Ren'Py Summertime Saga [v21.0.0 wip.5258] [Kompas Productions]

[j4yj4m]

By the way, just wondering, has DC ever said anything about marking the completion of this game?

Well, the game has an official roadmap, though that's certainly not final, either. I once made a list about it which is still pretty much accurate (I just added the tech update):

We'll get a tech update to convert the game to widescreen and fix some other stuff ~1
All schoolgirls, except for Eve, will get another update, some smaller, like Roxxy, some big ones, like those who haven't content right now (Judith, Ronda, Annie), while Mia has to get a rework of unkown size ~5
We'll get an update each for Mrs. Johnson and Debbie to rework and finish their content ~2
One for the prom/endgame and one for the library ~2
We'll see one large update for the teachers (rework) which will include Coach Bridget's new content ~1
We'll get the dating system and a harem feature for the beach house ~2/3
There'll probably be a few 0.5 surprise updates for christmas, halloween, additional content, whatever ~3 to 5 or so
And there'll certainly have to be 1 or 2 updates to wrap everything up (telescope, story connections, etc.) and hopefully one update to bring the incest back ~2/3

So yeah, it'll probabaly take about 20 updates, but at least the main story will be done soon. By now it's probably fair to calculate 4 months or so on average for each of these, so we'd be talking about quite a few more years.

 

[Morasaky]

Well, the game has an official roadmap, though that's certainly not final, either. I once made a list about it which is still pretty much accurate (I just added the tech update):

We'll get a tech update to convert the game to widescreen and fix some other stuff ~1
All schoolgirls, except for Eve, will get another update, some smaller, like Roxxy, some big ones, like those who haven't content right now (Judith, Ronda, Annie), while Mia has to get a rework of unkown size ~5
We'll get an update each for Mrs. Johnson and Debbie to rework and finish their content ~2
One for the prom/endgame and one for the library ~2
We'll see one large update for the teachers (rework) which will include Coach Bridget's new content ~1
We'll get the dating system and a harem feature for the beach house ~2/3
There'll probably be a few 0.5 surprise updates for christmas, halloween, additional content, whatever ~3 to 5 or so
And there'll certainly have to be 1 or 2 updates to wrap everything up (telescope, story connections, etc.) and hopefully one update to bring the incest back ~2/3

So yeah, it'll probabaly take about 20 updates, but at least the main story will be done soon. By now it's probably fair to calculate 4 months or so on average for each of these, so we'd be talking about quite a few more years.

are the new areas in the map just for the dating/prom Update i thought that DC might do something more with these not just dating..
i dont mind this game taking 2 or 3 more years to finish as long as we get all/most of the content we want

 

[Ranma]

are the new areas in the map just for the dating/prom Update i thought that DC might do something more with these not just dating..
i dont mind this game taking 2 or 3 more years to finish as long as we get all/most of the content we want

"2 or 3 more years" ???
Oof. Try, AT LEAST 7!

 

[rivers77]

are the new areas in the map just for the dating/prom Update i thought that DC might do something more with these not just dating..
i dont mind this game taking 2 or 3 more years to finish as long as we get all/most of the content we want

Yeah, if you do the math on that it's more like 7 years.

 

[Squark ⚧❤️]

I heard Cookie is working on more of the story. Is this true?
rivers77, just because the game is at 0.27 right now means nothing. 1.0 is not always the finished product. Some developers like to give themselves some wiggle room before calling the game complete.

 

[Omnikuken]

^ Game is at 0.20.7, not 0.27 ....... And last we heard, complete game would be around 0.34-ish

 

[SSBBSNAKE]

so... 2034 it is then...

 

[It Was I DIO]

Speaking of future updates, Mia's will have to be AMAZING to ever make me consider choosing her over Helen. No boobs or ass having, unqualified loli VS sanctimonious, sado/masochist cougar looking for a good fuck...the choice has never been more clear.

 

[j4yj4m]

Speaking of future updates, Mia's will have to be AMAZING to ever make me consider choosing her over Helen. No boobs or ass having, unqualified loli VS sanctimonious, sado/masochist cougar looking for a good fuck...the choice has never been more clear.

As it seems Mia's actual story is supposed to go in the direction of her wanting experiment/discover new things etc., once she has managed to break free from Helen, so it may be quite a bit more kinky than one would expect.

are the new areas in the map just for the dating/prom Update i thought that DC might do something more with these not just dating..

I don't think they will just be used for dating, but also for the stories where it's appropriate. I guess right now there aren't any detailed plans, so there'll be room.

 

[Morasaky]

DC has been streaming a lot lately and im having this feelings that the tech update will be a pain in the ass for them XD

 

[Badjourasmix]

I wouldn't want to be the guy doing all the posing.

 

[Omnikuken]

It adds about 1/3 of the screen to fill, remake most of the sprites/dolls/backgrounds to fit in there and then the polled 6 new scenes from scratch. And that's only the DC part, you still got the 200+ points of coding from the poll to do. Before Xmas 2021

 

[Morasaky]

well its better to do it now then later. i am a programmer for myself and i know how hard it is to revisit the codes that i wrote a while ago just to make it cleaner and more efficient

 

[rivers77]

As it seems Mia's actual story is supposed to go in the direction of her wanting experiment/discover new things etc., once she has managed to break free from Helen, so it may be quite a bit more kinky than one would expect.


I don't think they will just be used for dating, but also for the stories where it's appropriate. I guess right now there aren't any detailed plans, so there'll be room.

I think you might be right when it comes to Mia becoming super kinky, but I hope not. I really want Mia to be the vanilla girl (although it seems like Eve is the most vanilla). I really like the idea of Mia being the waifu type. I hope I used that term right. I know crap about the lingo.

I had a real tough choice in the Mia update. At the time (all old artwork), I thought Helen was the hottest woman in the game. I actually REALLY like Mia and Helen, but for different reasons. I'm not into the whole submissive thing that happens to Helen in the end and I just couldn't be that nasty to Mia as a long term answer. Because of that, I always choose Mia when playing that route. I don't think either of their sex scenes are really that hot, although Helen's is better than Mia's IMO. However, the scene at the church with Angelica is really hot and I think Angelica's bod is way hot too. Even with that said, I just can't do that to Mia so I always choose her and I like her alot too even if her h scene sucks.

 

[VonRaschke]

Speaking of future updates, Mia's will have to be AMAZING to ever make me consider choosing her over Helen. No boobs or ass having, unqualified loli VS sanctimonious, sado/masochist cougar looking for a good fuck...the choice has never been more clear.

Mia definitely isn't a loli.

 

[It Was I DIO]

Mia definitely isn't a loli.

Loli is the term used to describe a female character with childlike features or appearance *ranges vary*, I also called her "unqualified" because she lingers in that domain but she doesnt exactly qualify as a bonafied loli, so she is just a bland thing without any predominant features....a blob if you will, in the form of a girl.

 

[SSBBSNAKE]

Why talk about loli when DC will never make one? plus why loli when we could have shorstack:

 

[It Was I DIO]

Why talk about loli when DC will never make one? plus why loli when we could have shorstack:

Well the discussion was Mia and her "Unqualified Loli" status. Also those are humanoid animal midgets...whatever floats your boat I guess?

 

[Porn_Jesus]

Why talk about loli when DC will never make one? plus why loli when we could have shorstack:
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Because it kinda matters how other people see those characters and if someone is in charge of what stays and what gets deleted you are in a bad situation when that person considers such characters underaged and you as the project owner have to remove them or face total mayhem.^^

 

[j4yj4m]

@rivers77:
Yeah, when you have to choose it's mostly about taste. While I'm personally really not against milfs, I don't care that much about them in the game, either.

When it comes to Mia, I just hope they won't make it too much of a vanilla cliche. We've already got Eve's story to tick that romance box and I wouldn't surprised, if Judith will have some of these elements, too. If Mia would get that same(-ish) plot, she'd probably have a pretty hard time to compete. Also she's indeed the only character where this "good, clever, cute girl gone lewd" story would fit really well, and she'd be quite a good character for threesomes or so (like with Ms. Ross and even some other schoolgirls) because her motivation would just be on point. I'm not saying they should overdo it, but I think it's a pretty good approach.

DC has been streaming a lot lately and im having this feelings that the tech update will be a pain in the ass for them XD

Extending walls and floors for hours really isn't that much fun, so it seems like really dry and boring work for the most part.