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Are you one of those people who brag about their important and adult lists? And by the way, am I there?))
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After a quick check, they fixed some spelling and (most importantly) perspective bug with Sophie. I didn't check any renders.
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- Jan 12, 2017
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They forgot the 60fps version of the toaster animation in the original release. That's why it's 4GB larger than the prior one.
- Sep 3, 2022
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Huh? Not sure where you are getting 4GB bigger...
v0.6 was 3GB and this v0.6.1 is 3.09GB. v0.6 is also only a GB more than v0.5.
if u dropped a nut on this update u gotta go to the doctor m8
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Nah Summer's Gone takes that trophy, that's erectile dysfunction fanfic
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I don't know, but kind off like the teasing. It feels more natural, more close, more intimate, compared to the usual pump and dump.
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- Jan 15, 2019
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hmmm.
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Hello, everyone!
Quick warning: this post may be longer than 0.6. It also contains spoilers.
It's time for some post-update thoughts and we'd like to preface this post by saying that yes, it seems like we fucked up with 0.6 in several ways. The biggest issue is the size of the update, and specifically how short the playtime ended up being. Coming from the light indoor sets of 0.5 to the heavy outdoor sets of 0.6, the render counts are also vastly different.
This update was very Mia heavy to begin with and the content is divided even further by branching on top of that. Don't like Bree, Sophie or Mia? Well, now you're going to play through 0.6 as fast as someone holding down the skip button just to get to the sex scenes. Which brings us to the next topic...
The sex content—or lack thereof. The previous two updates both had full sex scenes, and 0.6 now sticks out like a sore thumb with its milder scenes. Understandably, the intimate scene with Mia in the morning also felt quite repetitive after 0.5 ended with another Mia scene. It almost feels like a moment from a game called Game Dev Tycoon... there, the game chastises you for releasing two similar games (or in this case, sex scenes) too close together. And we'd have to agree, it doesn't seem to go over very well.
That's on us. The day content wasn't planned to have much lewd or sexual content. The scenes in 0.6 weren't meant to escalate into something sexual, but rather to offer more depth to the characters and their backstories. But many people were expecting something more.
Your expectations regarding updates is something we wanted to learn through this update's feedback survey. We're quite shocked to say, but in the first 48 hours of the survey being up, we received over 500 survey responses. That's more responses than we had for the entire duration of the 0.5 feedback survey—and it's still growing.
That's a lot of responses. Thank you.
One thing we learned from this survey is that the audience is very split when it comes to expectations regarding content. We won't change our vision for the game but we will work on the pacing to get to the scenes that matter faster, and find that balance that works for most.
We'll go over a couple of the most common topics covered in your survey responses, but first we'd like to list some of the changes we're planning to implement in 0.7.
Planned changes
- Tighten the render count in less important scenes; focus on scenes that matter.
- Move time along. We've been quite fond of "stopping to smell the roses" while little time passes in-game, but we've also started skipping more. Going forward, we will also be passing more time off screen.
- Animations will be going back to 30fps.
- Give the main character a new haircut. We were already planning on doing this. Although it may be hard to tell, his current hair has both a wet and a dry version so he hasn't been walking around with wet hair, just messy.
- Give proper endings to the updates and don't end as abruptly as 0.6.
- Give better overviews of the updates to set proper expectations.
- If something goes wrong during development, talk about it. More transparency.
- Less polishing.
Now let's move on to a couple of the frequently mentioned topics...
Abandoning Summer Heat
There was a lot of concern in the survey that Summer Heat might be abandoned, especially following the critique of 0.6 and how it might affect our motivation to keep developing. We won't lie to you, it does hurt. It's never fun to let people down, as a creator or otherwise.
But we're far more concerned with how you feel about the game and its updates. That's why we'd like to offer refunds to anyone who was disappointed by the update. Just shoot us a DM here on Patreon. We don't want you to feel disappointed and this is the best we can do in the short term.
Summer Heat will not be abandoned. And if there was ever a sign of it, we'd let you know.
The toaster
The attention the toaster has been receiving in the surveys is surprising. Two frames of doom. We didn't count it as an animation or even think much of it since it was just a little test, but it certainly left an impression on many. Good and bad. But the toaster has taught us a lot, and with these findings we fully intend to utilize this transition with characters to see what else we can do.
Status updates
How much do you want to know about upcoming updates? Do you want to know which girls the scenes are with, what the scenes are about, and how much playtime you can expect? How much info is too much info?
We are adjusting our approach to status updates in 0.7 and our focus will be on transparency. We'll be reporting render numbers and relevant information that can be easier to track than a simple overall percentage.
And to start off the status updates for 0.7, here's this week's rundown.
What we did this week:
- Bugfixing
- Plotting 0.7
- Scripting 0.7
- Bree outfit poll options
- Modernized scene creation rig
- Analyzing your feedback
Other news
The special render for August will feature Eve and be posted this weekend. After the reception of 0.6 we are considering pausing the monthly specials for a while to put that time into making content for 0.7 instead.
Thank you for playing 0.6.
Cheers and have a great weekend,
Robison & Npx
hmmmmmmmm. do i hate being cynical, or do i just hate the fact that the weg scene has turned me into this. no mention of time is very funny and also a big red sign
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Hello everyone,
It's time for the status updates to continue! We skipped last week's status update due to the release of CH05, which went pretty smoothly on our end. No huge hiccups, no burned computers and no delays. There were a couple of typos and minor bugs that slipped through, but hopefully those didn't ruin anyone's day or night.
We were extremely relieved to finally deliver the update to everyone. It was a long process but that's now behind us. We will still work on a 0.5.2 version with some additional fixes, but after that it's time to move on to the development cycle of 0.6! The development time for 0.6 is planned to be around 3-4 months. This update will be shorter, faster and feature main girls only.
This week we've mostly been taking it slow and focusing on the post-update chores. We've been fixing bugs and typos, polishing the game and analyzing all of your wonderful feedback. And in case you missed out on our feedback survey,You must be registered to see the linksWe appreciate all feedback, both positive and negative.
WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK, SUMMARIZED:
- Analyzed a ton of feedback
- Fixed bugs and typos
- Fixed an animation issue
- Built rendering rig
- Shaved Bree's armpits in earlier chapters
- Forced R&R
- New wig plans for Helen
SUPPORT
With the launch of CH05, we've momentarily touched the sky and reached 1000 patrons in support for October. Huge, massive, monumental thank you from both of us! We appreciate all the support out there, from our veteran supporters to new supporters and those stopping by for the release. Thank you! We hope you're all having a good time and continue to enjoy the game.
Thanks to your support, we're proud and excited to finally be able to talk about the following two topics...
RENDERING RIG
Our dedicated rendering rig has been finished and we topped it off with a current monster for rendering, RTX 4090! This bad boy will be put to work hard for future updates and we've built the rig in a way that lets us throw in another graphics card when the time is right. This will be massive once it's set up as it enables us to create content at the same time as rendering the scenes. This is something we suffered from before when the render queue built up, plus animations on top of that.
Which brings us to the next topic...
ANIMATIONS
So far we've gotten some good practice making animations with the side girls. We've learned A LOT. We're also approaching scenes with the main girls where we want to be able to make a lot of different animations. With the recent hardware acquisitions, we'll be able to create these scenes as intended! Our focus regarding animations has always been lewd and sexual animations, and this will continue being our focus.
OTHER NEWS
For those who don't know, we do monthly special renders which are voted on by our Founder and Influencer tiers. The poll for this month's special render ended today and the winner is Bree. Her special will be posted at the end of this month.You must be registered to see the links
In the next weeks we'll publish some polls! There is least one outfit poll coming up, featuring Sophie. There will also be a brand new BEST GIRL poll coming up to find out whose the #1 girl in Summer Heat. The question is: do we include side girls and make it a multi-choice, or make it main girls only with a single vote?
Have an amazing weekend, everyone!
Robison & Npx
I love this game and I love the slower pace of it. I really hope you do not start fast forwarding too much. I also love the fact this could be a huge and long game. Keep it up. I am a fan. Please also do not cut down on the number of renders. I prefer the renders over videos. The renders with the pornstar for the sex scene were the best I have ever seen. My personal wish as well is to keep the game mostly pov
- Sep 5, 2019
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Is that a hairy lip.
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Yeah. It shows up a few times.
I've been wondering about Helen and Mike, as they seemed close in the last update - have the devs just given us a character they want us to have no attraction to, specifically so the other young male character has a love interest without "getting in our way"?
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I mean we can encourage Mike to go talk to Sophie and also tell him that he can make a pass at Jenny too, no biggy. Either that or they are setting up Mike and MC to have some team tag mmf fun with some girls.
Come here little Bree we want to show you something, it's a Secret
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I also don't think a refund is necessary, when you pay you do it to support their DEVELOPMENT, a warning when the update has been noticeably worse than 0.5 in the same time is something necessary, but refunding seems excessive to me.
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It can be a problem if all the people want a refund. If i was a dev i would offer a refund only if the update releases with tons of bugs or if is delayed many times, or if the update is totally a scam, like just two renders and that´s it . Anyway i still thinking they have been really nice offering refunds.
- Apr 25, 2020
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Do they refund only the last month or all months of developping this update?
Now that is a good questionDo they refund only the last month or all months of developping this update?