Personal opinion- I think the chances of the ssum "just being a April fool's joke" is incredibly low. My reasoning being that we had gotten a full demo with voice acting, the option to pay real world money for the game, a website, cgs, music, and etc: things that are very money and time consuming. Cheritz is a company and they're here to make money, so I really doubt they would go through all that just to be like "it's just a prank bro" lol
I also believe we're just in the midst of a hiatus as we wait for new content, unless Cheritz had decided to cancel the game all together. We'll have to see what happens next, I suppose. Also thanks for reading! I wanted to put my two cents into the matter since I know during the Ssum's hype days it was felt uncertain among fans if the game was real or not. It's been nearly four years since the game was announced so I wanted to reflect on those feelings of the fanbase during that time as well as myself, knowing what we know now
Also you're totally allowed to disagree with me, no worries 💗💗💗
[Written August 20, 2021. In case this post gets outdated]