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So June (thank the Gods) is close! So pretty soon we will get that EA key and dive into this world and start the journey we have been waiting for. I'm wondering what is everyone's plans for what they wanna do at first?

My biggest goal, if a ship is there in the EA (fingers crossed) is to get enough gold to buy a ship. Then I plan on sailing to the southern islands and get a sneak peek of the lands layout. I would love to check out the deserts, and the wall between Sidh and Splendour (if it's there that is)

Id also would like to get a reputation going of being a helpful good guy, mostly jumping into the lore. I'm not sure I'll be getting into magic with this first character though. I may just RP as someone who's wary of magic and is instead someone who likes to research and basically be an Indiana Jones mixed with ranger Aragorn.

The Wayward Realms Kickstarter is CLOSING

Want to be among the 10K+ backers receiving The Wayward Realms Early Access?

Help shape the game and test the systems, all adventurer tier backers+ & late EA kickstarter backers will receive our Alpha build of TWR in June 2026. 

Pledges close for good June 1st, pledge now before you miss your chance @ 🔗https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oncelostgames/the-wayward-realms

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so for awhile now, I've been looking for a game that essentially is a wizard simulator, spells for combat and trying to convince people with charm spells are fine and all, but i want to delve into reading old tomes to find arcane secrets they hold, to have a magic house that i can go to in order to gather my barring's, brew potions for other magical stuff, bombs, buffs, finding stuff etc.

essentially every non combat old school fantasy trope, astrology, alchemy, regular wand waving, familiars, researching artifacts and practicing spells.

then going on an adventure with a party and being the magic expert of the group.

so far there isn't anything like that on the market, usually just an aspect of that in other games.

so i have to wonder what aspects will this game use? i know that spells will be quite powerful and unique but how much of a "wizard life" game would i be able to paly this as?

The store page for Wayward Realms says this:

> AI Generated Content Disclosure > > The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this: > > This game uses a Large Language Model to help parse out in-game player character data (quests, allied factions, in-game world events, NPCs the player has interacted with, etc.) to customize quest objectives and reword hand written dialogue to fit that particular player character's playthrough.

However, I saw some discussion in the Steam forums from a representative that said this:

> Let us reiterate as well, the LLM is NOT the VGM, it is only a small part of it. We have switched away from using an LLM for Dialogue curling. Instead we use translation tech to reword dialogue, which gives us much better control of the output without any potential for hallucination.

If the translation software used isn't generative AI, it might be worth changing the store page description, as a number of people are quite against AI usage and might write off the game just due to the disclosure being there. Just, considering the idea that the early access launch period is fairly important for future success.

We’ve got a new clip to share with you!

Here’s some work-in-progress animations on fishing, dialogue, & gestures  🎮

🔗 https://youtube.com/shorts/qr2-quUxCRY?feature=share 

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You’ve seen them before, but take a peak at #TWR hell pigs from concept to #3D model! (Still WIP) 🐗

They seem to be a bit beefier than porky… 

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If you have not reserved EA but want to be among the 10K+ to receive our very first version of The Wayward Realms in June, pledge now before it’s too late! 

We will be closing down all pledges on June 1st (That’s 1 month to get those EA reservations in!)

🔗https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oncelostgames/the-wayward-realms

A lot of what I've seen of Wayward Realms so far has been things like a written novel, a lorebook reading on Youtube, just in general there seems to be an air of back story that needs to be dived into. And I know that was partly the design ethos of Daggerfall as well, and it's important for a game like this to have a solid lore foundation to build everything on.

My question is, do you expect to provide an experience that's just as engaging for those less interested in diving that deep, and the lore is mostly optional? Or would you say the game is not for those people?

For me, I'm fine with getting into lore and books, but a lot of that comes after the game has demonstrated that its world is interesting and engaging enough to be worth spending the time to understand it better. I've seen enough fantasy stories that when I hear stuff like "the Marquis DeBalastos was slain on the eve of Twicemorrow by the servants of the Garfleon Horde" I start glazing over, but personal stories told with fun character writing can get my attention. I want to meet eccentric characters, like a lady oddly obsessed with pillows, or a shy goblin who is bad at hiding an embarrassing secret, not just "slay me 12 skeletons."

Will there potentially be some worldbuilding scenes like those seen in games like Skyrim, where the first time you enter a handcrafted, important town square something might be going on to observe? Do you believe that sort of game design is at odds with the goals of Wayward Realms?

Check this out! 👀

We’ve got another amazing piece of #fanart this one from brg.draw of a Sidhan horseman, inspired by Jacques-Louis David's composition for Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1801). 🏇

How awesome is this? Go check out their work @ https://www.instagram.com/brg.draw 

Email us your work to PR@oncelostgames.com!

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So I was checking the dates and in a little over a month we could be playing this gem, but i saw today that in 2 weeks Subnautica 2 enters EA. Anyone planning on playing both? Grounded 2 is my first and only time I've ever done for an EA and WR will be a bit different. What exactly should we be doing? Just play or test anything? Also, will we have access to console commands? I cant remember if this has been asked yet.

Super excited for this game, its the original reason I got a PC. I couldnt pass up this game, waiting years for a possible console release

Oh, anyone know if they will be releasing any videos on anything before release? I believe we should have one more podcast episode for the last Tuesday of May but idk if they will do that. Anything other then that possible?

i absolutely love the game as seen and talked about through all of the videos; however with the llm game master... does this system work on linux? and more over can the game be played on linux? (being from a 3rd world ass country the price is quite a bit to swallow with this uncertainty)

Give credit where credit is due, adventurer. 
Especially when it may be you in the arena ⚔️

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Hello, I’ve been following this game very closely and have never been so excited for a game and watched as much content leading up to the game. I have purchased the kickstarter ea version awhile ago and have been thoroughly impressed with all the features and functionality you guys have talked about and showed off in your podcasts and dev vlogs. But the one thing I still feel like I don’t really have a grasp on is the character creation and actually role playing of a character through combat and character stats/progression. I know we got a picture of a stat menu of a orc character over a year ago, but since then you have switched from using unreal and done many other things. So what I am wondering is if that stat menu is still applicable are those 8 main stats still what will be used for the upcoming ea? what skills will be available for ea? Will there be a specific level cap for the ea “friends and family build”? My favourite part of RPGs is the role playing aspect, being able to come up with interesting characters that fit the world and sometimes just inserting my favourite characters from other fictions or historical characters and shifting slight parts of there lore to fit the world. My replay ability of this grand rpg will be highly dependent on my ability to embody completely different characters.