No, just slower progress since MrD and his team must develop 2 games instead of one.
We really need a post easy to be found for everyone to stop the same questions and wrong statements reoccur every 3rd post -.-
But have there been such a post or statement?
What I've see is one week, Mr.Dots issues a strong statement with "will finish DMD no matter what" written in bold letters. I had so much respect for him as a creator for sticking to his original creation, and with such a strong statement. Mr.Dots have up and till this point been consistent with his posts and the wording within them. I all fell apart the very next week, with the "we will have to focus on the new game instead". Despite what the team is up against, that is just a total 180 in my book. Leaving only vague assumptions in its stead.
Also from a creators point of view: I've already seen how little weight 'no matter what' holds for him/them. So what will stop him from continuing on Melody after the first release? Commenters on patreon seems overexcited for every new melody-information he throws at them, to a point where i think the ass-kissing is just sickening (sorry, but my interpretation of it), and it's been explained how important the economical aspect is for the teams future. Could be wrong about this, but I really dont see the new game failing at this point. Patreons are excited. Past experience makes the next game able to start out stronger, and the team is able to correct past story-mistakes. Reuseable assets. And so on
if Melody is a success; "hey, people like it. Lets continue". If Melody is mediocre recieved; "Not good nor bad. But we can work with it. It's safer than going back to DMD"..
To many pros for continuing the new project, unless he really true to his first announcement. I would have hoped for a comforting message about DMDs future at this point. Yet nothing, and it seems more and more like an eternal kickstarter-game where fans keeps it artificially alive for a long time to come.
*edit: I hope time will prove me wrong.