If you send me your save file over discord on #notabao I will take a look at it and figure out why brody isn't texting youThis is good. Another game called Urban Gal I feel handled this incredibly well by breaking it up by storyline and/or character. And steps would update as you progressed.
Edit: Bus is bugged, blackjack is bugged, Brody isn't texting me either. I've been through this game so many times and still have no idea what triggers any of these story events. You really need to update the help section. I really don't want to play any more updates if I'm just wandering around hoping something will happen.