New Year, New Start

Hi all,

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a good end to 2023 and a restful, relaxing holiday if you were celebrating. I’ve returned from my trip and I am ready to get back to work and get things started.

General Announcements & Patreon Tier Changes

Today the new Patreon tiers have gone into effect. January is going to be a bit weird because it is transitional and there are a lot of finnicky things going on in the back end, but if you have any questions or concerns about your tier and your benefits, please do not hesitate to message me.

Of note:

• The former $5 Recruit tier is now the Tip Jar. Due to its change in benefits, if you were pledged at this tier you will no longer be able to access the alpha build. However, if you were pledged to this tier before January 3, 2024, you are entitled to a month of access to Wayfarer’s alpha build. If you would like to play the alpha build, please message me for January’s password.
• The former Wayfarer tier is now the Recruit tier. Benefits have been changed and adjusted accordingly.
• The former Apprentice, Master, Grandmaster of the Order, Archivist of the Order, and Ambassador of the Order tiers are discontinued. They have been unpublished. If you are pledged at these tiers, you will be able to access your benefits for the duration of January. On February 1, your tier will be deleted. If you do not change your membership to one of the new ones or cancel it, your tier will show as No Tier. You will continue to be charged at the rate of your original pledge until you change it; however, as a No Tier you will not have access to any benefits.

The new tiers are published and available:

2024 Roadmap

A roadmap for Wayfarer’s 2024 development will be released on Friday. This will include the projected timeline for Episode 3’s alpha completion, Episode 4’s development, planned short stories and other Patreon exclusives, and the public released of Episode 3.

Collections

New to Patreon are Collections. I’ve put a few together on specific topics, from some of my personal favourite extras I’ve made over the years to all the short stories in one place to a collection for writing tutorials and twine tutorials. You can browse them through the Collections tab.

Bonus Content

All bonus content is on hold until June 2024. This is to give me some breathing room while I focus on finishing Episode 3.

As always, thank you all so much for your continued support. I’m looking forward to this being a good year for Wayfarer, getting Episode 3 complete and moving onto the next part of the game. If all goes according to plan, we should hopefully be hitting new highs and new lows with the story, and finally getting to meet more of the major companions!

Cheers,
Anna