I just hit 2000 Patrons - so you get a discount! (Patreon)

Unbelievably, I hit 2000 Patrons yesterday. 2000 people who are so generous to support me on my silly self-indulgent mission to go way too in-depth on design and dungeons and Donkey Kong. I can’t thank you enough. 

I love doing these videos. I thought I’d be bored and burnt out by now, but more than two years later and I am still enjoying the process, thrilled to put out a new video, and bursting with excitement for what I’m going to do next. 

I’ve also really enjoyed talking to you all. GameClub has become one of my favourite things, for example, as it always produces really thoughtful discussion of the game at hand. And I'm looking forward to the Game Jam, too.

Anyway! To celebrate the milestone, I’ve decided to change my Patreon page from “per-video” to “per-month”. That means no matter how many videos I make in a month, you only pay once.

For you, this will mean a discount for the months where I release two videos, and more certainty over your payments. For me, this lets off a little pressure and makes things like multi-part videos, spin-off shows like Boss Keys, bonus episodes, shorter episodes, and whatnot, easier to deal with. 

The only downsides to the change would be:

A) This removes my incentive to make episodes of GMTK really fast. But I hope you’ll know by now that I have always favoured quality over quantity - but still have a faster release schedule than most video essayists.

B) What if I don’t release any videos in a month? Well, that has literally never happened in the history of GMTK, but I would of course not charge for that month if that somehow ended up happening. Like, because of a zombie apocalypse or something.

But yeah, this is the nice thing about buying in bulk, I guess. Everyone pays a little less! I don’t need this much money, it’s a ridiculous amount (though, I thank you for every last cent), so let’s make it a tiny bit more sensible.

Anyway - other updates: the Game Jam has an absurd number of sign-ups and now I’m terrified of the prospect of judging all these games. I’ve been wrangling with an script for ages now but I’m looking forward to recording that today. And then it’s back to Boss Keys as I’m starting to get those “whatever happened to Boss Keys!?” tweets.

Oh, and I’d like to do another Q&A (maybe as a stream, while I play some video games?) to celebrate 2000, but please lemme delay that a bit as I want to get this video done before starting anything else!