I do not know why, but really these games must be so boring. Nothing happens in them. 20 minutes of clicking no sense and still the same, no change.
Not the type of game that makes it boring, but the kind of developer that doesn't pace their content well due to inexperience or just poor content planning.
Seeing "poses/expressions" as an update count shows how little content there is and the dev trying to inflate it with numbers. I've never seen people quantify expressions as an important update note, let alone lumping it in with poses instead of just saying images/scenes.
The game is going to focus on world building next as the dev stated in the patreon, tbh I think that's a sign that there's nothing to do and they're just trying to stall. While they plan on including some content during this phase, I doubt this will get anywhere for a while due to the character stories being put on the back burner until the world's done building.
The game is trying to be a summertime saga kind of game, but being made in a really odd way of making a huge ass empty box before filling it with sand. Would've been much better to start with character story paths that end up visiting more and more locations and expand the interactable world rather than keep putting out things players can't do anything with.
This update wasn't worth the time, and still no main screen image, just the UI, and other than the introduction to new characters you can't do anything else since nothing is implemented.