I’m a little curious as to how the preview characters are going to work within the future progression of chapters.

I understand that they are placeholders for future seduces, my question is more of when/how will they be implemented in the future?  I know you’ve mentioned chapter 2 is going to take place somewhere else, so is chapter 2 going to be a continuation where you can return to Theoplis or is it going to be each chapter is its own game and you’ll add the preview characters into a future chapter 1 build?

Hello :) The preview characters are main what I add in the mini monthly updates on my patreon (you can just copy and paste your save file from a previous version), Chapter 2 will include all the seduces I make from now until it's release (some preview characters i know that I'm saving until chapter 3/4). When I release Chapter 2 it will be with Chapter 1 within it, they won't be separate games (I will figure out how I can sell Chapter 2 at a reduced price for people who bought Chapter 1 on itch)

Got it,  I’d recommend looking into how Herculion does their dlc where it’s dlc files that are useless without the base game but sold separately . So when chapter 2 comes out sell that both as an add on and as the complete game with chapters 1-2  with prices set accordingly for those who have and haven’t bought chapter 1.