the real dev sold this game
That's onr working theory that assumes the original Kyle was trustworthy and would have completed the game but due to Patreon suspending his account twice, fell into debt and needed to sell the title PDQ.
With the amount of fuckups in this development hell, it's hard to find a coherent explanation. Selling the title would explain some things, but it fails to account for others. Continuous ownership by the same person explains those other things but fail to account for some.
Notably, if the game was sold, the new owner would want to recoup the cost by doing minimal effort to keep patrons happy. But ultimately, it's not smart to shed patrons so much, so development should have been more steady, even with minimal effort.
If the game wasn't sold, it's the original dev fucking with the patrons to milk the game for all its worth. One thing it fails to account for is setting up a whole website apart from Patreon, keeping it running and setting up billing through CCBill. It's not that hard, but it's certainly some effort that goes beyond 'minimal.