Development Blog #109

Hi, everyone.

A few days ago Patreon introduced a new billing option (subscription billing) that is not calendar month based, and I switched to it because I think it's a lot more fare for the patrons. The way it used to work is that you get charged when you start supporting and then on the 1st of every month. So your subscription was for the current calendar month, no matter if you've joined on the 1st or on the 30rd.

In the new subscription model your subscription is on for 1 month after you've started it, and if don't cancel it you get charged again on the same date the month after. So if you start supporting on August 29th, you are a patron until September 29th. You'll get charged again on that day for one more month (unless you cancel the pledge, of course).

For existing patrons there's no change. You are moved to the new model as well, but since your last charge was on 1st, you get charged on 1st of each new month.

Upgrading your pledge works the way it used to - you pay only the difference between your current pledge and the higher tier you upgrade to. But it doesn't change your pledge date. If you've started your pledge on September 5th as a $5 patron, and then on September 20th you decide to upgrade to 10$ you get charged only 5$ more. And your renewal date remains October 5th.

And... oh yeah, the update. Working on the last images, and I have one animation to finish. So, almost there. I'll write a comment to this post when all the graphics are ready and the update will be released a couple of days after that.

Thanks for the support, and have fun.