This is amazing, simply amazing. Ive been reading a lot of this type of Visual Novel and yours is by far my favorite. Its not just the NSFW stuff which is too notch in its own right, its the absolutely brilliant character development. My heart goes to each of the 4 guys. They are wonderful, beautiful souls.
Max might be the single best person ive ever seen. The utter selflessness he has towards his friend. It makes me cry just thinking about how unfair life was to him. He deserves his own spinoff. It would be crazy, chaotic and heartfilled all at the same time. Just like him.
Braden coming out of his shell and being comfortable with himself is inspiring. He started out almosg crippled by his phobias but his trust in his friends drives him to be better.
So much about this speaks to me. Looking back I can see myself as Zack. Heck, Zack is me! I was and still partially am, that ball of anxiety that overthinks everything. So afriad to make a move and face a potential negative outcome that it paralyzed me from going after what I really wanted. Just like Zack almost faced, I didn't know what was there until it was too late. I hope with all my heart that you give Zack the happy ending that I missed out on. He deserves to be happy and not just a simple end of semester, see you next time ending. The real life changing ending that his character has been building up through whole journey .
Let me see what could have been through him :)