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

[BorsDeGanis]

I think it's great that you have the gift of philosophical interpretation and an interest in history. But historically, the word patron comes from the Latin patronus. In ancient Rome, a patronus was someone who provided support and protection for a client, usually in return for loyalty and services. In an artistic context, patronage became particularly important during the Renaissance. This is why Italy is full of art and sculptures...if everyone had been as “industrious” as DC ... Florence would look like a collection of empty underground garages.

But we live in 2024, I'm not DeMedici and DC is certainly no Leonardo DaVinci. I mainly support projects on Patreon, but I don't fund permanent vacations. And you can expect your “patron” to kick you in the butt if you just lie around lazily and don't keep your promises. Perhaps you will at least recognize in my criticism the tendency to maintain this tradition.

Ahh yes, the philosophy of a words definition. Right. Brilliant analysis. You can cut out the meaningless etymology. That is irrelevant to anything here and a poor attempt to make yourself look smart.

No, here in reality, some of us just understand that Patreon is a play on Patron. It's in the name. You don't need to understand lexical semantics to know that on fucking patreon you are being a patron towards potential products and funding artists/creators despite pretense. You have no consumer rights. You aren't fucking purchasing anything. You are literally donating to them.

To summarize: A patron is someone who subscribes and/or makes a purchase on Patreon, which may come with special benefits from creators they love. Through a subscription or offering on Patreon, patrons may receive benefits and directly interact with creators using tools supplied by us, and, through Patreon, have the opportunity to engage with a community of patrons and creators.

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It's literally in their TOS. You are a patron. You AREN'T subjected to receive shit. If you don't like it, stop donating money to someone as a patron.

The person you were responding to was right. You are the one who had childish expectations here because you didn't understand your role in this consumer relationship. No one else here to blame. Maybe you shouldn't throw around money if it isn't something you expect to lose. Crazy how there are no shortage of people like you who think you are buying updates to these games. You aren't. Take it as a moment to learn about your own spending issues. Frankly I'd be shocked if you weren't in your twenties. Given your general argument here that your own incompetence is never reasoned with when you don't get what you want. You are like those gamers that preorder games at full price and then get mad when it wasn't what you wanted without looking into reviews or seeing it played at all.

 

[mattius77]

I don't think it could be more clear: Donations get you access to certain perks, and that's it. There's no promise of delivery, you're not funding a development pipeline, nothing. Kickstarter? Yes. Patreon? No.

I've never donated to a creator on Patreon, but I've never thought of the platform as funding a budget or anything like that. It's more just "Oh, you make good stuff. Here are a few dollars for your toil, much appreciated." I wouldn't expect anything in return. Just the opposite - I'd only consider donating after I saw the goods, as it were.

 

[functionaladdict]

The traceback says you have "patch_tech_update.rpy" as the patch, not the patch from 20.12 found here.

If you are playing v0.20.16, using the naughty mod for v0.20.16 and the patch labeled v0.20.12 - then,

Remove both the mod and the patch and try the ATM again. If it crashes, I recommend going to the developer's discord and asking in their help channel (if there is one).

If it doesn't crash, first add back the patch and try the ATM again. If it crashes, don't use the patch anymore.

Then add back in the mod and try the ATM again. If it crashes, go into the thread for the naughty mod and seek help from the mod's developer.

If it doesn't crash, hey, keep playing.

thanks! deleted that rpyc file and the atm works now without any crashes

 

[dinopara]

This is the most likely scenario of what will happen.

you haven't mentioned DC redrawing the whole thing while being halfway finished on the progress

 

[Radiance7]

If you like big tits, wincest, and pregnancy, this game still knocks it out of the park. If you like futa, there's just one character who's really just a dick girl if you want her to be. That's about it for the fetishes. The "monster" girls aren't that unusual, but they are attractive.

 

[itsyeboii]

I don't think it could be more clear: Donations get you access to certain perks, and that's it. There's no promise of delivery, you're not funding a development pipeline, nothing. Kickstarter? Yes. Patreon? No.

I've never donated to a creator on Patreon, but I've never thought of the platform as funding a budget or anything like that. It's more just "Oh, you make good stuff. Here are a few dollars for your toil, much appreciated." I wouldn't expect anything in return. Just the opposite - I'd only consider donating after I saw the goods, as it were.

I mean it's still common sense that you're funding the creator's creations with your donations in one way or another. The Patreon pledge goals pretty much confirm that your pledge isn't a mere donation but a means of production. And the tier benefits you get are often geared towards future content.

You're not gonna tell me that the majority of people don't donate to support continued development of the game and would be completely fine if DC randomly announced the end of development.

I agree that a lot of people here misconstrue how Patreon works and end up saying completely wrong and ignorant things to criticize the game's development. But at the same time I never subscribed to the idea that DC's business being on Patreon makes him exempt from all criticism because it runs on donations so no-one is allowed to have any expectations or standards.

 

[Count Morado]

But at the same time I never subscribed to the idea that DC's business being on Patreon makes him exempt from all criticism because it runs on donations so no-one is allowed to have any expectations or standards.

Neither have I, my thrust has been that people do need to keep in perspective the process of pledges when considering the structure and context of the criticism.

You're not gonna tell me that the majority of people don't donate to support continued development of the game and would be completely fine if DC randomly announced the end of development.

No, but that is the risk THEY are taking and theirs, alone. It is not ours to take on in our criticism of the work. And if a patron decides their pledge enables their need to say something, that is what their subscribers channel on the discord and patreon is for -- their pledge-supported benefit empowers them with direct access to the eyes and ears of the dev team. Here, DC has rarely communicated and this is not his platform for communication and on here no one truly knows if the person criticizing is doing so from their patron-position.

I know I'm preaching to the choir (meaning itsyeboii) on the following, but the millions on this site and the tens of millions across other sites get what we pay for (a free game that everyone has access to directly from the developer) and our criticism should be understood in that way (by us and from us).

 

[armopbr]

So, nothing? Thats crazy.

 

[Poggersq]

GGs! we have reached (if you do 60 per page) 1400 PAGES! lets go!

 

[Count Morado]

GGs! we have reached (if you do 60 per page) 1400 PAGES! lets go!

Screw you, it's 4200!!!!! A triple magnitude greater than the answer to life, universe, and everything. (at 20/page)

 

[Deleted member 7442517]

4200 pages and a lot of yapping

 

[FinalZero]

so update
wip.5091
is nothing news?????

 

[Zkorey]

how do i use the gallery unlocker ?

 

[Zkorey]

True.
Theres amazing DEBBIE AI art as well:

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Images by Justhavingalook1.

how did you do it ? do you use an app to create this?

 

[Count Morado]

how do i use the gallery unlocker ? View attachment 4117269

You don't. Never use the gallery unlocker. One is already included in the game when you click through the wifi symbol on the in-game cell phone.

 

[Xupuzulla]

So, nothing? Thats crazy.
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Cant you read?the laundry basket got upgraded

 

[Marphey]

Hoping there is preggo seggs scene like jenny

Bro you can definetly use word Sex here on this site

 

[PayneToTheMax]

Neither have I, my thrust has been that people do need to keep in perspective the process of pledges when considering the structure and context of the criticism.



No, but that is the risk THEY are taking and theirs, alone. It is not ours to take on in our criticism of the work. And if a patron decides their pledge enables their need to say something, that is what their subscribers channel on the discord and patreon is for -- their pledge-supported benefit empowers them with direct access to the eyes and ears of the dev team. Here, DC has rarely communicated and this is not his platform for communication and on here no one truly knows if the person criticizing is doing so from their patron-position.

I know I'm preaching to the choir (meaning itsyeboii) on the following, but the millions on this site and the tens of millions across other sites get what we pay for (a free game that everyone has access to directly from the developer) and our criticism should be understood in that way (by us and from us).

You know as well as everyone else here that the complaints happen here because they know DC doesn't really look up this place and they actually lack the balls to do something directly by appealing to the patrons. Almost as if they are afraid the support would be cut and the game truly abandoned.

Funny that.

 

[Artoriasex]

4200 pages and a lot of yapping

3 years and no new contents.

 

[Gambit588]

You know as well as everyone else here that the complaints happen here because they know DC doesn't really look up this place and they actually lack the balls to do something directly by appealing to the patrons. Almost as if they are afraid the support would be cut and the game truly abandoned.

Funny that.

Load of bullshit. I would be more than happy if his patreon account got banned, and this game went up in smoke. As far as I am concerned this dev is a scammer, liar and thief. More respect to him, he found suckers who donate and made millions. But truth be told the entire model of Patreon leads to devs doing jack shit for weeks on end, and morons giving them money for doing jack shit for weeks on end.

Does not change the fact that the guy was paid (extremely well) for a product he failed to deliver. Fuck him.