I thought this might be the case eventually, your having to split the game into a trilogy. Not a bad thing, especially an IF, with fifteen chapters free to play, but I assumed the branching and such would eventually become convoluted. Only Superstition, to date, has a 'long' game and mystery system of sorts with s1 having a whopping 10 chapters.
As I've kinda dipped my pinky toe into coding with Twine rn, I can definitely see how keeping all those passages together can get tricky...
Anyway! This is a long winded thing to say that I'm in it for the long haul!!! I love the cast, story, and game.