Is this game dead?
I just joined the Discord to check, there's been 2 months of radio silence but the dev has been working on the game with roughly bi-monthly updates so it's not unusual. I assume they just don't want to post anything until they have something "meaningful" to put out. There was a lot of negativity when the new engine caused a total data wipe and a new development roadmap, which probably isn't helping the dev want to post any more "suboptimal" updates. I'd say just give it time.
Update: Narlicious posted in his discord this morning, the game is still in progress.