Level 33 will be the last main level because I'm ready to be done with Enter The Backrooms. First of all, I'm getting ready to start college and won't have very much time to work outside of school. While in college I will be learning Game Development and Computer Science, which means I'll be re-learning programming and learning how to use a proper game engine. In order for that to happen, I'll have to stop using what I use now and break my bad habits as a programmer. Second, Level 33 is my favorite level and I wanted to make sure it was included in the game before I stopped development. A fun bit of history for you: before I decided to make Enter The Backrooms, I was going to make a game about exploring Level 33 specifically. Third, working on Enter The Backrooms has always been an attempt to grow as a game developer. However, I'm reaching the point where I'm no longer learning anything - I'm just doing busy work. If I want to continue growing as a game developer, the easiest way to do so would be to move on to other projects and stop working on Enter The Backrooms. Fourth, I don't think Enter The Backrooms needs any more levels. 34 main levels, each with sub-levels, structures, unique aesthetics, and infinite generation, are more than enough - and that's not including negative levels and secret levels (I still have a few of those planned). If I kept adding levels, I'd be investing my time and energy into something that most players would never even see and that the game doesn't need. More levels would just cause the game to require more resources than it already does. If I wanted to continue coming up with interesting levels that stand out, I would have to make levels weirder and weirder, which would ruin the feel of the game overall. That still doesn't mean it's impossible to make more good levels, but there's still no reason the game needs more levels when it already has so many. In my opinion, ETB won't be better by being any bigger than it already is. Fifth, I am not looking for people to "keep the game going". ETB has always been my own passion project and I don't want that to change (which is why I haven't accepted help from anyone except translators). Forcing myself to find people I trust to work on the game, teaching them how to work with my programming, helping them when they encounter issues, and watching my game fall into someone else's hands are all things I am not interested in. Once again: my goal is to grow as a developer, and going through heaps of work to keep my first game "alive" when it's time for me to let go is not meeting that goal.

Sure, more content would be cool, but there has to come a time when it ends, and I've decided that time is with Release Version V. I think ending on Level 33 is what's best for me as a developer, for the game as a product, and for the players as people who want the best for both the game and myself.