In the past, I have always waited until payments were processed every month in order to send out rewards. This was necessary because of the way Patreon handled pledges, but it was also very annoying. It also meant I had to set up an itch page for anyone who missed out on the reward package every month.

Fortunately, Patreon has just added the option to charge up front when someone makes a new pledge, which means I can start hosting/posting R2CK devbuilds directly on Patreon, without having to wait until the payments process each month.

Here's what this means...

...if you are already supporting me:

You're awesome! From now on, when I post a new devbuild, it will show up like a normal Patreon post, instead of a message. That's pretty much all that changes! You'll keep getting charged at the same time, for the same amount. There's also a much better chance that I'll simply start posting demos as soon as they're ready, instead of intentionally waiting until after payments get processed.

...if you aren't supporting me yet:

You can now get access to the latest stuff immediately when you start supporting me, instead of having to go through my itch.io page or waiting until the end of the month. When you pledge to support me, it will automatically take your first pledge as soon as you sign up, then everything continues like normal, and your pledge will be automatically taken out every month.

...if you're me:

- I can finally stop double-posting everything to both Patreon and itch. I might continue to post builds on itch because I think I have a small audience that ONLY knows about me through itch, and I don't want to abandon them. But I can post to patreon right away without needing to launch on itch at the same time.

- I can finally stop sending all those annoying messages every month. I just post the update, and that's it!

- I don't have to artificially delay updates to account for payment processing any more. In other words, if I have a demo ready to go on the 29th, I can just post it on the 29th.