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

[harem.king]

Not everything put into this game, or others found in this site, is supposed to be "attractive" or sexual. I accessed it through the Cookie Jar, not a playthrough, and found it hilarious. It had a Pennywise/Art the clown kind of tone to it, without going into the horror aspect.

1. but it is explicitly a sexual scene.
2. While not everything has to be about sex. Having such massive over investment in a single throwaway joke scene seems weird.

 

[Count Morado]

1. but it is explicitly a sexual scene.
2. While not everything has to be about sex. Having such massive over investment in a single throwaway joke scene seems weird.

1. To start, yup. But then you get to the punchline that it is a nightmare.
2. The investment probably wasn't just for that single joke... But a test of whether the effect they wanted would work do to consider using it in more scenes.

Remember, DC never set out to make a porn game... Or even a game with full out sex... It became an adult game with sex in it, but he still doesn't consider it a porn game. It's like a 1980s sex comedy... But with Bob Guccione's "Caligula" money shots.

I mean, what was the point of having the sex scene with Trump and Clinton? To turn people on? Sexual attraction? No. It was for the punch line. Same with the robot. And many other things in game.

I guess we just see things differently.

 

[DankMemesAndCreams]

How much of the legacy content has been restored at this point? Have there been substantial new additions? I think I played through all available content ~2 years ago, and I'm trying to decide if it's worth redownloading or if I should wait longer.

 

[Count Morado]

How much of the legacy content has been restored at this point? Have there been substantial new additions? I think I played through all available content ~2 years ago, and I'm trying to decide if it's worth redownloading or if I should wait longer.

Wait.

 

[harem.king]

Remember, DC never set out to make a porn game...

lol. lmao even.
I have a bridge to sell you

 

[bitriper]

5605? Is there something to these build numberings? is this like NLT media where it stands for 56% done?

 

[Kris-Ruben Soløy]

5605? Is there something to these build numberings? is this like NLT media where it stands for 56% done?

It's quite normal in development of all games to make new builds almost daily for testing purposes, hence the numbering. The 5xxx part is more likely that they're on the 5th proper build since the remake. The x605 part is likely the fact that they have more than 600 builds on this development cycle. Every artist, writer and programmer who adds content has to make sure that whatever asset they're adding into game works, thus making a test build to check everything.

This is of course just a theory, i have by no means any insights into the actual development of Summertime Saga

 

[Count Morado]

lol. lmao even.
I have a bridge to sell you

I am not trying to convince you, you can think whatever you want... but he's been saying it so for the entire course of the development - over 9 years. I'm not some kid who just fell off the turnip truck, either. Unless you can show different --- take the man at his word. From May 2017 article, as an example:
LewdGamer: What kind of background do you have with hentai/erotic games?

DarkCookie: I really don’t have any. I’ve
worked in the video game industry as a concept artist mostly, and none of it really included adult content. This project was the first time I touched any sort of sexual themed content. The project was also not meant to be anything overly sexual to begin with. It was originally just a test project to learn some Python scripting with the Renpy engine. It got popular and people obviously wanted H-content, so I made it fit with the story.

LewdGamer: Did you even play erotic games before you started Summertime Saga?

DarkCookie: Not too many, no.

5605? Is there something to these build numberings? is this like NLT media where it stands for 56% done?

It's the number of builds that have been created while they have been working on the tech update. They haven't released every build... But like when they find a bug and fix it, they run a build to see if the fix works. If not, they go back in and try again, run a new build (build=build+1).
Yes, they have ran 5,605 builds in the last 46 months (about 4 per day, on average).

5xxx part is more likely that they're on the 5th proper build since the remake. The x605 part is likely the fact that they have more than 600 builds on this development cycle.

There would be a period separating the first number from the final 3, if that were the case --- they know proper software versioning.

 

[tommy.tits]

This is my tin foil hat moment;
I reckon this started off as a game but it's got so big that it's turned into a money laundering scheme.
I'm pretty lenient I would say when it comes to development of games. However the amount of money that they are raking in for the amount that they're putting out is not adding up.

 

[Kris-Ruben Soløy]

It's the number of builds that have been created while they have been working on the tech update. They haven't released every build... But like when they find a bug and fix it, they run a build to see if the fix works. If not, they go back in and try again, run a new build (build=build+1).
Yes, they have ran 5,605 builds in the last 46 months (about 4 per day, on average).

There would be a period separating the first number from the final 3, if that were the case --- they know proper software versioning.

True, but this can vary heavily from dev to dev and game to game

 

[Gizzy28]

where are we at here?

 

[harem.king]

I am not trying to convince you, you can think whatever you want... but he's been saying it so for the entire course of the development - over 9 years. I'm not some kid who just fell off the turnip truck, either. Unless you can show different --- take the man at his word. From May 2017 article, as an example:
LewdGamer: What kind of background do you have with hentai/erotic games?

DarkCookie: I really don’t have any. I’ve
worked in the video game industry as a concept artist mostly, and none of it really included adult content. This project was the first time I touched any sort of sexual themed content. The project was also not meant to be anything overly sexual to begin with. It was originally just a test project to learn some Python scripting with the Renpy engine. It got popular and people obviously wanted H-content, so I made it fit with the story.

LewdGamer: Did you even play erotic games before you started Summertime Saga?

DarkCookie: Not too many, no.

I said to you "I have a bridge to sell you", this is an idiom that means "you are incredibly gullible and got suckered".
I was not accusing you of lying to me, I was saying you got scammed

 

[Count Morado]

True, but this can vary heavily from dev to dev and game to game

correct, but as I said, they know proper software versioning. They have 5605(+ by now) builds created since work on the tech update began almost 4 years ago.

where are we at here?
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That's from wip.4468. add in most of the teachers' stories, the UI update, and remove most of Debbie's stories for the current version.

I said to you "I have a bridge to sell you", this is an idiom that means "you are incredibly gullible and got suckered".
I was not accusing you of lying to me, I was saying you got scammed

Dude. No, is that what you meant? I never would have guessed.
As I stated plainly.... In English... " I'm not some kid who just fell off the turnip truck, either." Which went directly to your accusation. Do I need to explain THAT idiom to you?

Again, you got anything to show differently about the backstory? If you do, share it. I'm open to learning.

 

[Balddog]

How much of the legacy content has been restored at this point? Have there been substantial new additions? I think I played through all available content ~2 years ago, and I'm trying to decide if it's worth redownloading or if I should wait longer.

To be honest, wait 5 years and maybe, just maybe DC will be 80% done. Just remember that DC took two years to update the game from Ver. 20.16 to 21.044 and that's only because this thread got the "abandoned" sign on it and updated the thread several hours later. Then complained about having to release an "incomplete" version of the update all because "people were complaining about me not updating."

Then complaining even more every time he "updates" which leads to the current predicament of where we are now. Congratulations, you are now caught up with the happenings.

 

[Ottoeight]

where are we at here?
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[KJLO]

For those who are curious and are wondering what's next and don't bother watching the live streams, Here's basically what you need to know

1. The remainder of Debbie's content will be released in two more updates meaning four more months of Debbie
Debbie's pregnancy is not planned for the next but the one after

2. The next update after Debbie is done is planned to be given to Rhonda
For those that don't remember Rhonda is the black Sports girl

3. Currently, dark Cookie and The rest of the developers are playing around with the idea of hiring a second group of developers to work on Re-adding content while the main group focuses on making new content
It's presumed that this group would mainly consist of programmers and posers why Dark Cookie would still be doing all of the art

This is all I can remember off the top of my head if you want more context you can always go watch the live streams

 

[baba1998]

Do we have more judith scene?

 

[KJLO]

Do we have more judith scene?

not any time soon buddy
more Judith scenes aren't planned until after Rhonda and Annie

 

[PayneToTheMax]

Did anyone actually find the nightmare scene attractive? Dev is going on and on about the nightmare scene and it was awful.
The girls turn into clowns and your cock turns into one of those balloon animals.
It was very much a nightmare, zero sexual attraction. The fact so much work went into it, including brand new 3d tech, is just ridiculous.

I found it funny. But I also found some of the new, more emotional scenes about MC's Dad to be nice, so what do I know?

 

[Ragingrager]

I'm going to say it. Judith is by far one of the worst girls in the entire game along with Annie. I am always 100% correct, get on my level.