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

[Stareagle lord]

I believe the Tech-update is on the Horizon. I know usually it takes a few months before a new update 3-4 usually lately but considering how long it has been going I don't think it will take until summer. I hope I am wrong and it comes next month but I fear 2-3 months is going to be the wait at the very least.

 

[Dragovich189]

No way is the changelog that small after months without any update lol. That's just laughable for a game with an entire team and huge funding behind it. Man, these big-game devs always disappoint.

 

[Bob69]

I don't like that the dev doesnt go back and add to previous characters like that religious girl, been waiting to fuck her properly for ages. There are way too many characters as is.

IMO Eve best girl, all downhill from there

You mean Mia? Didn't happen because Patreons didnt vote for her. Will happen someday though.

No way is the changelog that small after months without any update lol. That's just laughable for a game with an entire team and huge funding behind it. Man, these big-game devs always disappoint.

You have no clue whats going on right? About tech update and why pre-tech and so on?

 

[sgtshorty]

Having so much fun scrolling the last 5-6 pages of the thread, just wanna say to the people complaining how DC's not doing his job properly... If anyone thinks they could do it better and faster go for it, start drawing, coding, writing dialog and so on...

 

[ladguru]

And yet, it does. If you aren't completed with coding updates but want to get something into people's hands - you tweak a couple lines of the current code (99% of which was already game tested) to lessen the chance of a break with some newer content.

This way you are not having to game test the major update of code for only 6 scenes and create more headache for your and your fans. Especially with changes in code which modify a number of scenes that perhaps haven't been recoded at this time.

Are you paid for this BS?
The code of this game is a buggy mess. Game tested my ass...
If there is really a "new" version, doing anything for the "old" version would be a waste of time.
You are still talking about a game which totally breaks if you are saving in the "wrong" place?

 

[MurkyTurtle]

Jesus, even by the standards for their Pre-Tech updates this is hot flaming garbage. Three voyeur scenes (two of them lesbian), a boobjob, a blowjob, and watching bad tentacle hentai (like "Zone wouldn't wipe his ass with this" bad) with worst girl and worst friend. And to add insult to injury, the only way you can see them is to flat out replay several of the routes! Were these girls even voted on?

That wasn't 4 months of effort, that was clearly thrown together in about two or three weeks to satiate the Patreon mob. If they're gonna delay this long they should be hitting us with fan favorites doing fun shit, not peeping at the C-list girls like we're still in version 0.02.

 

[Bob69]

I remember when the only discussions on this game involved how to get past a certain point or trigger this or that event now all i see is ppl arguing over this game .For me the game lost its way when they made previous saves incompatable with next version...lost count how many times i started over till eventually i said no more ,,so i will wait for the game to be finalised before i play it again!!

Previous saves are not incompatible for 2 years now. It just shows that the save was from a old version.

Jesus, even by the standards for their Pre-Tech updates this is hot flaming garbage. Three voyeur scenes (two of them lesbian), a boobjob, a blowjob, and watching bad tentacle hentai (like "Zone wouldn't wipe his ass with this" bad) with worst girl and worst friend. And to add insult to injury, the only way you can see them is to flat out replay several of the routes! Were these girls even voted on?

That wasn't 4 months of effort, that was clearly thrown together in about two or three weeks to satiate the Patreon mob. If they're gonna delay this long they should be hitting us with fan favorites doing fun shit, not peeping at the C-list girls like we're still in version 0.02.

No it wasnt 4 months of effort, because its jsut 6 new scenes if you followed the game you would know what to expect. The effort goes into the Coding and the Posing of the real "tech update" the pre techs are only to bridge the wait time because it takes way longer then expected.

Omnikuken Are the 2 scenes with 2 variants just the scenes with Ivy, while going into the back room again?

 

[VNON]

DC
Detective Conan
Doraemon

 

[orrayt3x]

DC sCaMmeR pLs

 

[Count Morado]

The saves work, don't they? They worked for me. The problem is that DC simply adds new scenes in the middle of the game and you can hardly get to them if you have an old save game at the time. I find that a bit of a shame. Personally, I do not wait until the game is finished, because as soon as the tech update is finished, we will again proceed chronologically as the Patreon want it Tech-Update -> Rhonda -> Annie -> Judith.

The Tech-Update is now the update which makes everything new, scenes are painted completely new, as well as the backgrounds. More details are added and... and... and...
Only after the tech update WILL show whether the tech update caused a delay or just die way of working of the developers, die yes according to their livestreams already make a lot. The problem is also that DC has hired the other developers only on a part-time basis. If you know that now a major update is pending I would let the guys first of all to work full time and also pay so.

I am an optimist and assume that after the tech update updates will come faster, because DC has already written a lot to Rhonda and Co. He has even done a pregnant Mia. So he's already working ahead and you can see that in his livestreams that something is happening.

I am still quite relaxed. Other patreons are much more impatient. DC must deliver faster after the tech update in any case.

(Machine Translated)

Bitte verwenden Sie in diesem Thema Englisch. Das ist die Regel der Website.
Please use English in the thread. It is the rule of the website.

Danke!
Thanks!

 

[ladguru]

Having so much fun scrolling the last 5-6 pages of the thread, just wanna say to the people complaining how DC's not doing his job properly... If anyone thinks they could do it better and faster go for it, start drawing, coding, writing dialog and so on...

I cannot draw or write but I can code.
Whoever coded this mess is much worse in coding than I am in drawing or writing.

 

[MurkyTurtle]

No it wasnt 4 months of effort, because its jsut 6 new scenes if you followed the game you would know what to expect. The effort goes into the Coding and the Posing of the real "tech update" the pre techs are only to bridge the wait time because it takes way longer then expected.

I have been following the game and I know exactly what the current plan is and what this update represents. DC finished the art on the full tech update literally months ago and has been doing art for Rhonda since then. He could have easily stopped pre-production on that update for a full month and given us a dozen top-notch animations for good characters, and instead we got this pile of dribbling shit and piss. No creativity, no artistry, not even a fresh creampie for us to enjoy. There is no excuse for an update this bad after such a long wait.

 

[Bob69]

I cannot draw or write but I can code.
Whoever coded this mess is much worse in coding than I am in drawing or writing.

And thats why DC isn't coding lol.

I have been following the game and I know exactly what the current plan is and what this update represents. DC finished the art on the full tech update literally months ago and has been doing art for Rhonda since then. He could have easily stopped pre-production on that update for a full month and given us a dozen top-notch animations for good characters, and instead we got this pile of dribbling shit and piss. No creativity, no artistry, not even a fresh creampie for us to enjoy. There is no excuse for an update this bad after such a long wait.

So you know that with the Tech-Update the problem is not the art but the coding? And that the this and the next update will be pre-tech updates again because the coder poser won't finish it until maybe 5 months? I don't really know what you mean with "stopped pre-production on that update" you want him to stop the Tech update so it will take even longer to squeze in a real 4- month update? The reason this pre-tech updates are so "bad" is so they just code into the old spagethi code the scenes. So they don't add more workload, imagine all the pre-tech updateds where bigger updates into the old code and then they would have to recode that shit again.

 

[Count Morado]

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[j4yj4m]

I have been following the game and I know exactly what the current plan is and what this update represents. DC finished the art on the full tech update literally months ago and has been doing art for Rhonda since then. He could have easily stopped pre-production on that update for a full month and given us a dozen top-notch animations for good characters, and instead we got this pile of dribbling shit and piss. No creativity, no artistry, not even a fresh creampie for us to enjoy. There is no excuse for an update this bad after such a long wait.

While I don't necessarily agree with "a dozen scenes within a month" it really seems like they want to lose money/patrons.

I get that these scenes complete the game, but that's really all they are meant to do and to be - scenes that add to the lewd mood and that people "skip through" while they play these stories.
Yes, we need these, too, but it's really a contradiction to release them and nothing else as part of an update that's meant to keep people happy while they are waiting.

DC doesn't really seem to care that much about money, etc. but this whole last year is just such a waste of potential...

 

[Omnikuken]

its almost like a point and click image slideshow is extremely easier to make and doesnt require as much time, money and manpower. Who'd thought that?

Take any AAA game/movie studio and have 1 dude do the entire art (backgrounds/models/evertying else). Now expect that 1 dude to do this in ~4 months. You get Summertime. And whiners

Just because they are facts for you, they are not necessarily for me, and that is called preference.

Are you talking about what you posted or what I replied ? If the latter, can't wait for you to explain how saying Patreon banned everything not vanilla is considered an opinion

Previous saves are not incompatible for 2 years now. It just shows that the save was from a old version.

No it wasnt 4 months of effort, because its jsut 6 new scenes if you followed the game you would know what to expect. The effort goes into the Coding and the Posing of the real "tech update" the pre techs are only to bridge the wait time because it takes way longer then expected.

Omnikuken Are the 2 scenes with 2 variants just the scenes with Ivy, while going into the back room again?

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[Count Morado]

whats wrong with the code?

The same thing that's been wrong with it for most of the game's life. First it was done by a non-coder (DC), then a couple other coders came on and added their own techniques - on top of DC's and each others. Until they dedicated to doing a complete overhaul of the code (and going from 4x3 to 16x9) - it was just patchworking the patchwork.

While I don't necessarily agree with "a dozen scenes within a month" it really seems like they want to lose money/patrons.

I get that these scenes complete the game, but that's really all they are meant to do and to be - scenes that add to the lewd mood and that people "skip through" while they play these stories.
Yes, we need these, too, but it's really a contradiction to release them and nothing else as part of an update that's meant to keep people happy while they are waiting.

DC doesn't really seem to care that much about money, etc. but this whole last year is just such a waste of potential...

(EDIT: you edited while I was initially replying, just updating that here ... looks like my response echoes your edit)

I understand the frustration - but when it does cost them money that they don't wish to lose, that might drive a change in the approach. If DC really wanted to get rich, there's a ton of shit to the game he could do ... but it appears he's happy with the income as it is right now for what his expenses are and the money needed to raise his kids and think of their future. (EDIT: Or, what you just said! HA!)

 

[Bob69]

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Damn, I havent checked this game in ages..
Did they add any new scenes with the nun in the last couple of years?

I don't think so, really not sure what you mean with couple of years. It probably would be updated with the Mia route, but that route lost pretty heavily the last 2 time it got voted on.

 

[Deleted member 3452155]

Damn, I havent checked this game in ages..
Did they add any new scenes with the nun in the last couple of years?

Man, how is this game (at current rate) going to be completed I believe, around 2035~2040, so in the meantime, "maybe" we'll have something with her.

 

[j4yj4m]

I understand the frustration - but when it does cost them money that they don't wish to lose, that might drive a change in the approach. If DC really wanted to get rich, there's be a ton of shit he could do if he wanted ... but it appears he's happy with the income as it is right now for what his expenses are and the money needed to raise his kids and think of their future.

The thing is that not even DC himself seems to enjoy/like what's happened during these last 2 years and that's really to a large extend his/their own fault.

As said, it's not even primarily about the money, but I don't want to know the actual number of people who seriously lost interest in this game just because of what's happening.