I'm just curious as to how many people are really playing and whether the game is even being updated. I've returned every couple years to mess around but this is the first time I haven't seen many players online. What happened to the game?

Yes, the game has not had any big updates since 2014, and well there isnt too many players around, but its still a nice community :)

There haven't been many updates since 2014, so most of the players quit. About 90% (I'd guess) of the players you see nowadays are newbies.
The rest are older players who haven't given up, or storages/alts.
Some come back during Halloween and Christmas for the special events, and then go back into hiatus. Most of the active players only come into the chatroom, but there are some exceptions.

But I guess you could technically say the game is dead. But it also looks like Alan (Da Man) is working on some updates right now, so there's a chance for a Creed revival.

Yea like it really has died out here but sometimes there are interesting things going on in the chat and a lot more fun here in the forums.Actually a lot of people quit...too soon.

It sure seems like it. I only come here every few months now, maybe I'll check the chatroom...