I get that and kudos to you for sticking to your plan (guns?). But it's a little discouraging given that when you worked on AORS, you were (or so it seemed) more consistent and frequent with the updates. I guess something changed? I mean hell, you were even more active on Patreon. The reason I'm saying all of this is because I believe you have a really creative trait and I genuinely enjoy your game(s). So, my question is, if it's more of a hobby/not realistic for you to dedicate time to it, then why drop a demo at all? It feels like mixed messaging. It's a hobby but you also want crowd funding potentially? See, you kind of put yourself in a corner. You dropped a demo not requiring payment (support would be nice) and you think that's going to incentivize peeps to support you?
You didn't need to do that. You already had a game made and completed, AORS was awesome and received fairly well. I was honestly thinking about pledging back to your Patreon, but you seem too busy with others things for that be worthwhile. Again good luck, hopefully you can stick with this one, but I'm not betting on it.