the game is certainly a bugfest. but with almost 6k patreons, I think UberPie can spare some cash to hire some QA by now.
Well, yes and no.
Uber lives in France
Probably grosses $20k USD per month
Patreon fees (8%)
Currency conversion fees (non-Euro to Euro) (2.5%)
Payment processing fees (3% ish)
Before taxes $17,300 per month
France taxes (43% estimate)
$9,861 per month net income (A nice single income to take home, for sure!)
Out of that, he already pays at least 2 contractors (lostraven as a writer and one other). Also would have other business expenses: accountant, technology repairs and upgrades, any monthly costs on art programs, etc ... and more and more. Let's not also forget saving for retirement (if he's thinking ahead) and other things.
That really doesn't leave a lot to spare to contract another person - but if he were, I would think he should contract a Program Manager to better manage expectations and deadlines. Another option would be to contract at $25+ per hour for an associate certified programmer and/or 3+ years experienced Unity coder with a portfolio showing results. This would mean an actual coder is dedicated to making sure gameplay works. There's dedicated writer in lostraven. And that would leave Uberpie to be the dedicated artists and visionary.
That would alleviate a lot of the problems going forward - and a coder with knowledge and trainer (rather than learning as they go) focused only on coding (rather than art, coding, etc etc) would bring the game back into line.