More Details about Me, Patreon, Rewards, Projects, & License

 
Who are you?
Hello Everyone! I am Gofelem, a 2D artist, writer, &  game developer. I grew up playing jRPGs since the 90's and pretty much is a big part of my life and source of passion/inspiration. You can learn more about me on my website (gofelem.com/about).
What are you making?
• JRPG Fanart Art Packs - One of my personal project is making art packs for free as it is my way of sharing passion, the games I played, and stories I have experienced to everyone and maybe even helping others discover games or worlds that they yet to experience.

One philosophy that I always want to follow for myself is when doing my fanart art packs, I must at least have played the game/source material, experienced the story, and know the character.

• Gofelem's Wishlist/Roadmap of Art Packs to be made: patreon.com/posts/26577539
  Art Pack Sample:

  - For jrpg fans who are not familiar with a certain jrpg, I do hope that through this, I am able to help you discover jrpgs that you haven't experienced and get you interested, and perhaps it may end up becoming one of your favorite jrpg.  

- For jrpg fans who are already fans of this certain IP/series/game, I do hope you enjoy this certain artwork to relive or reignite your love for this certain game, making you feel nostalgic.

• JRPG-inspired Game Development "Draknier Story" - is a solo game development of jrpg-inspired game called "Draknier Story" which I am planning to release as free. This is not a one time project as I want to create jrpg-inspired games for the rest of my life. If you want to see the devblog, you check them here (gofelem.com/projects/).

• An extra/bonus which is an Emoji/Emoticons Pack and will be updated regularly for additional content and will also be free for everyone. Feel free to use them on any of your chat app, but only for personal use. Please don't, claim, sell or redistribute. Giving source/credit to me is very much appreciated.

Why all this for free?

I want everyone to have the chance to enjoy it!  

And if  you want to support, I want to let you decide if how much you think is the worth of the  projects(art packs/game project) i am working on or if you just want to support me so I can continue making content like these.

I am not even sure if it’s going to be sustainable w/ the amount of work I put on these, but I have also considered it when looking from other’s perspective and just following my heart (I know that it may be not smart in business sense to follow feelings, but that’s just how i feel). If you are happy with my projects(art packs/game project), that alone also brings great joy to me.

It is also my way of sharing my passion to the things i like and enjoy. Hopefully, it connects me w/ others and those who share the same interest! 

I also understand that not everyone has money to spare due to their difficult or complicated circumstances, but if you are one of those person and if you still feel interested in my work that I do, then I don’t want to paywall you. If you can feel enjoyment, learn, or relax w/ my works, then I am very happy with it. 

If you want to support me, you can do it anytime in future when you are out of trouble or have something to spare. Seeing you enjoy or take interest my work is already a great thing to me :).

Why Patreon?

With patreon, it will help me to easily connect with my supporters, get in touch, update them on what is happening, and get independent from freelancing.

I've been freelancing for around 8 years and it was about time to give time to work on my passion and dreams. There was not a single day I stopped thinking about my passion and dreams since I started and even before I started freelancing.

Why not just work on your personal game project?

Doing the jrpg art packs revitalize me mentally, reignites my passion, and it also allows me to share that positive energy and inspiration with everyone♥. Also, it's fun to talk or share moments about these games with fellow fans of the game!
Secondly, I want to give something back to my supporters as they are supporting me w/ their valuable money and not just progress report & expectations of my game project.

Since everything seems to be free, are there any incentive for being a supporter?

Yes! You are helping me achieved my dream and I want to acknowledge that as I am eternally grateful to you! As a supporter, you are a protagonist!
As a protagonist, you get credited both in my Art Packs and JRPG Game Project.
(Left Pair - Main Protagonist, Middle Pair - Mysterious Protagonist, Right Pair - Hidden Protagonist)

All tier rewards are pretty much the same w/ few differences:
Main Protagonists - Name and amount donate is shown
Mysterious Protagonists - Name shown, but donation is hidden
Hidden Protagonists -  Name is hidden, amount is shown(or hidden if requested)
Here is a sample of how a supporter is credited(This folder will be included on the art packs).

Your Credits will be included in the art pack.

If you have ever donated before or supported as patreon even once, you can: 

• message me if you want to get featured eternally in my website as a protagonist.
  
  
  Link to the protagonist's page on my website (gofelem.com/protagonists)
  
• Message me if you want to reinstate the role discord reward (Even if you have stopped supporting, at one point you already supported me and I am eternally grateful for it).
  
• message me if you want to change your discord role regardless of what patreon tier you choose.
  

Where does our support/money goes?

Around 5-10% will go to paypal and patreon fee. The rest will go directly to supporting me.

Reaching the 400$ goal will fully cover my monthly cost so i can put focus to the art pack and game development project.

Beyond that, it will go to improving the equipments for better production of art pack and game development such as being able to buy better sound resources instead of using free, better hardware for faster processing and rendering, and more creative and useful things that could help me with the production.

What are the license/terms for these art packs?

Free for personal use. Not allowed for commercial use.  Please don't sell,modify, or redistribute it.
If you want it to be on physical merch, you can print it for yourself or as gift to your friend/family/fellow jrpg fan. No official merch from me yet as I haven't found someone to work with yet. 
You may use it for youtube as an exception(even monetizing the video) as long as the video's topic is relevant to the artwork such as discussing about jrpg or the game it belongs to, but on the condition that you must provide credit to this patreon page as being the source.
You can learn more about the license with license file included in the art packs or at FAQs at gofelem.com/shop.
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I know that this section is long, but I want to be open as much as possible so you will know who and what are you supporting ｡^‿^｡.