Fair point. On my part, I like to think of them as "ever-green" projects. So they're never "done", they just keep evolving at whatever rate the community can manage, and people check out and check in once in a while to see where it's at.

> I tried the game about eight years ago but it didn't run well on my laptop

Care to try it now? I've been playing Alpha 26 for a few weeks, and I actually love it.