Quick clarification about our Patreon goals! (Patreon)

Hey everyone! It's looking likely we might be able to hit $4000 in pledges soon - thank you all so, so much for supporting us and getting us to this point where it's a possibility! Since it's very possible we'll hit that point soon, I want to take a minute to clarify some stuff about our goals - most of this applies to all of our goals, but I'll be talking about the $4k one specifically right now.

First off, the most important thing - if we do hit $4k, that does not mean we'll be instantly dropping everything and adding the modular outfit! On the contrary, it will be a while before we can devote the time to it - to be honest, I kinda messed up by putting modular costumes as a goal before Orexius going full-time, as we really need him to have more time to work on the game before we can make something like that happen easily. That being said, I don't want to be the kind of creator who silently erases/moves a goal just before hitting it because I realized it was out of scope, so I am going to commit to it if we hit the goal and stay there, it'll just be a while before we can work on it.

There's also the possibility of us only meeting the goal temporarily, and I want to clarify that if we only hit $4k briefly, and then drop below $4k, the modular costumes will not be added yet. Chances are high that, unless we hit Orexius going full-time, we'll need to hire another animator to help pick up the slack, and that means we'll need to consistently have the extra cash to pay them. Hopefully this won't end up being a problem and once we hit $4k we'll stay there, but I wanted to clarify it just in case.

Lastly, while I'm ahead of myself, I am going to be moving the goals for Orexius going full-time and adding additional costumes. I've realized that the amount of funding we would need to make those happen is higher than I originally thought they would be, and so I want to change them well ahead of time now to avoid anybody feeling potentially cheated down the road. In the interest of full disclosure, the goals were previously set to $5k for Orexius going full-time, and $6k for additional costumes, and those have been raised to $6k for Orexius going full-time and $8k for additional costumes, as my own financial needs have gone up recently and I want to make sure the numbers are actually feasible for us. Please let me know if this decision upsets you; I'd be happy to sit down with anyone and try to help understand why the goals were raised.

Alright, I think that's more or less all I had to say. Thanks for reading and understanding, everybody - it means the world to me! Regular updates will resume soon <3