(As response to patreon post) - Patreon is probably your safer bet, it's a true and tested method for FVNs. Kickstarters are mostly used to fund copium like.. indie mmos that never get released. 20y old furries won't fund FVNs they will see in 5 years.. maybe. That's for desperate old school gamers and mmorpgs lol.
I think at best you could attempt to do a small kickstarter to secure funds for the first few months of the development.. Setting a reachable goal like 3000$ maybe.. But that would look bad if it fails so why not do a patreon goal instead? If you reach 1500$ on patreon, you'll.. Do something! Like release this year, idk