I have a big ask to make: Please make it so we can go on both the home path and on the traveling path. I haven't played either to the end, but still, it would be nice if we could have the best of both world.
Aside from that, if you have the money to spare, or the time to do this using websites which let you do a few of them for free, you could try using an AI to make all the images more realistic, using the existing images as the source for the image generation. To be completely honest, the lighting and the textures make the images seem very 2D, and maybe an AI could help with that. It might not be worth it for you to manually re-render all the images yourself, but an AI might be able to improve the images for a low cost. For a good comparison, I would suggest looking at the game
Tune in to the Show, and see how the lighting and the textures especially for the skin, makes the images appear more realistic.
Oh, and a funny suggestion would be a "Jackass Mode", which to be a glorified gallery mod built into the game.
And if you really want to elevate the game, please add proper voicing support, so each character can use those free
You must be registered to see the links
voices and free
You must be registered to see the links
voices, including options for speed and pitch. It's doable in a browser, so it might be doable in renpy. Having a voice which doesn't tell the name of the character saying/thinking that line, and instead just says the line with the voice selected for that character, including the protagonist, would be a huge improvement. It's one of the things I rant/complain about in
the topic I made to rant about the lacking voice choices in renpy.