I used to go back and forth with the dev of this game about ideas back in the early days in 2020/2021 (crazy that it's been that long). He's a passionate guy but it seemed at the time like he might have gotten in a bit over his head coding-wise with how to actually implement his ideas, and frequently had to rewrite entire sections of the game to accommodate them.
It came from a place of legitimate passion and you can tell even from this version that he had some really creative ideas, but I'm not surprised to see that he's put it on the indefinite backburner. (Though I am disappointed. It was one of my favourites and I enjoyed being able to chat with him about the game and where he wanted to take it.)
Hopefully he plans to return to it one day when he has more experience under his belt.