Ukagaka Dreams and Shining Support
The Ukagaka Dream Team community has come a long ways in the last year. We started out with just a handful of us on discord, surviving on @zarla-s ghost template+guide, google translate, and raw determination. We’ve grown to around 200 members, including 50 people currently working on a ghost, 25 of which have published a ghost of their own! Some already published their first ghost, but many began their ghost dev journey within our community, and cite the support of the UDT as a major contributor to their project’s completion and even as a source of personal growth.
Last November we even made contact with the JP Ghost Dev community, including the creator of SSP and maintainer of the AYA/YAYA language we program ghosts with! Ponapalt has been awesome in helping us catch up to our JP dev counterparts and even updating SSP with new features on our behalf!
A while ago I started a Patreon to help offset the costs of buying FTP hosting for the @ukagakadreamteam server’s ghost devs, to have in-house hosting available for those without their own website. It’s also a way for members and friends to show their appreciation for all the effort I’ve put into making our community as wonderful as it is.
I didn’t advertise it too much because I feel weird accepting money for stuff I consider a hobby, so it was just to cover the server costs. But…
Money is really tight right now.
I had to drop all of my patreon subscriptions last month. I barely scraped enough to pay for rent, my credit card is close to maxing out, and things are looking grim for the coming months.
Getting evicted would definitely put a delay on any ghost development, heh. I’d move in with my parents so I wouldn’t be homeless. Even then, I may end up on a few months hiatus due to my depressed anxiety brain telling me I’m useless and incompetent, if I don’t get some financial support from somewhere.
I have so much planned for MVSans, YBFFlowey, and even The Little Prince ghost. But I can’t see them through without help from all of you. I appreciate all of the User Reports, like I can’t even express how much they aid my development process! But screenshots won’t put food on my table, keep a roof over my head, or pay for my cat’s and my own medical bills, and ultimately that’s the biggest determination in whether I can keep up development.
Patreon is a fantastic platform for creators such as myself, to receive financial assistance from followers like you, in order to keep creating the content that you love. You pledge a few dollars a month as a subscription of support and you’ll receive some awesome benefits based on how much you choose to pledge!
These are the benefit tiers I offer for those able to give financial support!
—Your name appears here as a Candlelight Patron!
—Access to patron-only posts and previews of future updates on Patreon!
—Instant invite to the Ukagaka Dream Team Discord Server, with special username colors!
—Access to Patrons-Only discord channel and Ghost Dev streams!
—Your name appears here as a Sunlight Patron!
—All of the previous tiers benefits with patron-exclusive content and Discord perks!
—You fund hosting for a Ghost Dev (including yourself!) Every $5 is another slot.
—Can participate in Patron-only polls to determine the next MVSans shell or features.
—Your name appears here as a Moonbeam Patron!
—All of the previous tiers patron-exclusive content, polls, and Discord perks!
—You fund hosting for 2+ Ghost Dev (including yourself!) Every $5 is another slot.
—Access to Tester-Only MVSans builds and username-based easter eggs in MVSans.
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—Your name appears here as a Shining Star Patron! (Limit 2)
—All of the previous tiers patron-exclusive content, polls, and Discord perks!
—You fund hosting for 10+ Ghost Dev (including yourself!) Every $5 is another slot.
—Access to top-secret beta content of any of my other ghosts including YBFFlowey, something otherwise limited to hand-selected testers on the UDT server.
—You can request a custom fork of MVSans, tailored to your preferences with anything you want and updated monthly, only for you, in addition to regular MVSans content updates.
—Alternative to custom fork: you can pick a simple accessory to support next in public release, or the next AU Shell to support.
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—Your name permanently appears here as a Ghosts and Dreams Patron.
—You fund hosting for 20+ Ghost Dev (including yourself!) Every $5 is another slot.
—All of the previous tiers patron-exclusive and access top-secret beta content, discord rewards, and MVSans development influence.
—You can have a ghost made to your custom order. This may take more than a month to complete if it’s a complex order.
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I want to continue sharing my passion for ghosts, but I can’t do that if I’m overworking myself trying to make ends meet. If you like what I do, please consider sponsoring me so I can continue doing it.
Want to support, but can’t commit to a monthly subscription? Buy me a Ko-Fi! It’s just $3!
Victoria @boomable (special thanks for helping me set Ko-Fi up right!)
Since every one of my ongoing supporters have been a member of the UDT server, I kept my patrons up-to-date on an individual day to day basis in Discord rather than Patreon itself. Once I get some off-server patrons I’ll have a need to post special content on Patreon again, and I’ve got some fun ideas for that!
Can’t even spare a Ko-Fi? You can still help by reblogging and sharing this post, and share your enjoyment of ALL ukagaka ghosts with your friends!
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