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hoshin0119

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If you don't want to support game A, but instead, want to support game B, why would you want your money to be split with game A in the first place? Sounds ridiculous.
It’s actually about supporting the developer, not the game itself. By supporting the developer, you gain access to both Game A and Game B that they are creating, which isn’t a disadvantage for the supporters.

Friend, your point only applies if the developer increases the support amount when making more than one game. For example, if a supporter pays $10 and gains access to the posts for both Game A and Game B, that’s beneficial for the supporter. However, your argument applies in cases where the developer raises the access fee to $20 for existing $10 supporters just because they’re making a second game. In that case, it would be about not wanting to pay an extra $10 specifically for Game B.
 

gabby.gcn

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It’s actually about supporting the developer, not the game itself. By supporting the developer, you gain access to both Game A and Game B that they are creating, which isn’t a disadvantage for the supporters.

Friend, your point only applies if the developer increases the support amount when making more than one game. For example, if a supporter pays $10 and gains access to the posts for both Game A and Game B, that’s beneficial for the supporter. However, your argument applies in cases where the developer raises the access fee to $20 for existing $10 supporters just because they’re making a second game. In that case, it would be about not wanting to pay an extra $10 specifically for Game B.
You're wrong. If a game is not profitable, then there's no reason for any sane person to keep pushing it, and if they happened to mix their Patreons then there wouldn't be a way for them to know which one is making the dough.
Devs are real people (believe it or not), and they need to eat and make a living. Making games is both hard and expensive. So, if you actually value their work, you might aswell acknowledge it by pleading on the game you enjoy, and not to the faces behind it.
 

hoshin0119

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You're wrong. If a game is not profitable, then there's no reason for any sane person to keep pushing it, and if they happened to mix their Patreons then there wouldn't be a way for them to know which one is making the dough.
Devs are real people (believe it or not), and they need to eat and make a living. Making games is both hard and expensive. So, if you actually value their work, you might aswell acknowledge it by pleading on the game you enjoy, and not to the faces behind it.
So, what you're saying is:
If, as in the example I just gave, a developer creates two games under a single Patreon account, the assumption is that the support funds would also double. Did I understand that correctly?

They either
1. Develop two games under a single account and increase the support funds proportionally,
or
2. Split into two accounts and receive support funds separately for each.

If the argument is based on choosing between these two scenarios, then I have nothing more to add.
I was naturally assuming there would be no change in the support funds.
If the assumption is that support funds increase in proportion to the number of games developed under a single account, then what you're saying makes sense. you're right

But the reason I thought that way is that, at least among the developers I support, the only one who split their Patreon account because they were developing multiple games was Inceton Games. However, even in their case, they develop 2~4 games under a single Patreon account, so it was understandable that they decided to split their accounts.
 

hoshin0119

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Anyway, if you believe that support funds should be increased proportionally based on the number of games, then go ahead and do so. After all, the criteria for determining the support amount are up to you, so if that's the premise, I don't really have anything to say.
have a good day and happy new year.
 

kagancy

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Some of our supporters may just want to support The Grey Dream or the other way round. That's the point.
 
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hoshin0119

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Some of our supporters may just want to support The Grey Dream or the other way round. That's the point.
Bro.. what I meant was that even if backers don't support Grey Dream, they don't care because it's not a loss for them at all if they can access 2 games with one backing as usual. And since you said that making additional new games wouldn't affect the production of The Grey Dream, I meant that it might be better for backers to support only one account.
 

gabby.gcn

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Bro.. what I meant was that even if backers don't support Grey Dream, they don't care because it's not a loss for them at all if they can access 2 games with one backing as usual. And since you said that making additional new games wouldn't affect the production of The Grey Dream, I meant that it might be better for backers to support only one account.
Can you let people have things?
 
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