What's there to explain? It's what the game is. You can decide if it's worth your time or not. If not, I'm sure you'll find something else that will satisfy your needs.
This is exactly what a developer with no passion left would like to say.
Honestly Stoper, KinkyFarmer is right. I'm not trying to troll you or be a bitch, but that non answer is extremely telling. I'm glad this update is complete, and you did communicate that the cheating route wouldn't be significant- so I'm not going to knock you for that at this point. But that sort of dismissive, disinterested, answer sums up the last 2+ months of this game's development. At some point I think you need to issue a mea culpa because this update has been catastrophic, I really don't know what other word to use.
And you don't owe us the mea culpa, but your patrons deserve it. Even if they're totally cool with everything, I think it would be healthy and respectful towards them to put everything out there and fall on your sword. You've discussed the troubles with this update it dribs and drabs, but I don't think there's ever been a comprehensive accounting of the last 7 months.
Not only should you do this for your patrons, but you should do it for yourself. Are you still enjoying this game as much as you were when you started? Do you agree with the idea that your output over the last 6-7 months is a problem? If not, can you explain why? If you do agree that this update has exposed problems in your process, a mea culpa to your patrons would be an opportunity for you to conduct a self assessment where you can figure out what went wrong, why it went wrong, and how to fix it for the future. I actually don't think it's wise for you to even begin working on the next update right away because I suspect that you're probably really frustrated. A frustrated creator does not strike me as someone that is going to do their best work. I think you need to take some time to figure things out, and in the meantime I think it would be professional of you to communicate in detail with your patrons why this update went so awry.
That's an honest attempt to be helpful.