Hello there!
We mentioned his life circumstances, as it did slow him down a bit. He still was able to find time to keep working on the game and produce not only a lot of backgrounds, but also UI work.
You will get to see the new backgrounds he's worked on in the next public build we will release.
The war is affecting our work directly and it makes things unfortunately, a bit unpredictable. Rauch is currently doing fine and we are giving him all the aid that we can during this time.