This game is super repetitive since the very start, over 90% of the game being just grind (forward time, get lunch, go home, watch TV, go to sleep etc.) without any story or events taking place.
The office party event back in 2018 with the painter couple side event, was the height of this game's popularity.
The game has gone downhill after this and our slacking dev has only gotten worse with time.
Thus using people who waited years wanting some Val content as an excuse for not making the game interesting or whatever he initially wanted it to be is pure bs.
Using Unity instead of RenPy helps this mega grind fest with large bundle size. However, if all repetitive grind is removed the total content won't even last for 40 mins.