Yes, you need to go to options then turn on "alternative script".
ofc, a proper man of culture, i see.
This game-within-a-game was always planned to tie in with the actual story of the main game.
I call it, Being a Dik syndrome. Every VN has to have some kind of game or party that takes up ninety percent of an update that doesn't actually move story forward at all.
Good reminder, but these are actually fun, it's the Summer Gone and that futuristic paintball that's the downside.I call it, Being a Dik syndrome. Every VN has to have some kind of game or party that takes up ninety percent of an update that doesn't actually move story forward at all.
Being a Dik had that "DnD" focused update and that Haunted House focused update, so now every game has to have something similar.
Hopefully this murder mystery doesn't take up too much of the next release.
Tell me we can choose to not play the mini game. Because fuck that shit.A Shot in the Dark: May 3, 2024 Dev Log
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Chapter 4 Official Release
Chapter 4 has now officially been released on all platforms, including Steam and Itch! The official release went smoothly and we are now working on getting Chapter 4 translated on Crowdin so that we can finally release some translated builds of the game!
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Chapter 5 Development
As mentioned in previous dev logs, Chapter 5 has been in development for a while now. We've also mentioned before that we are going to be doing something totally new and different with Chapter 5 that we can't wait to tell you about!
We're excited to announce that Chapter 5 will have a 1920s themed Murder Mystery Game within it featuring all of your favorite A Shot in the Dark characters (a mini visual novel within a visual novel, if you will!). This has been an idea we've had since the very beginning, and originally the plan was to include it in Chapter 3, but as the story progressed we ultimately decided it made more sense in Chapter 5.
The story for the 1920s Murder Mystery Game is already set, and about a third of the content is written already. We also have created all of the backgrounds for the various locations in the mini game, as well as hair and outfit options for all the love interests who will be participating so that players can vote on their favorites (which we will start doing next week!).
Chapter 5 will have regular scenes that advance the story and lewd scenes with 8 out of the 10 love interests, so don't worry. This is not a gimmicky chapter that will take away from "real" development time or progression with your favorite characters.
Without further ado, here are previews of the locations for the 1920s Murder Mystery Game coming in Chapter 5!
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I have doubts if in the end he'll still be left with any or end up in a loony bin.
Voice acting is a terrible waste of time and money for AVNs... but as long as we have the option to mute that shit then I guess it's fine. They're better off not bothering with it at all though.
A Shot in the Dark: May 17, 2024 Dev Log
Quick update on Prince of Suburbia
We don't currently have enough news about Prince of Suburbia to dedicate a whole dev log to it, but we are still working on finding a new artist and animator for the Pregnancy DLC! We are currently auditioning an artist we really like with a few animators to see how they work together. As soon as we have something we feel comfortable sharing with fans, we'll make a separate dev log about it!
Chapter 5 Development
Last week Josselyn and our coder, Cosmic Mirage, had a productive voice call going over plans for the Murder Mystery Game we'll be integrating into Chapter 5.
We have enough assets made (backgrounds, sprites, GUI) and enough dialogue written to start playing around with implementation. We also hope to get m. (who recently remade the GUI for both of our games) involved with some new GUI elements to give the Murder Mystery Game a unique feel, separate from the main story of the game.
We'll include some previews of how it's all coming together in future dev logs! To get a taste of what it will look like, you can check out our previous dev log for previews of the backgrounds and look for the outfit polls we'll be doing this month and next.
Other than that, Josselyn has been slowly chipping away at the writing and rendering, which is pretty typical for this phase of the development cycle. Currently, the written word count for Chapter 5 is around ~15K words and ~400 renders have been made (including the previously mentioned assets for the Murder Mystery Game).
Translated Builds
Another thing we hope to achieve during this development cycle is translated builds of A Shot in the Dark through Chapter 4, which we know many of our Steam players are eagerly awaiting. Once we have builds they will still have to be tested thoroughly before they are released, but we're getting very close to having builds ready to test!
Voice Acting
Lastly, we are excited to announce we are working with HaruLuna and other voice actresses to add more voice acting to the game (both to previous chapters and future ones)! We tried out voice acting for the first time with the Ashley scene in Chapter 4 (featuring Cinder) and we were super happy with the results, so we've decided to do more. We'll have more information about that as we get further into the process.
Chapter 5 Previews
Here are some previews from the first scene of Chapter 5 which is fully written and rendered. Just in case you were worried we weren't going to resolve the cliffhanger from Chapter 4, let this be proof that we won't leave you hanging.
