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The Best Summer Ever, Or At Least the Biggest

—Creator DarkCookie "It was originally just a test project to learn some Python scripting with the Renpy engine."

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Summertime Saga is a game that is currently being developed which began in 2016. It is perhaps the world's most elaborate dating sim, encompassing more than sixty-five characters, more than thirty locations, and more than twenty mini-games. It was created by DarkCookie for Kompas Productions and is funded entirely by Patreon backers who presently number more than 18,000.

The game focuses on a young man living a typical life in the average American town of Summerville, aside from the mysterious death of his father. Investigating his father's death leads him into a secret criminal organization. That is, if the player bothers with any of that instead of just exploring the locations and interacting with the cast members.

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