Shelter 2 News

As you may know, the video game industry is weathering a storm, and the team at Might & Delight have unfortunately not been spared from it.

Earlier this year, we had to make the incredibly difficult decision to scale down our team. It has been a rough year, and we’ve been silent on our social channels as we’ve been focused on our team – both the friends that we’ve had to say goodbye to, and the team that remains. We’re still settling into our new normal, but we wanted to let you know that we are here, we´re working on our games and there are some things that we want to share with you.

We’ve been around for nearly fifteen years as an indie game developer, and we have a long, proud history of making games. We believe in game preservation and we aim to make sure our games are available to anyone who has supported us throughout the years. As we make decisions for existing titles and future projects, please know that this will be our guiding principle.

Our team is smaller now, and we will need to be mindful of how many projects we work on simultaneously to ensure that we keep our team healthy and our projects manageable. However, our intention is to keep up maintenance of our existing titles, as well as finish development of projects that have been in the pipeline for a while.

Regarding Book of Travels, our main focus for the foreseeable future will be to roll out several patches that are in the making – including fixes and community requests – and we’re also aiming to, among other things, do a balancing pass for the inventory, and look into releasing some map updates. During the next couple of months, you’ll notice our activity picking up on Discord and Steam. We want you to know that we are here, we listen to your feedback and we’ll do our very best to keep you all in the loop as we roll out future patches.

We are excited to say that we have a new game project slated for release in the fall of 2025. When we were a bigger team, we worked on the concept of this game in parallel for a couple of years, and at the time of writing this, we’re already halfway through development. We look forward to sharing more about it with you in the new year. For now, however, our main focus will be on our existing game catalogue.

Also, for all you lovely people who supported Book of Travels on Kickstarter; please keep an eye on Kickstarter updates and/or your inbox. Beyond upcoming Steam updates, we will also be sharing some information directly with all backers early next year.

Throughout this year, the one thing we’ve always come back to is the fact that we have such an incredible community. We’re not exaggerating when we say that you are the main reason that we have managed to weather all the changes of 2024, and fight for a chance to not only continue the support of our previous games, but also to be able to release something new.

A studio is only as good as its players, and we’re incredibly proud to have your support. Know that you can expect to see a lot more from us from now on.

2024 has been a turbulent and chaotic year (for many, not just in the video game industry) so we want to wish you all a peaceful and cosy end of the year. We really hope to start off 2025 with a sense of normalcy, and we want to be more active – both with our online presence, and with our upcoming patches and announcements.

Have an amazing Holiday and we’ll be in touch soon ❤
Cheers from all the developers at Might & Delight



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[h2]Hello! [/h2]

We hope this joyous message finds you in good health. Of course, what we want to talk about today is the Steam Summer Sale, currently in full effect. During this time, you'll be able to get all the Shelter titles for a scorching 70% off!

But if you want to really save some money, we recommend the Shelter Collection. On top of the 70% discount we'll slice that cost in half - and if you already own some of the titles in the bundle you'll pay even less.

Now, that's what they'd call a good deal on Wall Street, or whatever.

Make sure you check out our other titles when you're at it as well!

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/42828/The_Shelter_Collection/

[h2]Want more info?[/h2]
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[h3]Hello![/h3]

I hope you're all well. I come bearing news about Meadow, our online multiplayer animal roleplaying game (mouthful, innit?), which as you may know is set in the world of Shelter. It’s been a good while since we gave you an update on the game, and as we approach the anniversary we thought we would touch base and let you know what the future for Meadow looks like - at least in broad terms.

As many of you know we at Might and Delight have recently released Book of Travels to Early Access and rebuilt our team, and so we’ve also been able to allocate more staff and resources to the further development of Meadow.

Whilst we aren’t ready to go into detail on exactly what we're working on today, we can confirm that we do indeed have plans for new features, quality of life improvements, stability updates, downloadable content and more for Meadow. In the coming weeks we will update and reveal the specific details of these plans and what it means for Meadow and the world of Shelter in general.

The development of these new features has already started, as people may have noticed with our first beta release, but as this grows it will affect the overall production cost of Meadow, and so in the future we will raise the price of the game. This will also put us in a better position to support Meadow long term. We’re expecting this change will be applied in early November, to coincide with new features being released.

Exciting times ahead, friends! Again, you’ll hear from us again soon - so stay tuned in the meantime.

Best,
Oliver & the team at Might and Delight

[h3]Community members, Travellers, Friends[/h3]

The past months have been the most revolving, intriguing and emotional that we have ever experienced at our studio. Releasing Book of Travels in Early Access and trying to keep up with the logistical and emotional aftermath has been both fun and challenging. It's safe to say that this period has been unique for us.

It's in the wake of these events that we reach out to you with some important news. With the ambition to be both transparent and concise, we want to share the current status of our company to you all. Our goal is always for you, our community, to know who we really are – whatever that may be.

In light of the launch not going quite as well as we had hoped, we have had to make some rather big, and difficult, cutbacks to our beloved team. In order to stay alive, we have been forced to cut down our team from around 35 people to 10 people. Saying goodbye to so many skilled, trusted and loved Might and Delighters has been, without a shadow of a doubt, our most difficult test in our 11 year history.



Understandably, many of you will wonder how this is going to affect the studio going forward. We have suffered a setback and as a result the production pace of coming content WILL be affected. We want to be transparent regarding that. However, we also want you to know that the team that remains is determined and hell bent on two things: surviving and bringing the best possible content to the game. We will do whatever it takes to keep the studio going, and continue to bring it and the company forward together with you.

We want to end by sharing this sentiment; Might and Delight have always been a company that has thrived on the edge and in the margins. We have always sacrificed much in order to bring our visions to life, sometimes going against the smartest strategy in favour of a path closer to our hearts.

We have a donation-like DLC called ”Cup of Kindness” that you can pick up if you wish to further support the project. We also released The Book of Travels soundtrack and the Pid Soundtrack and a brand new Might and Delight bundle with all our 10 games and 19 DLCs, including the two fresh OSTs.

We sincerely hope that this news, grim as it is, reach you well. With hope to continue the journey together.

All the best,
Founders Anders, Jakob & Dev Team

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1152340/Book_of_Travels/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1783460/Book_of_Travels__Cup_of_Kindness/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24232/Book_of_Travels_OST_Bundle__The_TMORPG__Soundtrack/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24250/Might_and_Delight_Complete_Bundle__10_Games__18_DLCs/


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[h3]Revealing the Early Access World[/h3]
Book of Travels is now available in Early Access on Steam. In Chapter Zero parts of the Braided Shore will be open, and among the places to visit is the gem of the region – the city of Kasa. Read more here.

[h3]Join our Discord[/h3]
Join our super friendly Discord to exchange ideas on all things Book of Travels as well as art, games and books. Join here.

[h3]Unique Stories[/h3]
When you play Book of Travels there is no linear questline, instead every player will have their own journey and stories to tell. Find out more about how our game design works to make your journey unlike any other...

[h3]What is TMORPG?[/h3]
The T in TMO signals an alternative to the more common industry standard MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game) putting 'tiny' in the place of 'massive'. That means fewer meetings, which we think means more magic... Read more here: What is a TMORPG?!

[h2]Hello![/h2]

Might And Delight are thrilled about finally having launched Book of Travels into Early Access! This is the start of a new world that we'll be building together with players, and by way of a launch trailer, artist Lotta gives an overview of the phases of development that will come next in this video. We hope you like what you see!

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Take advantage of the Early Access Launch Sale and get Book of Travels for 10% off!
(Sale ends Monday, October 18th, 10 am PT.)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1152340/Book_of_Travels/

[h2]Celebrate with a beautiful bundle![/h2]

To celebrate the launch of our TMORPG Book of Travels we've put a beautifully packaged bundle of Might and Delight treats. We hope you agree that this array of goods comes at a really appealing price and will give you any extra incentive you need to get on board and support Book of Travels in its fledgling week.

Save up to 70% (the discount may differ depending on what games and DLCs you already own)!

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/23065/Book_of_Travels_EA_Launch_Bundle__10_Games__16_DLCs/

The Book of Travels Early Access Launch Bundle and Sale ends after this weekend, so don’t snooze!

Thanks for keeping your eyes on our games and our studio here on Steam! If you've missed out on any or all of our journey to this audacious moment, please take a little peek at our blogs and videos on our news page – we'd love to have you with us on this great adventure!
Best Wishes,

Helen & The Dev Team