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Same as last dev log, we've been plugging along on both the Murder Mystery Game and Chapter 5 content. And once again, our progress percentages are still rough estimates, since it's hard to say exactly how much work is left, especially in regards to the MMG. But it's all coming together even better

A lot of work has been happening on Chapter 5 since the last dev log, but unfortunately a lot of it is not really well-captured by the progress percentages. Whereas we have "regular" development cycles basically down to a science now, we are doing many "new" things this update and that has made it h

Since our last dev log we've been making progress on both the Murder Mystery Game and the regular Chapter 5 content. We sat down and did the more extensive planning of the lewd scenes that we need in order to start on animations. Lewd scenes for both Ashley and Sara have been fully written and are n

Quick update on Prince of Suburbia We don't currently have enough news about Prince of Suburbia to dedicate a whole dev log to it, but we are still working on finding a new artist and animator for the Pregnancy DLC! We are currently auditioning an artist we really like with a few animators to see ho

Chapter 4 Official Release Chapter 4 has now officially been released on all platforms, including Steam and Itch! The official release went smoothly and we are now working on getting Chapter 4 translated on Crowdin so that we can finally release some translated builds of the game! If you are interes

Chapter 4 Early Release So far it's been another successful early release for A Shot in the Dark! We've loved hearing the feedback about your favorite scenes and theories about where the story is going. A lot of time and effort went into making this update and we are always excited to see that pay o

There's not much to say this week except that we've been working hard to put the finishing touches on the Chapter 4 update! We will be getting builds to our testers today and letting them test over the weekend and early into next week. Within the next few days, we'll also post our BETA/Early Release

All writing and renders for Chapter 4 are now complete! As we've mentioned in previous dev logs, we won't know the actual dialogue word count until we prep the chapter for translation, but our estimate is around 55K words. The final render count is 2,240. Our original plan had been to work on transl

Things are moving pretty quickly with the Chapter 4 update now that we have a second set of hands helping with the coding! We have plowed through about half of the scenes that had been waiting for a while to be coded, and we are also mostly done with tweaking and testing the new GUI. Josselyn is wor

We hope everyone had a happy and healthy holiday season! We took some days off to celebrate Christmas with friends and family, and have returned refreshed and ready to work. If you haven't already, be sure to check out our annual year in review post: ViM Studios: 2023 Year in Review! That post also

Be sure to check out the holiday renders for $3+ Patrons and Subscribers released earlier today if you haven't already! Fans voted on Alexis, Ashley, and Natalie to be featured in this year's holiday renders. Monica came in a close fourth place, so we did a bonus render for her as well! Since the th

We are now doing weekly dev logs, but alternating between our two games. This week, it's all about Prince of Suburbia, and next week we'll give an update on A Shot in the Dark. V1.0 coming to Steam and Itch on Monday, Nov. 20 The final update (V1.0) of Prince of Suburbia will launch on Steam and Itc

When we started Prince of Suburbia in 2017 as a side hustle hobby project, we had no idea what it would become. While the project has had many ups and downs over the years, we couldn't be happier with where it ended up. We are incredibly excited and proud to have brought it across the finish line! T

We are now doing weekly dev logs, but alternating between our two games. This week, it's all about A Shot in the Dark, and next week we'll give an update on Prince of Suburbia. Josselyn is still cranking away at renders, with the current count now at 1,289. Since last dev log she has completed all t

We are now doing weekly dev logs, but alternating between our two games. This week, it's all about A Shot in the Dark, and next week we'll give an update on Prince of Suburbia. Game Development The last two weeks have still been focused on making renders. The big scene that was in progress last dev

We are now doing weekly dev logs, but alternating between our two games. This week, it's all about A Shot in the Dark, and next week we'll give an update on Prince of Suburbia. Chapter 4 Development The past two weeks Josselyn has been mainly focused on renders, for a particularly large scene. Right

We are now doing weekly dev logs, but alternating between our two games. This week, it's all about Prince of Suburbia, and next week we'll give an update on A Shot in the Dark. Thank you to everyone who provided suggestions for the Pregnancy DLC! We are currently running two polls, so please check t

We are now doing weekly dev logs, but alternating between our two games. This week, it's all about A Shot in the Dark, and next week we'll give an update on Prince of Suburbia. Our YouTube strike is over, and it looks like we may have finally found a CPA to help us with our taxes! We're glad to have

We are now doing weekly dev logs, but alternating between our two games. This week, it's all about A Shot in the Dark, and next week we'll give an update on Prince of Suburbia. Admittedly, this was not our most productive two weeks of work when it comes to A Shot in the Dark. We've had quite a few b

We are now doing weekly dev logs, but alternating between our two games. This week, it's all about Prince of Suburbia, and next week we'll give an update on A Shot in the Dark. PREGNANCY SCENES SUGGESTIONS We are currently taking suggestions for scenes in a future pregnancy DLC! Prince of Suburbia w

Starting with last week's dev log we have switched to weekly dev logs, alternating between our two games. This week, it's all about A Shot in the Dark, and next week we'll give another update on Prince of Suburbia. STEAM VISUAL NOVEL FEST We are excited to announce that A Shot in the Dark will be fe

A Shot in the Dark - Chapter 4 (V0.3) Chapter 4 is coming along nicely! Josselyn has been working on new environments (sets) needed for this chapter, and we'll share some previews for those below. Josselyn has also written a scene for Alexis, and Mute Hazelnut is working on scenes for Sophie and Del

First, we want to take a moment to celebrate a significant milestone: our studio has reached a remarkable 600,000 downloads across all platforms! Additionally, we want to celebrate Prince of Suburbia specifically for surpassing 500,000 downloads on Steam and Itch combined! A large portion of the dow

Welcome to our biweekly dev log, where we share the latest updates, progress, and insights from our studio. We're excited to provide you with updates on the development of our two games: A Shot in the Dark and Prince of Suburbia. We're thrilled to announce that Chapter 3 (V0.25) of A Shot in the Dar

We are approaching the finish line with Chapter 3 (V0.25) of A Shot in the Dark! All the new content is implemented in the code, initial playthroughs and polishing are 90% done, and now we are focused on implementing and testing the additional features (Memories, Photos, Chapter Wrap-Up, Animation R

Content creation is basically done for Chapter 3 (V0.25) of A Shot in the Dark and it's a big one! The update will contain over 1,800 renders and 65,000 words (which is the length of a short novel)! All we can give is a rough estimate for animations (~50 animations) because the final number will dep

Content creation (writing, renders, and animations) is wrapping up for Chapter 3 (V0.25) of A Shot in the Dark. All that's left is mostly odds and ends and rendering animations. As content is created, it is being implemented into the code, and soon we will be moving into the phase of polishing and t

Chapter 3 (V0.25) of A Shot in the Dark is still coming together nicely! We currently have 1,335 renders completed and over 50,000 words written for the next update. The Chapter 3 (V0.25) update is now in the home stretch as far as content creation, which means we are moving more into the implementa

February was a productive month for our studio! We have a lot of things that we've been working on that we can't wait to tell you about. We currently have 442 renders created and 36,000 words written for Chapter 3 (V0.25) of A Shot in the Dark. As you can tell, we've been busy and this update is goi

Happy February everyone! January was another record-breaking month for our studio with the Early Release of Prince of Suburbia - Part 2 (V0.9) on Patreon and SubscribeStar. Last month, we blew our previous record of 710 Patrons out of the water, peaking at our new record of 892 Patrons! Thank you to

Be sure to check out our 2022 Year in Review post, if you haven't already, where we take stock of all that we've achieved together this past year! Hopefully, our progress update for the first beach update (V0.9) of Prince of Suburbia - Part 2 speaks for itself! We are approaching the finish line and

It truly has been a December to remember! Don't forget to check out our special holiday art for Prince of Suburbia and A Shot in the Dark if you haven't already: Happy Holidays from ViM Studios! Also, please be aware of the changes coming to our Patreon on January 5, 2023 as announced in this post:

We're doing our dev log early this week so that we can all take a few days off for the Thanksgiving holiday, rest, and spend time with family. Except our poor PCs -- they don't get a break, they will continue rendering away! In the spirit of the season, we'd like to extend a GIANT THANK YOU to our A