Hey there! Very good timing for you to leave this comment because regular and more consistent updates and news are on the way very soon. The project is absolutely alive and about to enter a new major development phase so although there's work still to do, it's definitely going to release when it's ready!
This makes me so happy! Sorry for the doomer-like comment. It's just that when I see a project getting too ambitious like yours (with various gameplays etc) it tends to get sucked into the development hell void and staying there pretty much forever until the creator has another anxiety attack / depression and it gets cancelled. I've seen it oh-soooo many times. And I understand, I'd NOT do better in their shoes lol.
If you need a beta-tester please feel free to sign me up, I can agree to NDA and everything. I've downloaded this game since ManlyBadassHero made a video on it since last year January. I've finished the demo a dozen times and I still play it casually from time to time. I REALLY liked your game.
If anything, my suggestion is that when you're very close to the official release, send a pre-access to ManlyBadassHero as he will cause some hype. A lot of people in his channel liked it. We're the demographic target.