dude, you can choose to pay or not for whatever you want, that's not the point. the point is, it is really shitty to try and pressure a dev into making what YOU want. the patreon is not made to fund the dune game, it's made to fund all of balsamique's projects. be they art, games or even 3d renders.
also YOU want dune, not we.
also also, he's not dropping dune, you are being very misleading in implying he gave up on the game. dune is finished, has been for a while and balsamique is STILL making new updates on occasion, dude even went as far as to get his patreon in potential trouble by adding more alia content.