Ren'Py Summertime Saga [v21.0.0 wip.5003] [Kompas Productions]

[Omnikuken]

anyone can give me full save please!!

Lemme quote myself 10 posts above

There's 1 on the official page (without the Maria route done). Or just play the game like most of us

Been playing though this after a year or so off. Love Eve's new story. New best girl (next to Sis and Missy). I'm seeing all of the content that I missed, so I'm two timing her on this playthrough, but when the game's complete or, at least, the prom portion, I'm going to do the gentleman route because, well, how can you not with her?

Looking forward to Anne's story. She's always interested me. Hope it's as good as Eve's.

You'll have to keep in mind AnnIe's route will have the principal and the Bible Black junk under the school. Character development might come 2ndary to futa demons and hyper BDSM stuff

 

[Oriandu]

Annie is definitely the route I've been looking forward to the most. I like 'em bossy, busty, and brunette. Not looking forward to Smith's part of it, but knocking her up will be satisfying.

 

[Omnikuken]

^ She's only bossy cause Smith holds her on a leash (literally). She's super sub when handled by the principal. Having her open up to MC and be a tiny bit friendlier will be the route's biggest achievement. Or MC dumps Smith into the dungeon and manhandles Annie himself. Or some other weirdly random stuff DC/Sploosh will come up with (including futademons and Bible Black-ish junk)

(Try to find all the puns in there)

 

[Dirty_Dan]

Yeah, Annie's most likely going to deal with the MC breaking her free from the Principles influence and opening up. The MC already said he doesn't think she's bad, just lost and a bit misguided. You'll probably also deal with her daddy issues her mom hinted at.

I imagine you'll also get a choice to make her your sub if you don't go with the romance route.

 

[PePeTheCoCk]

Did dc didn't save his last stream ?
doesn't appear on picarto

 

[artyomrusty]

Howdy yall. I keep getting this error any time I try to save or load. I tried deleting everthing including saves and nothing has worked. Google has failed me and I reall jus nee
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
File "game/scripts/script.rpy", line 41, in <module>
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/slots.rpy", line 7, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/slots.rpy", line 7, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/slots.rpy", line 9, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/slots.rpy", line 13, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/slots.rpy", line 13, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/slots.rpy", line 14, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/common.rpy", line 1, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/common.rpy", line 1, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/common.rpy", line 4, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/common.rpy", line 6, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/slots.rpy", line 14, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/slots.rpy", line 17, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/slots.rpy", line 38, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/slots.rpy", line 41, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/slots.rpy", line 42, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/slots.rpy", line 61, in <module>
Exception: Expected an image, but got a general displayable.

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
File "scripts/script.rpyc", line 41, in script
File "C:\\SummertimeSaga-0-20-1-pc\renpy\ast.py", line 914, in execute
renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store)
File "C:\\SummertimeSaga-0-20-1-pc\renpy\python.py", line 2028, in py_exec_bytecode
exec bytecode in globals, locals
File "game/scripts/script.rpy", line 41, in <module>
File "C:\SummertimeSaga-0-20-1-pc\renpy\exports.py", line 2905, in call_screen
rv = renpy.ui.interact(mouse="screen", type="screen", roll_forward=roll_forward)
File "C:\\SummertimeSaga-0-20-1-pc\renpy\ui.py", line 297, in interact
rv = renpy.game.interface.interact(roll_forward=roll_forward, **kwargs)
File "C:\\SummertimeSaga-0-20-1-pc\renpy\display\core.py", line 2702, in interact
repeat, rv = self.interact_core(preloads=preloads, trans_pause=trans_pause, **kwargs)
File "C:\\SummertimeSaga-0-20-1-pc\renpy\display\core.py", line 3094, in interact_core
root_widget.visit_all(lambda i : i.per_interact())
File "C:\\SummertimeSaga-0-20-1-pc\renpy\display\core.py", line 541, in visit_all
d.visit_all(callback, seen)
File "C:\\RPG\SummertimeSaga-0-20-1-pc\renpy\display\core.py", line 541, in visit_all
d.visit_all(callback, seen)
File "C:\\RPG\SummertimeSaga-0-20-1-pc\renpy\display\core.py", line 541, in visit_all
d.visit_all(callback, seen)
File "C:\\RPG\SummertimeSaga-0-20-1-pc\renpy\display\screen.py", line 430, in visit_all
callback(self)
File "C:\\RPG\SummertimeSaga-0-20-1-pc\renpy\display\core.py", line 3094, in <lambda>
root_widget.visit_all(lambda i : i.per_interact())
File "C:\\SummertimeSaga-0-20-1-pc\renpy\display\screen.py", line 440, in per_interact
self.update()
File "C:\\SummertimeSaga-0-20-1-pc\renpy\display\screen.py", line 625, in update
self.screen.function(**self.scope)
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/slots.rpy", line 7, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/slots.rpy", line 7, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/slots.rpy", line 9, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/slots.rpy", line 13, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/slots.rpy", line 13, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/slots.rpy", line 14, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/common.rpy", line 1, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/common.rpy", line 1, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/common.rpy", line 4, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/common.rpy", line 6, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/slots.rpy", line 14, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/slots.rpy", line 17, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/slots.rpy", line 38, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/slots.rpy", line 41, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/slots.rpy", line 42, in execute
File "game/scripts/core/user_interface/menu/slots.rpy", line 61, in <module>
File "C:\\SummertimeSaga-0-20-1-pc\renpy\display\im.py", line 1579, in Grayscale
return MatrixColor(im, matrix.saturation(0.0, desat), **properties)
File "C:\\SummertimeSaga-0-20-1-pc\renpy\display\im.py", line 1243, in __init__
im = image(im)
File "C:\SummertimeSaga-0-20-1-pc\renpy\display\im.py", line 1755, in image
raise Exception("Expected an image, but got a general displayable.")
Exception: Expected an image, but got a general displayable.

 

[Omnikuken]

^ What. The. Craptual. Buttfuck ...... Aside it saying it can't load a random image and a lot of junk, the complete F you doing with it ? Getting the download from OP and just unzipping it can't come up with that much failed junk. You gotta console crap/mod the beJeesus out of it to melt like that.

Go to /users/whatevername/appdata/roaming/renpy and look for summertimesaga > (copy for backup in case you wanna keep your jar scenes) delete that folder, download the game again, unzip, don't do anything else, start the .exe

If it still fucks up > format HDD/set fire to PC case/throw case out the window > not in any particular order

 

[j4yj4m]

I agree that it would be interesting to be able to choose between exclusively dating Eve, exclusively dating Grace, or just dating them both at the same time.
But we have to remember that neither Grace nor Odette were intended to be primary girls.
They are the secondary girls who are "accessed" by completing Eve's storyline.

Also, it would make more sense for there to be some consequences that come with impregnating Grace and/or Odette.
But I'm sure the point of this game is to allow the MC to have all these sexual experiences free of any consequence.
That's the reason why when you finish both Eve and Roxxy's individual routes, you can go into French class in the morning, make out with Eve and then make out with Roxxy without any problems.

Lastly, in my humble opinion, all this isn't an unavoidable consequence of Summertime Saga's unique game design.
All of this is a consequence of the type of game Summertime Saga is - a soft-harem type sex game.

P.S. Hey j4yj4m, could you elaborate on what you mean when you say "the only real options are to essentially make all girls the same?" I personally am of the opinion that the many girls in this game vary impressively in terms of their personalities, backstories, and character traits.

Well, I more or less wrote what I meant in the post you quoted. Characters who'd technically reqiure not having a harem are badly integrated, like Eve and Grace, and if you want to integrate them well, you'd have to limit their traits. There'll be 40+ girls in the game and all of them are polyamorous (even with girls they are supposed to dislike) or have some kind of sharing fetish? That's not what I'd call impressively diverse.
My point was that you could make it fit much better with having these choices. One can do each chracter justice way better and one could get every girl in different saves. Sure, if you'd argue that it's fine to only be able to get Grace by essentially "cheating" on Eve it's another topic. In that case I'd actually argue that the cheating part should be written properly, now it's neither really one nor the other.

Else one has to keep in mind that the game indeed was never really meant to be a real harem game and that DC had to be dragged to even promise a harem feature, while he sad for basically 2 years that there wouldn't be a harem at all. The whole thing was supposed to be a somewhat classical VN/dating sim where you'd chose a route at some point, so certainly not a pokemon like game as you'd suggest. Sure, DC can change the direction, but not without downsides.

 

[Pangeran Tertampan]

what a good game i finished this version already i like maria scene but the scene just 3. uhh that too bad well i can wait for annie version /21 release

 

[JazzyRey]

Nope, you can do every route in any order, even after Tony's. You gottta go all the way making Maria preg (and having the baby, then wait for them to come back to the pizzeria, then wait again for her to dump it at the daycare, can't remember if the night stuff happens after or during the baby weeks), after that everything works as normal

Stop saving in the middle of routes/dialogs, the game is playable and every route can be finished without any bugs. Also don't import anything before 0.19.5, and even then, you're always better just restarting. You keep the jar stuff and only need to waste a whopping 5 mins to skip the first ~3 days to unlock free roam and be on any route

Never do, and never did.. Saving on map screen always, and started over on 1.9.5, bugged. Started over on 20.1, bugged.

 

[Omnikuken]

Never do, and never did.. Saving on map screen always, and started over on 1.9.5, bugged. Started over on 20.1, bugged.

It's still 100% on you, especially if you keep older saves (since your 1st post was saying you're bugging for years). Try new game and stop using the same ~3 year old junk save. Or just don't play since you bug over nothing anyway

It's pretty hard to understand how some purely random dudes "bug out" anywhere on anything for any reasons, while some of us can play from nothing to 100% completion having nothing ever try to crap out on us. It's as if the game chooses who plays and who bugs

 

[JazzyRey]

It's still 100% on you, especially if you keep older saves (since your 1st post was saying you're bugging for years). Try new game and stop using the same ~3 year old junk save. Or just don't play since you bug over nothing anyway

It's pretty hard to understand how some purely random dudes "bug out" anywhere on anything for any reasons, while some of us can play from nothing to 100% completion having nothing ever try to crap out on us. It's as if the game chooses who plays and who bugs

Bullshit, i've started over too many times doing everything correctly, FOR YEARS. How about i blame you, you did it, it's 100% on you. Just as unfounded as what you said.

It happens because how questlines interact, some objectives get left behind and become unfinishable and stuck. It's on the dev!
Worst was the Eve update, started over, cleared persistant files and once i finished that line multiple characters were unable to progress.

 

[Omnikuken]

You're not "doing everything correctly" if you've been bugging out for years ............ Also, coming in here with ultra vague and meh at best "I bug out for years, for no reason, from many builds, on any route, doing anything" isn't going to help any1 trying to help you.

Give less details and don't go to the bug report on the main page, it won't help you (and only you since most of us can play the game wihtout any trouble)

 

[JazzyRey]

You're not "doing everything correctly" if you've been bugging out for years ............ Also, coming in here with ultra vague and meh at best "I bug out for years, for no reason, from many builds, on any route, doing anything" isn't going to help any1 trying to help you.

Give less details and don't go to the bug report on the main page, it won't help you (and only you since most of us can play the game wihtout any trouble)

I wasn't looking for help? I was making a statement of my experience. My cries for help can probably be found thousands of comments back..

You automatically assume something, and go on the offensive. That's the issue here. I'm done.

 

[Shinjitsu]

Nah I got a bug as well. I can't seem to select the easel for drawing Mia's tattoo. Does anyone know any fix for this.

 

[TheGrandMasterCory]

Well, I more or less wrote what I meant in the post you quoted. Characters who'd technically reqiure not having a harem are badly integrated, like Eve and Grace, and if you want to integrate them well, you'd have to limit their traits. There'll be 40+ girls in the game and all of them are polyamorous (even with girls they are supposed to dislike) or have some kind of sharing fetish? That's not what I'd call impressively diverse.

So are you saying that there should be certain characters who, if you choose to date them, force you not to date/fool around with any other girl for a specific playthrough in the game?
So, for example, if you choose to date/romance Eve, you aren't allowed to fool around with or have sex with any other girls in the game? And doing so (or even trying to) would lead to dire consequences such as permanently blocking off Eve?

That's the only way to really make sense of the complaint that the MC is having sex with Grace, supposedly behind Eve's back, even though throughout the game the MC is having sex with many other women depending on your decisions.
The obvious problem with this is that if the game forces you to stick to one girl in a single playthrough, there isn't going to be a whole lot of gameplay/content for that particular playthrough.
There's only so much content that the devs can make for any one girl, even if that girl is the Most Beloved Queen Eve.

Also, every girl in the game isn't polyamorous. Eve isn't ployamorous, Mia isn't polyamorous, June isn't polyamorous, Judith doesn't seem like she will be polyamorous.
All these girls just seem to be completely oblivious to the MCs other sexual/romantic relationships.
I think it's more a case of the MC getting special main character privileges and protections that allow him to simultaneously exclusively date more than one girl at a time without getting into trouble.
How else would you explain the MC, after completing both Eve and Roxxy's routes, making out with Roxxy in the morning French Class and then making out with Eve right afterwards during the same class?

In addition, even if every girl in the game was polyamorous, that wouldn't automatically make them all the same. The girls could still vary in terms of their personality traits, backstories, route progressions, sexual kinks, and even relation to the MC.
Notice how some girls are more motherly towards the MC, some more sexual, some more bitchy, and others more romantic.
The fact that all the girls are polyamorous wouldn't take away from this impressive diversity, in my humble opinion.

My point was that you could make it fit much better with having these choices. One can do each chracter justice way better and one could get every girl in different saves. Sure, if you'd argue that it's fine to only be able to get Grace by essentially "cheating" on Eve it's another topic. In that case I'd actually argue that the cheating part should be written properly, now it's neither really one nor the other.

I see what you're saying but you have to understand that the devs have to appeal to the majority of the player-base.
And I'm confident that the majority of the player-base would not appreciate having to make an entirely new playthrough whenever they want to gain access to a new girl.

A poll just showed that the slight majority of Patreon players desire to have access to all the girls in a single linear playthrough rather than have branching. The results were like 54/46 in favor of a linear game with no branching.
If we did a poll where people were asked if they would like a game where they can only have one girl per playthrough and they have to create an entirely new save if they want access to a new girl, I think we all know what would happen.

Even I, an ardent supporter of branching storylines in this game, am opposed to what I think you are proposing.
And what I think you are proposing (correct me if I am wrong), is that this game become more like a one-girl dating simulator rather than a multi-girl harem-style game.
Unfortunately for you, too many of players (such as myself) like harems for it not to be included in this game.
Being able to sleep with one girl in the morning and then another during the afternoon and then yet another at night is one of the most beloved aspects of these types of games.

Else one has to keep in mind that the game indeed was never really meant to be a real harem game and that DC had to be dragged to even promise a harem feature, while he sad for basically 2 years that there wouldn't be a harem at all. The whole thing was supposed to be a somewhat classical VN/dating sim where you'd chose a route at some point, so certainly not a pokemon like game as you'd suggest. Sure, DC can change the direction, but not without downsides.

I would argue that this change of direction has is upsides as well. Wouldn't you?
- Very interesting interactions between the girls that the MC is having sex with.
- Potential 3-way and maybe even 4-way scenarios.
- Branching options that wouldn't be possible in a single-girl focused type game.
These are just the few upsides I can think of, off the top of my head.

I don't know how true your claims are regarding DarkCookie's original intentions with this game.
For now I'll accept them as true since I see you have been with this community for a LONG time, while I am relatively new.

All I can is that what the game was supposed to be or what it was originally intended to be is not as important as what it currently is.
And what is currently is, is a Pokemon-style "Gotta Catch 'Em All"-type harem game.
Thus, it would behoove not only DarkCookie but all of us, if we focused on trying to make Summertime Saga the best harem game it can be, rather than trying to squeeze it back into this VN/dating sim shell that it clearly left behind long ago.

 

[j4yj4m]

So are you saying that there should be certain characters who, if you choose to date them, force you not to date/fool around with any other girl for a specific playthrough in the game?
So, for example, if you choose to date/romance Eve, you aren't allowed to fool around with or have sex with any other girls in the game? And doing so (or even trying to) would lead to dire consequences such as permanently blocking off Eve?

I think I made clear what I meant in previous posts. They should simply avoid situations in which characters act outside of their character. For Eve's story that would simply mean a branch close to the end, where you have a choice between her and Grace. If you choose Eve you'll have her, while Grace and Odette do their thing, if you chose Grace, Eve will become a buddy and you'll have fun with Grace. I mean, they even introduce dialogs which hint this (all these choices were MC is asked if he likes Eve or if he wants to be Eve's boyfriend or not) yet they don't really lead to anything.

So in short, choices should just be as for Mia currently, as an example.

That's the only way to really make sense of the complaint that the MC is having sex with Grace, supposedly behind Eve's back, even though throughout the game the MC is having sex with many other women depending on your decisions.
The obvious problem with this is that if the game forces you to stick to one girl in a single playthrough, there isn't going to be a whole lot of gameplay/content for that particular playthrough.
There's only so much content that the devs can make for any one girl, even if that girl is the Most Beloved Queen Eve.

I wouldn't go as far and to claim it should be/can be consistent across the game. It won't be. But I'm saying is that it should be somewhat consistent within a story's circle of charcters, like Mia/Helen, Judith/the Latinas, Eve/Grace, etc.

Also, every girl in the game isn't polyamorous. Eve isn't ployamorous, Mia isn't polyamorous, June isn't polyamorous, Judith doesn't seem like she will be polyamorous.

That's what this whole discussion thing is about, though. If you remove the choices they'll have to be or MC will have to cheat. You may want to read a few pages back in that case. We seem to be talking past each other massively.

How else would you explain the MC, after completing both Eve and Roxxy's routes, making out with Roxxy in the morning French Class and then making out with Eve right afterwards during the same class?

As said, there'll always be some minor inconsistencies, though I'm sure some of this can be adressed once the dating comes, where dating several girls at a time will lead to point deductions. But it's certainly something for the final balancing once the game is done.

I see what you're saying but you have to understand that the devs have to appeal to the majority of the player-base.

I understand that and I disagree with it. Mainly because it's not what DC said was his vision of the game. I'm following a decent number of his streams for years now, and he even said a few days ago, that he'd like these choices, yet now they may be gone. He said that he didn't like the harem stuff, yet he implements it. I mean, he can do what he likes but I don't think it's a good idea.

Even I, an ardent supporter of branching storylines in this game, am opposed to what I think you are proposing.
And what I think you are proposing (correct me if I am wrong), is that this game become more like a one-girl dating simulator rather than a multi-girl harem-style game.
Unfortunately for you, too many of players (such as myself) like harems for it not to be included in this game.
Being able to sleep with one girl in the morning and then another during the afternoon and then yet another at night is one of the most beloved aspects of these types of games.

The game was/is supposed to get a dating system which will lead to point deductions in case you date several girls at once. Once you finish a story, let's say in Roxxy's case you beat Dexter, you won't get the current sex scenes right away, but you'll have to start dating her. Good dates will give you points, bad dates will lose points and once you've collected enough you'll get small things like BJs etc. (that's why there aren't any for schoolgirls at the moment, I'd guess) and you'll be able to get the sex scenes and take that girl to prom. If you date several girls at once, you'll lose points.

That has been DC's vision so far as he explained it several times.

(Mid late edit: Of course you'll be able to further complete stories or fool around with other non school characters at that time, just no past-story-completion-schoolgirl-datinig as it sounded)

I would argue that this change of direction has is upsides as well. Wouldn't you?
- Very interesting interactions between the girls that the MC is having sex with.
- Potential 3-way and maybe even 4-way scenarios.
- Branching options that wouldn't be possible in a single-girl focused type game.

You can do that in any scenario, though. Again, I'm not arguing for single girl approaches at all. A threesome with Eve and Odette fits perfectly in every possible scenario, just as an example.

I'm arguing to have branches which make sense.

- Branching options that wouldn't be possible in a single-girl focused type game.

Again, that's what this whole thing is about. It's about REMOVING branches and thus you'll always get every(!) girl one playthrough, no matter whether that really makes sense or not.

It means they'd have to write a story that includes Judith and the Latinas, it means they'll have to bring Mia and Helen together, it means getting June and Mrs. Johnson at once, etc.

As said, there's still a chance DC won't follow through with sticking to that poll but I think it's fair to have some criticism about the poll in the first place.

Edit: Some typos.

 

[BurnerIc]

me want fuck

 

[srksrk 68]

You didn't understand. Bringing the girl on the prom will unlock a h-scene with her and since you can bring just one girl to the prom, you can't get all the h-scene in a single playthrough.

Again, was speaks against bringing one girl, unlocking that scene, and then continue the prom, banging all other girls present (thus unlocking their scenes, too)?

 

[j4yj4m]

Again, was speaks against bringing one girl, unlocking that scene, and then continue the prom, banging all other girls present (thus unlocking their scenes, too)?

Actually the dating system as DC proposes it. He said quite a few times that dating more than one schoolgirl at once will lead to deductions for others. So you very likely can't have several girls lined up for the prom but indeed just one. I mean, it won't be a huge thing given that dating probably only takes a few ingame days.