http://steamcommunity.com/app/261550/discussions/0/1488866813753610382/?ctp=12#c1499000547470172517@Everyone - When we feel the game is ready for people to play we will release it. We understand that people are eager to play the game right now, but it simply isn't ready yet. We can see that a lot of people want to know if it will be this year, so we will tell you now, the game will not come out in any form in 2017.
We are of course sorry for the mistakes we made in the past by telling players that we hoped to get the game in their hands in some form by X date, but at that time this was our aim and it was something that we thought we could achieve. Since then, we have made some big improvements to both the engine and the game which has pushed back the release date.
We are working as hard as we can to finish the game and get it out there for people to enjoy, and internally we do have some idea of when that will be (and it is a lot closer than some of the estimates here on the forum!). We know that this is a hot topic for you all and we certainly don't want to frustrate or upset any of you by repeating our past mistakes by announcing a date, only to have to delay the release again.
We are extremely grateful that you are all active members of the community here on the forums (for our game which isn't even out yet) and we respect your right to have and share your own opinions on this, which we read and take onboard. This is one of the reasons why we made this thread, not to become a "trash bin" as a couple of users have suggested, but instead to provide you all with a place to focus the discussion instead of having it spread out over a number of different threads (increasing the chance of your opinion being overlooked).