puddingontheritz

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Not a defender, never paid for it, but you got to admit the point you make with Ren'Py is flawed. Of course a Ren'Py game which is just DAZ renders back to back can be done fast and easy. But any game using a 2D puppet system always take ages to make. Same for Witch Trainer Silver or Innocent Witches, that people are less angry about because they make less money. Which helps to make a real point for what to be angry about with SummertimeSaga : With all that money they could have hired a competent project manager and various helpers long ago and they didn't.
He could have learned Game Maker in a few months and gotten a stupid rigged 2D puppet game. Or Unreal, or unity, or any number of games that would easily support a basic point and click adventure game.

Again, there is nothing complicated from a design perspective when it comes to this game. Making a timed click puzzle is one of the simplest things you can make. His entire game design is playing dialouge and a few choices that determine which image files and text Renpy recalls.

Everybody gives him the benefit of the doubt when he spent two years reinventing the wheel.
 

naoligopraisso

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Let me see if I understand, it's the same game but now with less content after almost 2 years of "work" and the saves are not compatible, wow, so Abandoned Saga really ended in version 20.16
 
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AlfredBundy4

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slap that abandoned tag back on. his mods are putting out fires in the discord by trying to make banter with the pissed off Patrons.
This will be mt last comment because I simply didn't follow this game at all until now. I played it when I found this place a couple years back or so. I thought it was ok, not amazing or anything.

I had NO IDEA they were basically the biggest adult game dev out there. From what they make there is ZERO excuse for this BS. None. As I said above, I alone could have ported his entire game to a totally bespoke engine in less than 6 months. Easily.

This is criminal, lmao. I shit on L&P/AWAM but this makes them look like the best dev ever.
 

couillon123

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He could have learned Game Maker in a few months and gotten a stupid rigged 2D puppet game. Or Unreal, or unity, or any number of games that would easily support a basic point and click adventure game.

Again, there is nothing complicated from a design perspective when it comes to this game. Making a timed click puzzle is one of the simplest things you can make. His entire game design is playing dialouge and a few choices that determine which image files and text Renpy recalls.

Everybody gives him the benefit of the doubt when he spent two years reinventing the wheel.
I swear, it's as if he's making gta 6 for those guys...
You need 5-6 months to learn a game engine such as ue5 and do a point & click/visual novel. After that just pay a freelance who will draw all the assets that you need and voila, you have Summertime in 10 months from today.
 

thehexcomplex

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>finally release a "major" update after 2+ years
>it removes 85% of the game
>its gonna take almost a year to re-release all the old content.
>thx for the money, smell ya later losers


This right here... this is the biggest problem. I downloaded it, the wide screen is nice, the game has a better feel to it overall. If content was being poured back into the game quickly and released at 2-week intervals, I think it would be almost somewhat worth it. A fucking year to get back almost to where the game was? Jesus fucking christ.
 

redjoe23

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In the interest of injecting some positivity into this thread: I highly encourage anyone who was into this game to shift their focus (and their dollars) to 5 Of A Kind. Much better writing (both sexual and otherwise). Better gameplay. Very active developer that takes feedback right there in the thread. The last major update was just a few days ago, and it added content!
 

blulaz

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v0.21
They made AT LEAST $70k a month. Surely they're competent enough to use a proper version naming... right? Version 0.21 means that the program/game is currently 21% complete... For a game that's been going since 2016... Wait.. They're serious aren't they?
And they somehow gotten away by pushing a "Tech update" aka remaking the game. At this point it's almost comical, they're like a caricature of the most exaggerated bad WEG devs.
Wouldn't surprise me if they pushed "art" update next year where they just redraw everything.
It's actually Impressive. Someone like Yanderedevs ain't shit when compared to them in the fleecing department.

The whole "It's only a $5 dollars a month!" mindset enabled scummy shit like this. So w/e I guess, you reap what you sow.
 

naoligopraisso

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I remember before this "update" was released, updates were planned to have content for other characters like Rhonda and Judith, imagine how many idiots must have not believed that on Patreon.
 
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