To those of you complaining i have two arguments.
1. they have fuck all patrons....
2. the game isn't behind a paywall...
So what do you expect?
There is no monetary incentive, they been doing this for 3 years, and only have 11 patrons....
So the fact they are still going shows they aren't in it for the money. Cause those that are would have given up in under 6 months.
The only benefit this dev gets from putting more time and effort into this, is for their own desire to see it finished. Most certainly isn't money.
O and as for the sandbox thing... who cares... not that big a deal.
edit: they do desire to make a profit and have been putting effort into doing so (evidence below), however I do doubt that money would be the primary motive... cause well hasn't made much at all in 3 years.