Giving more to our Patrons!

Starting 2022, we’ll be extending the benefits our Patrons get. Wohooo!

Here are the benefits you’ll be getting over lifetime support. This does not encompass only Patreon itself, but it’s global! We keep track of your donations on our forums (eg. buying VIPs or donation drives) and Patreon on top.

Short list:

1. In-game title;
2. Gravestone;
3. Permanent access to all testing and early access to all AoA products we’ll ever release;
4. Custom picture;
5. Custom NPC;
6. Custom Quest;
7. Become a God!

Long list:

1. At 100€ lifetime donations: You will receive an exclusive in-game title.
2. At 350€ lifetime donations: You will receive a custom grave-stone in-game. It will come with a description of your choice as well. You can pick the location yourself :)
3. At 500€ lifetime donations: Permanent access to all forms of testing for AoA. You can take part in all builds we’ll ever release from pre-alpha all the way to release. This will include both the game itself, as well as features and companion apps for AoA (if we end up developing them);
4. At 700€ lifetime donations: You will receive a custom picture in-game. Any picture of your choice (that we’ll custom redraw into a stylized version after you request it) will be used as a prop in the game. It can be your portrait, your cat, whatever you’d like. It’ll hang in Wimbourne’s (Floor One, our main city) art gallery.
5. At 1000€ lifetime donations: Design a custom NPC in the game. You can have it look however you wish and fill any job/occupation you’d like. We’ll also have nothing against attaching dialogue into it, we’ll just tweak it to fit the world/lore if necessary.
6. At 2000€ lifetime donations: Design a custom Quest in the game. We’ll try not to limit you and will make it as free-flow as you’d like. You’ll get full creative control over it, but of course, we’ll have to make it fit the lore and world. This can get very big quickly, is also not that simple to implement, so hence the higher tier. The quest can be about anything, you can also relate it to NPCs (like the one you created before). This will also come with its own custom suite of NPCs you’ll be in need of to create the quest.
7. At 6000€ lifetime donations: You can create (or become) a Deity. You can turn yourself into a literal, almighty God. You’ll receive your own religion, believers and can design your own rules and values. It can be anything, for example, a jungle tribe believing in a Coconut Deity. It’s up to you. You’ll also get a custom statue modeled for your deity if you so desire.

Time-based rewards, disregarding your total donation amount:

1. 6 months of patronage: Exclusive in-game title;
2. 12 months of patronage: Access to the entirety of the beta phase in the future;

Meanwhile here are the benefits you’ll be getting with your standard ranks as Patrons:

1. All Patrons get a place in the game’s credits. Rank doesn’t matter. Can be your real name or nickname of choice. We’ll be messaging everyone about it when the time for credits comes.
2. All Elite Patrons will get a role-specific pet, mount equipment, and costume set in the game.
3. All Master Patrons will get a role-specific pet, mount equipment, and costume set in the game.
4. All Legend Patrons will get a role-specific pet, mount equipment, and costume set in the game.
5. All Legend Patrons: your name will be engraved on a stone wall on Floor One in the city of Wimbourne, inside of the Hall of Fame.

Now as for the issues related to the more expensive, custom rewards:

1. All this is written assuming we won’t have 100’s upon 100’s of Patrons.
2. If we do end up with thousands of patrons, we’ll have to say “stop” at some point, meaning those rewards won’t be up for all eternity. If we ever reach a point where we have too much to do to handle custom mobs or create full religious tribes for you, we’ll have to stop/cancel these rewards. Those are big tasks and could go on for weeks to set up, which might hurt development time.
3. We know it’s a crazy amount to some, but there are equally crazy people out there who would probably overload us with work to get custom things done for them. Getting your pet dog displayed in a video game is quite a flex to some. To get those rewards poofed into existence, we have to keep it to a small group - otherwise, we’d be unable to pump out content for the game outside of these. Not to mention, there are people who already qualify for some of these in the community!

Additionally! Those are not all rewards we’re planning. The list might get expanded in the future as we develop new features and things like premium currency in the game (if we end up going with one). Thus, you can expect more rewards down the line. One coming to mind would be custom torches (the floating light orbs/crystals we showcased in a past Patron update), just to name one.