A Bit of Introductory Info

About Me:

Hey there! I'm Tony Yotes and I've been teaching myself game development since I was a high schooler in 2010. My most popular game to date is Adventures in Equica: Unicorn Training (A mobile action RPG with over 150,000 downloads!). I've been trying to make a career out of indie game development since 2013 and have spent the last 7 years studying and practicing everything I need to know in order to make this dream project a reality.

Here I am 6 released games (and about a dozen side projects) later!

What Pledges Go To:

The purpose of this particular Patreon is to act as an open donation box. You'll be able to support my gamedev efforts in any way you can and I'll be able to use that money to improve the game and get it in front of as many people as possible.

Game development is probably the most difficult and time consuming medium anyone could try to work in, so only passionate, ambitious, and frankly insane people dare to take it on. Countless hours go into programming, writing dialogue, drawing sprites, mixing sound effects, planning out cutscenes, and detailing the 200+ pages of the game design document serving as the game's blueprint. And all this is done by only me. A mostly self-taught starry-eyed kid from Florida. (Thank goodness I at least have a couple friends making the music for me!)

With continued support to help make this game a success, future games could be even better! New team members can be commissioned, new marketing efforts could be tried out, the game could be brought to more conventions to be sold in person, and better development software/equipment can be purchased.

Fulfilling Rewards:

Game development consumes enough time as is, so any rewards here won't be anything that slow down development. That’s why I opted to have a few OC trainers in the game based on participating donors. The game needs to be filled with trainers anyway, so why not design 10 more and scatter them around the map or have them pop up as randomly occurring Stadium opponents?

Please note that one-time & PayPal donations also make you eligible for tier rewards. Don’t ever overextend yourself and only contribute what you easily can. Your own financial well-being is more important than my overambitious idea for a series of pony RPGs.

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So, new visitors, thank you for taking a look at my Patreon. Donors, thank you for these extremely generous pledges. I’ll do my best to make sure you aren’t disappointed. Battle Gem Ponies is going to be amazing, and it’ll be because you helped it get off the ground in the first place.