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I appreciate the love for Rachel's design! Unfortunately, adding a full dedicated route isn't something I can do. Each romance path requires a huge amount of work (writing, renders, animations, branching storylines), and the main love interests are already planned out.

That said, for side characters that get a lot of love from players, I can add more scenes with them over time. But turning them into main characters with a full route won't be happening. Hope you can still enjoy what's there!

Rachel is a side character, so she won't be a full romance option with a dedicated route. That said, there will be some scenes and interactions with her, just not a real relationship like with the main love interests.

Thanks for the kind words, and sorry to hear about the performance issues! I haven't been able to reproduce any lag or crashes during testing, and no other players have reported similar problems so far, so it might indeed be device-specific.

Some parts of the game are more demanding than others (certain scenes, transitions, or animations can spike RAM usage), which could explain why it runs fine sometimes and struggles at other moments. Unfortunately, there's not much I can do on my end when it comes to hardware limitations. Ren'Py handles memory management and I don't have direct control over that. The only option would be to remove content or lower the quality, which isn't something I'm willing to do.

If it's not working well on Android, I'd recommend trying on PC. That's where the game runs best, without any lag.

The main storyline is fully mapped out, I know exactly where we're going and how it ends. But we're still in the early chapters, so giving you a final count now would be a guess at best, and a deadline that pressures me to rush at worst. Some arcs need room to land properly. I'd rather let the story dictate the pacing than force it into a box.

I understand your frustration. My vision for those scenes was more 'friends with benefits' casual encounters rather than romance, but I can see how the lack of choice is frustrating in a game called 'University of Choices.'

For the next update, I'll modify these scenes so the player isn't surprised anymore and knows what's coming. And for future chapters, you'll always have the choice to accept or decline.

Thanks for the feedback, it helps me improve the game!

Hi, patreon supporters will start getting access at the end of January if all goes well! The public release will follow when Chapter 6 comes out for Patreon supporters.
And it's great to see Grace getting so much love! 😄