I understand everyone's feelings, and yes, I tried to run before learning to walk, but the honest truth is I am married and my wife was not happy with what I was doing. So it all comes down to choices and nothing nefarious.
With Patreon, I did not charge anyone as I only wanted to collect when I released something. The few people who did donate were refunded in full when I shut down so I never actually collected any money for this. It has never been about money for me.
I am still interested in being a developer and I am still interested in this story, but the rendering is the issue. As I mentioned in a previous post, my wife has been working from home for over a year now and trying to do renders behind her back is exhausting and not worth the trouble. In the meantime, I have been working on perfecting my Python skills and learning to use Ren'py better by creating game galleries and looking at the code from other games. I also upgraded my rig with an intel 9i and an Invidia RTX2080.
To date, I have written the entire story. It takes place over 30 game days and there are, on average, 125 renders per day. Will I ever finish it? Who knows. I have never promised anything but if and when I do release it, I am planning on releasing the game in full.