Hi bgillisp! Thanks for your comments :)
The conversation sections and the battles are both supposed to contribute to the final ending outcome (I programmed 4). So I could imagine if you did well in the conversations but still lost the battles you could get the 'good' ending. However, to be frank, I think I may have also made an error with the variable adjusting so one ending overwhelms the others.
Originally I wanted one more day/night cycle, with you confronting a particularly harsh theater critic as the final boss. But I ran out of time :D
Good luck judging! xxxx