Global redesign of The Dark Knight is coming

Hi everyone.

So, I have some news.

First and foremost, I have finally found how I want to redevelop The Dark Knight. I now realize that I hadn't made any announcement about the project being on hold, so this may come as a surprise to some. Long story short, TDK went on hold after I was unable to get enough money to continue development, and had the artists that made the current art leave the project for various reasons that I am not interested in sharing. At first, I wanted to make a small concept, like an alchemist's game or something of the like, and inject the current story into that, however it felt very cheap, so I instead tried to go with a gameplay that would at least match the story.

What I ended up with is a game that is more oriented on gameplay, but that will also showcase the story so that I can preserve what is great about the current game. I am not quite certain what the gameplay will be like, however I am looking at implementations that would work somewhat similarly to Slay The Spire. (So, gameplay oriented on increasing in power through events, no going back, story told through visuals, and a lot of fighting.)

I'm currently looking at using unreal engine to make this instead of ren'py, as ren'py is not quite suitable enough for my needs, and there are frameworks on unreal that will make my life substantially easier provided that I can learn the engine in a timely manner. For that reason, I dont know how long it's going to take me to remake the project.

In addition, I have decided to sell the current project's art, so I can fund development.

I used to be happy with the art I have, however I feel constricted with having to use this art for the game. It is extremely limiting, since I currently don't have money to commission new art, and even if I did, the style is hard to match unless I get someone extremely talented (and costly) to make it. This is forcing me to stick to what the art shows, making it impossible for me to change anything, and it's also stopping me from adding anything to the game. So, instead of trying to use that, I will sell the current art, and see how much it makes me. From there, it will allow me to either comission new art, or to find other ways of getting art for this project, depending on how much I can raise.

I know not everyone is going to be happy about it, however currently the choice for me is either to sell the art so that I can buy new one, or to just abandon the project and let the art rot, because I'm not willing to continue like this. I hope you'll find that I made the right choice between these two options.