Its a shame to see this just fade away. I really loved this game.

There are numerous projects going on, but without the necessary investment of time and money, I don't see the release of a full game any time soon. Of course, these are people doing it in their spare time... so don't expect anything like an professional game studio can work on as 40+ hours/week workers

I have basic programming skill but I've never done anything big.

No, not dead. The forum went down for awhile. Maybe this will send an e-mail to let you know there is a new tech demo of Rebellion remake to try out need feedback on. No more work on it until at least ONE person tries it out...