No wayyyyyyyyy, not me having unintentional influence LOL xD! That's crazy, but I'm glad you felt compelled to experience it. I'm usually not a fan of bad endings either, for the reason I stated in my main comment but also because I feel like a lot of bad endings come from like, intentionally making bad decisions? Don't get me wrong, I think in hindsight it's obvious which answers are correct to get the good ending with this vn, but the choices didn't feel like, bad for the sake of getting the bad ending. Like you said though, creators put in work for the good and bad endings, and while I'm not going to purposefully go for most bad endings, this vn allowed me to see a bad ending without feeling guilty for a bunch of pixels loool.
A small update on my own life (Whether you wanted it or not, lol). As I said, I prefer fighting my own battles and I hate having to explain my feelings. I hope the dev sees this because after getting this ending ( and a few personal developments in my own life) I actually started therapy! It started out exhausting but became a rewarding experience, and I still have to deal with my own internal struggles, but I'm defo getting better with expressing myself in a healthy manner, and leaning on people when I need to!
So yeah, epiphany spent and expanded on lmao! Thank you for your positive response and I'm glad my ramble review gave you the encouragement to experience the characters here further! To anyone one reading this, creator or consumer, I wish you health and happiness, with the courage and strength to pick yourselves up when times are tough! <3