Horse Fable Has a New Owner

9/09/2025 11:41 am

Dear Horse Fable community,

After over a decade of building, dreaming, debugging, pixel-perfect tweaking, and late-night brainstorming sessions, it’s time for a new chapter.

I’ve officially sold Horse Fable to Curly.

Over the next week, we’ll be transitioning all of the technical and backend pieces, including the server, domain, databases, and accounts, into her name. This means there may be some downtime or slower responses as we work through the handoff. Please bear with us during this transition.

A Bittersweet Goodbye

If you’ve followed Horse Fable’s journey over the years, you know this project has been a huge part of my life. It started as a passion project and grew into a full-fledged game with a loyal, creative, and sometimes chaotic (in the best way) community. It has definitely had its ups and downs, but it will always hold a place in my heart.

This decision wasn’t made lightly, and it’s bittersweet. Many of you called it – I needed to let go of Horse Fable. I wasn’t ready at the time, but I’ve now accepted that this chapter has come to an end for me.

Curly and I have worked closely together over the years to bring the best game possible. Looking back over the years, it was a fun time building this world for you all. When all the drama went down earlier this summer, it may seem like we weren’t on the best of terms, but that’s not true. We always had the mutual goal of creating the best horse game on the market.

I want to be crystal clear: I only want what’s best for this game.

And I truly believe Curly is the right person to take Horse Fable into the future. She has the experience, the love for the game, and the community’s trust. She’s been a huge part of the HoFa team for a long time, and I’m confident she’ll give it the care and leadership it needs moving forward.

What’s Next?

Over the next few days, we’ll be:

Moving hosting and server access to Curly’s accounts
Transferring ownership of domains, emails, art assets, and IP
Reorganizing payment systems and billing platforms
Ensuring all tools are fully operational in the new setup

You may notice temporary delays or some downtime, but the goal is to keep disruption minimal and keep the game safe and secure during the transition.

Final Thoughts

To the players, artists, mods, testers— thank you. Horse Fable wouldn’t be what it is today without your contributions, feedback, and support. It’s been an incredible journey.

While I’ll be stepping away from the game itself, I’ll always cheer for its success from afar. I want nothing more than to see it thrive and evolve under Curly’s direction.

So here’s to the next adventure… for Horse Fable, and for all of us.

With appreciation and nostalgia,

Bedouin

TheDustyAngel Bronze Upgrade

Post Count: 574

9/09/2025 11:57 am
Thank you for doing this Bedouin. I know it's going to be hard and difficult, but a lot of us wants to see this game thrive and succeed. Letting go and selling it, is the way to go.

Maki

Post Count: 1,108

9/09/2025 12:05 pm
Thank you for doing the right thing Bed. Welcome back to Curly and the team! . . . Come Join the Equisar Discord https://discord.gg/n67Ctp6Gpd

WirelessMouse Gold Upgrade

Post Count: 339

9/09/2025 12:16 pm
Ahh thank you! I was holding some slim hope for this outcome & I'm glad you reached this decision. I hope this also means we'll get to keep Thunder and Brumby as Artists too :0 Flower cart by Starberry

Kentucky241 Bronze Upgrade

Post Count: 95

9/09/2025 12:22 pm
Thank you for making the hard decision. Ultimately the community has wanted the same thing. A successful game that us as the players love. I'm excited to look at getting back into the game now that Curly has it. I believe with Curly and others, this game will thrive.

Blackpaso

Post Count: 14

9/09/2025 12:49 pm
Thank you for doing what is best for this game. I left for a while, but got hooked when I came back, and this is the only game I play anymore. So glad to see that it is getting what it needs to thrive. Just remember the good times, and know that many of us will miss you.

Oliviia Bronze Upgrade

Post Count: 17

9/09/2025 1:03 pm
I'm so happy you came to terms with making the right decision, thank you. And welcome back Curly, I can't wait to see you back on track with the game!

Oaken Fields

Post Count: 147

9/09/2025 1:26 pm	Edited 2 times
Bedouin. I'm sure it was a tough decision to come to terms with. Thank you for thinking it through. You owed it to yourself and to the community to do so. I hope your future endeavors are both clear and fruitful. I also hope that you'll check in and maybe also play the game. Experience what you helped to build by being a player. And just a player (without thinking about all of the bugs, the updates, the community complaints and problems, etc.). Because both sides of the experience can be quite a journey. 😊 There's still love and care here. Cheers and good days! Oh, and before I forget, welcome back team. 🥰

9/09/2025 1:26 pm

Edited 2 times

Bedouin. I'm sure it was a tough decision to come to terms with. Thank you for thinking it through. You owed it to yourself and to the community to do so. I hope your future endeavors are both clear and fruitful. I also hope that you'll check in and maybe also play the game. Experience what you helped to build by being a player. And just a player (without thinking about all of the bugs, the updates, the community complaints and problems, etc.). Because both sides of the experience can be quite a journey.

😊 There's still love and care here.

Cheers and good days!

Oh, and before I forget, welcome back team. 🥰

redd

Post Count: 636

9/09/2025 1:46 pm
Thank you.

FaminesRose

Post Count: 173

9/09/2025 1:57 pm
Bed I just want to say we all know this wasn't an easy choice, and me, many of us, and the game thank you for coming to the decision you did. For HoFas future I do believe this was the best out come. I am very sorry about the events that led to all of this, but I do hope you can see where the community was coming from - wanting what was best for the game and community here. I hope your future projects, whatever they may be, bring back some of the joy and things that HoFa once brought you more of. Hopefully you can find the spark for something with something that lasts longer. Truly wishing you the best, and thank you for creating HoFa and getting it this far. Curly, we are happy to see you back - and I hope HoFa gets the love and care that it needs at this point going forward. I have hope to come back, for the community to come back, for HoFa to move forward. Hopefully what happened can go to the past and can be moved on from with little to no troubles on anyones end. Here is to HoFa finding some brighter days ahead and hopefully everyone involved and the games community. FaminesRose of Willow Ridge Stables 🌹 Associated with FeralRose and RamblinRose 🌹

9/09/2025 1:57 pm

Bed I just want to say we all know this wasn't an easy choice, and me, many of us, and the game thank you for coming to the decision you did. For HoFas future I do believe this was the best out come. I am very sorry about the events that led to all of this, but I do hope you can see where the community was coming from - wanting what was best for the game and community here.

I hope your future projects, whatever they may be, bring back some of the joy and things that HoFa once brought you more of. Hopefully you can find the spark for something with something that lasts longer. Truly wishing you the best, and thank you for creating HoFa and getting it this far.

Curly, we are happy to see you back - and I hope HoFa gets the love and care that it needs at this point going forward. I have hope to come back, for the community to come back, for HoFa to move forward. Hopefully what happened can go to the past and can be moved on from with little to no troubles on anyones end.

Here is to HoFa finding some brighter days ahead and hopefully everyone involved and the games community.

FaminesRose of Willow Ridge Stables

🌹 Associated with FeralRose and RamblinRose 🌹

Cali

Post Count: 159

9/09/2025 1:59 pm
Yes thank you. 🩷

You must login to reply to this topic. Login here. Don't have an account? Join us.