Developer's Journal 2:35

Hey everybody!

Early July is still the goal and I am working very hard towards that, but there are still probably about three hundred still renders left.  That's not quite as bad as it sounds because a large number of these are in scenes that are already set up and partially rendered, so they won't take as long.  I'm working on the second in-game lewd scene at the moment (not telling you who it's with!) so I can get it to the animator.  Animations are actually on track to be completely posed probably by the end of next week, so it will just be a question of my getting them all rendered.

On a different note: I have tried to make both the romantic and sexual content in Leaving DNA relatively realistic.  That means that if a lewd scene happens, I want it to feel like a natural part of the story.  It should feel like the characters responded to events in a way that real people might.  It also means that to the extent the LI's form a romantic relationship with MC, their affection for him should feel authentic and deserved.

However, as in real life, realistic doesn't necessarily mean intuitive.  In real life, people are unpredictable and, to a certain extent, unknowable.  And so there are some events in Leaving DNA that, while they are narratively coherent, the path to achieve them may not be clear at the outset.

The best example is Jamie's solo scene in Part One.  I think the inclusion of that scene made sense for her and for the events that led up to it, but who could have predicted the dev would require you to flirt with another woman to unlock a lewd scene with an LI?  For some players, this uncertainty is part of the fun.  For others, it can be frustrating.

For the latter group, going forward I will be publishing a free, official PDF walkthrough that will serve as a guide for the Love Interests.  It will clearly lay out how to achieve the best romantic outcome with each woman and how to unlock each of the lewd scenes.

My plan (I assume this will work) is to include the PDF in the download folder for the entire game, and I will probably have a brief introduction to Episode Two that alerts players to its existence.  Players who prefer to let the chips fall where they may can ignore the walkthrough, while other players may be able to avoid some frustration by using it.

The walkthrough will not cover choices that relate to the game's larger plot--it will be limited to MC's relationships with the women.

Okay, that's it for this week.  I have a long night ahead because I'm smoking a brisket for Father's Day tomorrow and I have to stay up to monitor the temperature on the grill.  It works out because the lighting in the current scene I'm doing doesn't work with my batch rendering script so I'm creating porn while making Father's Day dinner.  Yep, gotta make the old man proud.

Thank you for your support!

--Monk