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Solution For Video CrashesMay 14, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsHi everyone, We've noticed that a few players are experiencing issues with animations causing the game to freeze or crash. To address this, we've introduced an alternative animation system using image strips, which should help prevent these issues. You can also choose to disable animations entirely if needed. Note: If you're not experiencing any issues with the animations, there's no need to change your current animation settings. To switch to the new animation system: Go to the main menu and click on Settings. Select Video Options. Under Animation, choose "Strips." Please let us know if this solution works for you. With Love, The Love-Joint Team.Animation Issues & macOS AchievementsMay 12, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsHey everyone! This update addresses the achievements bug on macOS (you'll have to replay to trigger achievements) and adds new checks for video playback. If you're experiencing crashes during animations, you'll now receive a better error report that can be screenshotted. Plus, the game will generate a debug.txt file in %appdata% if it crashes, which you can send to us. To find the log file after a crash: Right-click on Shale Hill Secrets in your Steam Library. Select Properties... Go to Installed Files. Click Browse (this opens the game’s install directory). Click on Saves Location shortcut. If the game crashed, the debug.txt file should be there. Email the file to [email protected]. If Animations Are Crashing: Try adjusting the game's refresh rate to match your monitor's. If not available, set it to "Free." In the main menu, click Settings. Go to Video Options. Choose Refresh Rate. Set it to your display's rate or "Free" if not available. We're working on an alternative animation system to address these issues some players are experiencing. Thanks for your help and patience! We’re excited to smooth out these bugs and prepare the game for more content! Stay Foxy, The Love-Joint Team.Small patch for the GalleryMay 11, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsHi there, We just released a small patch to fix a bug with Gallery persistence data across different save profiles (previously, Gallery data was always being stored in the Default profile). We’re still hard at work investigating the crashes and the achievements not unlocking on macOS. We’ll have more updates soon! Cheers!The achievement issue on macOS is currently under investigationMay 9, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsHey everyone, We’ve just released a new macOS build that includes support for Steam Screenshots (). We’re aware that achievements are not being triggered for some macOS players, and we’re currently working hard to fix this as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience!Steam Screenshot Feature Added!May 9, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsHey everyone, Steam Screenshot Feature has been added. Press to trigger it. If you want to have a local screenshot that is not send to Steam, press instead. Cheers!Mark Your Calendars: Shale Hill Secrets Hits Steam May 8!May 5, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsAfter a whole lot of sweat, tears, and hard work, it’s finally time to announce the official release date for Shale Hill Secrets here on Steam — and it’s coming sooner than you might think! On May 8th, next Thursday, the full game will be available right here on Steam for everyone to enjoy! 🚨 Exclusive Launch Discount! To celebrate the release, Shale Hill Secrets will be 15% off during launch week (the first 7 days). Don’t miss your chance to grab it at a special price! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42003585/41bd4c7d303fd3e6a8e7a95b12b92cf8139feea6.png And now, a huge thank you to everyone who’s already added the game to their wishlist — your support and patience mean the world to us. Haven’t wishlisted it yet? Now’s the perfect time! That way, you won’t miss our big Steam debut on May 8th. Spread the word! We’re a small indie team, and every bit of support helps us out. Want to give us a hand before launch? Add Shale Hill Secrets to your Wishlist — the more wishlists we have, the better our visibility at launch! Follow our Steam page so you’ll get notified the moment the game goes live. Share our Steam page with friends, on forums, Discord, or social media — especially if you know someone into adult visual novels. Your support really does power indie creators like us! We can’t wait to welcome you on launch day. Thanks so much for your support and patience. We hope you’re as excited as we are for our very first Steam release! All the best, Love-Joint TeamShale Hill Secrets Release Imminent!May 3, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42003585/a2cce826ef3c4eb5e1b8b42abde21d19a12d5622.jpg Hey everyone, We’re excited to announce that, after a few challenging months of hard work and adjustments, Steam Support has officially approved Shale Hill Secrets for sale! Right now, our entire team is putting in every effort to finalize and polish the last details so we can launch the game as soon as possible. While we don’t have an exact release date to share just yet, we’re aiming to release within the next couple of weeks — which means the game will definitely be out this month! Our next post will share the official release date, so stay tuned! Thank you all so much for your patience and support. The Love-Joint TeamShale Hill Secrets development update | 2Feb 28, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsHello everyone, how's it going? Just dropping in to say hi and share an update on the game - we're in those final adjustment stages for our Steam release. Being our first time launching here, we've hit a few more hurdles than expected with the process as a whole... Also, since our game has some, let's say, "spicier" content, we're having to be extra careful with everything. The good news is that development finished up several weeks ago, and we're really close to seeing it pop up in the store! All the best and thank you for your patience and support! Love-Joint teamShale Hill Secrets development updateOct 8, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsHey everyone, how's it going? We wanted to say hello and let you know we haven't forgotten about Steam! We're still working and adjusting some things to launch the game here. Unfortunately, we’re having some headaches that every game developer faces along the way… To be more specific, some parts of the game's original code need updating and reworking for this platform, but it's nothing too serious and we're already finishing up with all of that. We're also taking the opportunity to touch up the animations, remastering all of them, increasing the videos resolution, improving the loops, and, especially, tweaking the sound effects. Anyway, we're a very small team and some tasks end up taking more time than we expected, but the game is 95% ready for Steam and very soon we'll have a launch date. Stay tuned and thanks for your interest! New trailer and images available!Jul 23, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsJust dropping by to say hello and let you know that we've updated the page with a new trailer, as well as new images and screenshots from the complete game. We have a new "cover" image, what do you think? Anyways, we're working hard on the full version for Steam and will have updates – including the release date – very soon! So, stay tuned and, if you can, help us spread the word to get more "wishlists"! See you soon!Shale Hill Secrets Demo: Episode 9 Released for Free!Nov 13, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHey everyone! Exciting news! For those patiently waiting, the wait is over – we've just dropped a brand new free release. Now you can play for free till the end of episode 09. The mysteries in Shale Hill continue to unravel, and with the support of your trusty friends, you keep stumbling upon some eerie revelations. But fear not, not everything is grim. As teased at the end of episode eight, it's time for everyone to discover where the story takes us from here... 👀 All the best, The Love-Joint Team.Shale Hill Secrets Demo: Episode 7 Released for Free!Mar 9, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHey guys! We know some of you have been waiting for some time, and we're pleased to say that a new free release is here. A lot is going on in the world of Shale Hill, and with some help from your close friends, you seem to always be finding out some creepy new information. Of course not all is bad, as we saw at the end of episode six, so it's finally time for everyone to see where things go from there... 👀 Note: macOS update will come later once we sort out some technical issues. macOS update has been added! We are aware the game crashes when closing due to a bug - we just didn't want to delay the update anymore due to this minor inconvenient. All the best, The Love-Joint Team.
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