After ten years at Unity, co-founder and CCO Nicholas Francis has revealed he's been so inspired by the games made using the tech, he's leaving to make one himself.
His departure has been announced on the company's blog, with Francis describing his decade long run at the company as an "awesome ride".
Hard choice
"Over the years it has been amazing to watch Unity getting better and better at such a crazy speed," said Francis in the blog post.
"Lately I have been incredibly inspired by what you guys have been creating and have been experimenting more and more with my own ideas. It's made me realise that I have games I want, no need, to make!"
Francis claims that actually making games that utilise the platform he helped to set up is what "really scratches my itch", with the plan being to leave the company in order to "dedicate myself to creating games."
"This has not been an easy choice in fact, it has been one of the hardest ones in my life," he concluded.
"I am infinitely proud of everything I've been part of building, proud of the team, and proud of having a tiny part of me in all your games. So proud that I can't wait to experience Unity from the other side of the fence. I've given to Unity all I had to give, and now I gotta go do what I gotta go do."
[source: Unity]
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