A lot of questions and a lot of things to clarify.
Firstly. someone was faster in adding the update, so you received the "developer" version, which is why you have an error. There is no episode 5 in this version. It will be in the next update.
Secondly, this version requires you to start the game from the beginning, saves may not work. At the beginning you can also choose easy mode which removes achievements and makes it easier to unlock scenes.Someone may have had a problem with the game by loading a save from a previous version.
From the very beginning, the game was written for 7 episodes. the last 3 will be longer than the previous 4. Additionally, some things were removed from the first versions because they do not make sense until the game has an ending. You will understand in the end.
All three ladies will have the opportunity to show themselves more than once, don't worry
The original release dates of subsequent episodes have unfortunately changed. The problem is the hardware I use (the game is created on a laptop with 3060 nvidia).
The game was also created from the very beginning as a typical m/s. The reason for the changes is patreon, but since it's not a big source of income for me anyway, I can now write about it officially.
The changes were necessary because I would like the game to be available on Steam. And I know that some people wrote that they didn't see the changes... almost 80 renders were changed
you may not see them, but as an artist I saw more. Nicole's face was distorted by my mistake which I repeated in subsequent episodes.
Regarding the biggest complaint about the minigames. It's a game. Turn on easymode, it will be easier.
Thanks for all your opinions. see you in the next update. and if you want to support the production, please visit subscribestar or patreon ;-)
Ps. Ntr and other things like that... dark dlc...