Well, from time to time, i go on the discord to see what the fuck is happening there, and this is MY GUESS from what I read there.
For a surprise that it's not a surprise, pretty sure the game won't be released this year. That dude "Frost" on the discord keeps saying thah first will come a demo then the game, so, the game has a release date for 2024, why would you release a demo if you'll have to drop the game like in the next month. Also he talks about a demo that it has no date too.
So what will happen then? Well, they'll change the release date on the steam page near end of the year and drop a post saying they sorry that they could not fullfil they promised deadline and thus this they'll change it for "TBD/TBA" or maybe next year.
But yes, surely we won't see the game done this year.
Take this with a grain of salt.