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Developer's Journal 4:6

Hey everybody. Slow week for me as I've been fighting a bad cold. Getting sick is really bad for game development because I still have to do my day job when I'm sick but staying up late is a bad idea, and staying up late is the only way to get work on the game done after the day job is over. B...

Poll: Bonus Scene Theme - Episode Four

Vega won the poll to get her own bonus scene in Episode Four! Now it's time to vote on the scene's theme.

This poll will stay up through April 13th. Bigger Supporter votes are worth one, Bigge...

Special Render: Steampunk Aghavni

Aghavni won the March special render poll! 4K files are attached.

Developer's Journal 4:5

Hey everybody. This was a busy week for my personal life as I've got family in town for Easter. It's hard for me to go full speed on the game when I have family visiting, but I still churned out a few dozen renders.

That's about all for this week, nothing too interesting to talk about. 2024-03-31 03:49:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Developer's Journal 4:4

Hey everybody. At this point I'm assuming that if you're reading these dev journals you're already caught up on Episode Three, but this entry definitely is spoiler heavy for Episode Three.

Much of Episode Four, predictably, will deal with the emotional fallout brought on by Rockford's theor...

Poll for March Special Render

Okay, if you're new to my page, the Bigger and Biggest Supporter tiers get access to monthly special renders of the ladies of Leaving DNA. You can look up renders from previous months by using the "special render" tag in my posts.

These renders are non-nude, non-sexual. Sometimes they mig...

Developer's Journal 4:3

Hey everybody.  This week I knocked out the opening scene of Episode Four in which Aghavni and MC talk through his theory of the case.  It was easy enough because the environment/lighting was already set up in Episode Three.  By the way, there was one line of some interest from Agh...

Special Render: Space Maid Warrior Jamie

For the second episode in a row, Jamie ran away with the win in the Best Girl poll.  From the looks of it, I'd say it's going to her head.

What's going on in this render?  Is Jamie defending her spaceship by fighting off a horde of flesh-eating zombie invaders, or is she a homicid...

Dream Scene: Episode Four

Our upper-tier supporters have chosen Vega to get her own bonus scene in  the next update!  And I'm pretty goddman excited about it....

Vega  delivered one of the most crushing lines of the story so far when she  called out the MC for his treatment of women.  Playe...

Developer's Journal 4:2

Hey everybody.  I'm making the journal entry public this week because I want to report on the Steam launch, and there were a lot of people who aren't Patreon/SS Supporters who nonetheless helped make it a success.

In the first 24 hours after Leaving DNA launched on Steam it sold 982 co...

Leaving DNA now live on Steam in early access!

Leaving DNA can now be purchased on Steam in early access!  Buying the game now gives you access to all future episodes of the game.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2415240/Leaving_DNA/&n...

Leaving DNA: Steam Early Access March 7th!

Final announcement about Steam (i.e. sad, pitiful begging for wishlists) before the launch!  And remember, both current and former supporters who have contributed $12 are eligible for a key, so let me know if you want one!

2024-03-04 21:59:25 +0000 UTC View Post

Poll: What did you choose?

Hello everyone.  Just a friendly, curious question about what you chose for this one.  Read nothing into this. 🙂

Developer's Journal 4:1

**This post will contain spoilers for Episode Three, so if you haven't played it yet, skip this journal for now!**

Whew!  What a week!  I'm mentally exhausted, but I'm very pleased. 

I have never expected Leaving DNA to be very popular.  In a genre that is almost f...

Special Render: Supergirl Emmeline

One more surprise, guys!  I don't normally do this many special renders but I did want to make sure that all of my upper tier supporters got a thank you this month, so here's the final poll option from February.  Unfortunately I don't have time to do any more renders of her right now bu...

Poll: Bonus Scene Character - Episode Four

It's time to choose the female character that will star in the bonus Dream scene for Episode Four!  So far we've had scenes with Erin and Gina, and we've only got two Dream scenes left, so make sure you vote for your favorite!

Bigger Supporter votes are worth one, Biggest Supporter vot...

Best Girl Poll (Episode Three)

Okay, Jamie ran away with the win for "Best Girl" after Episode Two, and the votes were split pretty evenly between the other three.  Let's see if anyone has gained ground on ADA Carrington!

This poll will run through the 6th and the winning LI will get a public special render!

Special Render: Bunny Girl Aghavni

Surprise!  Although she only got second place, I decided to do Bunny Girl Aghavni anyway, on account of having just released the episode and having a little extra time. ☺️ 4K files are attached.

Special Render: Rollerblader Malena

Okay guys, this month was the most voting we've had for the special render, and Malena (8 votes) narrowly beat out Aghavni (6 votes) and Emmeline (5 votes) after accounting for tier weight.  4K files are attached!  Reminder for all the new people that you can search the "special render"...

Leaving DNA: Episode Three released for all supporters!

Thank you for your support, and I hope you enjoy the update!

Download links

Changelog Episode Three:

2.5+ hours of total new content
23,121 words of dialogue
1,896 story renders<...

Small Changes

Hey guys, just a quick note to the Biggest Supporters tier:

Tonight I made some non-substantive changes to the Episode Three build, changed the main menu image, the screen linking my patreon etc., the main menu music, and the game's font.  If you've already played the update there's no...

Poll for February Special Render

Alright guys, since Jamie won three special render polls this dev cycle and each of the other girls only won one, I'm going to leave Jamie out of this final poll.  Plus, Jamie is probably going to win the best girl poll again for Episode Three and get another special render soon, so let's sp...

Developer's Journal 3:32

Hey everybody.  Episode Three will be released for Supporter and Bigger Supporter tiers on Tuesday February 27th.

Reminder that if you have contributed $12 in total support then you are eligible to receive a key for Steam or Itch, so if you do want a key let me know.

Thank you fo...

Leaving DNA: Episode Three Released for Biggest Supporters!

For the four of you in the Biggest Supporter tier, thank you very much!  You guys rock.  I'll release the game for the lower tiers on Tuesday the 27th, so unless there's a leak you will have the story to yourselves for a few days.  I hope you enjoy the update!

If you're waiti...

Download Links: Episodes 1-3

Download links for Episodes 1-3:

PC: Mega - MediaFire 2024-02-24 06:06:41 +0000 UTC View Post

Developer's Journal 3:31

Hey everybody.

I am in a strong position to release to all supporter tiers by the end of the month.  The playtesters do have the update and should get back to me by next weekend.  Meanwhile, I just have to (1) finish up the bonus scene including rendering the final animations (whi...

Developer's Journal 3:30

Hey everybody.

I spent this week reviewing and revising, plugging holes and branches, fixing little issues, etc.  I still have a couple of scenes with about 85 renders left to pose,  but the environments/lighting are already set up so it's not as bad as starting them from scratch....

Steam/Itch Release Details (Early Access)

Leaving DNA will release on Steam and Itch as an early access game on March 7, 2024.  The release will include Episo...

Developer's Journal 3:29

Hey everybody.  I am getting close to finishing my first draft of Episode Three.  A few more easy-ish scenes to pose/render and then I'll work on revisions before sending it to the playtesters.  The animation computer is still going full-time.  I dare say that if Episode Three...

Special Render: Jedi Master Malena

Here's this month's special render!  Malena just barely squeezed out Aghavni this month.  4K files are attached.