The last few updates have all been very heavy emotionally, so Lin's new content in v0.13 really pleased me for that reason. I love when games are able to get me so emotionally invested as this one does, but it was nice to get a bit of a bit of a break from the more hard-hitting content and just casually spend some time with my girl.
I see stories like riding a roller coasters. It wouldn't be very fun if it were just a straight line. They need to have twists, turns, ups and downs. I wouldn't want to keep you plateaued anywhere. It was time for something nice and relaxing with Lin :)
I also tried hard to make many parts of this scene with Lin romantic, which is something I haven't been great at before. So you'll have to let me know how I did :)
I absolutely agree. If it wasn't for the fact that the story is heavy at times, I don't think many of us would spend the double-digits amount of hours that this game takes. It's what keeps it engaging. So it wasn't a criticism by any means, just pointing out that after the emotional roller coaster this game has been recently, it was nice to have something a bit more toned down.
And as for how you did with the romantic aspect of the scene, it was great. It's so easy for writers to take "romance" too far and there's always a risk that it becomes cheesy in that case. You managed to avoid that. The romance was clearly there but still subtle.