Just saw this!! Thanks for your reply xDD
It's interesting to see the thoughts from the dev themselves!!! The red-herring really is an interesting choice, I really enjoyed the two variations (as soon as I finished one choice, I had to go look at the other). Also side note, at first thought I expected Joshua to be secretly having hidden intentions(?) inside, but it turns out he was just a cutie pie xDD I really enjoyed his character too, and appreciated that he really was just a good friend and didn't want to cross boundaries. Also I realized that in my initial comment I forgot to mention some other things that I liked, such as the fanfic in the game (it felt realistic! they were fun to read xD) , the representation of being gay and asexual (it really was interesting to see the world through a character like this), and this might be a small thing but I also enjoyed the texting scenes between Joshua and Lewis both in the narrative sense and technical sense (I didn't know you could do that in renpy??omg). Anyhow, thanks again for the wild experience xDD Really loved it!