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Yes. To clarify, I post all of my content on YT for free, and Patrons help pay for it if they choose. This model seems to make everyone happy.

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I love that you continue to treat your channel as a hobby. The fact that you only post things you find interesting keeps the quality extremely high. There aren’t enough hobbyists around these days. I’m so glad I discovered your channel!

That's awesome, not only for you but I especially applaud those who pay for your content. As a game developer it makes me wonder if there's a viable & addressable market there, to work on a single game "long-term" without feeling the crunch from Steam/reviews/etc.

There seem to be some developers who make mod content for games who do well on Patreon.

Edit: I also just realized I know of a game developer on Patreon for a game that hasn’t been released yet. It seems he (and presumably his team) earn $40k/month: https://www.patreon.com/alexmasse

I just want to know how paralives got interest in the first place - did they get big on Kickstarter or Patreon first ?

Dwarf Fortress has been crowd funded since before Patreon existed and now has a Patreon page. I'm not sure you'd call it a total success though as the creators lived frugal lives for a long time in order to survive off the donations.

best example I can think of! https://www.patreon.com/bay12games

This is the model this boat builder (https://sampsonboat.co.uk/) is using and it's definitely a win-win for creator and audience, IMO.

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