KEEPING THE HELLFIRE ALIVE - This is the "please don’t let me starve while I code demons at 3 AM" tier. Covers the boring but mandatory stuff: engine licenses, plugins, stock assets, coffee. Basically makes sure development never has to stop because a subscription expired. You’re literally keeping the dream breathing.

HARDER, LEWDER, DARKER, STRONGER - I can cut back on soul-crushing freelance gigs and pour way more hours into coding, writing, and drawing all the twisted shit swirling in my head. Updates get bigger, mechanics get wilder, assets looks sexier. This is where the game actually starts feeling like the monster I’ve always wanted to unleash.

SUMMONING REINFORCEMENTS - Holy Hell, we’re getting serious. This lets me occasionally bring in specialists for the things I’m not god-tier at yet. Maybe a second pair of eyes on the writing to polish some dialogue so it hits harder. Still 99% me sweating alone in the dark, but now with actual professional spice sprinkled on top.

DESCENT INTO MADNESS - This is the big one. It's where the game stops being "pretty good for a solo dev" and starts being something people will remember years from now. (I hope, lol) The "I can finally work on this full-time, quit every other job and become the game" tier. Faster updates, deeper systems, voice acting (yes, real moans and screams), custom music, custom assets, custom everything.

HIGHWAY TO HELL - If we ever hit this I’m gonna cry in demonic. This would let me the possibility to plan long-term while making lewd cosmic-horror games forever. I could bring in regular collaborators, maybe even recruit another goblin in a regular basis so I’m not completely alone in the void anymore and plan sequels without panic. I’d finally get to say I make a living creating the exact kind of unhinged, horny, hell-soaked games I’ve always wanted to play but no one else was crazy enough to make. Essentially turns the dream from “cool solo project” into reality. That’d be fucking wild.