I think they're different teams too; the Stella team (which works on the art stuff and this character creator) and the bunny team (which works on the plugins). For some random reason they also released a super quick update on Patreon too but not on here? Don't get what that is about...
I totally get something went wrong and things got delayed, but I really see no reason for the radio silence. Even if it's just to say "things are ongoing, this is what we made this month", that'd suffice. Especially so since the current one is too buggy to be used properly. It doesn't export colors correctly and has plenty of other flaws. People have waited with complains about it because everyone was under the impression that the next version was just around the corner...