he is also a liar, the first time he abandoned us, he said it was his girlfriend leaving him (could be true, but) a few months later it started up again, and the excuse this time was "my passion is gone" - - after so many projects this dude should have known to stick to his core characters only, the game started with a bagillion characters that were never going to get developed, and then he made even more; i suppose if the money is the only important thing, he's winning
personally allowing his highest tier patrons to dictate game content was his downfall - - you can disagree with me if you want, but this is how the main story SHOULD have gone :
main focus : the teacher, the mom, the older sister, the younger sister, the therapist
side focus : mom's work, dad's work, the aunts
having cameos from other characters would have been fine, but absolutely NO STORY FOCUS until after the above was at 100%