swordscomic posts from patreon

New Tiers Under Construction

Loyal Paladins;

My big order of vinyl stickers and postcards arrived, so I am setting up Sticker Club! This will apply to the Scholar and Royal tiers of Patreon.

Patreon are also adding unpaid subscriptions as an option, so I will be releasing some old stuff as "Freedom Tier" content! Apologies in advance for the string of notifications this may cause.

My goal with all of these changes is to deliver higher quality rewards at more well-defined inter...

2023-10-10 02:29:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Some upcoming changes

Hi guys,

Some upcoming changes to your reward tiers:

Paladins of Patreon:
I'll be moving some things from this tier into a public tier that everyone has access to.
The goal here is to make sure that the just-okay stuff like old wallpapers get people to visit the page, but that Paladins get the awesome stuff.
Weekly polls for which characters to focus on will return after:
- The second half of the Patreon Swor'nament
- The next up...

2023-10-01 06:00:57 +0000 UTC View Post

Cut the Deck - Move Card final polish pass

Here's a little look at what I hope are the final designs for each Move card.

I'm currently going over everything in the game with a fine tooth comb - I'm going to share little bits and pieces as I do, so you know I'm working hard.

A player has access to:

2 Atttack! Cards - Use your Sword card to damage the opponent
2 Block! Cards - Negate an Attack from an opponent
2 Buff! Cards - Add a Buff token to your Hero
2023-09-24 21:30:23 +0000 UTC View Post

Cut the Deck - Printable Tokens

I've prepared some printable tokens for people who ordered the basic Qwest Kit on Kickstarter. I'm sure you'll come up with some creative ways to track your matches even without these!

Includes:

- Damage Tokens (15)

- Gold Tokens (5)

- Buff Tokens (5)

- Burn Tokens (2)

- Necrotic Damage Tokens (4)

- Poison Tokens (2)

- Oil Tokens (2)

- Armor Tokens (5)

2023-09-23 01:54:46 +0000 UTC View Post

Seax Appeal & Textless, Uncensored Version

Unfortunately he discovered that the Church of Kargob was all about swords too.

2023-09-22 06:50:57 +0000 UTC View Post

The Paper Rapier & The Textless Version

The Lizardmen get such a bad rap.

2023-09-22 06:50:05 +0000 UTC View Post

Call Of The Cursebreakers & Textless Version

You purge the land of evil swords and they just keep finding ways to sneak back in.

2023-09-22 06:49:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Cry For Attention & Textless Version

Checkmate. Go fish.

2023-09-22 06:48:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Grin And Barbear It & Textless Version

His brother Gladius will not be glad for long when he hears the news.

2023-09-22 06:47:20 +0000 UTC View Post

Choose Your Weapon II & Textless Version

Remember, remember, to catch up on Swordtember.

2023-09-22 06:46:16 +0000 UTC View Post

Webcomic Workshop Vol. 2

Ways I Monetize

These are the ways Swords makes an income online. They are not ranked in any particular order.

1. Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/swordscomic

Swords is supported by Patreon!

At the time of writing, these are the stats:
800 patrons (yahoo!)
$1,584 USD per month ($2678.68 NZD)
Ranked 51st out of all Comics Patreons (this ...

2023-09-15 01:26:28 +0000 UTC View Post

The 2023 Annual Survey is here

Hi,

Every year in September I ask the community for feedback and I'd love to hear from you all:
https://forms.gle/88Df1rD2jTZqNT4f7

Thank you!

2023-09-14 10:42:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Webcomic Workshop Vol. 1

Hi, I'm starting a new blog segment called Webcomic Workshop, because I'm almost ready to leave X forever and I no longer think it is beneficial to share my pearls of wisdom there.

So...

How the Reddit algorithm works (from an outside perspective)

These are my experiences engaging with /r/comics over 5 years. It has grown from 1 million subscribers to 2 million in that time and the upvote numbers mentioned below have stayed consistent.

2023-09-13 22:57:18 +0000 UTC View Post