I'm sorry for this ... but it's your own fault honestly. Don't get angry that you patron people for months on end and don't receive what you hoped. This isn't steam. You aren't buying anything. It's a hope and a dream.
I patron loads of people. No where near as many as I'd want, but I ain't rich. I also don't leave recuring payments. Give the guy a good 10 - 20 bucks. Hope he continues. At some point - even a year later, I come back to see what happened. If the game is amazing, good. If not, there's other games out there.
Even my most favorite game on this site, 4 elements trainter. I only really patron them once per book. Seems fair to me. And even if it isn't ... what's anyone gonna do about it?
I'm a PATRON. Not a CLIENT.
Patron: a person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, or cause.
I ain't buying shit. I'm providing financial support.
Don't get hyped. Don't sell your hopes and dreams on some stranger.
Also don't be an asshole. If you can spend some money, give your favorite game dev some.
That wasen't actually a rant. I`m also not really angry that i don't get in games what i want. Most Games don´t serve my kind of fetishes but i'm okay with that and don´t want to push it on them. But it's a different thing between the game does not go in the direction i want and the Dev throws all the work of the last months/years out of the window because of some improvements.
Also yes i have hopes and dreams for games that i like and support if not i would not support them and they woulden't be the Dev's i like. What reason is there for a project where is no passion behind?
Also yes there is a difference between a Patreon and a Client but not like you stated.
A Client should get more or less exactly what he wanted or he can normally demand his money back.
A Patreon supports someone who does something he likes to support.
But does that mean he can do with that money absolutly everything he wants?
So when i spend money to unicef to fight the hunger in the world does that mean they can do with that money whatever they want? Buy some nice houses and drugs and have the time of their life? Hint: the answer is NO
Even as Patreon you should get something in return normally that what the one you support state to do with that money if not you have all the right to cancel said membership and that´s all that i have done. I also think that´s what a lot more of people should do and thats also the reason why comments like that i responded to kinda trigger me because yeah we should respect all opinions but in my humble opinion it should read "we should respect all thought threw opinions" because stupid one liners that everybody already heard thousend times and don´t even make sense just overshadow people who really have something to say or create other problems that i stated before.