It was. Developer had a rough situation in his live and game was on hold. Than abandoned. Dev said it himself and placed game on hold. It was not possible to predict if dev will continue or not. He stayed in some limited contact with community. Now he will try to continue. We will see how it will go on from now.
I am sure there is also a f95 rule in place for "hold" before it get re-tagged to "abandoned". Most of the place can only put it on hold for so long and if nothing happens, they would close it out. However, after period of time, when the product get release again, the tag would be removed. Most of us would not know what been going on with the developers due to multiple things, health condition, retirement, etc. All we can do is to be patience and wait for so long before we know the product will no longer continue. People change over time.
Have a great day and be safe...
