Ren'Py Summertime Saga [v21.0.0 wip.4468] [Kompas Productions]

[Omnikuken]

He's working on a new phone UI which will also add options like "story/dating progress" and other infos like locations, the player may need. Though I'm not sure, if they'll add it this time or whether it'll happen some time later on after the tech update.

Next to that the UI will be changed a bit and should be better (I don't recall what he changed, but I remember liking the outcome of that picarto poll )

Thinking about it, I'm actually not even sure what kind of qol improvements I'd want. I'd hope they'll finally get a real grip on the savegame issue and the new UIs are indeed badly needed. But beyond that, I actually kinda like that the game isn't too cluttered with information, etc. which makes some games feel a bit technical and less fluffy at times.

They did poll 3 "top bar" update ideas, dunno if any of those will be in the tech build

 

[Aether2077]

Wider screen so the phoners are happy to not fat finger the entire screen. And the code. So nothing for any1 on PC

I think the wide screen idea wouldn't chang the size of characters, like in old version you only see 50% of the roon now you can see 80% of the room , they add some content in black area of the screen. Correct me if im wrong. I think the whole idea of of tech update was for DC and his team to make thing easier for them to do like coding but somehow they failed because its near 2 years and in this time they could have finished the whole game in old screen size we could have rhonda judith and the other girl i forgot her name by now .
Again sorry for bad english it's not my first language

 

[Omnikuken]

I think the wide screen idea wouldn't chang the size of characters, like in old version you only see 50% of the roon now you can see 80% of the room , they add some content in black area of the screen. Correct me if im wrong. I think the whole idea of of tech update was for DC and his team to make thing easier for them to do like coding but somehow they failed because its near 2 years and in this time they could have finished the whole game in old screen size we could have rhonda judith and the other girl i forgot her name by now .
Again sorry for bad english it's not my first language

Some dudes said the screen resolution got higher, so it's "zoomed out" on top of being wider. The scale would then be fucked : you got more space to fill, wider backgrounds and the girl models became smaller. Ish

"Make things easier" for future builds. They still need to redo everything now though, which is a pain and takes time. And what good would finishing the game in that time instead of the tech build bring ? You'd get 3-4 more routes, 2+ art styles for many girls, still small screen, janky to all hell code and that'd be it, since the game is "done" ...... Just accept that 3-4 dudes doing everything part time will take more time than DC wetdreamed 2 years ago and enjoy the ~33 scenes you'll have gotten while waiting

 

[Count Morado]

Wider screen so the phoners are happy to not fat finger the entire screen. And the code. So nothing for any1 on PC

Now, there are some who would say the wider landscape will be enjoyed by PC players. I mean, this means more locations and some people want to immerse themselves by going full screen without having black bars on either side.

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[swextal]

yes. it is a big waste of time

Ehm, no. It's not a waste of time. It's a rewrite of "some" code to open for new directions without bothering to add new stuff.

 

[swextal]

Has the dev given any reasons for why a tech update is necessary? Like what bonuses will it provide? Will it speed up future development time? Will they be able to add animations they couldn't do before?

It's as simple as rewriting and reviewing code to open for future updates and close paths that doesn't work out. If you don't know what a tedious task that is, even with well documented code, I simply won't explain it to you. Because you wouldn't get it anyway.

As a single developer, you have to stop and review the code so you don't write something that paint you into a corner and have to wait for the floorpaint to dry from time to time. And review the codebase.

 

[Omnikuken]

It's as simple as rewriting and reviewing code to open for future updates and close paths that doesn't work out. If you don't know what a tedious task that is, even with well documented code, I simply won't explain it to you. Because you wouldn't get it anyway.

As a single developer, you have to stop and review the code so you don't write something that paint you into a corner and have to wait for the floorpaint to dry from time to time. And review the codebase.

They also have to redo every scene taking into account the new wider screen/backgrounds and recode all of those into the game

 

[teraptuss]

coughcoughEve+Odette3somecoughcough

I know it would probably never happen cause of patreon rules...but for shiggles sake, who do you think would get more votes? Eve+odette3some or MC+not mom+ not mom's not sister+ not mom's not sister's not daughter/Niece 4some? my wet dream of a vote would be for the 4some

 

[Count Morado]

I know it would probably never happen cause of patreon rules...but for shiggles sake, who do you think would get more votes? Eve+odette3some or MC+not mom+ not mom's not sister+ not mom's not sister's not daughter/Niece 4some? my wet dream of a vote would be for the 4some

Who do I think? Looking at the numbers of the last few polls:

Eve and Odette.

From two of the last three polls -- Eve, all by herself, has beaten Diane by more than 10-points, Debbie by almost 20-points, and Jenny by 20-points or more.

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30% = 26+4
Debbie and Diane 10% = 8+2
Debbie, Diane, Jenny 16% = 8+2+6

Of course, because Eve and Odette has had quite a bit of content added lately compared to the other three, patreon subscribers might think it's time for something new... nah, who are we kidding?

 

[Omnikuken]

I know it would probably never happen cause of patreon rules...but for shiggles sake, who do you think would get more votes? Eve+odette3some or MC+not mom+ not mom's not sister+ not mom's not sister's not daughter/Niece 4some? my wet dream of a vote would be for the 4some

NotJenny and notDebbie are already retconned to be real family, so your wetdream is shattered since that's already wincest enough. And most weirdos would probably only vote for the Eve outcome if it was 100% dickEve in the scene, so another loss for every1 else

 

[msk1488]

Is this in the game or is it fan art?

 

[Count Morado]

Is this in the game or is it fan art?

Using reverse image search for a couple minutes, this was done by Rubbishcoder and posted in the

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thread May 2020: https://f95zone.to/posts/3449990

 

[Omnikuken]

Imagine thinking Erik could be able to get anywhere close to any girl (even June) and the entire Patreon pledgers wouldn't riot about it ......

 

[halnslanda]

Best adult game ever!

 

[Balddog]

I can't wait for Annie's content. She's wanting to be punish by the MC.

 

[Omnikuken]

Best adult game ever!

Smells like a bot

 

[Gguga12]

Imagine thinking Erik could be able to get anywhere close to any girl (even June) and the entire Patreon pledgers wouldn't riot about it ......

Do you think they will remove June as a option for him in a future Erik/his mom story rework? i am quite curious about it

 

[Omnikuken]

Do you think they will remove June as a option for him in a future Erik/his mom story rework? i am quite curious about it

Nah. The choice to split the route, though, could get nuked. Dunno how it'd pan out for the story, but DC and co seem to want to remove most of them (Mia's and Erik's being the most obvious). We won't know until they either poll about it or just dump "huehue, the choices are gone cause reasons"

 

[terebhainkuchoodu]

good game but update problem 1 in year

 

[j4yj4m]

Just to add to the branch discussion. It looks like the removal of routes/branches has been canceled for good, mostly because DC and especially Sploosh never really seemed to like the idea and he just polled it back then, because there seemed to be some demand. Instead of canceling them, as of now their compromise is, that players won't be able to miss main girls in any route, so MC won't lock anybody out of the prom choice. Then again, DC didn't seem too sure about that either, when he talked about Judith's story.

Sploosh recently mentioned adding routes/alternatives to the main story at some point, so players can play the game like a proper VN - though I doubt that'll ever happen... but who knows. It's certainly closer to what DC envisioned in the very beginning.