Hello everyone!
In this article I wanted to talk about few things and as the title suggests - thank you! :)
There are few topics I want to discuss with you!
Unfortunately there are both sad and nice news

1. Reception of Henry's Son: Inky Ruins

First of all - BIG THANK YOU for such amazing reception of the game! I know that many of you have played it and you seemed to enjoy it!

Working on this DLC has been a blast! I had so much fun making it! :D
I've put a lot of effort into this game and I'm glad that you noticed it!

With this DLC I have tried many new things!

New gameplay mechanics
New better sound design
I expanded my horizons with trying to make better music
I gave the main character arms for more immersion

I could count and count the things I tried with this DLC.

I've learned a lot while making this game and now my skills have drastically improved (at least that's how I feel about it)
I have a lot of plans for the future and this DLC is just my first step into making more advanced and like more professional games!

With all that being said once again - THANK YOU!
The first days of this DLC being released were few of the best days in my life! So much joy and happiness! :D

It's an amazing feeling when after months of work you finally show your creation and people really do enjoy it!
Thank you once again!

Now... let me talk about a rather sad thing... (sorry for changing the tone like this)

2. Me in Bendy Community...

Some of you may remember that I made a video called:

"I have something to tell you"

In this video I said that I'm going to quit the Bendy Community once Henry's Son is finished.
This turned out to be partially true, as you ofc know - DLC for the game has released, however the rest stays the same...

I'm quitting Bendy Community.

Now I would like to explain everything about this decision.
There are few reasons I won't talk about. My closest friends know about them and I don't feel the need to talk about these things publicly.

I can just say that I just don't feel attached to this community that much as I used to. (I'm not talking about any community memeber! I actually think this community is great and it has a ton of talented people!)
This will be very controversial but I didn't really enjoy - Bendy and the Dark Revival.

Main reason as to why I'm quitting this community are the creators. (It has nothing to do with Henry's Son or with me either).
I will just say that I just don't want to support them and it is your decision if you want to support them or not.

I decided not to (because of these few things I don't want to talk about here) and I hope that you will understand and accept it.

I know about this saying - "Separate art from the artist" but even despite this I can't look at Bendy the same way as I used to.

I decided to make Henry's Son: Inky Ruins to say one last goodbye to this community.
To also close some story elements from the base game and fix the bad taste after the release of Chapter 5.
To expand my first big game ever made and add some more cool stuff to it!

With all that being said - Yes, Henry's Son and its DLC are the final pieces of Bendy content I wanted to make with the DLC being my last final goodbye.

Will something like Henry's Son: 2 ever happen?
Most likely no... Until some things don't change I don't have plans to come back.

If you followed me just for making a Bendy fangame and you don't want to follow me anymore, that's fine and I have no problems with it.
If you decide to still follow and support me then please know that I really appreciate that!

Henry's Son and Henry's Son: Inky Ruins will always have a special place in my heart! These are my first big games and thanks to them I can now grow as a developer and make more projects in the future!
This chapter of my life is now over and now it's time to start another.
I will write about it in the next section

These 7 years of being in this community and 4+ years of working on both Henry's Son and its DLC were truly amazing! I made so many good memories and I've met so many amazing people! I will never forget about any of this and I will always be thankful to all of you!

3. The Future

As I said in the beginning, the release of the Henry's Son DLC was amazing! One of the best releases I've had for these past few years! :)

Now after making both the base game and its DLC I have a ton of experience and knowledge to work on new games in the future.

Also, since the last month I finally got my hands on a DRAWING TABLET!
I finally have some good equipment to make better quality assets for the future games!
I will 100% use it in my future projects! :)

For now don't expect any big game made solely by me.
I need to take a short break but it doesn't mean that no games are coming right now.

As some of you may know I work on a game called:

"Hide Time"

It's in a very advanced development and it's a game which will be launched on Steam.
I don't work on it alone though.
I work with a small team of my friends - @Midnight_Games to bring this project to life.
I'm super excited about it and it's a very cool project to work on! :)

If you want to know more about it check out the socials of our team.
There is a whole trailer on youtube and few teasers from the game!
This game is Chapter based too and Chapter One will most likely drop this Summer!! (Development of it started late November last year!)

As for my original projects!
I have few very cool ideas in mind and once I recover a bit from these past few months of work I will most likely start working on my next game!

As a fun fact - there is also second small side project I've worked on last year. It's mostly finished and I plan to work on it once I have some more free time.

If only life let's me - there's a chance there will be 3 more games from me coming this year

1. Hide Time (Made with @Midnight_Games )
2. Big scale project
3. Side project (which is mostly functional as of writing of this article)

For now I'm taking a break.

4. Closing thoughts

Thank you for reading this big post!
As I said there were both sad and nice topics.

I hope that you will understand my decision and if you decide to still follow me, enjoy my future games!

Thank you for all the support!
Thank you for all these great memories!
Thank you for all the love you showed me!

One chapter of my life has ended but now another one has started!

Thank you one last time and see you next time!
-Oski