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@Acriax I think this is a brilliant idea and I wholeheartedly support it!

With that being said,
A couple of colleagues and myself were looking to do something similar a couple of years back and to also utilise Patreon but due to issues with Epic Games frowning upon bulk-free assets and monetization outside of the UE4 Marketplace we released that the overall scope would have to increase to support that such as creating our own custom UE4 Launcher / Marketplace, etc (these days we could easily use Gumroad, etc.)

Feel free to check out the forum thread if you’d like to know more: [Free Marketplace Assets] A Patreon page funded approach :D - Community Content, Tools and Tutorials - Unreal Engine Forums
(there sure is an interest for this type of service based on the total views for that forum thread being 14,343 as of writing this)

And if you’re interested in collaborating then shoot me a DM (or add me on Skype) and we can get the ball rolling :slight_smile:

Noteworthy info:

  1. We have a website called GameDevCrate.com + pretty much all social networks, etc secured with that name which we’d be happy to share with you.

  2. I have a ton of both current and former work colleagues and acquaintances who would be more than happy to help contribute to this project in some capacity.

  3. We’re incorporated as a company which may help open up the door to from additional areas to help such a project grow.

  4. I personally would be happy to help front some start-up money for the project and might know a couple others who might be interested in doing so too.

  5. The reason we did not proceed with our own project a couple of years ago was due to the timing being off.

  6. We stopped working on games and moved our focus to software.

  7. A couple of us got cushy new AAA job offerings with the downside being that there were strict non-compete, etc employment contract clauses.

  8. The initial scope of the project not being possible due to Epic Games denying us access to the UE4 Marketplace for releases and thus requiring us to create our own platform for distribution, etc.

  9. Our main issue with getting this up the ground is our limited free time so having someone dedicated and at the core of the project would be ideal for both parties and if you’re interested that very well could be you :smiley:

  10. A lot of other stuff best discussed in private at this point in time :wink: