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ZACH
Every bit helps keep the lights on at Camp Seven.
SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT

Help keep the lantern lit.

Pattern Retained is made by one developer at Dryline Games, on evenings and weekends, about fifteen hours a week. A Patreon membership is how it becomes a full-time job.

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MEMBERSHIP ON PATREON

Free, then four tiers named from Camp Seven

Every paid tier puts your name in the game's credits, kept there for good. Prices are per month.

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Listening In

Free

Follow along for free. Public devlogs and polls land in your feed, and you can join a paid tier whenever you like.

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Lantern

$5

Keep a light on in Camp Seven.

  • Every devlog two days before it goes public
  • Members-only posts: work in progress, clips that aren't ready, what broke this week
  • The Lantern role and the patron channels on our Discord
  • Your name in the game's credits, kept there for good once you've joined
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Crew

$12

Sit by the fire while it's built.

  • Everything in Lantern
  • The Workbench: one long read or video a month that takes a system apart
  • A vote in the monthly poll that picks the next Workbench topic
  • The Crew role and the Crew channel on Discord
  • Your name in the Crew section of the credits
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Workshop

$30

Pull up a stool at the bench.

  • Everything in Crew
  • A live dev call on Discord once a month, about an hour, recorded for anyone who can't make it
  • Your questions answered first, on the call or in the monthly Q&A post
  • The Workshop role on Discord
  • Your name in the Workshop section of the credits
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Signal Keeper

$50

Keep the tower lit.

LIMIT 25
  • Everything in Workshop
  • Your name on its own line in the credits, under Signal Keepers
  • A personal thank-you when you join
  • Limited to 25, so it stays personal
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WHERE THE MONEY GOES

The road to full time

  1. $400/monthThe running costs are paid: the official server, art and sound tools, the build machine.
  2. $600/monthOne more full day a week on the game.
  3. $4,400/monthPattern Retained becomes a full-time job.
WHAT'S PROMISED, AND WHAT ISN'T
A post every week about what was built, including what didn't work.No promised release dates or features. Plans change when a playtest says they should.
NEVER

Never power for money.

This holds for Patreon now, and for everything we sell later. Nothing you pay for makes your survivor stronger than anyone else's.

  • No advantage: no stats, weapons or armour
  • No in-game items for a pledge
  • The playtest is never behind Patreon
WHEN IT'S FOR SALE

Fair, from the start.

BUY ONCEWhen Early Access opens, you buy the base game once. Cosmetics are extra, and optional.
DRM-FREE, PLUS A STEAM KEYBuy direct from us and you get a DRM-free build through our launcher, and a Steam key for your library.
FOUNDER PACKSCOMING LATERSupport the game early and get a founder's look for your survivor. Cosmetic, like everything we sell.

Can't support right now?

That's fine. Follow along for free, tell a friend, and join the Discord. It all helps.

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