So, guys create a ton of work for themselves and post up a public tracker. They scope the game to be WAAAY larger than what it could reasonably be, but this scoping allows its creators to put up this multi-generational progress bar that slowly-but-surely inches to completion, and in the process eke out a meager living. The elation, when that progress bar does move, is borderline orgasmic.

I call BS

Not everyone is out for a big score, and not all plans are short term.

They've already been working on it for a dozen years, so what's another dozen?

Anyway, back to the UI: they can rethink or polish it in the run-up to 1.0; no need to spend too much time on before then.