Thomas Was Alone creator leaves job to focus on own projects

<p>Mike Bithell&comma; creator of the hit indie game <em>Thomas Was Alone<&sol;em>&comma; has left his job to focus on his own projects&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bithell was employed as Lead Designer at London-based Bossa Studios&comma; and his puzzle platformer <em>Thomas Was Alone<&sol;em> was released on PC in 2012 to strong sales and critical acclaim&comma; the game being praised for its learning curve and entertaining narration&period; After two years at Bossa Studios&comma; Bithell left at the end of January this year to focus on creating his own games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;A great deal of thanks needs to go to Bossa Studios&comma; my now previous employer&comma;&&num;8221&semi;  said Bithell&period; &&num;8220&semi;They told  me in my interview that I needed to continue with the &lbrack;Thomas Was Alone&rsqb; project while working there&comma; they supported me through development&comma; and gave advice and support  throughout and after release&period; Awesome people it&&num;8217&semi;s going to be sad to step away from&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;So&comma; next Monday I&&num;8217&semi;ll start a new Unity file&comma; and see where it takes me&period; Thanks for the time and kindness you&&num;8217&semi;ve given me so far in my adventures and fingers crossed you&&num;8217&semi;ll be there to play the next thing&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"Henrique Olifiers" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Henrique&lowbar;Olifiers" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"wikipedia">Henrique Olifiers<&sol;a>&comma; CEO and co-founder of Bossa Studios&comma; added&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;While I am sad to lose such a talented member of the team&comma; I am extremely proud to see Mike go his own way&period; Creating Thomas in his spare time was an unbelievable achievement and I have every faith that this is just the beginning for him&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>No details have emerged yet concerning the nature of Bithell&&num;8217&semi;s next project&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;c69f37df-83c1-407e-90d6-a974a204ec7b" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;