I was actually inspired by this game and am making a game similar to this, but I'm nowhere near ready to show anything XDCan't say i remember people wanting to pick up the game but it's been a long time as you said so maybe it was mentioned.
It's all on "his shoulders" because it's his game and he wants to bring it where he wants it. But as part of the testing crew (and trying to work on the slave pack creation and organization on the discord), i can affirm you that the game is progressing forward.
I would like to also mention that nothing is stopping anyone to give a try at making a similar game. I think i remember the dev telling that he wanted to make a game like this because there were none similar, and hoping it would make more people interested in the genre. If anyone wanna give it a go, please do. We're seriously lacking similar games and i would personally love to see the different versions/universes people would create/use for it.
Super excited to see the next update for this game.