The Wickie
2.02 Critical Patch
Replaced Event Tick with Timer-Based FakeTick in the AI Controller to reduce unnecessary CPU load and ensure consistent behavior across all hardware.
Added IsValid safety checks throughout the AI Controller and Behavior Tree Tasks:
Player references and pawn targets are now validated before access.
Prevents Accessed None crashes caused by perception of destroyed or unloaded actors.
Removed deprecated Trace by Channel damage logic, which was improperly targeting outdated damage interfaces and causing sporadic crashes on certain systems.
Cleaned up MoveTo Player and Frozen State BTTasks to fail gracefully when their targets are invalid, instead of crashing or locking behavior trees.
Update Notes for 2.01
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 Wickie 2.0 Approaches — Official Trailer Now Live
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.
The Wickie 2.0: Fully Voiced 3D Characters Arrive May 16 in Free Update
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.
👉 https://bit.ly/thewickie
Patch Modification to 1.2.4 (Maps) to address CTD Errors (Priority)
Hotfix to address navigation issues.
Build 1.2.4 "Maps (They don't love you like I do)" is now LIVE.
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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.
Build 1.2.4 - Loading screen update
The Wickie - 1.2.3 "Octopink's Magical Railway" patch.
This also adds some fixes to the lever system for the black gate not working properly.
There are also 100% more creepy strange bones.