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

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neub1i

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zanetti100 said:
I can't even imagine how people that subscribe to this feel.
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im convinced that 90% who are subscribed thought it was only a donation initially and they are too lazy to check their credit card payments to realize that they keep spending 5$ monthly at Patreon
 
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neub1i

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Sir_Shy said:
Didn't we? I thought the whole mafia plot line was technically the "main story" while other paths were considered side routes.
I could be wrong but that is how I perceived it.
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you could say that the Mafia - detective story about MC's dad death - is the main story. But overall you could spend hours in that game after the prologue and not progress it whatsoever. Personally speaking, i literally did complete every other story first and then ended it all with the Russians and trump.

Debbie, Diane, jenny, Roxxy, Eve, and Mafia are all main quests to me.
 
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alanswag

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the funny part is that he is probably not even drawing these scenes anymore. the summertime saga Lora model from Civitai (which can be used by anyone) can prompt Summertime Saga images that look exactly like dookie's artstyle. you literally cannot tell the difference if your prompt is good. laziest mfer in the history of porn games
 
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alanswag said:
the funny part is that he is probably not even drawing these scenes anymore. the summertime saga Lora model from Civitai (which can be used by anyone) can prompt Summertime Saga images that look exactly like dookie's artstyle. you literally cannot tell the difference if your prompt is good. laziest mfer in the history of porn games
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Not enough 4 or 6 fingered hands for that. Heard the Taffy Tales dude switched to AI though. And SunsetRiders7, too.
 
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Hey how do I rename the other characters? I was pretty sure last time I played I was able to and I went to double check but last time I played was 0.16.1 and I think that version is broken now since it wont open.

(I'm a goober I just had to open the phone)
 
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DimitarM12

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Notimportante_ said:
Thanks for your reply:



Alright, I see we’re going full detective mode here. You’ve got spreadsheets out, calculators smoking, and a burning desire to crack the mystery of this dev team’s productivity. Respect the hustle, but let’s unpack this ?unexpected chess move? from you about those probably-not-made-up numbers from the last guy and let’s work with those Bill Gates sized.

First off, yeah, $30k/month net sounds like a lot when you say it out loud. But divide that across 10 people, throw in taxes, operating costs, and other expenses, and suddenly it’s not looking so huge. Sure, let’s say each dev is pulling in about $36k/year, but let’s not pretend they’re Scrooge McDuck diving into a vault of Patreon cash. This is indie dev life, not Silicon Valley riches. If they’re feeling fancy, maybe they splurge on a trip to IKEA once a year.

Now, onto the “nothing really new” argument. I get it—you’re staring at the Patreon numbers and expecting a steady stream of groundbreaking updates. But creative work doesn’t scale like an assembly line. You don’t get 10 people = 10 times the output. It’s more like 10 people = 10 times the coordination headaches. QoL fixes and restored events might not be the spicy new content you’re craving, but they’re laying the groundwork. Would you rather have a shiny new feature that crashes your game randomly, with a Crime and Punishment book-long changelog that’s an absolute nothing burger, like in School Game, or a stable game that actually runs?

Yeah, they’re making enough to live on, but it’s not the ridiculous payday you’re imagining. They’re able to eat ramen with coffee every day—true luxury. Patience is key, my dude—you shouted Carl like you were ready to start wrestling with me. Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither was your beloved Waifu City. It's Summertime "Saga" not long story short
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my guy, when DC started this game alone, he was doing more work with adding content and other stuff faster than ever, we had an update like big one every 3 months. Then he said oh okay, lets hire some "workers" so we can work faster, and deliver faster updates/biger updates/more worthy updates ... And what happened?

Also Dc is not from US, so imagine living in some european country or whatever where the salary is barely 10k a year or lets say 15/20k.. but roughly 35/40k a year????? Please my guy, stop defending them. If 40k a year was a small amount for them, they woudn't milk the subsribers like this and take sooo much time for a f*king update.

We have games with much better quality, also a 3D games in renpy too, and the developers are working alone (don't let me count), and they are bringing much more on the table. But they dont need to milk their supporters for a game right? This is not a nasa program, its a renpy game, which now everyone can do it with AI.

This is the thing, DC and his "employees" either do this on purpose, or "they" are just lazy, because this game is from 2016.. hello almost 9 years, u cant imagine how much money has gone in their accounts from only this f game.

And no, everyone here loves content and a story, not "tech" updates. Trust me, they are making waaay more than 36k a year, cuz 35k subscibers, are almost like 100k a month.

And that's it, the luxury life has caught up on him/them/whatever, and they'll keep milking you.
 
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DimitarM12

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35k subscribers, lets say only 5k are paying them with 5$ a month, thats 25k, 10k subs with 1$ thats a 10k, lets say 10k subs are giving them 3$, thats plus 30k, and lets not talk about the ones that are giving them 20$ a month. Cuz even if its 1k with 20$, thats 20k.

Do a full math, they are not taking lower than 100k a month.
 
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neub1i

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CondomsAreForPussies said:
bro i thought he earns 32+k per month then i re-read and saw 32,089 paid members,PAID MEMBERS!! Holy fk. DarkCookie is a team right,RIGHT?!
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yes it's a team. but not many.


Current team members:

DarkCookie - Art, Story & Design

strayerror - Code

MindWright, Vole, ToxicCrobat & Jabzap- TA & Posing

CaptainSploosh - Dialogue & Writing

AoiichiNiiSan - Music & SFX

Sam9 - Server side & Website

CreamyCookie - HR & Cookie Baker

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It's basically a 2 man team with the dev doing ALL the art, and one guy cleaning up ALL the coding.

He should at least hire one more coder and an artist to speed up the clean-up progress, which if you think about it is a job hiring with an expiration date, because i think when they are done cleaning it up, they wont need 2 extra each anymore, considering the speed for this patch is "decent" if it would be an actual continuation of the game.
 
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mbomb30001

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Found a bug where I picked all the magazines before the quest about getting magazines for the art teacher. Now when I visit the places I can't pick up the magazines even though they're already in my inventory. I can't complete the quest. SMH. This game man...sheesh.
 
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