and it's been shown that every chapter gets longer then the last and has more animations too. The what ifs were never the problem. I'm going to take the devs word on him doing what ifs on his off time, over someone's assumption.
Just look at this post where I've already done the homework. You'll see why it's taken longer each update to release. Also, the increase in time started before what ifs. So clearly what ifs were never to blame.
https://f95zone.to/threads/power-vacuum-ch-9-what-if-vol-1-6-what-why-games.36240/post-7648374
borrowing Baescouts homework here.
v0.1 released at 05/09/2019 (2mo 10d - 2mo 25d)
v0.2 released at 23/10/2019 (1mo 18d)
v0.3 released at 02/01/2020 (2mo 10d)
v0.4 released at 01/03/2020 (1mo 28d)
v0.5 released at 21/05/2020 (2mo 20d)
v0.6 released at 14/08/2020 (2mo 24d)
v0.7 released at 28/12/2020 (4mo 14d)
v0.8 released at 11/05/2021 (4mo 13d)
v0.9 released at 31/10/2021 (5mo 20d)
what ifs started in the middle of CH 9. CH 7 and 8 had gotten 2 months longer production time before what ifs became a thing.
I'm posting all this so people don't see your misinforming post and take it as face value. Too many people blame what ifs for delaying the game, when they were never the fault to begin with.