this is from the discord and about covers everything, the game is NOT dead, just a lot of irl problems requiring massive HIATUS
"Sadly, I can no longer afford to offer my work for free". I don't know why you are still optimistic about KA.
Trying to earn a living with one's works / efforts, is not temporary "irl problems" and it won't go away.
Not to mention developing this game does not seems like a habit of The devs' that he does on his off time.
The development was already super slow before. And now he has a new focus - which is not on parallel with KA's development.
The "I am still working on KA" is more like an "escape rope" when he doesn't feel like to do commissions, doesn't necessarily mean he will work on the game from time to time.
IMO it's pretty much abandoned, but in a sense "Never Say Never".
Maybe he can find ways to make "Creating KA" profitable somehow