Update!! (Patreon)

Heyy!!! Hope everyone is well and had a great spooky day!

I've decided to make some changes to my Patreon and I hope they are welcomed! I've been neglecting some rewards but not anymore >:O
If you've been disappointed by my offering consistency I am truly sorry and hope you still enjoy the content. Much of the time sharing kind words with an artist and showing love is more powerful than money, support content creators how you feel is best and love everybody <3

Updated Tiers-

First I've updated all the tiers. The 1$ Tier "A Bit of Love <3" will now be the minimum requirement to view Early-Access content on my Patron Discord server. It'll also include the old Pixelart-Animation-Breakdowns from a couple years ago now. Early-Access content will be released the day-of creation and will be released in batches publicly on Mondays.

Next I updated the 3$ Tier "Lending-A-Hand!" and the 5$ Tier "Piggy-Back!". It's difficult to decide on what content to offer and show my appreciation for those tiers so for the moment they'll include the same content as the 1$ Tier "A Bit of Love <3" but will give you the appropriate supporter title in the Discord server. If anyone has any quality reward ideas for these tiers let me know and shoot me a message here, on twitter, or Discord!!!

10$ "Very-Sticky!!" patrons may want to update their tier or do a custom pledge since I haven't offered stickers in awhile. Hopefully someday I can offer physical merch again! If you'd like a 3D print of my sona Mustard there is a place for that now! - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1odw0N7Wchq__3tZf-JA4p7SkBaZfz8sR6DOOP6J2iwI/edit

Finally I added a new 100$ tier called "I'M THICC AF IN 3D!!!" as an option for discounted 3D Character Sculpt Commissions! It includes a front/side view sketch, an FBX file 3D model, and a turn-around video to show off the character or use as reference for future commissioned artwork of that character! Try to maintain really good contact for these via discord or Twitter!!

Game Stuff-

I've been grinding programming in Godot for several months now. I'm disappointed in my progress despite the many many hours of work. I am my only coding teacher and art teacher and I've been doing everything totally solo. I will keep grinding and grinding until I have a quality PetSim game demo to share. I've included a blurred out wip cuz I'd like to avoid spoiling it. I've had to restart the project over and over again to get it right. It took months to get past a collision/movement/state_machine roadblock but it seems I keep running into them.  Still I'm gonna keep it up at least a couple hours a day until I have something worthwhile to share or die trying >:O

Every game I play now I seeee the internal workings, how every piece of every game is a machine with moving parts, variables, collision objects, states, timers, animations. Gameplay is a physical flavor you experience in practice and tuning it just right is what creates fun in our minds. I AM a game developer. Maybe not a very good one but I at least understand how these machines are made.

Please be patient and thank you again!!!

My feelings on the Early-Access Content-

Some people hate "paywalling" early-access content but an artist needs to at least afford basic necessities. For artists like myself who live in poverty and likely will for a long time, it's a stab in the heart when people say HOW DARE YOU. Artists have the right to monetize their labor however they want but money has never been a motivating factor for me. In an ideal world I'd do it all for free. Like many artists will tell you, I'm a terrible business man. The large majority of artists survive off very low poverty level incomes but do the best they can, compound that with the mental and psychological struggles many artists face and it can become soul-crushing. Support artists however possible and make them feel appreciated. I can't offer much monetary support for artists but I still show appreciation with occasional fanart pieces and 3D Character Sculpts. Fanart/friend art is always appreciated!!! At the very least I like to send an "I love your work, keep it up!" message. Kind words can also have a great impact on an artists mental well-being. We've all been through alot of ups and downs but this network of love and appreciation is what keeps artists moving forward. Support NSFW artists and all artists any way you can!

Thank you for reading my thoughts <3
and THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ME DURING MY GAME DEV/ARTIST JOURNEY