The game is still being made! I went on a months-long sidequest hunting down different paths for graphics/gamefeel.
It feels like most of that was worthless. And it kind of was, but also...
That's just how creative work is done, I fear. You have to continue mining for inspiration, and go down paths that might not pan out. If you stay safe, you'll just make something safe.
And as darkwing duck always says... "let's get dangerous"