as someone who loves playing IF, I get the feeling. But speaking for myself, I didn’t pause working on the game because of “asks drying up”. I have around 100 asks that have been sitting for months because I have too much going on. I’m barely holding it together and my therapist said writing is pushing me further the wrong way so I stopped writing for now because I actually want to get my mental mindset right so I still wake up tomorrow and the next day and the next. I understand your frustrations but every author putting out games, especially the ones that are free or will always be free, has a life and things happen just like they do to everyone. I’m extremely sorry for disappointment I have caused to anyone because I haven’t provided a demo. I do my best to pop in and let people know I am not MIA but I’m not prefect. Did I make a mistake many authors make and put out my new idea without a ready demo? Yes, yes I did. Does that mean I will never release the demo or game? No.
Wishing you the best.