Where's The Game!?

Hello folks!

There are a few things I want to discuss, but before I do that - let me just say thanks to the supporters of "Those Golden Days". Your support means a lot.

Now, onto what's happening behind the scenes. I spoke about this over on my other Patreon page, but essentially my life has been upended by a family member (my father, in this case). As a result, my plans for making better games has been derailed.

I've been dealing with covert sabotage from this person for years now. During that time, my wish was to procure funding so that I could make games without my hands being tied. On a personal level, I'm growing deeply impatient with the limitations I have when it comes to being a creative.

I'm still not able to make the sort and quality of games that I'm capable of. As usual, visuals / art are the biggest limitation on this front. If you're a creative person, you might know that this sort of thing can be maddening. (Just look at Van Gogh.)

Anyway, as I came close to achieving my goals, he ramped up his activity. It all came to a head when, about 5 weeks ago - everything I'd worked for came crashing down. Literally. 

To make matters worse I've begun falling behind on my own personal finances due to his constant meddling. This is one of the main reasons I intended on leaving this living situation at the end of the year, which hasn't changed. I'm just now in a more unfavorable situation to do so.

From Feb-May of next year this project (all game dev projects, actually) will be put on hiatus. I plan to take at least 3 months away from game development so that I can focus on my other income sources. It doesn't make sense to devote 90% of my time to something that only contributes about 30% of my income, which is how I've been doing things for a while now. I did it before because I was laser focused on achieving some goals this year but it's no longer feasible for various reasons mentioned above.

Lastly, the most important reason v4 isn't here yet - I was just feeling a bit down about all of it.

Despite all of that, I have been working. It's just been slow. I am nearly done though (about 40% of the renders are done now and about 80% will be complete by day's end).

As for this project, I will release version 4 in a few days. Normally, I'd add some extra content due to my tardiness but honestly at this point my heart isn't in it.

My mind is willing, but the motivation simply isn't there.  For this reason I'm on the fence about version 5. I originally wanted to drop it end of month - early January.

But given how things are going now, I believe it's best if I just shelve that for now. Something could always change, and if it does I'll let you know. I will pause the Patreon page (so January won't be charged) starting now.  

So, to recap -

• Thanks for your support.
• Some things happened and I need to step away to sort out my finances properly.
• Next month, and up until May (most likely) won't be charged.
• Feb-May (perhaps longer) the project will be on hiatus.

If the situation changes, naturally I'll let you know. Happy Holidays and see you when  v4 drops.

- My Big "Little" Brother