Let us hope he wasn't from the Ukraine or Russia, and that he got burnt out or disillusioned. I can fully understand how difficult it must be to have to buy all the assets and models and other things, then spend all the time coding, rendering and everything else, and barely anyone supports you financially, but at the same time, as with any developer it is their decision whether they want to make a game or not, and they have to pay for everything they need, so they can get their game started and hope they can get the subscribers to help offset the loss they incurred in buying all that they needed to get their project off the ground. I am not saying this is the case here, I do not know this developer. He has been gone several years with games left in limbo, and with not making any posts on patreon for just as long, it really does not bode well for the future of any of his ongoing games. I certainly wouldn't join his patreon because it would be meaningless, given he has posted nothing in years, and yet it's still up and accepting patrons. I really do hope he comes back and continues this game with TNG, but honestly I can't see him coming back, it just feels too long since he has been gone, its unlikely he will come back.