Ведёшь девушку в магазин платьев, покупаешь, что она хочет, и подсматриваешь, как девушка переодевается, примеряет одежду; приглашаешь девушку в театр, где тайком подсматриваешь за её формами и любуешься её красотой, ведь она в культурном наряде; приглашаешь девушку поехать в коттедж с ночевой, где вечером гуляете вместе среди деревьев под закатывающимся солнцем, а потом под звёздами и одинокими фонарями, и сидите возле костра, прижимаясь друг к другу, согреваясь, а ты как бы ненароком радостно щупаешь девушку; интересуешься её увлечениями, например, девушке хочется фотографировать, потому покупаешь фотоаппарат, чему девушка радуется, а со временем под какими-то предлогами фотаешь свою красавицу, тем самым сближаетесь эмоционально друг с другом. И после всего этого и другого девушка подпускает тебя к себе всё ближе и ближе, она хочет тебя, уже заведена, поэтому до секса с ней уже хватает лишь зажечь спичку.

2. Drifty copied the 'multi layer moving screens' idea from DPC.
sigh Same as above. I call them 'hello screens' as I wanted to use them to say 'hello' to the different girls as you meet them for the first time - as opposed to the normal huge render that moves across the screen. They came to be by accident, as I had to render huge screens in several layers because my gfx card at the time (1060, 3gb) could not handle big renders. Instead of putting them together in photoshop, I put them together in the game instead, moving them at different speeds. Just compare the code, and you'll see they are done completely different. Also, I use all kinds of visuals to give you a break from all the reading in addition to this. Ea. entering the plane, or seeing Lexi live. They all use the same scripting.

3. Drifty hate modders and walkthrough makers.
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I don't. Period. In fact I'm flattered by them taking an interrest in improving LoF for the players. However, I don't give modders early releases so that they can have the mod ready for day 1 when a new chapter is out, as I like to have players explore a bit of the game before a mod gives all the answers.

4. 'Drifty' is a whole team of people working on Leap of Faith, where as <insert name here> is only one guy.
No it's not a whole team of people working on Leap of Faith. It's just little old me that wanted to tell a story. A norwegian guy, with a family, kids, supporting woman, normal job and a computer with Daz, Renpy, Photoshop and Premiere pro installed.

5. Anybody can use the songs in LoF in their own game.
No. They are all licensed. That cost money. And even if other Devs would like to license them, there's a big chance they still would not be able to. Most music artists have reservations of where they would like their work to be presented, effectively excluding all the 'most appreciated' kinks out there. Which is also the answer to why LoF has such a high focus on the story and romance - not the adult part of it.

Hopefully that explains a bit without me sounding like someone who takes himself a bit too seriously. :p
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Other than that, I hope you enjoyed the release date video. I tried pushing 27th of September, but had to settle on October 2nd instead. On the bright side, the more I can put into this first part of Chapter 4, the less I have to put into the second part, which should shorten the development phase for that.

The render count for this week is 708 stills and 3826 animated frames. Unfortunately most of them will need some kind of post-render treatment in Photoshop before release which will set me back at least a few days.

But that's why we have weekends. Stay safe and Covid-free out there.

// Drifty