Hi! Just Played The Demo And Thought It Was Really Interesting! (sol Already Owns My Heart 🥺) But

I know I’m late for the party, but here is my highly specific favorite ship dynamics.

Still Enemies. Still Lovers.

Monster fucker this, monster fucker that. What if I want a monster RELATIONSHIP huh?! Monster HAND HOLDING, monster INTIMATE CONVERSATIONS, monster COMFORTABLE SILENCE??

Wayfarer Public Access Build 1.0.4

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The Game

Wayfarer is a dark fantasy interactive fiction game, written and developed in Twine. You play as a Wayfarer, a member of an order of warriors born with magical immunity in a world dominated by magic. It is currently in development.

The Story

When your mercenary work backs you into a corner, you take the only option available and accept a contract: to travel to the city of Velantis and steal an ancient artifact said to be blessed by the gods. Simple, right?

But Velantis holds more than you bargained for. Gathering a ragtag party of malcontents and renegades from across the city, you must navigate enemy factions, meddling guilds, and escalating political tensions. Your choices will ultimately determine the city’s fate – and the fate of every person who lives there.  

Key Features

✦ Create a fully customizable protagonist, selecting:

Gender (male, female, or nonbinary)

Pronouns (he/him, she/her, they/them or create a custom pronoun set)

Name, including aliases and nicknames

Ancestry (choose from 5 species—humans, dwarves, elves, Melusine and Aeda)

Origin (choose from 6 different backstories)

Appearance (including complexion, hair, eye colour, height and more)

✦ Upgrade 4 skills which will determine your successes and failures. Skill level is mixed with a dice roll on skill checks, adding an element of risk vs reward to your choices ✦ Unlock traits that reflect your character’s choices, providing bonuses and hindrances ✦ Recruit companions, build your relationships, and perhaps find romance

Romances are optional

Explore romances as straight, gay, bisexual or asexual

✦ Build rapport with 6 factions and choose whether to support or betray them ✦ Encounter timed choices on key decisions, with alternative results if time runs out or you choose to abstain ✦ Build a codex as you explore the world and encounter people, places, history, lore, magic and monsters ✦ Navigate thousands of branching choices for a unique, re-playable experience and story

The Main Cast

A childhood friend and a fellow Wayfarer. What does he know about the Order’s past and what lengths will he go to keep it hidden?

A Guild mage on the run who keeps her secrets closely guarded. What plot is she involved in and how deep does it run?

A disinherited scion to a mercantile empire. She’s hunting for her sister’s murderer, but what conspiracies will she uncover instead?

A former assassin who abruptly quit the league and turned himself over to the authorities. How far will he go to kill his past?

An extravagant leader of a theatre company and a brilliant con artist scamming the social elite. Behind the flashy exterior, what dark history is he hiding?

An ambassador from a secretive city in the mountains that recently opened its borders. Why is she here and what higher purpose does she serve? 

A gifted alchemist searching for the truth behind the source of magic. What devastating answers will he uncover?

The Public Build

Playable Content: The Prologue, Chapter 1 Route A and a small section of Chapter 1 Route B

Word Count: ~200k words across all choices, routes and codex entries

Average Playtime: 1 hour

Last Updated: April 10, 2021 (UI Updated)

Last Content Update: January 29, 2021 

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The Alpha Build

Playable Content: The Prologue, Chapter 1 Route A, Chapter 1 Route B (Viridian Lady investigation, Cove investigation, Edgewater investigation, Deadwood investigation)

Word Count: ~299k words across all choices, routes and codex entries

Average Playtime: Between 1 and 2 hours

Last Updated: May 27, 2021

Only available to Patrons and Playtesters

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Content Warning

The story is rated M for violence, explicit language, sexually suggestive themes and drug and alcohol use. Reader discretion is advised. 

Bug Report

If you encounter a bug or an error, you can file a bug report by filling out the form here.

Prologue & Chapter 1 Feedback Poll

Player choices are important! Help me learn about the game’s balance by filling out the Prologue & Chapter 1 Feedback Poll. This poll contains story spoilers; it is not recommend you fill it out until you complete the chapter.

Discord Community

Wayfarer has an official Discord server! You can join it here. Please note that the server is 17+ only.  

This game is currently in restricted access and is only accessible through the link available on this blog. It will not show up in itch.io’s search results. Cover and character portrait artwork are by @sunshinemage, all other image and background assets are as credited in-game.

POST UPDATED: 2021-05-27

I'm at loss of words....not even thirsty, - PARCHED!! ON FIRE!!! That was so intimate and h o t

So...if it's not uncomfy to answer, what are the thoughts of ros on giving/receiving hickeys/marks? 👀 (And if it IS okay to ask, what's their reaction on when mc is caught with hickeys/they are caught with them)

Can ghosts be even marked you say? Why, for thirsty simps they totally do ahffgah 👌😭

Ghosts and/or souls can have marks if they want. If they imagine there is a mark on their skin, then there will be one. It's like the needs of when they were alive: they don't need to sleep, eat, rest, go to the bathroom...but if they act like they do, then they will have to, or they will collapse. 

A: They are very open to it, especially in receiving hickeys or being tagged in any way possible. They don’t care to be caught with marks and hickeys, it’s kind of flattering to them, so they don’t try to hide or deny it, but when they see the marks on the Mc… they can get a little shy at first, especially if someone else notices it too. (Now, you see, for a soul to leave marks on someone alive, there has to be a lot of control and trust especially if the person is a medium) 

S: It depends on the place, they like to receive marks and hickeys but never in a visible place and they will do the same for Mc. But always discreetly, if they happen to get caught with some marks, they tried to ignore the whole situation (while they think they need to be more careful next time) If they see the Mc with hickeys or marks they will warn them before someone else See ... but if there isn't time they will just sigh and accept what happened. (For them these things are just between them and Mc and they don't like to expose themselves like that.) 

Bo: She loves to leave marks on Mc, and also likes to receive them, she shows it even more proudly than A. So she doesn't care if anyone sees, on the contrary, she will make a point of showing it. a little more. If she sees Mc with marks and hickeys, she will be willing to mark them again, and if she sees that other people have noticed too, she will likely, happily, take the blame for the marks on Mc. 

Kyle: Well, he doesn't mind getting marks and hickeys. Seriously, Mc can mark him however they wants and as much as they wants, wherever they wants. But he hates to leave any kind of mark on them, he will avoid doing that as much as possible, but if he happens to leave a hickey in the Mc and someone sees it, he will destroy the person before any opinion can be formed (joke...or no) he would see it more as an annoyance than anything. If the marks are on him and someone sees it, he doesn't care at all. 

🔐 They will mark every part of Mc's skin and make sure to show it off. They don't care that other people know about marks and hickeys. But the Mc can't do that at all, unless of course they beg properly and 🔐 are feeling in a good mood... 

As mentioned in an earlier post, helvling MCs will look a little more like their Bound helspawn entity in the revised demo. This means that they'll also have access to a few of their monstrous abilities a little earlier. :') 

The following texts are how they will be perceived in their 'standard' form (as written in-game):

Nokken:

"You appear mostly human at a quick glance, but a closer look soon reveals your otherworldly nature; the hair on your head seems to slightly undulate and sway as if underwater, and your eyes shine with a silvery glow. Your ears taper upwards into points and shimmering, iridescent patches of skin cover your entire body. Rows of serrated teeth fill your mouth, each individual tooth sharp and pointed."

Barghest:

"You appear mostly human at a quick glance, but a closer look soon reveals your otherworldly nature; the whites of your eyes are completely black, making most people who look you in the eye recoil in instinctive fear. Shadows seem to cling to your form, moving in erratic and unnatural ways as if they had a mind of their own. Your canines are long and pointed, while razor-sharp claws tip your hands and feet."

Sylvan:

"You appear mostly human at a quick glance, but a closer look soon reveals your otherworldly nature; curling from your forehead is a pair of antlers with a bark-like texture, while a faint golden glow seems to emit from a golden ring around your eyes. Your ears taper into sharp points and the texture of your skin seems to resemble bark in some places. Vines and blooms seem to sprout from your very body, entwining themselves around your limbs and in your hair."

Basilisk:

"You appear mostly human at a quick glance, but a closer look soon reveals your otherworldly nature; two horns protrude from thickened ridges on your forehead, and your fingers and toes are tipped with sharp black claws. Your skin shimmers with an almost metallic sheen under certain lighting. Most striking, perhaps, are the snake-like slits of your pupils, while the long retractable fangs in your upper and lower jaw are slightly less apparent."

do not separate them…..

I'm having a hard time finding the list of ROs 😅 who are the ROs besides R?

oh hey!! no problemo! maybe i should edit the pinned post to have a short description of each one? i'll write one up here and add it afterwards!

ROs in a nutshell:

r - a kind, peaceful fisherman/woman that just wants a good and quiet life for their loved ones (see more here)

i (or il) - a glib-tongued and charming merchant that holds an intense hatred for magicians (see more here)

n - a grumpy, lone wolf magician that doubles as a key figurehead among the rebels

a - a duty-bound yet idealistic noble that's part of the Holy Order, assigned to hunt down and capture magicians

thank you for the ask! :D

Good Folk -- An interactive fiction WIP

Eirris has been conquered–again. As other countries seek to expand their resources and their empires, the island nation of Eirris’s largely underdeveloped landscape proves too attractive. The High King of Eirris has been deposed and executed. Amarand now occupies the most populace port cities, and their crown prince now lives in the capital where he is hoping to make an advantageous marriage match. The Eirris clans, once united under the High King, now have fractured loyalties and motives. Some work to return Eirris to its previous power, searching tirelessly for an heir to the high throne. Some work with Amarand, earning themselves access to safe roads and profitable trade allies. Some have taken the opportunity to break free of kingdom rule entirely, and now operate as Free Clans.   

You were born into a fen– a group of warriors loyal to a clan– and within the first two decades of your life, your group managed to make quite the name for yourselves as fearless and loyal adventurers. When the leader of your fen is executed for treason against the Amarandish crown, you find yourself quite suddenly without footing in the everchanging world around you. As you embark on a new adventure–full of magic and plenty of mysteries that need solving– meet a diverse cast of characters that, come what will or what may, change your life forever. 

Features

A fully customizable MC: choose your name, gender, sexuality, appearance, personality, religion, stats, and backstory

Choose from three types of magical backgrounds: Are you a druid, with ties to the fae and animism whose magic some fear, or are you a psychic, whose fortune telling and scrying are greatly admired, or are you an alchemist, whose affinity for healing and connection to the elements make you a valuable court mage?

Unique worldbuilding: while Good Folk is heavily character driven, a lot of thought and detail went into the creation of a completely unique world, one that MC travels extensively through the course of the story. 

Find romance… or not!: Good Folk was designed as a romance game and has a diverse cast of characters available for romance. There are 6 romance options including male, female, non-binary, and trans ROs, as well as the option to romance any of the ROs as asexual. Every RO is available to every MC. Or choose not to romance anyone at all, and just make lifelong friends! (Note: This game will most likely feature explicit content and is only suitable for players 18+)

Determine the End State of Eirris: What will your homeland look like at the end of your journey? Will it remain under Amarand rule. Will it be united under an Eirrisian High King? Are there other options out there? Play to find out!

DEMO (soon) | FAQS | ROs | Ko-fi | Discord

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