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October Economic Update
🕑 Added 2025-11-04 16:22:12 +0000 UTCThe numbers are in for October, and they're sadly not looking good.
The month have ended roughly 1,500 USD in the red, putting the overall year back in the red at roughly 600 USD in the negative.
I was surprised by this result, as the sale were looking decent for October, actually ending up around 500 USD higher than September, that managed to just barely end up in the green. But September was very low when it comes to artist expenses, and October also had a couple of quarterly expenses that combined ended up pushing the month into the red.
I'm very sad to see us slip back into the red for this month, as the game's economic buffer is still very low after the last couple of years bad results.
So beside it being very stressful, it has also become very limiting on what I can do for the game as I have to conserve founds, forcing me to stop with content such as avatar illustrations and focus more on the content that have a higher chance of generating revenue.
I hope that in the long run, the localization update I'm working on at the moment will help, as it opens the game up for more players. But I do also need to do something in the short term, so we can avoid the game running out of money, and while I do hate asking people for money the development of the game sadly requires money >.<
So I've been thinking of doing a month of promoting the Patreon (which can hopefully just be a once a year thing). What I'm thinking is setting a goal of hitting an additional 1k USD (putting us at 4.5k) in Patreon backing this month, and then having milestone rewards unlocking for every Patreon backer as we progress and a big reward if we hit the goal.
The rewards I've been thinking of would be something like:
Every 100 USD towards the goal: 15 tickets/tokens to all level 2+ Patreon
Goal reached: Every level 4+ backers can nominate a new avatar/skin, which will then be put out for a vote between all backers, with the winner being added to the game as a regular skin/avatar that the player who nominated it gets to create the full description for the design and be part of the design process (if they want).
Goal reached: Every level 6 backer get to nominate a new legendary skin, a random nomination is then selected and will get added to the game, with the nominator also getting to create the design description and be part of the design process.
Let me know what you think of this idea, and if you have any suggestions, I really hope that we'll be able to change the economic situation around, as there's still so much more I want to do with the game.
Comments
Catherine Steigerwald
I think a big fundraiser with fun rewards is a good idea! I will try to set aside some money this month to donate to the avatar drive as well.
