Lucille

I know this is a veeerry old thread, but I wanted to chime in here about Kickstarters and perhaps lend a little advice to anyone considering going that route for funding. Developing a pet site is very expensive. Unless you get lucky and have the artistic skills, the programming knowledge, etc. and can do it all yourself at your own pace, you're looking at a ton of money for assets. Kickstarters are a great way to go in helping with that, but in my own personal experience, a successful Kickstarter does not always mean a successful pet site. When I first read about what was happening with Evocality and saw that they'd raised so much money, I said to myself, "if I had that much cash, it would easily be enough to finish my game!" Not long later I put together my own Kickstarter and was thrilled to have exceeded the amount we needed by a small portion. I was very careful, I made a budget and stuck to it, and sadly, my game is still in development. I can definitely relate to everything Leef has said. I've been struggling in my personal life and feeling incredibly burned out on my game. If it weren't for a couple friends who have been helping me stick to it (it still amazes me how many people love my game sometimes), I'd have long since given up. Thankfully, though our progress is very slow, we're still pushing forward and I hope someday we'll reach the finish line! So, my advice... Kickstarter isn't everything. Be realistic, don't rely on hope. Be prepared for failure. When it happens, rally to those who believe in your dream, too, and let them assuage your doubts. @Leef... I'm glad to see you around again. I know it's never easy to speak up when people are upset with you. And I wish you the best, should you decide someday to pick up the pieces of Evocality. My inbox is always open to you.

SKELLRI IS AWESOME!!! <3

Just want to throw in a good word for dracula! I love working with him. His work is very creative and well done, he's a good communicator and he's always delivered when he says he will. I've hired him several times and will continue hiring him.

Oh yeah! For sure! And thank you n.n

Oh a friendly face! It took me a second, but I remember you. ;) Anoua, it's coming very slowly. I was out of work all summer (blehhh) and had so much personal crap going on that things got behind. We're trying to push forward though!

I play some, but am down to a few. I'm developing my own pet site, Origins.

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Hi, I am Lucille and I joined on 09/12/17! View Member I was previously Lucille_DDW on VPL, good to find this place and see some familiar faces!