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First and foremost, as we’ve done in the past, our team will be taking a month off in June, which means we won’t have any new updates coming out this month. Stay tuned for a spicy new date with Nenya in July!\n\nThe second announcement might be a bit tougher to hear, but we trust you’ll be on board with us. Over the past nine amazing years of our games being live, we’ve managed to keep our prices the same across the board while regularly pushing new updates and ensuring our team is paid a decent wage for their efforts. This includes through a global pandemic and assorted economic crises that tightened a lot of belts everywhere. In the past years, we’ve also been hit with rising taxes in our host country of the Netherlands, along with general rising costs and increased costs of living for our team. On top of that, this past year we’ve replaced our aging network hardware to an in-house server, improving game stability and performance. Due to all of this, we’ve determined it’s necessary to finally give our prices a small bump across the board so that we can keep things running, make sure everyone is still being paid fairly, and continue producing the content that you all enjoy.\n\nWith that in mind, here’s what the new structure will look like:\n\nBronze tier will increase from $1 to $1.50\nSilver tier will increase from $2.50 to $3.75\nGold tier will increase from $10 to $15\n\nIn-game credit bundles will all see a price increase as well in proportion to the Patreon tiers. These changes will come into effect after the June billing cycle, so all current patrons won’t be charged the increased amount until July.\n\nAll Patreon credit rewards will remain the same, however, access to the subscriber exclusive Va’Ges Station area will change in the future. In the coming months, we will begin to make more Patreon only characters, which will be available at different tiers. We want to offer value to all our patrons, with increasing rewards at higher tiers beyond just the in-game credits. To implement this, Bronze and Silver passes will each get their own Patreon pass accessible areas, while the existing Va’Ges Station zones will become exclusive to Gold pass holders. For the time being, Bronze and Silver pass holders will still have access to the current Va’Ges Station as we work on new content. Naturally, Gold and Silver pass holders will have access to the tiers below as well.\n\nWe understand that these are some big changes, but we will as ever strive to produce content that you all will love, and we hope you’ll continue to support us as we aim at our exciting new goals! As a small thank you and for a bit of action in June, all of our free seasonal characters will be available for the full month on the unknown moon. Enjoy the month, and see you in July!\n\nAs always, thank you all for your support of our game, and look forward to more content!\n\nKind Regards,\n\nThe Galactic Monster Quest Team\nwww.galacticmonsterquest.com\nwww.patreon.com/galacticmonsterquest\nwww.simtoysinteractive.com\n\nSupport the Galactic Monster Quest Project by purchasing credits and/or becoming a Patreon.\nSkip the wait and enjoy unlimited credits with Galactic Monster Quest’s Platinum Patreon Tier!\nReplay dates, fast-track progress, and get early access to new content.", "description_bbcode_parsed": "Greetings, explorers!

We have a couple of announcements for this month. First and foremost, as we’ve done in the past, our team will be taking a month off in June, which means we won’t have any new updates coming out this month. Stay tuned for a spicy new date with Nenya in July!

The second announcement might be a bit tougher to hear, but we trust you’ll be on board with us. Over the past nine amazing years of our games being live, we’ve managed to keep our prices the same across the board while regularly pushing new updates and ensuring our team is paid a decent wage for their efforts. This includes through a global pandemic and assorted economic crises that tightened a lot of belts everywhere. In the past years, we’ve also been hit with rising taxes in our host country of the Netherlands, along with general rising costs and increased costs of living for our team. On top of that, this past year we’ve replaced our aging network hardware to an in-house server, improving game stability and performance. Due to all of this, we’ve determined it’s necessary to finally give our prices a small bump across the board so that we can keep things running, make sure everyone is still being paid fairly, and continue producing the content that you all enjoy.

With that in mind, here’s what the new structure will look like:

Bronze tier will increase from $1 to $1.50
Silver tier will increase from $2.50 to $3.75
Gold tier will increase from $10 to $15

In-game credit bundles will all see a price increase as well in proportion to the Patreon tiers. These changes will come into effect after the June billing cycle, so all current patrons won’t be charged the increased amount until July.

All Patreon credit rewards will remain the same, however, access to the subscriber exclusive Va’Ges Station area will change in the future. In the coming months, we will begin to make more Patreon only characters, which will be available at different tiers. We want to offer value to all our patrons, with increasing rewards at higher tiers beyond just the in-game credits. To implement this, Bronze and Silver passes will each get their own Patreon pass accessible areas, while the existing Va’Ges Station zones will become exclusive to Gold pass holders. For the time being, Bronze and Silver pass holders will still have access to the current Va’Ges Station as we work on new content. Naturally, Gold and Silver pass holders will have access to the tiers below as well.

We understand that these are some big changes, but we will as ever strive to produce content that you all will love, and we hope you’ll continue to support us as we aim at our exciting new goals! As a small thank you and for a bit of action in June, all of our free seasonal characters will be available for the full month on the unknown moon. Enjoy the month, and see you in July!

As always, thank you all for your support of our game, and look forward to more content!

Kind Regards,

The Galactic Monster Quest Team
www.galacticmonsterquest.com
www.patreon.com/galacticmonsterquest
www.simtoysinteractive.com

Support the Galactic Monster Quest Project by purchasing credits and/or becoming a Patreon.
Skip the wait and enjoy unlimited credits with Galactic Monster Quest’s Platinum Patreon Tier!
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