He is still alive. He spends a lot of time online on Discord (maybe in background of his computer, idk.) I could message him if I had to about things on there, though I am pretty sure he is still working on it slowly. I think it is a solo project mostly and I know that is a difficult thing to do as I am trying to make a VN myself...
Valenviox. However it is yet to be even with a first build. Still working on the story let alone the art. My VN is gonna be a team project between me and 2 friends, but one is dealing with school in Malaysia, one lives in Indonesia, and then I (the one doing code) am in the US so it makes things complicated.