I'm surprised to find out chapter 1 got a remaster/remake! I say this in the best possible way, but one of the charms of Ripples to me was how run-of-the-mill and unremarkable chapter 1 was, only to have /that/ twist as the end of it. It's kinda like the last scene slaps you on the face and tells you, " you just finished the prologue, the real story begins now, from chapter 2 onwards." And that made me look back at the unremarkable chapter 1 and think, "damn, what a great chapter, because it lulled me into thinking I had this game figured out, so the premise could sneak up on me and hit me like a brick, out of nowhere." It kinda even fit how MC is living a dull normal life, until the unexpected and exciting strikes.
I will likely replay the remastered version at some point to see how it feels now, but those are my thoughts upon finding it exists. Best of lucks with the continued development of the game ^_^!