Hello!
First off, thank you so much for playing and for your feedback!
The (DEBUG) in the title shouldn't affect/break anything. NO CONNECTIONS ROUTE and EXISTENTIAL ROUTE have 2 different ending dialogues, by any chance did you do no connections on your second playthrough after pressing the 'play again' button or opened the game and then did no connections? I've tried the no connection route on after opening the game (Version 1.02) and it does give me the proper ending, but I will triple check through the code ^^.
And I definitely agree about the length. to be blunt i was kind of burnt out by the time I got to writing and that affected the depth of the dialogues. especially the flirtatious route since those were one of the last dialogues I've written. while i try to leave room for interpretation, I dont think it landed as strongly as i hoped xd. I might look into hiring a writer for future updates to WLF and projects to give narratives more depth!
I hope to do additional comics/writing about the two though! Perhaps that will fill the Cathode shaped hole in my heart and others who've played lol.
Anyways, if you’d like a quick reference to all 5 endings and dialogues, I’ve put together a YouTube video:
Thank you once again for your kind words and sharing your thoughts! It means a lot to me and I'll take your feedback into consideration as I continue to improve and make more projects. I really hope you’ll enjoy whatever I come up with next! <3