It's a couple of things and I'm prety sure it's not your game that is at fault but my personal taste. For instance. I played like 400 of these according to my lists. I started a bit over a year ago with the likes of Man in the House and milf city so Sandbox were my favorites. I used to search specifically for them in the search box. I went from that to almost and completely avoiding them but not dismissing them entirely. Even yesterday I played Solvalley while relaxed. It wasn't important what I did or the way I did (choices) while playing that.
Ok now about Lust Academy: I feel overwhelmed and that I have to concentrate to keep track of what I'm doing. I can't just lay back relaxed and letting it flow. This is what I mean with my previous "personal taste", I actually have to play it you know, not just reading and lay back? Let me go back to the history. I started with Lust like 4 updates ago, not sure, I did the first part, went to the academy, met the girl in the train, and all that and stopped overwhelmed and lost. Next update I gave it another try, got the txt guide, started again and did it all. Felt like a robot just doing things for the sake of doing to get more of the content.
I think all I wrote is kind of irrelevant. I think the problem here is that Instead of just reading and making choices as in a normal VN, I actually have to do stuff to get to the story, and the lazy f brain that I have doesn't like it. Again, it's not you game that is at fault here. Also, I'm a perfectionist, I'm always thinking I forgot to do something and that I'm gona mess up the playthrough... Like one of the weeks I didn't went to the other place for winning the weeks points race, the thought that I messed it all never goes away. Once I discovered I had to go visit the girls room every night to do naughty things to them, my thought: "what now, do I start again and do it? Is it important?! What if I miss one night only, does it matter? Shit!". Then there's the phone app with the pictures and likes and comments, my brain again does the same: "is it good? should I write or just like? Does it even matter what I do there?". Should I train the spells in class for battles? Does it matter? While playing it I'm always questioning what I'm doing. Am I doing it wrong? lol.
Yes, I know the calendar, my brain goes like: "do I have to check that every action I take? Is it important? which action from each part of the day I do first? Does the time I take to do all this Matters? Can I just work at coffee make money, and do quests and stuff after? Do I have to do battles? Did I got the books, let me check every room of the game again, it won't hurt... Shit! so many questions, where was that txt guide thing again? Wow the txt thing even has a save for lazy fucks like me! So where was I ingame? hmm this is useless, I'm not at same day as the guide. Does it matter. Fuck I'm not gona start again! What about that save? No, I don't want that. I guess that's it. Closed. Deleted. Gona go to the thread to praise the game and show that I'm a lazy fuck and going to abandon the story and this nice characters for it".
I think that's it. Again, I don't think it's the game that is at fault. On the other hand: if it was a normal Renpy/VN, I would start again, press ctrl, make the choices.... It would be nice but then it wouldn't be Lust Academy.
Thank you and good luck.
P.S. Now I'm gona make breakfast at 12:15. Damn!