To answer the one question that remained open in the Roadmap Announcement:
Development is expected to resume on December 19th -2024-, barring any unforeseen time-space anomalies!
While the focus remains on Project Double Helix aka AI Pals, development will gradually ramp up, with a dedicated push to finalize the new game mode and achieve V1.0 completion.
The journey will begin anew, Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts, I can't wait to read through all the reviews and posts in detail once the development starts again!