Last week, Korean indie developer Yang Bing caught the attention of many when he released a trailer (above) for a private video game project that he’s been working on. Called “Lost Soul Aside,” he started working on the game two years ago when he felt inspired by a trailer for Final Fantasy XV. It’s meant to be an action game with “fantasy art style, something like combining Final Fantasy and Ninja Gaiden,” as he puts it. Little did Bing know that companies would be so impressed by his work a week after the trailer’s release that they’d contact him with offers. 
According to him, he’s been contacted by Sony, Epic Games, and more who have expressed an interest in his work. Slightly overwhelmed by the response, the developer said that he wasn’t sure if he actually wanted to continue the project. After careful consideration, he’s decided to get in touch with the companies who contacted him with offers to help finish the game but not before he explained why he wanted to turn them down initially. Here’s what he posted on Facebook (verbatim):
I have thought that the reason I want to refuse their offer is the fear of tough life. But after talking with many of you I realized that the real reason is the fear of sharing my world.
Maybe we don’t know each other, but actually I’m a self-closing and nameless guy in real life, and now I realized my dream is not to create a game, is to create a world b...