!! Hi thank you SO much for your kind words! I lost my ability to reply because I was disheartened by the feedback I had received but this makes me feel much better about my work. I'm glad you could relate to Haru because that was my main goal with him, for other trans guys like me to feel like they could see themselves in a character.
Looking back on this, I see every flaw that there is and how I want to improve it. As it stands, I'm going to rest for a bit since I've got other college classes to focus on but I will come back to my boys in the future! I realize the backgrounds suck ass but yes, I just chucked them into photoshop and edited them briefly to save time. The majority of my effort went into coding the game and getting the bulk of the sprite work done. After all, it was just me working on this. I had a couple of friends help with the posing of the CGs but I did like 98% of things on my own. Hopefully, when I get to the full game I can reincorporate all the original ideas I was trying to squeeze in. I tried implying things through small dialogue bits, but I realize those aren't enough.
I really do feel super happy that you like Haru so much! Like most of my ocs are just projections of myself, but he's my main pride and joy. It means a lot to see that you like him!! His sleep sweater is based on one of my actual sweatshirts....haha. I actually have a few sketches of him in that on my tumblr art blog. I'm in art block right now so there hasn't been much new Greenwood content but I'll get back around to drawing him and the others soon enough.
Again, thank you so much for your feedback! It means a lot to me and I'll do my best to make the revised version as best I can (whenever I get to it) <3!!!