I changed my mind!In the new update the funniest part is the intro says "Soon™ there will be news" so he kind of did ETA the ETA and he also mentions he will at some point "release the first half of chapter 1"... 3 years for half a chapter either implies the chapter is massive or we're pretty much halfway to chapter 1's completion meaning the ETA for chapter 1's completion is probably 2 or 3 more years... I sincerely hope the reason it's taking so long for the first chapter is because it's a particularly long chapter and not that progress is slower than we think. I mean the christmas update took like 6 months right? It's kind of worrying. I guess we will have to wait and see.
Did I misread the intro text or did you change your mind? I swear the intro to the christmas event says you're planning on releasing the "first half" of chapter 1.