Yep. I've seen only like 2 actually successful reworks here, and these were done by a TEAM of developers, not a solo dev. Usually if someone decides to make a rework - it means the game's going to be abandoned rather soon than later. Hell, I wanna bet money on what will happen, because I've seen it so many times: after the first versions of rework (if it'll ever be done, because all he does now is just presenting the new look of characters) the dev will publish a post that he's exhausted, burned out and needs the rest, then he's gonna share stuff from his life that no one cares about, maybe some plans, thoughts and models here and there, release a couple of lazy updates so people won't cancel their patreon subscription, then the updates will become even more lazy, rare and inconsistent until game eventually dies.
The most stupid part about this is that the game didn't even needed this rework in the first place, it would be just ideal if he continued with the story, which was also great. But, oh well, he also decided to rewrite the story too, because he realized mid-development that he didn't quite liked it.
He was the only patreon I was ever subscribed to, and as soon as he announced this rework, I just opted out, lol. Not going to take the bait.