Mac here! Like J said in this recent post, I’ve been dealing with the unexpected emergency of a family house fire. I just wanted to thank everyone for being very understanding that this month‘s playable preview was a bit rougher than anticipated.
It’s been a scary couple weeks, with my mom recovering from a minor case of smoke inhalation — but it could have been much worse! The batt...
...we carry on. SO just to let everyone know, poor Mac had their mother's home catch ON FIRE yesterday. While everyone is safe and there was no physical damage other than some smoke inhalation, this is obviously very distressing/disrupting for Mac and their family. Unfortunately I am also working all week with my Writers Workshop and Mac will be spending their time tending to their shaken mother and cleaning out/airing out an entire house worth of smoke damaged... everything, so the playable ...
2023-08-21 20:18:34 +0000 UTC View PostAs described by Jun both good and/ evil (when applicable):
Favorites:
This month’s theme is our favorite (or maybe most hated!) roommate from the Way Walkers:University- Jun. This month, ask Jun anything and we will give you their “in character” response.
Aug 7– Weekly Weird: Jun's favorite things
Aug 14 – Q&A: What makes Jun Tick (Way Acolyte & up)
Aug 21 – Additional Content: Red Semryu 19 (High Mage)
Aug 28 – Weekly Weird: Writing Jun– The complexity of three character personalities in one
Aug 31...
2023-08-02 14:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostThis month’s theme is our favorite Clan ice mage from the Way Walkers world: Semryu Sanna. This month, ask Sem anything and we will give you his “in character” response.
One of the most infamous mages and Red Warlords of the Middle Lands in his later centuries (a story currently being told in our Red Sem serial available only here on Patreon), teenage Sem is undoubtedly one of the most important characters in the Way Walker: University interactive novels. He is never exac...
2023-07-01 16:31:31 +0000 UTC View PostHello!
Apologies for the slight delay in posting this month’s schedule, but we think we have a fun month of posts ahead focusing on Tazu Nation– the land of Montage, the Way of All Ways, where humans and the shape-shifting Draconic Tazu live united under a matriarchal monarchy on the southernmost tip of the Continent.
June 7th – Weekly Weird: Tazu Marriages and their Rarity
June 9th – Q&A: Montage’s Nation (Way Acolyte & up...
2023-06-05 15:45:42 +0000 UTC View PostSo, we've decided to pick a few characters to pull out and do character spotlights on for our Patreon monthly themes! Each character will get a bio, some fun insights, and for the Q&A-- any questions you ask will be answered as that character! Our FIRST character spotlight will be in July with Semryu, but after that, we'd like to hear from you! Feel free to pick more than one (if you like) from the poll below OR go on ahead and leave some suggestions in the comments, on the disco...
2023-05-26 17:52:13 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, we're happy to announce our May Patreon theme will be Charms and Magic-tec! It's J's birthday month and this is her topic pick, so you know it's one of our favorites! As always feel free to drop any questions or suggestions either here or on the discord and we hope you enjoy! 😁
May 5th – Weekly Weird: Basic Definitions of Charms and Charm Devices
May 12th – Q&A: Way Walker Magic Tec(Way Acolyte & up)
May 19th–
Hey friends! We are talking about Way Walker’s music this month. There’s a lot to think about here, seeing as how music is something we (and thus also our characters) really enjoy! Thanks to everyone who’s already asked questions, and if you haven’t had the chance to ask your question this month, leave a message in our inbox, or comment here or on Discord!
April 3rd – Weekly Weird: Instruments in every Nation
April 8th – Weekly Weird: The Endless Opus
Ap...
2023-04-01 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone! This month we are taking questions about the diplomatic challenges that Way Walkers face, particularly natural disasters. Thanks to everyone who has asked questions already, and if you haven’t yet, there’s still time! Leave us a comment here, on Discord, or in our inbox.
March 4th – Weekly Weird: Common Disasters on the Continent
March 10th – Weekly Weird: Tar’citadel U and Way Walker Diplomacy 101
March 17th – Q&A: Disaster and Diplomacy (Way Ac...
2023-03-02 14:27:13 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
The winning topic of the February poll is: “how we write our characters.” We look forward to your questions about how we, J Leigh and Mac, relate to the crazy ensemble of characters in the Way Walkers world. Please message us privately through Patreon or leave a comment here or on Discord!
Feb 4th –Weekly Weird: Every Character is Two Authors in a Trenchcoat
Feb 11th – Q&A: Writing These Weirdos(Way Acolyte & up)
Feb 14th –Weekly W...
It's that time again to pick what Way Walkers topic or theme *you* want us to write about next!
Everything here is inspired by questions asked on the WW Discord channel. If you have an idea for a future monthly theme, please DM us privately or post it in a comment here or on Discord. We appreciate y'all so much <3
2023-01-20 18:50:52 +0000 UTC View PostHappy 2023! This month’s theme is precognition and prophecy – Here are the posts that we can foresee in January (though we may add more Weekly Weirds, depending on how things go.)**
If you have a question or suggestion, please leave us a message here or on Discord.
**ALSO** Please take our Patreon Experience Poll. We love your feedback and want to make Way Walkers Pat...
2023-01-02 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThis is a really hard thing to talk about in so many ways. On one hand, we are deeply proud of how far the Way Walkers: University has come since J first began writing and publishing it a decade ago. Since Mac *officially* came on-board in 2020, we have made some significant progress. On the other hand, we had hoped to celebrate this important ten-year anniversary by finishing Way Walkers: University’s final installment.
Unfortunately, this did not happen. This was a...
2022-12-30 16:11:01 +0000 UTC View PostWe’ve been asked before about Way Walker holidays, and outside of the Children’s individual special events and feast days, most of the shared holidays celebrated by Tar’citadel and eleven Nations tend to fall on the Solstices and Equinoxes. These days mark the sun’s changing relationship to the planet in its yearly cycle around the sun.
So, what’s up with that? Are Way Walkers a solar-worshiping cult?
If you see some Montage Walker’s art, you might very well think that...
2022-12-21 16:11:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We want to know what you enjoy about Way Walkers Patreon and what we can do to improve.
After all, we *really* appreciate y’all and want to make sure that you are having a good time!
And when you are done with the "Patron Experience" poll, check out this short "Love it or Loathe it" poll from earlier this month asking about what story clichés and tropes you love (and which ones you love to hate):
So…this month there will be some End-of-Year polls for each tier, asking you about your preferences and hopes as Way Walker readers and our much-appreciated Patreons. We always want to improve all of *your* experiences, since we deeply appreciate your continued support and interest in the Way Walkers world.
... but we’d thought we’d start out with some silly, low-stakes questions!
This month’s theme is “Ask Us Anything” and we are still open to questions! Leave us a message here or in the Way Walker's Discord. A big thanks to everyone who has already contributed! <3
We also are doing some end-of-year polls for all our patrons, to get an idea of what things you like best, what you look forward to, and what new ideas you'd like to see us try in 2023.
So, now without any further ado…. **overly dramatic drumroll begins** … may we present your...
2022-12-01 16:11:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey there everyone!
It seems appropriate as a kind of end-of-year roundup-- and we truly mean ANYTHING. Character secrets, crazy hypotheticals, the embarrassing songs we associate with certain plotlines-- it's all up for grabs. Though we may not answer with spoilers for *certain* storylines, you might be surprised what tidbits we are willing to spill!
Alright everyone I know you all know I'm not big on throwing personal stuff out there but so far this month I'm gonna need surgery to get out multiple kidney stones and poor Mac is sick again 🤦
So just please be patient with us, most things are done and scheduled but we're both low key miserable and running slow.
Also send memes. We like memes
See you in the flip side,
J. Leigh
Hey everyone!
Our Q&A is all about how the Way Walkers world started, and exactly how it went down when the Old World was destroyed by the Red. Thanks to everyone for the interesting questions so far– if you have any other questions or new topic ideas, please leave us a comment here or on the Discord!
So an interesting thing about being a Medium is that it requires consent. If you are a Talent surprised by a sudden apparition, it might seem like this is not true. It seems pretty obvious that a ghost says BOO! regardless of what the living want to see.
But the idea here is that everyone born with mediumship Abilities gave their consent to the interaction when they chose to be born with a Life Contract that gave them those Abilities. And even unTalented folks are thoug...
2022-10-31 15:11:01 +0000 UTC View PostAs a special Halloween-holiday thank you, here is our unpublished Playable Preview of the “Lubreean Embassy” chapter of the WW:U1 Halloween DLC for the Thinned Veil celebration.
Please let us know what you think, either in here in comments or on the Discord! We hope you enjoy!
2022-10-21 15:11:01 +0000 UTC View Post**edited to add new post
Happy October, everyone!
This includes a chance to communicate across the Veil in a playable preview open to ALL Patreon Tiers!
As a special holiday thank you, all you lovely folks of Patreon will get a link to our unpublished Playable Preview “Lub...
We're now voting on the themes for our November topic!
(As mentioned at the beginning post of this month, the October theme will be Mediums)
Let us know what you want to see, and feel free to drop some Q&A questions or ideas from future themes in the comments! ^_^
2022-09-26 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! This September is devoted to what Way Walker medicine is like. Have a question about Desmoulein and the Way of Health? Please leave a comment or message! And big thanks to everyone on Discord who have already chimed in with their questions!
We are also *super* excited that this month's Playable Preview will bring y'all to the next step of WW:3, a chapter exclusive to the "Free Ilyan plan."
Schedule:
Sept 2– Weekly Weird: You Might be ...
2022-09-01 15:11:00 +0000 UTC View Post***Edited to add new Weekly Weird
Hello everyone! This month we are answering questions about games, athletics, and sports on the Continent. High Mages, we are restarting the Red Semryu storyline with a flashback chapter that has been really fun to write. For the Way Walkers preview this month, we have a special treat: are previewing two sections of the Red Semryu storyline that we are excited to announce will be published in a magazine this October (hopefully,...
2022-08-01 12:54:45 +0000 UTC View PostOur initial planned "Beverages" post got so long winded, we ended up splitting it to have more time to write it all out! We hope you enjoy!
Beer: Produced across the entire Continent, but certain regions are definitely more known for it than others. (Lubreean and Aralim don’t produce nearly as much beer as elsewhere) Clan Lands makes a variety of rice beers, ranging from very light to very dark. Iki beer is odd– known for fruit infusions and the ...
2022-07-31 18:12:00 +0000 UTC View Post**additional post added by splitting the weekly weird for drinks and alcoholic beverages. it got long :)
Hey guys!
This month’s topic is one we could talk about for ages – all the delicious things on the Continent to eat and drink! Thanks to everyone who's already asked questions about Way Walker cuisine, and everyone please feel free to leave a comment here or leave a message on Discord if there is a question you are still burning to have answered. T...
2022-07-01 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe winner of this month’s theme poll was “Fashion in the Way Walkers World.” There are a lot of interesting questions you have tossed our way, and J is right now digging into her sketchbooks to show you some of our inspirations! :D
The Playable Preview for this month is actually an alternative version/extension of the “Biology Class” chapter of WWU:3, in which players who are dating either Kess or Umbrave have the option to ditch the class to go on a special date. <3