Shale Hill Secrets: Ep5 Development Update (Patreon)

Hey guys!

Lately, some of you have been asking about the release date for episode five of Shale Hill Secrets. There's no easy way of putting it, but cutting directly to the point: unfortunately, we believe the next update is going to take longer than we'd usually expect. In all honesty, we are almost certain it won't be ready before the end of February, meaning sometime in March is a much more likely timeframe.

As you know, we are a very small team. With the holidays and then two members of our staff getting sick (including a bad covid case), things kinda piled up and we fell behind. We are very sorry for that inconvenience and we assure you guys that we are running as fast as we can with everything to come with episode 5 as soon as possible! We'll keep you all updated on the progress and set a release date as soon as we are able to.

Despite these setbacks, we have still been working on delivering something cool. Recently we finally sorted out the very much requested gallery screen, allowing you to easily replay all the special scenes you've unlocked so far. We also invested into the development of the Platinum bonus scenes, giving more like to the images and turning them into playable content.

We recently released a beta of this on Windows, and would love your feedback on the new features so we can work on any changes necessary to keep improving on the game package as a whole. We are glad that we have not yet received any major bug reports or negative feedback, so we are continuing work to finish the other bonus scenes along with preparing these updates for Android and Mac. We'd also just like to make clear this is done by different members of the team and does not affect the development of episode five, just in case anyone was worried about that!

And finally, a little bit about the next episode. Our MC acknowledged that he and Emily may have a target on their backs. Also, he already knew that something would be happening at an upcoming Halloween party… Are those things connected? What will be the next move? Investigate? Run? Or just chill and have a date with some of the girls? Leave your theories in the comments below! We'd love to know what you think about it!

Thank you all so much for your continued support, we really appreciate every single one of you.

The Love-Joint Team.