Well, played this tease/intro.
First, kudos to you guys from
ERA51 for keep this VN alive even being rookies in this hard landscape. You guys have balls and i sincerely wish success in this hard task.
But i also have to be honest, and being honest i will be lying if i didn't tell that i'm affraid to get bummed again with this game. TBDOL was a little gem to me, i really got hooked by the characters and the grounded slice of life vibes of the story, and i was really sad when the original writer leave the project and the original artist put the game onhold. Especially because i even didn't have a real moment with my love Rebecca
Anyway, some thoughts from to you: Make very clear in OP that this is the continuation of the previous versions to people know that they can/should play the previous chapters to have a better view of the story. Also, since both of you are newbies and are starting from zero support, try manage the expectations of the people about the renders and animations that sure won't be like in the previous chapter.
About the new content i second what already was say about the renders needing a bit more work. But also, always have the previous chapters in hand to have a better grip about the story and the characters. I won't lie: was some kind cringe see the MC thinking that Vanessa is hot and expecting have a second chance with Sophie while still hooking up with Vanessa. He looked like the typical horny/perv male MC this way and one of the good things of the previous chapters is that MC didn't look like that.
Also, i know this add a bit more work but i think you should put a third option to players continue the story without be in the sophie path and in the vanessa path. Otherwise, we won't be able to start the solo path of the other LIs without play at least a part of sophie or vanessa paths before dump sophie or vanessa and some players maybe won't like that. Personally, not a problem to me because my head canon will be MC dating Sophie but as long he and Rebecca spend more time together and know each other better, they will fall for each other and MC will realize that Rebecca is the one he really want to be with. Hope something like that can be possible (start a LI path, but then end things with this LI and enter in another LI path).
That's it for the moment. Really and much luck to you. I will hold my breath to see what you guys will bring to TBDOL