He's entitled to his own opinion, and going off the number of failed early access crap such as The Stomping Ground we have, it's no surprise devs, especially devs having their project originate from Kickstarter have less trust from the community. Having said that though it hasn't even been a year yet so saying their current total raised in backer funds is not enough is unfair, games of this scale don't just happen overnight. Asylum are creating playable modules which will hopefully increase backer numbers once again, and the new forums and website seem to have sparked new interest, meaning the money raised may go up once again at a steady rate. Your friend has just gotta be patient and in this occasion more patient as Asylum don't want to release a public alpha in their current mindset. Don't take any notice of him, he sounds like his mind is made up and like NutterButter says here hes just being pessimistic about the game when he doesn't really know shit about it or it's development.