Apparently so...
The official link from the Treetop Crew's page ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.TreetopCrew.VirtualBeggar&hl=en ) and other Google'able links point to a deleted object. The App Store link still does work.
I think this is a good time to think it's truly not a stalling, but instead an end of a really addicting, pixely beautiful, very long-lived (especially for a mobile) game.
It surely has been fun and a nice small adventure at times, but I think it's time to move on... : )
See you, fellow beggars! : )