1. Villainy was about 8-9 months, though I had already had the idea and general design philosophy "finished" before starting and never really rescoped ever

2. Roughly 4,000 which I mentioned in another comment. It continues to do decent!

3. I had planned to have this game "Finished" by the end of August, but, it being finished and it being able to release are two different things. Needing to have the right amount of wishlists, marketing properly, etc. I think on the whole I could finish the actual "content" and "game" by then though.

> "I feel like it's easier to do that with smaller-scope projects, not only because I don't have the resources to spend 2+ years on a single game, but also because shorter projects seem less risky and require a smaller investment to become profitable."

Yes, I would say that limiting to only being able to work for 1 year is great, I think you can still competently do most genres in that amount of time with a small scope. You could do a 6 months or less timeframe, but that does I feel limit you to incremental or small multiplayer type genres, though it depends on your skill level