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June Economic Update
🕑 Added 2025-07-09 14:30:54 +0000 UTCThis is a long one, so tl;dr:
June ended pretty in the red, eating almost all the buffer from the past months this year. July got a big (3K USD) yearly bill coming up, so I'm aiming for a strong July result, and all support is greatly appreciated.
Also considering changing payments in-game to euros, to avoid loses caused by the fall in the US dollar value.
The numbers are in for June, and they're sadly, but expected in the red.
Overall, June ended a bit over 2k USD in the red, sending the overall yearly result down to nearly 0 (it's roughly around 300 USD in the positive).
I was expecting June to be a very bad month, due to the few releases during it and the fact it didn't have any ticket sale. Seeing the sale numbers during the month, I was actually expecting the result to be worse, so I'm glad to see the yearly result still staying in the positive, this was mainly thanks to the support from all of you here on Patreon, so I can't thank you all enough for all the support!
The result for June does mean that we need a good result for July, as the buffer we had rebuilt over the year is gone, so I'll be aiming for ending all remaining of the year in the green.
Especially for July, I need it to end well, as I got a yearly bill (it's the bookkeeping cost for a yearly report I need to create and submit to the Danish tax system, so not something I can avoid >.<) of around 3k USD that needs to be paid this month. Was hoping this bill would first come later this year, so there would be more time to rebuild the buffer, but that sadly wasn't the case.
So any support any of you will be able to share during July will be greatly appreciated, as another red month would mean the game would have close to not economic buffer left.
One thing that also been effecting the economics of the game negatively is the drop in the US dollar's value. As I get all payments in USD, but most of my major expenses are in Danish Krone (which can't really be avoided as I'm based in Denmark, so my bank is Danish), the drop in the USD value means that I roughly earn 10% less, simply due to the conversion.
So I have been considering changing the payments in-game to euros (not sure if I'll be able to do the same here on Patreon), as the euro always got the same conversion rate to the Danish Krone.
That's it for this update, hoping I can share a more positive one with you all next month!
