Confirmed: 8 core characters with trackable affection
The store page mentions dealing with "customers, collectors, and industry insiders, each with their own personality and tastes," and that deepening relationships "unlocks exclusive content, character stories, story art, and multiple endings." The achievement list makes this concrete:
- 8 core characters, each with an individual affection stat.
- Affection has at least two documented thresholds: level 6 and level 12. Reaching level 6 with all 8 characters and level 12 with all 8 are each their own achievement.
- Affection can raise a customer's offer price — one achievement is for accepting an offer that includes "a real 30% affection-based markup."
- Affection unlocks CG art and character endings: your first CG, one character's ending, 4 characters' endings, and all 8 characters' endings are each separately tracked achievements.
Unconfirmed
How affection points are earned per interaction, whether there's a limit on how many characters you can max out in one run, and the characters' names are not documented anywhere official yet.