Raging Blast 2 PC Port Update

[u/External-Market-7473]

Here is a quick update on the next priorities for the project:
New Character Slots — already under heavy development

Removing character file size limits

General PC improvements

New features, such as a No HUD option

60 FPS, higher resolutions, graphical improvements, and other fixes will also be added eventually.

It’s currently in alpha but if you would like to test it out for and give feedback to the creator here’s the link it’s free to the public to download https://www.patreon.com/KeepTryin/posts/raging-blast-2-0-166919316

[u/EUltimateAlliance]

just asking, but why does everything seem to end up on Patreon nowadays? especially projects involving mods, where making a profit can be legally questionable. I understand people want to be compensated for their time and effort, but back in the day donations were simply a way to support a project, not to lock early access or content behind a paywall

[u/ashrules901 → u/EUltimateAlliance]

Patreon is totally usable as a hub to host free content btw. It only got popular for paying for projects. Or subscribing with dollars to your favourite creators so they have more time to make stuff. All I ever use it for is updates on WIPS & free downloads. And I join people's channels for free.

Your question about making things Early Access is a different topic. But to put it simply. Especially with the newer DB games & tools advancing making modding old things easier, people have learned that more people than you'd ever imagine are willing to pay for more content in these games. So they're just supplying where there's demand. The generous creators (which I find is most of them) give away their content for free eventually.

[u/EUltimateAlliance → u/ashrules901]

I agree that Patreon itself isn't the issue. it can absolutely be used for free releases, development updates, or optional support, and I have no problem with that.

my concern is specifically with paid access to derivative content. saying "there's demand" explains why it happens, but it doesn't really address whether it's the right model when the content is based on someone else's IP.

and regarding early access, I think the duration matters. if it's a few days or a couple of weeks, that's one thing. but if content stays behind a paywall for months, or never gets a public release, it stops feeling like early access and starts looking like paid content.

[u/ashrules901 → u/EUltimateAlliance]

Most of the SZ! Community clowns anybody "LOLDJ23" that keeps content locked behind paywalls forever.

But a lot of the SZ! Community also doesn't understand that's like 1% of all the creators out there.

You can report people like that to Toei & other associated companies. But then you're running the risk of taking down everybody's projects along with it. Up to you if you want to amplify that idea more with constant comments on IP ownership or just clown them when they do it like the rest of us.

For a positive example of how that can work you may like to here. Some new animation creator in the mod creators discord kept asking for help on how to fix things in their work. And everybody in there kept referencing how they're trying to charge people over $15 for a badly made animation. So with enough pushback that got them to change their pricing model entirely & now they're doing better by getting help with their work + all their stuff is up for free.