Skip to main content

Indie game storeFree gamesFun gamesHorror games
Game developmentAssetsComics
SalesBundles
Jobs
TagsGame Engines

Did some digging and reading in the official fs subred  This is what i have found 

""Using Patreon is not against our Terms of Service.

Preventing access to mods for our game via a paywall, directly of indirectly, is against the Terms of Service.

If a modder has a Patreon account but all the mods are freely available for anyone regardless? Great, sweet. Awesome. I personally McFricken endorse it. Modders already get a reward per download from us but we are totally not against them making some extra via Patreon, Ko-Fi or whathaveyou.

The problem we have is, if people hide a mod behind a paywall. Be it the finished mod, beta access, early access etc. We do not want that and stuff like that should be reported to "abuse ät giants-software.com"

Refusing to follow our ToS can and will lead to an exclusion from the official ModHub And Giants Products. And yes, we have done so already in the past with some modders who did not comply with our wishes.  "" 

So Sadly patron is still goes against their TOS :? ^ as stated they do not mind if you accept donations but placing mods/content behind a paywall still goes against the TOS and they have taken action against those who do not wish to follow their terms in the past... Hopefully this helps and i wish you the best!

alright thank you this is very helpful and like you said also really stupid at the same time by them counter dictating them selves. 

Seems to be a common occurrence with bigger brands/companies these days smh... I noticed that the Giants team seem to back pedal and outright avoid the question anytime the the problem is brought up in Q&A's n Such (They obviously know its a major problem in the community) Makes me think that the issue will never truly be resolved properly... Also people like Custom modding who have actual signed deals with giants being able to put beta's behind a paywall is a huge slap in the face to everyone else who is following the TOS and making no profit off their work... Its unfair and inconsiderate af to the rest of you :/