Day 5: Patreon is up!


No, you didn't miss a day, there was no post for day 4.


I had expected to make this post about how I'd finally hit the sub goal, and Patreon was coming, but a few days out. Instead, things are flipped.

A Patreon you can sub to and support the games at is now up. Please keep the following in mind however:

1. DO NOT SUBSCRIBE TO PATREON VIA MOBILE. Apple will eat all the money. Use a real computer.

2. Use Patreon as a last resort. Patreon's fees are higher (8% vs 5), they are a much less stable option, and (ironically given their two public images) Patreon is a much more sleazy and uncomfortable company to work with. Try to sub on SubscribeStar first.

But I know there are many, have been many for a while who simply can't, for a variety of reasons. Now, at least for a while, you have another option. You can sign up here. Eventually I plan to have a linked Discord, purely for content distribution, but it will take a bit to get that set up. Meantime though, the Patreon itself is open.

Second, sub goal. We are TWO AWAY. So close! Realistically, at this point I'll probably be fine in terms of immediate survival, especially now that the Patreon is a go. Some of those SS sub numbers are one-month subs, which is entirely fine, but also a number of people have subbed at $30, which effectively counts triple, so it more or less balances out. But I would still like to get as much of a margin as I can, given the uncertain nature of everything at the moment, and also, for the symbolic nature of it, I'd like to cross that threshold. Two more! We can do it! 100 new subs passed! Incredible thanks to you all. At least for now the unholy bunny porn complex will continue.

Also, for those getting a little sick of being bombarded with posts on three platforms...yeah, sorry. Again, unstable nature of things means I'm hesitant to trust any one place right now, so I'm doing some redundancy. As things cool a bit, I may go back to my previous method and just post to Itch with links to that from the other platforms. We'll see.

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If nobody warned you. Patreon has had a problem with things like this in the past. So much like Itch I'd really not rely on anything coming from it. 

Oh I'm well aware. That's why I haven't bothered until now. But I'm taking certain steps, urging most of my subscribers to stay on SubscribeStar if they can, and we'll see how things go.

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I do not forgive Collective Shout. Knowing that you’re bearing the burden because of them, and that my oasis has been tainted, fills me with indignation. From the bottom of my heart, I hope you won’t be defeated by this adversity. I will always stand by you in support.

Aw, good to hear from Eiga! I know Japan has been having many problems with Visa censorship as well: Pixiv, DLsite and a whole bunch of different things. Good luck to you over there as well, and thank you. I appreciate the support.

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went ahead and got the $10 tier

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Appreciate it!

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can you add a free tier to the patreon? i do want to keep up with updates but there's so many devs i'm trying to not miss out on, it's hard to be throwing $5~10 dolars everywhere lol

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Oh it's definitely there. New to this, but many people have joined on free tier, so it must exist.

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These updates are worth it.  Also the 2023 Online Safety Act is currently all over the news for things that might affect Itch.io as well as many MANY other sites. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72290

The ACLU is trying to get several card companies to fuck off, they are also doing ones for visa and paypal, I have been following it for a bit.

https://action.aclu.org/petition/mastercard-sex-work-work-end-your-unjust-policy

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Oh yeah,  that stuff is WELL covered at this point. Hope that safety act gets some serious pushback though, absolute nightmare censorship, well beyond porn. Real Orwell shit.

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I don't mind seeing these things, and they are quite interesting to read. It's also nice to have updates on the situation. :)

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Aw, thanks. I know a lot of people are flooded with this stuff right now though, so I'm trying to reel it in a little. Hopefully can calm down with a bit of time.

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Well we gotta keep going on the act to stop the bill And stop collective stop.
there another sign thing to help stop KOSA.  https://stopkosa.com/?source=direct_link&

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KOSA is a VERY BAD bill and by all means oppose it, but I'm not particularly worried. Most of the estimates say it has a very low chance of passing (and moreso now that people are pissed). What I WOULD recommend is this: https://yellat.money/ . This all happened because a handful of people whined to Credit Card companies. Well, that's certainly something the broader community can do too, and we have a lot more the 1000 people. Call the support lines, call the ethic lines, flood every method of contact they have. Supposedly their phone lines were swamped over the weekend due to this.

Still doubtful, but if anything is going to have an impact, I think this is it. I want to be clear about my own potential hypocriticalness here: I haven't done any of this yet. I am very tired, and very busy right now with all this. But this is the internet: I'm sure there are quite a few people out there with LOTS of time on their hands and nothing to do. Well, here's something to do, if you'd like.

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Oh this link will REALLY help! lets share it.