"This is the first and only pledge to Aylia's Story for thousands of hours of work between the VX Ace prologue and the MV port."
There is so much wrong with this statement, it's insane. Thousands of hours of work, most if not all of which is rehashed work from a public demo that has not been updated in many years. Didn't you used to say you were partway or nearly done with chapter 1? What happened to that? If I'm not misremembering, why change to MV? What was wrong with VX Ace? Engine ports are a massive project killer for many games, so unless there is a good reason for it, such as game breaking issues that cannot be solved or impossible to continue adding new content, so serious issues, I would strongly suggest you stick with what you're already using, even if several more RPG maker engines release between now and chapter 1's eventual release.
Another bit of advice, since I know you used to do this back when I used to be a Patron (cancelled for financial reasons) I would also suggest: fuck updating art. At least, for now. Maybe revisit art once certain milestones are reached, for example, updating the art if it's needed in the prologue during development through chapter 1, or better chapter 2, or don't revisit it until the game in it's entirety is near complete or the art is vastly different. I still remember your first bout of art updates, to me, it looked virtually similar, and was not worth the time invested in redoing it. Hell, I have a demo from 2017 still, I checked the art in there compared to more recent art, and if the art at the start of the MV demo is as old as 2017 art and the end is the recent shit, that would be a hundred times better, and much more time efficient, than what's in the now. No clue when your last art revisits were since I haven't followed any of my Patreon follows for a couple years, but I feel this is important. People want a game first, art second.
The statement I quoted alone makes me want to absolutely hate this project, despite absolutely loving it in the past, but the fact it's pledge system is on a main update system gives you some leeway, however not as much as it used to, since you said the first pledge would be chapter 1.
The harsh words are deserved, but for the love of everything don't disregard constructive criticism because of it, even if you've been bombarded with it for years.
