>>718675587
>the Kickstarter has an update gap spanning from June 2019 to August 2025

This is the main thing that irks me about crowdfunds. Backers aren't just "an audience", they're people who threw money at an idea you pitched to them before it actually existed in the hopes you can deliver on your grand concepts. The least you can do is involve them in your creative process and make them feel like you care about their contributions.

They hit the stretch goal that was to make Hornet a playable character. The game got re-scoped into a full sequel, I'll accept that, but that doesn't exempt the backers from being able to get insight into what they paid for. Developers who use crowdfunding to both finance and gauge interest in their idea really need to know that when the campaign is over the boot is on the other foot and the backers deserve to know where their money went.

>>718677298
I'm not sure, honestly. All the DLC for Hollow Knight was free so if it had come out for the original game as was intended they might have just given it away to everyone anyway. The fact it was rescoped into a full sequel didn't really impact what was promised to the backers, just that they weren't planning to release it as part of the original game anymore.

Apparently there was a Wii U version that was supposed to exist but that seems to have never been made. They could have had a PS Vita version too but no one wanted to pay THAT much for an unproven Metroidvania, I suppose.