The Waylanders interview: Adding a Celtic flair to role-playing game traditions

I’m fascinated, and a bit confused, when it comes to the fantastical world of The Waylanders. The turn-based role-playing game comes from Gato Salvaje, a studio from Spain’s Galicia region. That’s important, because The Waylanders features a world full of Celtic influences, and Galicia’s people have a Celtic origin. The game also has aspects of Greek and Egyptian cultures. And it has time-travel, and those sort of stories can always get confusing.

The Waylanders hits Steam Early Access on June 16. Early Access is an important tool for PC studios, giving players a chance to not only get a taste of the game but provide feedback as well. The developers then take that feedback and fix bugs and other issues, adjust unbalanced systems, tighten up narrative, and more. Smaller developers, like Gato Salvaje with The Waylanders (a Kickstarter project), also use this model to help fund their games.