[owyn]

Yeah, wow. I backed VoxelQuest which is a kinda famously failed project now that was just on HN today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11904287

Projects like this can be great because you have direct contact with the creator. That might also be a huge distraction to the creator...

It doesn't take much patronage to support an artist. Dwarf Fortress is fan funded. This is probably the original manifesto that started kickstarter + patreon etc.

http://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/

[andruby]

I would suggest setting up a Patreon account and getting some recurring revenue that way. A few of the top paid Patreon's are working on games.