Hi folks, 

As of May 26, 2023, brand-new Episode III content is available to play on Wayfarer’s alpha build.

Overview

• Part 1 includes 5 playable routes based on your Episode II ending. They are: Aeran’s romance reconciliation, Aeran’s friendship reconciliation, breaking off your MC’s friendship or romance with Aeran at the apartment, Aeran’s low romance (if you do not go to Melchior’s party), and Sleeping with Veyer.
• Other routes, such as Melchior and Kit’s endings, as well as the drunk route are under construction and not available at this time.
• 370,000 words of cumulative content
• An average playthrough is 21,000 words

Story Features

Episode III picks up the morning following Episode II and includes:

• The aftermath of the big fight!
• A mission going ahead, whether you like it or not
• Boat rides
• Promises made (or not made) to a questionable person
• Reckless and unchecked behaviour
• Obliterate your relationships (or try to save them)
• A special object of great personal importance
• Consequences for your actions and dialogue options
• Always remember: you can always make things worse. Whether this is a good thing or not is up to you.

A huge thank you to my patrons for supporting me over the past year while I developed this next section of the game. I hope you all enjoy it.

Episode III will remain a Patreon exclusive until Episode IV is developed and released. You can play it by supporting me at any tier through on my Patreon at patreon.com/idrellegames.

To fully test Episode III’s new material, I am expanding Wayfarer’s playtester team. If playtesting is of interest to you, please check out the information below.

What Does Playtesting Entail?

Playtesters play the alpha build in search of bugs, continuity errors, and typos. They are essentially an extra set of eyes on the game for new content. They get updates and patches before anyone else does.

Because Wayfarer’s gameplay includes hundreds of choices and many, many variations that build on each other, playing multiple times and checking out different options is essential for testing to make sure each area of the game functions as intended.

Details

• You must be 18+.
• Playtesting is a volunteer position.
• You will be credited in-game as a playtester (this is opt-in).
• You must have an active Discord account.
• All communication with the playtesting team is done through a private playtester Discord server. You must be willing to be active in that part of the server and submit your bug reports through the designated channels. I do not accept playtester bug reports through any other method.
• Playtesting is not free access to alpha content. If you are not active and do not contribute to bug reporting, you will be removed from the playtester role.
• You must keep the playtester build link and password private. As a playtester, you are trusted not to share the alpha build’s content. Breaching these terms will terminate your role as a playester and you will be banned from all of Wayfarer's platforms and social media.
• If at any point you are no longer interested or do not have the time to be involved, you can opt out, no questions asked!
• You must be available to playtest throughout the summer as I develop the next stage of Episode III.

Application Form

Your answers on the application form are kept strictly confidential.

The form is open until June 9, 2023. I will contact chosen playtesters via email by June 12, 2023.

To apply, see the application link here.