My plea, and my promise (Unsevered Steam trailer and release date).

This is it. We're finally here — the biggest, most crucial moment in the four years of this project's lifetime.

Unsevered has entered its release campaign and is now available to wishlist on Steam.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2320480/Unsevered/

As I prepare myself for the next three months of what will be my most grueling trial yet, and the next hardest thing I've ever done in my life, I come here to humbly ask for your help in this moment that could very well make or break this project.

I'm very lucky to have such a generous, patient, and supportive community. You've given me way more than I ever had any right to ask, which is why I've always refrained from letting words loose without a good purpose. You deserve none of my excuses and all of my effort. There were many setbacks, family drama, and health problems along the way, but I've always tried my best to show everyone I'm serious about what I'm making. I've only been able to unveil a small piece of my overall vision, but I still hope all the care I've put into it has shown you where the heart of this project is.

So far, I think I must've done an outstanding job of boring you with my endless platitudes about how much I love video games, and how my mission is righteous and true... and yet, I think it's appropriate to do it one last time. If there's a right moment to do it, it's now. If for some reason you can't trust my love, then trust my hate, since I'm just as moved by spite as I am by love. I seek to give away everything I once expected from my betters, and that's a powerful thing. I wish to mature into a true artist, in its most raw form; to create something of value, not price; to offer people worlds and stories that will be appreciated years after I'm gone. If nothing else, I hope to have proved to you all that I am willing to dedicate every cell of my body to achieving that. We've been here together long enough, haven't we?

The problem here is I need resources. I need to hire people to help me as I am in no way equipped to handle the entire pipeline of this project on my own for much longer. I need to go to sleep tonight and have the peace of mind that the future of Unsevered — and my own, is secured. I need power because will alone won't carry this forever no matter how obsessed I am. No amount of idealism can change reality, and the reality today is I need resources yesterday. Still, I am not here today to ask any of you for money. I can't expect you to give me something I'm not yet able to repay. I want to ask that you spare a moment of your busy lives to wishlist my game on Steam, as Steam's algorithm will push forward only what does a good job of gathering people's interest through wishlisting. If you can, I need you to share this on any forums or relevant places of discussion on the internet. I don't know how to reach everyone; I can't know, and I can't do this without any of you. It's impossible to put into words how decisive this moment is, and how much Unsevered needs this — how much I need this after so much time and energy has gone into getting it off the ground. It's imperative that this release is successful, as I have no other cards to play. If this release doesn't pay off, I'll have to consider options that aren't options right now, but that would, in the end, ensure the future of Unsevered, and Smoke Mob Games as a whole; options that I'm not considering for very good reasons.

All I've ever wanted to be was a game designer, and this project has given me an opportunity that once, I could only ever dream of. I will fight, I will sweat, and I will bleed for this if it's the last fucking thing I'll ever do, and If I haven't done enough, or haven't been able to make myself clear so far on how committed I am to seeing this to the very end, then it means I have already failed, and I do not deserve another single second of your time. After all, none of us is getting any younger.

However, If anywhere in the past four years, my project has been able to spark even mild curiosity in any of you, please, help me bring it to its full potential. You have all already done me a great kindness, all I ask is for the power to pay it back. Give me my wings, and I promise to spend the rest of my life flying towards the sun.

Unsevered will be released on Steam on November 22nd. It's been an honor to walk this path with you so far. I'll see you when the work is done.