I would say that this game isnt supposed to have a proper story, just playground for funny/fun situations. But disagree on the statement that the guy has a "masterplan". Whole year passed on the guy taking the money and giving nothing in return really. My guess is he has some ambition that is not well thought out to turn this into some sort of... rpg? thinking about how many possible characteristics and mechanics is author going to insert in the game makes me want laugh even thinking about that. its pretty weird. Also the new content quality is all over the place, some is up to the, lets say, um, standards, and... some is horribly poor to the point of being ugly, i suspect some stuff is there just to check some boxes regarding aminations amount to make it look better on paper.
I suppose many of patrons are gettings angry and he realized that things might start to go out of hand fast, so he started filling his roadmap with amount of hours worked on a game not enttirely as a statement of good will, but also as necessary damage control measure.
By the way, i seeeeeeeriously doubt that he'll put this game on steam xD, so if he messes up this patreon of his, that will be it.
Have you noticed surge in his patreons/profit despite giving noting except for two ultimately poor and pointless minor releases? since lets say summer the amount of patrons doubled if Im not mistaken, (somebody coorect me if im wrong), and he gets quite a handsome income from it. I wonder of this will keep him motivate to double his efforts AS HE SHOULD DO, or will it make him feel 'safe' and give himself more time like it was a star citizen patreon or something.... I hope too thet he doesnt get greedy and slice the content strategically. Its both annoying and disappointing to see what he released so far after a whole year.
small edit : ALSO! I just looked at his reach-goals, holy shit this is funny.... theres something about sidescrolling... in terms of this S&F game its utterly pointless, its like the guy was asking to support some of his side job or something... did anyone asked him for a side scrolling game? maybe someone did... i dont know. it has nothing to do with the main game really... also the part abou hiring his sister, it all sounds weird and unproductive... I seriously think that this guy, as talented as he is, is a really poor manager... bottom line : comparing his stretch-goals (money taken) vs what he provided so far doesnt make him look good at all...