I see that there is a bit of controversy with all this about the routes, what I say is that the system will remain as it is now, there will be decisions, yes, but it will not change the story practically, maybe just a couple of events in the course of maximum 2 chapters. Also in the patreon post I said that the women we are not interested in will be completely avoidable, this doesn't mean that if you ignore a girl this event will change the story radically, of course not, the most that will happen is that you will see less content lol, but I will make reasonably long routes for each ending later in the story (3-5 chapters or more).
PS: Lauren is unavoidable because of a mental glitch I had, it slipped my mind but the variable is there, I just have to make it work in the code, so if you insulted her a bit when she applied the ointment you're ok, I'll also add some extra decisions in chapter 2 and 3 to make sure.