Donations as a Source of Income

slynk · 2010-09-07T07:36:09

I'm wanting to develop, and have already started, a game. My girlfriend is drawing the tiles and she, along with my best friend, are writing the story based off of my vague vision. After I get the game to a high standard for release, I want to host it on a website and advertise it. I'm wanting to ask for donations and maybe have a few ads on the site. My questions are:Do any users here host games on their sites and hope for donations? -If so, roughly how much do you make a month on your game/games?Do you believe I should be confident in my final creation and try to sell it instead of hoping for donations? -Does this put people off and ultimately hinder your income?I want to make some money any way I can; my job is pretty slow right now and while I look for another job to tack on, I was hoping to make a little extra income. Even $30 a month could help on food costs.I know there are a lot of "ifs" to think about, such as the quality of the game I release, the effectiveness of my advertisement, etc etc. But my main question is how other users' experiences have went in this situation.