Hey guys, long time no see. Got some news.
First thing is, contrary to what you may have heard, I haven't taken The Shadowgazer to another board. ZFGC has been a good home to this game and I wasn't gonna just abandon it without an explanation.
So what has been going on? A couple of ex/current ZFGCers know but I've put off making it common knowledge until I actually knew the situation myself.
Some time ago I was approached by the owner of a development studio who wanted to see if I was open to the idea of turning The Shadowgazer into an original IP for a potential DS/PSP/mobile release. After some deliberation, and having checked the guy's credentials, I agreed. Basically, I'd be stupid to pass an opportunity like that up, right?
Well, as I say, that was some time ago and only recently has it turned out that it's NOT gonna happen now.
Without going into why (out of professional courtesy) the resulting situation is that I've been working on turning The Shadowgazer into an original game for months now and The Legend of Zelda: The Shadowgazer as-was has been all but abandoned.
Which leaves me with a decision to make: do I press on with turning the game into my own, original, intellectual property, or do I pick up where I left off, making my little Zelda fan game? There's a lot for me to consider there and I really don't know at this stage which way it could go.
So yeah, just thought I'd let you know what's been going on. I appreciate there's little in the way of details there but I'll update again when I make my decision. Feel free to coax me one way or the other...
Cheers,
KM