I hear you, yut you ARE getting paid! There are peeps like me who bought the game here AND then joined your Patreon because we all are aware of how difficult a project like this is. Don't get me wrong, I'm excited about the idea of a new project but I can't help but get concerned about you switching all of a sudden as this sort of thing has a pattern of not working out.
Everyone here would love to help you out getting the needed resourses. There's ways of going about it that should work for you just fine. It's just a matter of getting it done.
Would you like me to start pulling in your fans to get people on the Patreon? Is there a level of support we could get you to that would mean you'd return to AG? If at least enough to open it up to mod support and let the fans finish it?