Jonathan Blow tells Engadget that he's gone into debt to finance completion of The Witness, the next game from the creator of Braid (thanks GamesIndustry.biz). Sales of the puzzle/platformer were funding the new game, but Blow explains that that income from Braid has dwindled as the sun sets on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, two of its biggest platforms. "Not so many people are buying digital games there," Blow says. "So the Braid income is not nearly enough anymore to fund the team. I have borrowed a bunch of money to finish The Witness. So I hope when it's done, some people buy the game." The latest on The Witness is that it now contains triple the amount of gameplay originally planned, and it includes 677 puzzles and runs about 25-40 hours. He admits that the project may have taken too much time and money, but seems to have a clear vision of what he hopes to accomplish, saying:

"If there is such a thing as taking 'too long,' we have probably already done that," he says. "20 years from now, I am not going to care about whether we took an extra six months or a year in development; I am going to care about the quality of the game people got to play. It'd be a shame to sacrifice some of that quality just to squeak the game out a little sooner. Though I do sympathize with people who have been waiting a long time to play."