I just hope you are right, but at the same time it's hard not to go with the sentiment. As alfius pointed out as well. Content wise the game has not really progressed much since 2022, surely there was a steam (re)release, we had some lore and some lewd content with the bikini lady, but story wise there was next to nothing. Combe this with the promises made e.g. hopes going full time, but he has no nothing to show for it, the last release was released early to give the players something but then the additional content never came. Well and then you get the sentiment that we are in now....
But then again, hopes deserves the benefit of the doubt as his game is just to good. So i reslly hope you are right and that hopes is working somewhere secretly to program the best game ever.
Either way
HopesGaming if you are reading this, i hope you are okay and know thst no matter if you developed nothing. The game you brought out already is so awesmome, you can be really proud of it. If i could give you any advice, it would be to always stay true to everyone, including yourself. If you cant make it to do anything on the game for a year, thats fine. If you lost your passion to continue, thats fine. Just do not make promisses you know before hand you cant keep. Setting s goal and not making it, is ok, as long as you are honest about it.