Confusing guy friend

I’ve been good friends with a guy for several years. He’d been in a relationship most of our friendship until the last year or two. Our friendship seemed to get closer since he broke up with his ex gf & he would often make comments/ insinuate that there was something between us. The feeling between us started to seem beyond the bounds of friendship. I never really expressed that I had been starting to develop feelings for him because it all had taken me off guard, and I was sort of confused by his mixed signals. A few months ago he was about to move back to my city and said, “there’s something between us, but I don’t want to spill the glass before it’s full”. I interpreted that as him wanting to take his time and let things unfold slowly, especially because he was kind of in a period of transition with the move. I didn’t really push it because I wanted him to take the lead/ proceed when he was ready. He has since moved back to my city and we have hardly seen each other. I’ve been disappointed that we haven’t really seen each other, especially because he kept making comments saying how excited he was to spend time together once he moved. I just recently caught up with him and he told me that he’s been seeing someone else for about a month or two. I guess I’m just disappointed and surprised. Should I have been more vocal about my feelings or was he just playing games with me?