Community members you can support financially [in a way or another]

[Katamori]

I've been noticing is that the Doom community grew a lot since I joined the first time and with the simultaneous appearance of platforms supporting content creators, there's also a handful of people who, in a way or another, started using platforms through which you can support them.

 

I haven't found a comprehensive list of such creators (mappers, speedrunners, testers, designers, really anyone) in the community, however, so I decided to give it a shot with this post.

 

Now, the definition of the crowdfunding can be stretched so first of all, I list the means of contribution that I can count here:

• Being a Twitch Affiliate or Partner. While not truly donation since streaming can mean financial effort, it still adds as an income. Also very simple to verify.
• Having a Patreon page. Maybe the most direct meaning of crowdfunding so far.
• Having a Ko-Fi page. Also a popular crowdfunding platform.
• Provided a donation option on website, social media, etc. - including having a Paypal address, Revolut username, public bank account number, anything like that. The old way.
• itch.io page. May not be directly Doom related, but shows off a skill that can be utilized in Doom. Note: I prefer to specify it only for people who already had a mod or map release.
• Bandcamp page. Lots of musicians out there, this is the best DRM-free option. Note: I prefer to specify it only for people who have music releases of any Doom map/mod soundtrack.
• Any other crowdfunding platform. Did I miss anything important?
• What I DON'T count here: monetized Youtube channels.

 

 

My preferred way is to list people alphabetically here, with a link to DW profile where applicable, and then additional URLs for each available method. This list is constantly expanding based on your replies and DMs.

 

On demand, I can add to each user, what are they doing for easier browsing.

 

Feel free to write more people like them in the comments, and I'm going to add them to the list as soon as I can!

 

EDIT: please, pretty please, if you once posted, don't after-edit the post, becaue I may miss out on your later addition!

 

@AD_79

• Bandcamp
• ...I think he's Twitch affiliate too, and ideas?

 

@Ancalagon

• Twitch affiliate

 

@Austinado

• Twitch affiliate

 

@Bridgeburner56

• Twitch affiliate + Streamlabs tip
• Patreon page - if I understood correctly, this income goes not only to him, but to a collective of several content creators? I don't know, still very high quality results that speak for themselves.

 

@Coincident

• Twitch affiliate
• Patreon page

 

@CoTeCiO

• Twitch affiliate + Streamlabs tip

 

@DavidN

• Patreon page

 

@DBThanatos

• Twitch affiliate + Streamelements tip

 

@Deadwing

• Bandcamp

 

Decino has no DW account but there's no way in Hell I leave him out of this list.

• Patreon page
• if you don't know him, this is his Youtube channel

 

@Doomkid

• Patreon page
• there's an expired Paypal link on his Youtube channel, might be fixed at some point

 

@Dragonfly

• Twitch affiliate

 

@esselfortium

• Bandcamp
• PayPal

 

@FrancisT218

• Twitch affiliate

 

IcarusLives has no DW account either, but a big player in this field.

• Twitch affiliate + Streamlabs tip
• Patreon page
• if you don't know him, this is his Youtube channel

 

@jazzmaster9

• Ko-Fi page

 

@Jimmy

• Twitch affiliate + Streamlabs tip
• Patreon page
• Ko-Fi page
• Bandcamp

 

@Katamori (myself)

• Twitch affiliate + Streamlabs tip
• PayPal link

 

@leejacksonaudio (composer of the Rise of the Triad OST, legendary person!)

• Bandcamp

 

@Looper

• Twitch affiliate

 

@Major Arlene

• Twitch affiliate +Streamlabs tip
• Ko-Fi page
• Website (has her own merch)

 

@Marisa Kirisame

• Twitch affiliate + Streamlabs tip
• Patreon page

 

@MtPain27

• Patreon page

 

@Nash

• Patreon page

 

@Nevanos

• Twitch affiliate

 

@PhysixCat

• Twitch affiliate + Streamlabs tip

 

@PillowBlaster

• Patreon page

 

@PRIMEVAL

• Bandcamp

 

@Remilia Scarlet

• Ko-Fi page

 

@Sergeant_Mark_IV

• Patreon page

 

@stewboy

• Bandcamp

 

@Suitepee

• Twitch affiliate + Streamlabs tip

 

@TerminusEst13

• Twitch affiliate + Streamlabs tip
• Paypal link

 

@Tristan

• Bandcamp

 

@Velvetic

• Bandcamp

 

@yakfak

• Patreon page
• Bandcamp

 

@ZeroMaster010

• Maintainer of Twitch channel DoomSpeedDemos, an affiliate channel. Income here goes to the sustaining of the computer he's streaming from, I assume? Also supports DSDA as a whole - again, I assume.

 

 

Edited February 12, 2022 by Katamori

[Biodegradable]

 

@Doomkid

• YouTube
• Patreon

@MtPain27

• YouTube
• Patreon

@General Roasterock

• YouTube
• Twitch

@Dragonfly

• Twitch

Decino

• YouTube
• Patreon

 

Edited February 10, 2022 by Biodegradable

[Major Arlene]

Addition to Bridgeburner, Age of Hell Patreon

Addition to Jimmy, Patreon and Ko-Fi

 

(also thank you very much for this thread!)

[Suitepee]

I like the idea of this thread.

[azerty]

@DavidN

• Youtube
• Patreon

You can't forget the rabbit :)

 

This post is a very good idea should maybe even be pinged

[Doomkid]

So glad I wasn’t the first to mention David :)

 

Also the PayPal link being dead on my YT page is just a subtle example of the stunning quality and forward-thinking the world has come to expect from Doomkid Products™️!

[Marisa the Magician]

Oh, this seems nice.

[Katamori]

4 hours ago, Marisa Kirisame said:

Oh, this seems nice.

 

Don't you have a Twitch channel too? I think I remember you!

[OliveTree]

oh, uh idk much about other users, but i have a bandcamp here: https://etherbottle.bandcamp.com/

 

I really love the idea of this thread

[esselfortium]

Nice thread idea!

 

I have a bandcamp page and a paypal.

https://esselfortium.bandcamp.com/

https://paypal.me/esselfortium

[Katamori]

20 minutes ago, OliveTree said:

oh, uh idk much about other users, but i have a bandcamp here: https://etherbottle.bandcamp.com/

 

I really love the idea of this thread

 

Thanks, but, to be honest, I really want to avoid it becoming a wishlist/requesting thread. Of course anyone can request himself to be added for a thing or another, and the boundaries about who should be added are very fuzzy, but for you Bandcamp, I strongly prefer not to, because it seems your music has absolute zero connection to Doom modding, and I'm not sure if you ever had any map.

 

Donating to someone to do whatever they want is risky enough on its own, because once you get money, it's easy to lose control and spend on yourself rather than pouring it back to your project. Thus, I want to keep a quality standard here and include only those who contribute to directly Doom-related things, or at the very least used to do that in the past.

 

E.g. Nevanos rarely streams Doom nowadays but he's a great speedrunner. Or CoTeCiO who I'm not even sure ever made maps after Town Infection - but at the very least he did THAT! And also, for people like MajorArlene or Esselfortium above, it's not even a question since it's obvious they are still actively contributing and been doing that for years.

 

Sorry, no offense to you, it's just that halfway across I realized this thread can grow out of control pretty easily.

Edited February 11, 2022 by Katamori

[jazzmaster9]

Currently have a Ko-fi
All donations here go to Commissioned content for current and future Doom projects.
https://ko-fi.com/jazzmaster

[Velvetic]

This is actually a great thread that can help a lot of cool people!

[Katamori]

6 minutes ago, Velvetic said:

This is actually a great thread that can help a lot of cool people!

Yes, that was my goal exactly. Recently I've met far too many people who do art-related works and I noticed how much they rely on crowdfunding and how big of a difference can it make to have even just ONE permanent supporter for someone.

 

I have this long-standing principle that everyone should be able to live off of what they love doing, to not hate their job, but sadly alone I don't have enough money to support everyone.

[OliveTree]

3 minutes ago, Katamori said:

 

Thanks, but, to be honest, I really want to avoid it becoming a wishlist/requesting thread. Of course anyone can request himself to be added for a thing or another, and the boundaries about who should be added are very fuzzy, but for you Bandcamp, I strongly prefer not to, because it seems your music has absolute zero connection to Doom modding, and I'm not sure if you ever had any release.

 

Donating to someone to do whatever they want is risky enough on its own, because once you get money, it's easy to lose control and spend on yourself rather than pouring it back to your project. Thus, I want to keep a quality standard here and include only those who contribute to directly Doom-related things, or at the very least used to do that in the past - e.g. Nevanos rarely streams Doom nowadays but he's a great speedrunner. Or CoTeCiO who I'm not even sure ever made maps after Town Infection - but at the very least he did THAT!

 

Sorry, no offense to you, it's just that halfway across I realized this thread can grow out of control pretty easily.

oof, no no i absolutely get you!

 

For the record I do have a number of smaller projects but for the most part its just a dtwid repack thing and a mappack that rightfully nobody knows about (i do actually have a doom reimaging album in the works but its a ways off and is more "doom related" than "doom modding related"). There was a doom comic I was working on ages ago but idk that i have any pretense of continuing that project in that form although i definitely flirt with the idea a lot.

 

Most of my finished work is from when I was like 15 and is REAL terrible lmao, which I think is probably the case for a lot of people here.

 

On that note, a fair observation that vibes with your reply is that time is the most valuable currency, and a considerable bulk of why more of my stuff is unfinished right now is due to working basically 24/7.

 

But also, most community projects dont exactly need money, per se, and thats a part of this thread that I admittedly don't fully understand. I guess with regards to the Doom album I'm working on, that is something which money can contribute to.

 

I'm rambling now though!

[Katamori]

2 minutes ago, OliveTree said:

Most of my finished work is from when I was like 15 and is REAL terrible lmao, which I think is probably the case for a lot of people here.

 

Then I think it's the best for all of us to wait a bit with it for now.

 

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On that note, a fair observation that vibes with your reply is that time is the most valuable currency, and a considerable bulk of why more of my stuff is unfinished right now is due to working basically 24/7.

 

Don't worry, I know what it feels. Since I'm making maps again, I literally didn't spend any time with anything else but work, Doom, and sleeping. This is unsustainable for the average person. That said, it's not a hundred bucks a month that's going to change it.

 

Hell, for most countries not even a thousand bucks would give you the self-confidence - and those numbers are already pretty fucking high up there. The only person on this list right now who earns four figures via Patreon is Decino and he doesn't even have a DW account.

 

So, while yes, I totally support giving money to mappers, there's just not enough supply of altruists for everyone opening an editor. Again, no offense, I may not have used the most politically correct words here but I can't put it any other way.

 

I definitely wanted to reply though because I think, rambling or not, it's a very interesting topic to discuss and this is the best place for it.

 

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But also, most community projects dont exactly need money, per se, and thats a part of this thread that I admittedly don't fully understand. I guess with regards to the Doom album I'm working on, that is something which money can contribute to.

 

I have faith in you ;)

[Velvetic]

I would've linked my bandcamp page here, but since the only Doom related content there is "Atmospheric Extinction OST", maybe not.

[Katamori]

8 minutes ago, Velvetic said:

I would've linked my bandcamp page here, but since the only Doom related content there is "Atmospheric Extinction OST", maybe not.

 

For fucks sake, you created the music for a Cacoward runner-up and don't want to share your Bandcamp?! :O

 

I mean, alright, I rambled a lot above about standards and all (+ never played Atmospheric Extinction) but I think anyone who contributed to significant extent to major, or at least good quality releases should be on this list.

 

Then again, I can understand you're humble about it if you have no other Doom-related stuff on your music portfolio, but if you want to create more music for WADs and you think sharing your profile here would contribute to that, then feel free to do so, really.

Edited February 11, 2022 by Katamori

[OliveTree]

hey, if you're curious about my doom music though! here's a preview track Ive been a bit inspired now to put out there: https://etherbottle.bandcamp.com/track/victory-the-end-of-doom-doom-1993

 

The reason that donations would contribute to this project for the record is because I made the mistake of doing the bulk of the work for this on Soundtrap last fall, which is a service that holds the lossless mixes of your music hostage if you don't pay a monthly subscription. I've since transitioned to using Ableton Live exclusively but theres a reason this specific project is kind of on an indefinite hiatus. I legitimately don't have the disposable money to acquire and release even some of my finished work.

 

I want to say in case it comes off that way but this isn't me trying to bid for my inclusion on the list haha. Moreso I think it's worth being transparent about what I kind of implied earlier.

[Shepardus]

11 minutes ago, Velvetic said:

I would've linked my bandcamp page here, but since the only Doom related content there is "Atmospheric Extinction OST", maybe not.

I was just about to link your Bandcamp whether you asked for it or not =P

 

So here are some Bandcamp pages:

 

@AD_79: https://ad-79.bandcamp.com/

@Deadwing: https://deadwing1.bandcamp.com/

@leejacksonaudio: https://leejackson1.bandcamp.com/

@stewboy: https://stuartrynn.bandcamp.com/

@Tristan: https://tristanclark.bandcamp.com

@Velvetic: https://velvetic.bandcamp.com/

[Velvetic]

36 minutes ago, Katamori said:

Then again, I can understand you're humble about it if you have no other Doom-related stuff on your music portfolio, but if you want to create more music for WADs and you think sharing your profile here would contribute to that, then feel free to do so, really.

 

Most of the songs there have a MIDIfied version available on my MIDI Pack (https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/music/velvmidipack), and since then I contributed to Alien Vendetta MIDI Pack and the OST for Abysm 2: Spirit Falcon expansion pack. And I plan to do more.

In any case, here it is: https://velvetic.bandcamp.com/

Edited February 11, 2022 by Velvetic

[Marisa the Magician]

5 hours ago, Katamori said:

 

Don't you have a Twitch channel too? I think I remember you!

I figured it would be rude for me to self-advertise but since everyone else is doing it I guess it's fine.

 

The twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/marisadoom/

The one-time donations for the twitch: https://streamelements.com/marisadoom/tip

The patreon: https://www.patreon.com/marisakirisame

[yakfak]

noice idea!

 

https://www.patreon.com/zzzv

^ big backlog of various music, writing, gamedev n stuff, occasionally it's about Doom x3 mostly it's about projects which will never finish

 

https://zan-zan-zawa-veia.bandcamp.com/

buncha albums including MIDI and OPL work

 

https://zan-zan-zawa-veia.itch.io/

some goofy retrogames

 

almost everything's available for free tbh, I don't wanna leech, i'm just a weird bug on the periphery of a bunch of creative communities including doomworld and haven't really done anything you need to pay me for

[Katamori]

@yakfak I added your itch.io page but it's a bit stretching on the boundaries; no problem for you, Doom Wiki has listed a lot of contributions to you, but I want every platform here to keep for people who would actually do something for, or close to the Doom community.

Edited February 11, 2022 by Katamori

[Remilia Scarlet]

ngl it's awkward to self-advertise this for me ^_^;

 

https://ko-fi.com/remiliascarlet

[Bridgeburner56]

On 2/10/2022 at 11:51 PM, Katamori said:

if I understood correctly, this income goes not only to him, but to a collective of several content creators? I don't know, still very high quality results that speak for themselves.

Yup can confirm! Anything raised via the patreon goes to funding the project which includes commissioned work, buying software (substance designer is expensive) and reimbursing the team for work already done, several of which are part of the classic doom community.

Speaking of, should add @PRIMEVAL to the list
https://johnsweekley.bandcamp.com/

[m8f]

Nash Muhandes: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NashMuhandes

Pillowblaster: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Pillowblaster

[Katamori]

On 2/11/2022 at 11:14 PM, Bridgeburner56 said:

Yup can confirm! Anything raised via the patreon goes to funding the project which includes commissioned work, buying software (substance designer is expensive) and reimbursing the team for work already done, several of which are part of the classic doom community.

Speaking of, should add @PRIMEVAL to the list
https://johnsweekley.bandcamp.com/

 

He's already there ;)

 

 

Also whoah, didn't know a substance designer can get expensive!

[Nash]

Hi Katamori, thank you for the mention! :) I also have a Paypal, by the way.

I've got lots of cool stuff lined up for the community to use this year, any form of aid would be much appreciated!

[CoTeCiO]

On 2/11/2022 at 1:14 AM, Katamori said:

CoTeCiO who I'm not even sure ever made maps after Town Infection - but at the very least he did THAT!

 

Oh god, I didn't expect to see myself in a thread like this ever, I am very humbled to be included in this list, seriously!!

 

Regarding that, no, I have never released maps after Town Infection. I did, however, provide music, demos and beta testing for Doom 64 for Doom II.

 

I also recorded the entirety of the Doom soundtrack with my guitar and bass back in 2009, then I redid the project in 2014 alongside the Doom II soundtrack. I have that stuff uploaded in my Bandcamp, but I am not sure if that justifies its inclusion in the post? If not, that's alright, the sole fact that you mentioned me at all is more than enough for me. Seriously, thank you!

Edit: Grammar

Edited February 14, 2022 by CoTeCiO
Grammar