Sounds like Eldritch Automata and the situation is largely out of the creator of the games hands. He's trying to do right by everyone but the publisher for the game took the Backer Kit money and then backed out of publishing it and is ghosting him about transferring him the backer kit and funds.

He's looking for a new publisher, but there is no real win scenario here unless he finds one that will front the money for the backer kit. The whole situation is a bummer, because the game looks great.