This is so sad. I've only stumbled upon this game tonight and I checked out the comments. People have been saying that the author's last post (from more than one year ago) was that he was feeling really unwell due to cold. Apparently, that's his last post before he went completely absent on all of his other platforms.
So many people died of covid during that period, but I sincerely hope that the author is well and that he has just taken a break/abandoned this novel. It's really sad to think that he might have died... :(