If the patreon page gets reinstated then there is still some hope. If not then the game is probably dead forever.
And it would also mean that he's still " alive " and such an indicator
(page back up) would force him to come out of his hole. Is he willing to do that ? Financially-wise, yes, as long as this is his only source of income. But, we don't have any proof he didn't get a new job in the past weeks.
If you remember, he said that he dropped his real-life job to solely focus on the game. Unless he still lives at his parent's house or got a wife who's helping, there are bills to pay. How is he making out a living since he dropped everything IRL ? Now, add the whole prison drama that fell on him 2 months ago...Is it true ? We don't have any proof...
To conclude, his " weekly progress reports " were never respected either. Tbh, I saw so many Devs acting like him in the past 7 years, before games were abandoned that I don't specially mind. Games come and go like cash in your wallet. What annoys me is the lack of honesty and communication.