Patreon for small independent studios

[vonAchdorf]

Isn't it him and his brother? It's not a lot and less than he'd earn as an employee.

 

[StaticSpine]

https://www.patreon.com/bay12games

Dwarf Fortress

Holy shit he's getting paid over $7000 a month now! + maybe even donations! Is it still just one guy working on it?

Isn't it him and his brother? It's not a lot and less than he'd earn as an employee.

Form Patreon info:

Hi! We're Tarn and Zach Adams, the brothers behind Bay 12 Games.

 

[HeatEXTEND]

Agreed with OP, Stygian and ITS would be a no-brainer for me. Just set up some lame-ass "blog" every month consisting of 2 sentences or some shit, no one would care as long as games are being produced. Let's say a hundred people throw in 5 bux a month, that's a lot of free coffee.

 

[StaticSpine]

I made a list of relevant Patreon pages in the OP. If you have more please post those here.

 

[deama]

https://www.patreon.com/bay12games

Dwarf Fortress

Holy shit he's getting paid over $7000 a month now! + maybe even donations! Is it still just one guy working on it?

Isn't it him and his brother? It's not a lot and less than he'd earn as an employee.

Form Patreon info:

Hi! We're Tarn and Zach Adams, the brothers behind Bay 12 Games.

Not a lot less than he'd earn as an employee? What? They're earning at least 84k a year, split that in half to 42k per person, that's pretty damn good money for a niche game, that's like middle class income in America isn't it? Imagine moving to some backwater country, you'd be considered rich!

 

[vonAchdorf]

Not a lot less than he'd earn as an employee? What?

It's not a lot and less than he'd earn as an employed programmer where he'd also get benefits (health insurance, ...).

 

[Citizen]

Clown feet Fucking dead

 

[deama]

Not a lot less than he'd earn as an employee? What?

It's not a lot and less than he'd earn as an employed programmer where he'd also get benefits (health insurance, ...).

Oh, I thought game programmers earn peanuts.

 

[baud]

Nobody said the world is fair... But to be honest Trese Brothers make money by selling their product and not by provising patreon content.

I think it's astonishing, that they manage to live from what they are doing. They sell their games to a niche for a rather low one-off price and support them for many years with new content. In that case, Patreon as a way for dedicated fans with a high willingness to pay seems an alternative to selling DLC.

Really low margins and growing a dedicated fanbase is the name of the game for niche gamedevs. It's also about long tail sales, since games you put into market years ago still give you a small income if they're popular enough.

Apparently the continued updates helps for long tail sales:


(in the same thread)

 

[Jack_Deth]

https://www.patreon.com/bay12games

Dwarf Fortress

Holy shit he's getting paid over $7000 a month now! + maybe even donations! Is it still just one guy working on it?

will he finally move out of his mom's basement?

 

[Tyranicon]

Well, I took this thread's advice and opened up a Patreon for my cyberpunk brothel simulator RPG: https://www.patreon.com/amemoryofeternity

Yeah, I'm a real gamedev pioneer. You can read more of the lurid details behind this project here: https://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.p...-battle-brothel-a-nsfw-cyberpunk-srpg.130459/

 

[StaticSpine]

Vault Dweller have you ever considered going to Patreon?

 

[Vault Dweller]

Vault Dweller have you ever considered going to Patreon?

No (haven't considered).