Would you want to come into this post if you were the developer?
Devs that actually deal with public relations from time to time don't have nearly as many problems.
Every game thread on this site has people whining and complaining and accusing the developers of milking their supporters on Patreon. People complain when developers abandon or put their games on hold because of personal issues. With all the negative feedback they get no matter how hard they work, I don't blame the developers for having "personal issues" as often as they do. Does anyone ever stop and think that these developers are people like you and me, and, in the vast majority of cases, they are amateur developers who have lives and jobs outside of developing?
Maybe look up some of the stretch goals before assuming these are amateur developers.
500 - reached! patrons
Myself & Alorth will become full-time game devs.
You must be registered to see the links
If one of their goals is doing this "full-time" and they achieved said goal then technically this should be their real job. Lot's of other devs provide more than vapor-ware and are met with praise on this site!
The developers are not obligated to respond to anyone, and their patrons have no obligations to keep supporting them.
Meh this probably boils down to a difference in work ethics. Some devs actually have some creative passion they like to share with fans but on a legal point you are right as Patreon considers all transactions as "charitable donations, which they take a cut from, with no obligation to fulfill any promises made".
All you people whining and complaining about lack of updates, lack of communication, etc. need to take a step back and reexamine what you're doing. You're getting dozens of games posted on this website every day that you don't have to pay for, and all you can do is whine and complain. Be thankful developers don't issue copyright takedowns of their content. You think DrPinkCake (Acting Lessons, Being a Dik) couldn't use the money he's gotten from his supporters to lawyer up and try to take down this site? Do the rest of us a favor and take your toxic, selfish, whiny and entitled attitudes somewhere else. It doesn't speed up development, it just makes people not want to develop games.
Trying to take on pirate sites is like a game of whack-a-mole but you keep deluding yourself that takedowns actually are useful. There's a reason why amateur developers come here honey, they don't have the money to advertise along with sometimes harsh criticism helps people hone their craft. If everyone is sucking the developers dick then nothing ever gets better as why should it? If they wanted that then they would make a Discord to hide in.
Yet welcome to the swamp, you're no better than anyone else on here