11 months with no update, and you get facepalmed for asking the right question?
Fellow drive-by posters, English may not be your native language, so let me explain the nuances between 'being abandoned' and 'being on hold' to you.
abandoned is an
adjective
it is pronounced like that: aban·doned | \ ə-ˈban-dənd
There are several definitions of abandoned and those are
1: left without needed protection, care, or support
2: left by the owner
3: no longer held or thought of : given up
on hold on the other hand is a
phrase
you can pronounce it like that: ˈȯn \ ˈhōld sometimes ˈän \ ˈhōld
There are two common definitions of it:
1: in a period or state of interruption or delay
2: in a state of interruption in a telephone call, as during a transfer to another line
Let's recapitulate, the dev is currently busy with another project. They intend to return to this game though, but as human cloning has not yet been made available to the public, they can't work on both projects at once, thus they are putting this game aside or 'on hold' as the prefixes of this thread indicate.
Thank you for your attention.