If you're truly starting, I recommend you also install both the
hints mod and the
save mod, though they're optional.
About the game, if you want some healing, this isn't for you. Like, seriously, it really isn't. Or maybe it is? It heavily features sad and uplifting tones, but it also mixes healing and depression with them sometimes. Occassionally all of them at the same time. Again, though, I really wouldn't recommend it if you only want healing like some SoL manga do. But maybe you should? I'd say give it a try and if you can't, then don't force yourself.
Yeah, LiL updates fairly consistently, ten updates, mostly monthly, per year at least. About, the creator, well, let's just say Selebus definitely the game. Period.