All of you need to collectively calm your tits. For starters, it's just a game. Secondly, just because the game is tagged as abandoned here doesn't mean that the game is abandoned by the developer. The rule here is, 3 months of no update or activity from dev & it's ASSUMED to be abandoned. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't, maybe the dev needed a break, maybe the dev had issues in their life that needed to take higher priority, we don't know. They don't exist solely to make games for us. They have their own lives too & sometimes things happen that necessitate putting things like this on the back burner.
Now as for Patreon donors, could it be argued that IF the dev abandoned the game, he should close out his patreon or pause donations or at least provide some form of communication? Sure. That's valid. I think that if you're collecting donations in exchange for content, then it would be scummy & unethical of him to continue collecting without honoring his end of the bargain. So yeah, the decent & ethical thing for the Dev to do would be to suspend or close his Patreon. but is he stealing from his patrons? No he isn't. First of all, for all we know, maybe he had an emergency like a family illness or his house burning down or something, in which case, Patreon wouldn't even be on his mind because he's got more urgent issues to deal with. Who knows? But even that aside, His patrons need to take responsibility for their own damn finances. Some of his donors may still willingly be choosing to support him for whatever reason. & for those that might say "hay, he stealin mah muny!" Well that's your own dumb fault. If you don't want to give money to anyone on patreon anymore, then it's YOUR fucking responsibility to cancel your patronage, not the dev's. It's YOUR responsibility to know where your money's going & if you're too stupid & lazy to keep on top of your finances, then it's YOUR fault that it went somewhere you didn't want it to go, ESPECIALLY since it's something that YOU WILLINGLY signed up for. Man up & act like an adult. The dev can't "steal" your money if YOU are arent willingly giving it to them by failing to do your responsibility of canceling your patronage.
That all said, the reality here is that most of the people complaining here aren't even donors. Most of us are here to begin with to pirate for free content that other people paid for. So you're all pissing & moaning like children because the dev isn't giving you the free content you want, like you're somehow entitled to it. You aren't. It's the dev's prerogative to make or abandon HIS game as HE sees fit. If you're a donor & feeling "stolen" from, take the loss like an adult because it's YOUR job to cancel your patronage, so that's your fault. If you're not a donor & just downloading here for free, shut the fuck up you self entitled cunts.