PrinceOfSuburbia

ViM Studios: Dev Log 9-Dec-2022 & NEW Preview Trailer

Added 2022-12-09 15:54:11 +0000 UTC

We hope you enjoy the BRAND NEW preview trailer in this post, packed with animation previews from all three 2022 releases of A Shot in the Dark!

It's a busy month for our studio! Prince of Suburbia - Part 2 paid DLC will release on Steam in time for the Steam Winter Sale, so we are hard at work preparing for that. We originally thought we would not be able to include translations (Chinese, Italian, Polish, Spanish) in the first DLC release, but it's looking like we will be able to make it happen! We know many of our fans will be excited about that!

We also hope to get at least a free demo of A Shot in the Dark on Steam before the end of the year! We just submitted our build for that last night, so fingers crossed that the process goes quickly and smoothly!

Play testing for the second half of Chapter 2 (V0.2) of A Shot in the Dark started this week. So far, there have been no major issues, but our very thorough play testers have caught many minor bugs and mistakes! We appreciate their efforts so that we can put forth the best possible BETA for our Patrons and Subscribers next week!

Aside from implementing the feedback from play testers, we also had a few animations that needed to be redone for various reasons. But they should be all set for Early Release which starts next week!

Early Release of Chapter 2 - second half (V0.2) of A Shot in the Dark will start on Monday, December 12 with an official public release scheduled for Monday, December 19.

December 12 - $40+ Patrons/Subscribers
December 14 - $20+ Patrons/Subscribers
December 16 - $10+ Patrons/Subscribers
December 19 - Official Public Release ($5 Patrons/Subscribers/Itch.io)

Posts with a MEGA link to the builds (PC, Mac, Linux and Android) will be made available to the appropriate tiers on those dates. Once the official release happens, it will also be available on Itch.io using Patreon integration.

In this update, we may have gotten a little overly ambitious with the animations but we have zero regrets! This update is packed with sexy content, and we can't wait for you to play it!

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

BananasFoster, for help with promotion and trailers
Doc62, for help with programming this update
Kitty Kaplan, for help writing the Paloma and Monica scenes
Mute Hazelnut, for help writing the Sexy Sleepover scenes
And all of our play testers who are testing this week!

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

The second half of Chapter 2 (V0.2) includes:

15 scenes
~45,000 words
1,344 renders
121 3D animations
65 GUI elements
2 sound effects
15 songs

Chapter 3 (V0.25) is in development and will release Spring 2023!

The next update (the first beach update, V0.9) of Prince of Suburbia is still on track to release in January! In addition to the new beach sprites and animations that our Patrons and Subscribers have been voting on the past few months, it will also include remastered backgrounds for most scenes.

We are already looking ahead to the second beach update, V0.95 which will have the most complex animations ever attempted for Prince of Suburbia. Many polls in the coming months will help determine the content for that update, so stay tuned!

Don't forget to vote in the Prince of Suburbia POLL: Holiday Illustration poll if you haven't already! Fiona and Samantha are neck-and-neck for the final spot in this year's Prince of Suburbia holiday illustration!

It's going to be a December to remember! We're so excited to have you along for the ride!

- ViM Studios