ABDLSwallow
patreon
What now?
🕑 Added 2023-11-29 15:11:50 +0000 UTCHeya everyone,
It seem that the page survived the last day. A lot of others creators didn't have that luck, and the whole situation is obviously completely messed up.
A fair amount of you unsuscribed in response to this move, and of course I totally understand. There's isn't any amount of trust left in this platform on my side, too. Since the page is still up, I'll keep you updated here till I sort out what to do. For now, here's the latest news on my side.
About the game
Obviously I'm continuing to work on it. It may get a bit slower in the coming days/weeks as I'll need to dedicate time to sort out things here, but there's no question about it. I may skip some devlogs, but I don't see any major setback on that side.
About the patreon page
I don't think we're out of the wood just because the page got through the past event. Another ban wave in the coming days/weeks is totally on the table, and even so, I'm not gonna torture myself going to bed every night wondering if my page will get nuked while I'm asleep. So, either way, I'm out. If the page survive, I'll probably use the coming month to sort things out, warn everyone, and take the time to do things properly before moving out. So, starting January, I'll see you on another place.
About the future
This is the greatest question mark. Let's be honest, patreon is popular because it's convenient, and it's hard to find a place that will replicate it fully. A lot of options are on the table:
- SubscribeStar
- Ko-Fi
- Ream
- Fanbox
- A self hosted website
- and probably a billion more options...
All of theses have caveats. Most of theses have stricts guidelines that could expose us to the same situation. The self-hosted website is probably the best bet but will need a lot of work and money to keep afloat, and is at risk of being totally forgotten in front of others,majors platforms. So, in truth, I don't know yet. I'll probably check what the others creators are doing and decide accordingly. Don't hesitate to reach me out if you know of some option that could be interesting.
For now, the main place if you want to hear news will stay patreon first until the page get nuked (or until I close it, but you'll be warned of course ! ) and then itch.io.
So that's the news for now ! I'm gonna see daily how things evolve, and take action from here. Until then, take care.
Cheers.
Comments
Patron1123
What a horrible thing for Patreon to do. Oh well, I will follow you to Itch or wherever you choose to post your game and bring my business there :)
Ko fi is like patreon granpa but is very set on not allowing nsfw work so I guess it's pretty much dead on arrival. Ream is a very new site that seem to be friendly toward nsfw creators, mainly focused on stories but that may also work for others types of art creations, I need to investigate. If the site survive, I'll keep posting there until I'm ready to move out, but once I move it will likely be final, but you'll be kept informed of course.
john n
What is ko-fi and ream never heard of em? Also just want to clairy if you do avoid getting banned will you still be posting here when you move to another site.
