Game of the Week | Patreon Weekly #116

Hey Patrons!

Firstly, the next Patreon Livestream will be this Saturday the 28th, at 8pm EDT! As usual, if you have any questions you’d like answered, please write them in a comment here, or on the Patreon Discord. Golden+ Patrons will be able to watch the stream live, and all patrons can access it after the next weekly.

For the rest of this weekly I’m covering Shattered’s recent App Store launch, and some progress on a refresh of the Patreon.

V1.0.1 and App Store performance

Currently I’m working on v1.0.1, which contains the usual bunch of bugfixes and translation updates. I might try and work a few small interface tweaks and QoL adjustments into it too. Expect that patch early this week, possibly later today!

As for the game’s first week on the App Store, things are looking very, very good. The game got strong support in its first day thanks to the TestFlight, and it seems my plan for using that as a springboard toward organic user growth is working perfectly! We have blown past active user counts from the TestFlight, and a majority of players are now non-TestFlight users! Things are still very early, but it’s looking increasingly likely that App Store revenue will make Shattered financially stable all on its own.

Part of this success is, as always, thanks to the community. Shattered sits at a solid 5/5 on the App Store right now, and I have seen so many instances of players spreading positive messages about the game online. Most notably, ShatteredPD was Touch Arcade’s game of the week! Thank you so much for your help!

Patreon Refresh Progress

As mentioned before, weeklies, polls, and the discord aren’t going to change much. This refresh is mostly about improving the page’s presentation and adjusting some of the less appreciated and more time-consuming benefits.

I have started looking into pin manufacturers again and will try to narrow a list down soon and pick one to work with. In particular I’m hoping to get one that will let me run the same pin in multiple colors (e.g. glitter and non-glitter) in a single order.

Regarding livestreams, I am considering changing the format in the future to let them still be monthly, but also more active and a bit less time-consuming on my part. The plan would be to change them to be public but restrict pre-stream questions and VOD archive viewing to patrons. Making the streams public will let me be a bit looser (less prep time) while still accomplishing the goal of direct interaction. It’s also likely to increase stream participation a whole bunch. Starting off each stream with pre-stream Patron questions is likely to help bring in some new patrons too.

Obviously changing the streams like this is a large shift, so please let me know what you think.