Thank you! I always love hearing from people who enjoy these little games, especially if it helps them become good drones. I'm willing to accept blame for that, haha. <3
I wouldn't say the science twink ending is more canon as such, but it does admittedly tie in with the core plot a little better. (And I do have to admit those are low-key my favourites as well. ⚗️)
This is because of a last-minute rewrite - there was originally going to be a bit more reactivity in the bunker, with the three different types of drones getting multiple unique scenes, but this didn't quite work out the way I wanted to. So I ended up building the ending around the scenes I was happiest with, and those scenes were indeed taken from the IRL path. (The other branches were originally going to be about rallying the people into overthrowing the villain, and more direct confrontation, respectively.)
Definitely something I'm gonna have to get back to in another game, the lack of robot kissability is a big oversight!