We are so excited with how the A Shot in the Dark launch has gone on Steam! This was our second major goal for the year, along with releasing V1.0 of Prince of Suburbia, and we are very proud for accomplishing it. 

It was a lot of work to get to this point, and we have a lot more work in front of us (particularly when it comes to releasing translated/localized versions). We still plan to a take some time this holiday season to reflect and celebrate all that we've accomplished so far!

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1853830/A_Shot_in_the_Dark/

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As far as Chapter 4 development, the main writing tasks are done. There is one tiny scene left to write, some editing to do, and then some writing tasks that always happen toward the end of the development cycle such as texting content, Photograph content, chapter wrap up, etc.

The word count for scripts written is ~60K words, but not all of that is dialogue (some is narration, code instructions, dialogue tags, etc). We won't know the dialogue-only word count until we prep the chapter for translation (which happens after the writing has been implemented into the code).

The current render count is ~1,750 which definitely confirms this is shaping up to be our largest update in terms of renders. Renders for the Delia lewd scene are almost complete, with only a day or two left to finish those up. Renders still need to be made for the non-lewd hypnosis scene which will be the focus of the rest of this week. Here are some previews from the lewd scene!

This will likely be our last official dev log of 2023 as we will be spending time with family during Christmas and New Year's! We will still be working on the games and available for questions, bug reports, etc. as needed.

We wish all of you a happy, healthy, and safe holiday season! We can't wait to show you what we have in store for 2024!