According to the dev's latest patreon post, looks like it will be abandoned:
"KIS is frozen: Well, it's been 3 days since the release of KIS and I think we can conclude that the project will not be successful."
A pity, I enjoyed the game mechanics and graphics and was looking forward for next releases.
There's a v0.2.0 that is still on Patreon Release only, so might reach public release in the next couple of days.