It has been a very long time waiting for Spriter 2, and many of us purchased Spriter Pro specifically because Spriter 2 was promised as part of its future. At this point, the project feels inactive, and that’s difficult for the people who supported it financially.
If development is no longer moving forward, the honest and fair approach would be either:
Clearly announce that Spriter 2 is discontinued and offer refunds, or
Release the source code so the community can continue the project.
We’ve already seen how successful open-source development can be—Krita, Inkscape, Blender, Godot, and many others have thrived because the community was allowed to contribute. And with modern AI-assisted coding tools, even small teams (or a single maintainer) can accelerate development dramatically. You can literally have agents completing tasks while you sleep.
What people want is transparency. Either recommit to finishing Spriter 2 or allow the community to move it forward so it doesn’t remain ghostware forever. Right now, even the forums feel like they’re starting to fade out.