I dont understand this game like theres this game and then theres some Chinese version thats better and untranslated and theres also a modded version? Can some long term fan of this explain where to start?
The chinese version is the modded version of the game.
The game was initially developed in RPG Maker VX Ace which is an old RPG Maker engine. That version is the 0.50 and below. It has the original story line and quests plus a lot of experimental content that the dev was trying out. But some of that content had to be removed because of Patreon TOS.
So a chinese dev decided to take and older version around 0.4x to make its own version of the game with all of the stuff that was removed from the original plus stuff that some people were asking but the original dev did not deliver.
Later the original developer decided to rework the game and move it from RPG Maker VX Ace to RPG Maker MV, which is newer but still kind of old. From here he removed all the main story and most of the experimental content (some was added later as bonus events).
This newer version is currently in 0.80e. It has higher resolution assets and some reworked mechanics, but nothing is yet completed, he just set the basis of many mechanics but are still unfinished.
After this change in engine the dev wanted to get rid of the main story all together, he said that it was not needed for an HGame, but his supporters asked for it so he decided to make a new story from 0. The Current version 0.80e only has the first chapter of this new story.
Now the game is waiting its full release, there are no more content updates until then, just some patches with bonus stuff.