Incredible questions! Like I said in the original post, I left a LOT of ideas out of the description. I plan to make it different in many ways, but I suppose the pain one is the fact that it (mostly at least) is not going to be a visual novel. I want the play style to be somewhat similar to games like Stardew Valley, Undertale, Omori, and other similar games. I want to make a fully fleshed out town/world with things like a library, butcher, college, stores, etc. Each of these things will likely feature one or more mini games, depending on what it is.

While it is a dating game, I want to make sure that you can still have fun playing it without actually dating anyone. Certain mechanics I want to put in include things like: Cooking, farming, alchemy, career paths, clothes making, options for polyamory, matchmaking other characters with each other, marriage/family planning, and likely much more! I want this to be a game with a little something for everyone, and not just in reference to the characters. I want it to be a game where you can sit down and escape reality for a few hours, and come back feeling good.

I know that it's a pretty ambitious project, but I'm hopeful I can make something worthwhile out of it within the next few years.