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Shale Hill Secrets | Episode 4 Part 2 released to $10+ patrons!

Hello everyone,

The time has come… Shale Hill Secrets - Episode 4 Part 2 is here!

Note to Platinum supporters. SHS Ep4 assets can be found here.

As you all know, this new installment is going to complete Episode 4. This doesn’t mean there is not as much content as you’d expect to see in a “normal” release. It is as big as any other one (a lot bigger than some earlier epi...

Shale Hill Secrets: Development Update

Hey guys!

Just a quick post to let you know that the next installment of Shale Hill Secrets is almost ready! As you have seen RECENTLY (pun totally intended 😉), the exploration menu is getting more relevant within the game and we are carefully listening to your feedback to integrate it better.

Since the beginning, the idea was to create different possibilities, and we are investing more effort into this as the development goes by, meaning we need to put more thought into the ga...

Shale Hill Secrets: Quick Update

Hello people! How’s it going?

This post is just to let you know that we are working hard on the final adjustments of the next release - and to give you a little something to keep you excited about the next installment. We will now focus on some final tasks while putting everything together, completing post work and start playtesting to make sure everything is running smoothly for you guys!

For now we'll leave you with a little look at the next release... Is everything okay, Lidi...

November Bonus Scene: Warming Up Maggie

Hello everyone!

It’s time for the November bonus scene… and this time round we have Maggie!

MC and Maggie are taking an overnight pit stop on a little Christmas trip. A little sauna in the hotel bathroom? That’ll come in handy for getting warm after a little journey in the snow!

We hope you enjoy this bonus scene, we’ve mixed up the style a little bit to give some more focus and movement in specific positions - feel free to leave some feedback down below or on our 2021-12-01 02:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Shale Hill Secrets: What Will Happen?

Hey guys, all good?

Note: The rest of this post has some spoilers, so if you haven't yet played all currently released episodes, it might be a good idea to skip this post.

So, just to stir the pot a little while we continue work on the next update, we are wondering… What do you think is going to happen in the world of Shale Hill Secrets?

As we know, Valerie is loo...

Another Look At Shale Hill Secrets - Episode 4 Part 2!

Hey guys!

Time for another quick look at Shale Hill Secrets - Episode 4 Part 2. This post is very brief, but we thought we’d stop by to say hi and let you all know that work on completing episode 4 is in full swing.

Anyways, it looks like you’ve been invited over to help a girl with a problem, but something certainly more interesting is going on here… the thing is, who’s the girl ...

Double Homework - Episode 19 | Free Release Coming This Christmas!

Love-Joint is delighted to announce that Double Homework - Episode 19 will be released for free this Christmas!

We understand that it’s been a long time since the last free release, but this past year has been a difficult one for the team. We now have a smaller team than we used to, working under a smaller budget, all while launching a whole new game inside a new engine - these things, and more, all factor into why the wait has been a bit longer.

To everyone who has stuck by us ...

A First Look At Shale Hill Secrets - Episode 4 Part 2!

Hello everyone, we hope you are all keeping well!

Hopefully you all had time to play the newest release of Shale Hill Secrets by now, because it’s time for your first look at the next installment. As we mentioned previously, we have decided to split episode four into two separate releases, meaning the next update will still be part of the fourth episode.

So, let’s get straight to the point and have ...

October Bonus Scene: Pleasing Valerie

Hello everyone!

Your October bonus scene is here, and it’s with someone special.

The scene picks up from where Shale Hill Secrets - Episode 4 left off with Valerie, but it goes a little differently this time! Val pulls you in and says she called you over simply for her own pleasure. Who are you to say no… 😉

We hope you enjoy this scene and that everyone is keeping safe & well. We’ll see you soon for some updates about the next installment of SHS.

Note: SHS...

Shale Hill Secrets | Episode 4 released to $10+ patrons!

Hello everyone!

We’re pleased to tell you that Shale Hill Secrets - Episode 4 is here!

This one took a while to polish, but once you play it you’ll see why: it’s huge! Again, there is a lot of information to digest in this release, so take your time and read carefully. Most of the events in this episode can be played in any order you want. Aside from this, there are two sex scenes for you to discover, both including more images (+animations)...

A Second Update On Shale Hill Secrets - Episode 4

We’d like to provide another quick update on the release of Shale Hill Secrets - Episode 4.

After testing the episode in full we have decided to write some extra scenes to ensure everything is as smooth as possible. As we’ve said previously, quality is very important to us with this game - meaning we’d rather take a little extra time now to add the needed content which will be important for the story, rather than release it now and regret it in the long run.

You know when yo...

One Year On: Remembering Palmer

One year ago today, our friend Palmer went offline for the last time. It has been a strange experience going on without him, but we continue working to be a studio that honors his legacy.

A look back at Palmer and Love-Joint's history

Love-Joint was formed in mid 2015 when Palmer and Ricky joined forces to start producing 3D rendered games. Palmer was already known in the adult community and had previously been releasing games written in adrift, making a name for himself.

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An Update On Shale Hill Secrets - Episode 4

Hello everyone!

We hope everyone is keeping safe and well - and of course, we hope you’re excited for the next installment of Shale Hill Secrets.

Episode 4 is mostly complete. We are currently going through the last small tasks and starting to compile everything together ready for testing. This episode is huge: it includes two special scenes -  and each one of them has more images than the whole asset budget of a normal Double Homework episode (plus, of cou...

September $20+ Bonus Scene: A Wild Game With Haley

Hello everyone!

As hinted at last month, it’s time to have some fun with a special blue haired girl! 😉

In the bonus scene for this month, we drop into Haley and the MC having a game of pool and some drinks after closing hours. As the MC helps Haley lineup her shot a little better, he gets excited and Haley can feel something poking her from behind...

We’ll leave you to discover the rest!

Thank you all again for your amazing extr...

An First Look At Shale Hill Secrets - Episode 4!

Hello everyone,

It’s been a while since we brought you any updates, but the team have been very busy behind the scenes producing content for Shale Hill Secrets - Episode 4!

As we’ve said a few times, Shale Hill Secrets will have less previews, as we don’t want to give too much away - but please be rest assured our radio silence doesn't mean we aren’t working hard. For now, we leave you with a little sneak peek from the fourth episode. There’s some real exciting things co...

August $20+ Bonus Scene: An Invite For Fun

Hello everyone!

We hope you are all keeping well… August already, time is flying by!

This month we have a long bonus scene for you (one of the longest yet). Alexis and Sarah get a bit excited in the changing room after talking about Sarah’s interesting hook up with the MC. After a little bit of fun together, they decide to invite him to join them for round two!

Again we hope you enjoy this bonus scene. What we have planned for next month might be of interest to those wit...

Shale Hill Secrets | Episode 3 released to $10+ patrons!

Happy Saturday everyone! Why don’t we celebrate the weekend… the third installment of Shale Hill Secrets is here!

This episode is a long one that will help you learn more about the MC’s past, along with some new things about the people in his life. There is a lot of information to take in here, so please do take your time reading through as it’ll all be important for the future of the game.

We hope you enjoy this episode, thank you again for all your love!...

Shale Hill Secrets - Episode 3 Coming Next Week!

Hello everybody,

Firstly we hope everyone is keeping well and had a great month!

It’s approaching two months since the last episode of Shale Hill Secrets was released, and we’re happy to say that we are nearly wrapped up on episode three. We’re confident it’ll be with you by next weekend (two months after the last release).

The team will spend the next week polishing the game and testing it vigorously to ensure that it is in the best possible state for you guys, as t...

$20+ July Bonus Scene: An Interesting Visit To The Comic Shop...

Hello all,

It’s that time again! The July Platinum bonus scene is here.

This month the MC visits the comic book shop in search of some hentai - but nothing gets past Kristen and she mocks him for his choice of reading.

She takes him into the backroom and shows off some special order hentai comics, but it seems that she cannot contain her excitement of a special comic you may recognize! 😉

Update: The post has been updated to include Shale Hill Secr...

Shale Hill Secrets: A Teaser From Episode 3

What do we have here? 👀

Shale Hill Secrets: An Update On Episode 3

Hello everyone,

Long time no speak, but please be rest assured that we are alive & working hard.

We haven’t shared an update in a while, but we’ve been working on the next installment of Shale Hill Secrets (and on other things we aren’t ready to announce yet). As explained in May, we want you to discover the world of SHS yourself while playing the game, and that’s why we have kinda failed in doing updates as we don’t want to spoil the story too much.

However, w...

$20+ June Bonus Scene: Dress Up Play With Sam!

Hello everyone!

We hope all of you are keeping well. The days are flying by which means it’s that time again, another Platinum bonus scene is here!

As we all know, Sam likes to play videogames. But what you don’t know yet is that she used to love doing cosplay and role playing her favorite characters in various different ways. Well, prepare yourselves, because for this month you’ll be watching her have some fun while dusting off her old outfits!

As Sam...

Shale Hill Secrets | Ep2 released to $10+ patrons!

The time has finally come… the second installment of Shale Hill Secrets is here!

After more than eight weeks in the oven, this release of SHS is definitely a lot longer than the average episode we had for Double Homework! The reason it took a bit longer than we originally expected was because we prepared a few surprises…

Animations

We hear you. In the survey we ran a few months ago, a lot of players let us know that they’d like to see ...

An update on the second release of Shale Hill Secrets

About eight weeks have passed since the first release of Shall Hill Secrets, meaning we are getting very close to the second installment. The episode is basically 99% done, and we are currently working hard at polish, doing testing and implementing some last minute fixes.

Our original plan was to get a build ready today - since historically we release things on the last day of the month -, but we drastically underestimated how big this update is. After two months in the oven, this game ...

$20+ Bonus Scene: A Night In With Emily

Hey everyone, we hope all of you are keeping well.

It’s time for another bonus scene, and this time we have a special throwback scene with the beautiful Emily made by Zed! She’s invited you over for dinner, but told you to take your clothes off first… we wonder what she has in store for you? 😉

We hope you all enjoy this scene, and thank you all again f...

Shale Hill Secrets: An Update On Release 2

Hello everyone, we hope you’re all keeping safe and well!

As you know, we’ve all been very busy behind the scenes producing the next update.

Our planned timeline for updates is 6/8 weeks (meaning there is a release at least every other month on Patreon) and this time it will be more towards the 8 weeks, with an update planned to arrive towards the end of May. There is a very exciting reason for this, but we’ll keep our lips sealed for now and let you discover it when you pla...

Shale Hill Secrets Alpha 1 for Android + Wallpapers

Hello all! 

Really sorry for the delay on the release of the Android version of Shale Hill Secrets. Adapting the game’s GUI for smartphones ended up being a little bit more challenging than I was originally expecting. A lot of time was also spent on extra optimization measures since the original build was kind of too heavy.

The good thing is that the most important changes are already done, so the next release of Shale Hill Secrets should bring in builds for Windows, Mac an...

April $20+ Bonus: Alexis Scene & SHS Wallpapers

Hello you wonderful people, we hope you’re all keeping well!

This month's Platinum bonus content is here, and it’s the first bonus scene with content from Shale Hill Secrets! You can look forward to some fun in the shower with Alexis, leading into a sex scene (consider it an extended scene from her nudes in the first release, not with the MC), along with some 4k resolution wallpapers of our beautiful girls.

Hopefully you all enjoy this first mature content from SHS and we hope...

Survey Feedback

Hey guys, how is it going?

It has passed 20 days since we published our ‘Patrons Quality Survey’ and now we are here to share with you some insights and discuss how it is going to affect our next moves. But, first of all, we wanted to give a big thank you to all of you who took some time to answer our questions. We had a massive participation and your support is awesome! Thank you very much!

On track

Now, about your answers… Well, this is another thing...

Shale Hill Secrets Alpha 1 for macOS

Hello all!

It’s Ricky here. First of all I’d like to start off by saying sorry. I know the Mac build of Shale Hill Secrets has taken a lot of time, meaning many passionate supporters have been patiently waiting for it. Please, allow me to elaborate and explain what's been happening behind the scenes.

Apple Bureaucracy

The first issue is that Apple has made it incredibly difficult for my company to join the developer program (my business account was final...