I'll keep my time in here very short, there is a book or two worth of Scalebound stories I'm saving for when I am old and gray, but I did want to say:
1) I love this thread. Seeing how much people still think about Scalebound makes me incredibly happy.
2) Platinum never used Scalebound money for Nier. I have no connection to them anymore, and no reason to defend them, but that is categorically untrue and that rumor shouldn't be allowed to spread.
3) Jez's post cleared some stuff up for me -- Where the leaks about the cancellation were coming from. Especially the one about a "senior staff" (me) taking a month off work because I burnt out. I actually developed an irregular heart beat as the game was falling apart, had a couple of really bad days holding myself responsible for so many things, and then went to see a doctor and a psychiatrist. Was told it was totally stress related and that I should take a month off, which Platinum was incredibly supportive of. When Scalebound was cancelled, this was leaked as some sort of pretense/justification. It really hurt - my medical privacy had been violated, potentially damaging my career prospects in the process, and the VG enthusiast press was more than happy to print it without question. The leaker was spinning a PR situation. I was living my life. My doctor couldn't believe it. I couldn't either. As an aside, I'm super healthy now, and I've learned how important it is to manage stress in a job (production) where you are essentially the baggage drop for everyone's problems. Everyone should really take care of themselves. Scalebound meant everything to me, until I realized that it was the amazing people and experiences that I'd had making it that actually meant everything.
Funnily enough, I'm wearing a Scalebound tshirt and probably going to dinner with John Omohundro tonight. Everyone from the project is still friends and keeps in touch.
P.S. I wish we would have released video of Dragon Link. Damn that was cool. :)
