I am beyond stoked to announce that RELATIVITY is now being backed by Indie Fund!
This really is a huge honor for me. I started working on RELATIVITY in November 2012, and the Indie Fund games have always been a huge source of inspiration and influence for me: Q.U.B.E., Antichamber, Fract OSC, Framed, the Swapper, the list goes on.
This is even without mentioning the works of the founders, which has had a huge impact on the indie game space.
All this is to say, I have had a tremendous amount of respect for Indie Fund for a long time, and have always thought about how cool it would be to be on their roster. So to finally be able to say that RELATIVITY is now an Indie Fund project really is a dream come true for me.
Chris Priestman of Kill Screen wrote a really great piece about what the process has been so far, and what getting Indie Fund means.
Besides the financial element, the most significant part is having validation of my work by people who I really respect. As someone with 0 game development experience prior to this project, I was never sure of myself. Every time I thought that something was good, I couldn’t tell if it was actually good, or if I was just being delusional. Getting support from Indie Fund lets me know that I’m on the right track.
For now, the funding has allowed me to bring on a programmer to help me with the project. David Laskey is a local Chicago developer who I’ve known for quite some time, and who is a brilliant programmer (far, far better than I am). Even though he has only been helping me part-time for less than 2 weeks, he has already done some really great work. I can’t wait to show you guys what we’re working on!