Laura and I

After eighteen years together, sixteen years of marriage, and raising five children; The love of my life, my first love, my best and only real friend, Laura, has told me she doesn't want to be with me anymore.

We're separating and will be getting a divorce.

I'm moving out, looking at places nearby so the kids will still get to see me regularly and I'll have a place for them to visit whenever they need. I'll continue to support the mother of my children as best I can; we'll still be friends, and if she still wants to be involved in Retroburn at all we may still be seen together at events going forward (like the upcoming Positron exhibition at MCM / EGX Birmingham).

We told the kids at the weekend. There were tears, but they're going to be fine, and they will be well supported as we always have done. I'll always be there for them in any way they need.

I'm mega depressed at the moment. I've had a lot of things piling up on me, making me stressed out pretty much all the time. Financially, I'll be able to muddle through, but it's tough. I'm trying to find time to work on Positron, even though it doesn't feel like it's going anywhere (working towards that final version and console release), but that's hard too, maybe when I've moved I'll be able to set up a workspace to be able to focus on that (and Retroburn's other games) in my free time.

I'm looking in to some support groups and activities that will get me out, meet people, and be able to talk; as I don't have any real friends or people to talk to about life stuff.

I'm sure everything's going to work out, as we separate and figure things out. The kids will be fine. I'll be fine. Laura will be fine. My goal is to try and be happier going forward, less stressed, rise from this depression, and hit a few personal targets next year.

I'll pre-emptively say thank you for any messages of support. I'm not going to go replying to everyone individually.

ps. Positron is currently on sale on Steam (£8.70, 33% off). I can not stress how it really makes my day to see even a single purchase of the game on any particular day. It's validation that it's worth continuing the game. It's 'only' sold 178 copies in the year since hitting Early Access, and has almost broken £1000 in revenue (but we've spent far more than that attending events to demo the game this year). I would massively appreciate it if you could spare a few quid, grab a copy of the game, AND leave a review (even better if it's a critical review, with some genuine feedback in it). Thanks!

https://steam.positrongame.com/breakup

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