This public post includes the SFW trailer. You check out our NSFW trailer for Chapter 3 in this post and on Vimeo!

Early Release of Chapter 3 (V0.25) of A Shot in the Dark will start on Tuesday, May 30 with an official Public Release scheduled for Tuesday, June 6.

Access to Chapter 3 (V0.25) including Interactive Walkthrough Features + Hondo's PDF Guide (click here to learn more about this bundle):

• Tuesday, May 30 - $40+ Patrons & Subscribers
• Thursday, June 1 - $20 Patrons & Subscribers
• Saturday, June 3 - $10 Patrons & Subscribers
• Tuesday, June 6 - $5 Patrons & Subscribers with $10+ lifetime pledge; $5 DLC for Itch.io customers who have purchased base game

Access to Chapter 3 (V0.25) ONLY - NO Walkthrough or Guide:

• Tuesday, June 6 - $5 Patrons & Subscribers with less than $10 lifetime pledge; $5 base game on Itch.io

As discussed in this post, the base price of the game is $5 and access to the Interactive Walkthrough Features + Hondo's PDF Guide costs an additional $5. Current $5+ Patrons/Suscribers with a lifetime pledge of $10+ can access the Game + Walkthrough + Guide build on June 6.

If you have any questions about who has access to what build when, please let us know!

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
• Interactive Walkthrough Features (discussed here)
• Hondo's Complete Player's Guide PDF (Chapters 1-3) (discussed here)

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
• Interactive Texting feature
• Interactive Walkthrough Features (discussed here)
• Hondo's Complete Player's Guide PDF (Chapters 1-3) (discussed here)

We'd like to extend a special THANK YOU to those who helped with this update:

• Doc62, for help with programming this update
• Hondo, for all his hard work putting together such a thorough guide
• Kitty Kaplan, for help writing the sexy Paloma scene
• Mute Hazelnut, for help writing the ambitious Mai, Delia, and Elly scenes
• And all of our play testers who are testing right now!

And, of course, a HUGE THANK YOU to our Patrons & Subscribers whose support made this update possible! The following polls and posts allowed Patrons & Subscribers to support the project and influence the content in this update:

• A Shot in the Dark POLL: Sara hairstyle for Chapter 3
• A Shot in the Dark: Natalie special "fan request" renders
• A Shot in the Dark POLL: Natalie special "fan request" render
• A Shot in the Dark POLL: Special 'Fan Request' Render
• A Shot in the Dark POLL: Natalie outfit for Chapter 3
• A Shot in the Dark POLL: Mai outfit for Chapter 3
• A Shot in the Dark POLL: Alexis outfit for Chapter 3
• Happy Holidays from ViM Studios! (Special Holiday Renders)
• A Shot in the Dark POLL: Special Holiday Render
• A Shot in the Dark: Ch2 Preview + Ch3 Poll