Hey everyone. Thanks for your ongoing support of Cataclysm--it's having enthuiastic players and modders that make creating a game worth it.
Cataclysm is, and always will be, free and open-source. However, if you would like to encourage me to put more of my free time into Cataclysm, a donation is a great way to do so.
I've resisted the idea of accepting donations for Cataclysm for a long time, but the fact is I'm a starving artist, and would really appreciate it if you would show your support by making a small contribution to the game. The more money I receive through donations, the more time I'll be able to put into Cataclysm--hey, maybe one day I'll be able to do like Bay 12 and develop Cataclysm full-time!
You can donate using the PayPal button at WhalesDev.com. Thanks again for all your support. I'll be keeping track of who donates, and will put up a Special Thanks section in the game--I'm also toying with the idea of putting statues to contributors in in-game parks, though we'll see what the response looks like before I commit to that. Thank you so much for playing!
Hi Whales,
I've sent a little something to show how much I appreciate both your creating the game, and especially your choice to make it Open-Source! Not to mention your choice of development platform, which makes things a lot more convenient for me
When I mentioned your thoughts to my girlfriend, regarding possibly implementing statues in the map, dedicated to supporters, she mentioned something similar having been done on Neverwinter Nights mods. More or less the same idea, contributors (both developers and those who'd donated) had statues/flower gardens created in the cities dedicated to them.
I think it's a very elegant way of having the contributors acknowledged within the game world, without actually affecting the game. I think it's much better than any sort of vanity item system, as implemented in some games, especially given that players wouldn't interact with each other directly on here.