Looking to move to open source

It has been a while since an update.

Secrets of Gaia IV (SoGIV) was my first real dive into making a game. When I started I had seen some other incredibly creative games in this genre, and I set out to make one of my own. For my first project I say I got pretty far. Gathering artwork, setting up a game system that for the most part worked, and setup a story that was nearly complete. Version 9.6 is probably the closest I got to finishing the game itself. Some of the endings are in there. Final puzzles are buggy and the main problem with not always being able to reach them. 

I tried to do a complete rework, also using everything which I had learned over the entire process. I had released a version 10.X which had a lot of new cinematic elements, tried to add in a quest tracker, tried to redo the battle system so that it would feel relevant or interesting. I tried to do a lot of things. This is also hard when it's not your only job. Meanwhile, I tried to make a promise to only work on this instead of spending my free time on other projects which were starting to grab my interest and passion more and more.

I'm here to say that I want to move on, to be free to work on some other projects which I had put down to make this game, as well as work on a few other things. This means that I'm looking to stop work on SoGIV. 

It also doesn't mean that the game has to die. It was funded by the community. With your help, you've given me the ability to pay back what I had spent to acquire real art from real artists, and even support some writing as well. In addition, I think this community has seen so many projects take off, but unfortunately not able to break orbit. So I'd like to give this game back to the community. I've reached out to some other developers in the community that have been helpful and supportive, but I'm now also reaching out to the community. 

I'd like to see the game move more towards open source, or to have it supported by others that would be interested in continuing the game further. Please reach out to me if you are interested in such a capacity.

Thank you.