Thank you very much, and no worries at all! It's good to hear back from you, and I appreciate the taking the time to reply back to it all!
Regarding the potential of having a free-time option after the main storyline is over--I suppose I'll have to see what's all achievable in a single 'run' before making any solid decisions, as I feel there'll be enough free days to see a lot, but I'd still want to incentivise multiple playthroughs, too. As there's some variation in some parts depending on how you played quests or met certain characters, that might be missed out on if you were just able to do it all in a single file.
Repeating content within the story itself outside of side jobs that have cutesy chibi animations won't be possible--but a fully-featured gallery menu is already halfway implemented in the current build I'm working on, and allows you to revisit h-scenes and view the images of any scenes you've previously seen before, which I think should be a good solution! So even though you might have to see different scenes across different playthroughs, it'll all be catalogued in a gallery you can revisit with ease, and will be encouraged to unlock every scene!
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You're very welcome! I greatly value your appreciation and acknowledgement :)
Regarding the free-time option, feel free to do whatever you feel is best. It's just personal preference honestly and just a suggestion of mine that I feel would add a lot more fun and longer lasting entertainment to the game, since usually seeing a "The End" screen after such an amazing engaging adventure can be genuinely disappointing. It's also awesome to know that there will be some diversity in the storyline, I am VERY excited for what's to come. And I completely understand that certain visual content won't be able to be made repeatable in-game, and that's absolutely fine since a gallery will be a perfect solution for sure! Being able to collect and unlock every scene from different playthroughs will be awesome and I am all for it! :D
On a final sidenote, just to add to the initial point, if a free-time mode ever does get implemented, I just wanna mention that it would be nice to keep any special scenes as only viewable through gallery (such as scenes unlocked from a certain decision made in a quest or figuring out a puzzle/ etc.) whereas other less rare interactions be made repeatable and viewable through both interacting with the monster girl or viewing it in the gallery (for example: cuddles, headpats, kissing, and maybe even the three basic forms of erotic interactions for at least a few characters)
Thank you so much for hearing me out and for even considering my suggestions, I really appreciate it a lot :)