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Next up is the Letter J:

1. Josephine (Josy) Taylor - Being a DIK

2. Jamie Carrington - Leaving DNA

3. Jaye Campbell - Chasing Sunsets

4. Jasmine Gilroy - Race of Life

5. Jill Royce - Being a DIK

6. Julia - Game of Hearts

7. June Moon - Artemis

8. June - Westview Academy

9. Jordan - Westview Academy

10. Julia Price - Yesterday's Crossroads

11. Julia - Freshwomen

12. Jade Burke - Being a DIK

13. Jenny Peart - Ripples

14. Jessica Peart - Ripples

15. Jess Agnor - Sicae

16. Judie - Once in a Lifetime

Previous Winners:

Letter A Winner: Alexandra Bardot - Eternum

Letter B Winner: Bella Von Halen - Summer's Gone

Letter C Winner: Cece - Leap of Faith

Letter D Winner: Dalia Carter - Eternum

Letter E Winner: Elspeth Adair - STWA: Unbroken

Letter F Winner: Felicia Ford - Pale Carnations

Letter G Winner: Georgia Paige (Moonsong) - Origin Story

Letter H Winner: Hana Rhodes - Pale Carnations

Letter I Winner: Isabella Roberts - Being a DIK
Letter I 2nd Place: Ines Auclair - STWA: Unbroken
Letter I 3rd Place: Iris Vančura - Intertwined

Next up is the Letter I, for all those who told me my profile was private, thank you, I did not realize and did not intend to make my profile private:

1. Isabella Roberts - Being a DIK

2. Ines Auclair - STWA: Unbroken

3. Imogen - Not Going Back

4. Irene Leonhart - Sicae

5. Iris Vančura - Intertwined

6. Ivy Feynman - Our Red String

7. Inanna - Inanna Revenge

8. Isabel DeLuca - The DeLuca Family

Previous Winners:

Letter A Winner: Alexandra Bardot - Eternum

Letter B Winner: Bella Von Halen - Summer's Gone

Letter C Winner: Cece - Leap of Faith

Letter D Winner: Dalia Carter - Eternum

Letter E Winner: Elspeth Adair - STWA: Unbroken

Letter F Winner: Felicia Ford - Pale Carnations

Letter G Winner: Georgia Paige (Moonsong) - Origin Story

Letter H Winner: Hana Rhodes - Pale Carnations
Letter H 2nd Place: Heidi Kameāloha - Bare Witness
Letter H 3rd Place: Hannah Gilbert - Cosy Cafe

Next up is the Letter H:

1. Heidi Kameāloha - Bare Witness

2. Hana Rhodes - Pale Carnations

3. Hannah Gilbert - Cosy Cafe

4. Hailey - The Missing Part

5. Holly Watson - Our Red String

6. Holly - Leap of Faith

7. Helena - House of Hearts

8. Helen Zane - Where it all Began

Previous Winners:

Letter A Winner: Alexandra Bardot - Eternum

Letter B Winner: Bella Von Halen - Summer's Gone

Letter C Winner: Cece - Leap of Faith

Letter D Winner: Dalia Carter - Eternum

Letter E Winner: Elspeth Adair - STWA: Unbroken

Letter F Winner: Felicia Ford - Pale Carnations

Letter G Winner: Georgia Paige (Moonsong) - Origin Story
Letter G 2nd Place: Gwen Wilson - My Bully is my Lover
Letter G 3rd Place: Geneva - u4ia

Next up is the Letter F:

1. Geneva - u4ia

2. Gloria Conner - City of Broken Dreamers

3. Gwen Wilson - My Bully is my Lover

4. Grace - University of Choices

5. Gabriela Ramirez (Gabi) - Intertwined

6. Georgia Paige (Moonsong) - Origin Story

7. Grace Hastings - Office Perks

8. Grace - Realm Invader

10. Ghost Raven - Origin Story

11. Gabriela - Freshwomen

12. Giovanna Balotelli - The Power of Truth

Previous Winners:

Letter A Winner: Alexandra Bardot - Eternum

Letter B Winner: Bella Von Halen - Summer's Gone

Letter C Winner: Cece - Leap of Faith

Letter D Winner: Dalia Carter - Eternum

Letter E Winner: Elspeth Adair - STWA: Unbroken

Letter F Winner: Felicia Ford - Pale Carnations

Letter F 2nd Place: Fiona Valentine - Wildcats

Letter F 3rd Place: Fairy - Desert Stalker

Next up is the Letter F:

1. Fiona - Domino Beach

2. Fiona Valentine - Wildcats

3. Felicia Ford - Pale Carnations

4. Fiona - The Neverwhere Tales

5. Freya Agnor - My Bully is My Lover

6. Finnabair - The Neverwhere Tales

7. Fairy - Desert Stalker

Previous Winners:
Letter A Winner: Alexandra Bardot - Eternum

Letter B Winner: Bella Von Halen - Summer's Gone

Letter C Winner: Cece - Leap of Faith

Letter D Winner: Dalia Carter - Eternum

Letter E Winner: Elspeth Adair - STWA: Unbroken

Letter E 2nd Place: Elsa Thorn - Law School

Letter E 3rd Place: Emilia - Desert Stalker

Letter E is up next another letter with some incredible incredible LI's and some of my favourites:

1. Elspeth Adair - STWA: Unbroken

2. Erynn Orlandi - Intertwined

3. Ella - The Missing Part (Unsure if this should count, but she's incredible)

4. Emma Luisa - Formula Zero

5. Elsa Thorne - Law School

6. Evelyn Brennan (Eve) - Summer Heat

7. Emilia - Desert Stalker

8. Elizabeth Russell - Cosy Cafe

9. Elena Sofia Ortiz - Intertwined

10. Ella Davies - Elmwood University

11. Evelyn Palmer - Origin Story

12. Eliza - Nephilim

Letter A Winner: Alexandra Bardot - Eternum
Letter B Winner: Bella Von Halen - Summer's Gone
Letter C Winner: Cece - Leap of Faith

Letter D Winner: Dalia Carter - Eternum
Letter D 2nd Place: Darci - Ripples
Letter C 3rd Place: Daphne - Where it all Began

Letter A Winner: Alexandra Bardot - Eternum
Letter B Winner: Bella - Summer's Gone

Letter C Winner: Cece - Leap of Faith
Letter C 2nd Place: Calypso - Eternum
Letter C 3rd Place: Catherine Bennett - Cosy Cafe

Letter D is up next:

1. Dalia Carter - Eternum

2. Danielle - Dreamland

3. Dyna Stormridale - Crossrealms

4. Darci Gilmore - Ripples

5. Daphne - Ripples

6. Danielle Marsh - Law School

7. Diana Spencer - Move the Chains

8. Demi Hill (Coach Hill) - Summer's Gone

9. Daphne - Where it all Began

Letter A Winner: Alexandra Bardot - Eternum

Letter B Winner: Bella - Summer's Gone
2nd Place: Brie - House of Hearts and Game of Hearts
3rd Place: Bianca Thomson - Being a DIK

(We almost had a big Shock up until the 20th hour, it was Brie, then Bella stole it at the end. I thought Bella was going to run away with it)

Letter C is up next

1. Cece - Leap of Faith

2. Chandra White - City of Broken Dreamers

3. Calypso - Eternum

4. Camila - Being a DIK

5. Catherine Bennett - Cosy Cafe

6. Chloe Moralez - College Kings

7. Christine Thomson - U4IA

8. Charlotte Lloyd - Hillside

9. Chang Wong - Eternum (This is a JOKE or is it...)

Edit: shoutout to u/delfinder for the original of this series 2 years ago!

Letter A Winner: Alexandra Bardot - Eternum
2nd Place: Allison Miller
3rd Place: Aurora Stanson

(Not a shocker I love Alex, best LI in the 2nd most popular AVN but Aurora is my goat as an LI in any AVN so I am biased)

Letter B is up next (Very clear front runner)

1. Bella Von Halen - Summer's Gone

2. Brie - House of Hearts and Game of Hearts

3. Bree - Summer Heat

4. Becca - Strangers on Paper

5. Brooklyn - Westview Academy

6. Bianca Thomson - Being a DIK

Let's do a new definitive list of the best LI in each letter of the Alphabet, we'll start with the Letter A which I might add seems fucking stacked.

I know someone did this type of post 2 years ago given the research I did on this, but we had some great AVN's become popular since then so why not try it again!

I'll place a comment below with each girls name, feel free to just upvote your choice girl or comment or name or even comment other names I may be missing

1. Aurora Stanson - Law School

2. Alexandra Bardot - Eternum

3. Allison Miller - Race of Life

4. Artemis - Artemis

5. Alexis Monroe - Intertwined

6. Amy Young - Strangers on Paper

7. Alyssa Wood - Westview Academy

8. Athena Aetos - Bare Witness

I just watched Scarface last night for the first time, meh, not a big Al Pacino fan.
Anyways, here are just some pretty faces and eyes.

1. Aurora - Law School

2. Lily - Being a DIK

3. Cece - Leap of Faith

4. Erynn - Intertwined

5. Leslie - Westview Academy

Which Songs Used in an AVN Scene Amplify the Feel of the Scene the Most To You?

I won't lie, majority of mine come from BaD since it's in my opinion the AVN with the best music by far.

1. Josy - Being a DIK Episode 8 - You're so Easy to Love - Maybe the best scene in the game in my opinion due to the Chemistry between MC and Josy, the background commentary from Elena and the music make the feel for this scene just incredible.
https://youtu.be/UwIIxyIFUb8?is=i_zrj3QLio-8UAvM

2. Zoey - Being a DIK Episode 11 - Don't Forgive Me - A great scene that turns into one of the best in the game due to the Music Choice in it, I am biased because of how much I love Zoey but regardless of if you reject her or return to her, this song fits this scene so well. https://youtu.be/_gnn0OTPpQE?is=a8FT1e7otvCmTIVW

3. MC Returning Back to His Old House - The Missing Part - Why'd you go and Leave me Here - This scene is sooo powerful with the MC seeing his dead daughter in every corner of the house he looks in, but the Music makes it

I can't find this song anywhere but it's a great song and an amazing scene so check it out wish I could share it!

4. Quinn - Being a DIK Episode 11 - Time to rise - Another one of my favourite scenes in the game with Quinn telling MC about the loss of her dad and about Rio, the music makes it that much better since it fits the context of the scene so well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFprqvrIut4

5. Maya - Being a DIK Episode 11 - I'll Catch the Light - Such a great I love you scene, talking about Maya's potential genetic disease to the MC declaring his love, this song fits the scene so perfectly!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNyl6_PnuME

Bare Witness - U4IA - Leap of Faith all have great music too but I couldn't pin down 1 scene that was amplified by the music choice, but these were the 4 that came to my mind the most.

Summer's Gone also has some great songs in it as well but meh, I think I'm just so turned off on that game right now I couldn't care any less about it lol.

She Did In Fact Make Her Find Out, she may be polarizing, but Zoey's my favourite girl in the game and tied for my favourite in all of AVN and I know her paths gonna be a Ride or Die one.

(I do love Quinn but she deserved that shit loll)

Regardless of how you felt about the update, one thing we can all agree on is how good the Girls Look.

1. Lily
2. Zoey
3. Josy
4. Sage
5. Melanie
6. Nicole
7. Riona
8. Quinn
9. Bella
10. Jill
11. Bianca
12. Cinderella (Nikita)
13. Maya
14. Sarah

Hello everyone,

Oh. My. God.

Finally, the last devlog for this episode.

It took a little longer than I expected, but we're finally reaching the end. Last week was great by most metrics, despite a few shadows on the board. I didn't get to work on the last scene with Rose. I felt like doing postwork instead, since there were still hundreds of renders in the queue and I was stressing about whether they'd all be ready for the beta. So I put all three PCs in render mode, hit 38°C in my office for the first and hopefully last time ever, and spent days doing postwork on my laptop.

That let me:

• Finish the music for the episode
• Revamp the whole UI
• Update galleries and Facegram
• Test the branchings
• Postwork all the images I had, compile animations, and photoshop renders
• Prepare the queues for renders that need modifications and re-rendering
• Rework and fix the path builder of episode 4
• And a bunch of other minor stuff, such as the new main menu animation, the new loading screen, etc...

In other words, all the most tiring tasks are done. I'm happy about that, it's pretty much where I wanted to be on the timeline. I need 2-3 days to create the Rose scene, and about a day to update the character logs, diary, and fun facts from your beloved Olive, plus create the customs for this episode. I also need to code the two minigames, but that's quick, and the assets for them won't take more than a couple hours.

I'm estimating I'll be done with everything by Thursday night or Friday morning, and I'll use the rest of Friday to test it fully without devmod, no cheating variables to see every path in one playthrough. It's easier to test that way, but I might miss crashes you guys would hit during your own playthroughs. After that, it goes to the testers and we'll see what's what.

A lot of renders are still in the queue and will finish while I'm away, so there shouldn't be any issue waiting on content to re-render.

It's not entirely finished yet, like I don't have the whole episode ready to be shipped, and like I said, I've only run cheaty playthroughs so far, but honestly, I'm happier and more confident about the quality of this episode than I was two months ago. The anxiety was through the roof. Not seeing the game as a whole, just bits of content and code here and there, does a number on how you see your own project. But playing through it, I surprised myself, laughing at my own jokes I'd forgotten about, getting hit hard in the feels, positive and negative both. The jump in my animation skills is WILD too. The first lewd scene of this episode versus the last one are two completely different worlds. I'm excited to keep improving.

So overall, I'm feeling good about sending this update out before I leave for a week. I don't want to pressure the testers, I never have and hope I never will, so I can't promise a release date. But they've been fast before, so hopefully I'll be back next week with a promo image and dates for you all.

The Season 2 Steam page also goes live when this episode releases (For wishlist only), which means I need to finalize the trailer. There's a cutscene from episode 4, during the library scene with Taylor, right at the start, short one, but I'm still waiting on the voice for my MC. So I might just get that Taylor bit done and use it for the trailer, even though it probably won't make it into the actual episode at release. I'll try to get it done ASAP.

I'll share the final render, word, and animation counts on release day.

So yeah, thanks again for the support. We're so close. I'm excited to hear what you all think of this episode. The mood shifts near the end, and there's new plots, new hints, and honestly a truckload of revelations, so I'm curious what you'll make of it, and whether some of your theories landed. It's as exciting for me as it is for you.

Anyway, back to it. Wishing you all a great few days until release.

Take care,
MisterMaya

Hello everyone,

Last week was pretty productive despite all that IRL stuff I had to deal with. I read through most of the script and fixed grammar issues here and there, but the big win was coding the Facegram conversation messages for the episode. I'd planned those message events for DAY 1 and DAY 2, with maybe a small one on DAY 3 (still not sure). DAY 1 and DAY 2 are done now, so that's a solid chunk of work behind me.

I got home Friday night and jumped into 3D work on Saturday. Right now I'm deep in that huge flashback scene, and it's kicking my ass. New characters to design, aging existing characters down, new environments to build, etc... I estimate I'll wrap it up tomorrow. On top of that I've been dealing with a ton of crashes lately, no clue why, Daz can be such a fragile app sometimes. But we ball regardless.

Good news on the release front: I finally have a date in mind for the beta testing. Some of the stuff I expected to eat up time (Steam page, trailers, music, etc.) came together way more smoothly than I thought. I'm not sharing the date yet, but I'm feeling confident about hitting it. I've even booked a week off with my family as a kind of "finish line" incentive. I work well under time pressure, so hopefully that lights a fire under me.

Anyway, let's talk numbers:

• Static renders: 4,168
• Animations: 171
• Story content: 58 scenes written (60,487 words)

That's an extra 72 renders over the weekend. Not bad considering I was away until Saturday. My usual daily goal is around 30 renders to call it a good day. My render queue is also completely cleared out, which means no bottleneck once I get back to it. I'm giving the rigs a few days off too, in order to keep the office cooler and stay sharp.

Not much else to report. Back to that scene, aiming to wrap this episode up as fast as I can.

Take care, see you next week.
MisterMaya

For Those Getting Into AVN's Here Are 35 AVN's And Genre's That I'd Highly Recommended Playing To Get Your Foot Into The AVN World (Mostly DAZ).

Just a heads up, anything after the first like 11 is not properly ranked for me lol so take the numbers below with a grain of salt.

For those of you who prefer HS designed AVN's obviously Eternum and Pale Carnations are must plays.

I haven't played these games enough but a lot of people love them, My Bully is my Lover, Ripples, Wildcats, Cosy Cafe, Inanna Revenge and Cross Realms.

Here is the List:

1. Being a DIK - College AVN
2. Law School - College AVN
3. The Missing Part - Drama AVN
4. Leaving DNA - Mystery AVN
5. Formula Zero - Sports AVN

6. Strangers on Paper - Romance AVN
7. Artemis - Sci-Fi AVN
8. Eternum - Fantasy AVN
9. Yesterday's Crossroads - Romance AVN
10. Leap of Faith - Drama AVN

11. U4IA - Mystery and Drama AVN
12. Race of Life - Slice of Life AVN
13 Not Going Back - College AVN
14. Beyond Tomorrow - Drama AVN
15. STWA: Unbroken - Sports Drama AVN

16. Move the Chains - Sports and College AVN
17. Greyvale Rivalry - Sports and College AVN
18. Intertwined - Romance and School AVN
19. Hillside - Drama and Mystery AVN
20. Bare Witness - Slice of Life AVN

21. Moonlight - Sci-Fi AVN
22. Westview Academy - College AVN
23. College Kings - Sports and College AVN
24. Pale Carnations - Drama AVN
25. Game of Hearts - Supernatural, Drama and Fantasy AVN

26. House of Hearts - Supernatural, Drama and Fantasy AVN
27. Summer Heat - School and Romance AVN
28. City of Broken Dreamers - Sci-Fi AVN
29. Summer's Gone - College and Drama AVN
30. Acting Lessons - Slice of Life and Drama AVN

31. Chasing Sunsets - Slice of Life and Romance AVN
32. Become a Rockstar - Slice of Life AVN
33. The Entrepreneur - Slice of Life AVN
34. Elmwood University - College and Comedy AVN
35. Jury - Crime, Mystery and Slice of Life AVN

Note that the only completed AVNs as of today are Leap of Faith, Bare Witness, Game of Hearts, City of Broken Dreamers, Acting Lessons, Chasing Sunsets, Become a Rockstar and The Entrepreneur

As you can see I am a DAZ fan, so don't come at me

1. Being a DIK: I don't think this'll ever change, it is the GOAT AVN, it has everything, from phenomenal writing, great music, amazing characters, great humour etc, I could go on about BaD for a full post.

2. Law School: Another pick that hasn't changed, maybe a bit controversial having it so high, however, I started this while on my last year at University in late 2025 and was my 3rd ever AVN after BaD and Leap of Faith so it always stuck with me, also has my favourite character in all of AVN in Aurora.

3. The Missing Part: Don't think any AVN hits the emotions anywhere close to the Missing Part, incredible writing, pacing, the scenes and flashbacks are phenomenal, Ella and Madelyn are two of my favourite ever AVN characters. The LI's while not super standoutish in their own right are all 3 great LI's.

4. Leaving DNA: Another AVN where I think the pacing might be slow for some, really looks you with its story, the mystery behind it and I think in my opinion, the AVN with the best MC in all of AVN. Also Jamie Carrington duh.

5. Strangers on Paper: I think the romance and writing for the relationships in both paths of this game are just great, Becca and Amy are both great LI's (Becca stands out for me much more though). I didn't think I'd like this game this much but Becca has really jumped into my top LI lists right away.

6. Formula Zero: Recency bias for both 5 and 6 maybe? But, I am a massive sports fan, not a big F1 fan, but I love the game, the concept, the characters and I think this AVN has massive massive potential.

7. Artemis: The single most recommended game when I did my last list, it might seem low, but I am not a massive fan of Sci-Fi type stories in general anyways, so the fact that this story hooked me as much as it did, proves how incredible it is. Humour is amazing, characters are amazing, writing is great. The only knock on it might be the early chapters renders and even then, it didn't turn me off to it at all, I seriously don't care much about it. I think the reason it's only 7 is probably still the fact that I am still not the biggest Sci-Fit type fan in general.

8. Eternum: If you have followed any of my posts, you know I don't really like HS AVN's if anything, it often puts me off to a lof of them with only Eternum and Pale Carnations being the 2 I would consider being a fan of. However, with Eternum its impossible not to like, the HS designs is the best and most polished I think in any HS AVN and the story is great and the characters especially are just incredibly likeable, shout out to my guy Cheng and Alex one of the goats. Again similar to Artemis, I think the Sci-Fi aspects leave it a bit lower than what most people would place it under.

9. Yesterday's Crossroads: The same feeling I have for Strangers on Paper is with Yesterday's Crossroads, the way the relationships feel, the characters in the game and just the relationship building I feel with this game felt so nice when I played it. Honestly feel as though all the LI's in this game are great too.

10. Leap of Faith: The first AVN I ever played, I have to include it, the emotion, the story, Cece especially is what got me into AVN's in the first place. I lowkey think U4IA is an improvement, but I'll wait for it to be complete before deciding which one I truly like better.

Honourable Mentions:

Race of Life

U4IA

Not Going Back

Move the Chains

Unbroken

Beyond Tomorrow

My last top 10:

1. Being a Dik,
2. Law School
3. Intertwined
4. The Missing Part
5. Race of Life
6. Unbroken
7. Leap of Faith
8. Bare Witness
9. Summer's Gone
10. College Kings

Not sure what took me so long to play Strangers on Paper, so excited to hear there's an update soon, but I really enjoy the fact that even after 8 months of playing AVN's, I find new ones I didn't try that I find incredible.

1. Strangers on Paper: Becca: Can't believe I didn't play this game until now, really enjoy the writing, pacing and general feel of this game. Becca stood out to me much more than Amy even after playing both paths, don't get me wrong, I love Amy's character and fuck her tool of a fiance, but Becca just feels right. Plus, I'm a sucker for a broken girl! Also do y'all prefer Blonde Becca or Blue Hair Becca tell me your thoughts, it's close, I'm gonna go with Blue though, makes her stand out more.

2. Formula Zero: Emma: Another game I literally just finished playing last night, really enjoying the story and all the characters tbh. However, Emma stands out the most I think she's an awesome character and her bond with the MC just feels so natural. Really hoping the next chapter we get some actual romancing with her haha**. Have to also shout out Eve from Formula Zero, really like her character too!**

3. What We Left Behind - Valerie: The prologue for this game just came out but I was pleasantly surprised by it, didn't think I was going to enjoy it but I actually thought it was decent. My favourite character has to be Valerie but to anyone who's played this knows the choice is a fruitless one given what happens in the prologue lol.