jackb280

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tbh i dont care when its comes out but in my opinion he should give release dates that % is stupid its not something you can rely on. release dates are better
 

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tbh i dont care when its comes out but in my opinion he should give release dates that % is stupid its not something you can rely on. release dates are better
Well, release dates suck once you miss them, while they may force you to cut certain content or test less than you want. In the end there's no perfect method, I'd say and It's probably indeed down to taste.

@owlking:
My guess is as good as anybody else', but I'd say end of the week/weekend sounds good. I mean, there's not that much that can go wrong now.
 
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This game is pulling in 62k a month. There's no way in hell its ever getting finished. Why would you do anything other than the bare minimum slow update? Obviously anyone would milk that cash cow as long as possible.
 

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This game is pulling in 62k a month. There's no way in hell its ever getting finished. Why would you do anything other than the bare minimum slow update? Obviously anyone would milk that cash cow as long as possible.
Not saying the dev is doing that, but it has crossed my mine. Only thing is I think the game is being made by a team and not just 1 guy. So he would still have to pay some saleries.. Or is that off? Also it says he has a day job so that would expain why shit is so slow to update.
 

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Not saying the dev is doing that, but it has crossed my mine. Only thing is I think the game is being made by a team and not just 1 guy. So he would still have to pay some saleries.. Or is that off? Also it says he has a day job so that would expain why shit is so slow to update.
I don't think he has a day job anymore, even if that was true in the beginning. And yes, he has salaries to pay, but not that many. The main reason why it takes time is that he's doing 95% of the art himself. Some other do animations and that's it. And I understand this, his art is good and even better than in the beginning. Sure in an ideal world he could find someone as good as him who could replicate his style and help release the updates faster, but guys at this level usually already have a job paying more than what DC would offer. So yeah, out of the 60k he makes, he probably keeps around 40k for himself, if you include money for coders, posers, writers and the music guy. Good for him, he has 3 kids and he wouldn't be here if his art and story sucked.

No one's forcing his Patrons to pay. And people have been paying for way more stupid useless stuff than this. Just look at Apple. (free unrelated jab at a brand I don't like).
 

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Not saying the dev is doing that, but it has crossed my mine. Only thing is I think the game is being made by a team and not just 1 guy. So he would still have to pay some saleries.. Or is that off? Also it says he has a day job so that would expain why shit is so slow to update.
If somebody gave you 60K dollars and said, "Now you listen and do what I want, when I want and how I want, understood?", I am pretty sure you won't.

DC's just doing that. He goes on to his liking. It's not his fault that his patreon campaign is that successful. O wait, it is -- he is just too good to not be successful.

And btw/ he already gave account to the money he makes. He started alone, and now he has a team. He started with, compared to today, poor and little content, which he now gradually improves and increases. He made this into the most successful H game ever, and still is. He did not abandon it like so many other devs but in the contrary still throws out good quality updates three times a year. And all this for free, nobody has to pay to download the game right at the release day (OK, one day after).
I don't think he has a day job anymore, even if that was true in the beginning. And yes, he has salaries to pay, but not that many. The main reason why it takes time is that he's doing 95% of the art himself. Some other do animations and that's it. And I understand this, his art is good and even better than in the beginning. Sure in an ideal world he could find someone as good as him who could replicate his style and help release the updates faster, but guys at this level usually already have a job paying more than what DC would offer. So yeah, out of the 60k he makes, he probably keeps around 40k for himself, if you include money for coders, posers, writers and the music guy. Good for him, he has 3 kids and he wouldn't be here if his art and story sucked.

No one's forcing his Patrons to pay. And people have been paying for way more stupid useless stuff than this. Just look at Apple. (free unrelated jab at a brand I don't like).
Agreed. Only that art is not the bottle neck and never was. DC is always finished well before release date and does stuff for the next release, as can be seen on his daily streams.
 

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It is the "MAIN STORY" line and I would like to know if DC will do more Mom and sister sexe scene (I mean with mom and sister not mom and sister :).
Can you think DC could come here and say us a little bit more ?. (because someone said DC come here sometimes).
Why don't CD come here to talk a little bit ?
 

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It is the "MAIN STORY" line and I would like to know if DC will do more Mom and sister sexe scene (I mean with mom and sister not mom and sister :).
Can you think DC could come here and say us a little bit more ?. (because someone said DC come here sometimes).
Why don't CD come here to talk a little bit ?
He talks a lot during his daily straming sessions.
 

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Agreed. Only that art is not the bottle neck and never was. DC is always finished well before release date and does stuff for the next release, as can be seen on his daily streams.
I think in the broader context it's ok to say that art is the ultimate bottleneck. While it's true, that individual updates always need time after the art is finished, the whole workflow will always depend on DC producing the art and possibly Sploosh writing the script. Sure, he could hire more posers and coders, but then they'd probably sit on their hands a lot of the time, just to shorten the final push each update.

Currently everybody seems to work more or less continuously and once the an update is released, there's already some new work prepared for coding and posing, because DC and Sploosh had a small ~2 to 3 week headstart to sort those things out a little and to start the next update, while the current one is being finished.

While I don't really like the wait after the art is finished, either, I doubt updates would be that much faster if he'd increase posing and coding staff. But maybe that's just my opinion.
 

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I think in the broader context it's ok to say that art is the ultimate bottleneck. While it's true, that individual updates always need time after the art is finished, the whole workflow will always depend on DC producing the art and possibly Sploosh writing the script. Sure, he could hire more posers and coders, but then they'd probably sit on their hands a lot of the time, just to shorten the final push each update.

Currently everybody seems to work more or less continuously and once the an update is released, there's already some new work prepared for coding and posing, because DC and Sploosh had a small ~2 to 3 week headstart to sort those things out a little and to start the next update, while the current one is being finished.

While I don't really like the wait after the art is finished, either, I doubt updates would be that much faster if he'd increase posing and coding staff. But maybe that's just my opinion.
At the end, everything depends on everything. But it was never so that in the final week before release everybody was waiting on DC to finish the last drawings. It was always waiting on the latest code/posing fixes. I mean, that's only logical. And if I remember correctly, the progress bar on art was always advancing quicker than the rest.

But I don't want to start a discussion here. It doesn't matter anyway.
 

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I think in the broader context it's ok to say that art is the ultimate bottleneck. While it's true, that individual updates always need time after the art is finished, the whole workflow will always depend on DC producing the art and possibly Sploosh writing the script. Sure, he could hire more posers and coders, but then they'd probably sit on their hands a lot of the time, just to shorten the final push each update.

Currently everybody seems to work more or less continuously and once the an update is released, there's already some new work prepared for coding and posing, because DC and Sploosh had a small ~2 to 3 week headstart to sort those things out a little and to start the next update, while the current one is being finished.

While I don't really like the wait after the art is finished, either, I doubt updates would be that much faster if he'd increase posing and coding staff. But maybe that's just my opinion.
It's exactly like working for the press or for the movie industry : In press, as long as journalists didn't finish their texts and pictures aren't done, people making the magazine pages cannot work, and as long as they didn't finish, you can't print it. Movies same thing : You need to have the shoot done before editors and musicians and VFX dudes can do their job. So yes in SS's case, art is the bottleneck.
 
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rayminator

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you guy going to be complain about the next update.
the next update will take at least a year or more to be done cause he is going to change it to wide-screen
 

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He talks a lot during his daily straming sessions.
I Don't Watch every Stream …. I have a life.

And to "rayminator" : We know he is milking but what do you mean ????

DC talk One time a month …. We Don't know what he do (He is sick , and ???? we too , he have babyes ? and ? we too ! he won a lot of money and ?)
We know Nothing about the story line . (does he know ?)
Why only patreons can have some little information(s) ( for a "Free" game :).
I think DC don't know where he goes and we don't know too. It is main story , will we have mo "main story" ?????
We all loved this game for what is was ...... will the "main story" will give us "main sex scene" ???
 
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rayminator

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seriously ???
didn't they say it would be next weekend or something ?
I wasn't talking about 0.20 I was talking about 0.20.5 or 0.21

I Don't Watch every Stream …. I have a life.

And to "rayminator" : We know he is milking but what do you mean ????

DC talk One time a month …. We Don't know what he do (He is sick , and ???? we too , he have babyes ? and ? we too ! he won a lot of money and ?)
We know Nothing about the story line . (does he know ?)
Why only patreons can have some little information(s) ( for a "Free" game :).
I think DC don't know where he goes and we don't know too. It is main story , will we have mo "main story" ?????
We all loved this game for what is was ...... will the "main story" will give us "main sex scene" ???
Feb 2 at 3:19pm

Would you be willing to post-pone a future update by 1 or 2 months in order to switch Summertime Saga to widescreen resolution? It would mean extending (make them bigger) all backgrounds, including locations/minigames/sex scenes/etc.
The upside of making this change:
  • The game would fit better on mobile device (and most screens).
  • Backgrounds and environments would look nicer.
  • Characters would have more room on screen.
The downside of making this change:
  • We would need to pause the development for a month or two while we fix all backgrounds and animations to fit the new widescreen resolution.
EDIT:
Clarifications:
- If we did make a widescreen transition it would be certainly after 0.20.5 (or later)
- It would apply to all platforms (OS), not just Android
- The map would also be affected, and potentially open some room for additional locations

Would you be willing to post-pone a future update by 1 or 2 months in order to switch Summertime Saga to widescreen resolution? It would mean extending (make them bigger) all backgrounds, including locations/minigames/sex scenes/etc.
The upside of making this change:
  • The game would fit better on mobile device (and most screens).
  • Backgrounds and environments would look nicer.
  • Characters would have more room on screen.
The downside of making this change:
  • We would need to pause the development for a month or two while we fix all backgrounds and animations to fit the new widescreen resolution.
EDIT:
Clarifications:
- If we did make a widescreen transition it would be certainly after 0.20.5 (or later)
- It would apply to all platforms (OS), not just Android
- The map would also be affected, and potentially open some room for additional locations
 
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The ninty ninth, number of liberation.
Its the cause for celebration.
The near completion of this perfection,
a game so fair in its completion.
So let us not battle in contemplation,
of whether it is a damnation.
Because in this time of isolation,
the only means of joy, masturbation.
Hence, we shall marvel at this creation.
Until its completion, thy shall remain patient.
 

totor83

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Open your eyes , DC talk one time every
The ninty ninth, number of liberation.
Its the cause for celebration.
The near completion of this perfection,
a game so fair in its completion.
So let us not battle in contemplation,
of whether it is a damnation.
Because in this time of isolation,
the only means of joy, masturbation.
Hence, we shall marvel at this creation.
Until its completion, thy shall remain patient.
Don't understand …. sorry I am french. No Church , no god for me , just science.
Go to bed now.
"Rayminator" thanks
 
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