I am glad to hear you are alive! You have made one of my favorite pieces of media of all time, so I am sure I will enjoy what ever you do next!
My understanding of the itch situation is that you are probably good considering the amount of detail you went into about prior consent in the forms.
I personally would be ok if stormside was more visual novel-y, but given that I would go down the submissive routes with everyone, that may not be realistic to say. I wonder if you could collect route data?