Refresh, Revamp, Renew: Changes to Tier Benefits

Hi folks,

This is a housekeeping post to update you on some changes I am making to benefits. This is not applicable to all tiers, but I’d like to be transparent about changes and why I am making them.

Game Walkthroughs

As of today, I am removing the Game Walkthrough benefit from the Wayfarer+ tiers. This was a very difficult decision to make. From the beginning, I wanted to create an in-depth guide to the game that showcases all the different choices and paths, but now I have two episodes under my belt, it is not feasible. I’ve been struggling to work on this benefit for over a year and it’s very clear that no matter how I try to tackle it, walkthroughs are too difficult to write while working on the game.

Additionally, the Wayfarer Discord server is creating its own walkthroughs and guides. There is little point of me spending hours creating an official guide when many answers to walkthrough questions can be answered by the community itself for free.

I’m sad to see this benefit go, but considering I have done almost no work on it, it is time to remove it.

Existing walkthroughs will remain on my Patreon for the Wayfarer+ tiers (Prologue and the Kane fight in Episode 1).

Bonus Content Vote

I am also removing the bonus content vote for the Wayfarer+ tier. Bonus content is difficult for me to create on a monthly basis since I have to take my focus off game content to work on it. Last May, I spent two weeks drafting bonus content posts in advance and it was a drastically better system. It is significantly less stressful to create multiple posts in advance than to put bonus content topics to a vote, wait for the vote results to come through, and then spend the last two weeks of the month worrying about whether I’ll finish the post in time.

But pre-drafting kind of defeats the purpose of having a topic vote, as everything I draft will eventually be posted. So, for now, I am removing this benefit.

Bonus Content in General

Bonus content is going to focus more on lore and worldbuilding rather than resources. I am going to continue working on writing and game development tutorials in my spare time, but they will become less frequent. Tutorials are extremely time consuming and I struggle to write them while working on the game. I may make a separate benefit for tutorials in the future, but for now they are on the backburner.

I still have plans to finish my SugarCube + Twine guide, but it will likely be a project to finish next year.

New Content On Its Way!

Because I’ve removed some benefits, I am replacing them with something new! Starting next week, the Wayfarer, Master, Grandmaster, Archivist and Ambassador tiers will get exclusive access to monthly short stories set in the Wayfarer universe. Since Episode 2 cracked open the world, the short stories will focus on various major and minor characters from the game and give new insights into motivations, lore, and locations.

The first short story will be posted on August 19. It is about Veyer and their introduction to the Imperial court 30 years before the start of the game.

If you are in a Wayfarer and above tier and are a member of the Discord server, there is a new private channel where you can discuss short stories together.

I hope these changes are understandable. If you have any questions about tiers and benefits, please don’t hesitate to message me! 💕