Oh that's nice! It's good to hear that the CGs will be in this version of the game too. Also if it spoils too much of the game I guess posting the CGs shouldn't be done, maybe you could post a sprite of every route once the artist is done redrawing them as an update though?
As for CiQ, since Manly decided to play a few of your VNs I hope you now have enough people interested in the game.
Tbh, Apartment No.9 really doesn't seem like my cup of tea, but if you decide to make a genderbent version of it, I'll definitively check it out.
Eitherway, I am just happy to hear that this game is still being worked on (albeit slowly) and not on hiatus. Cheers.