When creating a Patreon/Kickstarter how do you...

[Kerperlo]

When creating a Patreon/Kickstarter how do you set realistic goals and keep the drive to continue on?

You either develop a VN that you like and start up a Patreon/Kickstarter only to see that nobody is contributing or you lost the motivation for it. I know we all been there.

[Imperf3kt]

I'm not an expert my any means, but typically you don't want to start a kickstarter or patron until your game is close to completion, and only requiring quality of life updates or artwork and music.

Some games manage a chapter release style, but these are typically prepared months in advance and the story is already pretty much ready to go, only undergoing editing and minor changes before release.


A kickstarter campaign or patreon should not be used as motivation, but instead financial backing for an already well developed, near complete game.

[DoubleProlix]

Kickstarter and Patreon are very different fundraising platforms for different stages of a project with very different goals.