I don't wanna agree with you because I really like this game and the story is just a cool concept. But yes it really seems like the developer is trying to delay the update as long as possible. If the reason behind that is greed can't be 100% confirmed but I do agree with your idea. I just hope they stop focusing on money like this because if they make a good and working game they will be successful just like a lot of the other great Adult games out there.
Greed shouldn’t be an issue since they have 3,300 Paid Patrons and with the lowest amount you can donate they are making at the very minimum 9K a month. though I do agree that it does seem like they are delaying, as a Solo game dev myself I can however vouch a little bit since I know that you can sometimes hit roadblocks that you where not expecting delaying the release date. We also have to think about this, he said that the Main was 90% complete but did he say when he was going to release? I don’t know the answer to this question but if he didn’t give a release date then we can’t really be too angry can we?
I mean the comment above says Hex would release the update a couple of weeks after announcing it. And to be sure you can also check the post from hex. So he did maybe not promise that the update will be out in three weeks but it's been 7 months already and the situation doesn't seem like it has changed in any way. Also yes I agree the developer team or maybe solo dev does make enough money trough patreon alone but then why delay the update so long and not communicate anything about it? I just hope he fixes the situation soon what ever it may be and if the manpower is a problem there's enough coders and artists and maybe even 3d modelers out there looking for work.
17 days ago (+1)
This is all the update times; you can check them yourself. In the past, part-time work allowed for three updates per month, but what about now? It’s not just that it seems like it, but they are deliberately delaying updates. If the number of patrons hadn’t dropped below 3,000, trust me, version 0.24 would still be in "Unfortunate". Let alone, do you really think this half-finished product deserves seven months? Anyway, your wallet is yours, and I can’t interfere. But I can tell you this: the more you support him, the more he’ll delay updates. If you want the next update to be two years later, just keep sponsoring.