Devlog KAG Geti Stepping Down from KAG Leadership

I have decided to officially step down from KAG leadership, for my own wellbeing. 7 years is enough for me, I'm afraid :)

However - this is not the end for KAG, and not even a hard end to my involvement! The plan is to continue towards the crowd-funded, community-developed, free-to-play model we've been discussing on Discord for a few months now. A lot of the ground work has already been done on that, so 2019 should start off with quite a ride for everyone. I'll be sticking around in a semi-active capacity until that's out the door



I've attempted to set up as much of a planned succession as possible, as the game has suffered from this kind of thing happening less formally in the past. Those who've been paying attention on discord or elsewhere will likely not be too surprised - but for those that are surprised by this, I'm sorry. It has been coming for a while now.

Furai will continue to lead the support and administration as always, and should be considered the "dev regent" until he says otherwise. Jrgp will continue to host the official servers and direct backend maintenance. The internal contributors and #democracy will effectively take over the development of the game itself, with the community leadership, Furai, and MM available as a fallback if/when needed. Community management will continue as it always has, but a more formal position (or multiple) should be undertaken this year. We'll also likely need to see some of the next generation of moderators "graduate" into admins as the leadership there has been getting a bit sparse!

I will remain available for consultation as required, but I need to step away from a lot of the day to day stuff. I'm aiming for around one day or two per month, for those keeping track.

I hope this "next age" of KAG development will be characterised by a fresh outlook from the dev team, and ever increasing collaboration with the community. 2018 was especially exciting on that front, with over a hundred community sourced changes merged through and thousands of #democracy votes put in on maps, features, and design decisions! With the patreon and free to play launches around the corner, I hope we see more of that spirit.

I hope there'll be no ill will between us. I'm just burnt out with the game for now, and that's not good for the project, or for me.

I want to give an enormous thanks to all those who have made my life easier over the years, and helped build the community that we have now, as well as to the "previous generation" of community too. Thanks to those that contributed to the game, and to those who were just along for the ride! It means a lot to have had the opportunity to make an impact, however large or small, on so many people's lives, and to have shared time and laughter with so many in return.

KAG (the game and the community) has been, and always will be, an enormous part of my life.

If you want to keep up with what I'm doing from here, following me on twitter is probably the easiest way to do that. I'll still be dropping in to say hi on discord and the forums from time to time, but I tend not to plug my other work KAG-side very much.

Also, if you'd like to get involved with development or the community, or take on a bigger role if you already contribute in some fashion (development or otherwise), now is probably a great time to do that. Getting in touch with the existing team and contributors about how you can help out would probably be a good first step.

Finally: good luck with it! I wish you all the very best in the future!

Lots of love

Max "Geti" Cahill

 

I can't wait to see what kind of new things you'll be creating in the future! You have grown a lot and I know you are destined to create something epic.

 

All I can is "finally" and you know exactly what I mean. :)

Good luck on your future endeavours and enjoy your journey, my friend! You can count me in on any project you undertake. :)

 

Farewell Geti.

Oh good lord...

 

Nothing more to say.