Personally, I think a part of it is that Luxee needed a break from A69. Partway through PL they took a break to write the first update of A69. In fact, they wanted to switch to A69 at that point and put PL on hold, but that got voted down by their patrons. Now that they've been working on A69 for a while, the itch to do something different and recharge creatively must be pretty high. And maybe it gives them time to figure out what they want to do with the game, especially with killing off Nea for a huge portion of the players and the potential for extra work that causes them. Working on PL probably seems like a vacation in comparison, plus there are some unresolved things from that game. I was always disappointed that Jenna losing her virginity in the flashback stuff was just basically covered with two renders and a little narrative text.