Ren'Py Summertime Saga [v21.0.0 wip.6705] [Kompas Productions]

[AstroMJ6969]

He has had a "whole ass dev team" for many years.

I think he ment more than the current team he has cause summertime is a big game for it to be handled by the small team DC currently has

 

[RyanRude]

I remember playing this years ago from Patreon, I liked it, but kept losing my save progress on each update. I might give this another try now.

 

[harem.king]

He makes enough to hire a whole ass dev team but doesn't for some, totally completely unknown reason, but yeah the dripfeed is insane

Hiring a dev team costs money. Money coming out of his own pocket.

 

[AstroMJ6969]

Hiring a dev team costs money. Money coming out of his own pocket.

But it's gonna speed up his progress

 

[Ashun]

Hiring a dev team costs money. Money coming out of his own pocket.

His own pocket? You clearly didnt saw how much he gets from people

 

[Ashun]

But it's gonna speed up his progress

He doesn't want to tho. Game itself making for him good money so why he should? Ofc for us this sucks, but for him? Win win situation

 

[harem.king]

His own pocket? You clearly didnt saw how much he gets from people

I know how much money he gets
all the money he gets is his to keep.
thus, any actual expense he makes is from his own pocket.
it isn't company money, people are not donating to the game, they are donating to him personally. to his own private bank account

But it's gonna speed up his progress

Would speeding up make him more money?

 

[Xupuzulla]

I know how much money he gets
all the money he gets is his to keep.
thus, any actual expense he makes is from his own pocket.
it isn't company money, people are not donating to the game, they are donating to him personally. to his own private bank account

Would speeding up make him more money?

Wasnt he making like 100k during the pandemic when he was still releasing content regurarly?

 

[Count Morado]

Wasnt he making like 100k during the pandemic when he was still releasing content regurarly?

No.

 

[AstroMJ6969]

I know how much money he gets
all the money he gets is his to keep.
thus, any actual expense he makes is from his own pocket.
it isn't company money, people are not donating to the game, they are donating to him personally. to his own private bank account

Would speeding up make him more money?

Yes

 

[neub1i]

No.
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it depends on how big the "team" is. playing around with ChatGPT if he has a team of 5, each gets a net of 2k per month as employees, after taxes he would still earn a profit of around 30k a month that he can put in his bank account.

But we dont know how many employees there are, and how much each earns. This trend though is putting pressure on them which is good imo.

 

[bruno6845]

should we play again

 

[Count Morado]

it depends on how big the "team" is. playing around with ChatGPT if he has a team of 5, each gets a net of 2k per month as employees, after taxes he would still earn a profit of around 30k a month that he can put in his bank account.

But we dont know how many employees there are, and how much each earns. This trend though is putting pressure on them which is good imo.

In Oct 2023, patron Username7 stated this list from Mar 2023 was still correct:

Main people involved with developing:
DC - art
Strayerror - code
CaptainSploosh - writer
Vole - posing
ToxicCrobat - posing
Mindwright - posing
Jab - posing

Others:
AoiichiNiiSan - music/sfx
sam9 - webmaster
CreamyCookie - HR

You're right that we don't know what each of paid.

 

[neub1i]

any similar game like this in terms of story, graphics and gameplay but with a female protagonist? can you suggest me a few?

not one.

TaffyTales, Five of a Kind, World Of Sisters, MilfToon, AmityPark, and Milf's Plaza are the ones that are similar to this game. All have a male MC but Summertime Saga is by far the best and dominates the market, so dont expect any of them to be better.

 

[PietruccioTheHilander]

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STEEL9000 End of November and will include a lot of new Debbie content.

 

[PayneToTheMax]

not one.

TaffyTales, Five of a Kind, World Of Sisters, MilfToon, AmityPark, and Milf's Plaza are the ones that are similar to this game. All have a male MC but Summertime Saga is by far the best and dominates the market, so dont expect any of them to be better.

Yeah, each of them offers 'some' of what Summertime has, and most either fail in the art department or just being generally a pain to play (like MilfToon).

 

[harem.king]

Wasnt he making like 100k during the pandemic when he was still releasing content regurarly?

His peak was 80k a month.

 

[itsyeboii]

Wait, what was the last update? A general update with some micro improvements for Debbie?

 

[MisterMeh]

Wait, what was the last update? A general update with some micro improvements for Debbie?

Pretty much. It was mainly focused on the phone UI, that gave some written background on characters, as well as some full body images. If there was anything else, I didn't notice.

But it needs to be said that this was exactly what he stated the update was going to be.

 

[MisterMeh]

I know how much money he gets
all the money he gets is his to keep.
thus, any actual expense he makes is from his own pocket.
it isn't company money, people are not donating to the game, they are donating to him personally. to his own private bank account

Would speeding up make him more money?

He's taking a monthly income from his Patrons so no, he wouldn't really earn more. Perhaps you meant that more people would potentially sign up and pay him, if he worked faster? I highly doubt it would change anything for him, considering he offers his game for free. Other than that, the speed at which he works doesn't factor into his monthly earnings.