About the delay and his excuse I have to say it's unfortunate but for now I'm still giving him the benefit of the doubt, especially considering that starting to milk his Patreon is a really bad idea when you're only getting round $500 a month.
The smart milkers wait until they make several thousands a month otherwise it's not really worth it
But what I would like and which would probably be a good idea is for him to communicate more, at least 1 weekly Patreon post maybe with a teaser screenshot or some dev update would keep more people interested in the project.