Thank you for the transparency and update. It's good to see that you still have a lot of delegations, and things still seem to be ok. I'm surprised that there are already 40+ creatures available, but I am wondering if it would be better to maybe release a few at first to get the alpha early, and get more funding from the sale so it can snowball.
Yes, that is kind of the plan nowadays, while 2D generation and polishing has its costs, 3D is on a whole other level, so we have some plans that if alpha testing goes well and the gameplay itself is fluid/without bugs and the creatures and healers are balanced, then we may release the beta with "standby" 3D graphics and then just add them in as we get more funding and can hire more 3D artists that finalize the artwork similarly well and that it fits.
Cool. Seems like you are considering all the options already. Looking forward to it.