Hi! Yes, we're still using it. The next chapter is still in progress, and I occasionally share sneak peeks of the script on social media. I only post devlogs/updates on Itchio when I have a new file to upload. You can also see on Blastic's Patreon that the sprites are currently being revised again :)
Nope, that’s not planned. The entire game is designed to be in first-person POV, and since there will be choices affecting your appearance, adding full customization would be a lot of extra work for us (many fans have a very specific idea of what their MC should look like). For most developers, text-only customization is easier and cheaper to implement, which is why not many games offer this feature. However, we’d love to include character customization in future projects ^o^