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

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 animations in our games. It wasn't an easy quest, but we managed to make a full animated sex scene. This scene also has a completely new style. The idea is to bring something that doesn’t feel like a linear slideshow: now you’ll be able to choose what you want to do, and the dialogue between the MC and the counterpart progresses accordingly.

[SPOILER] Even if you are not that interested in Emily (the MC’s ex), please go through her route and give the scene a try. We really want you all to experience the new format we are developing and give us feedback so our next scenes are even better! By the way, don’t worry, the choices you need to make to get laid with her are very obvious. Feedback is very important to us with this release, so please feel free to leave some below or preferably in #constructive-feedback on our Discord server.

Exploration & Gameplay

Although we consider SHS a traditional visual novel, we have expanded further into the possibility of having free exploration in certain areas. You should be able to go to several locations at different times, and this will affect your quest and give you different interactions with the characters you find. Please let us know how you like this mechanic.

Install Instructions

Latest build can be found here.

Update V0.2.1

This version introduces some tweaks and improvements, plus smoother animations for the sex scene. It also brings the release of the macOS and Android builds.

macOS

We have figured out a better way of installing the game on Mac by using a DMG file. Unzip the game and double click Install Shale Hill Secrets.dmg. Then, drag and drop the app to the Applications folder and replace the old one.

Android

After downloading the file, open the APK file and select "update". You don't need to uninstall the previous build manually.

- You need to know how to change the device settings so it accepts installing apps outside of the Google Play store. It's difficult to give proper advice on how to do this since the option can have different names depending on the device language, branding, ROM and version. Here’s a guide that can help.

Help

Report any bugs or issues to #bug-reports or #typos in our Discord channel. Please do not post bug reports here on Patreon’s comments section. It’s hard to track and difficult to give you guys proper assistance. If you don’t have a Discord account, please send us an email instead to support@love-joint.com

Developed by Love-Joint

Ricky | Producer, Code, Engine
AW | Plot, Writing, Direction
NiRo | Character Design, Art
Mr. Vargas | Character Design, Art
Zed | Marketing, Art
Luke | Marketing, Art
In Memory of Palmer.

Keep safe,
The Love-Joint Team.