PROJECT MIX

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• Announcements·22 Apr 2026Official

  Happy PROJECT MIX Demo Anniversary!!

  Happy PROJECT MIX Demo Anniversary!!🎉 The cast from the PROJECT MIX demo. Expect to see more of them in the full game!The Life Changing VR DemoOkay, story time - gather 'round. I can't believe it's already been a year since the demo was released. We'd been working on it since 2022, reiterating over and over as we faced challenges and doubt.  A visual novel in VR? A VR ANIME game? Why?? Where's the "gameplay"?? No one wants to play your gooner game / smoking sim / non-game!  But the support we've received has far outweighed the hate, and I'm really grateful for that. I still remember the incredibly tough week leading up to the demo. It was stormy both mentally and literally (we live on an island), I was dealing with an illness, and in general, I was prepared for the worst.  Instead, the reception was INSANE. We’d playtested it with our community and refined it a lot, so we had a sense that we had something cool, but there was no way to predict what would happen.  Within hours, there were an overwhelming number of positive comments, posts, and videos about the project. After years of grind and uncertainty, it was a cathartic moment. We had an an awesome countdown live stream thanks to our fans :)People got straight to playing the demo and petting the cat lolOne of the crazy things players did. I was shocked.More Than a GameOver 80,000 people have played the demo, and there's over 1000 positive reviews!!It’s amazing that the demo represents far more than just a game for our fans - for many, it’s a retreat from reality; for others, it’s a beacon of hope in the sea of F2P VR games; and for some, it’s something they can relate to personally. For me, PROJECT MIX is far more than a game - it’s an embodiment of my own taste, culture, and life experiences, and represents what I’d like a VR game to feel like. I really hope to make games that are more than just something to "play" - I want them to touch the player's soul.  I'm so happy that PROJECT MIX has been able to bring so...
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• Patch Notes·16 Nov 2025Official

  PROJECT MIX Demo Patch #4 - Immersion Update and more!

  This is a major update for the demo, with several improvements for immersion and quality-of-life.When clicking the exit to Menu button, the game will now ask you to confirm with “Are You Sure?”If you anger Saya enough, she will now shoot you to death, and you will have to restart from the last checkpoint.Shaders are now preloaded at the beginning of the demo, so there are no more stutters when new objects appear.Completely remade the bedroom view — it’s now much more detailed and full of life, from tailored shopfronts to animated NPCs.Updated the rooftop street view so that it now includes shopfronts for added immersion.Retextured numerous assets to better fit the stylized vision of the game.Refined the sliding physics — you can now slide almost every item across the counter.Added boob wind physics — if you slide items near a bosom, it will jiggle according to the force.Fixed remote-grabbing bottle caps; they now snap to the correct position.Added a cat fedora and ray-bans so you can get a taste of decorating the cat.Added in Press Any Button screen for vibes.Added in Shaolin beer in bedroom so you can chuck beer out.Cigarette lighter and pack now respawn if you throw it out onto the streets (unless you throw it on top of an alien collider)You can now open and close the bedroom closetUpdated Chinese text on vending machine so that it makes more senseFixed issue where background characters couldn't be quite fully visible or fully faded outFor Chinese players: Next week, I will be at WePlay Shanghai, China to show off PROJECT MIX — see you there if you’re going!Besides these demo updates, lot's of cool things are being worked on the full game, so please look forward to that!
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• Patch Notes·25 Sept 2025Official

  Demo Patch 3.5 - A few optimizations to reduce stuttering

  This small patch implements several improvements we learned during the Quest 3 port to maintain visual quality while improving performance. Most changes will not be noticeable to the naked eye.Made longer audio files stream in to reduce stuttersReplaced background bottles in the staffroom with tailored opaque bottles to improve draw call performanceCreated a special unlit shader that uses the average light probe color to maintain a flat look with correct environmental coloring. This will be used for various background elements.Fixed an issue where particles and liquids inside glasses were briefly visible when pulling the reset leverRewrote the Item Spawner to prevent stuttering during bar loadupOculus Reset View now recenters properlyOptimized texture resolutions to reduce wasted memory and spaceFlares now fade in and out using a Material Property BlockLiquids in RTDs are now disabled when not in useFrom here, we'll likely release one more update to fix the character controller, but aside from that, we'll be putting our full focus on the full game!Also, I'm not sure if anyone here is interested, but the demo will be coming to Meta Quest 3 standalone this October.
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• Patch Notes·4 Sept 2025Official

  PROJECT MIX Demo Patch #3 - More Bug Fixes and Improved Chinese Localization

  Update Summary:This is a small follow-up patch where we fixed a couple more issues and invited a member of the PROJECT MIX community to improve the quality of the Chinese localization. Thanks, 尘柒!For the rest of this month, we'll be focusing on making a Meta Quest 3 standalone demo happen, as well as working on the full game.There will be some more demo bug fixes and refinements next month, so keep an eye out for that. Once again, we won't be adding new "content" to the demo, that's what playing the full game is for.Patch Notes:Fixed an issue where ready-to-drink cans sometimes fell through the counterFixed an issue where Cliff sometimes didn’t accept the Shaolin beerAdded button sounds to UI elements and tweaked the volumeFixed the drink recipe display fonts for Japanese and Simplified ChineseUpdated the text at the end of the demoImproved the Chinese localization, thanks to a community memberFixed an issue where grabbing a handle with two hands would remove one of themAdded haptic feedback for doorsLocalized more UI elements
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• Patch Notes·30 Aug 2025Official

  PROJECT MIX Demo Patch #2 - Bug Fixes, QOL features, and Chinese Localization

  Update Summary:This update focused on fixing a bunch of bugs, improving the back end, and adding quality-of-life features.One notable bug is the one where some players got soft-locked in the bar and couldn't progress. That's now fixed!We added support for MSAA anti-aliasing, so you can enjoy the game with less flickering. It’s disabled by default, but you’ll find an option to toggle between None, 2x, 4x, and 8x in the System Menu.You’ll also be able to skip the alleyway scene if you’ve already seen it once.And last but not least, we added localization support for Simplified Chinese! It’s machine-translated, and not all game elements could be translated, so don’t expect it to be perfect. But it will make the game much more accessible to our Chinese-speaking audience.Will the demo keep receiving updates?We’re not quite done with bug fixes yet - we’ll continue to do regular maintenance work that will also carry over into the full game. Some small things like UI visuals will also be updated over time. In fact, we will release another small patch early next month to fix a couple of other things.However, we won’t be adding new content to the demo because we want to focus on making the full game happen, and this is about as much content as we want to show off in a demo. Buy the full game once it's out to play more and support us!Current Status:Good news — we are now in full production! That means we’re working on content for the full game.We’ve successfully hired a new 3D Artist, Programmer, and 2D Graphic Designer to support us. For a small team like ours, even three extra pairs of hands make a huge difference, since the game has a large number of assets to create.Besides working on the full game, we’re also preparing a demo for standalone Quest users.Keep an eye on our socials to see what we’re up to!Patch Notes:Added a skip button for the alleyway scene if you've already seen it onceAdded MSAA anti-aliasing drop down in the system menuAdded haptic feedback to the shower...
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