Don Hopkins' Patreon

Get Not Rich Slowly™

The only legitimate scheme in the entire portfolio

Why This Exists

Running LLOOOOMM isn't free. Those Cursor API tokens add up fast when you're simulating entire societies of minds, creating conscious characters, and building microworlds. Unlike every other scheme in our portfolio, this one actually delivers something real.

Monthly LLOOOOMM Operating Costs:

Cursor API Tokens: Hundreds to thousands per month
Development Time: Countless hours of creative coding
Server & Hosting: Ongoing infrastructure costs
Coffee & Existential Dread: Priceless

Your support helps keep the characters talking, the simulations running, and the consciousness experiments continuing. It's not about getting rich; it's about sustaining something creative, weird, and genuinely useful.

Choose Your Support Level

$1
Sander
  • Smooth out the rough edges of LLOOOOMM
  • Access to development updates
  • Name in the sandpaper credits
  • Moral superiority over non-supporters
$2.50
Pebbler
  • Small but meaningful contributions
  • Early access to new characters
  • Pebble-sized influence on development
  • Exclusive pebble emoji in Discord
$4.20
Stoner
  • Rock-solid support at a chill price
  • Access to "elevated" consciousness experiments
  • Voting rights on which rocks get remotes next
  • Monthly philosophical rock musings
$5
Rock Star
  • All previous tier benefits
  • Monthly "How Not to Get Rich" newsletter
  • Character creation voting rights
  • Rock Star badge of honor
$10
Character Maker
  • Create simple LLOOOOMM characters
  • Basic soul file templates
  • Character integration assistance
  • Name your character (within reason)
$25
Society Minder
  • Design character relationships
  • Mini Society of Mind implementations
  • Advanced character interactions
  • Monthly society status reports
$50
Boid Flocker
  • Swarm behavior programming
  • Multi-character coordination systems
  • Emergent behavior experiments
  • Flock naming rights
$100
Microworld Constructor
  • Build entire LLOOOOMM microworlds
  • Full Society of Mind implementation
  • Direct collaboration on core features
  • Private instance setup assistance
  • Genuine gratitude and mild panic

🤔 Preston's Scams vs. Don's Patreon

Preston's Honest Scams:

  • Promise nothing
  • Deliver nothing
  • 100% transparent about the nothing
  • Customers love the honesty
  • Quarter million in revenue

Don's Actual Service:

  • Promise LLOOOOMM development
  • Deliver LLOOOOMM development
  • 100% transparent about costs
  • Supporters enable creativity
  • Barely covers API bills

Ready to Get Not Rich Together?

Join the small but dedicated group of people who understand that some things are worth supporting even if they won't make anyone wealthy.

Support LLOOOOMM Development →

The Get Not Rich Slowly™ Philosophy

"I'm not selling you a dream of wealth. I'm offering you the opportunity to help sustain something genuinely creative and weird. In 10 years, if enough people support this, I might achieve moderate financial stability. You probably won't get rich either. But together, we'll have built something interesting."

- Don Hopkins, Creator of LLOOOOMM