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Looking at their Patreon numbers, I don't think making a second team is even close to an option. Hell, it's barely enough for a one-man show working full time on the project. I agree that Lily is one of the better games with great renders, but P&P really missed their chance to expand after they first exploded. I think way back in the day they hit somewhere around $6000-$8000 per month on patreon, but the release schedule became abysmal and most of the backers jumped ship after 6 months of nothing being delivered and communication practically ceasing altogether. I doubt they'll ever get those numbers or momentum again, they, unfortunately, tarnished their name, but hey, maybe the new project is a sleeper hit, those numbers go back up and they don't drop the ball this time. I'll never fault a developer for branching out onto new projects so long as they intend on completing projects. I'm kind of 50/50 on whether Lily will ever see an end or just fade away, but I'll certainly take what I can get. If anything the humorous writing and the great renders always bring me back.I think the quality of LotV is still there BUT the release schedule has slowed to basically 6 months between release now...
And as you wrote it's likely because they are also working on the new game in parallel.
What they should do is to have a bigger dev team (or two teams): one for LotV and one for the new, so they can do both.
LotV was also the first game that really stuck with me and was worth while. The story and render quality was awesome already then! Still have faith that PandP will do the right thing!
as IRL, if you are trying to do too many things you don't get anything done.