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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.
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.
✦ 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
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?
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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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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The story is rated M for violence, explicit language, sexually suggestive themes and drug and alcohol use. Reader discretion is advised.
If you encounter a bug or an error, you can file a bug report by filling out the form here.
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.
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
Sweet Winifred and charming Xaggokoz for hubby's spectacular game "The Heir Quest"
@thqwriting
(F!W and M!X respectively)
Hey there , love your work, the romance scenes in your work are so pure and go straight into the heart. I was wondering how Ilzurus looks in her Dragon form ? Also what is the nicest way to let Thea/Theo down to pursue other ROs. ?...(T is a lovely chracter)
Thank you, you're a sweetheart!
Okay, so I'll give this under the cut, so the ones that don't want to get spoiled about this can scroll over.
Ilzrus is around 65 feet tall in their dragon form. They are slender and agile even in their dragon form and they rely on speed in battle. Their scales are slivery-white, but the iridescent glow (that's evident in their human form underneath their skin) is accentuated in their dragon form. Their horns and spade are a slightly darker shade than the scales and their eyes are sepent like and golden. They don't breathe fire, but they can use magic.
The best way to remain just best friends with T is to choose "We're just friends and they know that, why would they ask me this?", during the dinner in chapter two. If you do that, the route you'll go on is that of bff but nothing more.
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Elia
???? Female/Male, ?? - A ghost wondering the halls of Ehrenreich - or at least that's what they tell you. No one else can seem to see them, and with a sheet thrown over their heads it's convincing. Whether they're on your side or against you it's impossible to tell - they know you aren't who you say you are, and tells you they're the same. Mischievous and mysterious, Elia's motivations are a mystery, their reason for being at Ehrenreich even more so.
Also PS: I have decided to give the masses what they want. The Revenant will be an RO, but not in this book. Book Two is when the revenant will be available to woo. Thank you for your time and patience.
I can't with these deliciously written scenarios- I'm- so...somft 😭😭❤️😭😭❤️😭❤️ i wanna hug and love the feck out of them all, squish their cheeks and give lots of kisses
... I'm so sorry for spamming your inbox I'M JUST REALLY INTO YOUR GAME AND YOUR CHARACTERS AND THEIR PERSONALITIES ARE SO-👌😩
Can we have a scenario where someone was insistently flirting with RO (and making them uncomfy) and MC, taking matters in their hand, just strolled over to RO, smooched their cheek while saying something "sorry, my love, were you waiting for me long?"
(in crushing stage, but the crush at this point was reciprocated so much that it was nearly physically painful to watch these two dancing over the topic)
Romancing 💕
Painful romance (featuring the GotD ROs)
Note: It's perfectly fine! I'm actually really happy to have someone so interested in the story and the characters, it really makes me motivated to write the story to completion :D I'll be referring to the flirt as Person A so there's not much confusion. :)
This got pretty long so the rest of the ROs are under the cut :D
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Alistair isn't one that really gets flirted with much. He may flirt back with other people or entertain them, but if he's already interested in someone he's definitely shutting down any and all attempts towards him. If in the chance that someone is as persistent as person A is he'd be pretty pissed in trying to shut them down, pretty vulgar about it too. When MC comes strolling over, he'd be even more irritated since he thinks that MC might take this in a different light but when MC kisses his cheek and says those words, this man's going to get an incredible boost of confidence. He'd immediately have his arm wrapped around MC's waist, pulled flush against him and murmur "Damn right I've been waiting long". When he addresses person A, he'd me a little less irked and more cocky (more than usual) and speak to person A in a really formal manner (he's still the heir of course) while lowkey insulting them before he'd pull MC away.
Emrys shows his disinterest in the way he looks and speaks to people. As an heir, he's chosen to not be as crude as Alistair and not as hesitant as P. He'll definitely drop some lines like "I have somewhere to be" or "It would be interesting to talk about but perhaps not now" all the while sipping wine while looking away. He also stands at a distance so to have someone blatantly push themselves onto him, he's pretty much unsure of what to do if he's used all the tips and tricks he's learned to avoid conversations and people; which is a lot, let me tell you now. To have MC come to his rescue, he admits isn't a good look for him but he immediately makes it up by reacting appropriately. "There you are, my love..." He'd whisper. He'd place his hand on the small of MC's back and smile fondly at MC before he turns to person A, he'd address him as coldly as possible. Em can only take so much and he has very little patience with people to begin with so this isn't exactly unwarranted, "I have shown my disinterest in you and your topics. Please leave us be before something unpleasant happens. I am asking nicely this time." Doesn't really wait for a response before he drinks the rest of his wine, gives the glass to a servant before he turns to leave with MC along with him.
P isn't as formal as their siblings and acts based on their emotions majority of the time. This doesn't mean they are good with them. They'd try to be as polite as possible in turning down the person while being direct, even trying to walk away from the situation. They don't really do well with confrontation and are very impulsive so they might blurt out that they're already seeing someone even if MC and them aren't a thing yet. When MC comes to their aid, they're definitely going to melt and be very thankful. They'd try to wrap their arm around MC's shoulder or waist but because of their nerves, they might just hold MC's hand instead. They'd look at MC to have a jolt of confidence before turning to person A and just outright telling them to leave. "I don't like you in any of the ways you're implying. I have someone that I adore and they are the person beside me right now. Please leave... Or else you'll be thrown out." They usually don't use their position as a royal in order for things to go their way as they really really hate being a royal. But, this time, it's necessary. They won't be as calm in their escape since they're literally running through the halls with MC behind them.
Yeriel has had a fair share of people trying to flirt with them and each time they've never really shown any interest in them. That also comes with pushy flirts like person A and they've learnt how to deal with it. Entertain them for as long as possible without promising anything. But it dawns on Yeriel that person A is incredibly pushy and doesn't take any vague answers or replies that deny them of what they want. There are only a handful of things that make Yeriel uncomfortable but this is definitely added to the pile. They'd be really polite in shutting person A down, saying that they're already interested in someone. When MC comes to the rescue, they'd definitely feel relieved. It would take them a while to respond to person A because they're literally just staring at MC with heart eyes and just admiring them, one hand gently caressing their hand that Yeriel unconsciously reached out for. When they do address person A they'll still be polite and wait for them to leave. Yeriel's not budging, they're glued to place, their thumb still gently rubbing over MC's knuckles the whole time.
Flirting is something Seiraya is sure they're good at. So when person A flirts with them, Sei is flirting back out of habit. None of the words they say mean anything though and most are just the cheesy stupid flirtatious remarks that Sei is sure would turn someone off and leave them alone. Bad move, it interests person A more. Definitely bothered and concerned to the point that they'd just do an awkward/nervous laugh at the comments. When MC comes to their rescue, they're definitely relieved. Will be surprised at the gesture though which immediately catches them off guard and they'll end up stuttering a bit towards MC like "O-oh... you're... you're finally here...." Their voice might crack a little too. They'd have to clear their throat, give them a minute, before replying to person A like. "Sorry... You're cute.... Not cute enough though." And boom they're turning their back and pulling MC away from the person and the situation. They're very flustered actually.
In short, please go easy on the ROs. They've never really fallen in love before.
CURRENT GAME PROJECT
Genre
Horror, Thriller, Supernatural
Short Summary
You and your entire family had just moved to a new town and you were promptly transferred to a boarding school; Winford Academy. On your first day, you had the misfortune to see a dead corpse in the school grounds. You had thought that, that would be it until another body showed up. Somehow these deaths are connected to your new school. Can you unravel the mysteries of Winford Academy or will you be the next victim?
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FUTURE GAME PROJECTS
Genre
Lovecraftian, Horror
Short Summary
You lived a normal life of an atypical university student when you got a sudden call from your mother that you sister is missing. Your mother had told you that the police was of no help so you did what you had to do: find your missing sister. The last direction your mother knew was Northcester. When you were driving through the forested path, your car suddenly stalled. You got out of your car to check but nothing seems wrong. That’s when you heard an unearthly growl beyond the woods…..
he/them, 18+🐾 memo: #asks #description ❤️pfp by @coffee-flavor-cat-blob❤️ wanna talk?:)
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