Bob Appavu
patreon
WE DID IT!!! DOTU is coming back!
🕑 Added 2019-05-16 19:19:18 +0000 UTCWith 348 patrons on Patreon and 2 subscribers on Paypal, we've hit our 350-supporter goal! This means public pages of DOTU are coming back!
I wish I had a celebration banner ready, but I was expecting this to take till May 25 or June 15, so y'all caught me off guard. ^_^ BUT I'm thinking of a fun little event later in May, so I'll keep you posted! In the meantime, have this old old sketch of Littlehands that seems suited to the occasion. XD
Here's what's coming next:
-The enamel pin special offer is still running through May 25! Here's the info page. Remember, you need to be in an eligible tier on May 25 to be included in the reward. I'm still expecting to send the pins out in mid-June provided manufacturing goes smoothly. We're $13 away from the milestone goal for free international shipping!
-The buffer pages I've been posting on Patreon will post publicly every Monday for the next ~6 months, starting this Monday, May 20. These 25 pages are guaranteed to go public on the DOTU website in their original R-rated form. Mirror sites will run behind the main site.
-Brand new pages will continue to post to Patreon 2-3 times per month, or more often if we hit more milestone goals. The next page comes this Monday! EVERYONE who is a current patron will continue to get early access in their selected tier for as long as they remain a patron.
-Special Thanks! After the first page posts publicly, I'll send out a Google Form where you guys can input the name you want to be credited by for helping DOTU return to the public. You'll be thanked anonymously if you don't respond.
-I'll set up incremental, attainable milestone goals to keep new weekly pages running after these 25 pages. Example: "+$50 for 2 months of weekly updates" until we hit the goal for permanent weekly pages. Patreon will always run ahead of public pages.
-My next few months will be pretty intense. I'll be working extra hard to post old pages, make new pages, promote them all, and drum up more support for DOTU while also putting out new published novels and working freelance. I hope you can stick around a little while to help ease us through the transition so I can keep creating new pages without any hiccups! Patrons are always free to come and go, but I'm hoping the coming-and-going will be staggered a bit so I don't take too big a hit immediately after the pages go live. ;)
And finally, THANK YOU ALL for getting us to this goal! This is the culmination of 10 months of work—and a risky gamble on my part since it's so much harder to build support without a public presence. But you guys really came through, and I appreciate that SO much! I can't wait for these pages to go live! :D
