The Wanderer

Released: Jan 25, 2019
Platforms: Windows
Last updated: 09 Sep 2026, 22:24 GMT

Updates & announcements

20 posts

30 Jun 2018Developer post
Build 137.
Fixes Had to cut the wind feature entirely to prevent serious stability issues. Weapon saves are enabled again. Opening the options menu while having the inventory open no longer brakes the inventory. Removed a weapon perk that was a remnant of the old battle system.
Fixes

Had to cut the wind feature entirely to prevent serious stability issues.
Weapon saves are enabled again.
Opening the options menu while having the inventory open no longer brakes the inventory.
Removed a weapon perk that was a remnant of the old battle system.
Original post
29 Jun 2018Developer post
Build 136 [beta].
Uploaded to the beta branch. Fixes Constrains to wind movement time in the western desert. The old wind effect system was sometimes causing some serious errors and hopefully this brings better stability to the game. Improvements to the "End Turn" button functions. Fixed some erro
Uploaded to the beta branch.
Fixes

Constrains to wind movement time in the western desert. The old wind effect system was sometimes causing some serious errors and hopefully this brings better stability to the game.
Improvements to the "End Turn" button functions.
Fixed some errors related to the deer.
Please note that weapons are currently not saved in beta build 136! Thank you for playing and experimenting with the builds!
Original post
20 May 2018Developer post
Build 135.
Fixes Added a 100 millisecond delay for items spawning in the inventory to avoid any possible visual glitches. Camera reset function disabled during walking to prevent moonwalks. "The End" screen added.
Fixes

[When continuing from a Save file] Added a 100 millisecond delay for items spawning in the inventory to avoid any possible visual glitches.
Camera reset function disabled during walking to prevent moonwalks.
"The End" screen added.
Original post
05 Mar 2018Developer post
Build 134. Observing the wasteland.
Switching to a beta version of Unity cleared our engine issues and let us upload build 134 to the default branch with the new camera system. Enjoy the wasteland in 360 degrees!
05 Mar 2018Developer post
Build 134. Observing the wasteland.
Switching to a beta version of Unity cleared our engine issues and let us upload build 134 to the default branch with the new camera system. Enjoy the wasteland in 360 degrees!
03 Mar 2018Developer post
Intro + new camera system
New features A wonderful intro movie. A new, better & much more logical camera movement system! All interactions can be completed with the mouse only! Right click to enter the dungeons. Separated the "Save" function from "Quit & Save". Options menu. Fixes Fixed a major wo
New features

A wonderful intro movie.
A new, better & much more logical camera movement system!
All interactions can be completed with the mouse only! Right click to enter the dungeons.
Separated the "Save" function from "Quit & Save".
Options menu.
Fixes

Fixed a major world duplication glitch when dying in irradiated water after the first underground battle.
Re-enabled automatic End Turn.
Normal difficulty appeared too unforgiving. Units are now many times weaker in a normal setting.
Original post
03 Mar 2018Developer post
Intro + new camera system
New features A wonderful intro movie. A new, better & much more logical camera movement system! All interactions can be completed with the mouse only! Right click to enter the dungeons. Separated the "Save" function from "Quit & Save". Options menu. Fixes Fixed a major wo
New features

A wonderful intro movie.
A new, better & much more logical camera movement system!
All interactions can be completed with the mouse only! Right click to enter the dungeons.
Separated the "Save" function from "Quit & Save".
Options menu.
Fixes

Fixed a major world duplication glitch when dying in irradiated water after the first underground battle.
Re-enabled automatic End Turn.
Normal difficulty appeared too unforgiving. Units are now many times weaker in a normal setting.
Original post
05 Dec 2017Developer post
Build 132. Oppressor of the wastes.
New features Added the final boss to the game. Travel to a far away hill and enter the underground bunker. Gear up with procedural weapons and collect mutant teeth to beat him. Added difficulty settings: easy, normal and hard. Ability to save procedural weapons. Thousands of poss
New features

Added the final boss to the game. Travel to a far away hill and enter the underground bunker. Gear up with procedural weapons and collect mutant teeth to beat him.
Added difficulty settings: easy, normal and hard.
Ability to save procedural weapons. Thousands of possible combinations!
Ability to save collected items.
Save game function is complete.
Fixes

Fixed the camera rotation bug when leaving Gun-Zu the weapon trader.
Cleaned the sprites of the main character.
Original post
05 Dec 2017Developer post
Build 132. Oppressor of the wastes.
New features Added the final boss to the game. Travel to a far away hill and enter the underground bunker. Gear up with procedural weapons and collect mutant teeth to beat him. Added difficulty settings: easy, normal and hard. Ability to save procedural weapons. Thousands of poss
New features

Added the final boss to the game. Travel to a far away hill and enter the underground bunker. Gear up with procedural weapons and collect mutant teeth to beat him.
Added difficulty settings: easy, normal and hard.
Ability to save procedural weapons. Thousands of possible combinations!
Ability to save collected items.
Save game function is complete.
Fixes

Fixed the camera rotation bug when leaving Gun-Zu the weapon trader.
Cleaned the sprites of the main character.
Original post
04 Oct 2017Developer post
Update to build 131.
Small update 131: Fixed inventory scaling issues. Added more flora to the wastes.
Small update 131:

Fixed inventory scaling issues.
Added more flora to the wastes.
Original post
04 Oct 2017Developer post
Update to build 131.
Small update 131: Fixed inventory scaling issues. Added more flora to the wastes.
Small update 131:

Fixed inventory scaling issues.
Added more flora to the wastes.
Original post
02 Oct 2017Developer post
Build 130. Faster loading times.
Updated with build 130: 35% to 60% faster loading times compared to build 129. Hovering over items in the inventory displays their stat effects. Clicking items in the inventory displays a short description. Added more descriptions to items in different states. Disabled the abilit
Updated with build 130:

35% to 60% faster loading times compared to build 129.
Hovering over items in the inventory displays their stat effects.
Clicking items in the inventory displays a short description.
Added more descriptions to items in different states.
Disabled the ability to scroll the battle map when inventory is open.
Fixed a rare visual duplication glitch in the inventory.
Original post
02 Oct 2017Developer post
Build 130. Faster loading times.
Updated with build 130: 35% to 60% faster loading times compared to build 129. Hovering over items in the inventory displays their stat effects. Clicking items in the inventory displays a short description. Added more descriptions to items in different states. Disabled the abilit
Updated with build 130:

35% to 60% faster loading times compared to build 129.
Hovering over items in the inventory displays their stat effects.
Clicking items in the inventory displays a short description.
Added more descriptions to items in different states.
Disabled the ability to scroll the battle map when inventory is open.
Fixed a rare visual duplication glitch in the inventory.
Original post
09 Aug 2017Developer post
Name change.
We changed the name to The Wanderer and dropped the band theme. Walk alone in the dark wastes and slay mutants as the wanderer! The old name & theme "just clashes with feelings of dread and isolation the landscape brings with it." Thank you Vinzenz for making suggestions in t
09 Aug 2017Developer post
Name change.
We changed the name to The Wanderer and dropped the band theme. Walk alone in the dark wastes and slay mutants as the wanderer! The old name & theme "just clashes with feelings of dread and isolation the landscape brings with it." Thank you Vinzenz for making suggestions in t
31 Jul 2017Developer post
Update 129 and price reduction.
Updated with build 129: Added item descriptions to the inventory. To the few dozen gamers who have supported Greymen so far - a big thank you from us!!! You and your feedback were the reasons we did the recent updates! Unfortunately the game is not bringing in any beer money and
Updated with build 129:

Added item descriptions to the inventory.
To the few dozen gamers who have supported Greymen so far - a big thank you from us!!! You and your feedback were the reasons we did the recent updates!
Unfortunately the game is not bringing in any beer money and we will have to lower the price.
Thank you for playing!
Original post
31 Jul 2017Developer post
Update 129 and price reduction.
Updated with build 129: Added item descriptions to the inventory. To the few dozen gamers who have supported Greymen so far - a big thank you from us!!! You and your feedback were the reasons we did the recent updates! Unfortunately the game is not bringing in any beer money and
Updated with build 129:

Added item descriptions to the inventory.
To the few dozen gamers who have supported Greymen so far - a big thank you from us!!! You and your feedback were the reasons we did the recent updates!
Unfortunately the game is not bringing in any beer money and we will have to lower the price.
Thank you for playing!
Original post
30 Jul 2017Developer post
Update to build 128.
Updated with build 128: Now you can turn the camera other than 180 degrees and look around you. Added more flora to the wastes. Fixed spawn issues when skipping the tutorial. Improved animator and weapon in hand when facing north. Tutorial hint added: click on the backpack to ope
Updated with build 128:

Now you can turn the camera other than 180 degrees and look around you.
Added more flora to the wastes.
Fixed spawn issues when skipping the tutorial.
Improved animator and weapon in hand when facing north.
Tutorial hint added: click on the backpack to open the inventory
Tutorial hint added: Stand still and move your mouse to the corner of the screen to look around your position.
Original post
30 Jul 2017Developer post
Update to build 128.
Updated with build 128: Now you can turn the camera other than 180 degrees and look around you. Added more flora to the wastes. Fixed spawn issues when skipping the tutorial. Improved animator and weapon in hand when facing north. Tutorial hint added: click on the backpack to ope
Updated with build 128:

Now you can turn the camera other than 180 degrees and look around you.
Added more flora to the wastes.
Fixed spawn issues when skipping the tutorial.
Improved animator and weapon in hand when facing north.
Tutorial hint added: click on the backpack to open the inventory
Tutorial hint added: Stand still and move your mouse to the corner of the screen to look around your position.
Original post
20 Jun 2017Developer post
Update to build 127.
Greetings wastelanders! Updated with build 127: Friendly cats and dogs make an appearance on the screen after rescuing them from the mutants. The first three tutorial levels can be skipped by finding black smoke on the shores of the rotten sea. Added more tutorial hints. Fixed ma
Greetings wastelanders!
Updated with build 127:

Friendly cats and dogs make an appearance on the screen after rescuing them from the mutants.
The first three tutorial levels can be skipped by finding black smoke on the shores of the rotten sea.
Added more tutorial hints.
Fixed manhole layer problems.
Fixed walking animation sometimes starting when clicking an item in the inventory.
Fixed clicking on an item producing a sound when not in an underground battle.
Saves are now maintained between builds.
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