Idrelle Games

Progress Report 2021.07.31

Hi friends,

Just a short update today, since it’s been a pretty chaotic week. I am still working on finishing the last scene of Chapter 1 Route B. Because of all the various ways the chapter can end, there’s an important conversation between Aeran and the MC that needed particular attention to detail to track all of the continuity, which was very time consuming. The entire conversation is around 40,000 words to account for all the variations, but in reality the player is only going ...

Progress Report 2021-07-20

Hi friends, 

I just wanted to do a quick progress report outside of my regular schedule. There are a lot of things happening right now in terms of getting this chapter finished. 

On the writing side, I have completed the last of the combat scenes and have moved on to the last scene with Zenaida and the MC leaving Rona. There are technically 4 versions of this scene (depending on your previous choices). I am hoping to get these done this week, though I am slowing down qui...

Progress Report 2021.07.12

Hi friends,

Another month half-way gone! I’m trying not to think about how quickly time is passing as I keep my head down and continue work on the game. I have completed another big chunk of the Route B endgame, but despite my best efforts, I definitely did not write according to the plan. 😅 Sometimes you just need to jump to the scene you want to write the most instead of sticking to the outline.

I’m happy with how things are going (there are some scenes and game mechanics...

Game Walkthrough: Prologue

The Prologue is unique compared to the rest of the game’s chapters. Its choices act as a way for the player to set their starting stats while remaining integrated in the narrative. A total of 9 skill points are assigned during the Prologue. Skill points are affected by the player’s origin choices, two action choices, one dialogue choices, and the identity of their Wayfarer master.

Players can choose to skip the Prologue and set their skill points manually by clicking “Quick Charac...

Progress Report 2021.06.28

Hi friends,

Happy end of the month! June didn’t quite go according to plan, but I still got a lot of work done. Even though I didn’t meet my planned deadlines, I am working through the end of the game as fast as I can, so I am trying to give myself permission to take a little more time to finish the chapter. 80k in a month is a lot. 😅

I am trying to squeeze out a bit more in the last couple of days, but my area is in the middle of a severe heatwave and I haven’t ...

Upcoming Changes to Patron Tiers & Benefits

Hi friends, 

As I have mentioned in my last couple progress reports, I am making changes to my Patreon's tiers and benefits. When I launched my Patreon in February, I wasn't quite sure how things would line up in terms of Patreon work vs game development, and the original layout I had was quite ambitious. I know now that I don't have the time to be be able to manage weekly updates and four bonus content posts a month, among other things. 

To help make things more managea...

Wayfarer 1.0.7. Flotsam Grove/Marshwall Update

Hi friends,

The alpha build has been updated! We are now on version 1.0.7. There is still one more update to go before Chapter 1 is complete, but we are nearing the finale!

What It Includes

• 64,000 words of new content (which brings the total game’s word count to a whopping 364,000)
• Three endgame branches, including different scenarios for your MC and Aeran depending on whether they go to Flotsam Grove, Marshwall or return directly to the Cou...
  2021-06-19 03:19:16 +0000 UTC View Post

Progress Report 2021.06.14

Progress Report June 14, 2021

Hi friends,

Happy mid-June! It’s been a crazy busy month for me as I try to wrap up the end of Chapter 1 Route B. A lot of work has happened, but there’s still so much to get done before the end of the month.

Two weeks ago I was pretty hopeful that I would be able to have the route finished by now, but that is not the case. Some sections—especially the section where the MC and Aeran find the chalice and then need to decide...

Progress Report 2021.05.31

Hi friends,

Happy end-of-May! I hope everyone has had a good month.

May has been quite successful for me, all things considered. While I did want to be closer to the end of Chapter 1, I did complete and code all of the investigation sequences and the lead up to the MC’s final decision.

As of right now, the alpha build contains (in addition to pre-existing material):

• The Viridian Lady sequence
• Chapter 1 Route B Cove investigation (which is different con...
  2021-05-31 17:15:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Wayfarer 1.0.5. Edgewater & Deadwood Update

Hi friends,

The alpha build has been updated.

What it Includes

• 33,000 words of cumulative new content
• Route B Edgewater and Deadwood investigations, plus the MC and Aeran putting all the clues together and deciding where the missing chalice is located
• Updated Wayfarer Order codex entry and a new codex entry on the Guild of Mages (more codex entries are forthcoming!)
• General bug and typo fixes
• Patched an issue with th...
  2021-05-28 05:52:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Progress Report 2021-05-17

Hi friends,

It’s been a very busy two weeks. Game development is progressing, albeit at a slower rate than I would like. There is ongoing construction behind my apartment building and they are doing controlled blasting in the area until July, which hasn’t been exactly the best thing to have going on in the background while trying to write. I am still hopeful that I can get most of Chapter 1 written by the end of May and then look at a mid or late June launch for the completed Chapte...

Bonus Content Update

Hi friends, 

After a lot of deliberation, I have come to the decision to postpone all bonus content posts until Chapter 1 is complete. 

I've been going back through my word tracker and progress reports and keeping up with a weekly bonus content schedule is really cutting into the game's development time. I'm still trying to make up for the two weeks I lost at the beginning of April, and bonus content posts usually take 1-2 days a week out of my writing schedule to do, wh...

Wayfarer Alpha Build 1.0.4. Cove Update

Hi friends,

The alpha build has been updated.

What it Includes

• 20,000 words of cumulative new content
• Route B Cove investigation and shopping trip

Accessing the New Content

Route B's content can be accessed by going to Rat Alley or by going to the Docks and refusing Zenaida's contract.

You can choose to go to the Viridian Lady's villa OR the Cove in either order. Once the other two investigation areas a...

Character Profile: Ren Varadon

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

This is an edited and re-vamped version of his character profile originally posted to Wayfarer’s World Anvil page. I’ve taken down the original post to make edits on it, so for now this is a Patreon exclusive.

Ren is native to the Undercity, Velantis’ hidden underbelly. The Underc...

Progress Report 2021-05-03

Hi friends,

Happy May! This month is going to be a busy one.

Game Updates

I am pushing to finish Chapter 1 by the end of the month (probably not all the coding, but hopefully all the writing). There are a lot of moving parts and sections and some are more branching than others, but I am hopeful that I can complete it.

The next section, which is the Route B version of visiting the Cove, is almost complete. It’s currently sitting at around 9000 words. ...

Perfectionism and the Feedback Cycle

I’m a recovering perfectionist.

I can’t really pinpoint when it started. But I did take music lessons as kid and studied piano throughout elementary and high school. My piano teacher was ferocious. She prided herself on being the best teacher in my hometown. Her students ranked first, second and third in every music competition, she had the best track record for pushing promising young musicians through the Royal Conservatory of Music, and many of her students got into the most pres...

Progress Report 2021-04-26

Hi friends,

Just a quick update for this week. I was originally not planning on writing one today so I could get onto my bi-weekly update schedule, but there are a few things in the works that I wanted to write about.

Patreon Goals

Most excitingly, I’ve reached my next Patreon goal! Woohoo! I cannot thank you all enough for your continuing support of the game’s development. At this goal, I can now start looking for a graphic designer to do a logo desig...

Scattered to the Winds (Ren & Raven Short Story)

Raven has two problems.

The first is the powerfully built woman looming over her kitchen table. With her sleeves torn at the shoulder to display tattooed arms corded with muscles, a jagged scar across one cheek, a well-used leather scabbard strapped to her hip, the hilts of at least two daggers poking out the top of her boots, she perfectly fits the look of an Undercity thug. She grabs a flatbread wrap from a nearby plate, munching on it as she watches the kitchen staff with a wicked lo...

Progress Report 2021-04-17

Hi friends,

Apologies for skipping last week’s update! April has been a little hectic and as Chapter 1’s content progresses, I am considering moving to a bi-weekly update schedule rather than posting one every week. (This would be to cut back on repetitive “hey, I wrote stuff!” type updates).

Game Updates

The public build was updated with the UI changes and stat overhaul on April 10.

The alpha build was updated with the full Viridian Lady seque...

Wayfarer Alpha Build 1.0.4.

Hi friends,

The first update to Wayfarer’s alpha build is here!

What It Includes

• 57k words of cumulative new content
• The completed Viridian Lady villa mission
• Multiple scenarios and solutions for the aforementioned mission

To access the new content, you must select the Viridian Lady’s Villa (South Isle) (also just "South Isle" on the map) as your first location during your first Explore session. If you go to the Dock...

Political Regions of Rhesainia

The past two centuries have re-shaped the political borders of Rhesainia many times. The early 11th century saw a golden age for the Lotharic city states, small independent nations near and around the Lotharic Sea. These principalities included Calaide, Umbara, Corsida, Edessa, Nemain and Velantis. However, their independence was not to last. 

Timeline

1030 - 1040 - Lotharic city state Golden Age. The Arathian Empire pushes its trade routes, capturing many ...

A Wayfarer Retrospective

The Wayfarer UI has gone through many, many different versions. Some are okay. Some are not great. With the additional UI changes out for the alpha build, I thought it would be fun to look back on some of my past attempts to build the visual look and roast myself for my choices. 

This is a bit of an experiment in terms of bonus content. I did try to edit it down as much as I could, but I recorded the audio unscripted and it snowballed a bit. Please let me know if you'd enjoy more v...

Progress Report 2021-04-05

Hi friends,

Happy April! Progress on the game is still going slowly as I’m having continuing issues with dry eyes and screen time. I have taken time off and have radically reduced the amount of time I am spending at my computer, but unfortunately that means that I am not able to get as much done as I usually do. 

I am hopefully seeing my eye doctor this week and I am trying to write some segments by hand (just so progress doesn’t stall completely).

Game Upd...

2021-04-05 17:36:22 +0000 UTC View Post