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Dev Blog #152 - Personal Obituary
Greetings everyone!
As I'm sure most of you have noticed, The Company is currently involved in ironing out some issues with Patreon. Now that the situation is becoming a little more clear, it's time to sit down and talk about it!
What Happened?
Simply put, Patreon finally decided to put our project on it's Trust & Safety radar, leading to the determination that the project violates its policies. Moves to adhere to their policies have involved purging old posts, modifying the opening sections of the game slightly, and severing ties the Patreon page has to services such as Discord and the official website.
What's Currently Happening?
We've made the requested changes and are now waiting for the appeal to go through. I don't know how long the process takes, but so far the agent I'm working with has been reasonably communicative. Ideally this will be resolved sooner than later and we can all go back to normal, but there's no real way of knowing at this point.
How Will This Affect The Community?
Things like Discord server roles that came from Patreon might be a little wonky in the transition, and Patreon will no longer be a source of news or downloads for the time being. As you can see, we are currently migrating over to SubscribeStar completely, and implore the community to follow us there! The official website will still continue to operate normally, though the Patreon integration may prove burdensome for the time being.
How Will This Affect The Company?
A couple of things are happening. Firstly, depending on negotiations with Patreon, you will likely see a slightly modified version of The Company on offer for online gameplay, in fact you may have already seen them. These changes are surface level with no meaningful impact to the game itself, though I would expect a SubscribeStar exclusive version of the game without modified content.
Secondly, the previous roadmap is definitely going to be impacted by this, as resources are being diverted to handle it, as well as damage control. Expect a Penny update out by the end of this month, as planned, but the next development cycle will likely be in flux. So long as we can get back on our feet quickly, there are no plans to end development for The Company, with H1 2025 still be a target completion date.
How Will This Affect The Developer?
I've never come out and asked the community for help before, as none of you owe me a thing while I owe the world to you. That said, if I'm being completely honest, I'm scared. This project pays for the room over my family's head and the food in our fridge, and to have Patreon rip the rug out from under me, possibly for good, is abjectly terrifying.
What I will ask my current supporters, is that if you are currently supporting The Company on Patreon, to please consider moving that support over to our SubscribeStar page. The pricing tiers are all identical to what they are on Patreon, and offer all the same bonuses and benefits. There's, unfortunately, going to be major impact no matter what, and making that one switch over will help to drastically reduce it.
Moving Forward
That's basically the long and short of it. For now, development will continue as normal, though some content priorities may get rearranged a little. The Discord and the official website will still operate as they always have, and we'll all continue to move forward and see this game through to completion!
As always, thank you all for your continued feedback and support. Let's all make this a great new era for The Company!
As I'm sure most of you have noticed, The Company is currently involved in ironing out some issues with Patreon. Now that the situation is becoming a little more clear, it's time to sit down and talk about it!
What Happened?
Simply put, Patreon finally decided to put our project on it's Trust & Safety radar, leading to the determination that the project violates its policies. Moves to adhere to their policies have involved purging old posts, modifying the opening sections of the game slightly, and severing ties the Patreon page has to services such as Discord and the official website.
What's Currently Happening?
We've made the requested changes and are now waiting for the appeal to go through. I don't know how long the process takes, but so far the agent I'm working with has been reasonably communicative. Ideally this will be resolved sooner than later and we can all go back to normal, but there's no real way of knowing at this point.
How Will This Affect The Community?
Things like Discord server roles that came from Patreon might be a little wonky in the transition, and Patreon will no longer be a source of news or downloads for the time being. As you can see, we are currently migrating over to SubscribeStar completely, and implore the community to follow us there! The official website will still continue to operate normally, though the Patreon integration may prove burdensome for the time being.
How Will This Affect The Company?
A couple of things are happening. Firstly, depending on negotiations with Patreon, you will likely see a slightly modified version of The Company on offer for online gameplay, in fact you may have already seen them. These changes are surface level with no meaningful impact to the game itself, though I would expect a SubscribeStar exclusive version of the game without modified content.
Secondly, the previous roadmap is definitely going to be impacted by this, as resources are being diverted to handle it, as well as damage control. Expect a Penny update out by the end of this month, as planned, but the next development cycle will likely be in flux. So long as we can get back on our feet quickly, there are no plans to end development for The Company, with H1 2025 still be a target completion date.
How Will This Affect The Developer?
I've never come out and asked the community for help before, as none of you owe me a thing while I owe the world to you. That said, if I'm being completely honest, I'm scared. This project pays for the room over my family's head and the food in our fridge, and to have Patreon rip the rug out from under me, possibly for good, is abjectly terrifying.
What I will ask my current supporters, is that if you are currently supporting The Company on Patreon, to please consider moving that support over to our SubscribeStar page. The pricing tiers are all identical to what they are on Patreon, and offer all the same bonuses and benefits. There's, unfortunately, going to be major impact no matter what, and making that one switch over will help to drastically reduce it.
Moving Forward
That's basically the long and short of it. For now, development will continue as normal, though some content priorities may get rearranged a little. The Discord and the official website will still operate as they always have, and we'll all continue to move forward and see this game through to completion!
As always, thank you all for your continued feedback and support. Let's all make this a great new era for The Company!
I followed from Patreon to here. Patreon does not deserve my money if they want to screw around with creators I support.