Sigh... this is genuinely disheartening.
If you're wondering what happened to my itch.io page - and many other developers' pages as well - this is the reason:
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Today, I'll be releasing version 1.0 for free.
I'm working on a remake with improved 3D graphics, but I may have to pause development for now and see how things unfold.
It seems that, moving forward, adult game devs might be forced to stick with the old "landlady-tenant" formula... and sadly, that might be the path I'll have to take too.