I have been saving playing this until lewd scenes are introduced but i can't seem to wait any more so ill do that now.
Reading what you said, that he doesn't plan on working alone (like someone else ehm) is a breath of fresh air.
This may be a hated question here but i'll risk it, is there ANY indication/information on when lewds are going start being a part of the story?
Season 2 will introduce actual lewd moments and animations (no specific mention of when in S2), but Ocean is still doing world building so that any sexy time actually means something - it's not just gratuitous proof that he Can animate sex scenes but they will make sense and be appropriate to the story and the people involved.
There is a kissing scene in CH 4.5 Beta that is a scorcher and damn near as close to harem as you can get ... and it makes sense when it occurs. It is Very well done and Hot!
Ocean is having to drop some of his music and the related animations ahead of the release on Steam (when CH 5 is complete, representing the entirety of S1). I strongly recommend playing CH 4.5 Beta before those scenes are lost so you can get the full effect of the way renders, animations and music combine to help tell this great story.
There will be some minor logic loss - CH 1 is rewritten and renders updated, but CH 2 is still being redone, with one half to be complete with CH 4.5 Final and the other half of CH 2 to be complete with CH 5. The logic loss comes from paths that have not been fully tied together since CH 1 is new and CH 2 is still being redone.
Itt is still, in my opinion, well worth playing right now.
