You can tell you have friends running F95Zone when you go from on hold to active but.....
"Updated: 2018-11-20 "
You can go 8 months without an update and are not considered abandoned. Oh BTW if you argue with one of the developers friends you get sanctioned for saying "beehive". BTW I thought he only stopped payments for a single month? Those that support him how many months has payment been suspended? Ah Patreon what a dumpster fire.
Going by what others (mainly
ElmerFudd) have said, I don't think Icstor is a friend of this site and doesn't appreciate his games or discord posts getting shared here.
That being said, games get the abandoned tag if there is
no communication with the dev for several months. We heard from Icstor last week. When he says he is back to work, people trust his word because he has been doing this for years and has finished several games.
Could he have communicated his break better/earlier? Sure.
Did he fuck up when he said he wouldn't charge people in April but did so anyway? Yes and I'm not even sure that was an honest mistake. But to suggest this game is abandoned is an insane overreach.
And speaking of dumpster fires, could you imagine the shitshow if this game got the abandoned tag even though the last communication with the dev was about a week ago? Some were already losing their minds when the onhold tag was not removed immediatley after Icstor said he's back to work.