this is why if was a dev and did have one id disclose I see it as a tip / donation and only have 1 tier , that way everyone gets the same thing. Cause once you open up other tiers and offer other rewards it starts to be closer to a business imo even if I personally don't see it as one still but I can understand why others do.
A tip jar is exactly what it is. It means a person is working on a project and you tip them because you show interest
So, you get the money but take no responsibility for finishing the project? Remind me never to subscribe to a Patreon of yours with that mentality.
A hobby becomes a business when your main goal shifts from enjoyment to making a profit.
Nah, are you 12 or something? Its really not hard to comprehend.
Exactly you're not paying for a finished project. You're giving them money because you appreciateit
I seriously doubt you have ever subscribed to someone, but I will stop this discussion here because its going offtopic.
Patreon is a donation service, that's what it actually says on the site. Many devs have free public releases of their games and subscriptions are mostly just for early access and to show personal interest, rather than actually buying the game itself. If the ultimate goal is to release a game on steam and sell it there then in those cases subscription on patreon is more like a personal investment like kickstarter is. But I wouldn't treat it the same as a magazine subscription. If it is like a magazine subscription than that's even more reason to completely abandon a game if the developer things it's not making enough money.
So it wasnt received as good as he imagined and he will think everything over again and now he goes on a month long holiday?
Yeah, IDK why he's shifted focus. Like, if the following he's gained up to this point was primarily for Tides of Succession, why shift over to something totally different? That's like Beyoncé deciding that country music would be her thing. No, it really isn't your thing, "queen".
Ofc, the biggest difference here is that TakMycket isn't even close to a Beyoncé in the AVN space. So the dev's decision is like 500 times worse than a huge pop star going country out of the blue.
not gonna lie reading the post kind of made me not want to try the Alpha out haha
Imo its fineiiish to scrap a relatively new game if a dev intends to earn money with it and it doesnt really work if hes communicating openly about it which was the case here.Yeah, IDK why he's shifted focus. Like, if the following he's gained up to this point was primarily for Tides of Succession, why shift over to something totally different? That's like Beyoncé deciding that country music would be her thing. No, it really isn't your thing, "queen".
While I can see your point with this, I can't say I agree. It's a trend I've seen all too often among just normal writers (potential novelists are most often plagued by it, as you might expect). If you're willing to abandon one project, even if it's not giving you the success you want, you're much more prone to giving up on future projects when something about them doesn't meet your expectations. Hell, it's the entire reason why something like NaNoWriMo exists. Just getting it out is huge for ultimate completion and for improvement over time. It's called growth as an artist: you finish something, even if total crap, so you at least can learn all you can from it. Read some early stuff by Lovecraft or Hemingway or Steinbeck. Even though they aren't great in comparison, they saw them through nevertheless, grew as writers, and eventually published amazing things.
The dev decided to shift to a new game, Tides of Becoming. Not a smart move IMO, but that's what's happened. He might come back to this someday... maybe.
