To everyone: I'm sorry about the massive delays, from now on I'm going to stop setting myself deadlines because it just leaves everyone disappointed when I fail to meet them.
No reason to give excuses, we should just be happy that you are doing this on your own time and for free, as a labor of love. If folks can't wait for you to come out with the next civ, then let them program it, and see how well they do at it.