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

[Count Morado]

The real problem was people vote for tech update. The game would be Judith update at least.

Nope. Would still be in the middle of the tech update. The poll was whether to do the tech update first or the R(h)onda update. Either way, the other character updates after her would still be far away.

DC's pitch: #51,891
The results of the Poll between which comes first - Tech Update or R(h)onda's Story: #52,143

 

[Omnikuken]

You mean it's admirable how he keep giving nothing to his patreon in exchange of 1 new scene every 9 months if they are lucky?

You mean he doesn't owe anything to any1 and you get more than 1 scene every 3 months ? Nice try though

 

[itsyeboii]

I'm really impressed with this... It must be pretty worthy of admiration to have been working on a project for seven years, and have done what Dark Cookie has done, I mean, others who have the same amount of time, they end up abandoning their project...... It's admirable that he keep working on it, it doesn't matter that now he don't makes much content as before, since the important thing is that he keep working on it...

I've said this recently too, people forget how good of a game this is at the end of the day. And you don't have to pay anything for it either. There's not that many games that are in the same league of quality as SS, and they most likely don't have as much content.

I don't think it's the best game out there, and it certainly has it's flaws, whether subjective or objective, but people need to stop pretending as if they've gotten zero content for 2 years and/or that the game is shit.

You mean it's admirable how he keep giving nothing to his patreon in exchange of 1 new scene every 9 months if they are lucky?

It's crazy how you crybabies keep upping the imaginary evilness of DC, and people agree with you too. No wonder disinformation manifests so easily in the modern world.

 

[TheVegnar]

Release date of the Pre tech update : 2025
Release date of the Pre tech update : 2077

I've said this recently too, people forget how good of a game this is at the end of the day. And you don't have to pay anything for it either. There's not that many games that are in the same league of quality as SS, and they most likely don't have as much content.

I don't think it's the best game out there, and it certainly has it's flaws, whether subjective or objective, but people need to stop pretending as if they've gotten zero content for 2 years and/or that the game is shit.

It's crazy how you crybabies keep upping the imaginary evilness of DC, and people agree with you too. No wonder disinformation manifests so easily in the modern world.

I find it crazy how people say he isn't milking all those supporters and doing pretty much nothing, blah blah blah. and yet people agree with you. -_-

 

[itsyeboii]

I find it crazy how people say he isn't milking all those supporters and doing pretty much nothing, blah blah blah. and yet people agree with you. -_-

I never said he isn't "milking", I've actually been pretty critical of DC and have defended the thought that he could be slow on purpose and whatnot. The thing is that that's all nothing but speculation and that you can't know if he's playing people to stretch out his revenue.

You can only pretend as if you've got no updates for the last 2 years and that he's doing no work whatsoever. Because you have no good arguments to back up your bullshit.

 

[MadWLewd]

We also need content with Lucy, she needs real love since she's living with 2 a-holes in her own home, poor woman.

 

[Omnikuken]

We also need content with Lucy, she needs real love since she's living with 2 a-holes in her own home, poor woman.

Annie isn't an a-hole to her mom, only at school vs other students, which we (probably) will change in the route. Her husband can go die in hell though

 

[Rome5555555]

For more than 10k patron support and dev milking them

And just for u only

A good game, so people will donate, what's so surprising?

 

[Neon_Reaper]

All those people supporting the game are 100% free to stop doing so at any time. If someone supports SS then they clearly like the content they are getting or the progress they are seeing. Who cares what total strangers do with their money? Why keep bringing up the amount of $$$ it makes like the devs are strongarming ppl out of their cash?

 

[Rickster82]

0.20.17 Pre-tech incoming?

 

[Omnikuken]

0.20.17 Pre-tech incoming?

Why would there be 1 and why would it be incoming ?

 

[Rickster82]

Why would there be 1 and why would it be incoming ?

Is just my experience regarding STS of the last 2 years.

 

[Ziul_Developer]

What is the pre-tech, after all? It's an update on the main code or something like that?

 

[Count Morado]

Spoiler: The Count's FAQ for Summertime Saga (77)

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0.20.17 Pre-tech incoming?

Is just my experience regarding STS of the last 2 years.

See #9 in my FAQ above - particularly the last sentence.

What is the pre-tech, after all? It's an update on the main code or something like that?

I see that you are new. See #9 and #10 in my FAQ above. Plus I also recommend #1.

 

[thedoomerjo]

I've said this recently too, people forget how good of a game this is at the end of the day.

Too right. The Tech Update is taking a while, sure, but when it does come out it'll give the whole game a fresh feel - which is why I'm waiting to replay the whole thing until then. Also, if posts in the Fan Art thread are true, DC has commissioned member(s?) of the community to animate certain older scenes as part of this update, which is pretty cool.

 

[Omnikuken]

Too right. The Tech Update is taking a while, sure, but when it does come out it'll give the whole game a fresh feel - which is why I'm waiting to replay the whole thing until then. Also, if posts in the Fan Art thread are true, DC has commissioned member(s?) of the community to animate certain older scenes as part of this update, which is pretty cool.

You'll have to replay it anyway and "hiring" randos for animation is pretty dubious

 

[itsyeboii]

Also, if posts in the Fan Art thread are true, DC has commissioned member(s?) of the community to animate certain older scenes as part of this update, which is pretty cool.

I'm very skeptical of that info, but it would be nice if the tech-update would have some extra meat on it other than purely upgraded tech-stuff. As long as the animations are high quality I'm all for it.

Also, kid named finger.

 

[Deleted member 527775]

Release date of the Pre tech update : 2025
Release date of the Pre tech update : 2077
I find it crazy how people say he isn't milking all those supporters and doing pretty much nothing, blah blah blah. and yet people agree with you. -_-

Well, I mean they make €58,477 PER MONTH just on Patreon. Pretty sure that many big indie companies don't even have that amount of money per month, for developing a single release.

STS is quite a long game with a lot of content, yes. But if they used that money exclusively for development, it would have been completed a long time ago. There is no doubt that they keep stretching it instead of completing it.

It's a great game and if I were the developer, I'd probably keep milking it for as long as I can and as long as people keep paying without questioning it.

But if people think about it with a bit of reality in mind, they can only come to the conclusion that this is insane.

 

[Omnikuken]

Well, I mean they make €58,477 PER MONTH just on Patreon. Pretty sure that many big indie companies don't even have that amount of money per month, for developing a single release.

STS is quite a long game with a lot of content, yes. But if they used that money exclusively for development, it would have been completed a long time ago. There is no doubt that they keep stretching it instead of completing it.

It's a great game and if I were the developer, I'd probably keep milking it for as long as I can and as long as people keep paying without questioning it.

But if people think about it with a bit of reality in mind, they can only come to the conclusion that this is insane.

Or that donations-based games don't work like anything else, so everything you type means nothing. And he's only on Patreon, so he's not even double dipping (or more) like most devs that have 5 pledge pages for the same game (but aren't milkers, apparently). Bias can go far for some dudes ......

And as said a few hundred times in last week : people do what they want with their pledges, DC does what he wants with those and you or any1 else isn't entitled to anything, crying about it here does nothing and even if it did, the devs don't care

 

[Omnikuken]

And then you wonder why the mods don't just lock the thread