Thank you so much~
There's minor branching paths based on both gameplay and dialogue choices but the ending is the same for the most part yes. I'm glad you enjoyed the writing ^^
- We didn't have time to implement a traditional save/load system but the game as of now autosaves using some obscure itch feature in a weird way. It's really haphazard and doesn't save things such as items and the full release will use a much more reliable system
-yes the gameplay is definitely undercooked but we hope to improve it a lot in the full release ^^ wish us luck!
Thank you, you as well!!!!
-Aya