KOI'S PROFILE

author=zaeran
Hey at the end of the day, it seems like you did right by your backers, and you prioritized what was important: Your health and well being. You don't owe an explanation to people who haven't given you anything.

I hope this sees completion, and hope that you can be well as you do it.

Thank you, I hope I can finish it some day too. One of my friends who has been collaborating with me on music projects for over a year has volunteered to help. Not on music though, but because he likes coding and is willing to try learning RGSS3. If I need any more music past what I've got, I'd definitely try contacting Ela Destler again since she definitely had a cohesive vision for the soundtrack.

Well this blew up.

author=Corfaisus
And before anyone forgets this: the intent behind this was not to cause drama. An inquiry into the business dealings and ultimately a push towards not using time or what-have-you as a crutch to not get something done. On the opposite side of the coin, we have:

Business dealings? Yo, the business dealings are over. Refunds were sent, backers have their answers. What more do you want from me, you weren't even a backer to the project! Why do you care this much?

This incessant self-promotion of how you're so high and mighty because you have projects finished is not only condescending and narcissistic, but also presumptuous and lacking in any form of empathy. You think I'm using a "crutch" by saying that I just haven't had time? What do you assume I've been doing with my time? Sitting in a dark room eating doritos like the stereotypical jobless sloth? Well I'll tell you if you're so interested in why Qui Domi was never finished.

In college I developed chronic tendonitis after over-working my hands on an animated short film. I've now had this injury for 5 years, and that significantly reduces my abilities to work. Let alone have any time for myself to do things like draw, play video games, cook, or anything that involves my hands.

After doing videos in my spare time as a hobby while working retail, I suddenly grew an audience and the demand for more videos took up more of my time until eventually I could monetize my work and quit customer service. When I'm not nursing my injuries with my plethora of icepacks and pain killers, I stream multiple times a week for hours, and need to push out several videos a month to my YouTube audience and Patreon community to stay relevant and keep a steady source of revenue. These videos take days to months to plan, edit, animate, etc. That's my job, that's how I pay my bills. I can barely find a moment to do something I enjoy on my own in between either working tirelessly on videos and art, or staying completely still in a hot compress to soothe my ever-exacerbated injuries through the nature of my work.

How dare you come and make assumptions about my life, insinuate that I'm lazy, call my Kickstarter a cash grab, and blatantly shill your own work in proclamation that just because you did it everyone who doesn't is making excuses.

(Oh and don't you dare say "just get medical attention" I have been in physical therapy, tendonitis is incredibly hard to treat especially for someone like me with hypermobile hands)

EDIT: Since you love talking about your own success so much, here's my main source of income.

author=kumada
Hey! This is happening!

I've backed it, and there's a few things you might want to consider.

You may want to set some achievable (read: things that will not drive you crazy trying to do them in a timely fashion) stretch goals (art book, short story, world atlas, etc), as donating tends to go faster when everyone's working towards earning new stuff. You might also want to cap the maximum number of backers on the $50 pledge, since a flurry of people could back at that level and then you'd be stuck trying to draw and program dozens of creatures. An incentive to share the kickstarter link on social media (a new piece of artwork released after 25 shares, etc) could also help spread the news about your project and get more feedback/donations/traffic for your kickstarter page.

Finally, even if your goal is only to raise enough money to pay for the music, it's worthwhile to have a plan in case you raise more.

Qui Domi has been a lot of fun to play, and I hope your kickstarter goes well. I'll be cheering from the sidelines.

Aw, thank you for the support! ;v; I really don't know what stretch goals I'd have... I'm not good at crowd funding anything because this is my first project (including the GoFundMe).
EDIT: I've added stretch goals now. I think they're reasonable...?

What do you mean by incentive to share?

author=Corfaisus
I don't have an account on kickstarter so I can't comment there but I have to ask: with this much done, why is money needed to see this project through to the end and where will it be going? Rainbow Nightmare: Libra had this same problem. It promised that everything that needed to be done for the game was already being taken care of and that the money was just to ensure that the game would be put out in a reasonable amount of time (years later, all we've got is a demo and no word of progress).

What would improve if people throw money at this project?

I need money to pay my composers for their music.