their ears are so goddamn fluffy. especially the mc's. i know it's perhaps a strange thing to focus on, but my eyes were immediately drawn to it. the characters are so much more adorable in your current style eeee
I've played and loved both kinds of VN that y'all're talking about. I've played so many excellent ones of both kinds, I'm not sure if I have a preference for either style...
I usually prefer it when a romance-centered vn also has a "good end" friendship arc for the characters too. a few vn's I've played treat friendship as if it's a bad end which i really don't like.
but the style of relationship building y'all have chosen makes sense for this game. It sounds kind of complicated to code tho :o
this might be more than y'all wanna say at the moment, but do the characters you gain as allies directly affect what ending you get? Like one character trusting you opens up an alternate path to get to the bottom of the Spire?