Upcoming Changes to Patron Tiers & Benefits

Hi friends, 

As I have mentioned in my last couple progress reports, I am making changes to my Patreon's tiers and benefits. When I launched my Patreon in February, I wasn't quite sure how things would line up in terms of Patreon work vs game development, and the original layout I had was quite ambitious. I know now that I don't have the time to be be able to manage weekly updates and four bonus content posts a month, among other things. 

To help make things more manageable for me, I will be re-arranging benefits and adding an additional tier. These changes will go into effect on June 30, 2021. 

I will no longer be doing any legacy benefits (i.e. benefits that can be accessed after pledging for a certain amount of time) as they are far too difficult to keep track of in the long term. Because of this, the Recruit tier will no longer have in-game credits as a legacy benefit. However, if you are part of the Recruit tier and you pledged this month, you will still get your in-game credit if you pledge again next month. 

The "create a minor character for the game" benefit has been bumped up one tier. If you've part of the current Wayfarer tier, you will still be able to get this benefit after the changes go into effect. If you haven't heard from me about the process of making your character, please check your messages! 

Writing commissions are moving to a new $75 CAD tier. If you're part of the current Master or Grandmaster tiers and chose to postpone your writing commission, I will still be completing that benefit for you when you decide you'd like to have it done. 

If you have any questions or concerns about the changes, please don't hesitate to reach out! 

Here is a full list of the new tier rewards and benefits (all pledges are listed in CAD, so they will show up differently on my public page depending on what currency you've set your Patreon to):

Recruit ($5 CAD)

• Alpha Build access
• Creator Q & As
• Access to the private Patron channels in Wayfarer's Discord server
• Biweekly progress reports on the game's development

Apprentice ($10 CAD)

• Alpha Build access
• Creator Q & As
• Access to the private Patron channels in Wayfarer's Discord server
• Biweekly progress reports on the game's development
• One bonus content post per month
• Your name in the game credits

Wayfarer ($15 CAD)

• Alpha Build access
• Creator Q & As
• Access to the private Patron channels in Wayfarer's Discord server
• Biweekly progress reports on the game's development
• One bonus content post per month
• Your name in the game credits
• Patron-only polls 
• Vote on bonus content topics
• Game walkthroughs 

Master ($25 CAD)

• Alpha Build access
• Creator Q & As
• Access to the private Patron channels in Wayfarer's Discord server
• Biweekly progress reports on the game's development
• One bonus content post per month
• Your name in the game credits
• Patron-only polls
• Vote on bonus content topics
• Game walkthroughs
• Create a minor character for the game

Grandmaster ($50 CAD)

• Alpha Build access
• Creator Q & As
• Access to the private Patron channels in Wayfarer's Discord server
• Biweekly progress reports on the game's development
• One bonus content post per month
• Your name in the game credits
• Patron-only polls
• Vote on bonus content topics
• Game walkthroughs
• Create a minor character for the game
• A personalized thank you message (mailed and/or digital)  

Unnamed Tier ($75 CAD)

• Alpha Build access
• Creator Q & As
• Access to the private Patron channels in Wayfarer's Discord server
• Biweekly progress reports on the game's development
• One bonus content post per month
• Your name in the game credits
• Patron-only polls
• Vote on bonus content topics
• Game walkthroughs
• Create a minor character for the game
• A personalized thank you message (mailed and/or digital)
• A one-time writing commission set in the Wayfarer world  

Aeran Kellis Fan Club ($100 CAD)

• Alpha Build access
• Creator Q & As
• Access to the private Patron channels in Wayfarer's Discord server
• Biweekly progress reports on the game's development
• One bonus content post per month
• Your name in the game credits
• Patron-only polls
• Vote on bonus content topics
• Game walkthroughs
• Create a minor character for the game
• A personalized thank you message (mailed and/or digital) 
• A one-time writing commission set in the Wayfarer world  
• Monthly personalized, one-on-one writing consultation