This content was created by Michael Evans. This content was uploaded by Michael Evans. This is a YouTube video titled "Don’t Be a Sellout — Be Part of Your Community" created on June 13, 2025, discussing the importance of being an authentic part of the gaming community, particularly in the context of crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter.
I'm making sweeping generalizations, but as a group, I think highly suspicious of outsiders attempting to capitalize without sort of earning an authentic place in that community. So when I've seen this go wrong, is someone who does not know how to make or play games just kind of like swooping in to be like, hey, games people. I hear there are a lot of you give me money. You know, I mean, I think it's really, really important to back games campaigns to, like, follow games campaigns to work with. If not a games designer, game players, game reviewers, like, be an authentic and real part of the community. Because I think folks can smell someone who's just trying to, like, take advantage in an inauthentic way. I mean, Kickstarter is all about community, like, in every possible way. And so, like, really understand that and, like, know, you know, I mean, that's the same advice I would give someone who's funding a book for the first time. Back campaigns follow creators, like, don't just sort of drop in and be like, well, where's my magical Internet money?
