1.0 means Complete. The Beta is planned to be the full story with conclusions to every possible character who MC has interacted with in some way.
We have worked hard for many months to write, render, animate, and code everything.
That is wrapping up in the coming week or so, followed by Alpha testing by our team of players who will locate typos, bugs, glitches, inconsistencies, etc.
Once the final release is... final... that's it. We will not likely return to work on the game, as it's been a 4+ year journey with these characters.
The gameplay is totally up to the player. Completionists will take at least 20-30 hours to get through everything. More if you read slowly and look out for the subtle visual easter eggs in quite a few scenes.
*sip* Mmm... Caffeine and sugar keep us going. Fans who love the game motivate us. Die-hards who have the funds to support us on SubscribeStar have made all of this possible. Thank you all very much.