That is the wrong mindset of Patreon. You are not buying a game, you a supporting an artist continue his or her work. If you don't want to see any more then don't donate.
If you wait till a game is made to donate, no games will ever be made since the artists need money to live now, not in a year.
The real question is, is donating 5 bucks a month worth the content in SS? Some will say yes, many will say no. I used to be a strong yes, but lately I'm at a no. The quality from my perspective has dropped and is pretty disappointing.
So while I fully support you thinking that this developer doesn't do enough to warrant money, you need to realize that you are not buying a game, but giving the developer time to make it.
have to disagree about it being the wrong mindset, first off, yes as an artist, it is good at donating support to them, But, an artist also needs to show why they are worth supporting.
as in lets say prior works.
in this case, it is a game, not simply a bunch of drawings or animations. if this artist was doing animations and drawings or otherthings that interested me, i would see if it was worth it and donate.
but all im interested in is the game itself, and summertime saga, is the only game ive seen dark cookie work on, so its all i have to go by on if he is worth donating to or not.
and so far, with how long its taking, as well as how many bugs have been encountered and spent time on fixing, ive chosen to wait until its fully finished, and then choosing how much to donate.
also my donation afterwards, STILL helps DC out one way or another, especially if it really is true that he has been given so much.
( tbf im only going by what has been posted on this forum that hes recieved around a similar budget to what a small indie studio has been given to make some pretty good games, like lets say when bastion first came out, or space engineers )
