The Neopets TTRPG situation is dire

Ive been in the TTRPG Discord since the beginning, and was also an early backer for the Neopets TTRPG Kickstarter. I have also read the playtest in its entirety.

It's... not good. I don't just mean the playtest, either, I mean the entire situation around the Kickstarter is really bad. PUBLICLY-DISPLAYED internal fighting among the developers at Geekify, and also the people developing the game have no RPG designers -- or at the very least none who have come out publicly as being an actual RPG designer in the 2 years this has been developed.

It's a very messy debacle and the project manager seems to have no idea what to do about it.

Also, I give my opinions on the actual playtest itself, which is indeed mostly just the D&D open-source rules slightly reworded.

I've never made a video where I'm upset before, and I'm always extremely supportive of indie or more-obscure projects like this, but having backed with over $100 and waiting 2 years just to find out the mess this situation is has really gotten to me.

What do you guys think of the situation in general? Do you still feel hopeful for the project? Have you read the playtest and if so what do YOU think?