Hello /r/techcompliant,

Wish I was here to pass on exciting news about the next release but sadly this post is to relay some negative news about the games progress.

As most know I made a strong commitment to self-fund the game while working on its development full time, this is sadly something I can no longer afford to do solely with my supplementary income from consulting and will need to return to full time gainful employment for the needs of my family.

Development costs to date are roughly ~13k USD including outside artists, infrastructure rentals and part-time team members.

This is not the end however, The next release - 0.8 is still being actively tested and prepared for releases. I will continue development in my spare time and open to looking to bring on new team members to pick up the slack.

I've explored the option of a business loan to continue the development but it requires more risk on my families part that I unable to accept at this time.

We have the option of crowd-funding but it is not a option I've openly embraced as I fear asking the community to bare the burden is too much, Thoughts?

I'm truly ashamed at this outcome, I really thought we'd be able to bring this game to revenue generating within 2 years, this goal does not seem reachable any longer and I'm hugely disappointed in that.

Hope you all understand and the game will continue forward, just as a side hobby instead of my full time focus.

Open sourcing is not a option currently on the table but if development stalls as a hobby project, i will seriously consider it.