Dev is back on keyboard and online and will start back to work on this.
Was, like many of you, excited about this one then it just stopped.
From what I was told his reasons seemed understandable/unfortunate, he had matters (life) that took priority over this project, and didn't want to not commit 100% of what he was capable of.
I was told ANN thread is coming (As opposed to just this Pre-Ann/Name Reservation)
So I suppose we stay tuned.