It's just like you said. We're not trying to talk about the difficult situation all the time, but we are doing our job and trying to maintain stability, at least some of it. The past art was used because it's just really cool, it's what we worked on the most and we're proud of it.I respectfully disagree. I never once thought any of the development team members has ever openly "mocked" their fans. They've been nothing but respectful and have taken the time to respond to feedback, issues, and bugs even from non-patrons while also keeping folks in the loop here. And considering their current real world circumstances that they're dealing with (such as the very real threat by Russian aggression), it's admirable that they're still working on the game and making steady progress despite any controversial content, and even giving shout-outs to other fellow developers for their own games.
Are you trying to fault them for not dropping their latest version immediately onto this site? What kind of sense would that make? Of course they wouldn't do that, and no sensible dev would. Besides, it's not like they don't ever share things. They offer progress updates (including NSFW preview images) so it's not always behind a paywall, and even the game builds themselves. I don't even understand what you were trying to say when you can very clearly see that the Shadow Portal team DO respond to their "subscribers" on Patreon let alone non-subscribers.
Be respectful. Don't throw shade especially when it's untrue. Take it easy, bro. Cheers, be safe, and have fun with the game.
Thank you for your opinion. When people state their opinion, they're very admirable.