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

[Xupuzulla]

"We" did absolutely nothing, no one in this thread has any power over the abandoned tag since that's a rule established by the website and enforced by mods.

Regardless of that, the reason DC announced they're getting a test update is because among patrons there is also a growing dissatisfaction because of a lack of tangible progress. If he really wanted to dodge the abandoned tag for this site, he wouldn't have to go through the trouble to release an actual playable version of the tech-update.

You could argue that updating SS with a minor update to dodge the abandoned tag would raise some eyebrows, because why would you do that if you're working on the tech-update anyways? That would be sus as hell. My counter to that is that an abandoned tag on a piracy website is way less important than actually satisfying the patrons that donate to him, and the patrons are already getting more dissatisfied, he has incentive enough to roll out a (partial) update soon, the abandoned tag means fuck all in comparison.

NOW he cares about his patreons dissatisfaction,not in 2023?
Damn what a timing

 

[TMoney2017]

This game is a textbook example of a project gets too ambitious for its own good. The game could be completed years ago if it only focused on the (step)mother, (step)sister, childhood friend(with benefits), his buddy's mom and to some extent the most popular girl in the school(Roxxy). Instead DC introduced so many characters that he barely developed and the game spread too thin. Even its copycat A Town Uncovered had similar problem as well.

it's not over ambitious. its a money grab. when he is raking in over 70k month on patron and not to mention Substar.... that puts him at a million plus a year... he has no incentive to complete or progress with any urgency... doing that will cut off his money.

 

[Senigata]

This game is a textbook example of a project gets too ambitious for its own good. The game could be completed years ago if it only focused on the (step)mother, (step)sister, childhood friend(with benefits), his buddy's mom and to some extent the most popular girl in the school(Roxxy). Instead DC introduced so many characters that he barely developed and the game spread too thin. Even its copycat A Town Uncovered had similar problem as well.

A Town Uncovered suffered from the fact that the dev is a dumbass who didn't even know what the fuck he wanted the game to be with that weird alternate world he started to introduce.

And now he's lost interest and has himself another project, last I checked.

 

[Poggersq]

its now april 27th

 

[volumina-90]

This game is a textbook example of a project gets too ambitious for its own good. The game could be completed years ago if it only focused on the (step)mother, (step)sister, childhood friend(with benefits), his buddy's mom and to some extent the most popular girl in the school(Roxxy). Instead DC introduced so many characters that he barely developed and the game spread too thin. Even its copycat A Town Uncovered had similar problem as well.

The amount of bloated and uncompleted character storylines and content, really gets you thinking. I understand he wanted to add a lot of characters but he barely finished some of the very early ones and yet still keeps on adding more..

If the game already had a solid ending and covered the (step)family and school characters fully, then sure, adding extra characters would make sense.

But I guess adding Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in the game really was an important milestone huh..

 

[Poggersq]

The amount of bloated and uncompleted character storylines and content, really gets you thinking. I understand he wanted to add a lot of characters but he barely finished some of the very early ones and yet still keeps on adding more..

If the game already had a solid ending and covered the (step)family and school characters fully, then sure, adding extra characters would make sense.

But I guess adding Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in the game really was an important milestone huh..

THEY ADDED ME IN? POGGERS.

 

[Ante]

Is this game dead or what? This game used to be extremely popular and the dude pumped out updates monthly, but nothing for like 2 years now when he makes good money? I guess he moved on with life.

 

[Vertius]

I'm having some trouble. I'm at the stage with Jenny where you need to read her diary then give her a necklace, but nothing happens when I read her diary, and when I try and give her a necklace she says ew.

 

[Count Morado]

I'm having some trouble. I'm at the stage with Jenny where you need to read her diary then give her a necklace, but nothing happens when I read her diary, and when I try and give her a necklace she says ew.

Have you checked the

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and waited for 3 days to pass, then have the MC talk with her in the hallway in the morning and then wait until the next morning to continue?

 

[GNova]

Is this game dead or what? This game used to be extremely popular and the dude pumped out updates monthly, but nothing for like 2 years now when he makes good money? I guess he moved on with life.

Well, in the word of the pledgers, he is finishing the tech update (I mean, he already spent like a year on the pre-tech updates, so it would be like 3 years on this godforsaken update) (another thing that I didn't understand, is what the fuck is this tech update, like you need 3 years to update what? And from what I heard *, it isn't even going to give a lot of new content, just this tech update)

 

[JacktheMonkey]

Well, in the word of the pledgers, he is finishing the tech update (I mean, he already spent like a year on the pre-tech updates, so it would be like 3 years on this godforsaken update) (another thing that I didn't understand, is what the fuck is this tech update, like you need 3 years to update what? And from what I heard *, it isn't even going to give a lot of new content, just this tech update)

I can tell you with almost certainty he's doing next to nothing and calling it "huge". He makes about 2 million a year on Patreon and since 2022 all he has to do is give minor little messages about some tiny update coming up and he can keep the cash cow going. It's a shame.

 

[sandyknees34]

dude the conversation about this game is INSANE, most of them aren't even paying for the game.

Yeah because we finished the game 3 years ago. Imagine playing this for the first time and having outdated Trump stuff as part of the main story.

 

[massifteetees]

I used to support the game. Not anymore. And for good reasons.

Dang, same here. Tbf it was still in good quality when I stopped pledging (2018-2019?). I haven't played in a long while and heard the commotion recently and damn dude's making millions. People never learn. Meanwhile you have a lot of sub-$100 devs that are actively developing their games who deserve more support, feels bad.

Most devs take the milking route when they get too big. I was complaining about Evakiss' game yesterday but at least she still updates constantly, people mostly complain about her story going all over the place. Darkcookie has no interest to develop this shit properly anymore, and by the time he decides he's done milking, there will still going to be thousand$$ left in the milking tank.

 

[ffive]

"Is avoidable?"

 

[Xupuzulla]

Yeah because we finished the game 3 years ago. Imagine playing this for the first time and having outdated Trump stuff as part of the main story.

I wonder if the Rump stuff will stay outdated or not,i guess we will have to wait and see what happens later in the year...

 

[anka14]

guys i said that he fucked up code and he couldnt write a proper one for tech update i guess. he had to finish already

 

[Senigata]

Dang, same here. Tbf it was still in good quality when I stopped pledging (2018-2019?). I haven't played in a long while and heard the commotion recently and damn dude's making millions. People never learn. Meanwhile you have a lot of sub-$100 devs that are actively developing their games who deserve more support, feels bad.

Most devs take the milking route when they get too big. I was complaining about Evakiss' game yesterday but at least she still updates constantly, people mostly complain about her story going all over the place. Darkcookie has no interest to develop this shit properly anymore, and by the time he decides he's done milking, there will still going to be thousand$$ left in the milking tank.

Evakiss is pretty regular with her updates, but her art is also traced from photos. You win some, you lose some.

 

[massifteetees]

Evakiss is pretty regular with her updates, but her art is also traced from photos. You win some, you lose some.

I have no problem with that. In fact she made it quite clear, I read an article interview about her game, where she showed the way she produces her art. It's not 100% tracing, or straight up "photo to drawing" conversion. She redraws her traces to produce something totally new. But let's not change the subject since this is Summertime Saga's thread.

 

[Senigata]

I have no problem with that. In fact she made it quite clear, I read an article interview about her game, where she showed the way she produces her art. It's not 100% tracing, or straight up "photo to drawing" conversion. She redraws her traces to produce something totally new. But let's not change the subject since this is Summertime Saga's thread.

I mainly said it for transparency, since not everyone is okay with that. Just like how not everyone is cool with AI art.

And look around you. When was the last time the game was actually discussed in here instead of DCs patreon practices. Which, by the way, is actually strictly against the rules of the forum. But nobody cares to enforce it. So might as well talk about whatever.

 

[massifteetees]

I mainly said it for transparency, since not everyone is okay with that. Just like how not everyone is cool with AI art.

And look around you. When was the last time the game was actually discussed in here instead of DCs patreon practices. Which, by the way, is actually strictly against the rules of the forum. But nobody cares to enforce it. So might as well talk about whatever.

I think that shows how dry the game has got, nobody discusses it anymore. There's barely any real content, so what is there to discuss? On fhe other hand, here's blatant milking by the dev, so there's plenty to discuss on that. Threads, after all, are for discussing development as well, for better or worse.