Yeah, the gameplay concept just doesn't work for me. I think there are some interesting ideas at play, but it just didn't work for me. I didn't realize I could save, so I ended up repeating the entire game again. I wish character selection was after the intro, which I pretty much skipped through the second time around. There might be randomization in it but frankly I'm not inclined to do anything but skip through it as fast as possible. Multiple paths with randomization as well means that it's going to take tons of repetition to get a good ending, and it makes it feel the little choice there is won't have much of a bearing on that.
The game itself is, to be frank, kind of boring. Replaying it repeatedly feels more like a chore than a delight. I was impressed when I heard you made a 5000+ word game, fully voiced, with nine different endings, but it's clear that a lot was left by the wayside to get all that in. There's not much gameplay, only a handful of binary choices, and no graphics past the title screen (and possibly the true ending, I didn't get there). I just didn't find it all that appealing. Voice acting is always a +10 to production value, but it can't carry a game on its own.
The narrative, I could take it or leave it. I've seen this kind of premise before, and I've never been a fan of it, though if done well enough it can work. The dialogue tries to be witty, and sometimes the jokes land, but sometimes they don't. I think the whole thing would have worked better if the visual style, music, and some lines hadn't set such a dark, dreary tone.
I'm probably coming across a bit harsh, so I'll qualify this with a few remarks. First, I was pretty hyped up for this game; your past few SBIG Jam entries have been very solid and that makes them tough acts to follow. I'm definitely judging this one more critically than I would if it had been an entry out of nowhere. Second, I was pretty excited to see what you'd come up with after a few mentions in the Discord and got myself hyped up- probably a little too much. I don't hate this game by any means, and I'm not sure if I even think it's a bad game, but I'm a bit let down.
Finally, that brings us to the important question: is this a "so bad it's good" game? This is actually a tough one. It's got the weirdness down. It's got some jank. But it's also pretty dry, and the best "so bad it's good" games aren't dry. In the end it's subjective and elusive what qualifies a game for that category. The best answer I have is that it is, but not to the same degree of some of the others in this jam.