Case of talented artist and programmer/producer who just don't give a shit.
i dont think its fair to say they dont give a crap, on the contrary, you can see that they really tried to make this work... they just tried to do more than they could.
i said this a few months back, they were too busy trying to reinvent things that had no reason to, like the save system. that's effort that wouldnt add anything to 99.99999999999% of the players. same with alot of menus that also are basically wasted effort.
they should've started small, make it a 1 chapter game, focused on a few girls. then, once they got the hang of it, make new one with other characters.
there was no reason to go to the wall this soon either. the whole hunt-craft-deliver could've worked if they instead focused on it, maybe similar to something like library story.
its like i said, they tried to do too much too soon. game development isnt a race, its a marathon.