francis noted that his only development cost was $30 for a version of . he recouped this cost within 64 seconds of offering pre-orders for the game, but since has made revenue many times more than this and recognizing he was making enough to become a game developer. with the success of "gunpoint", francis announced that he would be departing "pc gamer uk" to take up full-time independent game development, while still writing freelance for the magazine from time to time.