Update Post! Dec. 5th, 2024 (Patreon stream later today!)

Hey Patrons, here's your first update post for December 2024!

First off, a big thank you to anyone who had previously initiated their Patreon payments using the iOS app and switched to a different form of payment. We discussed this a bit over the last few months, but the changes actually went into effect last month. I chose to cover the 30% up charge and didn't know how much it would really effect things, but it appears to have had little to no effect on my Patreon income. Awesome!

2025 is going to be a year of big things and restructuring as we prepare for Patreon's removal of the pay-per-creation format in November 2025. We'll talk about that more over the next few months.

For now, lets focus on the end of the year! Here's a quick look at the to-do list:

• Next: Necrofantasia (Touhou Perfect Cherry Blossom)

• Dec: The Fog (Persona 4)

• Dec: Baking the Wondertart (Cuphead DLC)

• Winter Special (TBA)

• 2024 Finale (TBA)

• 2025 Premiere (TBA)

• TBA: Memories of You (Persona 3)

• TBA His World (Sonic '06)

• TBA Arrow of Time (Cassette Beasts)

• TBA: The Oracle (Secret of Mana)

• TBA: Project Peppermint, GBA Medley 2, Wii Medley

Ok ok, I know it might seem like a lot, but assuming all goes according to plan, half of this will be gone by the end of the month. I went ahead and threw in placeholders for the Winter Special (gonna go ahead and make this official) as well as the 2024 Finale and 2025 Premiere.

Necrofantasia will be next up (preview within the next couple of days), I might be following this one up with The Fog then Baking the Wondertart. Either way, I have both of those songs slated for this month.

I have some great songs lined up for the Finale/Premiere spots, but I am waiting to see what gets chosen in today's Patreon Stream before I make any official confirmations or reveals. I may also hold off on the handpicked PRL choice reveal for the month until a little bit later, dependent on today's result.

As for the Winter Special, this is something I started doing in 2020 but have said every year that I "would only do if I have the time". The concept seems to have grown on the community over the years to the point where I've had many people asking about it, so I believe we can go ahead and make it an official thing.

I've previously chosen the winter songs completely on my own (sometimes with Patreon Discord channel recommendations like Northeast Frost Street), but this year I'm going to turn to the community for suggestions.

I've created a form here where you can submit up to two Winter Special suggestions. I'll also be sharing this form with the GaMetal Discord community. As such, I've turned off the viewable results summary (people can get a little wild with changes sometimes when they can see the results lol), however I do have response editing on in case you want to change later.

If a particular song soars above the rest, that will most likely be the song I choose. If it's close enough between multiple songs at the top, we'll decide the victor here in a Patreon Poll.

The form will close at the end of the weekend on Sunday Dec. 8th. I will post either the winner or a poll here after.

And lastly, our monthly stream will take place at our usual date and time today (Dec. 5th), starting around 4:00 PM US Eastern Time (approximately 3 hours from this post).

That's all for now, we have a big month ahead, so buckle up and get ready, I'll see you again soon for our stream! 🙂

TL;DR: Winter Special this year decided by community suggestions via this form (the same form will be shared on the GaMetal Discord), monthly stream at usual time today @ 4:00 PM US Eastern. End of year songs revealed later this month. Thank you for being amazing!