The customization in this game to be is pretty amazing, the promising of doing hot stuffs in this neighborhood is enticing and the last post of the dev with the new features in-coming in the new updates is encouraging.
But for a viewpoint of someone who want to support this project, they are not a lot of communication about the development. Having 3/4 month of silence after your first post presenting your game, especially in Patreon, is really a bad move.
I don't want to be the guy giving lessons to others about how they should manage their shit. But they are a lot of red flags about this, which don't give us fate about seeing it complete one day.
- A one dev project
- The only dev have a full time job and only work on this in their spare time. Clearly the dev is prioritizing their full time job (and that's normal, everyone has bills to pay and must eat something)
- Making a game require A LOT, really, A LOT of times. Pretty sure we won't see half of the content complete next year with how the development is going
- The lack of communication about the development progress (waiting for 3/4 month for update is a no and especially if you are supporting the project)
- Putting a focus about the graphics and customization and not the actual gameplay. They are a lot of that, abandoned games with beautiful aesthetics, chara-design but with 0 gameplay. I understand that it's to attract people, but if they are nothing to do...
I'm not saying all of this to push you to stop what you are doing, but managing and promoting a project is also something you have to consider, and especially when you are making a whole game ALONE.
The only advice I can give you is "make it simple". 1 feature = new version. Post an update about your progress every 1/2 weeks even if they nothing to say, or you are struggling with something, they are people out there who will likely help you. The few people who manage to make a game from A to Z are just the exceptions, not the rule.
I will support the project when they will more regular updates about the development AND the game.
Edit : Give use actual gameplay in the next version. The game is pretty, the customization is awesome, now give us gameplay.