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4K Character Render: Mia!

Mia was the winner of this week's poll!

Next week, I'm going to be away from my computer, so as a result there won't be a character poll. Don't fear, however, and instead I'm going to upload a special 4K side girls render in place of the poll on Monday, and a special 4K main girls render on Wednesday in place of a post like this! Regular character voting will resume the week after.

Thank you all for your support!

Weekly Character Render Poll!

Hello! This is the poll for this week's 4K character render. Thank you all for your support once again.

(remember that different tiers get different voting power! so i'll be calculating the total numbers once the polls closed, but it might be a different result to what's shown)

Dev Log 3.2: WRK

Hello!

I was hoping to have the first chapter 4 preview by now to show you, but the truth is as far as rendering goes progress has been quite slow.

I'd been hoping to carry forward the momentum from finishing chapter 3, where I was more efficient rendering than I ever have been making this game, but I forgot the crucial detail of exactly how much writing goes into the first few weeks of a new update cycle. So, you're going to have to wait at least another week for a preview. Sorry...

4K Character Render: Tegan!

Tegan! In 4K!

Tegan was the winner of this week's poll!

Thank you all for your support!

Weekly Character Render Poll!

Hello! This is the poll for this week's 4K character render. Thank you all for your support once again.

(remember that different tiers get different voting power! so i'll be calculating the total numbers once the polls closed, but it might be a different result to what's shown)

Dev Log 3.1: Prelude

Hello!

This is the first official weekly dev log for chapter 4! Firstly, thank you all so much for being here. Your support means the world to me.

Now, as for progress on chapter 4 ...

You'll have noticed at the end of chapter 3 that I'm splitting ch4 into two updates. "Playing Around Before the Party Starts" leading into "Chapter 4: The Party". This was a conscious decision I made during development of chapter 3, in order to ensure that certain things that happen in ch4 hav...

4K Character Render: Lucy!

The winner of the second poll, and the first side girl poll, was Lucy! It was a much more conclusive win for her than we'd seen in last week's main girl poll, almost doubling second place votes.

Thank you all for your support!

Weekly Render Character Poll!

The second character poll! Thank you again for your support!

This time, instead of the main girls, I'm going to give you a choice between the 'side' girls of the game! Don't worry, we'll switch things back again next week.

(remember that different tiers get different voting power! so i'll be calculating the total numbers once the polls closed, but it might be a different result to what's shown)

Q&A: The Answers

Hello! Here are the answers to your questions. Thank you so much for participating if you did, and if you didn't I hope you'll still take something interesting away from my replies! Regular dev logs will begin next weekend, presumably on Sundays, but things may vary as this is obviously all quite new still so it may take a little time to find a good routine. We will see!

(This is quite a long post. It's in a little bit of an order, I tried to group similar questions as I went through an...

In Lieu of a First Dev Log ... Q&A?

Hello!

Normally on either Saturdays or Sundays I'll be posting weekly dev logs to update you on the progress of the next update.

However, as we're coming off of a release, there's really not a lot to say in a dev log. At the start of a new update cycle I prioritize planning/writing, so I've not got a whole to update you on so far. I've done some rendering for ch4, but nothing particularly new that'd be interesting to preview as I'm working basically from where ch3 ended off.

4K Character Render: Imogen!

The winner of the first poll was Imogen! It was a very close poll, four girls within 2 votes of each other when accounting for the different voting power, but Imogen came out on top! I was wondering for a bit what I'd do in case of a tie. While we're early into this Patreon and there's are less people able to vote, this is kind of a possibility. I guess I'd just have to do an image with both girls. But don't go rigging next weeks now I've said that!

I started off fairly simple for the f...

First Weekly Render Character Poll!

Firstly, thank you so much for supporting me on Patreon! Naturally, this has been the biggest release for me so far, I'm incredibly appreciative to you for your support!

Weekly render polls will begin on Mondays, and be active for 24 hours. The renders themselves will come out on Wednesdays.

For the first week, I've giving the option of all 8 main LIs, but in the future I'll be switching things up here and there.

(remember that different tiers get different voting power! so ...

Not Going Back, Chapter 3: Have Some Love Official Release

Hello!

This is the official release of Chapter 3 of Not Going Back.

Links below for PC and Mac.

I hope you enjoy!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION PLEASE READ: Old saves from ch1 and ch2 builds will not work with ch3. You will have to play from the beginning. I'm aware that this will be very disappointing/annoying for some people, but it was an unfortunate necessity. There were multiple reasons for this, but this is the only time that this will happen. From now on, saves c...

Chapter 3 Release Date Announcement (+ Patreon launch!)

Hello!

It is finally time. On Sunday the 10th of August 2025, Have Some Love, Chapter 3 of Not Going Back, will be released.

A year's hard work has gone into this chapter, and I am naturally incredibly proud of it. I am confident that if you have enjoyed the game so far, you will also enjoy chapter 3, as I feel like my skills are only improving, as we continue along this journey.

Coinciding with the release of chapter 3, I have decided at last to launch a Patreon page. I had...