Ren'Py Summertime Saga [v21.0.0 wip.5605] [Kompas Productions]

[MurkyTurtle]

I've been lurking here for a while now and I have a question that I haven't seen answered yet. This isn't me complaining; I'm patiently awaiting more of this game as its one of the first I found and I love it. Could someone who understands the process please explain how the status has remained at 80% with 553 tasks for months but generally has at least a few tasks done "in the last 24 hours" every day? What are the things done in 24 hours that aren't moving the progress bars?

The "X changes in the last 24 hours" aren't task completions but updates pushed to the working project code base. Think of it like saving a change to a shared cloud document. These changes frequently include smaller items like bugfixes or modest code improvements. The tasks in the tracker are larger project goals like "Posing Character Y" or all the art for a particular location. You can see some examples of what constitutes a task here, which have been copied from the task tracker available to patrons.

The reason the current tasks are taking so long to complete is that they're considerably larger than usual. For example, in a normal update each posing task would usually be a single event for a single character. In the tech update, a single posing task can comprise all of the art and events from one character's story, which previous updates have shown could take the better part of a month.

We're also not entirely sure how accurate the task tracker is at this point. Most of the current tasks shown to patrons are censored and the bits and pieces we've gotten from Discord show a project heavily in flux, so it's anyone's guess as to when we'll see the update.

 

[Fubang]

How do I use penis to make sex with mouth of woman?

 

[DorianGreyEminence]

The "X changes in the last 24 hours" aren't task completions but updates pushed to the working project code base. Think of it like saving a change to a shared cloud document. These changes frequently include smaller items like bugfixes or modest code improvements. The tasks in the tracker are larger project goals like "Posing Character Y" or all the art for a particular location. You can see some examples of what constitutes a task here, which have been copied from the task tracker available to patrons.

The reason the current tasks are taking so long to complete is that they're considerably larger than usual. For example, in a normal update each posing task would usually be a single event for a single character. In the tech update, a single posing task can comprise all of the art and events from one character's story, which previous updates have shown could take the better part of a month.

We're also not entirely sure how accurate the task tracker is at this point. Most of the current tasks shown to patrons are censored and the bits and pieces we've gotten from Discord show a project heavily in flux, so it's anyone's guess as to when we'll see the update.

Excellent explanation! TYVM

 

[WarnerJ]

Hello guys, the game isn't completed ?

 

[Count Morado]

Hello guys, the game isn't completed ?

And may never be... at least not until the developer gets bored with it after at least a several more years. It already has more content than initially planned (and has more content than the vast majority of adult game titles - completed or not), even though not all the original goals have been completed. There are always more new ideas, suggestions, and characters that the developer looks to implement.

People should change their concept of "game" when it comes to digital media - particularly in this day and age of subscriber-based funding - and really think of these as series, continuations, explorations, etc. such as a television series (for example, "The Simpsons" will only end when the ratings aren't there) or a novel anthology or a movie franchise. As long as the fandom is there, as long as the funding is there, as long as the fun for the developer is there -- a title may never see "completion" in the traditional sense.

Now, if you mean has the "main" quest of the game been finished? One of the three main quests is complete - finding out what happened to the MC's father. Really, the second quest is pretty much "done" (in my opinion) and that's finding ways to earn bank. The third quest is still in development - the dating aspect to go to the big dance.

That said - as it says on the developer's Patreon page: DC plans on "continuing to add quality content and expand the universe (potential story expansions)." And on their website: they "still have a lot of content left to make and the game is very open ended."

 

[thedoomerjo]

How do I use penis to make sex with mouth of woman?

 

[Sthr ▚ nix]

How do I use penis to make sex with mouth of woman?

Damn. Talking about the question of millennia.

 

[WarnerJ]

And may never be... at least not until the developer gets bored with it after at least a several more years. It already has more content than initially planned (and has more content than the vast majority of adult game titles - completed or not), even though not all the original goals have been completed. There are always more new ideas, suggestions, and characters that the developer looks to implement.

People should change their concept of "game" when it comes to digital media - particularly in this day and age of subscriber-based funding - and really think of these as series, continuations, explorations, etc. such as a television series (for example, "The Simpsons" will only end when the ratings aren't there) or a novel anthology or a movie franchise. As long as the fandom is there, as long as the funding is there, as long as the fun for the developer is there -- a title may never see "completion" in the traditional sense.

Now, if you mean has the "main" quest of the game been finished? One of the three main quests is complete - finding out what happened to the MC's father. Really, the second quest is pretty much "done" (in my opinion) and that's finding ways to earn bank. The third quest is still in development - the dating aspect to go to the big dance.

That said - as it says on the developer's Patreon page: DC plans on "continuing to add quality content and expand the universe (potential story expansions)." And on their website: they "still have a lot of content left to make and the game is very open ended."

I absolutely agree with you.
I find the game complete. I can't even pick up because I find that there is no other game that looks like it. It's complete and I love this type of point/click game.
Hope they fix it...

 

[swedpoijknåøfåfohneiw]

Here is the task bar from 12/11-22, 12 days after the last update


Here it is today


Looks like progress. I would however hypothesize that the task bar is not updated as frequently for this update, since the size of each task makes it hard to really define when it is done

 

[gam2000]

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Looks like progress. I would however hypothesize that the task bar is not updated as frequently for this update, since the size of each task makes it hard to really define when it is done

I think it will be done when they let us know when and where we can download it.
For crying out loud, it's free, even if it takes another year. There is plenty of stuff to play and quite a lot of content if one wants to do another play through.

 

[swedpoijknåøfåfohneiw]

I think it will be done when they let us know when and where we can download it.
For crying out loud, it's free, even if it takes another year. There is plenty of stuff to play and quite a lot of content if one wants to do another play through.

What are you on about? When did ever make any presumption about a release? I also didn't complain about the speed of the update, quite contrary i speculate that progress is coming along fine. You people are so stuck up about your patience, that you immediately attack anything you deem impatient or a critique of progress.

 

[goodlordno]

well there's your answer

What are you doing here Trent? you're supposed to be saving us from the Nomads!

 

[Deleted member 5736984]

Where can I find the exclusive update progress tracker for the new update? The one earlier is the not-up-to-date public version of the game.

 

[themegaman22]

Where can I find the exclusive update progress tracker for the new update? The one earlier is the not-up-to-date public version of the game.

You must be registered to see the links

 

[randommal3]

Here is the task bar from 12/11-22, 12 days after the last update
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Here it is today

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Looks like progress. I would however hypothesize that the task bar is not updated as frequently for this update, since the size of each task makes it hard to really define when it is done

probably we'll get the new version in July or August.
December at most.

 

[xanking]

new wallpaper just dropped on Patreon

 

[Bababoooey]

I think it will be done when they let us know when and where we can download it.
For crying out loud, it's free, even if it takes another year. There is plenty of stuff to play and quite a lot of content if one wants to do another play through.

What are you on about. These people are getting 55k per month, people are paying them to work on this game

 

[PayneToTheMax]

What are you on about. These people are getting 55k per month, people are paying them to work on this game

And how many of them actually pay top dollar instead of a measly 5 bucks a month that probably don't mean anything in the grand scheme of their other monthly bills?

 

[Tupo]

What are you on about. These people are getting 55k per month, people are paying them to work on this game

Are YOU paying?

 

[itsyeboii]

No one is paying DC. They're donating, important detail.