Yeah they have been picking it up more recently. I mean they are making about 100k a month. I downloaded it a year ago. They are probably working on the story stuff in the background but pushing out game mechanics.
Personally I would like to play a game like Skyrim with sex integrated with the story. Sex simulations are fun but I want a full on rpg with sex.
But usually, developers focus on one aspect because it sells. So hopefully when they do add a story that's decent and good.
i think theres an info somewhere about the plans concerning the final game and i believe they want to make an actual fullfledged rpg with crafting too.
dont quote me on this, read the official info instead but on the other hand, when u got such high quality animations going u want to keep them up too.
most games wont show u a lot of the story/quests and world etc until its mostly ready for a field test aka beta. that wont happen when they are still in the state of building assets. u cant even call it alpha, let alone beta.
people nowadays play games without a care and clue but its actually a shitton of work. big companies/devs just recycle a lot to meet publisher/investor demands and often have hundreds of people in the team and it still takes years to build a game at least halfway properly. often its still a buggy mess because mentioned demands.
adding sandbox stuff works without context of story and the world so it makes sense to do that inbetween and give people at least something.
noone can work wonders and pull an insanely good game out of the hat.