New Rewards + Feedback? (Patreon)

in the first place-- i just updated the rewards with a small addition to the $5 range (since alpha tests are a rare and slow occurence) so that all of you lovely backers at and above that level can have a your own forum group and supporter badge on our site!!

the group is mostly aesthetic & for the badge; it doesn't reallly come with any extra privileges unless you're a normal member (then it's on par with the Veteran group). but it also won't override  any privileges from higher groups, like ace membership, so there's nothing to be lost there. however, it will change your name color and group title so if you are staff or developer then you may want to stick to your current group.

i will be sending out queries to add people to these groups-- in the next few days. i understand patreon finishes charging for the month on the 5th, so at that time i'll also be handling all the other monthly-updating rewards like in-game names, etc. i am not 100% clear yet on how that all works... so bear with me please ^^

i also added the reward we discussed in one of our streams: at $8000 a month, i will play vaporwave on stream.
and under no other willing conditions.

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i also wanted to take some time and query you guys for feedback about this whole patreon deal. it's been just about a month now and i am still incredibly psyched to have you all here-- it still doesn't feel real, but i'm not convinced that's a problem. 

so thank you all so much for still being here with me. for now, i want to know-- how am i doing? i don't yet support other creators on patreon, so, are there things others do that i should consider? is there something you feel like i haven't delivered enough on, or that would you like to see more of?* should i be more precise with my stream-of-consciousness update posts, or is the length a good thing? etcetcetc

*i know uploading streams has been a huge flop so far and im still exploring options for that. also im sure more streams in general are a good thing... that's also a work in progress. 

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one final note: i know i have been like, super quiet about Starlight, and that is mainly because most of the work being done for it right now is non-visual concept/world-building stuff that is hard to really effectively present (im making this like, super fleshed-out). that may be the case for a while-- we'll see. 

however it has also eventually occurred to me that for those of you who are not ace members you haven't really seen much of starlight at all, so although it will be old news for aces (and especially for the person who has helped with a good chunk of the work, hi Will) i will start reposting some of those concepts here to catch you guys up  in the meantime.