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Many successful games have increased in scope, Milfy City being one of them, Summertime Saga, Mythic Manor, Waifu Academy to name a few.I have to disagree with you @Sam
Off the top of my head the only dev that tried to change the scope of his work is Dark Silver (from Big Brother), and we all know how that went
In most cases, if not all, once the dev gets tons of cash from patreon they get slower and slower, or just give up and peace out with the cash.
As projects mature it's understandable that updates take longer as there are more paths and stories to work on, and continuing ever advancing stories takes longer to develop and write. When the scope or size of the game also increases, it's inevitable that development time takes longer as well. You can't just expect more money to solve the problem either, that is, until cloning technology is invented.
Too many people have no idea of the time and effort it takes to develop games, and expect everything yesterday. Sure some developers are shady, but don't tar all developers with the same brush just because a minority act poorly.