I'm going to copy/paste my reply to an earlier post. I'm not sure how long you've been following this game, or if you ever supported the SS or Patreon (I've been here since Patreon) but I don't think you understand why so many people here feel betrayed--- this is as short as I can make it, and still convey a tiny bit of what's really going on with all this...:
Do you know what nearly every one of the OGs (most of the contributors on Subscribestar) wanted? The old art style. Guess what wasn't an option in the polls?
Yeah, that wasn't hard, was it?
Want proof? The dev went from over 70% of his original numbers (pre Patreon debacle) to 41% in the last year. (That is, he got all the way back up to 75% of his original numbers (relating to income) on Patreon with the Subscribestar, after starting from nearly zip on SS and now he's back down to around 41%) You do the math... still think he went the right direction according to his supporters? That's a -45% kick in the proverbial balls-- I don't know if that's your idea of popular, but it sure looks painful from here...
Going further: know what would make the 'rework' go faster? Using the models he already had. He had to change the mind control content; we got that, and were unhappy, but prepared-- and supportive! We knew he didn't have a choice. Same with the engine; "spaghetti code" and glitches, etc... changing the engine was only natural-- once more, most of us were onboard.
... until we saw the new art. Look, go read the SS page, if you think he's actually listening to his players. Nobody liked the nose-- it only won the poll because the old models weren't even offered as an option... it was a purely 'Arc' choice.
We worked hard to keep Arc on Subscribestar after the Patreon debacle because we wanted him to keep the art and the MCs kids... otherwise, we would have been fine with him changing engines and trying to take the game to Steam YEARS ago (he had a whole discussion about it in a live stream on the Discord) HE set the goal needed to keep it, and WE made it happen. (seriously, read the SS-- he even made a little extra 'surprise' extra bit featuring the MC reading a book to all of his kids in the nursery about the evil Patreon that hated children... and how the community saved them all) Now, he literally changed the face of the game, and with it nearly everything we loved about it. He forgot everything he promised us.
No, he most definitely did NOT listen to his supporters on this one.