Patreon rework

No need to bury the lede. For those that already suport me, there won't be any changes. But maybe some of you have already noticed. I've changed my banner and more importantly I added new Tiers.

So what's all that about?

Up until now, I had a simple Patreon-page with barely any benefits. And I didn't really care because Patreon wasn't my main source of income and I also didn't have time to offer anything more than my game and maybe some Development Updates. For the last two years the page has been stagnant. And yeah it could be the game... Or it's just that I didn't care about Patreon.

Recently I had my last exams (fingers crossed), and now I have time to experiment.

My idea is to have four Tiers to choose from.

Tier 1 - Kind Soul | 5 €
Tier 2 - True Believer | 10 €
Tier 3 - Core Ally | 15 €
Tier 4- Lifeblood | 25 €

The first Tier is basically what I've been offering all along. You get access to the latest release of my game/games. And when I post a Development Update talking about my progress on the next update, you get to read it a week before everyone else.

New will be that from now on I will create Special Renders which can be viewed by Patreons Tier 2 and above. There will be one special render each month, and Patreon's Tier 2 and above get to decide which girl the render will be about. I'll add a bit of a system so it won't always be the same girl, but this is basically it. Also important to note is that special renders become public to anyone two months after release.

For Tier 3, Core Ally's, there is also something. Obviously they get all prior benefits but in addition they'll have access to the beta build of new releases. At this point I've noticed that even after I'm done with an update, there are still two weeks before release so beta testers and translators can work their magic. If you don't mind an imperfect release and you can't wait to play the new update, then Tier 3 minght be for you. It will only be the English version since, as I said, the game will be in the proccess of being translated, but usually you'll get to see the new update two weeks before everyone else.

^^ Actually I wouldn't recomend people playing the beta version because there are often really bad spelling and gramar mistakes that can ruin the immersion, but who am I to tell you what you should want. It will be an option.

Now, maybe you think that 10 € is a bit mouch for Tier 2 where all you get is one special render each month. And yes, I thought so too. But they don't get to see just one, they get to see all of the Special Renders. Because each Tier 4 Patreon get's their very own Special Render. Of course they can vote for their favorit girl like all the Tier 2's, but in addition they can also ask for 1 render directly.

Yes, that's each month.

25€ might not be enough for Tier 4. Because a day has only so many hours and I don't want to spent hours just to fulfill this obligation. Full transparency, if it becomes too much, I'll raise the price of Tier 4 until things become managable again. But maybe 25€ is just right, and I'll end up with 3-5 additional special renders besides the one that Tier 2 and above gets to vote on.

I think that's it. Not much more to discuss. Below will be each Tier summarized.

Kind Soul - Tier 1

• Access to the latest public release of A Foreign World

• Early access to regular Development Updates

True Believer - Tier 2

• Access to the latest public release of A Foreign World

• Early access to regular Development Updates

• Access to Special Renders

• Voting rights on which character should be in the monthly Special Render

Core Ally - Tier 3

• Access to the latest public release of A Foreign World

• Early access to regular Development Updates

• Access to Special Renders

• Voting rights on which character should be in the monthly Special Render

• Beta Access to new updates, usually two weeks before the actual release while the game is being proof read and translated

Lifeblood - Tier 4

• Access to the latest public release of A Foreign World

• Early access to regular Development Updates

• Access to Special Renders

• Voting rights on which character should be in the monthly Special Render

• Beta Access to new updates, usually two weeks before the actual release while the game is being proof read and translated

• Your very own Special Render. You decide who it will be about and if you want can even suggest a scenario