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Hollywood AnimalNewsThe Christmas Update is Here!
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The Christmas Update is Here!

Hollywood Animal · published 18 Dec 2025, 13:06 UTC

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Hello!

It's time to add some holiday warmth and coziness to your movies! As promised, the Christmas Booster Pack is now live and ready to spread some festive cheer.

This update fills your scriptwriting arsenal with a collection of eight Christmas-themed story elements. Perfect for creating heartwarming hits unless, of course, you choose to end your Christmas story with "Protagonist's Dreams Crushed". Which is an appropriate option if you hate joy.

The update also includes a list of bug fixes and stability improvements to further polish your experience:

  • Christmas is a thing in the distribution calendar now, thanks to all the good boys and girls this year!

  • You can now choose whether to attend the Pollux ceremony, even if your films are nominated.

  • Thanks to the German economic miracle and Uncle Adi’s personal intervention, you can no longer lose money on film distribution in Germany.

  • Post-distribution analytics and Colman Graves’ service now evaluate story element combinations more accurately.

  • The genre tooltip on the film card now shows the percentage of that genre in the story structure.

  • If you hire a character through a Film School offer, they will no longer immediately ask for a pay raise.

  • Fixed a bug which could soft-lock the game when releasing Double Features.

  • Fixed a bug which broke text animation when zooming in.

  • Fixed a bug which allowed competitors to vote against initiatives they had proposed themselves.

  • Fixed a bug which could cause the map to become empty after loading a save.

  • Improved the animation of the Führer postcard. Don't be stupid, be a smarty, come and join... well, you know the song.

  • Added 150 new posters.

  • Some minor UI fixes.

We can't wait to share our further plans with you — expect a lot of surprises in 2026!

As always, thank you for your incredible support and feedback.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

— Your Weappy Wholesome Team

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