and filters. Placed cameras enforce their own unique settings when possessed.
Character Art and Animations
Character artists are researching hair physics solutions and finished an armored variant of the male fantasy armor sandbox outfit. The animation department completed the moveset for the large feral bull enemy, preparing it for engine integration. Work continues on fast weapon movesets for knives, daggers, and cannibal claws, alongside blockout work for a Max and Riv story mode minigame.
Environment and Planning
As team members return from holidays, environment artists resumed work on incoming spaceships at Kerpal and interior assets for Alpha Camp. The design department is finalizing a roadmap and task schedule for the year, encompassing upcoming quests, dialogues, combat mechanics, and balancing.
Why this patch matters
The update outlines steady behind-the-scenes progress on technical foundations and asset production without introducing playable changes yet.