I'm a paid sub as well, and that, to me, is the biggest indicator that stencyl will be around long term. Subscriptions are a predictable, long term model. More to the point, while suggestions are indeed, hit or miss, looking at the changelogs, additions seem to be a good mix of new features and needed bug fixes.
Interestingly the few questions and bugs I've reported have often had dev responses, which is suprising considering how busy they must be. Also a shout out to Letmethink, Liberado, Rob, and Ceosol among other dedicated members for all the help they provide to many members. I guess the word community is overused on the internet today, but you gents really make things happen. Thanks again for all the help.
All the progress so far, says to me they *have* a roadmap and a plan, but have, in lieue of other responsibilities, just not got around to publicaly posting it. A lot of what could be construed as 'neglect' looks keenly like programmers who are too busy to respond, and the suggestions going unanswered is probably also a symptom of that. In other words, like most people who are genuine and dedicated, the devs have too much to do and not enough people to do it.
And yeah, stencyl is, I think one of the few engines that, interalia, doesn't get in the way when you want to do something simple, doesn't obfuscates the low level stuff, and has a fantastic support/paid model that doesn't pinch you for every dollar (asset markets)
