I've restarted playing recently but I have been wondering if there was any future plans for more expansions down the line (perhaps another YHTNTEP), or added content outside of the availability of mods. All of the bug fixes in the latest patch are neat, but it's not as cool as having new toys to play with Or is the team all focusing on Clockwork Empire for the time being?
Pretty much the whole team is working on Clockwork Empires, which is why the latest patch took so long to come to release. I don't think Nicholas has ever ruled out completely more Dredmor content, but for the meantime (and probably for the foreseeable future) it is highly unlikely that we will see more Dredmor stuff until CE's development has neared its zenith *at the very least*. In other words, don't hold your breath.
That's kinda what I was expecting, to be honest. But that's why I also mentioned something like another player-made expansion. The mods are all there for the team to pick their favorites (I vote for swashbuckler btw.. Everything it adds is just epic). Heck, I'm pretty sure that they could ask the big names in the modding community (Ruigi, Fax, Essence, etc) to help them in making that expansion balanced, if they're still active. That could alleviate some of the work the team would have to do.
We've already had You Have To Name The Expansion Pack, which was essentially a group of officialised mods with tweaks and new artwork from the studio, but even then you are talking a lot of work on Gaslamp's part to ensure compatibility and balance.
