Thank you ;v;. That's all really nice of you to say. We're thrilled you enjoyed the game.
The initial release is planned for this summer, but extra content will continue to be added throughout the rest of the year. The base version of the game will be free, the extra content will be commercial DLCs. There will be other, optional, routes; Derek Suarez and Baxter Ward. Those routes will be coming out later on and they'll be commercial. Cove can get jealous a bit, but losing the MC's attention generally just makes him sad rather envious.
Thank you again for the kind comment <3