Divergence: Beyond the Singularity is a Ren'Py adult visual novel by Artifixion, set in a near future where artificial general intelligence exists and androids are part of human society. You can play as different characters, with choices leading to varied outcomes and branching paths. The presentation uses 3DCG visuals, and the story is designed to let you shape the route you follow.
The current build is v0.20.1 Public, released on August 16, 2022, and development is ongoing. It runs on Windows, Linux, Android, and Mac, is in English, and is uncensored. The latest changelog entry, v0.8.1, made Chapter 8 longer than the previous chapter, added Mizuki, and included two side or one-off characters across four locations. Earlier notes for Chapter 7 mention a required disclaimer and a save point before Eve's decision closing Chapter 4, with animations and a walkthrough to come.
Developer's description
In the near future, where artificial general intelligence is reality, and androids are now a part of human society, you'll embark on an intriguing, elaborate and
steamy
journey.
During your play-through, you'll be met with
numerous choices
, most of which result in
different outcomes
.
The plan is to create a very
complex story line
, with many different paths to go down. Giving you the possibility to tailor it to your liking.
Divergence: Beyond the Singularity screenshots
Download Divergence: Beyond the Singularity v0.20.1 Public
v0.8.1
- Chapter 8 is longer than the previous one
- a new character, Mizuki.
- two side/one off characters, in four different locations.
v0.7.1
Chapter 7, has arrived! This time, there is a disclaimer, that you definitely have to read before playing.
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE:
To play Chapter 7, you either have to play the game from the beginning, or from a save file that is BEFORE Eve's choice at the end of Chapter 4.
As many of you probably have noticed, there are usually no issues with continuing the game from wherever you left off.
I'll do my best to keep this one an exception in the future!
- The animations and the the walk-through for this chapter are coming soon! This one was a giant undertaking, and I didn't want to keep you guys waiting. But they are coming.
-This chapter has 2 major decisions. Without spoiling anything, one of those will drastically alter the relationship of the characters involved in the future. And the other is pretty significant as well. They are significant, because there is no 'correcting' them in the future.
-This chapter also features three different sequences that play out differently, based on your previous choices. One of them is the very beginning. There will of course be a fully detailed explanation in the walk-through section.
v0.6.1
- A new animated scene. There is another on in the works for this chapter, but it will be added a bit later.
- A new ending sequence has been added. It is triggered by a decision made in Chapter 3. If you have a saved file after the kissing scene at the very end, it MIGHT not work, if you saved it with values that otherwise would've triggered the recently added ending. If you run into any problems, just load an instance prior to that scene.
- The EXTRAS menu option is now functional, with a sub menu: WALKTHROUGH.
- And of course the new route.
The injection scene can go a different way, if you hesitate. That decision will have pretty big consequences in the future!
v0.5.2
1) During Elliott's investigation a 'HELP' option pops up 30 seconds after not 'analyzing' anything. It contains a small hint as to what to look out for in that puzzle.
2) The clicking mini-game during Isabela's private time is gone. At some point, we'd like to add animations there as well.
Chapter 5
New chapter, focusing on Isabela and Elliott.
Chapter 4
- We will always try to anticipate the future, so the game's save file compatibility can be maximized. That means, that right now you can continue from any of your previous save points, if you don't want to play the game from the beginning.
With that said, if you encounter any issues (music cutting out, etc.) just start a clean, new game. Now we haven't encountered ANY such issue during testing, and you shouldn't either, but it's good to be aware of, just in case.
If you choose "SENSUAL", then if in Chapter 1 you picked either "PASSIONATE" or "WILD" you'll get
scene 1a
and if you picked "ROUGH", you'll get
scene 2a.
If you choose "SULTRY", then if in Chapter 1 you picked "PASSIONATE", you will get scene
scene 1b
and if you picked either "WILD" or "ROUGH", you'll get
scene 2b
.
First public.
*To play Part 2, you have to reach the end of Chapter 15 in Part 1, and save the transition screen. (You can't miss it.) Then load that save in Part 2, and that's it.
There are separate 'save' sections for Part 1 and 2 that you can switch between, so you can organize which saves belong to which part.
Player reviews
Player rating3.5 / 5 · 20 ratings
Written reviews20 · avg 3.3★
Positive (4–5★)50%
Latest review2023-01-29
What players say
Reviews are mixed, with strong praise for visuals and story but frequent complaints about gameplay, pacing, and lack of control.
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Players like
High-quality visuals and character renders
Thoughtful sci-fi mystery storyline
Unique multi-POV narrative structure
Common complaints
Intrusive minigames interrupt adult scenes
Confusing UI and click hunting
Lack of player control and main character
Best for players who enjoy multi-POV sci-fi mysteries with strong visuals.
Summarised from 20 written player reviews.
campshell222023-01-29★★★★★
nearly every line of dialog has a half second wait time built into it, so when you click to move dialog forward nothing seems to happen, so you click again, but that just makes it skip that line and move…
E_nigma2022-08-03★★★★★
Decent renders, unique take on ui and thats really where my praise ends. Too many characters, too many plots, no way to opt out of any scenes or content, the unique ui leads to issues trying to figure out where…
Requiem1312022-06-11★★★★★
Divergence is a game with some very good intentions of making an obvious reference to Detroit: Become Human and toppling interesting topics about humanity, AI, and so on. The problem is that its developers don't have the writing skills to…