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

[harem.king]

Don't really have an issue with the rest of what you wrote and agree for the most part, but you are 100% wrong here. Objectively 100% wrong.

The whole idea that porn games must be fully episodic and must never break saves is idiotic and makes that quality of the games much much worse. Visual novels are least hurt by that kind of development process, but it also forces lots of games that aren't really trying to be visual novels to basically have the structure of visual novels. And not particularly complex visual novels either.

facepalm...
1. not breaking saves is trivially easy. All it takes is giving one single iota of a fuck and bothering to write an extremely simple function that upgrades savefile on load with any of the variable changes you made. (every time you modify a variable, update that function on the spot)

2. not breaking saves is even easier in a sandbox than a virtual novel. not harder.
maybe you were confusing KN and VN? kinetic novel is even easier than sandbox to not break saves for.
but regardless of relative difficulty, not breaking saves is trivially easy in all formats.

3. you are explicitly arguing in favor of devs making sandboxes AND breaking saves. that is just awful combo all around.
devs tend to make sandboxes unnecessarily grindy, and then breaking saves wastes all that time you put into the game and kills your desire to keep playing it.

Imagine trying to make a video game where you can never make changes that impact the saved game file structure.

that is not how savefiles break.

any savefile made in renpy or RPGM or TWINE or similar full game engines have fixed well established structures that the devs are not modifying in any way. This is why you can have something like a "RPGM Save editor". because literally all RPGM games use the exact same savefile structure (assuming the same version of the engine. RPGM MV is obviously different from RPGM XP)

What devs are doing is changing the variables they used to track stuff and/or they are rewriting some of the plot.
And simply not even bothering to give one single iota of a fuck about save compatibility. so they are skipping the extremely super trivially easy step of updating the save upgrading function. (which is just checking for the version variable and then replacing old variables with new variables based on the content of the old variables)

Changing savefile structure is something you might maybe see in a unity game.
even if you did change the structure of a savefile. you can easily convert it from old structure to new structure. it is quite trivial to do so.

 

[Marphey]

Any updates on Scammertime Saga ?

EDIT: Whoops sorry typo

 

[dkatryl]

People in the comments bitch about everything to do with a game ... too much or not enough of what they want, no babies dropping from vaginas every second, boobs too big or not big enough, models aren't the same as every other game they've seen, game is too easy or too hard, they have to push more than one button. The complainers are the biggest bunch of adults living in their mother's basements on the planet. They cry on every single game, bitch when they are even asked to pay for what someone else makes, and generally smear shit on everything that isn't exactly the game they want. Yet, not one of them is talented or driven enough to make one of their own to put up to criticism by those who do. They encourage each other to steal the game from behind the paywalls, because they can't wait to jerk those little wieners in their hands until it's sore, and then on to the next one. IF they don't jerk off to people reading their troll language comments. So, as a game designer, no matter what you do doesn't matter. You can't please these trolls. Best to do the game you have in your head and don't worry about them talking. Smack their grubby little fingers with a knife when they try and steal your stuff, and move along.

The worst part is that they seem to multiply every time someone adds a new game and they think they're doing the designers a favor by trying the game free and never paying for it. That just because this is a pirate site, designers should shut up and deal with them, that's just what they are and you can't expect them to buy a game.

You're on a pirate site railing against pirate behavior?

Good use of your time.

 

[Jay.k]

Milfy City 2.0 best game pre covid like Summertime saga but lack update after covid time and this make me play Taffy tales the clone of summertime saga with more hot s*x content.

 

[GifMeMore1987]

Oh man.

1) SS never got more than 65.000 $ monthly from paying Patrons: this was its peak;

2) DarkCookie has been working on the art ONLY since 2017, I guess, when he started having a team: he only draws art since then;

3) I stopped watching his streams during FIFA 2018 World Cup, because I got the feeling that he was drawing art ONLY when he was streaming. I honestly felt he was purpotedly fucking around and dragging on and I still feel the same.

My opinion has always been that he has been working on the game ONLY when he's streaming since when he started streaming on a continuing basis. BUT this is my opinion only.

I have no idea of what a TU is. Time Unit? Trade Union? Training Unit? Thulium? Tuesday? Translation Unit? Temple University?

You must be registered to see the links

your favorite song?

 

[Rickster82]

Any updates on Scammertime Saga ?

EDIT: Whoops sorry typo

Scamming is a harsh word for this. In the end, those who continued to pay are simply stupid. After a year at the latest, something should have clicked with people. They should have noticed that nothing more was coming.

 

[dorrentus]

Scamming is a harsh word for this. In the end, those who continued to pay are simply stupid. After a year at the latest, something should have clicked with people. They should have noticed that nothing more was coming.

You say that like you can't scam stupid people.

 

[Rickster82]

You say that like you can't scam stupid people.

In the end, everyone is responsible for their own actions, but this should not be an acquittal for the scammers.

 

[dirgetka]

s*x

???

 

[WigglyWorld84]

???

Sax

Like the dude from Lost Boys

 

[Count Morado]

???

We all love that sax content. Right?

You must be registered to see the links

 

[dorrentus]

In the end, everyone is responsible for their own actions, but this should not be an acquittal for the scammers.

Sure, the point is just they are not mutually exclusive. They are being stupid and they are being scammed.

They are indeed responsible for their own actions... but those actions affect you indirectly. There is a ripple effect.
You and I are going to have to deal with more bullshit when stupid people help bullshitters to flourish.
For example, I never wanted MTX in my games, but stupid people have ensured it is here to stay now. Ripple effect.

 

[AstroMJ6969]

Anyone know about the update of what a legend cause it's been slow as fuck

 

[kalodos]

People in the comments bitch about everything to do with a game ... too much or not enough of what they want, no babies dropping from vaginas every second, boobs too big or not big enough, models aren't the same as every other game they've seen, game is too easy or too hard, they have to push more than one button. The complainers are the biggest bunch of adults living in their mother's basements on the planet. They cry on every single game, bitch when they are even asked to pay for what someone else makes, and generally smear shit on everything that isn't exactly the game they want. Yet, not one of them is talented or driven enough to make one of their own to put up to criticism by those who do. They encourage each other to steal the game from behind the paywalls, because they can't wait to jerk those little wieners in their hands until it's sore, and then on to the next one. IF they don't jerk off to people reading their troll language comments. So, as a game designer, no matter what you do doesn't matter. You can't please these trolls. Best to do the game you have in your head and don't worry about them talking. Smack their grubby little fingers with a knife when they try and steal your stuff, and move along.

The worst part is that they seem to multiply every time someone adds a new game and they think they're doing the designers a favor by trying the game free and never paying for it. That just because this is a pirate site, designers should shut up and deal with them, that's just what they are and you can't expect them to buy a game.

Bro you worked on one barely functioning game like 3 years ago which you abandoned almost instantly curb your ego a bit

 

[Xupuzulla]

Bro you worked on one barely functioning game like 3 years ago which you abandoned almost instantly curb your ego a bit

He wants to work for DC,abandoned games super team.

 

[kalodos]

He wants to work for DC,abandoned games super team.

If they get the What a Legend guys onboard they would be like the avengers

 

[BadTime69]

This thread is wild, you have people defending DC and you have people shitting on him. At the end of the day even tho this game has the abandoned tag it doesn't matter, the game is still being worked on, the next update will come out eventually. I know some people won't believe it and will keep hating on it. It is what it is.

 

[Davai099]

This thread is wild, you have people defending DC and you have people shitting on him. At the end of the day even tho this game has the abandoned tag it doesn't matter, the game is still being worked on, the next update will come out eventually. I know some people won't believe it and will keep hating on it. It is what it is.

If delays in between updates are minimal, the so awaited full release might come out sometime within 2025.

 

[zixzio]

This thread is wild, you have people defending DC and you have people shitting on him. At the end of the day even tho this game has the abandoned tag it doesn't matter, the game is still being worked on, the next update will come out eventually. I know some people won't believe it and will keep hating on it. It is what it is.

Hey guys, Darkcookie team here! after the grueling 30+ months the tech update is out and its fucking nothing! Enjoy your scaled cgs while we take another 3 years to make ronda's route or something, fuck you!

 

[X[]-[]X]

DC is milking, but not in the way people think. He is indirectly milking.

It is funny how most of the hate is directed at DC, when it should be towards Strayerror, who I believe is the only one doing the coding. He is the ACTUAL milker, but DC is indirectly milking by not either kicking his ass into gear, or firing and replacing him. They are probably best friends, which is why he refuses to choose Option B.