Uh, he pops up every now and then on his server, last message was 13 days ago, but he has never been too active, socially speaking. The last 2 updates in particular involved a big effort for the battle system and the content (story, dungeon, scenes) respectively, so he got a bit burned out. About the people... they sound fine and patient over there to me, feel free to get in and have a look around if you want, mingle with the other fans while you wait~.
Viewing post in it has been 88 days since v30 was put on the patreon
it's literally in the game's page on here, in the "about" on patreon and "about" in the game's main menu, accessible to anyone. i did leave some invite links to other people asking for it in these last few threads too.
(There are a few channels dedicated to patrons in the server, but most is public).