There was a lot of drama going on.
Possibly the biggest point of complaint was because there is a trans character in the story you couldn't avoid in the beginning.
The negativity that followed was massive and got quite personal.
Also, a lot of people didn't get why Luxee was using the format he is using and jumped to uninformed conclusions.
When Luxee added an option to avoid Nea, he did it by basically skipping her content - which wasn't enough for those who wanted her removed permanently, while she still was one of the first/major cornerstones of what he wanted to create a game around.
Then he removed the slightly before-confirmed third path of just befriending Nea that people who wanted to see her story without romancing her had hoped for.
His solution of how Nea possibly removes herself from the story again got emotions up between people seemingly liking what she did to herself and people who didn't want to continue because they now knew there was this unseen path where she did so.
On a softer note, there always was the question if this shouldn't have been two games - one about Nea, and one about the harem/incest.
In the end, the negativity around Nea and against himself made him leave the forum and seemingly considerably reduced how much he worked on it - the game he was really excited about creating and the story he wanted to tell for years.
Not everything he did was the right/best choice in my mind, some of those decisions helped stoke the flames, and I myself would have loved that third removed path - but neither he, the game nor Nea deserved how they were treated and I totally understand how it can kill all your motivation (to put it mildly) if your creative work that you were so passionate about and yourself get that kind of reaction.
It's not my most favorite game ever, the production schedule right now isn't helping in any way - but I am happy to see him continuing - if only because I hope it shows he hasn't completely shut down over all this and can still find some kind of enjoyment in what was so important to him - even if it is in small doses.
I'm still supporting him - but still on Patreon, because it is per update there.