Naturally my opinion is just one in a whole chorus of players, but my 2 cents: I think regular updates are more welcome than any fancy extra's. For a comparison, I play a handful of different games. Just picking one of them, Ripples, a wonderful game about story, characters, artwork, etcetera. But it takes half a year or longer for an update, and after such a long time you (at least, I) have to force myself to get back in the story, who is who and what was she all about? The other example, like Goddesses Whim or Corrupted Kingdoms, they update more or less monthly. Each time it's just a little progress in de storyline, but at least you stay in in the game, remember the characters en what the story is all about. Now, in Harem Residence, there are also a lot of girls, with each their own side paths and story's. To keep them remembering, my true opinion is that regular updates, does not have to be a complete chapter, are important to keep interest in the game. (by the way, good of you to inform of your real life situation, it's kinda easy to forget that the are real life persons behind this games with their own lives and issues. I hope you are going to get through it soon enough)