this is not dead don't worries. i'm just a bit busy these days ... that doesn't mean i'm not working though! i'm mostly trying to figure out where i want to go with this project next. i'm getting to the point where i feel like it needs to be tested in a different way. that is, i need to see how people host, rather than just how people play, which was the original purpose of the project in the first place!
i likely won't have a public beta test in this case, for the simple fact that i don't want to saturate the market, so to speak, at this point in time. i would rather have a controlled environment where the largest audience can be concentrated to one particular server.
in addition, if anyone interested in using this framework, please contact me. this is another kind of test that i need to have and it's super-important, because those are the people that are going to keep this gamemode alive and kicking, regardless of how good people think their additions are. if people feel that a take on the gamemode is poor, that gets them thinking about how to do it better. have no hesitation in somehow contacting me if you think you would want to work with this. i need to know what tools and hooks to have available for people to use. the framework will have Support_Updater functionality, but i'd like to ship something that's as complete as possible for its ends from the start.