It looks like the situation changed. It looks like it's going into indefinite maintenance mode.
So, this is good news for Tumult!
It creates a bigger window of opportunity, but that moment starts from now… RIGHT NOW …not six months from now, not 1-2 years from now.
Isn't that what happened here though? 
People are wondering where's Hype 5. 
The people that are using Adobe Animate are going to start looking for alternatives. Is Hype a viable alternative? If they find Tumult Hype, what are they going to think… almost seven years since the 4.0 update?! That's not a good look.
Then there are the animation problems mentioned here…
https://forums.tumult.com/t/ideas-for-hype-5-features/
- Bones / Joints — “Rigging” and Joint Animation
- Lip Sync
- Camera
- Export video with audio
- Advanced Vector Shapes (SVG)
- SVG Shape Importing
If Tumult is working on those features, wouldn't it be a good idea to show a demo? Like this video… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_PKAJJhRoM
Why isn't there a beta of Hype 5 like there was of Hype 4?
It was frustrating watching the missed opportunity when the Flash plugin was shut down. A Flash-to-Hype converter would have been awesome! While such technology is difficult to create, there was Swiffy and Ruffle is interesting… https://github.com/ruffle-rs/ruffle …why isn't Hype doing awesome things like that?
I suppose that's how we know current AI can't replace coders. Can it build an Adobe Animate to Tumult Hype converter?
Even if an AI assistant had two apps open on the same computer, and was trained to tediously convert a project from one app to the other, how would that work without Hype supporting critical animation features?
Imagine the problem animators now face. They have all this artwork in Adobe software. What are they going to do now? How do they get their work off the old application and into Hype? There isn't a bridge connecting those two points.
Well, it looks like Tumult is getting another shot at greatness. It's going to be interesting to see how this turns out.