In context with prior postings, I'M FINE WITH DELAYS. I enjoy well made, well finished things. Delay all you like. It won't lose me sleep. I am, however, very pragmatic, and I believe that something needs to be addressed.
If they, you the developers, are going to delay, the very least that you could do is warn us all in person and unlock the anouncement. Many of us are going to refuse to pay 5-20$ a month for an IOU of content. Of all the complaints you see in this thread, there are three consistent ones.
First off, you're making a lot of money and not producing content very quickly. Second, sometimes the writing can be hard to follow. You're fixing/have fixed that second issue and are working on the first, and I greatly appreciate the pride you have in your work. The last one, and most important, is transparency. What promises are you going to meet with our money?
Call me callous for saying it on Christmas, but I feel like it needs to be said. I am both excited by your work and frustrated by your lack of schedule transparency. I should not have to hope that a patreon poster payed the 5$ to tell us it's coming "some time before January 1st."
I absolutely will not pay a full game's price months in advance for scheduling updates on content you consistently fail to deliver within your own proposed deadlines. Not the game. Status updates. Not one cent. I guarentee you that many others feel similarly.
Trust me, I know you're rebuilding an entire game's engine from the ground up with experimental features. I know it's costly and not time efficient. I know game development is an arduous process. I know you have even been in touch with the developers of Ren'py to make the best game you can. Many of us know and understand, and that's why your patreon looks so healthy despite such massive delays. That being said, at this rate I'd have spent almost 500$ on your game if I'd paid for just the updates. Even at the standard price tag of 60$ for your game, this expectation of yours is dubious at best. I sometimes put a few dollars in the tip jars of teams I like and wait the chance to pay for the full thing in all it's resplendent glory. Heck, I've put money in your jar too. Your game is GOOD. It's well made. The time you have invested shows. For now, however, I don't feel comfortable investing.
This isn't how I should feel about all of this. "They want me to pay to even see their schedule? After all this time?" What is this.