I'm glad you enjoy the story thus far. There is a considerable gap between updates. Part of that gap is because I'm a one-man studio. I do all the renders, animations, writing and Ren'Py coding myself. This story is a passion of mine. I don't see myself farming things out to others to do even if I could afford to pay them. It is slowly building a following but is a long way from bringing in enough to pay for outside help. Even then, I'm a picky SOB. I'm trying to improve quality every update. Other's might not have my level of OCD to fuss over the minute details like I do.
The other factor driving the big gaps between updates is I opt to have large updates rather than micro updates. Some devs put out an update with 150 images and 3 animations. 1.0.0 has 1,284 images, 80 animations, 13,000 lines of text and coding. It takes time.
Does it take longer than I'd like, absolutely. Like I stated, this is a passion. It will never be abandoned as long as I'm on this side of the grass.
Take care,
Dima