Potential Updated Patreon Tiers (Patreon)

Hello all you marvelous supporters!

I wanted to briefly go over my ideas for some updates to the Patreon tiers. My philosophy around pricing has always been to make sure people who support the game through Patreon feel like their getting their money's worth out of their subscription. This is why I've tried to post additional content beyond just the game, as I'm well aware that having little to no content waiting for game updates sucks when you're paying a monthly subscription. So, I want to update the existing tiers and add a new one to hopefully provide better value and more options for people to support the game's development.

Currently, there is the $5 tier for most of your needs which includes early access, nsfw content, discord perks, etc. There's also the super supporter type $15 tier, which doesn't really give all that much compared to the $5 tier. There also used to be a $3 tier, which some supporters still have but is no longer available (I've been trying to phase it out).

First, my thought is to create a new low price $2 tier for those who want to support the game and get periodic updates and content posts, but don't care about Early Access or NSFW content. This also gives old $3 tier patrons something to switch to, and something for higher tiers to drop to if there are delays in game development.

Next, The $5 tier would remain pretty much unchanged, as making the vast majority of Patrons switch tiers isn't actually feasible and I can't adjust prices for tiers while there are active subscriptions. I've tried to make sure this tier provides as much value as possible even while waiting for game updates (it may actually be underpriced).

Finally, I'd create a new $12.50 Deans List tier to replace the old $15 tier, while also including a few new benefits. The primary new benefit of the $12.50 tier would be a sort of once per month commission for each member, where Patrons would get to request an image created by me. That said, I will have rules and guidelines so it doesn't get out of hand, since I am limited to AI generation tools and my Photoshop skills. Full details around this will be discussed later with members of the tier.

Here's a full outline of my proposed Patreon Tier changes. Please give them a read through and vote in the poll based on your current tier and whether or not you would stay in your current tier or change tiers. If you have any feedback or ideas, please leave a comment on this post.

$2 Student Tier

This tier would be for those who want to help support the game, but don't want to pay the full $5 or don't care about early access. This tier would have the following benefits :

Patreon only SFW content posts and images, including periodic game development updates

Discord Role with access to some Student only channels, including the #devlog update channel

$5 Honors Student Tier

This tier would include all the benefits of the Student Tier, and also have the following benefits :

Early Access Game Releases ahead of the Public Release

Preview Images for upcoming game updates

Patreon only NSFW content posts and images

Patreon "How-To" guides and process posts for specific images

Patreon poll voting power

Discord Role with access to all Student only channels, Early Access feedback channels, and all NSFW channels

$12.50 Deans List Tier

This tier would include all the benefits of the Student and Honors Student tiers, and also have the following benefits :

Your Patreon username in credits of the game

Discord Role with access to special Deans List channels

One Monthly Image Request (similar to commissions, I'm going to limit each Patron to one per month to start, and rules/guidelines will be posted at a later date)