Are you a writer? Would you work part time (20 hours a week) for 15%-20% of total Patreon earnings?

[hakarlman]

The point of this post is to find out what rates a writer deems fair. I'd be putting in 72 hours a week of high quality work. You'd be putting in 20 hours a week of high quality writing work, 4 hours a day, 5 times per week.

If the game makes $1,000.00 a month, you'd get $150.00 a month (15%) for your part time work.
If the game makes $5,000.00 a month, you'd get $1,000.00 a month (20%) for your part time work.
If the game makes $10,000.00 a month, you'd get $2000.00 a month (20%) for your part time work .

Is this fair? Just curious what the normal rates are for writers willing to take a risk along with the developer? Also, there would be assurances so you get to enjoy that monthly income for a minimum amount of time, not just cut off once the milestones are reached.

I'd most likely get to the $1000.00 myself first, then hire a writer at $150.00 a month, so they'd get some money while taking the risk with me.

 

[Arigon]

hi
Writing story content or writing coded story or what?
thanks
Arigon

 

[osanaiko]

A couple of questions and observations

1. How many patreon supported adult games make it to 1K$ a month, let alone 10K$? Is there any accurate source for info on this?

The only data points I have are the handful of games that I support which also show their actual pledge levels.
- summertime saga was around 60K last time i looked, but I beleive that is an extreme outlier
- a couple of other games which were exceptional enough that I thought were worth my support had between 1K and 4K each

2. 20 hours a week sounds like a LOT of writing for an adult game
- a good story is of course important, but the graphic assets generally take far longer to create, so they would be the bottleneck.

 

[Andurin]

Hi mate,

Regarding the salary, then perhabs instead of asking if its fair, then ask "would I do it?". I suggest you do the math regarding and compare it to what you expect to get in return from the writer.

20 hours a week, 4,3 (avg) weeks per month is 86 hours per month on average.

150$ a month, that would make the pay 1,74$ per hour. Personally, i wouldnt even considder asking what the job is about at the wage. For, and i quote you, "High quality work".

A couple of questions and observations

1. How many patreon supported adult games make it to 1K$ a month, let alone 10K$? Is there any accurate source for info on this?

The only data points I have are the handful of games that I support which also show their actual pledge levels.
- summertime saga was around 60K last time i looked, but I beleive that is an extreme outlier
- a couple of other games which were exceptional enough that I thought were worth my support had between 1K and 4K each

2. 20 hours a week sounds like a LOT of writing for an adult game
- a good story is of course important, but the graphic assets generally take far longer to create, so they would be the bottleneck.

1.Not unlikely at all to get 1k+. Thats not a problem at all. The problem is keeping the patreon followers, because alot of game creators vanishes or doesnt keep their deadlines.

2. 20 hours may seem like alot, but a game story is re-written, adjusted and revisited alot. Its not a unlikely size of hours if you are ambitious.