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

[BorsDeGanis]

im confused what the tech update is? hes been doing the tech update for literally years now.

It's likely not much of anything that will translate into big changes for us on our end of things.

Most of us have been saying for years that a tech update was a bad idea. Honestly, if DarkCookie had any development/management experience he'd know that. But alas, here we are, and him being one of the most popular Patreon pages with a bunch of angry supporters dick in hand threatening to report him to the Patreon police.

 

[Longhairlover010]

So will this first chunk of the tech update have no scenes like for example 0.1 version of this game where it had only the shower scene? I saw they will include the first day of school but what about the scenes from Jenny or Debbie, just nothing or some scenes?

 

[asdfasdf]

You must not have been following the news about the tech update. DC is rolling out the tech update in chunks ... starting with the first one expected in the next few days which will ONLY include the household content and the first day or so of school content. That's it, nothing else. Then a couple of months from now, they hope to add another chunk, and so on and so on and so on.

You can read the transcription of his announcement here: 76,813

The Abandoned tag should stay on until "Tech Update 37" when it finally catches up to the already released content.

 

[thisisnotnotnotmyrealname]

So will this first chunk of the tech update have no scenes like for example 0.1 version of this game where it had only the shower scene? I saw they will include the first day of school but what about the scenes from Jenny or Debbie, just nothing or some scenes?

We won't know until it's out

 

[YourboyP]

It's likely not much of anything that will translate into big changes for us on our end of things.

Most of us have been saying for years that a tech update was a bad idea. Honestly, if DarkCookie had any development/management experience he'd know that. But alas, here we are, and him being one of the most popular Patreon pages with a bunch of angry supporters dick in hand threatening to report him to the Patreon police.

i remember when i was 15 i found it and i thought it was the best shit ever now that i found this site its laughing stock. hes put out jack in the recent years it seems

 

[randommal3]

Not the full update, mind you.

I dunno, we'll see

 

[Xupuzulla]

Whelp, if the release is as good as we have been waiting for.
i don't mind, i mean you don't either its more about getting the
release and all rather than if he decides to take a quiet break.

But if the tech-update isn finished before summer, Ashes of creation will have definitly finished its game
to release, rather than its now upcoming alpha 2 state. before SS next update after the tech-update is released.

Because honestly if its not done before end of next month aka june, it won't be released this year... Because then come's summer and he'll want a vacation in the heat and all, then come's winter and he'll be feeling' gaah we need to work more
now that more time has passed... Then come's winter break and he want to play with santa for a bit...

And then it will be next year and maybe he'll release it before summer then... 'maybe'

I dont know what you are expecting for but be sure is not this pre pre pre pre pre tech update release

 

[squirrelnuts]

I dunno, we'll see

Nah, it's like 100% actual factual just Jenny and Debby content and day 1 at school. From the dev team, not my words.

 

[Ottoeight]

Meh if its just 1 character thats still original artwork or even 2 or 3 i can accept it.
Especially if it is the principal for an example.

I would't mind however if SS boi have added more female characters to the show...
I mean 5-10 more school girls would't be bad... Even if there is no 'scenes' yet
for them, I for one would love more new eye candy as AD for more updates...
Even if its just a few minutes of introduction it would be nice..

You are totally misinterpreting what the tech update is. Basically, they have been adapting CGs' size (they should be full screen now) and rewriting the code.

 

[PayneToTheMax]

Nah, it's like 100% actual factual just Jenny and Debby content and day 1 at school. From the dev team, not my words.

Tbf if it has the reworked stuff for both that should satisfy a bunch of peeps for gooning alone

 

[Count Morado]

So will this first chunk of the tech update have no scenes like for example 0.1 version of this game where it had only the shower scene? I saw they will include the first day of school but what about the scenes from Jenny or Debbie, just nothing or some scenes?

Supposedly we'll find out Soon™ but DC said on 28 April that they are going to release chunks which are "like one story or one character or whatever."

From the end of April report by DC on Patreon:

The initial Tech Update release will only consist of the main "home" stories (Jenny and Debbie), 1st day at school and minor locations. Despite having the majority of the game converted for the Tech Update, this will be the first "part" of the game to be released publicly... At present the plan for these releases is for them to be character centric, focusing on adding in whole character routes at a time. ​

 

[randommal3]

Supposedly we'll find out Soon™ but DC said on 28 April that they are going to release chunks which are "like one story or one character or whatever."

From the end of April report by DC on Patreon:

The initial Tech Update release will only consist of the main "home" stories (Jenny and Debbie), 1st day at school and minor locations. Despite having the majority of the game converted for the Tech Update, this will be the first "part" of the game to be released publicly... At present the plan for these releases is for them to be character centric, focusing on adding in whole character routes at a time. ​

Okay, so that means it's going to be One Character Routes per Updates then ? If it is, then it will avoid the Clash with other Character Routes like before. I'd say it's a good move. IF THEY DID IT FROM THE START.

 

[mattius77]

There's really not that much else on offer. Sure, there are ton of japanese 2D VNs and RPGM-games (which many people grow tired of after some time) but next to these, there really aren't many 2D games which offer a similar overall quality. Sure, it's subjective, but even if you read through the last 1000 pages of shit talk, you'll really only find very, very few people who complain about the quality. That does say something.

So yeah, SS is indeed one of the best non-anime art 2D games on offer right now. I mean, if you can actually name a few which are way better, I'd be happy to get suggestions. I'd almost certainly play them sooner or later.

Upvoted. 'Quality' is 100% not this game's problem.

I totally understand complaining about the lack of development and output... even if I think it's largely misplaced, I at least understand what's motivating it. I do not understand griping about SS from a general sense of "it's not good at game", especially given 99% of what else is out there in the genre.

 

[harem.king]

I hear it is finally going to be released on may 32nd

disclaimer: this is a joke

 

[Haru105]

i remember when i was 15 i found it and i thought it was the best shit ever now that i found this site its laughing stock. hes put out jack in the recent years it seems

bruh, I played this when I was a freshman in college, like 0.2 something. That was like 5-6 years ago

 

[Ntrsugar]

Dark Cookies is a genius.
He's going to blueball and stretch this update which he has already made for another two year.
Can't even fault him , it's easy money.
Like it so obvious the update has been ready for a long time but he doesn't want to release it as it will kill his cash-cow.
It makes me laugh when people discuss about the update and development as if it's some grand hard almost impossible work that DarkCookie the Messiah is doing, when in reality he's playing them and I don't fault him one bit.

People keeping giving him money without any punishment.

 

[Ntrsugar]

Can we have a Mod for enabling back the original Incest ?

 

[Count Morado]

Can we have a Mod for enabling back the original Incest ?

You mean for the tech update version? First, you need to have the tech update released so that fans or modders can get their hands on the script. The patch would be simple for some instances, where the patch does a live "reply any instance of 'Debbie' and 'Jenny' with..." -- but in others, it requires more specific replacements. So it's going to be a while.

EDIT: You can see the contents of the current patch in the attachment below. I unpacked the RPA so that you can see the images that were reverted, as well as the text of the RPY file for what's involved (You can open the RPY in any application that opens TXT files). View attachment archive.zip

 

[bobjohnson]

Can we have a Mod for enabling back the original Incest ?

DC has included an incest patch for each release in the past. I assume he'll continue to.

 

[Count Morado]

DC has included an incest patch for each release in the past. I assume he'll continue to.

DC has done no such thing.

The patches and mods are fan-made and mod-made - not made by DC or any of the development team. Had he done so and would he get caught by Patreon, his account would be suspended and possibly yanked. He had to remove all that content originally because Patreon demanded it back in 2017/2018 or face the closure of his account.