On one hand, I understand why Patreon would want to do that, on the other, I imagine it isn't going to work out the way they think it will. Unless the whole goal is for Patreon to artificially inflate their own user count by claiming bot accounts as active users.
But yeah, I'm not sure what the dev is going to do from here on out. At this point, they might as well slap a "Part 1" to the title, tie off any loose ends, and try to pawn off the game to someone else. It wouldn't be great, but arguably better than keeping their head low and presumably waiting for everyone to forget this game existed. At least have something to show other than being a CG collector buried under a sea of jank mechanics and bugs.