I literally don't believe this. Not in an angry way, I simply don't believe any of that is happening. The man has been tweeting about playing video games for months. And it takes about twenty keyboard strokes and five clicks to pause Patreon payments. If he really needed a break from work, it would have been simple to post a message, stop payments and take his time away.
But he didn't do any of that. He instead chose not to work on the game, but keep taking money for it. It's not theft per se, but god damn is it unethical. He's thirty four years old (according to what he posted), he understands how the adult world works. Even ruthless bosses would let you take a few months off if you had major deaths to deal with, but almost none of them would PAY you during those months.
I suppose I got what I wanted, it was a savory bit of apology/promises to chew on. As for the future, my personal bet is you never see another update for this game.
