Pistol Shrimp just wanted to share a gigantic “Thank you!” with everyone who has joined our Patreon. We are honored, excited, flabbergasted, and really so happy to have so much support in a just couple weeks since our announcement.
Thus far, all of us have been investing in Pistol Shrimp using our own savings. For the past couple years, we’ve looked at the usual methods of funding like traditional investment, venture capital, and publishing deals. Those can work, but in each case we have learned from experience that we’d have to compromise UQM2’s development somehow: to make it more commercial, to make it less accessible to players, or to be less open with our development.
We’ve also come up with some downright crazy ideas, like having the Druuge and Melnorme launch competitive digital currencies, or actually ransoming parts of the game (“Cough up the dough or the Yehat takes a long walk out of a short airlock!”). There was even a plan which involved sending 25 lbs of cheddar cheese to William Shatner. We’re not sure how that would have made money, but – trust us – it was going to be a guaranteed success.
While we still have some wild ideas in our back pocket, we believe our community is our greatest asset—for funding, for developing UQM2, for creating our studio, and for making things that people will enjoy. We are so glad to have you all here, and be sure to join our Discord to participate directly.
Thank you, again, to everyone supporting us and our journey together. Please check out our Patreon if you’d like to join!