this game has some of the best characters and scenes ever, but the absolute worst design of all time, from a developer that's outright hostile to users and spends actual effort to put in anticheat checks in the code to thwart attempts to skip the mind boggling grind.
I challenge you to find other instances of UIs where the "close" button is a floating X in random places on the screen, or with more disregard for basic UI design principles like structure and visual relationships between elements. I don't think I could come up with a more hostile UX if I tried.
After many start overs, I got tired and started cheesing the code and using the console to jump into scenes, and even that took me hours.
I imagine the dev would not allow it, but this game should be reworked to remove the insane busywork involved in between scenes.
You can still build up anticipation and make things interesting without being outright hateful to the player.
The game's content deserves to be seen by more people, but with a better experience, just like Big Brother.