It's hard to argue when you don't have the same information as I do. You are arguing from what you saw in v0.1 and I argue for the whole game as I imagine it. The game currently has a superstructure of VN, it's literally fully-scripted, because it's an intro. While it does show some glimpses of RPG elements, they mean literally nothing until the next update, and even then they won't be fully implemented, as I feel a more gradual approach would be better. So with each update, the game gets more elements and you see more of the whole picture.
btw: I played this one game made in Ren'Py that is full of dialogue and text, even romance, but also has a DnD style combat system. Dice rolling, dealing dmg, leveling, etc., which is why I'd say the game is more of an RPG than a VN. So it may be, that we have a different perspective on how we categorize games.
I'm not sure if I'm the best person to prove your point, because I've never been much into games like this. So it's no surprise that I've never heard of them, but I get your point.
There's no missing scene in terms of accidentally missing it. Rather, you decide to avoid it or you won't be able to start it unless you deal with certain things first, and those things aren't just hygiene.
If you wait for v0.2, you will see that the game is not focused on minigames or meters. It's focused on MC, the people in the city, and the story. Mechanics, meters, minigames, etc. they are there for a reason, but that reason has not yet been revealed.
The game will slowly reveal everything to the players, you just have to be a little patient and not ask for answers right away. And I don't throw things into the game just to have them there. As I mentioned in a previous post, I thought about everything for a long time before I started making the game and I'm still thinking about everything I'm going to add.
Don't worry, I don't add everything at once, but rather at a slow pace. That way it's not overwhelming for the players and it's not overwhelming for me to develop it either. So there's no danger of me spending 15 months developing a single update.
