Well, i would say working on DMD last month brought him a lot of patrons back, they are just leaving because it's Melody for 2 months now :biggrin:
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The drop in numbers isn't fully representative of those leaving his Patreon.
At the turn of the month, a devs numbers will temporarily drop for a few days then spike back up
within a few days after that. It happens every month. Notice how on that graph you shared that the line drops at the start of each month?
I also believe it has something to do with the Patreon payment processor and pays not going through to the dev immediately.
Last month, I think his Pateon total dropped 200 members at the start of May, then he recovered that within a week or two, and then gained nearly another 500 before the end of May. Which is quite incredible considering there was no actual release of that game last month.
Are people pledging on his Patreon just for Melody, or to help fund DMD, even though we were explicitly told to do so through Buy Me a Coffee only?
I've seen demo versions of Melody on a couple of Adult gaming sites, something that didn't happen for DMD.
So that could be another factor, or it could be a combination of things.