Why was this amazing game abandoned? Did the anti-NTR trolls cause this dev to burn out as well?
First, this game was dominated by NTR lovers. Every poll was win by them by a good amount of votes. It would be stupid for anti-NTR trolls/crusaders to cause the dev to burn out when that game was obviously made to satisfy the netorare kink, not the other way around. You compare the NTR content with the one with the MC and it was way too notorious Scallywag was more of a NTR lover. However, there was a common complain about how Kayla was able to easily cheat on the MC in the update before the Christmas special.
Second, IIRC Scallywag said his mother was sick or something like that. However, he also mentioned that the update was going to be released months ago, even released teasers and previews, alas nothing came from it and dev went radio silent. Maybe he should have said he was going to put the game "on hold" while he dealt with his family situation. Much better option than just saying he was going to release the update, but remaining silent and keeping the Patreon subscriptions on instead.