Ultimately as far as I can see, your complaint boils down to you want something simpler (a VN maybe?), something that can be finished quickly and give you some instant gratification. Personally I dislike most VN's and I love that this Dev is trying to make a proper sandbox (or at least put the work into trying to create the illusion of a proper sandbox), I crave the complexity of having multiple stories feed off each other, unfortunately the biggest downside of which is that it inevitably leaves multiple story arcs in WIP limbo as a solo Dev can only feed so many man-hours into creating content at a time. I think if he tried to do it the way you seem to want it done, it would quickly turn into a pile of shit as the majority of relationships become vapid 2 dimensional affairs just like most VN's that most people just skip through.
PS. just because a Dev is too polite to point out you misused a word, doesn't make you right... Most likely it simply means he is smarter than people like me for not engaging in a pointless argument.
PPS. Rereading this, I realise that I am sounding more aggressive than I intended. People like different stuff, I'm not trying to put you down for not liking the same things I do, just your use of "Deadend" has unfair connotations in this context. This is one of the few games that earns the tag "sandbox", so often it used incorrectly to describe games that are little more than VN's with extra walking, it's something that gets under my skin.
