Just to add to the branch discussion. It looks like the removal of routes/branches has been canceled for good, mostly because DC and especially Sploosh never really seemed to like the idea and he just polled it back then, because there seemed to be some demand. Instead of canceling them, as of now their compromise is, that players won't be able to miss main girls in any route, so MC won't lock anybody out of the prom choice. Then again, DC didn't seem too sure about that either, when he talked about Judith's story.
Sploosh recently mentioned adding routes/alternatives to the main story at some point, so players can play the game like a proper VN - though I doubt that'll ever happen... but who knows. It's certainly closer to what DC envisioned in the very beginning.
