Frustrated with story

[RustedDamsel]

This game claim multiple endings but I've finished it three times with the neutral ending that is really depressing. I keep attempting to go down callums route and getting oscar at the lake by default. What am I doing wrong???

[Hanako]

Callum's route is locked until after you've completed another route.

You need to do someone else's storyline first. It doesn't matter which one - Oscar is intended as the first route, but you can do one of the others instead if you choose to search their rooms and catch their interest.

Callum's route has multiple changes in the new release so if you're following an old walkthrough it will not be accurate.

[Chudah]

I wonder if there's some way to denote this in the game without it being overly obvious. I can see a lot of people wanting to go for Callum first and getting frustrated like the OP. Maybe at the ending checkmark screen, have Callum's hearts with a lock over them or something? Just a suggestion.

[RustedDamsel]

That'd actually be an excellent indicator, what can I say broody guys is a type.
An indicator would save someones play time, and make their experience much more pleasent,

[jamiesnow]

Just did my first play through trying for Callum too. It was very frustrating to get all the way to the end and find out its not possible when I go looking for what I did wrong.

[robinrescues]

Ditto here. On my first playthrough I tried for Callum but got Oscar's bad ending. I was so frustrated I almost asked for a refund, until I came across the forum post that said you HAVE to play someone else first to "unlock" Callum.
If you insist on locking Callum from being the first love interest, there REALLY should be some OBVIOUS way to let players know this from within the game. If it's the first playthrough, don't give players the option to throw themselves at Callum if he is totally unattainable. Players should not have to try for the hot guy, get a bad ending with a guy the don't like then search forums to find out the hot guy was locked from the start. It leads to a disappointing game experience.
Don't get me wrong - I do like the game overall. But because of Callum being presented as a love interest and the lack of info that he is UNATTAINABLE on your first playthrough, overall I consider the game to be only average.

[Hanako Games]

We are actually planning to address this in an update soon.

I had originally thought that since you could no longer choose to talk to Callum, people wouldn't feel that they had "thrown themselves" at him on the first playthrough... they would just be steered elsewhere, and then when they receive the notification of scenes unlocking, would play again and discover new options and be pleasantly surprised. I thought that would be less disruptive than hanging a giant "LOCKED" sign over the Callum choices.

It does still overall seem to produce better play results than letting people into Callum's route first did! But I understand that it can be frustrating not to have a clear sense of what's going on, so I'm planning on trying an update which will show the Callum option at the lake, but mark it locked. And we can then see if that flows better for people than just having the notification at the endscreen with the hearts.

[amcjkelly]

There is great importance on which room you search when Dolores asks. If you stick with it and try to reach at least all of the happy routes, you will find them well worth the effort. Much better written and rewarding. My favorite is Gaston. So... save the game when Dolores asks which room you want to search... and try each. That said, the Callum route has an interesting Dolores route if you make certain choices as well.

[Quilliano]

I played this game after the update, really appreciate it!