Thank you for the replies; what follows are simply observations, not meant to criticize or diminish your capabilities, only ideas to hopefully help you out.
Regarding the score system, as this is your first project, may I suggest that you try to keep whatever system you decide on to be manageable? Giving choice to the player seems like the obvious path for success, and the more options the wider demographic interested in trying out your game but, while it may seem small at first, giving more than two or three branching options will increase the potential for bugs a lot. Not to mention the complexity in keeping the dialogues and different scenes all set and in-theme. I'm pretty sure we've all seen new devs building games with plenty of pontential to be a blast, only to get overworked and saturated and burnout, so please take care so the same won't happen to you. 8-)
Also, I understand your reticence in having a score system, but I'll counter-argument (just for, lol) that, without a score for the player to keep track of, how is said player supposed to know whether it's on the "right" track or on the path to "Game Over"? Actually, have you thought about having a "Game Over"? Plenty of AVN don't have one, just different endings, and sometimes a player without knowing keeps playing thinking that it's on the way to the endgame, and it is, just not the type of ending it was wanted.
(as an example, on a game published by Sakura Games that I got on Steam, the only time I took to the end, I managed to get save games in pivotal points that allowed me to go back and work my way to get all the endings... except the "normal" one, lol)
Anyway, my point being that I suggest you plan out very carefully how the game is supposed to be, what kind of paths you want for the player to choose and so on, more to give you a better idea of how long it will probably take to get it done. Just a suggestion. :-)
As a quick-thought, sharing the girlfriend with the boss, it could be a choice of yes or no, no taking the story along to the next point, and yes giving the player the next two choices: 1 - Yeah, no, that might alienate her and the boss from me, better to keep personal and professional fully apart from each other, thus advancing the storyline; 2 - Yes, I'll ask her to eye him and his lips and his crotch, step closer to him, run her hand along his arm, and so on... just to see a "Game Over - thanks to your decision to use your girlfriend to seduce your boss, you made her think that ascending your career is more important than she is!"
(just for clarification, personally I find this type of underhanded thing, using your partners just to advance your own career as abysmal; however, I'll play it in the game just to get the achievement (if any) and the CG's :-p
As for the next update, I support getting it done when it's done. Take your time, work on your project the way you want, some indie devs use their patreon to publish updates regularly. Mostly, try to enjoy and have fun working this project of yours, and I'll be here waiting for it.
P.S.: Yes, nearly all of those titles, I'm familiar with, I think. Thanks for the list, any way.
