Progress Report 2022.10.10: ⚠ Writing Work Ahead!

Hi friends,

Happy October!

This will be a quick update this week as there’s not too much going on. Canadian Thanksgiving was this weekend. Though my partner and I did not do anything special, I did take an actual weekend and logged off all of my social media.

Even when I’m not actively working on the game, I am often “working”—managing my tumblr, answering questions in my inbox, queueing and commenting on fan art, keeping up with the Discord server. I do it because it’s fun and it’s one of my favourite parts of my job, but it does get overwhelming from time to time. Even when I want a break, I find it very challenging to disconnect and stay disconnected. I’ve been trying to give myself more space and more time away from Wayfarer things so I don’t feel like I am plugged into the game 24/7.

The break was refreshing, but I need to hunker down and focus on writing. Episode 3 has a lot of moving parts and I did not get as much work done last week as I had hoped (only 3 writing days, as last Thursday/Friday was dedicated to non-game writing Wayfarer work). Every “bad” writing day puts me further behind. I am making cuts, shifting things around, and merging events and dialogue where I can, but there are still a lot of branches and continuity flavour text to get through before I can bottleneck everything together and move on to Scene 2.

(This will probably make more sense when Scene 1 is complete and playable. We are suffering the consequences of Episode 2’s multiple endings. 😅)

Episode 3’s current stats are:

• Aeran Content Branch, Part 1: 90,855 words [finished]
• Aeran Content Branch, Part 2: 8330 words [in progress]
• Veyer Content Branch: 33,841 words [in progress]
• Melchior’s Party Content Branch: N/A
• Drunk Route/Other/Misc: N/A
• Scene Total: 133,026

October’s bonus content piece and side story are drafted and scheduled for Oct. 14 and Oct 21 respectively. Because of how work has progressed this month, I will not be releasing bonus content/side stories in November so I can focus on finishing Episode 3.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Patreon Billing poll. I will not be changing the format; my Patreon will continue to bill on the first of the month. I am going to consider opening annual subscriptions, but probably not until the new year.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out. As always, thank you all so much for your support! 💕