I dont know about his personal life, but everyone has to work in life and everyone has their own problems. Im working 9-12h per day normally (i got my job, and work on presonal projects appart), and if i stop producing, my boss probably got me fired, like every company (which is normal).
What i mean to say, its that the update its no enought. Last update was on october, near to 10 months of work to produce 400 renders (mostly with resorces already created, i mean you dont have to draw every face on every render) wich is about 15/20 min of gameplay... if you produce that working to any company, you get fired. And its not only about the quantity, but also quality because while the renders quality are being better (supposedly) seems that the narrative and history has a lot of non-senses. I prefeer a good narrative and history than a Full HD, 4K, 8K HDR Hyper Mega Quality renders, but its just my opinion and this can vary from every player. But it has non sense to me, make a remake (graphically speaking) when you dont even end your game....
Thats why im stop being patreon. Because his liyng to every patreon when he says that is close to release the update every single month.
There is a lot of companys having this problem, promising updates in their games that never come or when they come its seem like a Joke. I just like to remember, that even though there is no game directy selled, its not free either. We all pay (or paid previously) a lot in suscriptions, so even if hi is not selling the game directly, he need to take this as a real job.