I like to come here every update (aka every few months) to remind myself of the whole situation and get a chuckle out of his latest excuse, it's like watching a drama on TV. I haven't actually played the game in years at this point, I gave up after the weird 'Brubru' shit.
If that's truely the main thing stopping you from playing the game (not the convoluted stop and go development or the liar liar pants on fire dev blogs), there is a relatively easy fix.
There is a great addition for almost every Renpy game in the form of the Universal Renpy Mod (URM).
https://f95zone.to/threads/universal-renpy-mod-1-15-2-mod-any-renpy-game-yourself.48025/
You can simply install that, hit alt-M to bring up the mod menu, click on "Renaming", hit the plus symbol on the far right to make a new entry. Change "brubru" to whatever you desire, save the change with the disc symbol top right. Boom. Brubru is gone.
I use it to fix a lot of dialog errors in games, rename characters...etc. It also is a great walk-through tool, showing you what different dialog options change as far as variables.
Sadly it can't fix the rampant duck lips or the character ballooning that has spread through WMV, so you might be better off with your memory of the game rather than seeing what it has become...
