No

Rip

Is it really dead?

They have a discord channel. The old team is Gone, and although there's a new team claiming to be working on it, they have not made noteworthy progress. Last time I checked they only managed to design a new relic form in a year.

They are working on it tho, stuff like this takes time to do, specially when it's as good as Phoenix Rising and with the fact the devs do this in their free time. So to answer your question, @X964 , the game development isn't dead, it just hasn't gotten an update in a long time. The devs are aiming at an update in the near future.

"Takes time to make a good game" is an excuse that would have only worked 2 years ago

You have to remember they are doing this in their free time, not working all day to get it done. They have lives to live, too. Not only that, just because they aren't showing it doesn't mean they aren't working on it. You don't need to reveal everything to the public, because it can ruin the surprise of finding stuff on your own when you play the game.

Thats the same comment as before but more detailed? Believe me, I've played a ton of fangames and have talked with numerous devs, and have even started my own game recently. I know what I'm talking about. They promised for the next update to add the University (and only that). Its probably a huge area with many months of work, but 3 years have passed already. Its ridiculous. Its fair that they don't need to show everything they have made so far, but they have shown practically nothing so it'd be difficult to think that they have been progressing at a more acceptable pace and just keeping all the dozens of finished maps a secret