just wanna say its been about a year since i've been back here and all the games enjoyed and used to follow are either abandoned or in the middle of a "remake" feels bad man.
On top of what
tanstaafl said --- remember, many of the games here are being developed by creators who do not do this for a living, but are learning and/or hobbyists and/or part-timers and, as such, are much more likely than traditional video game producers to make changes, take longer time to develop, and drop projects before deciding to complete the project. Even when dealing with more experienced developers, things change and development is never linear, also it is not uncommon to drop projects before "completion" for AAA developers. Finally, a good number of the games found here will just stay in development phase in perpetuity because developers are enjoying what they are doing, have new ideas, and/or fans are asking for more content and don't want development to end until their "waifu" gets (more) content.
I think Steam is doing an okay job trying to remind players what they are getting into when they decide to try out games in development/early access:
And players should be very aware that there is a high rate of developers changing and dropping projects while games are in development. That's how development works.