We want to say at first that this announcement isn't an April joke. It's really important for us and we are really asking you for help.
The development of Beta-1 is going, but it’s not going well. The problem is that the work is very expensive. No one will work for you for free, you should pay for your team. But D’LIRIUM sales don’t make enough profit that I can pay for my team, and also feed myself.
It's not a pleasant to pay from your pocket and then eating ramen noodles at the end of a month. Especially when you have another project in development.
So I’ve decided to make a page on Patreon in hope that there will be those who wants to support the development. All the money that we will earn on Patreon (and maybe other services), will be used to fund D’LIRIUM development and our other projects. Check out the list of things that we need to pay for:
- Cinematics. The serious and big CG cutscenes with a good directing and voice acting instead of script. They should be responsible for filing a story and to replace the screensaver after the death of the player. One of those cinematics you can see by starting dev_build.
- Tiles and sprites. Graphics are mostly drawn alone. My friends helped me with this. However, it's a lot of work. To come up with the design, then to realize it and to compile every detail to a full-fledged level, after all. I’m tired and I'd love to give the opportunity of drawing textures to someone else.
- Translating the game to the other languages. There are some enthusiasts who are ready to translate the game to their native language, but not everywhere. We want to embed as much languages as possible.
Then goes a list of not important things, but still quite good:
- Software. It can help us work faster and better, also to port the game to other platforms etc.
- Equipment. For example, synthesizers for huge vastness of sound and music experiments.
Our patrons can watch the work in progress content and also they will be included in the credits. We hope you like our idea so we can have some cash. Thank you so much for playing D’!
