Agreed, also it wasn't abandoned, the dev just works really slowly and decided to rework the entire game. Don't blame you for not knowing though, he's only active on discord and there isn't really a good way to play the most recent version without going to the git itself. He should probably update the itch page.
I suggest if you're interested enough then join the discord server, though I understand the hesitation some might feel, being horny on main and what not, so it might be worth making an alt for these kind of situations.