This is maybe not a comprehensive plan, but I wanted to at least state publicly what I intend to do about this project. There are a lot of people interested in this game–that motivates me a lot. And it’s also very helpful that I just plain old really want to play it, too! So here’s what’s going to happen.
It’s a holiday, so that slows everyone down, I think. But also I’m crunching for a deadline and so the Flash game I’m working on for that is consuming all (like 12 hours a day) of my time. The upshot, of course, is that all that effort will have multiple payoffs, one of which is building a starting point for Lila Dreams’ client and tools. I’ve implemented some things that had only been hopeful thinking in the past, so it’s really a good thing in the long term.
Once this small project is wrapped up (at the end of December), I can start to put some part-time effort into Lila Dreams again. This will involve building up more code libraries and refining all the stuff I’m doing right now.
One way I want to do this is to create some small multiplayer games. I have a basic server implementation, but it’s not tested and is still incomplete. The best way to get this into shape to handle a full MMO is to use small games to refine it. So, you can expect some progress in that area. Those little games would also help refine the code behind Lila’s client. And, heck, maybe I could make some money on these other games, too. That would really help!
Obviously, then, Lila Dreams will not be in full production for a while. But, in the mean time, I will be releasing games and polishing up the code libraries that Lila Dreams will be constructed upon.
Let me put this in perspective: I’m so anxious to continue work on Lila Dreams that sometimes, after a 12 or 15 hour day of coding my other game, I get in bed with my laptop and just browse the source code as I drift off to sleep. No, that won’t get anything accomplished, but it keeps everything fresh in my mind so my subconscious can crank away on it. 
It might be a snail’s pace for a while, but I am going to finish this game.
P.S. I’ve had some offers to help, and I will be contacting folks about this when the time comes. So, if you are one of them: I haven’t forgotten!