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Changes to tiers and benefits
🕑 Added 2020-10-02 03:32:11 +0000 UTCHello, everyone! I'm in the process of making some changes to the Patreon's tiers and rewards, which will be hopefully be approved by everyone. Let's take a look at them.
- Access to new updates
There are currently two problems with the access to new content: Patrons at the lower tier take a very long time until they get new updates, and when these arrive, the higher tier loses value, because at the moment of that release they're paying extra for the same content.
These changes would solve this issue: The higher tier keeps getting access to the latest updates upon release, while the lower tier gets access to these updates with a delay of a few weeks. The free releases will be behind the lower tier, and will skip a few updates at a time. This helps the higher tier to maintain its value high all the time (always gets access to exclusive content), while the lower tier gets monthly content, instead of updates every few months.
The frequency of the updates is also going to decrease a bit. I've rushed some of the latest updates to maintain a fast publishing rythm, and that allowed some game-breaking bugs to slip by. Given the early state of the game and the constant introduction of new mechanics, this is unavoidable up to a certain point, but dedicating a whole day to fish for bugs and crashes before each release should reduce these issues by a fair amount. New updates will come every 2 or 3 weeks, and the Goddess Enthusiast tier will be behind by one or two updates, depending on the size of these. Hotfixes don't count as new updates for counting purposes.
In order to satisfy the current expectations, these changes will not apply until November. This means that every patron will get access to version 0.2 at the same time, as it was expected for this month.
- Discord roles
These were added recently, I think they're self-explaining. Get a new tier, and the Patreon bot gives you a new role at the Unholy Arts Discord server. If I had known this was so fast to implement I would have made it when I launched the server.
- Patrons in the game's credits
I will be adding a list at the end of the game's credits listing each patron's alias, provided they agree. Because some patrons may have some kind of personal info in their nicknames, patrons who joined before the introduction of this reward *have to send me a private message to confirm that they agree*. Patrons who were subscribed at some point but canceled it have to message me as well, even if they get a new subscription. Patrons who join after the introduction of this reward, have to send me a private message if they want to avoid being listed in the credits, that is, the very opposite, because they knew of this when they joined and their agreement will be taken by default. As long as you agree to appear, you will always be shown at the highest tier you ever were at.
This feature will be ready shortly before the release of v0.2.
- Content polls
There was one of these recently, and I intend to start more in the future. These will basically be polls that either give priority to new content or decide which content gets to appear in the game at all. All tiers get access to this reward.
- New 10€ tier
It will get the privilege of getting a higher spot in the credits, coming when the credits feature is ready.
I'm also working on an event to give players the chance to add some content to the game, but I'm still figuring out some details. More on this after version 0.2.
Thanks for supporting the game!
