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Ongoing v0.2.1

Shiftide Sharki

3.4

(11 votes)

Game Information

Developer

Blue harpy

Version

v0.2.1

Engine

Ren'Py

Release Date

Jul 30, 2025

Last Update

Oct 11, 2025

Censorship

Uncensored

Overview

Shiftide Sharki is a visual novel for players who like slower island-life stories mixed with light management and romance. The tone stays grounded, with humor and awkwardness rather than melodrama.

Story

Ray Nochi, a former fixer, returns to his home island at his uncle's invitation to keep a low profile. Instead of rest, he inherits a crumbling hospital, old debts, and unresolved tension from his past. A shark-tailed stranger's arrival, a persistently teasing nurse, and an unexplained ache in his chest complicate his attempt at a quiet life, pulling him back into choices he thought he'd left behind.

Gameplay

Players guide Ray through an open island, splitting time between repairing and running the hospital, managing money and supplies, and improving his home. Dialogue choices and tone shape which scenes unlock and how relationships with the island's residents develop, including the unpredictable shark-girl. Progress is nonlinear, so the order of tasks and conversations changes what the story shows next.

Features

2D animated art paired with visual novel dialogue scenes
Hospital and home upgrade systems tied to in-game earnings
Nonlinear branching based on dialogue tone and choices
Monster-girl romance woven into a grounded, small-town setting

Changelog

v0.2.1

Mari’s character sprite has been completely updated.
Mari’s appearance in the hospital lobby has been updated. She can now be seen working, drinking coffee, or even sleeping.
Added a new artwork featuring the first meeting with Mari.
Added a new artwork featuring the first meeting with Vogel.
Updated the artwork of Mari and Ray having tea together.
Mari and Vogel’s character sprites have been upscaled and improved.
A significant amount of work has been done to improve the game’s performance. The game should now run much better, especially on mobile devices.
Multiple minigames have been fixed and optimized.
The shooting range now features a new and more convenient control system.
The cheat menu has been redesigned to be more convenient on mobile devices.
Added the ability to export and import save data using text files. This should help players who lose their saves after installing a new version of the game, especially on mobile devices.
The “Continue” button has been updated. It now displays your most recent saves and shows where you left off.
Save slots now display the current in-game day, making it easier to navigate between different save files.
Fixed numerous bugs and other minor issues.

v0.2.0