Hey Nator, nice to see another oldie stopping by and saying hi. I've heard your name, but I don't remember ever actually seeing any of your content, even though I lurked quite a fair bit on these forums before I joined in late 2011. Things are a lot quieter than they used to be. The Cave Story modding community has pretty much passed its golden age at this point (although when exactly the golden age was, is a bit up for debate), but some people are still making new mods. A lot of processes have gotten more streamlined, but there's not a much of a community to utilize the new tools compared to before. And for what does take place in the modding community, a lot of the action takes place on Discord instead of these forums.
These forums were still relatively active up until about 2019, and then I started noticing a significant decline. As Cave Story's release has drifted farther into the past, newer indie games have taken the spotlight, and message board technology has started to be viewed as outdated, this place has been getting less and less traffic, but there's still a Cave Story community that will continue to trickle along for some years to come.
In any case, thanks for popping in and making me look young, there aren't many users left who can do that.