The developer has stopped talking to everyone, including its members. He promised a release at the end of June, then he just went dark. He hasn't said a word to anyone, including his moderators.
I don't think he's the kind of guy who'd just abandon the game and disappear. If there are big difficulties, he'd rather pause the game or say he'll work a little bit at a time (like he did a couple years ago), but it's not like he'll just disappear.
The game has already become big on sandboxing and variables. After the protagonist makes up with Anne a new rearrangement of her daily disposition is required. There may be some complications in this to make it work properly. Also 3 new characters have arrived at the house, this too is additional complications regarding coding.
And after all, we have new previews, so I don't see the point in overthinking it.