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The King of Summer - v 0.5.17-full now out for Beloved Patrons! (And above) (Patreon)

Published:

2025-07-21 21:31:10

Edited:

2025-07-22 01:38:17

Imported:

2026-06

Content

A gigantic update, featuring the end of the Arato Route, with plenty of cruelty to cap off this story arc! Probably the biggest full update I've ever done, twice as long as even a decently long full update!

It finally happened... the Arato Route is done.

Save for a few smaller scenes that I'll make in the future, this is the end of the Arato Route main storyline.

How did you enjoy it, everyone? Was it fun? I wanted to aim for a different mood compared to the main King of Summer storyline with Kendo... and boy did it grow larger than I originally intended lol~ Reception has something to do with it, but I also started to get more ideas that I may or may have not been able to execute properly, like the bottle game. There's also the fact that I'm someone who likes to commit and finish anything he starts, so I didn't want to drop this route until I reached its end.

I know there's plenty of folks out there who weren't a fan, specially of Arato. Some others enjoyed King of Summer solely for this route. To the latter, I bid you farewell, though do try to check out the other parts of the game. To the former, I'm sorry, and hopefully you stick around for the final Kendo arc that's about to follow!

This update is full of humiliation, misery and cruelty. If you are someone who'd rather not see Satoshi suffer through the worst night of his life, then this may not be for you.

If you're a sadist who REALLY wants to see how horrible Mary can be to him, then please enjoy!

It took a bit longer than usual because it's a big update. 30k words, about 250 graphic files. That's the equivalent of maybe 2 full dates and a bit more. Huh! Didn't think it got that long! And most of it is just one long scene.

I put quite a bit of effort into this, and I'm glad to finish this route before I started to burn out of it.

Hope you enjoy, everyone!

Next week, the 0.6.x updates begin.

...And the King comes back to town~

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v 0.5.17-full contains:

1 Arato Route story scene.

Addition of a short map segment for the Arato Route finale, with 4 locations: "Floaties", "Arato's Seat", "Bungalow" and "Stand".

3 short h-scenes involving Arato, Mary and Shizuka (at Arato's Seat).

1 Shizuka x ????? h-scene (at Bungalow location, after watching the 3 prior mandatory scenes).

1 Hanako x 3 Bros h-scene (at Stand location) + repeatable variation. Having watched the prior Hanako x Arato scene is necessary to unlock.

3 random resort guests h-scenes at three locations (Bungalow, Stand, Floaties).