Weekly devlog #21 - Working full time

Hi everyone! Today is finally the day, that I start working on Crystal Realms full time! In this devlog I will talk about what this will mean for the future of Crystal Realms.

Faster development
Obviously this means that development will speed up. But not only because I will have more time to work on Crystal Realms, but also because the new client is almost finished, and I am almost done with resizing the player. These were both huge tasks that were essential to the future success of the game, but were not really adding new content to it.

Weekly updates
You read that right, Crystal Realms will now have weekly updates! This doesn't mean that every week there will be a major update like the halloween update or the magic update. But every week, if there is no major update, I will add between 1 and 3 new items. These items could be new decorative blocks or new clothing items. Don't expect new functionality from these items, they will mostly be reskins of existing items. That way you don't have to download a new version of the game, and it is just an extra to keep you engaged while I am working on the real update.

Monetization
You might be wondering how I will make a living from the game now, since there is no real monetization yet. Right now I still have enough savings to not have to worry about it for the next 1-2 years. And I will add in-app purchases when the android version releases. But some of you have already asked me how they could financially support the game. Because of that I set up a ko-fi page for the game. There will also be some rewards for the people who donate, and you can read more about that on the ko-fi page.

https://ko-fi.com/crystalrealms

Funding items
For the people who want to support the game a lot, you can do that by funding items. You can pay 30 euro/USD to fund a 1 by 1 block, or 60 euro/USD to fund a clothing item. This means that you can tell me what item I should add to the game, and I will draw and add it. Then once the item gets added I will announce in the discord server that this item got funded by you, and in the items description it will also say that it got funded by you. There are some restrictions to this, and you can read more about that on our ko-fi page.

Halloween update
In about a week I will release the halloween update! I am keeping most of the things that will be added in it a secret, but I can tell you that it will revolve around these little guys spawning in your world during the event:

That's it for this week's devlog! Remember that update weeks don't have a devlog, so expect the next one in two weeks.