Unfortunately, Grizzly Wolf Games will not be able to update Gambit Heart on a consistent basis for the foreseeable future. This comes with a rather heavy burden on us, as financially we are unable to continue updating the Steam version of Gambit Heart currently, and have to quickly divert our focus or we risk losing our company.
Gambit Heart is a game of passion for us; we want to make the best Tactical Role-Playing game that we can imagine; the game we want to play. We knew we were biting off more than we could chew but drove forward anyway. With ample experience and tenacity for our craft, we wished to make an amazing experience that would be enjoyed from the outset.
Unfortunately, reality is more than just ambition. Gambit Heart is a game that requires an incredible amount of resources, and while we have the talent, we do not have the financial ability to continue on at this point in time. With another estimated year and a half to two years of development ahead of us, and with that time needing to be almost solely dedicated on development of the game, there's simply not enough left in the bank to ride out development to the point of being able to pivot focus into marketing; as that would be essential to financial viability on the Steam platform.
We've stated it before, but unfortunately we have to state it again, as it's ultimately our downfall with Gambit Heart: we are developers first, and publishers second. We did not market the game, as we want more from it. There's so much left to be done before we'd really be confident enough to sit down and say "this is what Gambit Heart is, and it's worth purchasing now."
Moving Forward:
We're far from done with Gambit Heart and we wouldn't have bothered with Steam if the plan wasn't to complete it, all that's changing is how and when. We'll be returning sometime later next year, ideally as soon as possible, as this is what we truly wish to work on, it is our passion project, our dream game.
In the meantime, we'll be working on porting and re-releasing our previous title, Flight of the Paladin, as well as another smaller game we've been kicking around internally for a while. We have had other things on the back-burner, and if we don't want to close our doors for good, it looks like we'll have to pivot to those effective immediately to continue doing what we love.
We're sorry, we have made promises that to date we haven't kept. We've had setbacks that we didn't account for and it's ultimately slowed progress down. We haven't been as organized as we'd wanted and it's shown. It is our goal to relaunch Gambit Heart in 2019 with renewed vigor, more driven focus, and a concise direction that is as clear to you as it is to us.
We thank you for your patience and know that Gambit Heart is not dead, just hibernating. Grizzly Wolf Games has to keep alive in order for that to remain true, though, and so we must now divert our feelings and energy into keeping our doors open.