Hey Guys,
Yes its same people, we never really went away the website/game has been active all this time but now with full functionality restored, a broader vision and a lot of updates/fixes.
Its a really small group I'm the original dev and I asked flexnuts to update the ANN thread at
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=802212.20 because he was the original poster but then we both thought the other was watching for replies so sorry for not realising you had questions/concerns. I understand its not like we all haven't been scammed 100 times but I've never been a perpetrator and am very careful to grow slowly (perhaps too much) and not let it happen by accident either.
I'm open to ideas for improving trust, full decentralisation is the big one that we're working on but if there any other suggestions I've open to those, I've posted on twitter link to the new blog at
https://www.publish0x.com/crypto-collider/crypto-collider-is-back-xllkjdv and there's a few players who can vouch for the continuity of the project - pretty much all current players have been playing for years, I love that although small, Collider's impact has been positive and I'm not into hype but to grow just a little bit as we approach V2 would be nice.
There has been lot of work put into CryptoCollider.com, I hope it can be enjoyed