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Episode Five Progress Update (March 2025)

Hello Steam community. I hope you have all had a chance to play through Episode Four and I hope you enjoyed it! I have started working on Episode Five. You were very patient waiting for Episode Four, which took a full year to produce. Please be patient again with Episode Five.

I think Episode Five will be shorter but wider, with shorter playthroughs for players on single paths but more divergent pathing. I don't want to make any predictions about how long it's going to take to develop. I believed Episode Four would be my shortest episode and it turned out to be my longest. So please be patient and eventually this thing will get done.

If you've never been in the art section of Leaving DNA's community hub, check it out now. I frequently post special renders I've done in that section, including one I posted this morning of Jamie who won the "Best Girl" poll for Episode Four that took place on another website.

Anyway, thank you to everyone who has purchased the game and thank you for being patient while I develop the next episode!

--Monk

Bug Fix re Emmeline Path (Episode 4)

Hello everyone. For everyone who has already completed Episode Four, I've found a bug that will be a big problem for Episode Five if you are on Emmeline's path. If you haven't played yet or if you don't want to be on Emmeline's path, then ignore this announcement.

If you've already played Episode Four and you want to be on Emmeline's Path, then in the final scene of the episode (i.e. when you and Emmeline are in your apartment) you need to go back to at least the following choice while you are eating together:

"She's right, you're too different"
"She's perfect for you"

You must make this choice again. Otherwise when Episode Five is released the game will not recognize that you are on Emmeline's path.

I apologize sincerely for this mistake.

--Monk

Episode 4.3 - Bug fixes only

Fixed a bug where animations from a lewd scene weren't showing.
Fixed several other grammar/typo issues.

Leaving DNA: Episode Four Released!



I'm very happy to announce the release of Leaving DNA: Episode Four! Thank you for your patience. I know that production of this episode took awhile, but I'm very happy with the final product. I hope you have a memorable and engaging experience with this new update and that when you finish you will already start pushing me to finish Episode Five!

Edit: I am getting some reports that a few players are finding some of their old saves don't work. I sincerely apologize if this happens to you! You can try reloading a different save, but if you do have to start over, remember you can use the "CTRL" button to skip through content you've already seen.

(Buying Leaving DNA now gives you access to all future episodes.)

Changelog Episode Four:

35,722 words of dialogue
3,751 still renders
4 unlockable bonus renders
70 lewd animations
3 story lewd scenes
1 unlockable bonus lewd scene
31 music tracks
Updated walkthrough PDF

Also see this previous announcement re a bug.

Changelog Episode Four

  • 35,722 words of dialogue
  • 3,751 still renders
  • 4 unlockable bonus renders
  • 70 lewd animations
  • 3 story lewd scenes
  • 1 unlockable bonus lewd scene
  • 31 music tracks
  • Updated walkthrough PDF