$1,000 Milestone (Patreon)
Published:
2015-03-16 03:03:34
Imported:
2020-08
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Wow! We managed to meet the milestone of $1,000! I'd like to extend my gratitude and appreciation to everyone who helped me reach that goal! Thank you all so much!
This is probably a good time for me to bring up an issue that I've been meaning to discuss for a long time now.
When I was a full-time employee at a video game company, I was paid $3,750 per month. To me, that's what a monthly "full time" wage is. I set the Patreon goal at $1,000 because I didn't want to seem greedy, but to be honest, that's not a full time wage. $1,000 per month doesn't even qualify as minimum wage in some countries.
As I said above, I have immense and heartfelt gratitude for everyone supporting the game's development - but I made an awful mistake when I promised "full-time" devotion for only a fourth of an actual full-time wage.
I worry that, if I increase the goal or set a new goal, then I will be accused of being greedy. I really don't want that stigma.
Looks like I've shot myself in the foot here.
True to my word, I will stop searching for freelance jobs and focus all of my attention on developing Yandere Simulator, and work on it for roughly the same number of hours that I'd work at a full-time job. However, to justify the time and effort I'm putting into it, I would need significantly more money.
What do you recommend? Do you think it would be acceptable to change the figure in the "Full-time" goal? Do you think it would be acceptable to add a new goal? Or do you think I've simply screwed myself over?