The day you've been waiting for is almost here!
We are excited to announce that A Shot in the Dark - Chapter 3 and the Walkthrough & Guide DLC will release tomorrow, December 14, at 11:00 AM MST (GMT -7).
The current version (Chapter 3) of A Shot in the Dark includes:
- 70+ scenes
- 116K+ words
- 5,000+ renders
- 275+ animations
- 115 songs
- 34 sound effects
Development of Chapter 4 is currently in progress and planned to release in early 2024! We will be posting dev logs on Steam in the future, but you can find past dev logs and progress updates via our website.
The Walkthrough & Guide DLC includes:
- Gallery and In-Game Hints for unlocking all the content
- Choice Highlighting to show you the best choice(s) based on stats.
- Love Interest Priority List to determine choice highlighting when a choice benefits multiple characters
- Official Player Guide PDF (currently 75 pages) with every detail you need to fully experience the game
Future plans and pricing
We know that players are taking a huge risk on developers when purchasing Early Access games! Our goal is to always be transparent with players about the current state of the game and our future plans so that players can make an informed decision.
The base price of both A Shot in the Dark and the Walkthrough & Guide DLC will NOT increase with the future Chapter 4 release. You can safely wait until Chapter 4 releases if you want more content before purchasing the game. (We will give players advance notice about any prices changes after that point.)
We also have NO plans to split the game into Books or Seasons. When you purchase A Shot in the Dark, you will have access to all future updates until the game is complete. The same is true for the Walkthrough & Guide DLC.
Important information for DEMO players
Since releasing the Chapter 1 DEMO on Steam, we have upgraded to Ren'Py 8+. Saves made with the older version of the game may be broken by this update.
Entry Points will be available for all players
We have Entry Points for Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 available for players whose saves are broken. Entry Points can be found in the Walkthrough part of the menu, even though they are available to all players.
You do NOT need to buy the DLC to access Entry Points. (We will move them out of the Walkthrough menu when we upgrade the GUI in the future.)
Translations coming soon
The release tomorrow is for the English version of the game only. Translations to other languages are in progress! We plan to release them to Steam as soon as we feel they are ready, even if still in BETA.
We need your help improving translations!
You can find more information in this post. Volunteers who help translate the game can request a Steam key. We have additional incentives for volunteers who make significant contributions to the translations.
These are the languages we are currently working on translations for:
- Chinese (Simplified)
- French
- Italian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Spanish
- Turkish
We appreciate you!
Thank you to all of you that have added the game to their Wishlist, commented on our Character Spotlights, or posted in our Discussion forum!
We hope you enjoy playing A Shot in the Dark as much as we've enjoyed making it. :)