I thought his most recent post on Patreon was quite revealing of his mindset. To quote: "Ultimately I can’t keep making the game if I don’t love it." (His italics). I thought it was a job, a full-time one at that? Why does this sound like a threat? If he was pausing payments or had structured it so that he was has being paid per release, he might have a point and could allow himself more freedom. Instead, he's being paid a large sum per month and those that are paying have to wait to see progress until he feels enthused again? This is absurd. This is childish. Everyone who writes experiences frustration or a lack of enthusiasm. Writers who deliver a column once, twice or three times or week -- do the words flow easily every time they sit down? Of course not. Is there any novelist or really anyone creative, totally and utterly happy with the end result of their work, and who doesn't wish to sneak a few edits in before it's handed in? There is not. But it's a job, there's a deadline. If I don't write this column, I won't get paid. If I don't hand this draft in, I'll lose my contract. Artists make comprises all the time.
Crush has, quite brilliantly, fashioned a world where he doesn't have to make any, he can just keep restarting, keep searching, and he'll be be rewarded. It's really in his best interests to never commit, never finish, no matter how bad or stressed he might feel about it, because he's being paid for the process never the result.
