Ren'Py Summertime Saga [v21.0.0 wip.6011] [Kompas Productions]

[Ottoeight]

I WONDER WHY you guys who blame people who criticise DC because "free riders aren't allowed to talk" NEVER realised that this game has ALWAYS been PUBLIC AND FREE since day 1 in 2016.

That's the reason why SS's popularity immediately skyrocketed: being free and being one of the first Patreon funded projects back in 2016.

He always released public free updates ONLY. Then he decided to postpone free releases by ONE DAY.

 

[PayneToTheMax]

Ah yes, release the tech update in parts now, so take everything you've already spent 3 years on, segment all of what's already finished out so you can now drip feed what was supposed to be out years ago (say do one chunk every year?), and keep the gravy train going for another decade at least.

So you understand the Early Access model now.

I don't understand the anxiety surrounding the 'abandoned' tag by DC's apologists

Projection much?

 

[Xupuzulla]

Abandoned tag so close,bros
Can you feel it?
Is going to get wild soon.

 

[McSlut]

Abandoned tag so close,bros
Can you feel it?
Is going to get wild soon.

yeah but it's not going to be there for long because DC is going to release partial tech updates (first it was pre tech updates, now partial tech updates, very nice) and he's going to drag this thing out for a year or more

 

[Xupuzulla]

yeah but it's not going to be there for long because DC is going to release partial tech updates (first it was pre tech updates, now partial tech updates, very nice) and he's going to drag this thing out for a year or more

I guess we will have to wait and see how quick DC can release this BS pre pre pre pre tech update

 

[CUNTBLAZER420]

Abandoned tag so close,bros
Can you feel it?
Is going to get wild soon.

All I feel is apathy. People will file in to laugh and throw tomatoes for a couple of days and then forget about it and absolutely nothing will have changed. All that will be different is the density of redundant, broken-record posts. Keyboard-zombies shouting, "MILK", "SCAM", and "ABANDONED" like it means anything. Posting long dead memes. Maybe the occasional person popping in to say they "only check in once a year and man what a shit show". A few people genuinely confused about the state of the game. Same shit, just more of it. Nothing to get real exited about.

 

[Hero1]

All I feel is apathy.

Spoiler: Apathy is death

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[GrumpyMatt]

Waaaait a 2.137 seconds...
So, You want to tell me, that DC was making tech update for 4 years already with relasing some minor scene updates on the way.
And we haven't had update since 2022.
And now, after 4 friggin years of making the update this guy announces that it will be relased in parts cuz it would not be finishd for at least year or something?
For chroist sake, there are single-person game developers who can make a whole, bigger than SS game from scratch in shorter time for fraction of the funds DC has.

 

[Black Orchid]

i don't understand the whole "partial tech update" concept. wasn't the main point of the tech update to change the aspect ratio of the entire game to 16:9? releasing that in parts seems very backwards to me, will only a part of the images be in said aspect resolution? but i guess it allows him to drip feed "updates" for longer whilst putting in very little work.

 

[Badjourasmix]

i don't understand the whole "partial tech update" concept. wasn't the main point of the tech update to change the aspect ratio of the entire game to 16:9? releasing that in parts seems very backwards to me, will only a part of the images be in said aspect resolution? but i guess it allows him to drip feed "updates" for longer whilst putting in very little work.

No they will just release the parts that are done. Just think about it as them restarting from scratch and re-releasing all the previouss updates, one by one with the new resolution. Once they do the first partial tech update, that version will be a lot smaller and have a lot less content than the current one.

 

[Black Orchid]

No they will just release the parts that are done. Just think about it as them restarting from scratch and re-releasing all the previouss updates, one by one with the new resolution. Once they do the first partial tech update, that version will be a lot smaller and have a lot less content than the current one.

is this confirmed?

 

[Davai099]

They want to release a partial tech update because they know they are very far away from finishing. My suspicion is that the final release will be around the end of the year.

*the end of the year 2026 you mean.

 

[Badjourasmix]

is this confirmed?

Don't know if it's confirmed but he talked about it in one of his streams. The full tech update will probably not be finished in the next year so maybe starting releasing small updates is not a bad idea. I don't know, this whole thing is a mess.

 

[anka14]

Are there NTR in game scenes? I'm here because of them

yes in pizza store

 

[Ragingrager]

Good grief, every two months for one character? If we assume every character the MC can currently sleep with is released separately that's over 5 years just to reach where we are now plus the time we've already waited.

However, let's be generous and group some content together. Still going to keep the main family as separate releases.

1. Jenny
2. Debbie
3. Diane
4. Roxy, Missy, Becca
5. Eve, Odette, Grace
6. Mia, Helen, Sister Angelica
7. The teachers
8. Nadya, Katya, Svetlana
9. Judith, Lopez, Martinez
10. June, Tammy, Erik
11. Maria, Tina
12. Consuela, Zoey, Roz, Liu, Melonia, Iwanka
13. Aqua, Daisy

That's still over two years to get back to where we are now (Kudos to those who noticed I didn't even list all the side content).

My fucking sides I hope it really does take that long to finish the tech update. Imagine being one of the people that voted for it.

 

[Xupuzulla]

Waaaait a 2.137 seconds...
So, You want to tell me, that DC was making tech update for 4 years already with relasing some minor scene updates on the way.
And we haven't had update since 2022.
And now, after 4 friggin years of making the update this guy announces that it will be relased in parts cuz it would not be finishd for at least year or something?
For chroist sake, there are single-person game developers who can make a whole, bigger than SS game from scratch in shorter time for fraction of the funds DC has.
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Dont forget the very sus timing of this release.
The whole thing is a shitshow,is like a trainwreck you cant look away

 

[Poggersq]

apt reminder: april 29th

 

[asker]

2 years.. man miss this game so much. I really don't get it why devs doing this.

 

[j4yj4m]

The full tech update will probably not be finished in the next year so maybe starting releasing small updates is not a bad idea.

DC did say some time ago that he'd expect further growth once the tech update is out. It'll really depend on how much they actually managed to get done. Having the partial tech update, followed by another release a some months later and a Ronda release another few months after that would likely indeed provide a significant boost.

As always, when it comes to the business side of things on Patreon, releasing several smaller updates is always preferable to releasing few larger ones. Then again, given the last years, I'm not sure how likely that really is.

 

[Ottoeight]

Don't know if it's confirmed but he talked about it in one of his streams. The full tech update will probably not be finished in the next year so maybe starting releasing small updates is not a bad idea. I don't know, this whole thing is a mess.

Uncle DarkCookie: "This whole thing is a mess!"