- Waltz of the Wizard - Hotfix Update: HTC Vive Launch Fix - 17 August 2026
Hello everyone,We have just deployed a new hotfix aimed at resolving a critical launch issue affecting players using modern HTC Vive hardware.Hardware & Compatibility Fix:Fixed HTC Vive Launch Failures: Resolved a software conflict that prevented the game from launching properly for users on modern HTC Vive headsets such as: Vive Cosmos, Vive Pro 2, Vive Focus, and Vive XR Elite headsets.A special thanks to DiamondBird21 on the Steam Discussions for taking the time to investigate the root cause and sharing the initial workaround with us.
- Introducing Custom Reactions for Skully! - 17 December 2025
Hello Wizards! Have you ever wished that Skully could react to something specific you said, but he didn’t? Well you will never have that problem again because today we’re introducing Custom Reactions! Custom Reactions is a small update just in time for Christmas that lets you define a specific sentence you would like Skully to react to and then record whatever sound you would like Skully to play when you say that. Custom Reactions is available right now on all platforms — Quest, Steam, Steam Deck, PlayStation and iOS! This is a feature that we hope everyone will find fun and we encourage experimenting with it. You can record your best Skully voice impressions or just use it to play soundclips or sound effects, triggered by what you say.You can access the new feature in the Menu. Select ‘Codex’ and there you find a new tab called ‘Reactions’ with the controls and more information on how…
- Skully's Fantastic Fails - Patch #1 - 25 November 2025
Hey Wizards! Thank you for the wonderful reception to Skully's Fantastic Fails! It's been quite the show for us seeing all the videos of Skully being launched this past month :) In this patch we are mostly polishing and bug fixing, however we are introducing one new feature: "Type to Talk" giving you the option to type to use voice - this has been a much requested feature since we released voice powers and screen mode. We are initially only making it available on screens but VR players, please let us know if you are interested in this feature as well!To enable Type to Talk open the in-game Menu > Settings > Audio > enable Type to Talk. You can now type to talk to chat with Skully or use any voice magic command!Full list of release notes: New Features• Type to Talk (Screen-mode): You can now communicate with Skully and use voice magic by typing with a keyboard or gamepad! Skully: • Numer…
- Skully's Fantastic Fails out now! - 27 October 2025
Spooky season greetings, wizards! You can now dive into the massive FREE Skully’s Fantastic Fails major content update, featuring an incredible new rocket launch section in the Courtyard to do some wildly strange rocket experiments, 1,000+ new Skully voicelines and reactions, fully redesigned menu with a detailed Waltz Codex, and even more Tower events! Also Waltz is launching on iOS!Feature highlights included in Skully's Fantastic Fails:💀1000+ New Voicelines for Skully! Brand new voice lines are scattered all across the experience — most echo through the Courtyard, but you’ll also discover plenty of new ones up in the Tower.🚀New Rocket Launch Platform in the Center Courtyard! Get ready to experiment with some of the strangest rocket designs ever imagined. Uncover Igor’s secret combinations to blast Skully into space and hear some unbelievable tales from beyond. Just be warned — most…
- Skully's Fantastic Fails update coming this fall - 3 July 2025
Big things have been brewing in the world of Waltz! We’re thrilled to announce Skully’s Fantastic Fails, a brand-new FREE content update coming this fall—and it’s packed with surprises. The update will follow a totally new release if Waltz of the Wizard on iOS also coming this fall!For the first time ever, you'll get to explore the Courtyard with Skully, complete with hundreds of new reactions and voicelines. Then there's the new mysterious rocket launch platform in the Courtyard. What does it do? Why is it there? You’ll have to find out for yourself ...But that's not all!We’ve also added a host of new Igor and Milton reactions in the Tower—including a few unexpected guests (maybe a few bats!). Also we’ve totally redesigned the in-game menu from the ground up, introducing a highly detailed magical Codex to help you keep track of some of the myriad amount of magic in Waltz.We’ve got more…
- Waltz of the Wizard v4.1.1 - Hotfix Patch #1 - 10 January 2025
General Fixes/Improvements • Fixed black screen sometimes occuring when launching (when launching VR-mode, screen-mode will now be activated if no VR runtimes or VR headsets are found) • Fixed Wards in some cases getting stuck, blocking progression • Fixed finger accessibility menu not working correctly • Fixed Neutron Orb VR gesture breaking under specific circumstances • Fixed Tower visitors (Igor, giant, bat) frequently showing up right when game is started • Fixed melee weapons breaking in screen-mode if they were released mid-swing • Fixed Air Drawing graphics being scaled wrong if user was little/big • Fixed flying explosive barrels not always flying • Fixed putting Ear Trumpet on Skully being difficult • Fixed final door in Fortress levels often automatically opening • Crouch is now toggle instead of hold on gamepads • Fixed Quality menu not being available on screen-mode • ... a…
- Steam Deck Verified - 18 December 2024
Greetings Wizards! We're happy to announce that Waltz of the Wizard is now Steam Deck Verified! The positive response to the Screen Mode on PC inspired us to take things a step further. We've worked hard to deliver a polished and seamless screen and controller experience, specially optimized for Steam Deck and look forward for Deck users to dive in and enjoy the magic. Following this is also a Patch update with multiple bug fix & improvements for VR and Screen Modes. We hope everyone can enjoy a great holiday and we look forward to sharing more news next year! We'll leave you with a new Screen Mode gameplay trailer. - The Aldin Team
- Waltz of the Wizard v4.0.2 - Riddles, Ramblings and Robot - Patch #1 - 11 November 2024
Improvements • Igor's robotic creation can now be posed! • You can now add hats, glasses and other wearables to Igor's robot • Music Tower in Courtyard now automatically turns on when you enter • Increased texture resolution of some explosive effects in the Fortress • Added camera shakes and footstep when Giant in Screen Mode Fixes • Fixed crash on Steam Deck • Added more alternative answers for riddles • Fixed realtime lights not being visible on some surface in Fortress • You can no longer fall down in Elevated when in Smooth Movement in VR • Grimoire pages are now non-destructible • Fixed being able to get stuck crouching when holding specific objects (such as Crossbow) in Screen-Mode • Fixed some NM powers being castable twice in succession in Screen Mode (thanks Magni!) • Fixed some buttons in Infinity Fortress not being interactable in Screen Mode • Fixed various issues in final s…
- Riddles, Ramblings & Robots Update - 31 October 2024
Seasons greetings wizards! We've seen Waltz grow like never before this year and have been amazed by the reception from our old and new users. Thank you, we are humbled! It is that magical time of year again and we are thrilled to announce yet another free update to Waltz of the Wizard this year available right now! Riddles, Ramblings and Robots includes a horde of new features and maybe a few bits in the spirit of the season… Skully is more alive than ever now, adding more than 700 new voice lines and a host of new reactions including a totally new riddle game, questions & answers, humms, whistles with a dash of some shower thoughts - and the update includes an all new Screen Mode! Solving the riddles may (or may not) include some special rewards… And a secret revealed for those who finish! The voice ring (also known as Aldin's Reality Ring) is also no longer required for chatting with…
- Skully's Unruly Reactions Update - 10 June 2024
Hello! This past month has been wild! Waltz of the Wizard went viral on social media and what’s followed is that poor Skully has never been thrown out the window so often in a single month. This has all helped Waltz reach new audiences and pushed it to best selling VR on Quest, Steam and PlayStation! Our thanks to everyone who’s been playing and to the streamers — we’ve been thoroughly enjoying all the amazing creativity in your videos. Skully is already VR’s most interactive character with hundreds of voicelines and enormous amount of unique reactions to what you say, facial expressions and gaze, communicative gestures and people’s behavior along with awareness of the environment. So, we’ve been thinking, why don’t we make VR’s most interactive character…. "even more" interactive? Skully’s Unruly Reactions update brings +400 new voicelines and a whole bunch of new Skully interactions!…
- Waltz of the Wizard v3.0.2 - Bug fix patch - 6 October 2023
Fixes Fixed issue on PC where input (such as buttons or hand positions) was broken, rendering the game unplayable for some Fixed issue with new the achievements not unlocking if you had already finished all the required steps in the achievement Fixed an issue where Skully sometimes popped in at the wrong time in the Courtyard Attempt to fix an issue with Occlusion Culling in Fortress not working properly, leading to some elements of the Fortress being invisible
- Fast voice powers and local co-op update now live! - 4 October 2023
Hi folks! We've got some exciting new features included in this release, here are some of the highlights: Use voice interactions with blazingly fast responsiveness We’ve made great strides to take voice interaction to the next level, and after a total redesign of our voice systems, everything behind voice runs locally on device (no network required!). This new version includes better reliability, better accuracy and much more consistent and faster latency. Voice enables you to modify your own abilities and create anything, anywhere, with just a few words. With voice we’re aiming to make true natural interaction possible and we feel that with the improvements in this update we’re closer to that goal than ever before. Team up with a friend At anytime you can team up with a friend on a second screen with a controller or mouse/keyboard. You can have some cozy magical times together mixing s…
- Change the World free update available now! - 21 November 2022
Greetings! Change the World, is now live and available to all our existing users free of charge! https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*LI0sbztgbtfVZWJSU8yo7Q.png Change the World puts voice interaction at the center of the experience. At the heart of the update are new kinds of voice powers that give you abilities to change the virtual world to your liking, with a spoken word and wave of your hand. Hundreds of voice commands now let you control your magic particles, summon objects or even characters just by speaking their name; change sizes, your strength, your size, object physics properties like bounciness, weight or even pitch of audio to make characters sound squeaky. Voice magic is a groundbreaking feature that makes anyone able to make the experience their own, completely intuitively. Release highlights Powers to Change the WorldVoice can be used everywhere, with hundreds of…
- Hotfix Update - (v2.2.2) - 14 January 2022
Waltz of the Wizard v2.2.2 - Bug fix patch Improvements • Added menu item for Aldin Newsletter Fixes • Improved freeze/crash frequency when loading between scenes (PC) • Fixed Aldin’s Reality ring showing success for specific invalid commands • Fixed game sometimes crashing when trying to use Voice Interaction if internet connection was off • Fixed Fortress cave lighting being too bright • Fixed realtime light for some particle effects sometimes not showing • Fixed projectile charge effect sometimes not showing for projectile based enemies (Blaster, Larvops) • Fixed user sometimes spawning inside the table in the Tower • Fixed Ring of Force being invisible when returning from The Cell • Fixed Ring of Force targeting sometimes being buggy • Fixed Grenades not orienting to fit users hand when grabbed • Fixed enemies sometimes being incapacitated when returning back to them • Fixed Skully…
- Free voice interaction update now live! - 17 December 2021
Voice interaction is now available as an update for Waltz of the Wizard, the first VR app to use Meta’s new Voice SDK. This unique update makes it possible to speak to the beloved skull assistant character and use your voice and gestures to shape the world, as if by magic. Voice features are available on both Quest and PC VR headsets (SteamVR) and work internationally (English-only support for spoken language). The update adds over 200 new character voice lines and magic commands, introducing a broad range of innovative capabilities that haven’t been possible before in consumer software. Going beyond pure voice features, Aldin’s multimodal interaction systems unlock entirely new VR/AR capabilities that let you use voice, hands and gestures all together to perform actions. Voice and extended multimodal interaction is an important part of Aldin’s vision for natural VR/AR interfaces and be…
- POWERS - the first update for Natural Magic! - 1 October 2021
The first update for Waltz of the Wizard: Natural Magic is out — the POWERS update includes many new features that enrich the existing Natural Magic campaign! This update includes many things from our own list of features combined with popular requests from the community (thank you for the feedback!), focused on increasing diversity of the experience. Natural Magic introduced key foundations that will let us keep building more advanced environments, characters and powers, faster. The initial release showcased the bare core of some things, and we’re very excited to start expanding! Here are key additions, expanding magic and the Fortress. Magical powers We are expanding the natural magic system, giving you seven new powers to control — in addition to the sonic scream, flexible casting and telekinesis system of natural magic—for a total of ten magical powers. Lightning Bolt — Rubbing your…
- Hotfix Update - (v2.0.3) - 9 August 2021
Fixed bug that caused flickering lights/bloom for some PCVR users. Reduced chance of crashes on Quest 1. Added a 10% deadzone to the thumbstick to avoid drifting on some controllers. Disabled picking up automaton pieces (for now), due to it sometimes leading to crashes. Fixed -vrmode launch argument not working, not allowing you to force SteamVR or Oculus mode. Removed Quest hand tracking posters on PC builds. Added CowsGoMoo to experimenters list and fixed misspelling in Conktech_Gaming's name.
- Natural Magic Released! - 6 July 2021
Today is the day. Waltz of the Wizard has now been updated with our first major expansion - Natural Magic. Now live on Steam! The road so far This is the largest production in our long history. We founded Aldin in 2013 to create believable reality experiences — worlds that are truly designed around the concept of you physically being present in them, as if they are reality. We are proud to have come so far, and we can still hardly believe that we have the privilege to help pioneer this amazing new medium. This is in no small part thanks to the wonderful VR community of early adopters and users of Trial of the Rift Drifter, Asunder and lastly Waltz of the Wizard, who have supported us throughout the years. This is why we are giving Natural Magic to all our existing users free of charge, while the base price of Waltz of the Wizard will now increase from $9.99 to $19.99 to reflect the scop…
- New Natural Magic expansion is coming soon! - 29 September 2020
Hey everyone! We are beyond exited to announce Waltz of the Wizard: Natural Magic expansion is coming in invite-only beta this Holiday season. Natural Magic is the first full expansion for Waltz of the Wizard, adding new locations and new form of magic for users to control. Visit the new castle courtyard and find the mysterious ritual circle to travel to new worlds - starting with the labyrinth. Adventurous wizards will explore its depths to recover forbidden knowledge and artifacts of the Observers, a race of interdimensional beings that have learned to harness magical energies to power strange gadgets and modify the fabric of space and time. FEATURES Expanded activities & replayability — As a wizard you will master your skills in wizardry and explore new worlds to recover forbidden knowledge, encounter curious creatures, collect artifacts and face surprising challenges. New magic syst…
- Lightning Update & Polish - 7 September 2020
Lightning Update & Polish Today we are happy to release our Lightning update - available immediately! This time around we are introducing a number of improvements, along with the lightning hands power that lets you generate electricity by shaking your hands. Along with the new powers there is a wide range of polishing improvements, eradicating bugs and issues that have been annoying us and you! Community feedback We greatly value feedback and discussions on all Waltz and VR related things and anyone is always welcome to join our Discord! What’s coming next? We have big plans for Waltz of the Wizard this year that we are very excited about. While we can’t share details just yet, let’s just say we are opening new doors for the future of Waltz of the Wizard — with our strong focus on VR design innovation, as always. Release Notes New content - Added Lightning hands Improvements and fixes -…
