You know, having them choose between inserting themselves or using a "canon" character was something I never thought about. That's actually a pretty nifty idea, and will be something I definitely keep in mind for the future. I had already decided I wanted to try a... character picker type thing later on, to let the player decided some specific things, like a collection of species and maybe even build, so we'll just have to see how all of that goes!
Thanks so much for taking the time to type this and reach out to me :) And thank you for the interest in my project!