Hi, i patiently wait for the Alpha release, i have time. I am 100% behind you. There is just lack of communication. Woulb be nice to get everymonth report, even if nothing really happen. 
Anyway thank you for the first DQ
How the Sausage gets made (aka "where the @$%^ is DQII")
As many others, Iām happy to wait. I would prefer to know, even if itās bad/no news, that things are still ticking over. If not monthly, then at least quarterly updates would be nice. It doesnāt have to be a novella
Iāve seen the thread about refunds, and I wouldnāt even consider it. DQ is one of my all-time favourite games, and Iām happy to be some small part of giving DQII a fighting chance. I realise Iām not everyone, but my situation is stable enough to afford to let it go, whatever the outcome.
A couple of questions regarding this entry on the blog:
1.There was mentioned, that preorder possibility will be turned off. However, up to this day, I see that itās still posssible to make preorder. Of course I donāt have personally nothing against that, but it doesnāt seem to be coherent with declaration from the update).
2.Is the counter on DQII website (progress) working correctly? Iāve got an impression that since a couple of months there is no progress in ābeta counterā: http://www.defendersquest.com/2/?page=news
3.I remember that a couple of years ago all buyers of DQ on your website received not only Steam key, but also GOG key. Is this the case also for DQ II preorders? I admit that I prefer much, muhc more GOG than steam and I would be happy if we could have if not both, then at least possibility of choice, if we wish to have GOG key or Steam key.
The progress tracker should still be working properly, but Iām a bit lazy and unsure and Iām not tagging issues under the Beta milestone. Iāll run through the issues and update them, see if they change. (Fear not with the amount of unworked progress, itās just a bunch of minor stuff.)
Great post, as usual!
Honestly, you could make a great living out of writing blog posts :))
Thanks for keeping us posted and donāt beat yourself up for whatever delays, itās clear youāre making a top quality product, basically on your own and Iām sure most people here see and appreciate that.
Best of luck!
Dan
Oh, also, on the topic of DQ2 pre-orders:
Looks like thatās been taken care of now, too. Probably for the best, too. 
Balls. Really hoping I remembered to preorder before then.
As a long-time fan of DQ who preordered basically within weeks of the option to do so being announced, I donāt regret doing so at all. And I wonāt be asking for my money back any time soon either. As others have said, if it comes out, it comes out. But if the worst should happenā¦ well, I always felt like I paid way too little for DQ initially anyway, not to mention that I got bonus copy once that I ended up gifting to a friend.
I considered it an investment, and yāknow, investments donāt always pan out. But like I said, no regrets.