At this point, we can safely conclude it'll be abandoned within a month or two.
Say, does anyone want to make a sort of community project for a game with a similar premise to LT?
We'll have to start from scratch but at least there will be progress.
I highly doubt LT will be truly abandoned. It's been marked as abandoned before, only for inno to show up with a little more supposed engine improvements.
As for this community project, are we talking mechanics or setting? I always imagined version of LT that's has modular turned based wresting mechanics. So you could pin your oponnent's arm, wrap thier face in spider silk, freeze their nuts, brand an opponent with a flaming paw, etc. However, it needs to be simpler than the madness going on over at Dwarf Fortess.
If such a project lasts past the alpha 0.0.1 stage I'd be happy to lend a hand writing for it. However, we need a plan. What enginewill be used if any? What provisions will there be for different contributers (writers vs programmers vs artists)? Are sex and combat going to stay separate or intertwine? What about magic? Lots of details to figure out before even starting unless we want another mess of spaghetti code.