Ren'Py Summertime Saga [v21.0.0-wip.5791] [Kompas Productions]

[Deleted member 5515203]

Full disclosure: I am not a coder. I do not pretend to know coding even at an enthusiast level of understanding.

But I do know game development, specifically the business side of AAA publishing. And I really wish people would stop saying SS is 'mismanaged' or similar turns of phrase, because that implies something didn't go as planned. Where, as an outside observer with the background I have, it seems the project has actually been 'managed' more or less as the developer intended. He's not developing a game, he's sustaining an ecosystem. And it would actually be a net bad for that system if the tech update was complete and worked right out of the box.

I don’t think you can fault people for assuming that the intent behind the project was for DC to make a complete game that included whatever content his patrons were promised within a reasonable timeframe based on the resources available to him. It seems like a basic, if you will, good faith assumption. If you look at the dev history, then it seems like something went completely sideways.

I guess if you look at it from the angle of this being a project that mainly exists to deepen the coffers of his company in order to possibly finance future endeavors, by making SS into an ever expanding project, then it’s definitely managed in the correct manner.

 

[CreativeCritic2]

'completion' is only a useful benchmark if you are wanting to ship a finished product. That is not the business model for these kinds of games... they're all about keeping subscribers happy and people have been happy paying for updates with additional scenes and characters. Love + Second Base is literally an ever-expanding soap opera where each new update brings new scenes, new characters, new social structures. These games do not need to ever 'finish' just as World of Warcraft doesn't need to 'finish' as long as you keep adding new stuff, people will be happy.

I suspect the issue is that, at some point, a technological decision was made that made that model impossible. I suspect these kinds of technical reboots are often done in an effort to give games room to grow. The problem is that, with a game this old and with this much content, getting rid of all the content is a death knell as it will now take years just to get the game back to where it was at the end of the last update and those are years in which existing subscribers can get bored.

 

[AinzOoal27]

Not worth it at all, this update removed 95% of the content. Play the "old" 20.16 version if you want to see the content you missed, because there's probably not going to be anything new or worth downloading for another couple years at least. (If ever.)

Oh thanks for letting me know. Yeah, I remember like almost 2 years ago. The game was done perfectly fine. And I have been waiting for this new update because I haven’t played this game for a such a long time but I just feel so disappointed. I’m should not be taking this long for tech update or whatever. Some of the other games in the last two years have improved their gaming so much that it’s much better to play those game rather than this one because there’s no new content no new animation 99% of it being old version shit I played the new version for a little while then I basically went back to the other version that you mentioned.

 

[AinzOoal27]

No new content. +90% of old content is removed. You decide.

Thanks yeah I played the new version for a little bit of time and I hated it so much. It’s very disgusting. The Patreon. people are getting like right in front of their eyes because of this new content.

 

[NyxVortex]

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Here's a commissioned piece by joaka.! It looks like Ivy hand-delivered a replacement Electro Clit to the library!


Created By joaka.!

 

[kuort]

I got a warning from the mods for giving the game a bad review :S

Same. And it wasn't even anything inflammatory or disrespectful. Not sure what's going on here.

 

[The Black Cat]

MIA raping, by Dildorog, 2023.

 

[arigatogyro]

I waited this much, i can wait until that update list is done.
I can make myself busy with something else, worst case scenario i end up forgetting about the game

right? you waited 3 years, whats 3 more gonna hurt?

 

[Xupuzulla]

Same. And it wasn't even anything inflammatory or disrespectful. Not sure what's going on here.

It was probably because people were spamming 1 star reviews in a short time.

 

[PietruccioTheHilander]

can I unpack the archives with unrer.bat and see the images individually?

 

[Suiko]

Don't mind me, just sharing a little meme I just made:

 

[jackkane]

love how as soon as this gets the abandoned tag it gets updated.

 

[Deleted member 6072790]

The "normal" download is the new Uber 2 year worth of work mega Tech Update preview. (stripped of 90% of its content)
The other one, is the 'old' version of the game. (but with all it's content)

Well then, it's better to download the second option as it already has all the complete content and then wait for the new update of this mega tech change that he is making

 

[Ryuukun]

Well then, it's better to download the second option as it already has all the complete content and then wait for the new update of this mega tech change that he is making

Basically, yes. You could also just pretend DC never updated the game, and continue do so for the next 2 years, until all content is caught up.

 

[Deleted member 6072790]

Basically, yes. You could also just pretend DC never updated the game, and continue do so for the next 2 years, until all content is caught up.

Yes, that's more or less what I'm going to do, I'm going to play the second download, and when it's updated 100% I'll play this other one, because this old version has more mods that improve the game

 

[Tronn4]

Ver 20.16 :

 

[thhawk1]

I think this isn't a update but a reboot. You can only interact with two girls when you had the whole cast before it. We need the Aunt back because a lot of the scenes make no sense at all without her.

 

[HardcoreLarry]

I feel like this game got the CS2 treatment.
New game, barely any content from the previous one and no new content either...
How people are still paying this dev is beyond me, I guess suckers really do never quit

 

[Count Morado]

can I unpack the archives with unrer.bat and see the images individually?

If unrer.bat is an unren, sure. What images do you want to see? Looks to be about 21,000 image files and one manifest text file (it appears it could be the x,y coordinates of the layers of face, head, body, arms, etc of the many characters across many scenes which the posers have possibly completed already).

 

[PietruccioTheHilander]

If unrer.bat is an unren, sure. What images do you want to see? There appears to be about 21,000 image files and one manifest text file (it appears it could be the x,y coordinates of the layers of face, head, body, arms, etc of the many characters across many scenes which the posers have possibly completed already).
View attachment 3715122

I checked there are many images ready for the final version, I think.