He didn't pause his patreon, so I expect he'll start working on the game again when he drops under 200 patrons, just like last time. Then release the update, stop working on it and start the process over. Can't say I fault him for it, it's maximum return for minimum effort.
Yep, that's trendy. Nothing to do about that, stop paying them or don't pay them at all, and you good. If their patrons are happy to pay a dev to sit on his ass all day and give nothing in return, it's their business. Never paid scammers like Scamdrop, Aorrta, ICSTOR, and our boi Veq, never will. Or I'll pay them after the games are completed depending on how good those games were.
Problem is, others will do the same. Why should they keep working on a game, if they can dev it 'till it's half completed or it makes enough money, and then start milking the patrons. Taking another look at LaS, the coding and the shitload of routes it has, I wonder if the dev ever intended to finish it or he just tried to do a Dual Family 2.0 piggy bank with supernatural shit. I understand that the dude may have RL shit to deal with, everybody has problems/jobs IRL, but the least he can do is to keep working on the game and remove some of those paths that most players probably don't give a shit to play.
It's the main reason patrons keep paying these scammers, to make them reconsider abandoning their projects, continue working on them and finish them, eventually. If he keeps taking his supporters' money, he owes them to do at least that. I appreciate the sincerity, he said he'll probably (or most likely) abandon it again, that's not something you'll see posted by the aforementioned 3 scammers.
