I think that is something Chilly is aspiring to with
Cycle, but to be fair, there are reasons for the lack of "spiritual successor" that have been mentioned but not necessarily consolidated. With Zombie's Life/retreat, it was completed, and Nergal/Naughty Underworld moved on, and ScarlettAnn was able to do art for both without complication. Glassfishbowl, the artist for Urban Demons, is incredibly talented and has a unique stye that is difficult to replicate. To my understanding, she has stated she will not work on anything related to Urban Demons without Nergal/NU. A lot of the coding and programming was custom in a somewhat unique game engine (RPGMaker) and finding ways and workarounds is a challenge. Urban Demons pushed the limits on content rules in regards to MC body size/type, and was the reason for some sites implementing new rules going forward. Nergal/NU has all but moved on from Urban Demons, and it is still a sore subject all around. There was a lot of brigading, flame war, and trolling between the mod community audience and the Original release dev audience. Some of it was incited, a lot of it was just mob mentality, and it soured the mood for a long time. Everyone lost, really.
There are a lot of mods for Urban Demons, but recognizing that this mod is largely now it's own freestanding game is important. Equally important, in my opinion, is building more positive communities around games and mods. One of the things I appreciate about this mod, even though it is a MASSIVE chunk of the size, is the inclusion of the fanart folder, and I love seeing the fanart posted on this thread. It doesn't have to be perfect, or exact, or even of characters or themes that interest me; I just want to appreciate this shared interest we all have. For example, I know Chilly and I have different opinions and tasted in regards to scenes, but we are able to respect and support each other in our appreciation and aspiration for content toward those ends (pun intended). I respect that this is the internet, but a lot of our collective creativity is squandered and squashed under unnecessarily cruel comments.
TL;DR There was a lot of fallout from the initial incident with modding Urban Demons that has limited options to modding or making a new game. New games face increased scrutiny in regards to content with younger characters. A lot of this boils down to people being jerks on the internet, which is not great. I just want to see everyone make cool stuff and have fun playing games.
...kthanksbai