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• Patch Notes·18 May 2026Official

  EA v1.9.5 - New Images and Textures

  All images from all notes were remade from scratch to be compatible with the master’s research being conducted on the game, while maintaining the integrity of the image sources.The sculptures were updated.The textures of the Barcelona Pavilion and the Azuma House were updated.Fog was added to the areas around the projects to remove the feeling of an abrupt ending.
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• Patch Notes·1 May 2026Official

  EA v1.9.4 - Small Update

  Update list:New music: Based on the asset created by Rudo Studios called “Harmony of the World.” It consists of a set of country-specific tracks. Each country will have 10 songs within the same theme. It was really annoying to listen to the same song for 40 minutes — even I couldn’t take it anymore. Now the music is better, more varied, and more regionalized.New sculptures in the projects: Meshy was used to create digital reconstructions of the artworks from the Barcelona Pavilion, Fallingwater, and Casa das Canoas. This is still a test.Fixes to the initial notes: The initial notes now reflect the recent updates.Other small fixes.
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• Announcements·17 Apr 2026Official

  EA v1.9.2 – House in Canoas – Complete

  Hello! Well, after such a long time… I hope you’re all doing well. As mentioned before, I haven’t given up—I’ve just been working on my master’s degree. So I’ve been studying a lot about the pedagogical aspects related to the game. I’ve already completed my intermediate defense, and I should present my final defense in December. Setting that personal part aside, let’s get to what matters.Update list:Casa das Canoas by the architect is complete: both story mode and free mode are finished and available in this version. Additionally, lighting bugs that existed in this project have been fixed, and it seems to run more smoothly.General performance improvements: this has been a common complaint and something I struggle to solve. Even so, I believe this version runs lighter overall. Some changes were made to improve performance while maintaining (and in some cases even improving) visual quality.Marking books that have already been read: now, when a book has been read, the game’s logo appears on its cover. This way, it’s marked and players won’t accidentally read it again. Before, there was no way to tell if a book had already been read, which caused confusion.Vegetation: work was done to fix a bug where vegetation didn’t cast shadows. Also, wind effects on vegetation have returned.Dark projects: adjustments were made to lighting so projects appear less dark. This is tricky, because it’s hard to properly light an entire house using only sunlight from a single position. Still, I believe this has improved. Also, it’s always recommended to use the flashlight and turn on project lights.Translation fixes: some parts were simply missing translations. This has been partially fixed, since it’s difficult to identify issues in every language.Other small updates: I updated a lot of things I had been putting off before, but finally got around to fixing. Most of these aren’t noticeable to end users, but they were causing FPS drops in some cases. With these fixes, things should improve. ...
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• Announcements·15 May 2025Official

  I haven't given up, okay?

  Hello dear friends and supporters of the game. I apologize for disappearing for a while, but as you well know (I made sure you knew), I develop this game on my own and it’s non-profit (at least for now). So, over the past few months, my life has been pretty hectic because I graduated in architecture and immediately started my master’s degree (at the University of Brasília, in Brazil). My master’s thesis is about my game. My idea is to make the entire learning process within the game scientifically validated. So, for now, there won’t be any new maps (more likely next year), and my focus will be on improving the educational side of the game—mainly by improving the texts, developing a more coherent logic, and creating a learning methodology for each architect. This kind of update isn’t the most exciting, but in the long run, it will be great for the game—believe me. Last year, I published an academic paper about the game’s development, which you can find here: "https://sigradi.org/pt/publicacoes/". Click on the 2024 publication, download it, and search for “zeitgeist” using Ctrl+F—you’ll find the article. That way, you’ll better understand the purpose of my master’s degree, which continues from that paper. Thanks for your patience.
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• Announcements·14 Nov 2024Official

  2 New Maps - Fallingwater and Casa das Canoas

  Hello friends, I know it’s been a while, but I’ve started working on the game alone again. I’m at the end of my architecture studies, and everything has been very hectic. I’m delighted to announce this new version, where I introduce Casa das Canoas by the great Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer and Fallingwater by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Both projects are in beta, meaning they are not yet complete; this is just an initial experience I’d like to share with you. Casa das Canoas already includes some furniture, while Fallingwater does not have any yet. The game as a whole has seen small improvements, such as adjustments for better historical representation of the Azuma House, minor performance enhancements, and bug fixes. We are also preparing for the addition of sequential maps. This feature is already implemented in the programming, and the first architect to benefit from this process will be Tadao Ando, as a thank-you for all the game purchases in Japan. That’s all for now. I hope to bring the final or at least more polished versions of these two new works and their story mode maps soon. After that, I’ll add the other maps from architect Tadao Ando (I believe this will be quick, as the Koshino House model is already ready and adapted to Unreal). General Updates: Together with my advisor, we are publishing a paper on the development of the game at the SIGRADI international conference. Anyone interested in learning more is invited to read the paper at the event in Barcelona (we couldn’t secure funding to attend in person). The game project will continue to be developed during my master’s program next year.
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