You're making it sound like he comes out of the sky and promises eternal salvation. His communication is terrible and should always be taken with a grain of salt but an eta is always an estimate, not a grand promise. If they were a supporter from previous updates I'm sure they know his track record. I just think you're expecting too much from a one man team, he's working on Ep2 and has been since Christmas last year these ep1 updates are just on the side, ofc they don't add much content and test waters for future episodes. There hasn't even been a scene added since v1 until now. But that's what makes him a quality developer, he takes extremely long but makes a clear quality difference even from a big team like WildLife, and hasn't gone towards the money route in the slightest, he just runs on his own accord and time. You don't want this game going in a similar direction most other games on this platform have. Trust.
I didn't say that this update's lack of content was a surprise. To me, this just feels like the nail in the coffin, for why many people should take a break from financially spending money on something that will move forward with or without their support. Like many other successful games and projects, the more financial backers, typically, the more work you put in, or the more you expand your team, to properly delegate things. If he doesn't care about the money at all, since it wont change the outcome of anything, than why support him on any platform? If he needed financial help, he'd get it, but in the current state, maybe people should take a break and take a step back and let him work at his own pace, instead of having financials held over his head.
People clearly have patience, as do I, but there comes a time when you have to just forget it exists for a while, until its in a better state to be worth supporting. He gives updates for what's expected in a next update, and then delivers the basic stuff, but not the "juicy" stuff. I do not think that because "this is just the way he operates" is a reason to brush off the reality of things. This is not political, its realistic.
Its similar to paying for a streaming service, where you pay for the service because you like a certain show they produce. You pay "x" a month for it, the season comes out, and you realize its actually only a few episodes. You'd feel betrayed a little. Yea, the other content on the service is great, but you were there with the promise of something you wanted to pay for in the first place.
To make a metaphor:
You can only patch the holes in a ship so many times before the bow finally breaks. I think we should stop encouraging the patching of the holes, and let the ship dry dock for a while. Really let the work done, rather than watching and waiting.
