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This Time [v2306] [ApocalypseToday]

February 6, 2024F95

How long before it all goes up in flames?

THIS TIME is the story of a former firefighter-turned-PI, and his struggle with corruption without and within. All his life, he thought he wanted to be a hero. But when he finally got his hands on evidence that could expose the fire department’s corruption, he was badly shook by the temptation to commit blackmail. Unable to trust himself, he retired…

Until the day a young woman barged into his life, begging him for help finding her missing friend. In lieu of money, she offered him a stopwatch with an incredible ability: the power to freeze time. And, along with it, the power to act without consequences.

Now, he will need to use his newfound power to help the women in his life and to unravel a conspiracy who conceal their misdeeds with fire. But as he grapples with the corruption eating away at the city, this time will he be able to resist his own descent into corruption?
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THIS TIME is not your usual ‘horny landlady’ adult visual novel. It contains a gripping thriller / mystery story with optional free-roam and minigames. There are plenty of naturally occurring adult scenes with more being added with every new content release.

Thread Updated: 2023-06-20

Release Date: 2023-06-18

Developer: ApocalypseToday – Patreon – Itch.io – Steam – Discord

Censored: No

Version: 2306

OS: Windows, Linux, Mac

Language: English

Genre:

3DCG, Animated, Male protagonist, Big Tits, Anal sex, Thriller, Adventure, Animated, Creampie, Footjob, Handjob, Lesbian, Titfuck, Blowjob, Oral sex, Male domination, School setting, Voyeurism, Sex toys, Stripping, Vaginal sex, Prostitution, 4k, Female Domination, Groping, Masturbation, PoV, Romance, Superpowers, Harem, Graphic Violence, Horror, Point & Click, PoV

Installation:

*ONLY SAVES FROM 0.2.0 AND ABOVE WILL WORK WITH THIS RELEASE*

I have made every effort to ensure that future releases will be compatible with saves going forwards.

1. Extract and run.

Changelog:

v2306

– 3 new scenes

– 7 new animations

– 330 new renders

v2303b

Finished audio in the final sections of 2303 release

Fixed an issue whereby dialogue assumed you had barged into Chelsea’s apartment.

Fixed a few issues with the replay gallery. Replays should now unlock correctly.

Fixed a few other audio issues

Fixed a couple of incorrect images being shown.

v2303

Important notes:

Don’t forget, you will need to start a fresh save in this release. Your old saves will NOT work with this version. Fresh saves WILL continue working in upcoming releases.

This version is the new STARTING POINT of the game. We have not yet caught back up to the story point in the old version but there is lots of new content in-between old scenes.

We didn’t quite get the audio fully complete towards the end. There is a warning in place where this begins at the moment but we will push out a fix for this in the coming days.

Changelog:

Version naming format has changed (YYMM)

Updates will now be pushed every 2 months.

The game is no longer split into ‘chapters’.

Added Visual Novel Purist mode alongside the existing Interactive mode.

Completely revamped the points system.

Added difficulties settings.

Full game has now been rewritten up to around halfway through the OLD chapter 3.

Loads of new story scenes with the usual high quality renders and writing you already love.

New story arcs for some characters and tweaks to existing story arcs.

Lots of new story scenes

Game playtime is now around 3.25 hours compared to 2 hours

Now 2443 images and animations compared to 1647

Basically forget the old game and play the new game, even most of the re-used scenes have been completely rewritten and re-rendered/improved.

V0.3.1

PLEASE NOTE!! – There are some plot conflicts in this release between chapter 1 and the other 2 chapters. Nothing that will ruin your experience but there may be some references that don’t entirely make sense. This is because Chapter 1 references the NEW plot / story elements whereas Chapters 2 and 3 are still being rewritten.

– Entire dialogue of Chapter 1 rewritten.

– A few renders added.

– Lots of renders fixed.

– An animation replaced.

– Minor story changes.

– Audio changes.

– General improvements.

V0.3.0

– Added new chapter 3 part 3 content to bring chapter 3 to a conclusion with 659 Images and 23 animations.

– Revamped parts of Chapter 1 including a few re-renders, a new animation, some dialogue changes and lots of spelling and grammar corrections.

– Added the first batch of achievements.

– Redesigned image galleries.

– Redesigned replay gallery and added chapter 3 replays.

– Added intro speech to game start.

– Some visual changes to dialogue text.

v0.2.7

– Fixed an embarrassing amount of spelling and grammar mistakes throughout the whole game.

– Added new content (197 new renders).

– Changed choice menu graphics and layout.

– Adjusted criteria for receiving Chelsea ‘Sex game’ selfie photos to make it more accessible.

– Removed second opportunity to join Chelsea sex game, you will see why in the future.

v0.2.5

– Added the first part of Chapter 3 which comprises of:

— 178 renders

— 8 Animations

— 1300 Lines of Code

– Also adjusted image cache to help improve performance on lower spec machines.

v0.2.1

– Added “skip minigames” option to main menu

– Added skip button to trojan minigame

– Fixed when accepting Ashley scene Chelsea’s opinion dropped to -1

– Fixed being unable to trigger Sarah drunk scene

– Fixed Ashley replay not unlocking

– Lowered threshold to trigger Chelsea selfie photo

v0.20

– *FRESH SAVE REQUIRED. OLD SAVES FROM 0.1 or 0.12 WILL NOT WORK WITH THIS RELEASE*

– I have made every effort to ensure that future releases will be compatible with saves going forwards.

– Chapter 2 Content added.

– Minor spelling / grammar changes to chapter 1.

v0.12

– *FRESH SAVE REQUIRED. OLD SAVES FROM 0.1 WILL NOT WORK WITH THIS RELEASE*

– Removed NTR content – This was added unintentionally in 0.1 but now completely replaced with NON-NTR content

– First sex scene is now optional with a separate dialogue path and renders for this route.

– Annie dialogue updated to clarify that this is her first time as a prostitute.

– Replaced Chelsea “Use Key” scene with masturbation.

– Replaced Chelsea ‘oversharing’ dialogue with talk of masturbation.

– Made Sorority scene optional.

– Revamped Annie dialogue throughout.

Dev Note:

This game does not feature any NTR content and there is no intention of adding it in future releases.

This developer remains active in this thread despite it featuring a pirated version of their game.
If you enjoy the game please consider subscribing to their Patreon or purchasing the game on Steam.

DOWNLOAD
Win/Linux: GOFILE – MEGA – MIXDROP – PIXELDRAIN
Mac (v0.2.7): GOFILE – MEGA – MIXDROP – UPLOADHAVEN