Late response but the VN is being made by one of Sum's patreons called "YourFriendlyGinger" I think. The guy hasn't made any other content as far as I know, just liked NW and wanted to expand upon it.Who is the artist making that?? I'm curious.
Some relevant things he said:
"All my animations (50min) total at 11.8gb, but I consider only 3gb of it worth using."
"If you, understandably, want to check what I've got, I'll make a short demo, around 20min, enough for me to show you what's my idea on the game"
Planned characters
"There's not that many of them
-Elizabeth
-Cassie
-Lara
-Brooke Scott (life is strange)
-Claire
-Clementine
-Honoka
-Miya (sudden attack 2)
-Tifa
-Tina Armstrong
-Mei
-Three other characters
I'm also thinking about adding Sarah (tlou) and Sherry (resident evil). Some of them will be available only on certain routes, you won't see them all in a single playthrough."
Also he said that he might do the same with MBF but I doubt that. This seems like a passion project and with how much time it's taking from him, I don't think he'll have that same enthusiasm for another project that would be demanding as well.