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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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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Raynare69

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Wow, that was a lot sooner than expected!
What a pleasant surprise, can't wait to check it out!
 

SonsOfLiberty

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Thank you, another hero to the rescue :cool:. The orc girl was upset because you have the PC and Mac versions in the same zip, but ignore her complaints, nothing a modern connection won't fix, and welcome the new update :giggle::coffee:.
It's just the beta. And if your download fails, you will need to start it again, even on modern connections....
 

LeEclipse

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Thank you, another hero to the rescue :cool:. The orc girl was upset because you have the PC and Mac versions in the same zip, but ignore her complaints, nothing a modern connection won't fix, and welcome the new update :giggle::coffee:.
Yea i just didn't want to mess with uploading them both separately, just uploaded the whole file how i downloaded it from them.
 

SonsOfLiberty

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Looks interesting, but I wonder who is the Mom ?
You meet her at the beginning, but she's not a LI, and in the game for 30 seconds and gone there is only the aunt and there is only a dinner date and a tits scene at the very beginning. And no lewd content, not even sure "incest tag" applies.

If you are getting this game for "incest" you will be sorely disappointed.
 

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A Shot in the Dark [Ch.4 Beta] [ViM Studios] - Update only

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Universal: Ch. 3 -> Ch.4 Beta [521 MB]
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