We did that with QFI but for OOTT only Steve and Myself were using the profits from the sales to maintain a wage, everyone else was paid up front.
You would literally have to do something else to fund this, and do it for the love of the art and whatever profits you happen to receive.
There are easier legitimate ways to make money online as you doubtlessly know.
You have to love what you do in any case for others to fall in love with it, same for writing, it shows. I think you guys do, to be honest.
The actual truth is I am a published writer, my punctuation and even spelling in real life is horrible btw. I type and speak into a recording device I pay someone to structure this, this is a cost I incur that initially was over my advances.
I did not let this stop me but kept at it until this was no longer the case.
My subject matter, is also not mainstream you know.
I used to be a info seller in the old days of such pre internet. I was not a cheat I followed up, and I made money.