i gues but some people have told me it would happend but this no real sign of it and its been awhile
Well the updates aren't necessarily as large in overall content as we'd see for other games, but they are being provided for free along with consistent artwork made by the dev too.
The incredible grindiness aside for skills (gardening/cooking/alchemy) there's also "minor/secondary content" in the updates that flesh out and expand upon game mechanics. Given that this is more of an "deep" RPG (akin to Roundscape: Adorevia or The Last Sovereign) I'd say that overall it's progressing quite well.
Don't get me wrong, I'd love if there was more in each update, but what we get doesn't feel like it's another case of a dev milking patrons/fans.
Regarding Crowley/Jill's mother... I'm wondering how she's going to feature, more than when.
Since Jill has only just officially (and barely) become a member of the village, I'm wondering what their mother will have to do
if she becomes a member of the village at all.
what backstory do we know about his family at this point ?
No more than what's already there... Which is pretty sparse to say the least.
Anything more regarding childhood would either be irrelevant, or something to expand on after relevant characters are introduced.