As many of you know, I'm working on a full-time job currently, while also running lectures on the University being a PhD student. That leaves pretty little time for any hobbyist activities. Recently though I had a change of heart as for the way my life should look like. Mainly I understood, that I won't be able to pull off my PhD if I maintain a full-time job. I started to pursue alternative options. While I do have some things that I could make a living at while not doing it full time, this is probably not enough.
As many of you probably know Dwarf Fortress (a great "roguelike" indeed!) is totaly donation driven -- up to the point that Tarn ( the author ) uses donations as his only source of income. True, the difference here is the popularity of DF and it's sheer scale of immersiveness, yet I started to wonder if I could at least mimic such a model under a much smaller scale. A fraction of compared income for, let's say, 2 days of ChaosForge roguelike dedicated full-time development.
However, I have no clue how to pull such a thing off, and I'm sure that I wouldn't be able to do it without the support (in terms of help, not money) of the community. Any suggestions, opinions (also against), or proposals for making it work are at the price of gold for me now.
The future of ChaosForge is in your hands now!
P.S. Also, I'd really want to use this occasion to thank again Zaimoni for being the most dedicated ChaosForge supporter -- you make me ashamed that I don't spend more time on the projects...