Thank you so much, I'm really happy that you have enjoyed it! I definitely agree that overcomplicated mechanics are one of the weaknesses of this game. It's quite forgiving and will offer you boosters to make yourself more powerful in your second attempt, but there is definitely a lot going on. I don't know how much I can smoothen out the leaning curve in Bastion, but there are a few changes coming in v3 that will should help players make better decisions. I don't think there will be a difficulty setting beyond using the boosters. I like making gameplay focused games, but this one definitely ended up a lot more complex than my other projects.
Portraits for all companions have been added in v3 and I intend to add them for all room occupants in v4. The Lust/Lewdness/Temptation stats and icons are also somewhat more restricted in their use now with only Lust being used for generating Temptation.
I recently held a couple of polls for my subscribers and the general consensus was for 4 additional updates, so expect to see the final v7 release around March of 2023. The game will focus a lot more on depth from here on with more event variety. Thank you for the review, I hope you will find the time to play my future releases, there's lots more fun content coming!