Riddles, Ramblings and Robots — Waltz of the Wizard Update (2025)

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 on Quest, Steam and PS5! 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 all the riddles!

The voice ring (also known as Aldin’s Reality Ring) is also no longer required for chatting with Skully, he’s now ready to chat with you from the moment you step into your tower! Just make sure you retrieve the ring to enrich your voice with magical powers.

Now what is that mysterious robot? Well, we also have something that some might find surprising… Waltz is now fully playable on a screen without VR — where you can embody this robotic puppet! It has long been our wish that more people had a chance to experience Waltz of the Wizard and, after so many of you expressed the desire to do so, it’s finally possible.

Even though Waltz is and will remain VR-first design, we are very excited bring Waltz to an even wider audience and hope you will enjoy the freedom to choose how to play! The screen mode is available to all of our Steam and Meta users that have a PC. (We’re looking into Steam Deck and PS5 support but nothing to confirm at the moment!). We’d like to note that all feedback on this mode is most welcome.

You will now see a new launch option for Waltz in Steam.

To enable Screen Mode in the Meta Quest Link app, open your Library, press the three dots next to Waltz and select “Start in Desktop Mode”

We’ve made big strides to enable the non-VR mode of Waltz to include many interesting options to make the experience more interactive and fun. This includes a brand new Emote radial menu where you can select which action you’d like to perform by default. Natural magic is also now accessible via radial-menu for quick power selection in the non-VR mode.

Riddles, Ramblings and Robots is a FREE update to Waltz of the Wizard owners, now live on Meta Quest, Steam and PS5!

Oh and one last thing, we’re happy to tease that another update is coming early next year that will introduce an entirely new feel and companionship in the Fortress! More on that soon.

Below is a comprehensive list of new reactions, along with a more detailed list of notable new additions:

• 🧙🏻‍♂️ Test your Waltz knowledge by asking Skully “Give me a riddle”
• 🥱 When all seems idle, Skully still might utter some peculiar showerthoughts.

• 🥴 Be careful not to hit Skully too hard, his eyes can go askew!
• 🫣 Play hide and seek with Skully just by asking him ”Can we play hide and seek?”
• 🔮 Skully shares some new insights into his past via the old memory orbs, both before and after you teleport to those memories, depending on what you do.

• 🎃 Greet Skully with “Happy Halloween” for a seasonal surprise!
• 💔 Be a little more careful while working the tower, some things are more precious to Skully than others if they break.
• 🎺 The trumpet sound can ring in Skully’s ears.

• 🐀 Skully can get quite upset if you do anything harmful to the rat.
• 😳 Don’t stare too long at Skully.

• 🤾 The moment when you are about to throw Skully will not make him happy. Same goes for the moment you are about to throw something at him.

• 🪶 For a giggle, tickle, tickle Skully with his featherpen.
• 👂The earpiece makes Skully react differently to loud sounds
• 💀 Skully might share some more details if you bring him around the Tower.

Questions and answers

Some of these have single replies, others have multiple, depending on context.

1. “Can I throw you out the window” || “I’m going to throw you out the window”
2. “How do I get voice powers/magic?”
3. “How do I locomote?” / “How do I walk?”
4. “How do I turn?”
5. “How do I do use my hands?”
6. “How do I get natural magic?”
7. “Skully”
8. “I’m you”
9. “You’re me”
10. “You’re not me”
11. “I am you from another reality”
12. “Tell me everything” / “Tell me all you know”
13. “Or else”
14. “What is your real name?”
15. “Where is your brother?”
16. “Did you kill your brother?”
17. “Can I kill you?”
18. “Are you okay?”
19. “Are you <something>”
20. “Are you <something positive>”
21. “How long have you been here?”
22. “What?”
23. “Who?”
24. “Stop laughing”
25. “Stop it” / “Stop”
26. “Can you hear me?”
27. “Aldin”
28. Reponse when users try to use Voice Magic without the ring
29. “Oculus reparo”
30. “Help me”
31. “Help”
32. “I don’t speak English”
33. “What am I supposed to do”
34. “You’re a <something>”
35. “What is the Fortress?”
36. “Can you speak Icelandic?”
37. “What is up / How is it going, etc.”
38. “What was that?”
39. “Can you talk?”
40. “Talk to me”
41. “What are you looking at?”
42. “Look at me”
43. “What is that smell”
44. “Are you my friend?”
45. “Do you love me?”
46. “I love you”