Wouldn't dropping the son route both nullify the the title and destroy the premise of the option to play as two different males aiming for a different female and thus again, giving a reason for the project in the first place? If that happens, think of the following, the whole code ( takes a long enough time to change things) and storyline would have to be rewritten( takes a long time unless there's a back up script with just the father route just laying around), new renders omitting the son's storyline( also takes a long time ) which would lead to several months probably for the new alpha, which would have to also have to be renamed, thus technically being a completely different game alltogether. I only know of patron being used to make pledges towards developers for a product( though im sure there should be a contract involved((freelance designer, always have a contract)) when paying money for a product), but, does each game per title, have to be pledged on individually? As I said i'm don't know much about the site and it's rules, but call it my paranoid mind at work, but I don't think dropping the son route on this particular project would help either rep or credibility out considering the unpleased consumers on this forum