This VN really needs a walkthru. I have no clue if I'm even making headway or not.
if you use URM (universal renpy mod) you can see your trust and attraction levels which are what i think open up the new scenes on the weekends. 'headway' is purely new locations that open on the weekends. your first time to each new location unlocks a sexual activity
but as i said the comment before you, it wont matter. the game doesnt honor those 'levels' as a measure if you are doing well or not. it seems it purely WANTS YOU TO WASTE TIME and it uses your day count, not your relationship values, to determine if the relationship is a success. and a couple months isnt enough time so it will be ANABSOLUTE FUCKING TON of grinding days to see events you've already seen dozens of times each and replaying conversations you've had dozens of times. sadly there is no variance to the events. they are the exact same every time.
Honestly I hope Lumi address these GAME KILLING flaws before the game is final. If i had to rate the game it would be 2star at best if i rate what it IS, and not what it has potential to be.
- the game doesnt tell you if you're actually making Shiori feel good. in each scene typically only 1 speed at a time increases her arousal. in some scenes anything faster than 'dead slowest' breaks her arousal. in all scenes that dont involve fingering her, her arousal is capped and she cant even climax
- even if you luck out and are increasing her arousal its a real-world time sink. it wastes your time by NOT telling you if its working and leaving it a mystery. and it wastes your time further by being so brain dead slow even if you are doing it right. which makes you think you're doing it wrong and switching speed to try to find what works and wasting even more time
- her mood is stupid and random. doing things she enjoys doesnt increase her mood. only one specific gift and one specific conversation topic improve it. and it will randomly be bottomed out again every day potentially even if nothing happens. so its purely another mechanic to WASTE TIME rather than to ENGAGE THE PLAYER.
- if you chose the stock market job option shorting the most appropriate stock you'd want to short is bugged and doesnt let you short within your financial limits. the other stocks that are low value work fine but you'd need to click 10s of thousands of times to short them since you have to CLICK FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL STOCK instead of 'short all' or 'short 100' or anything more than having to click once each individual stock (not company, per stock, shorting 1000 stocks requires 1000 clicks). THIS PURELY WASTES THE PLAYERS TIME
- notice the ongoing theme about wasting time rather than engaging the player ? and sandbox games are actually my favorite category. when done in an engaging manner. which isnt happening AT ALL here