As you know, this game was exe from the start, because the plot of game heavily inspired by exes (And my disappointment on Forces). I started Dark Times as game in 2018 and it changes every time as I change as a person and as a developer/writer/artist/etc.
I was bounded with exe and exe community almost from the start and saw everything, I think. I saw "exe renaissance" as I call it. I saw bad things, I saw good things. I have some kind of respect to exes. It's part of my life and that'll never change.
But my game needs to move on.
I don't want you to call me some sort of traitor or something... I want to tell original story with my vision. I want to give a gameplay that no one forget. And I want to give that to more people. Exe community is not so big as Sonic community, sadly. And exes always won't be respected by big part of Sonic community. I hope that'll change someday. Not today, not now...
Dark Times is gone, but origins will never be forgotten.
So I present to you...