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Wayfarer 2022 Roadmap

Welcome to Wayfarer’s 2022 Roadmap!

This is an outline of my project goals for the coming year. It should hopefully give you some insights on how development is going to go this year.

Romance in Gaming, Part I: Why Romance?

It’s hard to think of a gameplay element more beloved in story-driven roleplaying games than romance. When gamers discuss a new RPG, there’s usually two questions that that come that come to mi...

Progress Report 2022.01.25

Hi friends,

It’s been a pretty busy few weeks. If you missed it, the alpha build was updated on January 19th with new content, new mechanics, and some UI refreshes. Since then there’s bee...

Wayfarer Alpha Build Version 1.1.2.2 Patch 1.5.2.

Hi friends,

The next alpha build update is here! This is a massive update; in addition to new content, it is also a UI/Gameplay patch, so I highly encourage everyone to check out the patch no...

Progress Report 2022.01.11

Hi friends,

Happy January! I hope everyone had a good holiday and a good New Year’s.

Game Updates

The month is really flying by for me. I’ve been a bit quiet since getting t...

Mapmaking: Velantis

This month's bonus content is a process video for the map of Velantis. I decided to change it up a little and try a "speedbuild"-style video with a voice over explaining my different tools and stra...

Progress Report 2021.12.27

Hi friends,

Happy holidays!

I hope you all have had a relaxing, stress-free time. I took several days off around Christmas to rest and spend time with family and friends (over Zoom and ...

Chapter 1 Guide: Part I

Happy holidays!

Due to Chapter 1’s complexity, the official walkthroughs will be divided into different sections. Because I think Patreon posts aren’t the easiest way to showcase a guide,...

WIP Snippets

I've been thinking about the way I'm sharing WIP snippets (excerpts from the current in-progress section of the game that haven't been coded and added to the alpha build). Previously, I have occasi...

Progress Report 2021.12.13

Hi friends,

A short update for today. The past two weeks have been incredibly busy (balancing life things with work things, as you do). While I’m not where I want to be with the chapter, I ...

Progress Report 2021.11.29

Hi friends,

Just a quick update to round out November. It’s been a bit of a tough month; I did have to take some time off earlier as I was feeling under the weather and my province is curre...

Character Profile: Calla Tormond

Spoilers for Calla's backstory, but no spoilers for the major points of her character arc. If you want to go into his character arc completely blind, I suggest skipping this post.

Ca...

Progress Report 2021.11.16

Hi friends,

November’s a little bit of a weird month. Fall and winter are very dark and dreary where I live. It’s hard to get anything done when you don’t see the sun for weeks on end a...

Map of Velantis & Notes on Key Locations

I shared the map of Velantis earlier in Wayfarer’s Discord server, but I thought I would cross-post it here as well, along with notes on the various important locations.

This map is still a...

Update Schedule Poll

Hi friends, 

As I'm progressing through Chapter 2's content, I wanted to get an idea of your preferences for updates. I've always approached the alpha build with an "update when a major ...

Progress Report 2021.11.03

Hi friends,

It’s November!

This month I am continuing development on Chapter 2. The alpha build was updated on November 1st, so if you haven’t checked out the new content yet, see <...

Wayfarer Alpha Build 1.1.2.

Hi friends, 

The first part of Chapter 2 is finally here! From now on, the alpha build will always contain content not available on the public build. 🥳

What This Update Include...

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Progress Report 2021.10.27

Hi friends,

Just a quick update for the end of October. I have finished drafting Chapter 2 Scene 1. This is quite a hefty scene (“scene” doesn’t really cover it), which means there will...

Progress Report 2021.10.20

Hi friends,

October has been a pretty challenging month. I’ve talked about this on some of my progress reports before, but I have pretty severe chronic dry eye syndrome, which impacts my ab...

The Undercity [WIP LORE]

Little is said publicly about Velantis’ seventh—and hidden—district. Located beyond the harbour slums and the factories of the industrial quarters, the Undercity is among Velantis’ poorest ...

Progress Report 2021.10.06

Hi friends,

This is just a quick update about what I’ve been working on. I am (unsurprisingly) behind schedule from the one I posted on Sept. 16th—I am still pretty bad at estimating how ...

The Meissandium [WIP LORE]

Some details and names are WIP and may change as the game develops.

Of all the ancient organizations in Rhesainia, the Meissandium is perhaps the oldest and most powerful of all. As ...

Episode 1 Creator Q &A

Hi friends, 

My partner and I are here to answer some of your burning questions about Wayfarer! The podcast is divided into two sections--writing and game development, then worldbuilding...

Progress Report 2021.09.16

Hi friends,

The game’s been out for a week! It’s been a pretty wild time, and I’m overwhelmed by the response it’s gotten. The game has stayed in the top 10 for all of its major tags ...

Character Agency & Creating Active Characters

When we talk about characters, the idea of a story being “character-driven” is often raised. Character-driven stories are intended to be the antithesis of plot-driven stories. The story is abou...

Progress Report 2021.09.08

Hi friends,

The public build launches tomorrow! 🥳 It’s been a long road to get to this point and, if I’m being honest, it feels a little surreal.

Alpha Build 1.0.9. has been patc...

Wayfarer Alpha Build Version 1.0.9.

Hi friends, 

This is the final version of the alpha build before the game's public launch! This update includes:

A Full UI Redesign

New as...

Progress Report 2021.08.27

Hi friends,

Sorry for the radio silence this month! The UI update has taken a lot longer than I originally anticipated. The design work is completely finished (aside from a few minor tweaks h...

Wayfarer Alpha Version 1.0.8. - Chapter 1 Complete

Hi friends, 

The alpha build has been updated and Chapter 1 is now complete! Wooo! 🥳

Due to changes in variables, you MUST START A NEW FILE. Proceeding with a previous s...