Dear Travellers,

Today, we want to give you an update on what's going on with Book of Travels and what our plans are moving forward.

In short, Book of Travels will transition to an offline, single-player experience with servers being shut down on July 31st, 2026. Additionally, modding will be permitted.

We know that we have not communicated anything in a while and that this has, rightfully so, caused frustration. It has taken significant time to weigh all our options for the project in order to decide on the best way forward. With the track record this project has, we've been mindful to not once again promise anything that we cannot live up to. We are very sorry for the lack of communication along the way and for not being able to deliver on what we had set out to do from the beginning. 

Book of Travels is fantastic and wonderful in many ways, but as you know, there have been major obstacles and problems that we have encountered in trying to bring it to life. We took on more than we could handle. We could not deliver what we wanted to, and what we had promised. We realized along the way that we did not have the capacity required for this type of project. Even so, we believed we could make it work, and we wanted this project to succeed just as much as any of you. It was truly the project of a lifetime for us. However, the very foundation upon which the game was built proved unsustainable. No matter how many approaches we tried, workarounds we implemented, or patches we created we were never really able to solve the core issues. 

We have spent the past year looking at all kinds of various options to fix the game and have ultimately concluded that this is the only way for us as a studio to sustain it. With this update, we can preserve Book of Travels in a way that still allows its world to live on.

What this means in practice:

1.  Implementing offline mode: As of today's patch, the game can be played entirely offline. 

In this mode you will still be able to play the game and explore Braided Shore. However, you will be a lone wanderer. We have rebalanced endeavours to better suit single-player gameplay.

2. Servers will sunset on July 31st, 2026: Since your characters are stored online, you will need to manually download your characters before this date if you wish to keep them. This can easily be done from the character selection menu. We will send out reminders before the final date.

3. New price: With today's update, we are lowering the price from 29.99 USD to 4.99 USD.

4. Mods: Starting today we will completely allow any mods for Book of Travels, and will work as much as we can with the modding community and help where we can. We are setting up a modding channel in the Might and Delight Discord, where you can take part and ask questions. Braided Shore was built with love, and we want to place it in the hands of those who love it most.

5. Early Access: As the game will no longer be in active development, the game will shortly have the Early Access label on Steam removed.

We are truly sad that this project didn't become all that we wanted it to be. We hope that with this last push, the game can be as good as it possibly could be given the circumstances, and that it can continue to be played for a long time.

Thank you for reading and sticking with us through this entire journey.

The Might and Delight Team