I loved Ep1, I hope you can find the will and energy to make the rest of the story happen!
Haters will be haters, but I'm not quite sure what they hate on, because so far the story is great!
If there was any constructive criticisms to give, then they're 2 things that I guess are a personal preference thing more than actual issues with the story or the VN as a whole:
1) The characters zooming in from the bottom and out again in the same direction can be a bit comical
2) The narrative in paste tense feels a bit at odd with the present tense of the actual story.
But like I said, that is more a style preference than anything else, and I don't find it in any detracting!