State of the Patreon (important update)

Doom Doot

I have no idea how long I've been pledged (maybe a year, maybe a bit more) but I agree with Zumi's assessment here: I'm here to support the content, not because I want a reward like personalised videos or art or anything. Although a Q&A video like there was on the Vlog channel a while ago is definitely something I'd appreciate every once in a while. Just to get some general thoughts out there, that might not come up in other places otherwise.

Zumi

I've pledged for almost 2 years now (changed my name recently) and I see it as support for the videos you produce, not as something that demands an extra reward. So rewards aren't really that important to me, as long as you still produce content. I am, however, a total slut for Q&A vids or literally any chance to hear someone say my usename out loud. So if you ever decide to read out some names at the end of the video (not all of them obvsly), then... uh. dunno. it would make me happy I guess.

Owen Wazdaka Chivot

While I am mainly here for the act of supporting in adding my coin to the pile, I woud say you could make some use of the video topic voting, which hasn't really been utilized a lot, and could both make patreons feel engaged and give you these litlle nudges toward the thing you would then know people actually are the most eager to see.

Max Landy

I believe I'm in the minority, but I just want to support you and your content. I'm not in the habit of checking patreon rewards so even if there's benefits I get, I don't use them.

Personally I am mostly here to just support you and your kick ass work. I love all the insight you offer into things and giving my self-teaching self a bit of insight into how art is framed and how there are these pitfalls that somethings seem to drop into over and over. Ultimately I am here for the ride. I would love to see how some of the rewards do play out, like character design reviews and such. I know I want to toss one of mine your way when the opportunity arises.

Charles Johnson

Hmmm, I don't really have any specifics so I don't know if this will be helpful or not but here goes. You mentioned how it really helps you to have people poke at you and say "hey, how's that thing going you forgot about? I liked it and would like to see more." It's hard to say something like that without a starting point ya know? Like there are things I'd like to see more of! But which do I bring up? Is he already working on it? I wanna see more stuff of this type, but I don't have specifics in mind. Etc. I know you mentioned that it's not an stressor to have people say they want to see stuff but still, it's a hard trigger to pull. Another Patreon I support does monthly newsletters where they talk about what media they're consuming and whatnot, and it acts like a good conversation starter. I don't think that necessarily is the right answer for you and your Patreon, but perhaps something in that vein to invite suggestions in on a regular basis? Perhaps just something along the lines of "I'm thinking of doing this sort of content, what games would you like to see?" Or "I'm playing this game currently, would you want to see some content for it and if so what kind?" Anyway, I hope that's the kind of feedback you were looking for and that you're taking care of yourself as well during these times :)

Big Dread

Do what you gotta do, homie. I know I honestly don't give a damn about rewards really.