I said I'd check back often, and I have, I just couldn't bring myself to continue to say "Don't worry, guys, it'll be soon, still working on it!"
I am still working on it, that part is true.
It just won't be in a position to be finished for a long while now... financial issues abound and I still am barely managing a roof over my head, my medical issues have continued to decline to the point that it took me forty minutes of proof reading (of thoughts and spell correcting) to type this many words to make sense, and coding continues to get harder as my mental facilities worsen from my medical issues.
I've been avoiding any contact with pretty much anyone right now.. I'm a wreck mentally and socially, and I do not wish to ruin any friendships or partnerships I have acquired. I pray that what I have put on hold will remain on hold, and that when the time has come that I can become well again, we can resume and post up this fantastic game.
'Maybe a certain character creator can be released on my birthday' is the thought that runs through my head as I write this, and it brings a smile to my face. Ideas are written down, pages upon pages; they just need to be coded and typed. Things are ready to roll, I want to reiterate that, I just don't have the mental facilities to do so.
And since this is my game and my world, I don't feel right, nor do I want to, give this to anyone else to do for me. Tin Foil MklV was making Alteratio WITH me, which is the only reason they were on the project. They wanted to be apart of hte vision, and they brought so many great ideas and inguniuty to something that I hold dear. And we both got what we wanted out of it, so it was mutually beneficial.
So, I wish this process could go faster so you all can enjoy what Alteratio has to offer sooner, but this physical body just wants to dictate what I can and cannot do.
I apologize with great sincerity about the time it took to update you all, and about the current state of the game... 5 months is a lot to lose hope in a game, and I'm sure I've destroyed everything I had up until now.
It was good while we had it, but I'll always be here whenever you feel like checking in :)