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11 years ago
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So I've been working on my game and have figured out all of the catchable monsters and major characters for the story. I never openly released the demo because it was fairly pathetic in my opinion being a series of buttons and webpages because I was trying to test the damage formulas I wanted to work with. I'm pretty happy with the results and am ready to move on, but I have a major snag.
Since my graduation I haven't found a full time job yet so I've been putting my effort into that. So as it stands I can't afford an artist to help bring the creatures to life. Also I've been having all sorts of creative ideas spill out of my head.
Recently I had someone suggest creating a Patreon account for donations on my game, looking it over and wanted to get some opinions. What I would like to do is set up a monthly donation which would support my game development, and as a reward is set up a site that would have a comic and a little bit my games posted a minimum of once a week for all. So Monday the comic would come out Wednesday a bit about my video game like and Friday a bit about my board game. Once a month I'd do a little video detailing progress or questions people had or about other topics too. People who supported me on Patreon would get early access to all the content and could suggest topics for the monthly video.
The website would be ad supported for as long as necessary so that way people who can't afford to donate can still help out and enjoy the content. The comics would be fairly crudely drawn because I'm not much of an artist and also my digital tablet is broken.
The reason I want to do this instead of a straight out kickstarter is for a couple of reasons. Firstly it's a bit more flexible for both supporters and for me. Secondly it means I can try to work on these projects without waiting around for them to be fully funded. Thirdly I'd like to make it a bit of a unique experience for everyone and it sounds fun. Fourthly there are a lot of games on kickstarter to compete against.
So my question is what do you guys think of the idea?
Thank you for taking the time to read through this.
Short short version: I'm gonna try to make a comic. Please read the long version and let me know your thoughts.
Since my graduation I haven't found a full time job yet so I've been putting my effort into that. So as it stands I can't afford an artist to help bring the creatures to life. Also I've been having all sorts of creative ideas spill out of my head.
Recently I had someone suggest creating a Patreon account for donations on my game, looking it over and wanted to get some opinions. What I would like to do is set up a monthly donation which would support my game development, and as a reward is set up a site that would have a comic and a little bit my games posted a minimum of once a week for all. So Monday the comic would come out Wednesday a bit about my video game like and Friday a bit about my board game. Once a month I'd do a little video detailing progress or questions people had or about other topics too. People who supported me on Patreon would get early access to all the content and could suggest topics for the monthly video.
The website would be ad supported for as long as necessary so that way people who can't afford to donate can still help out and enjoy the content. The comics would be fairly crudely drawn because I'm not much of an artist and also my digital tablet is broken.
The reason I want to do this instead of a straight out kickstarter is for a couple of reasons. Firstly it's a bit more flexible for both supporters and for me. Secondly it means I can try to work on these projects without waiting around for them to be fully funded. Thirdly I'd like to make it a bit of a unique experience for everyone and it sounds fun. Fourthly there are a lot of games on kickstarter to compete against.
So my question is what do you guys think of the idea?
Thank you for taking the time to read through this.
Short short version: I'm gonna try to make a comic. Please read the long version and let me know your thoughts.
Though I'd be the one person refreshing over and over the page after turning adblock off so you can get that ad revenue as small as that goes for x3;
but yeah It may be a good way to start off while you find a job. Plus in the waiting period work more on the game.