Your Name In The Credits!

My dear readers, hello!

Today I'd like to talk about one of the benefits we are offering and how we'd like to handle it. As you might know, patrons from the Dear Guest tier and above are promised to have their name in the game's credits. At a glance that sounds simple — what's the difficulty in adding a list of names, right?

But I like doing things in the Minotaur Hotel way, and there are a few details to it that we, as developers, will have to manage with care.

For example, what should be done when patrons unsubscribe? Should their name be kept in the credits? My answer to that is that I believe their names should remain. The way I see it, contributing to the game's development should not be seen as a purely transactional and impartial choice — there is an emotion there, which has been cherished and nurtured in the game and should likewise be appreciated and handled with care outside of it. That is to say, even if our patrons decide to reduce or end their monthly contributions, what they did for the game should nonetheless be preserved and acknowledged.

That is just one of the things I've had to think about when it comes to this benefit. There were, and still are, other questions. Today's discussion is about what I consider the most pressing one given Build 0.8's approaching release date: just what name should we use for each patron?

Most of our patrons use perfectly fine pseudonyms for their Patreon usernames, but a few use what seems to be your real life names. I could also frame this as a more subtle privacy concern; do you want this specific pseudonym to be associated with Minotaur Hotel?

We are a little more than a week away from Build 0.8's release, juggling the game's development, and we are still getting acquainted with Patreon. Constructing a robust and thorough solution to this is a bit out of our capacity right now.

I ask you to please check your Patreon username and decide if it's adequate to display in the game's credits. If you have any reservations, please contact us via Patreon's messaging system.

I'll be conducting my own assessment and contacting patrons whose usernames could plausibly be their real life names, to be extra sure, but it'd be a lot easier and quicker if those who need this support could contact us and inform what name they want in the credits instead.

That's it for now, have a good day!