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If spoilers are alright here, then I also was able to do this with the door greeter in the host club (the mouse), although it is a lot more difficult to pull off due to him being right next to Mezz when first entering. On that note, I was able to get to the intended guest and initiate the game with him without wearing the costume, and after beating him, the mouse seemingly goes back to his original position and everything proceeds fine as if this segment was done legitimately. So while it is obviously unintended, it does not seem to be game-breaking for this particular part of the game.

This is a fairly minor one, and I tried to read through here to make sure nobody already mentioned it, but my dyslexia could have caused me to miss if someone did mention it. I apologize in advance, and I fully understand if you want to just delete my post.

Anyway, there are some segments where a character approaches you to initiate dialogue outside of a cutscene, such as on a large street toward the end (trying to not spoil stuff), where you can hold down or mash a movement key to continue walking; I was able to lead a certain someone to the location of an actual cutscene, where he appeared to duplicate himself for said cutscene, since he has dialogue in it. I am aware of the possibility that this could be an engine issue itself, and not something a game developer can fix. Since I have never used this engine in my life (the only version I used was XP), I have no way of confidently saying whether I believe this to be an engine issue or not, but based on my experiences with other engines, I can certainly see it being a possibility.

I can see your point, although I imagine there would be cases of simply scrounging up pre-bottled booze from old buildings and such, which feels like the purview of Junkers mentioned in Scratch's computer. I bet this would also apply to other commodities, like pre-rolled tobacco products, canned or sealed foods, soda, even bottled water.

Again, Bitshift obviously decides what is canon. I'm simply speculating based on my own understanding of how these types of worlds tend to work in relation to resources.

My headcanon is that despite plant life being hard to come by, Mezz keeps a secret garden of carrots just in case he needs to go full Looney Tunes on whatever villain he's facing. 

I actually was kind of curious if there were more music references hidden around, as there was the Dowland graffiti, not to mention the title "Serenade." I completely missed the name references for the characters, since I don't really know much about music at all, let alone brands or types of instruments.

I get what you mean about ambiguity on enemies' fates, and I appreciate that it's not just a concrete "kills everybody or nobody" dynamic. Aaaand because I'm deranged, when you said "more cartoony killing," I envisioned Mezz replacing one of Mahir's cigarettes with a stick of dynamite.

I'm sorry for suddenly jumping back into our conversation, but I had another weird and sort of morbid question. 

I won't specify where it's said, as I don't want to accidentally spoil too much for other players, but there's a piece of dialogue that says Mezz "trimmed down the ranks" of the gangsters. Is Mezz a no-kill kind of hero, and this dialogue implies he simply hurts enemies to the point of being out of commission? Or does he sometimes hit hard enough to kill? Even what amounts to a well-crafted stick can cause catastrophic damage if swung with enough velocity and into the right areas of the body.

I know this sounds extremely morbid, but I always am curious if combatant (especially armed) heroes follow a no-kill rule or not. 

Side note, does Dragon's Breath cause physical damage to hyenas after long-term abuse? I know it's already shown to cause mental disturbance (not even counting suggestibility in other species), but I can't stop thinking about how a drug like that would ruin a person's body over time.

I found an OpenForum thread from 2002 that was, from what I can tell, a guessing game about video game quotes. The text is slightly hard to read, coupled with me being dyslexic, but I was still able to find a reference to the quote. I searched up Jazz Jackrabbit screenshots and videos, and one stream recording of the game made the same claim about this quote. I couldn't see it in the credits, but again, that could be due to my dyslexia acting up; I can sometimes skip entire paragraphs, which is why I try to remember to double-check everything I read.

I came across some graffiti outside Mahir's place, which appears to reference to John Dowland. I was able to understand the rough gist of the Latin phrase, but I do not know much about music history, so I had to do some research on that.
If that is not the reference you were referring to, then is it the graffiti that says, "It's hard to draw a sexy rabbit" or however it's worded? I could not find the definitive answer, but some research has lead to claims that it originated from Jazz Jackrabbit, although I am unsure in what way; one source claims it was a weird easter egg in one of the games' credits.

On the note of backstory and personality, I really appreciated the dialogue in the garden. The fact Mezz seems so surprised by real trees and grass shows how physically scarred their world is, and also shows a subtle emotional side to the normally cocky Mezz, even if he immediately goes back to being cocky afterward.

If it's not a bother, I was hoping to posit a few questions to you.

First, will there be any backstory about Mezz revealed in later developments? Even with NSFW games, I still appreciate learning about each character.

Second, is "Mezz" a pun on "mesmerize," or merely a coincidental name choice?

Finally, will there be any moments where Mezz wants to do something sexual without being hypnotized first? I know the main selling point is hypnosis, I'm not judging; I'm simply curious due to wanting to know more about his original personality.

Overall, the game looks interesting, and I look forward to seeing what you do in the future. Also, Mezz is adorable.