Women of Xal — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Support Fixed | 2026-09-29 | Not much to say. For those who use Linux, we have reconnected Steam with its launch extension. Sorry about that!Women of Xal II is still being worked on. See ya'll soon. -John |
| Women of Xal FREE Giveaway! | 2025-12-14 | Update 1-13-2026: The Kickstarter has officially concluded, and the below free offers are now expired. Thank you so much to everyone who expressed their interest! |
| Women of Xal II | 2025-12-08 | For those of you who may not be on our Discord server or following our blog, we have great news! We've been hard at work on this game's sequel. The sequel is live on Kickstarter until January 13th - go check it out and play the 60-minute demo!We plan to make Women of Xal I free for all during the Kickstarter campaign. It seems like publishers can no longer discount games more than 95% off on Steam, so we're currently discussing ways to do this behind the scenes. Rest assured we WILL find a way to get you WoX I for free during the campaign. Hope to see you all there, and thanks again for purchasing/acquiring/being gifted this little indie titl |
| Visibility Re-Update: Streamer Mode Introduced + New/Alt Scenes | 2025-02-13 | Hey all, Shald here. So here's the deal: Steam allows you to submit your game for additional rounds of advertising and marketing visibility, but only within 30 days of a recent major update. Guess what we didn't know about when we first started developing this game? :D That's right, we didn't know ANY of that! So, yes. This announcement is a duplicate of an older announcement so we can properly categorize Women of Xal's 1.5 update as a "Major Update" and therefore get the game on the front page of Steam for a few weeks. :') Rest assured that we're not going to be re-hashing old content forever; now that we know about the additional visibility |
| True Ending Patch Notes (January 22nd 2023) | 2023-01-23 | Some folks couldn't get ruthless points on their runs. I have fixed it and released the bugs to the sky above. |
| Small Batch of Bugs Chucked Outside to Live... Elsewhere + Same Page Lore Fixes | 2023-01-04 | And by same page, I mean the dev build was different from public build where we thought certain significant lore details were in every timeline. It wasn't! Bugs like spelling mistakes, grammar derps, and some inconsequential structuring fixed up. Lastly, Steam's build now has one unified build between PC and Mac, so there should be less steps to get them both working for future updates. |
| 1.5 Update! Streamer Mode Introduced + New/Alt Scenes | 2022-03-24 | Some of ya'll went deep to find those visual glitches, and we've got you! Visual glitches have been taken out, and a slew of sneaky typos have been nixed. Because of how easy this was, we were able to focus on new features! Streamer Mode! On every run except True Ending, you can skip the first 3 or so hours to get to the more general audience appropriate parts of the plot, with the slow burn being summed up in cheeky little sentences. You should be able to start character routes sooner than later if you go with Streamer Mode. If you decide to choose "Explorer Mode" for the slow burn and learn more about the world and its characters, the game |
| Women of Xal 1.3 Update: Nerfs and Buffs! Yes in a VN | 2021-12-15 | Some quality of life updates, as well as some nerfs and buffs! A slew of obscure and not so obscure typos have been taken care of. Some narrative clarifications to reduce vagueness in some instances. You now have to complete the game before you fall asleep in front of someone. Furnell's route is now easier to unlock. Culiver is no longer a magical girl on his route. We celebrate not having to update the game for well over a week. \o/ Sleep resumes. |
| Build 1.29 is Live! [Hotfix] | 2021-11-22 | More annoying bugs have been taken care of. Comes out, we couldn't predict every single combination a player could undergo! |
| Bug Fixes And A Chance To Vote On Your Favorite Character! | 2021-11-15 | VOTING TAKES PLACE HERE. LIVE UNTIL NOVEMBER 28th! Ya'll found some truly obscure bugs, but we squashed every last one of them, and the experience is now more polished for it. Just little tiny things like names not being labeled, or misspellings. Additionally, you can now go into the Extras > About portion of the game and vote for your favorite character in this year's People's Choice Awards! Alternatively, you can click the giant link above and it'll take you to the same place! There, you can vote in a wide variety of categories for best, worst, most charismatic, ect! |
| Patch Notes 1.24 | 2021-11-05 | Small visual bug fixes for PC Prevented several obscure bugs from happening CG glitch for one of the endings has been fixed in the gallery |
| Minor Polish and bug fixes | 2021-11-03 | About page now keeps up with the updates with version numbers. More small bug fixes. |
| Minor Polish Update | 2021-11-02 | Nothing big, just a few little touch ups: -Stopped two obscure crash locations -Fixed a typo -Fixed an accidental story skip jump for certain playthroughs. -Fixed a graphical glitch |
| Women of Xal Launch! | 2021-10-30 | Women of Xal, 4 years later. It's finally released. And now, for the update that separates Early Access from the full version! Release Notes: The game's front page now better fits the kind of vibe Women of Xal offers. Sound Effects added Over 20 new tracks Some events have new/changed music Several new events and activities A skip animation feature New screens for loading the game New animations Nerfed Reduced the requirement for unlocking certain routes True Ending has changed credits/video We let go of some lore secrets that we held deep in our hearts ^ More clues about the lore and the story/characters have also been released Added Calenda |
| Patch 2.51 | 2021-09-25 | Players and ourselves caught some interesting errors. We killed the errors. -Velvet's route is actually playable now, like it was supposed to be in 2.5 -Artimis' route was accidentally deleted in 2.5. It's back in now. -New CG added for True Ending. -Slight video editing update -New music for True Ending -Fixed minor dialogue annoyances, sprite displacements, and an eternal loop. -Slightly reduced the size of the game, with more optimization coming in future updates. |
| Women of Xal: Early Access 2.5 Release Notes | 2021-09-23 | Women of Xal Patch Notes: Fixed several typos, including some sneaky game breaking ones Fixed some dialogue (I nitpicked) Added 3 additional endings, including “True Ending” Liz’s Arc Available Velvet’s Arc Available! Velvet’s Arc Available! New Animations New CGs New Voice Acting Overhauled UI New Music More library books available! Made it slightly easier to unlock Artimis’ Route Additional small tweaks What’s not going in 2.5: Last 3 CGs Last Animation Sound effects Merixa’s Arc Axay’s Arc The final UI look Romantic Dates Romantic CGs from dates The last bit of the library Please continue to enjoy Women of Xal! We appreciate everyone's con |
| Women of Xal: Early Access 2.0 | 2021-08-22 | In the New Update: New Animation Videos (Clanice Arc, Nojuk, extra Xuna animation) New Opening movie when you click new game Music now in all animations All Videos come with subtitles New CGs Stats can be maxed out and shows it in the stat screen! Naxia gets her last expression Launda's intro scene added (Non-Animated) Several bug fixes and typo corrections Art resizing for some images. (Example: University) Deeper colors for the stat menu Xanamae doesn't talk as much. The political track "Tensenight" or "Political Cloud" is louder now Less unintentional vague sentences Grandma Vicia's official voice actress is now the same one for all cutsce |
| Patch Notes #1 | 2021-08-10 | -Stops the crashing after the interaction between Velvet and Xula in regards to Xaris. -Removed some typos and redundant dialogue |