Due to the position of the administration of this forum on piracy, I stop consulting players about our game here. I stop reporting news about our games and information about updates. Look for information from developers on other sites.
Thank you.
And here we go again... Yet another Patreon content creator who has little idea of what it really is all about...
You're not selling your art.
It's not a subscription.
You have no obligation whatsoever to deliver after someone has donated. We can't "get a refund" after we contributed.
If anything, it's akin to a donation.
It's patronage! People give you money because they want you to continue doing what you are doing! Simple as that! If most learned this and focused on creating entertainment, be it with the game per se, be it with how you create and allow patrons to interact with your development process, most would probably do even better on the monetary front.
Learn from creators like DC, who is making more than US$ 14k per month nowadays, and has never, EVER, put any of his content behind a pay wall.
How could that be? How can he be doing so well with all the terrible "pirates" around him?
Unsurprisingly, I've been in one of his highest donation tiers for almost a year... See where this is going?
Me! A lurker from the "terrible" pirate sites!
Imo, pirating is not a problem for Patreon, because you're not selling your art. You're asking for support so you can continue doing what you are doing. Nothing more. Nothing less.
Still, quite a few creators prefer to focus what could be precious development time on said "piracy" issues...
And, really? There are possibly dozens of Patreon projects with leaks on this site, and you believe yours, and only yours, should be treated differently? You're not the only content creator who posts regularly here, you know? Far from it...
But fine, given how convoluted Patreon is when it comes to promoting and searching its creations, let's see how your project fares if you completely avoid sites like this one. Being a patron who spends a significant amount of money monthly, I know pretty well where I look for new creations I might be interested in helping.
And, trust me, it isn't in Patreon, nor searching through Google.
BTW, what other sites? The other pirating ones? Sigh...
Oh well, best of luck with your project, mate ^^