Dec 24, 2018
272
1,303
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but with that level of income/patronage, why doesn't he (temporarily) hire a couple more coders to pick up the pace and build a solid foundation?

I imagine he has some great ideas that he wants to draw and implement but he's been "stuck" for years.
Because hiring people means less money into his bank account and more work for him, since now he would have less of an excuse for why so little content and progress is being made and he would instead actually have to work on the game to keep up with coders.

By not hiring more people he is able to keep more money and keep expectations lower so people won’t get as upset about the luck of progress and content. And since he’ll be making less content and progress he can milk the game even longer to collect more patreon checks.

With the amount of money he’s been making for as long as he has, this game should have been completed years ago instead there’s even less content than we used to have due to him “reworking” the game to provide minimal improvements so so that he has an excuse to start the game over from the beginning to milk it even longer.
 

lomechip

Newbie
Nov 11, 2021
45
130
Maybe I'm dumb, but why Can't I access most of the routes? I paid the $1 patreon, but still can't do the Roxxxy, Mia/Helen, Diane, Eve, Odetta, Aqua, Daisy, and Consuela's routs? How do I access these?
Download the pre-tech upgrade version or wait another decade for DC to re-release those routes. But it's more than likely he'll decide the game needs to be upgraded to 4K and this whole shit show starts over again around 2032.
 

Count Morado

Fragrant Asshole
Donor
Respected User
Jan 21, 2022
9,645
18,744
View attachment 4700823

They could be doing a better job by doing updates monthly instead of every two months, if you ask me.
So that there is even less content with each update?

There is only a little content now every 2 months. There would be half that or less if monthly release.

1743468586592.gif
He will upgrade the game as a "remake AI" :ROFLMAO: Just as TaffyTales killed his art.
the one thing Dark Cookie enjoys doing is drawing, unlike Uberpie. AI in Summertime Saga would kill his interest.
 

Hikkes

Newbie
Aug 28, 2016
44
13
Anyone got problem with this game? It keeps messing with my graphic settings. I have HDR running. But as soon as i launch this game, my screen suddenly dimmed and every other program i open is also affected. Only way to fix is to reboot my pc.
 

Throwawayxyz

Member
May 10, 2020
137
376
https-youtu-be-rwiKFho6qYc


I need to get into the AVN business man :KEK:

Potentially 8 months to get this 1 route out the door
Potentially 8 months to get this ALREADY PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED JUST BEING REWORKED route out the door lmao

I legit work way too hard for my money, I need to be like this dude and just get some idiots to pay me money to do 3 hours of work a month, lie to people about when they can expect my new content, and keep it pushing
 

ScrewMe

Active Member
Game Developer
Apr 11, 2018
597
1,775
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but with that level of income/patronage, why doesn't he (temporarily) hire a couple more coders to pick up the pace and build a solid foundation?

I imagine he has some great ideas that he wants to draw and implement but he's been "stuck" for years.
It's not about hiring coders or people to do art. I usually take the position of my colleagues when it comes to developer vs customer battles, but SS has been here forever...heh, as much as I hate it, I'll have to use term "milking" in this case.

Like, the main story is finished, but there are dozens of character substories left to explore: the principal,sports teacher etc etc.
Instead of properly developing their branches and give to folks their stories, we get a remake. Why? Because it's easier)

When Summertime Saga came out, it stood out. But as of now it's just a sad story of what greed may turn once a great game into.

Should've been finished long, looong time ago.
 

Throwawayxyz

Member
May 10, 2020
137
376
According to the roadmap they released a year ago the debbie stuff was supposed to have been completed in the first couple WIP updates... and yet...
Lmao if you looked at that road map and believed it, you must not have been following the tech update arc for this game. This dude is so obviously just doing the bare minimum to keep making almost a million a year, he's never again going to meet any deadline he puts forward. He hasn't in about 3 years now I think? Cause the tech update was supposed to take like a few months lmao
 

chicho1958

Forum Fanatic
Donor
Apr 28, 2020
4,093
2,354
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but with that level of income/patronage, why doesn't he (temporarily) hire a couple more coders to pick up the pace and build a solid foundation?

I imagine he has some great ideas that he wants to draw and implement but he's been "stuck" for years.
It's called milking the cow and if their patrons haven't noticed in all the years this game been here well they get what they paid for and probably more than 1 will kick the bucket before it's finished.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Logan3000x

chicho1958

Forum Fanatic
Donor
Apr 28, 2020
4,093
2,354
It's not about hiring coders or people to do art. I usually take the position of my colleagues when it comes to developer vs customer battles, but SS has been here forever...heh, as much as I hate it, I'll have to use term "milking" in this case.

Like, the main story is finished, but there are dozens of character substories left to explore: the principal,sports teacher etc etc.
Instead of properly developing their branches and give to folks their stories, we get a remake. Why? Because it's easier)

When Summertime Saga came out, it stood out. But as of now it's just a sad story of what greed may turn once a great game into.

Should've been finished long, looong time ago.
Just looking at the year it started(2016) and the npc they used says it all about the cow milker.
 
4.00 star(s) 387 Votes