I worked my ass off on EP2 and EP3 to get them released within a 6 month time period each. That was a year of me sacrificing every free minute I could spare and whatever money I could invest to work on it. Unfortunately, despite people loving it, that wasn't enough for most to throw support my way, and for me to keep going within those type of deadlines... I hope it can get better in the future, but I highly doubt that. Episode 4 is also incredibly complicated, so I'm taking my time to make sure everything works exactly as it's supposed too. It'll be done when it's done.
Even though I'm slowing down a tad, I'm still miles ahead compared to the milkers out there. But hey, people favor supporting them instead of the true hard-working devs.