As I wrote above, the dev wants to release the update this month ... according to discord on a Friday ... so there are not many options left.
But I can understand the mistrust, so far the dev was not known for his reliability.
Which is a real shame because I think he has talent and I think it could be one of the “top” games on the site.
The wait between the two prior updates was also a LONG time. I'm not sure how many people complaining are aware of that, but as you say, its not out of line for how the process has gone since the start. Just need to wait.
I think that the outline and the ideas of the game are terrific. That's certainly what drew me to it in the first place. The renders of the female characters are good, though not special. I wish that the MC was both taller, more masculine and somewhat more assertive, though I understand that you have to get pretty good with the creation software to achieve that (some devs do).
But the user interface is both unique and horribly frustrating, and the dev seems to have gone out of his way to create something just for himself that makes things far more difficult for the player, and that's always something I have to shake my head at. Games that feature a high end UI can be awesome, but when that isn't accomplished, it often ends up being worse than something bare bones and simplistic could have been.