lutherslade
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Next Scene, Pricing Changes, Re-opening Commissions
🕑 Added 2025-02-19 06:10:24 +0000 UTCNext Scene
Hi all! It's almost that time again! This month's scene "Spin the Bottle" is still in the oven, just a little bit undercooked, but almost ready for feasting! If you haven't already, please take a look at my update on its progress in the #in-the-works channel on DIscord! I can say with confidence that it's going to be the most dynamic, content-rich, and immersive (buzz word, buzz word, buzz word?) scene yet!
Pricing Changes
When I started making VAM scenes, my first scene "What Goes Bump in the Night?" took one evening and probably four hours to throw together. Even the first scenes I produced for Patreon were, in comparison to the work I produce now, very simple and quick to make. Since that time, I believe that it is self-evident that the quality and ambition of my work has only grown. My scenes consisted almost entirely of animations, and simple linear progressions through them. My workflow now involves animation in VAM and Blender, 3D modelling, scripting in C#, writing and generating dialogue, SFX, etc.
When I started my Patreon I really had no idea if anyone would be interested in my work or what it was worth. In three years, I have not altered the price of my memberships, and it is past time to bring them in line with other VAM content creators.
Starting next month, the Big Boy tier will be set to $5, the Humongous Hero tier will be set to $10, and there will be a new Enormous Ego $20 tier.
Patreon will give current members a 31-day grace period during which your monthly payment will not change. If you are currently a paid-member, your next month's payment will not change.
New Tiers
The Big Boy ($5) tier will now only grant members Discord permissions, as well as polling privileges.
The Humongous Hero ($10) tier will merge the current benefits of the BB and HH tiers, becoming the standard tier for library access to my full-scenes.
The new Enormous Ego ($20) tier will introduce new benefits at a premium. Starting with STB I will be making all of my scenes more accessible to a general audience in two ways: 1) All of my scenes will now have full .mp4 video counterparts (think MackG4 or your favorite SFM artists). 2) I will release 360° videos of my favorite animations and sequences making it possible to view my scenes without the hassle of loading them up in VAM.
I humbly ask for your understanding with these new tiers.
Re-opening Commissions
Many patrons have expressed interest recently in commissions. I would like to announce that commissions are once again open. Commissions will now be assessed at a rate of $30/hr. (Instead of grouping commissions into tiers.) I will provide any hopeful commissioner with a clear breakdown of my estimate. I understand that this will make many complex scenes prohibitively expensive, but my previous pricing model was simply untenable and essentially made me refuse all but the simplest commissions. I will happily work with any hopeful commissioner to streamline and simplify their ideas to keep them within a specified budget, but the base rate is final.
Comments
Luther Slade
Unfortunately not. Although, to be honest, you're not missing much. It was really, really, really jank, and I am glad it's gone forever :P
Ben
I think most will deem it fair if the updates and activity remain improved like they have been of late. If it goes dark with no word on progress I think that may bring others to question the increase.
renshipeng
Hello, Mr. Slade. I have a question for you. My VR device is Quest2, and the controller does not have a grab button, which prevents me from taking my phone for the next action. What should I do?
Ant
Are the first scenes like “What goes bump in the night” still accessible?
Marc Schmitz
The price is fair for the amount of work and these scenes are also of excellent quality
Shylock49
Well, we'll see. So many pricing schemes are possible, IDK what is optimal. Getting more subscribers is as important as getting what's fair...$10 to $20 is fair...$50 might be fair too....Or having a million people paying $1 a month could be...fucking orgasmic. We need marketing.
ntlasagna
I want to be cucked virtually not financially
Luther Slade
I hope everyone will see it that way. This is a decision I have long contemplated.
Shylock49
Fair.
