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Dev Diary, January 7th, 2022
🕑 Added 2022-01-07 13:28:15 +0000 UTCWelcome to the new people and happy new year to everyone.
These last few weeks since the chapter 7 release has been stressful, overwhelming, but an extremely nice experience, and I feel I should thank you for sticking by and supporting.
Between Christmas and New Year, I included all reported typos and prepared the Steam release of the game. The store page is now up, and the Steam build is being tested as we speak. The release date of Leap of Faith on Steam is February 11th. If you want to wishlist or have a look at it, use this link or simply search for Leap of Faith in the Steam client (except if you're in a country where adult games are banned of course).
Also, with the crazy hours I put in making chapter 7 towards the end of the development I got something of a sore neck, which eventually turned into a quite painful neck. So I took a few days off after new year. But effective of yesterday I'm back at work and the neck is fully recovered.
I've put so much love into this story, and I do not want to rush into my next game with a quick and unsatisfactory ending of this one. Because of it I've got quite a mountain to climb, which includes a huge scene/event which I think will be a worthy end of this story. I'm very much looking forward to making it.
Because of the extreme amount of animations there are for this chapter, I bought a new computer to help speed up with the rendering. Unfortunately, they put the wrong GPU in, so I had to return it. Hopefully they will get the new 3090's in stock soon, and I can start putting both machines to work.
That's it for now. I'll be back next Friday as usual with some concrete numbers about progress.
Have a nice weekend, and stay safe out there.
// Drifty
Comments
Eldon Freeman
Finally, I felt that I had time and space to play through chapter 7, and it really was all that could hope for! It's so amazing how you can take this medium and really convey all those emotions - well done! Normally when I like a game like this, I only play it once and don't explore all the different paths. I feel like it dilutes the experience if I do. But this time, I realize that once you have released the last chapter, I will probably have to play it once again from the beginning, this time chosing Cece instead of Lexi. Lexi is gorgeous and the idea of hooking up with a star appealed to me, but I think I need to see how the story would have been with Cece. She is, after all, the gravity that everyone else revolves around unknowingly. Until then, I wish you the best of luck and thank you!
Cameronb369
Same exact thing here, except I didn't even know about Artemis. Just finished chapter 2 and I fully understand why DJ Kink was the way she was with MC. Excellent Cameo
AlphaEcho
Best of luck with the Steam release. On a side-note, DJ Kink intrigued me, so I checked out Artemis. OMG Amazing VN. No wondering you Guest Starred her in the last chapter.
I truly just wanted to thank you man. I’ve played so many AVNs and yours took me completely by surprise in the best way possible. The emotions you feel truly show through your writing and it’s been one hell of journey can’t wait to see how the story ends!
Bob Fink
I'm sorry to see this game come to and end but can't wait to see how it ends as well. This has been an amazing game to play and I even found a new music artist I now follow.
6pak2go
Thank you for all your hard work and passion you put in to your AVN. I've loved it from way back in Chapter 4 and proud to support such a talented artist/writer. I really look forward to your next endeavor but please do not burn yourself out. Take care of yourself.
Blue5591
I patiently look forward to how you end this story and hope you have more stories to tell in the future. You have a gift for character development and pace. Best wishes for the New Year.
The Exception
Sounds great, Drifty) So excited for the final chapter) Thank you so very much for all your work! 💪🏼🤩
Narg
Keep up the amazing work Drifty, no rush is needed, we can wait :)
repuindy
Good luck with your steam release.
