I'm very happy to share what is the largest update to Waifu Island since the new shader was put in place. I've once again opted to hold off on sharing the sandbox mode features in favor of getting these updates done and published for everyone to play with. I found that the more I worked on sandbox mode, the more I needed to move the customization UI to its own area of the game since it was taking up valuable screen space that was needed for other features. One thing led to another and I decided to make good use of numerous options provided by the new shader, so you'll see that you now have a lot of freedom when it comes to color options for quite a few outfit items.

First, I'll quickly go over the updates to breast physics. After implementing the option to change a waifu's chest size, the quality of breast physics had decreased a bit. I've since found a good combination of the previous configuration and the cup size options, so you'll see that there's a lot more bounce. Tops are also back to affecting both the gravity and the movement of breasts; for instance, adding a bikini top will decrease the gravity pull on breasts just a bit, causing them to lift; the same goes for the reverse in that removing the top will increase gravity and movement.

The bulk of this update is the addition of the changing room, which is used in all game modes for customizing waifus. I hadn't planned on putting this in place just yet but it was becoming more and more obvious as I progressed with sandbox mode that it couldn't wait any longer; my UI was getting cramped and I needed the room that was previously taken up by the customization panels. Now, to modify your waifu, you enter the changing room and make your selections there, then return to the game once you're happy with the results. 

With the new changing room comes two other major updates: custom colors for several outfit items, and the ability to save, load and share your creations. You'll find an interface where you can easily save all the options to a single image file which can then be exported and shared; embedded within the image file is all the data required for rebuilding your waifu as well as acting as a thumbnail. Scroll to the bottom of the main Itch.io page for the game and you'll see that I've swapped from a comments section to a discussion board where you'll find a section for sharing these waifu cards as well as boards for feedback, feature requests, and more. Importing waifu cards is just as easy and I've even added a dropdown so you can specify whether you want to load just the character, just the outfit, or both!

There's a lot of other minor updates as well, including but not limited to full customization of the photo shoot backdrop's color, visibility toggles for outfit items in both photo shoot and playlist modes, buttons to save your custom colors so they can be easily applied elsewhere (these colors are included in the exported waifu cards as well), the addition of cloth physics to several more dresses, customizable eye colors, and more! As always, everything is itemized at the bottom of this post as well as in game's release notes section.

With the customization UI now out of the way, I'm now able to put the finishing touches on the new sandbox mode features that I've been holding off sharing for the last few months. I'm looking forward to letting you all see the work I've put into the upcoming mode, and there is so much to share that I'll likely be splitting things up into two separate devlogs. 

While you're waiting for the release of sandbox mode, at least now you can get your custom waifus set up and ready to play with. And be sure to pop into the new discussion board to share your creations with everyone! I've even provided buttons for importing/exporting the waifu cards to make things as easy as possible, so all you need to do is upload/download the images and you're good to go. I'm looking forward to seeing your creations and I promise that the new gameplay videos of sandbox mode are (finally) just around the corner. I'll be performing a round of bug testing over the next few hours so there will likely be a patch coming this weekend.

v0.3.1a

• Fixed bug preventing UI Scale dropdown from enabling Save Changes button
• Fixed breast clipping issues for tops
• Added new tank top item
• Added cloth physics to several dresses
• Added color option to photo shoot backdrop
• Added primary and secondary color options to several wardrobe items
• Added ability to save/load colors
• Added ability to save/load waifus and outfits
• Added ability to import/export waifus and outfits
• Moved all waifu customization options to the new changing room scene
• Improved breast physics
• Improved lighting in playlist scene
• Improved texture mapping for fishnet stockings
• Improved texture mapping for striped stockings
• Simplified photo shoot controls