Yeah. I've been waiting for the 0.9.0 stable release... And now all I can think of is "ohh right, I'll have to do those chores to no end when literally nothing happens around, no thanks".
I can't justify it from the chilling angle either. Why, the chores! They became an even bigger hurdle with those floppy disks and mini games. I just can't spare enough mental energy to muscle memory everything the game has to "offer" now after otherwise mastering pre-0.9.0 builds.
On paper, the gameplay loop is well built. In practice, it's frustratingly unrewarding.