Crazonian1

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Damn, it took me longer than i'd like to admit to realize the mystery behind Ellie. Or maybe one of the mysteries would be more accurate. We'll see. Decent story so far.
 

ArashiNinja18

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Jun 1, 2017
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Really not a fan of the whole kidnapping thing they've got going on in this game. There really should be a tag for that so people that aren't into that can avoid it.
 

Slick Bean

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Cue the hallelujah choir!
The end of the development cycle is near!
All of the animations for Chapter 4 are posed and now we just have to wait for the remaining ones to finish rendering. Let's kick this celebratory dev log off with some animation previews from the ones that have already rendered:
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Frosty2000

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Played it for the femdom tag and the two femdom characters, Monica and Paloma, were quite good. The dialogue in Paloma's second scene was a bit off for me though.
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Also some of the other LI have soft femdom potential, which could be introduced with just a little bit of scene and dialogue tweaking. Some wasted potential there imho.
 

johnmnf692

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Does anyone know if Elly is actually a virgin or not? I absolutely can't stand the trope of a girl lying about not being a virgin, and it seems like that's what's going on here, but with how odd she is I honestly can't tell. If she's actually not a virgin that would be a massive waste and pretty much ruin this game for me. It makes no sense for a girl who's been in love/obssessed with the MC for her whole life to suddenly not be a virgin when she actually gets to be with him.
 

fishbrain

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Apr 9, 2018
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Was there always incest in this? It's been a while but that caught me off guard. Who is it between? MCs Mom and sister? Might have to play this again.
 

Kinky-Girl

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Does anyone know if Elly is actually a virgin or not? I absolutely can't stand the trope of a girl lying about not being a virgin, and it seems like that's what's going on here, but with how odd she is I honestly can't tell. If she's actually not a virgin that would be a massive waste and pretty much ruin this game for me. It makes no sense for a girl who's been in love/obssessed with the MC for her whole life to suddenly not be a virgin when she actually gets to be with him.
For me, she is definitely a virgin. It’s clearly the way this is written. Pretty sure she will confess in one or two chapters.
 

Kinky-Girl

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Aug 9, 2022
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What makes no sense? That a girl desperate to show the mc how cool she is would lie about being a virgin? She is probably afraid that he will think she is pathetic.
She doesn’t realize that the mc could be flattered to be her first, she is just afraid to be perceived as a loser.
To me it makes perfect sense, actually. Seen some friends do the same (I’m a girl, for context).

Plus, at this stage of the story, Elly has trouble to open up and is afraid of being judged.
 
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Abhai

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Short story:
Writing, renders, animations: 100%
Coding: 92%
and as those dudes are xenorav school, everyone should be aware that coding is the most time consuming part :WeSmart:
luckily they have made decent progress already, so in a few weeks/a month a new update could be expected...
unless ofc they arent followers of ocean school as well - in that case "polishing" can take another month...or a few:HideThePain:
 

CirclePete

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and as those dudes are xenorav school, everyone should be aware that coding is the most time consuming part :WeSmart:
luckily they have made decent progress already, so in a few weeks/a month a new update could be expected...
unless ofc they arent followers of ocean school as well - in that case "polishing" can take another month...or a few:HideThePain:
The coding progress went from 27% on February 24, to 92% on March 22, so I guess they code faster than you think.
 
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SonsOfLiberty

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THIS WILL BE A SAVE-BREAKING UPDATE!
WARNING!!! SAVES WILL BE BROKEN THIS UPDATE!

Opening old saves will introduce bugs. Please plan to start a new game or use the Entry Points feature to avoid opening old saves.
To be safe, please consider deleting your old save files:



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Chapter 4 BETA Release
Early / BETA Release of Chapter 4 of A Shot in the Dark will start on Wednesday, March 27 for our supporters on Patreon and SubscribeStar:

  • Wed, Mar 27 - $40+ Patrons & Subscribers
  • Fri, Mar 29 - $20 Patrons & Subscribers
  • Sun, Mar 31 - $10 Patrons & Subscribers
  • Wed, Apr 3 - $5 Patrons & Subscribers
Remember, anyone with a lifetime pledge of $10+ also gets access to the Interactive In-Game Walkthrough Features + Hondo's Complete PDF Guide!

Official Public Release of Chapter 4 for players who own the game on Steam and Itch will happen in mid to late April, once we have had time to add Steam achievements and do further testing once those are added.


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THIS IS A SAVE-BREAKING UPDATE!
WARNING!!! SAVES WILL BE BROKEN THIS UPDATE! Opening old saves will introduce bugs. Please plan to start a new game or use the Entry Points feature to avoid opening old saves. To be safe, please consider deleting your old save files:

We know broken saves are a huge inconvenience for players, but unfortunately we made too many changes to the foundation of the codebase for it to be avoided.

What's new in Chapter 4?
With this update we are adding:

  • 16 scenes, 9 lewd
  • ~55K+ words
  • 2,226 renders
  • 97 animations
  • 28 songs, 21 sfx
Ren'Py upgrade and code optimization
This update we upgraded from Ren'Py 7.4.11 to Ren'Py 8+ which allows us to take advantage of the newer optimization features Ren'Py has to offer! We also took this opportunity to refactor our code to integrate well with Crowdin and help automate the translation process.

New Achievements feature added
We've now added Achievements (which were previously only available via the Steam platform) to the game itself so that players on all platforms can access them! All players will get notifications when achievements are completed and can check in-game to see which achievements they have completed or not.

If you have the Walkthrough features purchased and enabled, you can also get hints for the achievements in-game.

Note: Only Chapters 1-3 currently have achievements implemented in the BETA version. Chapter 4 does not have achievements in the BETA version, but they will be added before we release on Steam and Itch in April.

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Unlock All Memories feature added
We added the ability to Unlock All Memories with a toggle in the settings. We already had the feature that allows you Reset All Memories. These are quality of life features to help players who get stuck in bugged states, are playing on multiple platforms/devices that can't share saves, etc. Both can be found in the Options menu in the More tab.

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Brand new GUI throughout entire game
Thank you to m. of for the complete GUI overhaul! We couldn't be happier with how it all turned out. Be sure to add their game to your Steam wish list:

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