Cool cool cool.
The most important is that you appreciate what you make or want to make.
Like I tried to say before (and what I was referring) : even if it can be tough to chose and make decision alone and even while asking what a bunch a unknow peoples likes, in the end what is important is that the decision is your and only your, the author.
Maybe I'm weird bringing that but this is something important in my regard.
I prefer to not agree with a dev' because I don't have the same tastes that dislike a dev' because he/she constantly do what a minority (like patreons) votes or ask.
Thoughts on their wardrobes? Huuum I need to do the game - don't have the time yet today - but like I said before, what you chose is ok.
Buuuut I like casual clothes, it's always fansy stuff in AVN and rarely a great simulation of tissues on the body.
Ok for breast without bra, there some pokies and areola see through but for the vulva .. I can count on one or two hands the AVN rendering panties that do the mound and vulva in a good way.
But I may be off there.
What I see with what you say about your chapter 2 is : less brainstorm, one moment (a night), one location (a house), max two outfits = a less stressful way to create. That is positive.
I don't know exactly how AVN are produced (on Ren'Py, Unity ..), but I'm amazed when dev' do things, like a fair in Heart Problems but using it like a background with "3 angles" (I exaggerate).
For me it's a hard point in all arts, like 80% efforts for 20% results, but it makes the difference.
Buuuut I'm 100% for a dev' that use his brain to do less for more content, and if that mean to like restrain his artwork to a close house, it's ok.
I mean, I'm tidying my storage of AVN, 3 days with hours and hours now and I've games that are from 2020-2023 and either abandoned either still in development .. I mean I know they are not Steam products and more hobby ones but pff.
Anyway, I'm babling.
And for your routes, like I said, I need to play to the game for knowing if it's not unreasonable, given what your game already offers, but it seems ok by your words

Though personally I'm not really into dark things, like I struggle with Blackheart Games or don't like thriller - spy - blackmailed - humiliation shit (I wonder if I'll redone EP1 of Fashion Business then EP2 ..) ^^