Summertime Saga [v21.0.0 wip.5252]

 21.0.0-wip.5252

• Added all new event early in Debbie’s story.
• Upgraded four of Debbie’s existing quests with new art and dialogue.
• Improved existing cutscenes and added new ones.
• Updated home location backgrounds and closeups.
• Added multiple new bodies, arms and facial assets for Debbie and Anon.
• Changed Debbie’s default buttons to use new art.
• Expanded and improved the Cupid store to allow more space, rooms and variety.
• Upgraded Ren’Py to version 8.3.3.
• Wrote a save migration to fully reset Debbie progress in preparation for her rework.
• Added support for multi-asset cutscenes to easier include dynamic details such as pregnancy.
• Revisited attribute management to allow for more flexibility in when displaying backgrounds.
• Tweaked focus management on initial name screen to be more mobile friendly.
• Flipped the hallway between the entrance and living room.
• Fixed soft-lock with Annie outside Mrs. Smith’s office.
• Resolved a problem with older saves causing problems accessing the phone.
• Various art metadata additions and typo corrections.
• Addressed minor posing issues relating to mouth movement in teacher routes.
• Stopped the sink breaking prematurely in Debbie’s route when sleeping in the beach house.

21.0.0 wip.5091:

– Upgraded visuals and user experience of the in-game phone.
– Added a character directory in the form of a contacts app on the phone.
– Introduced the ability to rename characters via the phone.
– Redesigned the look and feel of the game menus.
– Mall crowd art improved and unique for each time tick.
– Beach crowd art improved and unique for each time tick.
– Debbie cutscenes improved.
– New consistent art for Debbie’s laundry basket.
– Mini game art now matches quality and styling of new UI.
– Jenny body assets slight improvements such as arms and shoulders.

Changelog 21.0.0 wip.5003:

• Reimplemented routes for Miss Bissette, Miss Okita, and Miss Ross.
• Partially completed route for Miss Dewitt, with the rest due back in a future update.
• Restored Judith mini-route, with fully updated character art.
• Added a new event for Debbie in the kitchen at the end of her route.
• Introduced a second Jenny cunni animation (for submissive Anon).
• Reworked Jenny GFE ending with dominant and submissive variants and new animations.
• Added back remaining Debbie events including laundry, garage, movie, panties, and bedroom.
• Enabled most of the NPCs usually found at and around the college.
• Restored Jenny confrontation about sleeping with Debbie.
• Connected up menu and location music as well as ambient sounds.
• Allowed pregnant variations of Jenny’s visit scene to be unlocked in cookie jar.
• Updated crowd art for various locations, mainly around the college.
• Expanded the available replays to include all currently playable lewd content.
• Updated quick menu placement, and made it always available when enabled in settings.
• By popular demand, re-introduced a cheat menu.
• Restored some missing dialogues, including Debbie’s shower scene.
• Prevented some conflicts between Jenny and Debbie quests.
• Addressed transition timing issue in old art animations.
• Prevented scenario in which the wrench could be purchased more than once.
• Fixed potential for unintentional save deletion when using the delete key.
• Improved a few prop descriptions to avoid accidental spoilers.
• Added better names for some locations when being displayed on the back button.
• Clarified wording on mode select screen around why only one mode is currently available.
• Updated to Ren’Py version 8.2.3.
• Fixed various spelling, transition, and staging oversights.

 Changelog 21.0.0 wip.4468:

The first release using our new source code is finally here!
As we mentioned in our last news post, not all of the Tech Update content is available yet. We have been working extensively on all aspects of Summertime Saga and now have most key systems and art in place. Starting with this release we are switching our focus to bringing familiar content into the new engine and releasing our progress every 2 months. As well as moving over existing content, we will also be slipping in some new additions for players to enjoy each update.

Tech-Update Build
Unlocked content:
1st school day
Debbie story
Jenny story

Old saved games:
Old saves will not be compatible as this version of the game uses a new source code.

• The game is now widescreen and higher resolution (varied across platforms).
• Many new locations across town have been added to the map (and you’ll be able to visit them all).
• All locations have been improved visually and extended (art, buttons, crowds, etc).
• UI, buttons and navigation improved and streamlined.
• Jenny’s story has been improved and updated with a bit of new content.
• Debbie’s story is relatively the same (some parts use old art and no pregnancy yet) but we added various improvements.
• First day of school has been reworked with new art and content to introduce players to the game.

0.20.16 (Pre-tech):

New Content:

• Expanded five existing scenes with six new animated positions.
• Each position has new unique sex dialogue.
• One has new lead-out dialogue too.
• Added one new micro quest with an all-new scene and repeatable variant.

Improvements:

• Scenes with variants will now indicate how many have been unlocked and the total available.

Bug Fixes:

• Corrected small framing issue with The Fisherman’s Daughter animation assets.
• Fixed problem with some sex scene dialogue not being played, or playing at the wrong time.
• Corrected quirk with Cookie Jar rescue code to avoid future foot-gunning.
• Ensured that the correct background is used in the lead-out of Helen’s second cookie jar scene.
• Updated a few Cookie Jar scenes that were showing art for the wrong time of day.

v0.20.15 (Pre-tech – Part 5):

New Content:

• Seven new animations, spread over multiple events with initial and repeat dialogue variants.
• New button dialogue for Katya and Khadne to flesh out their back-stories and access repeatable content.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed Daisy losing her arms and face when given a pizza in the garden.
• Resolved replay leak in Roxxy’s bedroom sex scene that could be used to unlock her boobjob scene.
• Adjusted the frames of Odette’s blowjob animation to correctly fill the screen.

v0.20.14 (Pre-tech – Part 4):

New Content:

• Eight new animations spread over a variety of scenes.
• Many of the scenes with first time and repeatable dialogue variants.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed issue in some dialogues where Jenny’s arms and face could vanish.
• Removed Anon’s secret second penis from some scenes. >_>;;
• Restore a small section of dialogue missing from Diane’s post-sex milking scene.

v0.20.13 Pre-tech – Part 3
New Content
– Six new animations (two with two variants).
– Integrated to help existing events feel more satisfying.
– Includes the addition of an existing character to the Cookie Jar.
Improvements
– Small improvements to posing during Eve’s “Never Have I Ever” scene.
– Minor posing tweaks in Odette buttons.
– A slew of minor dialogue alterations for various scenes.
Bug Fixes
– Added missing assets to prevent an exception when milking Diane prior to acquiring the cow costume.

Changelog 0.20.12 (Pre-tech – Part 2):

New Content:

• Six new animations (three with at least two variants).
• Including the restoration of an older, fan-favourite scene.
• Several new mini-events, to trigger new animations.
• Sploosh’s ideal pizza party made a reality.

Improvements:

• Rebuilt the milking minigame to improve fluid animation and performance.
• Improved the transitions into and out of the milking minigame.
• Allowed Diane to be milked during pregnancy and nursing for increased payouts.

Bug Fixes:

• Removed long-disused variables from state machines, to reduce save sizes.
• Fixed a case where Anon would not wave as scripted.
• Added missing face for Chico and updated references to it.
• Prevented Maria’s apartment intro triggering at night which would lead to missing art.
• Tweaked activation of Diane’s first milk quest to avoid conflict with first conception attempt with Maria.
• Fixed Diane’s costume changing in the middle of her breeding scene and smoothed transitions.
• Ensured Jenny’s arms and face stay attached when handing over the photo from the attic.
• Improved robustness of variant data seeding for the cookie jar.

v0.20.11 (Pre-tech – Part I):

Bug Fixes:

• Corrected a couple of minor typos in dialogue.
• Improved new Jenny event activation during save migration.
• Resolved issue preventing activation of Roxxy’s old locker sex event.

v0.20.8

Main Story – Part III

New Content:

• The grand finale of the main story.
• Five all new cookie jar scenes.
• New optional interaction with Rump after his arrest.
• Fully fleshed-out warehouse location.
• Two new minigames and one rebuilt minigame with a new variant.

Gameplay Touch-ups:

• Adding evening art to the exterior of Debbie’s house.
• Complete refactor of the Muay Thai minigame, and various fight events.

New Features:

• A new “New Game” mode for players that have already played Main Story parts I and II.
• Anon may now visit his Dad.

Improvements:

• Remade the school’s exterior such that it’s now not always blurred! o/
• Restored unused and added missing inventory items and closeup art in Ms. Bissette’s route.
• Revealed the intended content of Anon’s French romance poem. Zut alors!
• Improved cop car button art on Debbie’s driveway.
• Baby chromosomes are now assigned at conception, not birth.

Bug Fixes:

• Corrected Maria’s hands-on-hips pose when she’s dressed casually.
• Corrected Tina’s hands-on-hips pose when she’s dressed casually.
• Released Eve, Grace, and Odette from their morning forced locations after Odette’s route.
• Fixed trigger logging issue that would lie dormant until the next save migration.
• Updated Odette route activation during migration to account for a bug that was fixed in 0.20.5.
• Retouched a graphical error on the map button in French class.
• Resolved inconsistencies in how a cutscene displayed in Jenny’s route.
• Silenced exception when autosaving was triggered before any progress has been made.
• Fixed rare bug affecting backgrounds used during phone calls.
• Ensured game menus are fully modal, preventing a class of error where pausing could break a minigame.
• Prevented an exception when completing Diane’s first milk delivery in the evening.
• Fixed issue where a dominant choice in Jenny’s route would prevent learning her password.
• Removed Tony’s button the first time Anon gains access to the pizzeria kitchen at night.
• Fixed bug preventing Diane showing up for Rump’s prep walk on TV if quest was begun in the evening.
• Prevented issue on save/load cycle that would forever extend the wait to retry Diane’s wheelbarrow quest.
• Added guard to prevent a lock during Connie’s quest when a delivery dialogue is waiting to play.
• Changed skip to bedroom catch to trigger only when arriving from map to avoid some hard-locks.
• Fixed issue where Melonia could be using the hot tub in her bedroom after initial tub cleaning.
• Corrected an offset for Diane to ensure she gets displayed correctly in Daisy’s sex lead-in.
• Ensured that lasagne can only be picked up from the pizzeria, not Tony’s apartment.
• Restored a pair of missing arms for Daisy when speaking to her about missing her flowers.
• Fixed events taking place during Jenny’s pregnancy that should not be possible.
• Prevented repeating scene if Rump was arrested while Thotbot was still on order.

v0.20.7

Bug Fixes:

• Prevented error occurring outside Anon’s bedroom after completing Deb’s route.
• Fixed graveyard locks to account for Diane’s quests when arriving from her garden.
• Added delay to visiting Tony for the first time if the pizzeria is closed.