Ren'Py Summertime Saga [v21.0.0 wip.6440] [Kompas Productions]

[frankylili19]

Does anyone by any chance have the old archive streams from DarkCookie cause when I go to view scroll down to see it doesn’t let me see old stuff

 

[Count Morado]

Does anyone by any chance have the old archive streams from DarkCookie cause when I go to view scroll down to see it doesn’t let me see old stuff

$1 Subscribers have access for VOD of old streams. If you think that's worth it.

 

[Volexay]

It WAS absurdly big and entertaining... but suddenly DEV decided to do everything from scratch and now it's too small to be even considered 0.1 prealpha

Why tf is it taking damn near a decade for a simple visual novel game that was already almost completed? Seems like they just wanted to milk the cash cow without having to work on something new.

 

[Oberoth]

Why tf is it taking damn near a decade for a simple visual novel game that was already almost completed? Seems like they just wanted to milk the cash cow without having to work on something new.

I read somewhere that DarkCookie himself sees it as a never ending project, like something he’ll keep updating until he’s old. So yeah, he’s definitely milking his Patreons to the max. The game was basically finished already, the main story wrapped up, only a few tweaks were left. But honestly? I don’t mind waiting forever, I actually love the new updates, It’s like that thing you never knew you needed, but now you can’t live without. Feels like he’s genuinely making the game better, new scenes, more chances to expand the story. Even if it takes another 40 years, I wouldn’t care.

One thing’s for sure, I’m not dumb enough to keep paying this guy a lifelong salary while he keeps milking. That’s why I dropped the Patreon and ended up here instead

 

[Count Morado]

That’s why I dropped the Patreon and ended up here instead

You didnt even need to have "ended up here instead." Dark Cookie makes the game available for free to everyone on the game's website. You can simply download from there. No Patreon subscription needed.

 

[Aifrenzy]

I read somewhere that DarkCookie himself sees it as a never ending project, like something he’ll keep updating until he’s old. So yeah, he’s definitely milking his Patreons to the max. The game was basically finished already, the main story wrapped up, only a few tweaks were left. But honestly? I don’t mind waiting forever, I actually love the new updates, It’s like that thing you never knew you needed, but now you can’t live without. Feels like he’s genuinely making the game better, new scenes, more chances to expand the story. Even if it takes another 40 years, I wouldn’t care.

One thing’s for sure, I’m not dumb enough to keep paying this guy a lifelong salary while he keeps milking. That’s why I dropped the Patreon and ended up here instead

So its safe to say this game is never getting a full release?

Thats crazy cause i try my best to not play incomplete games and just wait for the full release. I learnt from behind the dunes and witcher trainer silver edition it not worth replaying the whole game to get like 2 new scenes.

 

[betaboy_69]

Oh man, I wish there was an optional pegging scene for Jenny. I don't think there is any game outside Japanese ones, that features sister pegging her brother. Any recommendations for this niche topic?

 

[uiod]

Ten fucking years for so little content: how the fuck is that possible? And people even give him money.

 

[Count Morado]

Ten fucking years for so little content: how the fuck is that possible? And people even give him money.

Play v0.20.16 and you'll see all the content you don't see yet in v21.0.0.

So its safe to say this game is never getting a full release?

Thats crazy cause i try my best to not play incomplete games and just wait for the full release. I learnt from behind the dunes and witcher trainer silver edition it not worth replaying the whole game to get like 2 new scenes.

v0.20.16 has 2 of the 3 main goals completed: Earn money and find out what happened to Anon's dad. The 3rd, get a date for the dance, is still in progress. There are about

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in the CG Cookie Jar. In an interview in 2017, Dark Cookie said even should everything planned for the VN gets done, it has an "open end" to it and could being added to.

Last fall, he stated on stream he would like to see 200 or even 300 NPCs for Anon to interact with.

Even once all 3 main goals are completed, it's obvious his plan is just to keep adding content over and over... and tweaking the code over and over... and making changes over and over. As long as he enjoys what he is doing, as long as fans keep asking for more, as long as he and his team has more ideas for updates, upgrades, revisions, additional content, changes in interfaces, etc.... he has no vision on calling it quits... at least not in the foreseeable future.

Any recommendations for this niche topic?

Ask in Recommendations & Identification where F95 staff wants you to ask these kind of questions.

 

[cooperdk]

Also, there is far more content - lewd or not - in v21.0.0-wip.6155 (or any v21.0.0 to date) than any v0.01 per alpha.

I get what you're saying, but there is no need to go off the deep end.

Need to make an excuse for your donations, do you?

The choice to rewrite a game that late in development is stupid and can only be to milk people for the same content twice.

He should have learned from his mistakes and used that knowledge to make a successor.

Regarding the graphics, I have tested a SummertimeSaga LoRA for Illustrious which makes the exact same type of characters. There are even some for most characters in the game. That's a way to do quick design and fully animated videos. That would be totally ok, because the original source is his own.

 

[Oberoth]

So its safe to say this game is never getting a full release?

Thats crazy cause i try my best to not play incomplete games and just wait for the full release. I learnt from behind the dunes and witcher trainer silver edition it not worth replaying the whole game to get like 2 new scenes.

I just gave up, it's not like there aren't other games, and many more will come out, so patience I guess

 

[Count Morado]

Need to make an excuse for your donations, do you?

The choice to rewrite a game that late in development is stupid and can only be to milk people for the same content twice.

He should have learned from his mistakes and used that knowledge to make a successor.

Regarding the graphics, I have tested a SummertimeSaga LoRA for Illustrious which makes the exact same type of characters. There are even some for most characters in the game. That's a way to do quick design and fully animated videos. That would be totally ok, because the original source is his own.

I've never paid for any game on this site. I have never subscribed or donated to any developer on this site. I have donated $10USD to F95Zone for access to the Donor DLL cache and to vote in the holiday competition.

I don't even have a Patreon account. Heck, I don't have a Subscribestar account, either. I don't buy NSFW games on itch or Steam or anywhere else. That's why I come to F95Zone, like millions of others - to take anything from here for free without compensating any developer.

Everything I stated in the post you replied to is easily seen if someone decided to look at it themselves. Nice try.

Milk what? A game that Dark Cookie gives free to everyone who wants to play it? Sounds like dehydrated milk to me. Dude was still taking in bank even for the 19 months he didn't release anything except wallpapers and 12 months of reports. He didn't have to do shit, if he really didn't want to. He's already made enough already.

Regarding AI - you have on clue about copyright protection if you think that is "totally ok" -- so far, courts have ruled that AI generated art cannot be copywritten. Ergo, unlike his previous abilities to tell other developers to stop using his assets or face cease/desist orders delivered to the platforms that they receive funding from ---- if he switched over to AI, he'd lose that leverage. Also, if you think good, repeatable, responsive images and video generated by AI is "quick" - I would question your ability to discern what "good" is.

Have a great day.

 

[boombambooom]

Warlock and Boobs has a lot of characters, Something Unlimited, What a Legend

They are not as fun to play as Summertime Saga though

thank you warlock and boobs and what a legend look interesting. I like the artstyles.

 

[Vakul]

You know what, I think I can understand shitcoockie now. But just a little for I am aware of consequences of joining the dark side. It seems, in his abysmal falling during his anastetic induced trance(surgery and all that shit) he did predict the fuckering of Shisa and SuckerCard. So to evade their anger he decide to just delete all the content under the guise of "technical update". Then after few years of milking the braindeads with no content(and while the things calmed a little) he can return deleted content to double milk. It is just the anestetics was too strong so he totally missed the dates.

I don’t mind waiting forever, I actually love the new updates, It’s like that thing you never knew you needed, but now you can’t live without. Feels like he’s genuinely making the game better, new scenes, more chances to expand the story.

Yeah, those juicy NEW UPDATES, totally not a copy of what it was BEFORE "technical update" mumbo-jumbo. It is the best project ever made for someone with memory loss - imagine how they can replay the same TOTALLY NEW content every few years. Now with AI art instead of genuine pictures lillte automated help from digital science.
I see this as absolute win.

 

[Big dick user_247]

You know what, I think I can understand shitcoockie now. But just a little for I am aware of consequences of joining the dark side. It seems, in his abysmal falling during his anastetic induced trance(surgery and all that shit) he did predict the fuckering of Shisa and SuckerCard. So to evade their anger he decide to just delete all the content under the guise of "technical update". Then after few years of milking the braindeads with no content(and while the things calmed a little) he can return deleted content to double milk. It is just the anestetics was too strong so he totally missed the dates.


Yeah, those juicy NEW UPDATES, totally not a copy of what it was BEFORE "technical update" mumbo-jumbo. It is the best project ever made for someone with memory loss - imagine how they can replay the same TOTALLY NEW content every few years. Now with AI art instead of genuine pictures lillte automated help from digital science.
I see this as absolute win.

Don't worry. We will get the 3D version of summertime saga soon and we will get all the "new" content again.

 

[Vakul]

Don't worry. We will get the 3D version of summertime saga soon and we will get all the "new" content again.

No way before Unreal Stuttergine 7.0 ! Not before DL_ShillSS 10.0 feat. "Even more fake fps, now from random other games!"!
And definitely not before Nvidia GTX 20090 Ti with 7.6 GB on board just for 20 grand.(powerplant needed, but is not part of a deal!)

 

[Reborn1991]

I read somewhere that DarkCookie himself sees it as a never ending project, like something he’ll keep updating until he’s old. So yeah, he’s definitely milking his Patreons to the max. The game was basically finished already, the main story wrapped up, only a few tweaks were left. But honestly? I don’t mind waiting forever, I actually love the new updates, It’s like that thing you never knew you needed, but now you can’t live without. Feels like he’s genuinely making the game better, new scenes, more chances to expand the story. Even if it takes another 40 years, I wouldn’t care.

One thing’s for sure, I’m not dumb enough to keep paying this guy a lifelong salary while he keeps milking. That’s why I dropped the Patreon and ended up here instead

well the thing was it was a community fuck up that DC has yet to renege to the point they possibly are milking it. When the main storyline was finished way back in 2019 a poll went up asking what to do next, i think the choices were pre-tech update, judith's storyline, ronda's storyline, and i think the last one was the gym teacher, and the majority chose pre-tech with ronda being 2nd, so DC decided to go with it and kept with it despite the fact that this path was frustrating the community to the point they disabled the comments which is a bad look to be fair because at this point despite the community asking them to put the pre-tech update on hold, and focus more on completing the rest of the game they most likely wanted to go thru with it despite what the community wanted.

 

[Red58]

The old version doesn't work on mobile. Android is too new

 

[Count Morado]

The old version doesn't work on mobile. Android is too new

Android APK for v0.20.16 was updated March 2024 for Android 14 and works with Android 15. If you have Android 16, which was in beta until June 2025 and is getting rolled out little by little since then --- you'll have to wait to see if Dark Cookie bothers pushing a new APK for v0.20.16 or try to get the win version to work with JoiPlay (which Summertime Saga is notorious about having difficulty with).

 

[Red58]

Joiplay isn't on the play store. Unless it's under a different name or something.