Ren'Py Summertime Saga [v21.0.0 wip.5091] [Kompas Productions]

[Count Morado]

Why developer did decicde to start making game in 4:3 ration when it was already way outdated format? I ask because around 9 years ago I asked same thing about 800x600 resolution. Where is the point of using does out date formats? Is it less work? Space saving? I just curious, isn't it easier to draw in bigger resolution and ratio?

You're asking from the perspective of someone in 2022. The game was created by a person fresh to coding for games in 2014. Sounds like a question to ask DC during one of his picarto streams. He does create his art at higher resolution (equivalent to 4K) and then exports it at lower for the purpose of the game.

The game began development in 2014:

• Even though 16:9 and 16:10 monitors started being a thing in 2003 and began mass rollout in 2010, there were still a lot of 4:3 flatscreen (and CRTs) monitors still used by a good portion of the world
• A search
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  shows that many 4:3 (800x600) was the "gold standard" for ren'py games in 2014
• Another
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  shows that Ren'Py had (does it still have?) a default of 800x600 - and DC was an artist, not a coder, when he began this project 6+ years ago. So he might have just gone with default, not knowing better (though the artwork in the current game is 1024x768)
• Perhaps DC wasn't considered not everyone plays games in full screen - and wanted to focus on the content in the center (remember, 16:9 has a lot of space to the left and right that can be unused, depending upon intent)
• There is HD footprint to consider for image sizes (especially when you consider 20k+ images - especially before webp format became available - don't know if DC is going to that format or not, though)
• Or a lot of anything else ...

 

[Damon.Ruins]

There is no sound in the H scenes?

 

[ImTransAndTiny]

There is no sound in the H scenes?

There's basically no sound in any scenes.

 

[gam2000]

There is no sound in the H scenes?

Why do you need sound? It's just a distraction...

 

[Rando Civ]

Why do you need sound? It's just a distraction...

I like sound. It's inmmersive for me.

 

[IronManFolgore]

I like sound. It's inmmersive for me.

Just have a 80's porn music playlist on loop while you play

 

[Rando Civ]

Just have a 80's porn music playlist on loop while you play

But I like the SPLLLUUUURT when you press the cum button.

 

[401Grem]

Every time I see this title, it makes me think "Summertime Siagon", and makes me think game based off MASH.

 

[IronManFolgore]

But I like the SPLLLUUUURT when you press the cum button.

Get a soundboard and record the audio of an empty ketchup bottle and learn to instinctively press the ketchup audio when you press the cum button

 

[Rando Civ]

Get a soundboard and record the audio of an empty ketchup bottle and learn to instinctively press the ketchup audio when you press the cum button

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[gam2000]

Every time I see this title, it makes me think "Summertime Siagon", and makes me think game based off MASH.

That would be an interesting game.

 

[Omnikuken]

Omnikuken and Count Morado thx for response. Due to my prior studys(projects and homeworks not professional studys) when I hear coding I think about more the back end(all the mechanics, and variable changing functions) stuff than the front end(visual/image related part). Thats why I thought they already had the coding necessarry. Thanks to both of you for clarifying that. From what I understood It's best not to wait for an update for at least 5-6 months(I might've misunderstood I know nothing about visual part of the process).

Proper art for the update (mostly the new and/or expanded backgrounds, a few new girls and whatnot) was finished before Xmas 2021. Everything since then is either the lewd batches we get while waiting or R(h)onda's update for when all this mess is done. But judging by the latest whinage around, DC seems to be mostly done on her art already. New question is : wtf will he do ? Troll around till next year doing random junk for batches or start Annie's build now and wait for the coding to catch up 2 updates behind

 

[Count Morado]

Proper art for the update (mostly the new and/or expanded backgrounds, a few new girls and whatnot) was finished before Xmas 2021. Everything since then is either the lewd batches we get while waiting or R(h)onda's update for when all this mess is done. But judging by the latest whinage around, DC seems to be mostly done on her art already. New question is : wtf will he do ? Troll around till next year doing random junk for batches or start Annie's build now and wait for the coding to catch up 2 updates behind

I know what most of us would do, if we are being honest with ourselves.

 

[WSmith]

"Well said!" -Buddha-

Actually, I always thought you could be some russian bot programmed in late '80s.

haha, looks like O-bummah

Just for your information, you can use "quote" instead of "reply" to make 1 message with all the messages you want to reply to. This clogs up the forum much less

 

[Omnikuken]

Just for your information, you can use "quote" instead of "reply" to make 1 message with all the messages you want to reply to. This clogs up the forum much less

Don't let a dude speed run getting deleted for spamming

 

[poopfartshitcum]

Well, you'll have to ask him in private on discord, but you likely won't get actual details beyond what's shown on stream. Back in the days he streamed most of the content he was working on and it seriously spoiled the update up to the last detail.

I'm not sure what more you'd actually expect here to be honest. You can review the last 30 streams and see what he's working on and what's supposed to be public and everything beyond that is kinda secret and won't be revealed.

Sure, if people just want to know when the next update is released and what's going to happen excatly, they won't get to know that. But that's basically the same with any other dev who doesn't have set dates. I'd indeed agree that this whole tech update is total shit show, but in general I don't really think more patreon posts would add that much value.

hmm, if not more but better communicated atleast. Every patreon post is basically just we are working on it with no details of anything at all beyond that know what i mean

 

[poopfartshitcum]

i wonder how taxing these has been for DC, he seems chill on stream but hard to imagine him not affected at all by the shitshow

 

[Damon.Ruins]

How to unlock that magic telescope?

 

[Count Morado]

How to unlock that magic telescope?

You click on the telescope in your room to use it starting the first time you see it. Then click on the character whose window you want to see. No magic.

 

[j4yj4m]

hmm, if not more but better communicated atleast. Every patreon post is basically just we are working on it with no details of anything at all beyond that know what i mean

Yes, in this special tech upate case they certainly could report a few more details. I was thinking about the normal updates, where every detail essentially equals some kind of spoiler unless it's so generalized that it's meaningless.

i wonder how taxing these has been for DC, he seems chill on stream but hard to imagine him not affected at all by the shitshow

I don't think it's that bad and I don't think his personal schedule changed that much ... people have always criticized his realeases anyway. It's not like he himself is working on the tech stuff and in these last two years it became pretty clear that he doesn't really care about the money in detail, either. So he probably isn't bothered too much by the fact that the game has stagnated for two years when it comes to the money.

I know it sounds bad right now, but in the very, very long run this delay may even be somewhat beneficial, because right now he seems to be drawing stuff that else may never have been added, like some of these new sex scenes, the new lockers for June, the latinas, Missy & Becca, etc.