It's May (Patreon)

As per usual I would like to recap what April was like.  In April we moved forward with our plan to distribute projects that have significant content in them, or have made significant progress.  We also decided to try and bring a more polished build to our supporters.  I personally watch most (if not all) the channels in which the community discusses our projects.  I was very happy to see a very positive experience was had by almost everyone (even in hostile places like 4chan).  We have started to settle into this plan moving forward and slowly are reaching our target of having a fully functioning VIP section of our website.  We also had the first month of actual growth since our restructuring.  Now on to some numbers

# of Patrons grew by 20.66% (up 125 total)

Earnings per month grew by 21.13% ( up roughly $650.00)

avg support remained the same. (around $5.11)

(These numbers are super encouraging for us as we seen losses as high as $1,400 in a month )

Enough about the past, on to May.  We ran a straw poll last month asking which method of distribution you preferred (either torrent or mega), and the result were split 65% for torrents, 35% for mega.  So we are going to run both.  We will continue to investigate options regarding both styles of distributing content.  Next the game this month as most of you know will be Bend or Break ($5.00).  Sunset is busy breaking it down and getting it to a state that would be acceptable for public release.  Now the reason we decided to go with Bend or Break rather than SU has a few reasons.  One we have noticed that a huge community for these types of games resided on newgrounds, and we would like to test the waters.  Reason two is, we really want to try out Webgl and see how well it converts, and can function as this will be the base for our VIP section of our site.  Lastly and really an unseen benefit, is that we get to see the mistakes and good decisions we made when the project was first created.  We both get to review how we went about creating the game and letting people know about it. In closing we want to thank you all so very much for making April a success and for supporting us in May.

Sunsetriders7 & SmokeShank

Gunsmoke Games