Some Thoughts On The Next Game
9 years ago
General
Howdy all,
First of, I'm very glad that people have been enjoying Time Wolf (despite all the massive, glaring flaws and problems it has) it always makes me happy to know that people are getting something out of my content, especially if it's something I've put so much time into.
Secondly, university is about to start again for me, which might interfere with my schedule, especially since I'm starting my masters degree and I'm not sure how much of my free time that will take up. Rest assured though that I will continue with game work whenever I can, and I found with my last game that the trips to and from uni gave me a lot of time to think and plan.
Thirdly is a topic I'm almost embarrassed to broach, but I want to gauge people's interest on the subject of me making a Patreon for the game? Now, rest assured that I will release the game for free to everyone when it is complete, so you don't need to worry about that, and whether I decide to go with Patreon or not I do intend to continue working on the game and see it through to completion. However, I could really use the income for living expenses, and if I get enough maybe even quit my current casual job to give me more free time (since the job doesn't pay much anyway). I don't know much about Patreon really, but I'd offer more preview gifs like the one I currently have up on my page to followers, as well as demos of the game (either monthly or just whenever the game is in a stable state). Possibly some other rewards as well, but I don't know exactly what yet or how much everything will be, nor do I know if my content is good enough to be worthy of having a Patreon, but that's what this journal is for, I guess. If there is some Patreon interest, I probably won't start it until I know what my university schedule is like, just to make sure I have the time to deliver on my promises.
So, would people be interested if I started a Patreon? And if so, what would people like to see as possible reward ideas for supporters?
Thanks!
-SF
First of, I'm very glad that people have been enjoying Time Wolf (despite all the massive, glaring flaws and problems it has) it always makes me happy to know that people are getting something out of my content, especially if it's something I've put so much time into.
Secondly, university is about to start again for me, which might interfere with my schedule, especially since I'm starting my masters degree and I'm not sure how much of my free time that will take up. Rest assured though that I will continue with game work whenever I can, and I found with my last game that the trips to and from uni gave me a lot of time to think and plan.
Thirdly is a topic I'm almost embarrassed to broach, but I want to gauge people's interest on the subject of me making a Patreon for the game? Now, rest assured that I will release the game for free to everyone when it is complete, so you don't need to worry about that, and whether I decide to go with Patreon or not I do intend to continue working on the game and see it through to completion. However, I could really use the income for living expenses, and if I get enough maybe even quit my current casual job to give me more free time (since the job doesn't pay much anyway). I don't know much about Patreon really, but I'd offer more preview gifs like the one I currently have up on my page to followers, as well as demos of the game (either monthly or just whenever the game is in a stable state). Possibly some other rewards as well, but I don't know exactly what yet or how much everything will be, nor do I know if my content is good enough to be worthy of having a Patreon, but that's what this journal is for, I guess. If there is some Patreon interest, I probably won't start it until I know what my university schedule is like, just to make sure I have the time to deliver on my promises.
So, would people be interested if I started a Patreon? And if so, what would people like to see as possible reward ideas for supporters?
Thanks!
-SF
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I dunno if you've considered it, but making a blog or a tumblr for your game developing in general might help get some publicity.
Love the Time Wolf game, infact i played it against last night.
Would love to support ya and help with making a game with ya, i might not be much of an artist or programmer but i can sure as well with coming up with ideas and concepts for characters and enemies.
:P plus we need games with more grabbing enemies.