- Oct 17, 2023
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New devs definitely don't have much of a chance, but I don't mean new devs to be honest; supporting new devs is basically angel investing, and it's risky. But there are a lot of devs who have been working on their games for years as a hobby and don't have enough support.I think if people had more trust in the developers, people would be more willing to pay more rather than make bets on a game that may or may not come out. I used to subscribe to different projects all the time, but now really only subscribe to the devs that have shown that they can release new products. This doesn't give new devs much of a chance, but I've have it too many times where it turns out the developer is way over their head. I hear ya, any I dont know who would do it, but perhaps Patreon start having a "check in" function for devs or something?
But it's not that simple, because not everyone wants to work on their game full time, so it happens that some people get support and it doesn't change anything. So it's definitely important to know if that particular support is an investment or just a way to show appreciation/buy a wallpaper/get a discord role. And it can be really hard and annoying to be reactive with support, subbing and unsubbing endlessly based on author performance. But I know for sure that encouraging games like "wallpapers, please"(Summertime saga) that make $62K - $178K a month is not the way to see more real games, nor is it the way to speed up the development process.
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