Thanks for the suggestion

! Honestly I'm not sure about putting pressure on him. He has his own plans and will, if he'd have shown interest in getting involved, it would have been great, however if he wants to pursue other projects, I don't want to rob him of his ideas. But I'll look into this publisher none the less.
Regarding his permission, I don't think he would ever come to remove his permission for the project, unless we bluntly steal his art for a profit, but if, regardless, that happens and he contacts me about having to stop the project I probably would do so

. I don't have the resources (time, money and mind) to fight a loosing battle for a free fan project done almost entirely on some else's IP.
Me and Grey talked about this, there are several things that we are unsure about at this point, mainly the current instability of the industry, for payment tycoon reasons

, and it makes it harder for us to start something from the ground up.
There is also an annoying sense of duty that makes us want to finish what we started, however resources are making it difficult to find a way to do so. We've been discussing it and are aligning on the Conclusion Roadmap for it to be a straight line to the finish, but given the CG matter, we have to make a lot of choices regarding scenes, so we may limit the number or prioritize scenes leading up the story and regions for the story. I'll talk more about our decisions when we plan the last roadmap.