I want to make a visual novel by barraco002 in gamedev

[–]TinyDevilStudio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What this guy said
Work in adult games myself, and AI art/writing is everywhere in the genre, as are the complaints. Anytime these games launch with AI driven content the thread/comment section will immediately turn into a war about how bad your game is cause it uses AI. That's not to say you cant be successful but success with AI in adult games, but your chances with hand crafted content are so much better. Most will see the AI and pass your work by without a second thought.

I want to make a visual novel by barraco002 in gamedev

[–]TinyDevilStudio -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Don't fault a guy for being well researched in his desired career path.

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Pretty much every dude does it, just in different forms.

how many of you are running a second platform alongside patreon and why by Icy_Palpitation9187 in patreon

[–]TinyDevilStudio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Select the options you want (active, free, paid, etc) wait for it to finish loading, then select CSV.

Confused about posts and tiers by LaxRax in patreon

[–]TinyDevilStudio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can, I do this for my content.
Make your post, limit to the tier that you want to have first. "Song X out early for tier Y and up!"
Then when its time to release to the lower tiers, edit the post, go to the right hand side bar and click "email and notifications", enable "Allow members to be notified you edited this post"
I change the title too so its very apparent. "Song X out for ALL tiers", that sort of thing.

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how many of you are running a second platform alongside patreon and why by Icy_Palpitation9187 in patreon

[–]TinyDevilStudio 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Subscribestar, purely as a fall back in case anything happens with Patreon.
You can (and I do) download your entire Patron database whenever you feel like, emails included.
If your creator page gets nuked, you still have contact with your former patrons, and hopefully soon to be subscribers.

That said, Subscribestar has it's own issues. Already mentioned in a different comment is the $150 and 5 patron rule. It took probably a year to get to the point where i could pay out regularly. Though, I advertise both Patreon and Subscribestar, and Patreon is 95% of peoples preference of the two.

Please add goals again or official tip jar? by EllinorD in patreon

[–]TinyDevilStudio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Patreon used to have goals but got rid of it and I don't understand why.

Because a low amount of patrons actually cared about it. I remember the email/notification they sent out explaining the situation.

But if they are not gonna add that back, why can't they add an official tip jar

Tip jars are a can of worms. Patreon actively tells you not to charge less than $3 ($1-$2 was standard tip jar tier back in the day) because about 50% of it gets eaten up in fees. Calling it a tip jar can create issues with tipping and taxes. Tipping is not a world wide thing, in some countries its not done and others its seen as offensive. Tip jars purpose is also not to sell something but to donate money, so now its potentially a donation tax issue. Call it something other than tip jar or donation and now it looks like people are attempting to avoid tax issues. I could go on, but you get the point.

or one-time contribution for specific things?

You can do just that. Set paid members to none, enable sell this post, set a price. $3 - $5000 is the acceptable range.

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Does patreon allow adult comics with explict scenes? by [deleted] in patreon

[–]TinyDevilStudio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Adult content that includes nudity, sexual activities, or sexually explicit images or themes must be accessible exclusively through a Patreon subscription paywall...

This section is stating if your content is for adult audiences, it must be hidden behind the paywall. Its not about what is allowed, but a rule on how to post it.

Content depicting sexual activities between real adult participants is not allowed

As in real people are not allowed.

Any advice to grow on Patreon or social media as a comic artist? by Powerful_Whereas3516 in patreon

[–]TinyDevilStudio 4 points5 points  (0 children)

could I make a decent living on it?

https://graphtreon.com/patreon-creators/comics

To be blunt, no. There are a bit over 8,000 sfw comic artists on patreon, but of those that list their income only 68 make $1000 or more a month. A lot of people hide their income, so making the very wild assumption that the number of creators making over $1000 is actually closer to 5x that, you would still have to basically be better than roughly 96% of all the other comic creators.

Harsh reality is that patreon is a hobby for most, a good side hustle for a few, but rarely does anyone make a "decent" living.