I am not sure it will affect the Starmaker Story projects directly at the moment, as it is a free game. It is currently permissible to upload free adult games on itch.io, provided they adhere to the platform’s updated content guidelines. This means they "may" need to make some adjustments to 1.7. But I believe the delay has been a result of their other projects, not to mention the amount of burnout that will result in. From pervious posts it appears the developer is close to code complete on 1.7, but there are most likely all manor of bugs that need clearing before it is ready to post.