Right, that's what happened with 0.6 anyways. The beta was so broken, you couldn't even get to Caroline's new content if you started from the beginning instead of loading an old save. That still blows my mind.
Only thing I disagree with is I doubt you'd see quicker progress. I highly doubt 0.6 has actually been tested for over a month, rather the scenes simply weren't done (
Confirmed by Icstor himself) and barely any real testing took place.
Maybe Icstor hiring someone to help him create renders is the best thing that could happen for this game.