To be a bit blunt, I'm not exactly getting funded either. The money I get from Patreon goes towards covering expenses only to the point where I'm not longer paying for developing this game (there was a point when I did actively lose money on this project). I am not reimbursed for the time I invest into this project. But that's fine since I think it's something worth making and the few people that help don't seem to be complaining either. If you have a project you think is worth making, the reality of the situation might be, that you need to choose if you pursue it without earning money from it, at least at first, but possibly at all.