Reflexions about Steam (Patreon)

Hello there!

Today, I'm not going to talk to you about the progress of the game (because I just started chapter 3 :) ).

No, today I will try to explain you something that is and will be very important for me and the future of GS.

As you may know, I spend more than 60 hours a week working on this game. I love it, I really do, and if I could spend even more time on it, I would! But here's the thing, 60 hours a week, added to my day job as a Senior Developer on the side, that's about 100 hours a week. And where the mind is telling me, even screaming at me, to keep going, the body is starting to give up after six and a half months of this pace.

So I thought about it, and turned it all around:- Quit being a Senior Developer? I would like to, but alas, I can't do that to my family. It would be just me, no worries, but I have a wife and a baby who rely on me to take care of my share of the expenses, pay the house etc...- Stop my work on GS? That's out of the question. I love it, I love what I'm doing, and I really feel like this is what I need to be doing right now in my life right now.- Slow down my work on GS? I'd love to, but I already feel like it's going too slow...- Find another other source of income, without taking more time, to reduce my time as a senior developer and focus on GS? Yes, that's the only solution I can think of.

With that in mind, I've started the process of putting Glowing Stones into Early Access on Steam. It would be a great source of income (if it works) and would allow me to reduce my working hours as long as I can do it without sacrificing my family.

That's why I'm asking you all today. Nothing financially, I know you are already doing everything you can to help me with this, and I can't thank you enough! It's really amazing what you're already doing for me, and that's why I'm a little ashamed to publish this today (and if I could do otherwise, believe me, I would...).

What I need is for people to add Glowing Stones to their wishlist on Steam. It's as simple as that... 

It doesn't cost anything, it doesn't commit you to anything, and know that I have no way of knowing if you did or didn't do it or if someone has my game on their wishlist or not, it's completely anonymous to me.

Again, it doesn't commit you to buying the game or even keep it on your wishlist in the future. On the other hand, it tells Steam that people are interested in my game, so when it's released they'll do more promotion if I have more wishes. And I can't release it if I don't have enough.

Now that that's said, let me tell you about what I plan to do with it.

I have the right to generate Steam Keys (to use on Steam to get the game for free) for all the people who have helped me financially, so I plan to generate them for all the patrons who want them (at the time of the official release, I'll ask everyone :) ).

And of course, the Patreon will always be there! And for people who don't want to play on Steam (for whatever reason), nothing will change!You will always be my community, and I will always love you as much as ever! I will continue the polls, the regular posts about the progress of the project...Normally, there is even a feature to give preview access on Steam only to you!And the same for the tests!But besides that, I could spend more time developing this game I love!

So... Well, that's it! If you want to help me even more than what you already do (and it's already huge, thank you so much!), just follow this link: Glowing Stones: Heroes' Awakening, and click on the button that Love shows you. Again, this can be done now, it doesn't commit you to anything in the future, but for me, it's a big help.

Thank you all for reading this far! :)

PS : I promise I'll try to not doing this again, it's already enough shameful for me.