TLDR communications are shit.
True it's pretty shit, there's no update currently. Still not abandoned btw no matter how many times they try and mark it as such.
I would rather not update until the release is ready, I feel like anything less than that is unacceptable personally. You could disagree with that call, but at that point it's just a differing opinion. I'd rather people not become patrons until a new release is out especially with the way patron is set up I can't switch to a pledge by release page.
Last sighting on this site from the Dev was back in August.
I actually check this site almost once everyday. I don't feel like it's correct for me as a dev to comment on other people's games so I usually don't, sometimes I react to something and even then I'm like should I have liked that thing, as a dev? Maybe I should allow my online status in the privacy settings, idk.
With Covid, it wasn't exactly a good time to work on the game for me. I actually expected to ramp up game production in October/November after certain state benefits ran out which meant I could legally work on it without losing money, then I was sick for a while and just two days ago my motherboard seems to be failing in my laptop, which technically I can use my desktop to make images, it's a just a slower process until I save the funds I expect it to take to repair my laptop. Again though still not abandoned. I wouldn't consider this game abandoned until you hear it from me.
So TLDR, I'll be incognito until the release is ready, and then there will be a glorious re-release campaign, and then communication will pick up at that point. I usually stick to the old adage, no news is good news, so don't think it's abandoned until I say it is, which won't happen.