Just a devlog

First of all, help me understand what's wrong with the Birthday Party event.

The previous poll has a small sample size, but I'd expect at least someone to have liked it.
Is the dialogue unnatural? Too long? Too depressing? Too humorous? Is Rin too annoying? Are the visuals off? Not lewd enough? Did you just not play it?
I personally thought it's my best effort. Annoyingly, this completely contradicts the almost unanimous quality versus quantity poll. There needs to be a course correction before new events are added in.
At least I think I understand why so many of you liked Yuri's nightmare segment.

Next, I want to talk about route structure and how I see this working.

Each route will consist of several events of varying length that lock out all over events, with the exception of the failure route.
Each route will require starting a "quest" in the waking world and completing it in the dream world. Mostly stuff you've already done.
This stricture will allow slice-of-life segments to be added indefinitely as needed even if all routes are complete.

Currently I have 5 routes planned. This may have some spoilers.
Kari/Female - have you been eating well?
Kari/Male - totally lovey-dovey relationship with absolutely no strings attached. Get exposed.
Yuri/Male - body swap route. Explore her mansion.
Nanami/Female - help Nanami bring her lovely abominations into the real world. Get creative.
Failure - I expect this to function as if the player hasn't triggered any route, with all common story segments available, until none are left.

To finish a route and get an ending will require further items from the dream world, tasked by Rin.

Once at least 2 endings are achieved, the actual story can begin. I think it will make more sense after the first ending is implemented.