Well at the moment, I'm not sure what will be done with this.
I have to admit, I'm somewhat conflicted. On one hand, I want to avoid the mistakes and pitfalls of various indies in the past, and try to avoid crowdfunding and resting on that money, on the other, I want to reward my team and prove that Thorne the game can lead to a future for them.
I pretty much against Kickstarter at this point, because to me it screams the idea of handing a FAT bag of cash with promises of what can be achieved. That massive amount of money is an easy motivator to getting lazy, especially if you aren't punished really for doing so. Alot of kickstarters fail too, and then indies give up.
But I don't want to end up like Yandere Dev either. A man who, I once believed in being able to make a good game. I like the idea of a patreon, because it feels like you're trying to earn your paycheck every week so you have to work for it. It can be a motivator. But I don't like my position not being earned. You know?
I want to make games, as a legacy, not for money. I do this, admittedly, for pride, and for wanting my team and I to carry forward in making future epics.
Since I haven't opened this account, as far as I'm aware (I think? You have to do some weird bullshit to activate payments coming in towards you. Right now I have it for my Bitchute payments). And I have the link set to be more for personal works. But nearly all my work is related to Thorne, so I don't think it would be fair to my team if I ever made it simply for personal work.
I'd honestly like some advice. Until I've thought about this for a long while, I won't officially open this account. So, Idk, I just want to know what you think.
I have to admit, I'm somewhat conflicted. On one hand, I want to avoid the mistakes and pitfalls of various indies in the past, and try to avoid crowdfunding and resting on that money, on the other, I want to reward my team and prove that Thorne the game can lead to a future for them.
I pretty much against Kickstarter at this point, because to me it screams the idea of handing a FAT bag of cash with promises of what can be achieved. That massive amount of money is an easy motivator to getting lazy, especially if you aren't punished really for doing so. Alot of kickstarters fail too, and then indies give up.
But I don't want to end up like Yandere Dev either. A man who, I once believed in being able to make a good game. I like the idea of a patreon, because it feels like you're trying to earn your paycheck every week so you have to work for it. It can be a motivator. But I don't like my position not being earned. You know?
I want to make games, as a legacy, not for money. I do this, admittedly, for pride, and for wanting my team and I to carry forward in making future epics.
Since I haven't opened this account, as far as I'm aware (I think? You have to do some weird bullshit to activate payments coming in towards you. Right now I have it for my Bitchute payments). And I have the link set to be more for personal works. But nearly all my work is related to Thorne, so I don't think it would be fair to my team if I ever made it simply for personal work.
I'd honestly like some advice. Until I've thought about this for a long while, I won't officially open this account. So, Idk, I just want to know what you think.
So, me in the future of 18/04/2021. Funny to look at this now. Given Thorne had to be put on hold and I've been doing alot more work not related to it. It's good to see a snapshot of concerns of the past. To reflect on it. Though I feel more confident now to make this a personal support account and just make separate accounts for each project just for a degree of clarity and separation.
Not gonna lie, it's funny to see myself not just doing the obvious solution of just making separate accounts just to avoid any issues. I think you can see a bit into my mind at the time, that of I trying desperately to figure out how to make Thorne, working to pull it back together. And because most of my work was around the game, I didn't feel right to support myself. Even to the point that I would basically just put all the funding of an account like this towards the project rather than myself.
I went through alot of hell in 2020, I put far too much on my shoulders and didn't manage Thorne correctly. But I learnt alot through that experience.
I'll keep this post up as a relic.