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I just hit 2000 Patrons - so you get a discount!
🕑 Added 2017-07-04 12:53:37 +0000 UTC Hello!Unbelievably, I hit 2000 Patrons yesterday. 2000 people who are so generous to support me on my silly self-indulgent mission to go way too in-depth on design and dungeons and Donkey Kong. I can’t thank you enough.
I love doing these videos. I thought I’d be bored and burnt out by now, but more than two years later and I am still enjoying the process, thrilled to put out a new video, and bursting with excitement for what I’m going to do next.
I’ve also really enjoyed talking to you all. GameClub has become one of my favourite things, for example, as it always produces really thoughtful discussion of the game at hand. And I'm looking forward to the Game Jam, too.
Anyway! To celebrate the milestone, I’ve decided to change my Patreon page from “per-video” to “per-month”. That means no matter how many videos I make in a month, you only pay once.
For you, this will mean a discount for the months where I release two videos, and more certainty over your payments. For me, this lets off a little pressure and makes things like multi-part videos, spin-off shows like Boss Keys, bonus episodes, shorter episodes, and whatnot, easier to deal with.
The only downsides to the change would be:
A) This removes my incentive to make episodes of GMTK really fast. But I hope you’ll know by now that I have always favoured quality over quantity - but still have a faster release schedule than most video essayists.
B) What if I don’t release any videos in a month? Well, that has literally never happened in the history of GMTK, but I would of course not charge for that month if that somehow ended up happening. Like, because of a zombie apocalypse or something.
But yeah, this is the nice thing about buying in bulk, I guess. Everyone pays a little less! I don’t need this much money, it’s a ridiculous amount (though, I thank you for every last cent), so let’s make it a tiny bit more sensible.
Anyway - other updates: the Game Jam has an absurd number of sign-ups and now I’m terrified of the prospect of judging all these games. I’ve been wrangling with an script for ages now but I’m looking forward to recording that today. And then it’s back to Boss Keys as I’m starting to get those “whatever happened to Boss Keys!?” tweets.
Oh, and I’d like to do another Q&A (maybe as a stream, while I play some video games?) to celebrate 2000, but please lemme delay that a bit as I want to get this video done before starting anything else!
Comments
congratulations! i think its unnecessary for you to change your model and make less money, but appreciate the thought you put into that decision. i will be upping my donation amount. cheers!
Congratulations Mark! I've always admired how much you care about creating quality content, while also truly caring about your Patrons and fans. I greatly look forward to your future content, and here's to your next big milestone!
Divayth Faust
You are such a nice man.
Congrats Mark! Huge fan of your work.
Dani McKenzie
Congrats on the miletone. Love your videos
Thomas Munkholt
Thanks. Upped my pledge.
Joey
Congratulations on the huge milestone! And thanks for the discount, but your content is worth every penny, and I'm going to up my contribution to match. I've been paying bout $10/mo for your two monthly videos, and there's no reason why I shouldn't keep paying it. Your insights are worth it!
Parachuting Turtle
Congrats, and the discount is super cool of you.
Justin Six
2 days after I sign up and this happens, why's Mark so awesome?
Marceline Leiman
Congrats Mark! Glad to be apart of this community. The Game of the Month Club has incentivized me to play games I would've likely not looked at before, and has been a great addition for me. Knowing well that my bank won't explode over you releasing multiple videos in a month will absolutely make it easier for us to decide to up our backing or not! Thank you!
Congratulations, Mark! Thanks for the honesty and for giving up revenue, even though you could afford not to. If your plan included getting a less "ridiculous amount", I'm sorry to say I'm about to bump up my contribution. No hard feelings, eh? :)
Alan Vitek
Congrats and thank you! Your change in pricing reflects your honesty and integrity - thanks for being an awesome person and an incredible content creator. Looking forward to what’s next
kyle disanjh
Congrats dude. You deserve it, happy to support quality content like this.
Huzzah, Mark! And like others have said, this means I'll be bumping up my donation. You deserve it. Onward!
Shade
Congrats on the milestone!
Gabriel Henrique Dalposso
Congrats man! I've been supporting your content for a long time and I have to say: I have never regret doing so! Here's to many more patreons to come o/
Bryan Cave
Looks like it's time to increase my donation amount :) Seriously love your videos. Everytime a new one is released, I watch it as soon as possible. Easily my favourite video series on youtube, and I hope you keep making these videos for a long time to come.
Mathew Dyason
Mark, you are a man of absolute integrity. It's truly admirable and a breath of fresh air in this day and age.
Feel free to @Mention me on the Discord server to further discuss. I'm BenjaminDSmithy on there: )
For the Game Jam I'd suggest setting up a JIRA Cloud instance with the following free plugin: <a href="https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.cloud.hackathon/cloud/overview" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.cloud.hackathon/cloud/overview</a> Which should help streamline the process of both building teams and judging the results of the Game Jam Also I'm sure you could get a unlimited license due to your content being or educational nature ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Jon Cordeiro
Congrats Mark! Proud to be patron :D
Discount? Guess I'll just have to pay you more, keep up the good work dude!
