I've lurked here since the spring and this is my first post for this game. While i pledge to a few smaller games, personally i would not pledge to Icstor. I've read a lot of posts here (good and bad regardless if true or not) and mostly if not all of Icstor's developer notes and I can't help but feel a little off about this 0.6 update and the way its playing out.
I am not a game developer but I do sell my own graphic designs to customers and one thing I would not do is delay something with the intent of adding additional content on the basis of goodwill (ie adding neighbors to compensate for being inactive). Doing that does 2 things from a creator's standpoint, 1) Grants you additional time to finish up content not related to the new content because you know you're behind schedule, and 2) Further delays the end product because you promised new content that you haven't even started on. If it were me, basing this on how I determine timelines on my own work, I would have released the promised content and pushed the neighbors content to a future update (not even necessarily the following update).
I'm not saying Icstor hasn't started on the neighbors content when he announced the additional content, I'm just pointing out that based on the screenshot in discord today, he isn't putting a lot of attention on it given the time constraints he gave himself as that content is so minimal. I can't help but feel he is being a tiny bit dishonest because given the amount of work he set himself up for, it feels like he only just started on the neighbor content in the last month. However, he say the reason for the delay saying his rendering tool is malfunctioning. Whether its true or not, I can't help but notice he has 7k patreons and months upon months including the delays in development. That's not much of an excuse. He has more than enough in donations to acquire more than amicable tools to complete renders in a timely manner. I personally have professional grade tools to do my work (ie High-end PC, programs, art tablets, 3d and poster printers) and I make only a fraction of what Icstor makes via patreon. Granted, I do my work as a hobby and not my primary source of income.
While I'm sure Icstor is working to complete the update, I'm inclined to believe he isn't going has hard on it as he says he is. But thats just my 2 cents, what do I know? lol