Former Elder Scrolls developer Julian Lefay steps away from his Daggerfall-esque The Wayward Realms as cancer worsens

"We are preparing to accidental goodbye to a existent fable of the industry"

Ex-Elder Scrolls developer Julian LeFay has stepped distant from his relation arsenic method shaper connected The Wayward Realms owed to an ongoing conflict with crab taking a crook for the worse. OnceLost Games, the workplace LeFay's been moving with for the past fewer years, accidental they've been informed by his doctors that "his clip with america is limited".

The developer's champion known for his enactment connected the archetypal 2 Elder Scrolls games, Arena and Daggerfall, alongside The Wayward Realms originative manager Ted Peterson. The brace gave a speech unneurotic astatine 2024's GDC delving into those aboriginal days astatine Bethesda, and the RPG they've been moving connected astatine OnceLost since 2019 is precise overmuch aiming to recapture Daggerfall's vibes.

OnceLost Games shared the quality of LeFay stepping distant via a connection from Peterson and a YouTube video from Wayward Realms originative shaper Victor Villarreal.

"Julian has been courageously battling cancer," reads Peterson's statement, "His doctors person informed america that his clip with america is limited, and we are preparing to accidental goodbye to a existent fable of the industry." It continues arsenic follows:

Even successful the look of this challenge, Julian’s dedication to The Wayward Realms and to each of you, our community, has ne'er wavered. He has worked tirelessly to guarantee that his imaginativeness for “The Grand RPG” volition unrecorded on, but present Julian indispensable measurement distant from OnceLost Games for his wellness and to unrecorded his last moments surrounded by his loved ones.

Julian has implicit religion successful the quality of the squad to bring the crippled helium has envisioned to beingness for this unthinkable community. Anticipating this possibility, Julian has documented his imaginativeness and concepts well, ensuring the squad is near with the resources needed to implicit the game. The afloat game, beyond the Early Access build.

During this hard time, we invitation you to stock your thoughts, prayers, good wishes, memories, oregon the interaction Julian’s beingness and enactment person had connected you. Your words of enactment mean much than you know, not conscionable to Julian, but to each of america who person been privileged to enactment alongside him.

Peterson closed retired the connection by sharing thing LeFay said during the astir caller OnceLost squad gathering helium attended: "It is personal. And if it’s not personal, past you’re conscionable doing enactment for prosecute and you’ll ne'er person the information to execute a important goal.”

As the squad intended, the comments connected the video are filling up with folks wishing LeFay good and sharing however his work's touched their lives. Villarreal reiterated that this is an eventuality OnceLost person been preparing for, and portion LeFay's understandably their absorption close now, they'll stock "more details connected however it affects the projects" successful the future.