First of all: CONGRATULATIONS ON RELEASING ARC 2's REMASTER ALPHA!!!
All of the art you added is INSANE (144 expressions for Iggy and that's not even the only thing, holy shit????)!!! I honestly really admire your dedication to your game and OCs and it makes me really happy that OW now has an audience that continues to grow. Because. You know. YOUR GAME IS AMAZING AND A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE SHOULD PLAY IT!!!!
It's honestly really sad that there aren't that many chubby characters in gay romance stories or even in romance stories in general. It feels like, most often than not, a great portion of stories have characters with more or less the same six pack body type. So, honestly, I was really happy when I came across your game and saw that Genzou was one of the LIs (and honestly I consider him to be the canon route for Iggy because GENZY IS OTP MATERIAL AND THEY LOOK SUPER CUTE TOGETHER)!!!
I definitely relate to the feeling of being completely dejected when a game release/update doesn't go as expected. It's especially crushing when it's a game/update that means so much to you. Which is why I'm honestly really happy to see that more and more people are playing this game and loving it as much as me. I'm super excited to replay this game again to see all of the new art and content you've tweaked!!
I'm probably rambling a lot right now, but I just wanted to let you know that your game is wonderful, Carrot, and these characters also mean a lot to me. There's not much ace representation in media outside of surface-level options that let you say "oh yeah, I'm ace btw"; so playing this game where the ace character is also THE PROTAGONIST and has SO many scenes talking about his ace journey made me feel really seen. Thank you so much for creating Iggy and all your other characters.
I'm also very sorry, once again, to see that you're struggling a lot IRL, especially with anxiety and your job situation. I honestly wish you the very best with that and you know that I'm always a message away if you ever want to talk or even chat about our OCs/games/etc.
You're a really dear friend to me, Carrot, and a big inspiration as well. Please, never stop creating. Your work really means a lot to so many people, it touches our hearts in a way that not many are able to.
Sending you lots of hugs!!! <3