I have some questions, and maybe the need of some feedback.
First of all; thanks to those of you who have donated! It has helped in covering the server costs - but it has also helped a lot in encouraging me. I am really grateful for that!
But my ambitions are larger than just this single server. In the end I would love to see lots of different realms with different themes. I want to implement lots of the features you’ve asked for. And to advertise this game so that our community can grow (albeit not too quickly! A steady growth is best ).
And to be able to finance this, I have plans of a supporter
system, where you will be able to unlock some additional perks, such as:
- Access to the
supporter
tag (Woohoo ) - Increased character cap from 5 to 40
- Increased character/room profile cap
- Access to create bots
- Multiple images per character profile (not implemented yet)
- Custom client addons (not implemented yet)
- … and more that I also haven’t implemented yet
My intention is to allow one time support, or to choose a monthly subscription. My thoughts so far are like this:
- One time payment will make you a
supporter
for 30 days - A subscription will be a monthly recurring payment
- Subscription can be cancelled at any time
- When a subscription is cancelled, you remain
supporter
for the remaining duration - Subscriptions are automatically paused if you haven’t used the service for an entire month (I really don’t like the business practice of hoping people “forget their subscriptions”!)
- When the
supporter
duration ends, perks are put on hold. Additional characters/profiles/images will not be active/available.
I’ve started to tinker with an integration with Stripe, to see how hard it is to accept supporter
payments (Answer is: not too hard). But I ended up with some questions:
Monthly or 30 day subscriptions
How does other games like WoW do it? Is their monthly subscriptions:
- on the same day every month, or
- recurring every 30 day independent on what month you are in, starting when you first paid?
If (1), how do they do with the first payment if it is in the middle of the month? Do they just charge half the price for the first “half month”?
And what would you think would be best for Wolfery/Mucklet?
So.
What do you think? Any opinions? Any suggestions? Do you think this sounds fair, or is there something you would wish to see made differently?
Also, I haven’t mentioned any price, but I am considering something like €5, €10, or €15. (€1 ≈ $1)
Phew. This is really not my thing.
But thanks for your input!