I messagged the creator a few months ago saying that I knew he was busy but that he should give us a progress update.  At that time I was supporting the creator via Patreon.  The creator messaged me back saying he would put out an update (not a game update but a progress update) in a few weeks.  3 months went by and no progress updates were given out.  I messaged the creator again and said that unless he could spare 5 minutes to give his paying supporters some kind of info about progress I would have to stop supporting him.  I got no response and now I have stopped supporting him.  I hate to do this but I budget $200 per month to support creators I like, while I know that updates can take forever I also know that when a creator stops responding generally that means they have moved on.  And that is totally ok - most of these are passion projects and sometimes the passion runs out.  However I don't want to piss away money either.  I don't think this game is dead, I think the creator will put out something this year - but I wont offer anymore financial support until I see something new.