This sucks, really sucks..People had high expectations from this project.No. As we said on Discord, some story elements will be laid out using a VN style, but for the main objectives in the game - exploration, scenes and so on - they will remain 3D and fully playable. The VN elements are primarily used for storyboarding.
On the other hand, if it helps the developers. Sometimes the VN parts works well, like Personal Study (but that's one-man army project).