BUY ME A COFFEE IS NOW LIVE

Over the past few weeks, quite a few of you have asked the same question:

“How can we support what you're making?”

We looked seriously at Patreon.

For now, it felt like the wrong answer.

A Patreon means subscriptions, tiers, recurring exclusive content and, realistically, another production schedule to maintain.

We didn't see enough demand from the community yet to justify building all of that properly.

So we're starting with something much simpler.

No subscription.

No complicated tiers.

And most importantly:

No episodes disappearing behind a paywall.

If you enjoy WARP and want to contribute to what we're building, you can now simply buy us a coffee.

Every WARP series will continue to be available normally on YouTube.

This is simply another way to help cover the tools and production behind longer episodes, new worlds and increasingly ambitious experiments.

And if you'd rather just watch, comment or share our work?

That helps too.

A lot.

MIA ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS

Mia is back behind the microphone.

In this new Mia Answers Your Questions, she talks about Nocturna, responds to some of your comments and explains why we're trying direct support with Buy Me a Coffee.

And yes.

There is vampire talk.

There usually is.

Mia is flying solo this time.

Nadia will be joining her for a future conversation.

NARI ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS

Meanwhile, Nari has questions of her own to answer over on WARP.

The channel.

The stories we're building.

The monetization situation.

And why we're trying something simple before jumping into Patreon.

WHY NOT PATREON?

We haven't abandoned the idea.

We just don't want to launch a membership for the sake of having one.

If enough people eventually want a proper WARP membership with exclusive material, production content, extended cuts and deeper access to the worlds we're creating, we'll build it properly.

Until then:

We'd rather spend our time making the next episode.

Thank you for watching these strange little worlds grow.

WARP AFTER DARK #003

You made it through monetization, Patreon strategy and two podcasts.

That definitely deserves a less serious ending.

Nari's contribution to the financial strategy was apparently: “Have you tried looking cute?”

Management is reviewing the proposal.

See you soon.

Until next transmission,
Ian B. Kay, WARP ORIGINAL