I am not as concerned over new content or patches as some of the vet players who are still playing.
Simply because of the many things that I can do now in game at my skill level, I still have not done or even explored doing more than 50% of those things that are available to me now.
...And am still very, very far from doing anything that is considered end-game content in Salem.
Which leaves me with a lot to look forward to. But, I can understand why JC's absence is worthy of concern for vet players who have already explored most if not all of this game's content.
(It's an awesome game BTW)
Anyway, if JC is still breathing oxygen and able to think and communicate, then just from observing the passion that he has displayed toward this game over the short two years that I've been playing Salem with you all; there is no way I can visualize JC abandoning this gem of a game.
So just to remind us of things to maybe look forward to, here is a list of things that were on JC's mind about the game's future development just prior to his unexplained absence:
1, Road Map 2018 viewtopic.php?f=2&t=20141
...*New Sea/Water Vessels
...*Horses
...*Lockpicking ... <---
...*Beans
...*Witch Familiars
...*Zodaic Signs
...*Tarot Cards
...*A larger emphasis on more creatures/kritters populating the world.
2, Explosives viewtopic.php?f=12&t=20392&hilit=Barrel+of+Tar
3, Possible Gluttony tweaks viewtopic.php?f=12&t=20432
4, Fruit Tree diseases viewtopic.php?f=12&t=20425
5, Compost purity viewtopic.php?f=12&t=20424
6, Witchcraft rework <--- The one I am most looking forward to !
Although I cannot find the link for these witchy-bits of info that JC so graciously left us to contemplate.