Not Going Back Devlog - itch.io

New Update Now Available Here on Itch!

Sat, 17 Jan 2026 07:09:18 GMT

Hello! The latest update of the game is now available here on itch! I've had no reports of any errors etc. since the Patreon release of the game, so I've updated the files here to the latest version...

New Update Release Date Announcement!

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 05:37:30 GMT

Hello! I'm very pleased to announce that the next update for Not Going Back - the Prelude: Playing Around Before the Party Starts - will be released, for everyone, on Friday the 16th of January 2026 o...

Dev Log i3.3: Do Ya Like

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 23:09:04 GMT

Hello! Attached above are some previews from the last month. Brief update on things from me. Feel free to join the Patreon for a more extensive, weekly breakdown of the development process, amongst ot...

Dev Log i3.2: Threatz

Sun, 02 Nov 2025 22:50:24 GMT

Hello! Attached above are some previews from the last month. Currently I'm at 8/17 scenes for the chapter rendered. In the previous dev log here I mentioned a total of 12 scenes for the next update; a...

Dev Log i3.1: Wholeheartedly (or, Tally)

Sun, 28 Sep 2025 11:00:57 GMT

Hello! Attached above are preview images for the next update. Attached here is a public dev log from Patreon. You don't need to be a member to view it. It's a longer, more detailed version of this pos...

Chapter 3 is now available for download

Sun, 10 Aug 2025 14:13:24 GMT

Hello! I am very happy to say that Chapter 3 is now available for download here on itch! Chapter 3 contains another nearly 3400 renders, with multiple branching paths depending on how you play. I real...

Chapter 3 Patreon Release!

Sun, 10 Aug 2025 08:09:01 GMT

Hello! Chapter 3 of Not Going Back is now available for free on Patreon ! Later on today I will officially update the game here too. But if you want a little early access you can go over to Patreon an...

Dev Log 2.12: Ultimate

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 06:04:54 GMT

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 incredibl...

Dev Log 2.11: Penultimate

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 04:25:30 GMT

Hello! As you maybe can tell from the title of this dev log, this is the second-to-last dev log I'll be releasing for ch3. The next dev log (still at the end of next month, most likely) will be confir...

Dev Log 2.10: Lavish

Wed, 28 May 2025 09:31:09 GMT

Hello! Last month was fairly productive. The render count for the chapter is now around 2200. In the previous dev log, I estimated I'd be able to around 600 renders a month, but I ended up a bit below...

Dev Log 2.9: Glimpse

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:58:49 GMT

Hello! A lot of previews this month, as I've been working through a bunch of different scenes that are worth showing glimpses of. Now that I've gotten through the big party scene of ch3, working throu...

Dev Log 2.8: There

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 10:55:36 GMT

Hello! A few previews above as usual. Some good news to start of this month's dev log. I now have the new computer I mentioned getting in the last dev log. I've only had it less than a week now, but i...

Dev Log 2.7: I Can't Wait To Get There

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:14:40 GMT

Hello! Some previews above as usual. The render count for chapter 3 is now at around 1300. I've not quite finished the big scene yet, I mentioned in the previous dev log that I was hoping to maybe hav...

Dev Log 2.6: Illuminate

Sat, 25 Jan 2025 07:41:11 GMT

Hello! In a similar vein to the previous dev log, I've not a whole lot exciting to report on this past month. Progress has been steady, save for a few days where I went back and re-rendered some ch3 i...

Dev Log 2.5: Refractory

Thu, 26 Dec 2024 04:44:25 GMT

Hello! It's getting towards the end of the month, so it's about time for another dev log. Not a major update on things, though. At around 900 renders for the chapter now. Have been working on the scen...

Dev Log 2.4: ANYWAY

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:19:46 GMT

Hello! Back again for a monthly dev log. Seems like I'm going to be keeping to a rough schedule of giving a progress update towards the end of each month, although some might come sooner or later depe...

Dev Log 2.3: Feels Like Summer

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 11:50:46 GMT

Hello! It's been a little over a month since my last dev log, so I figured I was about due to give a little update on how development has been going. I'm currently working on a pretty big scene that w...

Dev Log 2.2: The One I Definitely Didn't Forget to Title Initially and Was Up For About an Hour Before I Realized, You'd Think After This Long I Would Be More Competent

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 07:42:35 GMT

Hello! Figured it was about due time for a little progress update on Chapter 3. This will be quite a short update, however, because there isn't really a whole lot to say at the moment. That isn't beca...

Dev Log 2.1: Two Weeks On

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 07:12:28 GMT

Hello! Two weeks ago, I released Chapter 2 of Not Going Back. After over a year of hard work, the reception I've received for the update was almost overwhelming, really. Chapter 1 had been positively...

Ch2 Post Release Minor Update

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 13:56:04 GMT

Hello! Just put out a small update fixing a few things in ch2. Luckily, as far as I'm aware, there wasn't anything completely broken in the game, but I've corrected a few little issues that have been...

Chapter 2 is now available for download

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 14:22:46 GMT

I am pleased to say that Chapter 2 is now finished and available for download. After over a year's work, Not Going Back Chapter 2 is finally complete and ready for you to play. This took a lot longer...

Dev Log 1.7: Ultimate

Sun, 18 Aug 2024 20:17:53 GMT

Hello! After a regrettably long time, I am pleased to say that Chapter 2 of Not Going Back is almost ready. I have finished rendering everything* for the chapter, and just need to go through the game...

Dev Log 1.6: Penultimate

Fri, 12 Apr 2024 01:59:25 GMT

Hello! 22/31 done. Render count now clean over 2000. I've previously estimated that the chapter would end up containing around 2500 renders, but I now think it may even push 3000 when all's said and d...

Dev Log 1.5: Untitled

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 19:08:23 GMT

Hello! Took a little longer to get around to this than I thought, but I decided that I wanted to reach a certain point in things before I gave another update, essentially pushing the report back a lit...

Dev Log 1.4: Another Brief Update

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 07:01:21 GMT

Hello! A little update again from me. My pain is finally over. The big scene is effectively finished. I have 14 more renders to do for it, but they are all posed. The downside? 13 of them will take ~3...

Dev Log 1.3: A Brief Update

Thu, 18 Jan 2024 23:34:05 GMT

Hello! I'd been waiting to make another dev log until I finished the very long scene I've been working on for genuinely months at this point, but we're possibly still a couple of weeks out from finish...

Dev Log 1.2: Uh. 100 days later?

Sun, 19 Nov 2023 23:22:10 GMT

Hello! Coincidentally, as I went to make this status update I checked back on the last one to remind myself what I'd said before and discovered that the first dev log was 100 days ago. So, by pure coi...

Dev Log 1.1: 1 Month In

Fri, 11 Aug 2023 01:08:42 GMT

Hello! Attached at the top of this post are some previews from Chapter 2. Enjoy! 1 month ago, I released Chapter 1 of Not Going Back. Firstly, I want to thank anyone who has played and enjoyed the gam...