Posted May 03, 2024 by Oscar C. Tango
Hello everyone! Oscar here with an update for people who follow me on Itch rather than any of my other platforms. First of all, I'd like to thank all of you who follow me and download my games, I hope that they create some fun memories at your table. I've been designing TTRPGs for about 4 years now and releasing them for free for about 2, and I still plan to design and release more in the future. It's something I really enjoy and don't intend to stop doing anytime soon, but the amount of time I can devote to it is getting smaller.
My other work with TTRPGs is paid GMing, and with me running more campaigns and having to prep more I don't have as much time to just have inspiration strike me to crank out a game in two weeks like normal, it's becoming a more slow and methodical process. In the interest of potentially easing off having to just run more and more campaigns I've created a Ko-fi. This way people who like my games can support me for any amount they choose, including 0$ as usual. Nothing will be exclusive to Ko-fi, early access, or anything else like that. I thought about putting my unfinished stuff up there, but I'm pretty shy about stuff I know I'm gonna finish, let alone my stuff I decided to not pursue.
So here's the thing, I'm not going to change much of my business model whether I'm supported or not. If my Ko-fi never sees a cent then I'll keep doing what I'm doing until I just can't anymore. If my Ko-fi meets my initial goal of monthly income, then I'll probably set a new one focused on Stranded Publishing itself, some new monthly amount that will go towards art books for my games maybe. I haven't thought it out completely. I'll also be able to not scramble to learn new games all the time and then write up and try to run campaigns for them, so you'll probably see game a little more frequently.
Here's my Ko-fi link for those of you interested: https://ko-fi.com/oscarctango
For those of you not, no worries. Anyways, hopefully another GrimBlade hack will be coming out soon, or maybe 2 or 3 who fucking knows. Thanks for reading and your support,
Oscar C. Tango