More like financial in troubled, who knows those die hard patreon members keep throwing their own money into the game just in order to release it. what i want to see is those negative reviews on steam once this game is released and then face bombarded with a lot of criticism.
and what's more they will release the game as early access game think about it... how much can he get that a lot of money from steam users??
Team Nimbus did some really shady shit a while ago, encouraging their patreons to go on other forums and outright lie about how good the game is and dismiss any criticism. With a template etc. of what to write.
They know full well what they are doing, it's an all too common scam on platforms like patreon. So in regards to what the developers of cloud meadow and people like them are doing. They release a project "full of potential" (at least in the eye of the victim), and then make small meaningless "updates". Quite profitable. They get to do their normal every day full–time job and by doing a few hours of work every month. They each earn an extra grand or two a month.
What I think fanboys of this "project" (scam) and scams like them are doing. They think other people don't see the potential in the game and want everyone to support this "endeavor"... maybe, just maybe this is what will get the "project" rolling. Driven by a lost cause fallacy, a sense of solidarity with the portrayed victimhood of the developer(s) (when they rightfully are criticized for their awful practices), or by a lack of blood flowing to their brain—only thinking with their dick. It doesn't matter in the end, as they will be preyed upon by these scam artists all the same.