A Shot in the Dark
ViM Studios released A Shot in the Dark in Ren'Py and numbered its builds by chapter rather than by version. Chapter 4 is the last build, dated 24 April 2024, and the project is marked abandoned.
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About A Shot in the Dark
The card carries no genre tags for this title, so there is no honest way to label it as romance, horror or anything else. What is recorded is the format: a Ren'Py build split into chapters, with Chapter 4 as the newest. Players comparing it to other releases in the same engine should expect the usual dialogue-and-choice presentation, not a sandbox.
Chapter 4 appeared on 24 April 2024 with a revision on 25 April 2024, and nothing after that. Twelve links fill the table across four hosts. Windows, Mac and Android all have four mirrors each, while Linux is named in the platform list but has no matching entry in the table. English is the only language, and the card marks the build as uncensored.
Abandoned status is the main thing to weigh. The Chapter 4 ending is where the story stops, so any thread left open stays open. On the plus side, the mirrors have not changed since April 2024, so a save matches the files permanently and there is no update waiting to invalidate it. There is also no patch note to read: the release and update dates sit a day apart, and nothing follows them.
Features
- Final build, Chapter 4, April 2024.
- Ren'Py engine with chapter-based versioning.
- Windows, Mac, Linux and Android platform listings.
- Twelve mirrors across four hosts.
- English text, uncensored.
How to install
Extract the archive for your system and run the executable from the unpacked folder; the Android file installs as an app package. Ren'Py stores saves inside the game directory, which is worth copying before any reinstall.
Requirements
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android — English text, uncensored. Ren'Py engine. The table has no Linux mirror, so Linux players have no file here.
FAQ
- Is A Shot in the Dark finished?
- No. It is marked abandoned, and Chapter 4 is the last build released.
- Where does the story stop?
- At Chapter 4, dated 24 April 2024 and revised the following day.
- Is there a Linux download?
- Linux is named as a supported platform, but the table contains no Linux mirror.
See also Ren'Py games, ViM Studios games.
