Freya Holmér
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Patreon, Piracy & Shapes (now on the Asset Store!)
🕑 Added 2020-07-03 11:04:50 +0000 UTCShapes is now on the asset store! that is, not patreon and piracy. although they might be on the asset store too for all I know but anyhow~
These past weeks have been, quite the roller coaster of many feelings but somehow ended up being absolutely wonderfully good 💖
Shapes was (pre?) released a while back here on patreon, and things were going well as people started getting access and whatnot!
Until, someone (who I still don't know who it was) supported me here on patreon, asked to get access to the repository, and then proceeded to pirate/leak it immediately :c
It's, really frustrating that these things happen, especially when getting Shapes at $10 is already *heavily* underpriced, and yet the people who have pirated it that I've talked to use the excuse that some people might be able to not afford it, as if that's their decision to make on my behalf
Now, I know piracy happens. A lot of less than nice people quipped at me going "what did you expect? it's the internet" or "everything gets pirated, in fact, you should be grateful" or outright thought I somehow wasn't aware that things get pirated?
I think for me, piracy is not a black and white issue. There are cases where I think it can be justified, and others where it's not, and the way you do it matters a lot
Pirating big enterprise software that have no small-creator license that is even close to viable when you don't have a lot of money, is a completely different thing than pirating an indie game, or in this case, an indie tool, by supporting their private patreon and personally asking them to get access
Heck, I even had people pirate Shader Forge all the time, and I was more fine with it because back then it was less personal. But the way whoever leaked it now did it, is absolutely a breach of trust, especially when we had a conversation in DMs.
I, got rather openly upset about this, and somehow, an *incredible* amount of people supported me as a result, both emotionally and economically, and, it's honestly absolutely mind blowing how much patreon grew over just 4 days.
Releasing Shapes here on patreon was something I'd been wanting to do for a very long time. I've been wanting to centralize my supporters in one place, since this is my primary source of stable income now that I don't work a dayjob anymore.
But companies started to contact me about licensing, which is legally difficult territory, so things got quite a lot more complicated that I expected, in addition to having people who mostly wanted Shapes rather than support the work I do in general. This is why Shapes is now on the asset store instead, and I won't be giving access through patreon anymore from now on (because I'm also literally not allowed according to the Unity EULA now)
oh, everyone who got access through here will still keep it of course!
I honestly don't really know how to thank you all enough for this absolutely massive growth in support
I was talking about doing an AMA earlier, so, if you have any longer questions you'd like me to cover in that video, feel free to leave a comment! I'd be very much up for answering whatever questions you might have 💖
Until then, thank you all so hecking much!!
Comments
Freya Holmér
it is still available! make sure you've logged in with the account you have access on
Dmitry Motovilov
Is Shapes no longer available on github? Tried to go there today but instead hit 404.
Freya Holmér
the asset store version will only get you the asset store releases, I don't give out repo access anymore I'm afraid
yizhou yuan
Hi Freya, I'm very interested in Shapes. if I purchase Shapes from assets store. Could I join the Shapes Git repository? thanks.
Spannerworx
Thanks the (fast, as always!) response. I am enjoying shapes and I am happy to support your fantastic work via Patreon. Cheers
Freya Holmér
you'll still keep access to the git repo even if you stop supporting on patreon!
Spannerworx
Hi Freya, if as a Patreon subscriber I cancel my subscription, does that mean I would loose access to the Shapes Git repository and hence any updates? I really like the convenience of the Asset Store so am considering purchasing it on there, but with the price I need to decide where my investment goes.
Wally's Workshop
Understood. Thank you!
Freya Holmér
if you already own it you're free to use it still through github! but I'm not giving out more keys through patreon due to the asset store EULA. I also can't generate more than 12 keys per year, so I can't give out keys either
Wally's Workshop
Curious, is the Patreon granted access gong to be through only through GitHub or, can you grant access to the asset store version? You mention it being against the EULA to give access directly now? Or at least that is how I read it. I was about to start a Game Jam and before installing I checked in here to see if there were any updates. Is it ok to install Shapes from GitHub still?
Freya Holmér
thank you <3 take your time and use it whenever you need it!
Eike Decker
Hey Freya, I followed your Twitter account quite a while. Shapes got me interested and thought I wanted to support you for a while. I haven't found the time yet to try it out though...
Katinae
Patreons : STONKS
Freya Holmér
managed to take down two of the repos at least with DMCA claims! but I still don't know who in my repo did it :c
Freya Holmér
fixed, thanks!
Michael
Thanks for your reply. That's sad as updating content via AssetStore/PackageManager would be a lot easier than via github. At least for our setup. But I'm glad that you found a solution you're happy with. Last year, we released a game with hours of content for unter 15 bucks. One day later, the game was online on piracy websites. A small indie developer with little budget and uncertain future if the game doesn't sell well. I know your situation and so I'm really glad to hear that it worked out
Harrison
Heads up that the link to the asset store at the top has a space in the URL so doesn’t work!
Freya Holmér
thanks! it'll still be through github for those who got access through here. I wish I could give keys to you all, but the asset store has a limit of 12 keys per year, so, that'd take about 48 years 🙃 I might be able to talk to Unity and get an exception, but I guess we shouldn't count on it :c
Clavus
Why would you want the asset store version when you can get updates as they happen through Github?
Andras
i got acces right around the time the piracy thing happened but it was definitely not me. i hope whoever did it they get banned from github. i wish you all the best!
rife
Glad everything worked out for the better in the end. Do the people who have it here keep getting it through github, or will there be an asset store voucher/coupon?
