Hello Wanderers,
The tea is ready; the shop is open: the question remains: is Alta ready to heal? Fortunately, you can now dive into Wanderstop to see!
🍵 Wanderstop is out now on Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox! 🍵
Thank you to everyone who has supported the team throughout development and leading into launch. If you watched our trailers, wishlisted the game, played the demo, created fanart, or simply just looked forward to experiencing Alta’s journey, we appreciate you!
🎮 Ritual & Repetition: Designing Wanderstop 🎮
We thought it would be fun to have members of the team shed some light on our goals and motivations with Wanderstop. First up? We have the wonderful Steve – Lead Designer at Ivy Road – here to talk about the design of the game.
Here's an excerpt from the conversation~
Wanderstop is a slightly different experience than most cozy games. This isn't about deep systemic depth or the same kind of repetitive challenge put together by more traditional farming sims. Wanderstop is focused on its narrative experience and building out mechanics that support that through ritual, repetition, and aggregated meaning.
💛 Share your experience 💛
One of the things we’re looking forward to the most is seeing what YOU make of Wanderstop as you play!
A common adage in game development – and most art forms – is that the final part of creating something is when the audience can take it, engage with it, and make it their own: we’ve infused our own stories and experiences into Wanderstop, and it’s time for you all to truly complete Alta’s journey by going through it yourselves.
We’ll be watching streams, enjoying videos, and reading comments, so please: let us know what you think, if you’ve connected with the game and its themes! The best way to help? Leave a Steam review sharing your thoughts!
You can also find us on Bluesky and YouTube.
Also! If you happen to have any bugs to report, please let us know here! We'll be keeping an eye on that form, and it'll be the best place to let us know if anything seems to be going awry.
🎧 Relaxing beats to sip tea to 🎧
And, if you can’t get enough of Wanderstop, allow the sounds to carry you through the day ~ whether sipping tea (or hard at work), the OST by C418 is a marvel with over 80 tracks to enjoy!
Thanks again, and talk soon! Hope you all enjoy the game (and, hopefully, a bit of tea) ~
🍵 The Ivy Road Team