Not necessarily anymore with DMD, because it's not on Patreon anymore, it's not even spoken about there anymore. You just have to
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to get access. Patrons are only supporting Melody now, officially.
Regardless of your opinion on the cycle, we should simply be grateful that the game is still being developed after Patreon cracked down and ousted it, and that the devs didn't ditch the game like Dark Silver did with Big Brother. It's not a new direction, it's making the best of a bad situation, which isn't preferable, but it's the best we can hope for right now.