I'm not one to defend stealing other people's work, but this game is so good that I hope someone, in the not too distant future if the developer doesn't come back to life (since who better than the original author to maintain the quality of the work), will continue the game and give this work of art a worthy ending.
And hopefully he will resolve the issues that caused them to abandon the game, but if that is not the case...
It would be a shame to leave it like this, although I would continue to replay it occasionally.