I hear ya about this. Eventually the reasons start sounding like excuses, etc. All of those reasons are definitely legit, but for sure eventually things start sounding routine an like the "my dog ate my homework" or "the boy who cried wolf" situations. I hope that isn't the situation here, but I have my thoughts (more on that below).
Not the best AVN ever

, but this one had plenty of followers for sure (myself included and being the first AVN I got pulled back into the world with). I'm with you: hopefully it's nothing major/serious, and my fingers are crossed. I have my theories and speculation on what could be the deal looking at how sudden things were (again, more on that below).
I mentioned this on the trainwreck of a Discord server only yesterday and again today; however, the more I thought about this, this seems like more of a Patreon issue or something that TLG was notified about and he (or Patreon) pulled the project. A couple of reasons:
- November 1st is right around the corner and since TLG hadn't changed to Patreon's subscription billing model, all patrons would have been charged on that date. That's a lot of money to leave on the table.
- Copyright issues...perhaps less about assets or renders, but potentially the music.
As I was just thinking about this, I remembered the fan playlist that was put together on Spotify:
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. If you listen to some of the songs on there, you'll notice there are lyrics,
while in-game there are no lyrics/vocals. This leads me to believe that there could have been a DMCA strike or copyright claim at some point, and TLG didn't address it in time or something. Hence the project being pulled either permanently or temporarily.
I know, again I'm speculating, but it seems to be the most logical possibility to me. My hope is we will have some clarity in a few weeks, especially after the 1st of November,
but I'm not holding out hope.