blindvoid
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Possible Ko-fi move
🕑 Added 2024-02-13 13:56:02 +0000 UTCBeen thinking recently about hosting my commissions on Ko-Fi and whether or not it'd be worth it to host all my current Patreon stuff on there instead for convenience.
Overall it looks like a better service in general, from what I can tell the support you give me is more direct on Ko-fi with less fees for both me and supporters (I think). And since my membership tiers don't really provide anything new beyond the Big Bird tier Ko-fi's 'pay what you want' model makes a lot more sense for me. You'll be able to pay the normal $5 if you want but with the option to support any amount more if you're capable, but everyone will have access to the normal game-dev updates, music wips and HD art with the possibility of more benefits involving my commissions.
Ko-fi also supports one-time donations and with that I'll make my HD and transparent gallery available for donators. I must also say that the gallery features on Ko-fi are far more convenient for posting and for browsing, although I'm probably missing something on Patreon (yep, just checked and I absolutely was, can't believe I hadn't noticed the collections feature until now, sorry about that). I'm not sure how many people actually care about the HD and transparent stuff but it can't hurt to have it there as a thank you to donators.
So the only issue with moving to Ko-fi is actually moving everyone over which will have to happen right before the end of the month so you don't get double charged. Thankfully I don't have 1000 patrons (though it'd be nice if I did) so it'll hopefully be easy to contact everyone in preparation for the move. But I do want the opinion of anyone who sees this poll, do you think the move is worth it?
No matter what happens I'll likely open Ko-fi subscriptions very soon and I'll keep Patreon active for another 1-2 months, I wanna make the move as easy and clear as possible. If there's still a preference for Patreon I'll do my best to keep it active beyond that but it will likely become my secondary focus.
EDIT: Oh Ko-fi doesn't have a dark mode as far as i can tell which takes some points away from it but still.
EDIT EDIT: Nevermind it does, best site.
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Oblivion
I've never used Ko-fi before, but I'd switch to keep supporting ya. I've loved seeing your work and how far Madlem's come, and I'll keep supporting you wherever you end up!
