4.60 star(s) 352 Votes

Mr.Sailor

Newbie
Nov 27, 2023
18
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"Do you have anything big to blow up?"



Happy New Year, everyone! Hope you had a good year and that the next one will be even better.



Cheers and see you next year,
Robison & Npx
salute to the legends like you providing free photos for us


View attachment 4395775


"Do you have anything big to blow up?"



Happy New Year, everyone! Hope you had a good year and that the next one will be even better.



Cheers and see you next year,
Robison & Npx
Mia is seriously underrated; I can’t figure out why she’s always ranked so low in the polls. People are truly missing out.
 

Meabe37

Member
Mar 9, 2023
274
1,727


Hello, everyone!
New year, new status update. The holidays have flown by and so has our render queue! During the holidays we've tried rendering with two computers, and we're even thinking about adding a third one to the mix, specifically one dedicated to animations.
This would be the next big project in upgrades and should be a nice boost to production. Currently we're alternating rendering sessions on the rendering rig between normal renders and animations, which works, but the potential for separate queues is pretty tempting.
Next week we'll start the work on a new branching scene with Eve and some side girls. We'll be going through the planned routes properly this weekend and polishing the script to make sure it all flows before we start posing and rendering.
Mia also received an additional hairstyle, which you might've already spotted in the New Year's render.

Weekly summary:
  • 109 renders
  • Coding & SFX
  • Custom props
  • Asset hunting
  • New wig for Helen
  • Rockets pew pew

Other news
There have been a couple of render posts since the last status update. You can find them all below in case you missed them:




We have a couple of ideas for the next RRs, but suggestions are welcome! We were thinking of making one of Sophie next.
With the arrival of the new year, we'd like to thank you all for being there and supporting the Summer Heat development. And we mean everyone—the fans, the lurkers, and the occasional haters too. Special thanks to all the nice comments, DMs and survey responses.
Hope your new year is off to a great start!

Cheers and have a good one,
Robison & Npx
 

TonyMurray

Engaged Member
Apr 8, 2024
3,221
5,553
Render count update based on numbers from the weekly reports:

0.7 Status Update #17
Current total renders: 1394 (+109)
Weekly average: 82.00 (+1.69)
Rolling 4-week average: 104.75 (+3.50)

*Just counting the Christmas period as one week, devs deserve a week off now and then too.
 

Supergamer11

Newbie
May 10, 2021
16
27
Every time I read the update reports my heart tells me that the update will be here sooner than later but my brain and my innate pessimism always reminds me to think otherwise lol. I do honestly feel like we’ll start to see some previews pretty soon though
 

Jarulf

Well-Known Member
Aug 9, 2020
1,410
2,455
Every time I read the update reports my heart tells me that the update will be here sooner than later but my brain and my innate pessimism always reminds me to think otherwise lol. I do honestly feel like we’ll start to see some previews pretty soon though
It's never too late to despair. ;)
 

nicgaleano12

New Member
Nov 14, 2019
11
4
Has this error also happened to anyone? Do you know how to solve it? I have already completed several times and the presentation sheet does not appear on the screen (I do not have Mods installed)
 

Meabe37

Member
Mar 9, 2023
274
1,727
Every time I read the update reports my heart tells me that the update will be here sooner than later but my brain and my innate pessimism always reminds me to think otherwise lol. I do honestly feel like we’ll start to see some previews pretty soon though
Probably most definitively not before middle of the year. They said recently aim for something closer to 0.5 that was 3k+ renders something, we are far away stilll.
 

tryit4

Newbie
May 31, 2019
38
32
Keep up the amazing work. For me, I do not care or enjoy the animations, just the renders. Your renders are the best I have ever seen.
 

Sony676

Well-Known Member
Mar 14, 2021
1,132
1,665
Every time I read the update reports my heart tells me that the update will be here sooner than later but my brain and my innate pessimism always reminds me to think otherwise lol. I do honestly feel like we’ll start to see some previews pretty soon though
Well I'm pretty chilled so far since the last update was the biggest letdown of 2024. If this upcoming update doesn't make up for it then I might wait for a few versions to come out. Especially when you decide to focus on longer update cycles I'd say you can't "waste" updates. The last one felt completely wasted imho. I continue to absolutely love the renders and the girls but I will never be a fan of this slow day/night cycle cause it limits what you can do in character/story development. Some decisions simply would be not believable. Then again I'm definetly a AVN enjoyer that needs at least SOME spice per update.
 

robin312

Active Member
Jul 6, 2023
533
1,186
Opinions are welcome.
You have only one problem - you are extremely slow

This leads to bad estimations and vague status reports, because you always out of schedule

It's clear that if you want to complete this novel you need to change your way of development

You need to analyze your work and find things that slow your down, maybe you need I part time writer in your team, I don't know

I was personally okay going forward with smaller updates, but I'm sure you saw how 0.6 went.
Short updates helps you to plan in different perspective and shows a lot of problems that you have
You just need to understand that right now thing isn't going right. At least from the subscribers point of view. We see that you have a problem. We saw it in status reports before the actual update last year. The update itself was just a combination and the result of all development problems you had

Happy New Year Zoners.
Happy New Year! :D
 

ChipLecsap

Conversation Conqueror
Aug 4, 2019
7,520
26,794
At this point, just stick with the main girls and drive the story and relationships forward with them as much as possible. Side girls taking screen time at this point is huge xp waste imo. But what do I know, not my creation after all. :coffee:
(y).
they also should remove Ms Hill , Mia , helen, mike , and sophie, and focus solely on Bree and Eve
:coffee:
 
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