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

March 30, 2024F95

A Shot in the Dark is a choice-driven adult 3D visual novel about new possibilities and dark secrets. Navigate romance, relationships, and rivalry as a young man during your first semester of college. Can you make a fresh start, or will the past catch up with you?

A mystery to solve
You play as a young man hoping to make a fresh start in college. But when a sorority girl goes missing, any hope of a normal semester disappears along with her. Will you be able to solve the mystery of her disappearance before it’s too late?

Your choices matter
Choose wisely. There is no right or wrong. There is no one “happy path.” From the first chapter to the last, your decisions can have permanent impacts on the story. Many branching story paths—each with its own joys and tragedies—will eventually lead you to one of the multiple endings.

Compelling characters
Ten main love interests represent a variety of body types, personalities, and skin tones. Your choices will decide how each relationship progresses and whether lewd scenes are revealed. Additional romanceable characters will be included based on Patron polling and requests.

Transparent gameplay
The mystery is in the story, not the gameplay. You will always know what aspects of the game your choices affect, for optimal replayability. No grinding or pointless minigames to stretch out the content. Every mechanic is designed to move the story forward, not to slow it down.

Thread Updated: 2024-03-29

Release Date: 2024-03-27

Developer: ViM Studios Patreon – Subscribestar – Itch – Steam – Website – Twitter – Youtube – Discord

Censored: No

Version: Chapter 4 Beta

OS: Windows, Mac, Linux, Android

Language: English

Other Game: Prince of Suburbia

Genre:

NOTE: This game and future updates will NOT include Rape and will NOT include NTR. You can find more content and trigger warnings here (SPOILERS at your own risk): Studio website

Installation:

1. Extract and run

Changelog:

Chapter 4

16 scenes, 9 lewd
~55K+ words
2,226 renders
97 animations
28 songs, 21 sfx

Chapter 3

Walkthrough & Guide DLC added

Chapter 3 (V0.25)

Known/potential issues with this update:

Some testers reported issues opening old saves: For some testers, opening old saves sent them to the beginning of the scene in question. Some testers received an error upon opening an old save they were able to Ignore without further issue. Some saves were entirely unusable. Saves that open onto a choice seemed to present the most issues.

If you encounter problems with old saves: We suggest saving over any problematic saves you find so you are not tempted to use them in the future. You should not have any problems with new playthroughs or new saves made this update.

Some testers reported issues with their Memories gallery: This seemed more likely to be a problem on Android. A few testers encountered issues trying to replay Memories they’d already unlocked.

If your unlocked Memories are not working properly: Try closing and reopening your game. Play through the entire part of the game again where the Memory happened. Make sure you get all the way to the end of the scene because that’s where Memories are unlocked. As a last ditch effort we included a “Reset All Memories” button in the Options menu. It will LOCK the entire Memory gallery and you will need to play through the game again to unlock each one.

As always, some Android devices will encounter issues with playing this game, especially as it increases in size. We did our best to optimize the UX/UI for Android players. If you encounter issues on your Android device please let us know and we will try to help!

The Chapter 3 (V0.25) update to A Shot in the Dark includes:

– 13 scenes

– 55K words

– 1,830 renders

– 98 animations

– 42 songs

– 17 sfx

– 274 GUI elements

A Shot in the Dark (Chapters 1-3) now includes:

– 70+ scenes

– 150K+ words

– 5,000+ renders

– 275+ animations

– 115 songs

– 34 sfx

– 493 GUI elements

– Interactive Phone feature

Chapter 2 – 2nd half (V0.2)

15 scenes
~45,000 words
1,344 renders
121 3D animations
65 GUI elements
2 sound effects
15 songs

Chapter 2 – 1st half (V0.15)

18 scenes
~22,000 words
796 renders
27 3D animations
2 2D illustrations
49 GUI elements
2 sound effects
18 songs

v0.1.1

Adjusted mouse cursor alignment

Fixed a minor script variable that was incorrect

Fixed duplication of Photogram objects (hopefully)

Chapter 1 v0.1

24 scenes
36,000 words
1,073 3D renders
28 3D animations
9 2D animations
107 GUI elements
11 sound effects
39 songs

Incest Code:

OMEGA

Texting SPEED UP HELP:

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Developer Notes:

Thank you for playing!

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.

DOWNLOAD
Win/Linux: GOFILE – MEGA – MIXDROP – PIXELDRAIN – WDHO
Mac: GOFILE – MEGA – MIXDROP – PIXELDRAIN – WDHO
Android: GOFILE – MEGA – MIXDROP – PIXELDRAIN – WDHO

Extras: Gallery unlock* – Multi Mod* – Official Guide
LeEclipse thanks for the link
*This unofficial port/version is not released by developer, download at your own risk.