Happy Halloween! (Status update)

I just threw up. It's everywhere. I couldn't make it to the bathroom in time. There's a trail. I covered my mouth, but the vomit came out with such force that it was jetting out the sides around my hands. It's on the ceiling and on my wacom tablet. Curse you. And curse you for the Roz scene in the game. Curses.

yes agree, id like her in some sexy lingerie in more places than the store room

RT

Oh GOD My Eyes!!!!!!!

Just have to admit; I love the Roz-character! Nice 'n' ripe. Hope to see alot more of her in future updates. 😈

Can't download says my pledge is to low wtf

99%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

trull mcgee

It will be hillarious that DC would release the update just the day patreon is in its maintenance schedule and we dont get notified by that :v

C. Dominic

Waiting for 96% :)

konesertofu

They will make a post on the website and make a Twitter post

Tasty

Does anybody know how we will be informed when the release is done, like through email or on patreon? I know probably been asked a million times by now.

You get Diane preg, play a mini-game to get her preg and go to the hospital to have babies .....

Omnikuken

"If you take time to read" > you just answered yourself : people never read anything here

Omnikuken

Its been over 4 months sense last updat it should be covered every thing and last update onle new was roxxy other than that minor things change i hope this update gives us lots of new thing after this time

I agree with this guy^^ but I will say when you keep looking at a clock time stands still. Try to focus on something else for a while.

Jason

Ugh.....read the posts people. How many times are people going to ask about time frames and "set in stone" release dates. If you take the time to read previous posts, you will most certainly get a picture of how it works here. DC does not want to release an incomplete and/or buggy product. Respect the fact that they take the time to do it right the first time.

I hope it comes out before december

Johnny Ramala

That's probably gonna be 1 of the last updates

Omnikuken

not before. patreon’s have a dedicated server that makes for easier faster download

Skeeta_bite

just to know the early access releases. does it mean patreons can download it before gen public. just became a patreon the other day so excuse if noobish question lol.

SO close!🤤

They are on the bug testing right now. Release is soon.

it might

Lets hope it doesnt go back to 97/98% again.

C. Dominic

99%

I’m just waiting for when we get to discover what really happened to his dad and what will happen to his family;)

Andre Jackson

I couldn’t agree more.

Patrick Stoute

Lol. True 😅👍🏻

Patrick Stoute

Coding & posing takes a long time. Specially because it’s all being transferred to the new system. And bug testing is really necessary.. we don’t want the same problems like the 0.16 release. Just keep watching on the kompas link (dev) about the progress. Fingers crossed that we will get the new version in about a week. Coding is already being tweaked a couple of days now. So ,keep patient and positive. We will get there

Patrick Stoute

Renpy

Patrick Stoute

how much time they take to access0.17 ???? i get frusted watching 98% it is not exceed more

Are they using renpy or a custom engine?

WeatheredJin

nope, no dates.....just hope

Dumber

No way for us to access .17 early ? Any news on release date ?

Darrian. go to summertimesaga website to find downloads. the download feature may be off-line until .17 is out. good luck

Skeeta_bite

Where can I download the patreon version of 0.16.1

If you saw the bully's tiny dick, you didnt miss any scenes. It infuriates me too. Took me a few in game weeks to do it. How do you cheat the basketball challenge? Also, how do you unlock the hospital?

GarpoGods

OK....actual game question for all my fellow players. I have experienced that if you cheat past the shooting challenge with Clyde, you get past the stage, but the game acts as if you missed the first time. Thereby you don't get the special scene with Roxxy after. I was curious if anyone else experienced that. Given that info, I am curious if there is a scene being missed by me by cheating past the basketball challenge since I find it hard and get impatient. Anyone cheat past the basket ball challenge and win it outirght and experience different scenes? Thanks.

A lot of Turkey and a new update! Can't go wrong with that!👍

98 %% seriously ???

damnedPirate03

I'll go up a whole tier betting that it comes out tomorrow in time for Thanksgiving.

GarpoGods

I pretty sure this weekend

iamgay

I wonder if the new rig system is messing things up. I would assume the coding is the same most updates minus the the new characters and scenes/ levels. Looking at the bug tracker same of the bugs look like old scene. If DC gets more $$ then hiring another coder could help with the coding/ bug check. All we can do is be optimistic and hope that the new update comes soon at 98% I'm hopefully thinking December 1st.

The wait is always worthwhile and I always enjoy each new content update.

If you're complaining because of a later than thought release of your favorite pornographic visual novel, it's time to step outside and take in a breath of fresh air. Realign your priorities in life. Not trying to be the high horse poster berating the impatient. I too am an impatient person. Find something better to do while you wait. It shouldn't be more than a week or two.

Carlton Banks

When will be 97%?

konesertofu

I'm glad I joined the pledge during a hate war. It's kinda like I'm a harbinger. Lol

WeatheredJin

no wayyyyy :)))) 99% > down 98%....

J'ai jouer pas mal de jeux mais la sa fais trop pour l'attente.

Pro tip 1 : this is a tip jar, not Kickstarter > more $ doesn't mean faster releases Pro tip 2 : DC doesn't code Pro tip 3 : guesstimates on release aren't set in stone and no release dates were ever given

Omnikuken

How long before the new version comes out ?

Some people dont make 50 grand in a year even if you assume it costs 30 grand to operate which i have extreme doubts about. 20 grand a month split 6 ways is still 3 grand each. For 3 grand a month they should not need dayjobs.

lol i hope .17 will release not after this year ends

Better disable that progress bar and make it to 60% again.

Maybe its time to retool your estimation process. You wanted to release on halloween and its approaching 1 month late. At almst 50 grand a month you gotta step up your game.

Agree it gives the opposite of a boner .

Jason

Code was at 35/36 earlier 😢

Johnny Ramala

There's a shocking lack of BJ's in this game.

First off...that is Miss Roz from the hospital, not the principal. Second, the picture was only to say Happy Halloween from the company to their patrons. There is no holiday content in 0.17.

nice

So will this have Halloween content or is that just a picture of the principal. Either way I don’t care for Holliday content. Because more often than not, it’s never on time for the holiday.

Jason

Bajo de 98 a 97 😳

All these posts suck.

Nope, they've been on those 2 tasks for a week+. These last tasks are bughunting and will take a huge while

Omnikuken

Soy sólo yo o me parece que la barra bajo de 99% a 98% 🤔

Clopx

DC you should consider making mc do oral on the girls so far you only have the one sceane with jenny in mc bedroom and maybe 69 positions

2 more task!!! maybe friday?

chunnkie monkey

Soon :)

I don’t like this old lady...

Any tips on games that are similar to Summertime Saga?

AvangardE. Easy dude. DC and crew have always said an update is released when it’s ready. This update is getting close and with the migration of old art to new, code changes etc. it’s taking some time. It’s going to be a good update with plenty to do. Chill, my brother

Skeeta_bite

Are you liars? you said on halloween that you planed to laucnh bla bla but it s delayed A BIT. if you call delayed a bit 1 month, you don t deserve the 45k dollars that you get monthly. RESPECT YOUR WORD!

What? there is no halloween version dude! He just said that this release was supposed to be out by halloween, but it didn't because there is still some changes to be made...

For the halloween version it will be released with version 17 or there will be 2 version one with halloween and the other without ?

Frank. version 17 isn’t out yet. it should release soon. good luck

Skeeta_bite

Good Night! New Patreon here and want to know about the early acess, how works? The version in the website is 0.16.1 - the patreon version the same. Can you guys explain this? Really love your work!

Latest version is 0.16.1, either you get that or wait ~a week for 0.17

Omnikuken

Hamster you just have to wait until the update is done which should be anytime soon

PredatorAce69

Hello everyone, I'm new to Patreon so how do I download the game with the latest update?

Rex. Go to the discord channel>under general > pinned messages you will find this message regarding release dates 1. there is no release date. 2. everyone gets the new release at the same time. when it’s ready. 3. check the progress bar on the summertime saga website to see how far along development is.

Skeeta_bite

Riccardo. go to summertimesaga website>menu>discord>at discord site you register etc and login >friend Darkcookie. you should see several su channels... general, theories, help, etc. if you are a patron over a certain amount there is additional stuff for you. good luck

Skeeta_bite

When do members get the early release or is just free right away?

Hi how can i join to discord patreon only chat?

Really looking forward to this update. That percentage being so close to 100 is killing me.

DarthC

Hahah

DING DING

"ugh, I'm close"

"Faster, faster, faster"

konesertofu

Just a little more!

Johnny Ramala

I replay it every time there is an update and that makes me happy, I'm right there with you 100% I also use cheats so I can focus on the story and h scenes than "gameplay"

I think I enjoy it because it starts the story over and I can watch how the new content flows in. Plus its fun to see how the changes appear in the story line. Its not the same exact story as the story changes. So there is some difference. the cheats make it easier to complete. Im sure I am in the minority of enjoying starting this game from the beginning...but people replay old video games they've beaten numerous times. Same result...but they just enjoy playing it.

joe. go to the discord site and look in pinned messages for clearing saved and persistent files. that way when you load the 17 update you reduce chances for bugs and glitches as well. good luck

Skeeta_bite

Is there a way to clear the cookie jar? I for one enjoy starting from the beginning and having an empty cookie jar would help me monitor my progress better.

Also working on things so when a new update comes out you don't have to start from the beginning again, transferring all of that takes time too.

Sean O'Keeffe

Not only that but the amount of work and upgrades on the artwork takes time and think of it this way. The following updates to come maybe a bit faster because tons of work was done on this update. So either way taking time on this update is a good approach for future updates to come that's my take on it and when taking long on making updates means that they want the best quality and as little problems as possible for us patreons. :)

Dante Fantasy

You must be new to this game, it's been like that for the better part of 2 years

Omnikuken

4 months and 1 uptade. :(

I think they are testing, for assurance quality that we knew! Be patient!

Gustavo Trausula

The amount shown is after Patreon take their filthy share (5%) for censoring stuff ..... Dunno if they include the "transaction fees" in there too or it's somewhere under piles of useless paperwork we can't get access to

Omnikuken

So a non bitching question. I see the Patreon support here is at 48K a month. How much do the "contributing nothing creative, but love to censor" tight wads of Patreon get?

For you maybe, DC dropped deadlines almost 2 years ago

Omnikuken

i know lots of work is put into this but dead lines would be good

Hopefully the update will come next weekend *fingerscrossed*

The more you bitch, the longer it takes

Omnikuken

Nope, she needs to win her own update

Omnikuken

this november guys , somehow this month so , be patient

How much longer

The code is the only thing left excited

Astro

Is there coach bridgett content this update

iamgay

so long..

Not long..

Patrick Stoute

cade caraio????

how much longer?!

Can't wait

3 tasks mean it could be Christmas or next year

Omnikuken

3 task does it mean its gonna be new weekend or this month?

chunnkie monkey

Game is classified as a dating sim/visual novel - No voices

Carlton Banks

Man i can't wait for the next release!!! Are you planing on getting voice's put in for the different people in the game at some time ? :)

can a girl in a music class sitting on a piano turn into a (star butterfly)!

I’m glad that we are almost there,posing&coding takes time and I really am glad with the Q&A. Maybe it’s time consuming,but it’s definitely worth it. Less bugs is always better.. I really don’t want the same experience like bf4.. lol ;) And not forget the effort that is taking place to make this game a great game. So,by this I want to thank the whole team of Summertime Saga.

Patrick Stoute

The last few % always takes so long, but keep up the good work i love the game.

I’m cool. This takes time.

GoHawks1840

3 tasks of coding left

I would think between 22nd of November and the 1st of December hopefully before but i am eagerly waiting. :)

98% Here !!

Short answer : nope Long answer : nope

Omnikuken

So are we getting the update for thanksgiving

marquell gurley

i think i’m going back to the store. i need to buy some extra fapping cleanup supplies. hehehe

Skeeta_bite

Nope

Omnikuken

Would a few extra cookies in the pot help to speed things up?

War-Son

at least two weeks

Noduolc

Nop

I'm new here, how will i update for v0.17? Is there a way where I wont lose my progress in v0.16?

Potato

It gets delayed everytime someone asks for a release

Omnikuken

I'm waiting impatiently for the new update, when will it come out OMG?? the game is so good, thanks for your nice work.

Will there be a threesome with Jenny roxy and the dude . Hope so the roxy story is so awesome . A Mia and roxy bitch fight for the dude would be cool too.

Jason

Gohawks1840. If you go to discord channel, there is a pinned message describing what you need to delete. I think the persistent files are in a windows user folder. the save files are under the game folder. i keep my old files but cut and paste to a safe storage area, to insure minimum bugs and glitches. for me, it works best to eliminate the issues from the beginning. by cleaning it up, i don’t have much problem running the game. good luck

Skeeta_bite

I mean couldn’t I just open my old saves in the old version and new saves in new version and never mix the two. Would that avoid the bug issues?

GoHawks1840

Question: if you delete the files will that delete the cookie jar? If not, wouldn’t that cause bugs?

GoHawks1840

It’s cool. I don’t mind the wait. I like that I’m supporting something new that also promotes mild carpal tunnel.

GoHawks1840

Keep panicking, the last %s are always pre-launch bugtest and will take a while. Could be another 2 weeks before they release the update

Omnikuken

Im stressed out over that 3% when my friends?

sana mamaya

Malapit naaaaa 😂

Johnny Ramala

more Roz for updates please

damnedPirate03

Not in a long while probably

DreamEvil

omg

Dark Cookies three percent solution is killing me

Adm Trd Ferg

Is Debbie's story going to continue? Love to see more of that...

Edward. yes you will need to start over. be sure to delete all saved files and persistent files as discussed in the pinned messages in discord. if you don’t delete the old files first you risk more bugs and glitches.

Skeeta_bite

when the update drops will we have to start over from the beginning or is our progress saved?

Sorry to hear you can't wait. You're gonna hafta….

retmsgt

soon....

m4le

Nearly there. I can't wait!!

looking forward

the suspense is killing me

I need it right now, this is killing me

So soon

97%

-4% c'mon guys last rush;)

i think they will finish with it before christmas , then start with 0.18 after christmas vacation(everyone who works gets it)

DC nice Progress 100% art & 100%posing 88% code

the coding task are the ones, that takes much more time than the others. with luck, we get the update around the next week.

Getting close. Hopefully it’ll be good to go in the next couple of weeks. It’s been a long wait, but quality takes time.

HAHA

Please be ready for this Sunday!

TheMilk

Melfy. A cool thing about DC and crew is they don’t post the update until it’s ready. Art good, posing good, code good. I’m sure you have heard the quote about production right? fast, quality, cost..,pick 2. If you want fast and quality its going to cost. If you want fast and cheap then quality suffers. If you want cheap and good quality then speed suffers.

Skeeta_bite

you are ready to go wild lol

will the other updates take the same time? It is long to wait but its worth it for sure. I ended the game already 7 times lol

i cannot wait to start the new update!!

ok ok ok! I think i’m ready for the update now. I have extra boxes of tissues, a couple gallons of lotion, a case of red bull, do not disturb sign on the door, couple days vacation lined up....hmmm did i miss anything? oh yeah plastic seat covers for the furniture if things get crazy...hehehehe

Skeeta_bite

97%

97%

96%

the coder can't get started untill everything else is finished + the testing phase is also cramped in to the coding progress bar, so even when his job is done due to the fact that there is no slider for the testing that "hot potato" is also droped on the coders lap, and like i said if the art / posing process is longer than expected the blame allways get put on the coding i would say judging by the curent update speed that the next update is going to come somewere on the 20 - 25 of november

Sigrid

95% people ^_^

Northstar

jason. you may have better success with help by going to discord channel and asking there. also a problem and solution may already be posted in the pinned messages for help. good luck

Skeeta_bite

I’m having trouble downloading I keep getting a message exec missing. I’m running windows 10 . I’m a novice so if anyone can dumb it down for me I’d appreciate it.

Jason

Yes, it's around since 0.16 .... You gotta restart and focus entirely on her for the 1st week+, don't do anything else and just spam her all the time every day. She should drop the diary within a few days

Omnikuken

Anybody know of the jenny glitch where she doesn't leave her diary out and is there any way around it

You do know there's already 15+ updates remaining (that's just for the girls) and you want to add branching stuff with even more girls ? Also, the story is tied to update builds and builds are decided by patron polls : if nobody votes to have the story progress, nothing will happen and we'll just have more tiddies but nothing to do beside that

Omnikuken

DC is creating art, not having some computer do it for him. Looked at the others, I like this better.

retmsgt

he is more serious that else creator (Gumdrop Games 10k by month and 7 month later no update)

I want to say that this is areally fun game that inerveaves sex very well into the story line. I do want to offer some ideas for some plot of future story lines. How about having MC start a modeling agency with Roxxy and her girls. This could create mutiple possabilities for branching, plot twists, adding new characters and thier stories. The story of the henchmen has never been developed. Why can't the MC find information about the activities of these chatacters and then develop a story including Harold that puts them behind bars. I write short stories as a hobby and can see several paths that could be developed to increase interest and enjoyment.

As i see the progress of this game is slowest of all, i fear someday this game would be left half as other creators have also started games like summertime saga with fast updates and even 3d features let me tell u some ICCreation is also making a game named F.I.L.F. with "Incest" things and uncensored. so you guys have to move faster or else somebody will snatch your cookies in future time to go full throttle in this world of Competition.. Best Of Luck

Ratan Gadhvi

All of that (except Debbie) will need people to vote for their respective build to be updated .....

Omnikuken

Lets see some more action in Debbie...frankly it moves very smoothly ...and how about the pizza lady? Need some action there too....Debbie is the hottie in the game...and the neighbor lady need some more story and action in my opinion....and some teasing....if the s*x scene with her has some more action and positions it will be awesome ...best work in the patreon page...good luck

if you ever need more bug testers pre release let us know! I'm more than willing to sign a NDA, if needed

Do they only have one coder?

Actually 85.185 %. Patreon/DarkCookie rounds up to the next nearest whole, the Summertime Saga website rounds down to the nearest whole.

retmsgt

86 percent people!!!

Northstar

Go to the discord channel>under general > pinned messages you will find this message regarding release dates 1. there is no release date. 2. everyone gets the new release at the same time. when it’s ready. 3. check the progress bar on the summertime saga website to see how far along development is.

Skeeta_bite

New version 0.17 is ready or no ?

Radoslav Vrábel

Thanks for Roz!! Hoping to see more with her.. Maybe with some stockings? Just a suggestion!

Peter

If Missy ever gets married would she have to change her name to Missusy?

retmsgt

I hope you dont forget about Aqua, who wants to have babies (there should be the pregnancy game for her too!!! Jenny , who is afraid she MIGHT get pregnant( hopefully she gets with our hero and wants to vet pregnant and theres Roxy the perfect girlfriend who just might get preggers and her ( bitches ,missy and (whats her name?) Might just get pregnant. All these girls could join a breast milk business with Diane. First pregnancy then debbie( marries debbie AND Diane... Lots of possibilities...!!!

STEVEN HOWARD

There was some progress on the bars at the beginning of the week (the artwork achieved 100%), but now we're getting down into the tedious and long-drawn-out stuff.

retmsgt

Don't waste time on a roadmap before you make the current progression bars on the website more useful. Right now it sometimes looks like literally nothing is happening for weeks.

Timeyy

The more you bitch, the longer it'll take

Omnikuken

f### HOW MUCH TIME WE W8 FOR NEW UPDATA

Just lol. You do realize Apple is against pron and nothing remotely sexy will ever be put on the store ? Once you figure that out, you'll either laugh at yourself or go hide in shame for a few months

Omnikuken

Roz is Bae, more Roz

Flubberducky

When are you going to make it where we can get it on iOS

i was surprised at how turned on Roz made me :P still wanna do more with anne too

Vote for her in the next poll

Omnikuken

Love the Roz hollwooen Wallpaper

James

cade os br's?

Wold love to see Cassie offer more "services" at the glory hole in the first aid room!

rather have the church chick then

Hopeful for more Roz cotent

Here for da games

Flat on her back, tits bouncing as she's pounded.

retmsgt

Omg i want more Roz

Lucian

Welcome to new month : all the people who unpledged/got denied their credit card pile up and get updated at once ....

Omnikuken

Nope. It would be cool if she could get pregnant also.

Man am I the only one interested in more Roz?

Aaron

Dude... damn... how do you lose 300 patrons and almost 800 bucks since I last checked... like 2 days ago...

Northstar

Halloween is meant to be scary! lol

JMULVY

99% nope, maybe once they get out of Patreon

Omnikuken

Oh, I'm soo much looking forward to seeing the full scope 😎 !

Just a naughty boy

More roz scenes please DC

Miskat Uddin

Not allowed under Patreon's rules. Of course, someone could come up with a patch......

retmsgt

Incest come back when game is finish?

Seconded.

Belated happy halloween dc. Looking forward to .17

Happy Halloween to you and the cast as well, the content will be epic so excited for the result, i know the wait will be worth it <3

Aside Diane who's preg is her story, most of the other girls will be optionnal preg

Omnikuken

Happy Halloween

Ackk I wanted to see Roxy or mias mom

Personally I am not a big fan of the pregnancy feature. The MC should have a way of using protection or something so he only has a chance to get pregnant who he want. A vasectomy would be awesome he could do every girl in the whole town without fear.

All dickable girls will be preg once most updates are done (2+ years)

Omnikuken

Happy Halloween to DC and all his crew!

pregnancy feature with jenny?! you guys made me very happy

Sommion

Can't wait

Dominus

Happy Halloween too you to DarkCookie

Happy Halloween cookies you always bring out the best even when your little late you always manage to give us a little extra cookies on the side you are very awesome keep up your awesome work and your hard work

GreenBiohazardousClouds

More Roz plz

Patreon is the reason they are called roommate and landlady.

Happy Halloween! Keep up the great work.

oh geez... spooky grandma tits!

Brandon Shane

is it plugged in? or it could be your switchboard operator is filtering/censoring your stuff

Skeeta_bite

jason. when you went to discord, did you search for summertime saga? under it you will find general discussion, theories, help etc. select help then look for pinned messages. you can find android, windows help. good luck

Skeeta_bite

Really? This is the pic you give us? Thanks for the nightmares

Adm Trd Ferg

Please, let us choose our relationship with Jenny, Diane, Debbie. I've played plenty renpy games where you can call the roomate and landlady something more... exciting. Would that be so hard?

Can anyone help me I'm trying to find on the discord app on where to update to the latest version

Jason Jones

Ty skeeta_bite for info I have the discord app i went to look up the latest version but could not find it

Jason Jones

I agree @ PeeWee

I believe it is better to wait for a good product than to rush a shoddy one out.

PeeWee

Well....it is scary to think about. No doubt about that.

Biff Edwards

Well I definitely wanted this and I definitely appreciate it!

Joe Binson

Thank you for the wallpaper, unironically wanted this

John Damus

fantastic :-)

That would be a perfect job for Anna ! I'm sure there are lots of suitable yoga positions to do so ^_^ OIO, and there should be much more action with her anyway. Publicly on the park bench or behind the bushes there for example 🌳🍃...

Just a naughty boy

Is it possible to add in the ability/option for the MC to titty fuck some of the bigger breasted ladies in the game?

Kenneth Winkelman

Thanks

Delphi Castillo

calm people, the game is awesome, do not rush to finish it calmly, we'll wait

You guys need to hire an extra coder, that's always the longest part.

I hope there will be more with Roz

Niki

If someone in SS would be a witch, Roz is the best choice, great pic! Happy Halloween!

Gaston B.

it take long time...please do asap ..

I'm sure her lingerie qualified as "hot" back when McKinley was president.

retmsgt

jason. go to the discord channel and look for the pins regarding new updates. since there are compatibility issues with older files it is best to delete all save files (as per instructions). this action will help eliminate many of the problems

Skeeta_bite

Can't beat sexy Roz, i bet she would have some hot lingerie back at her house, basques stockings mmmmm

RT

Probably a QC check

Rob

Art is moving on to 0.18 but 0.17 is still sitting at 43/44. Please, DC, finish one before moving on.

retmsgt

мммм

Any chance for more Roz content down the line?

Irall

Still have a rotary phone here in my den, doesn't show any pictures at all.

retmsgt

I play on my phone which is an Android

Jason Jones

To update do have delete the current version and download the newer version each and every time an update comes out

Jason Jones

Started to get scared when the progress started slowing down. Thanks for updating us (and thanks for the Roz pic, always liked her). Can't wait to fuck the shit out of Diane

Mommy_Addiction

Probably more content and better quality.

konesertofu

hey the breaks between the versions are getting longer and longer. What's happening???

Coulda gone without the Roz pic...lol

Rob

I'd rather that He take his time and make something high quality than rush out broken sh*t.

Indeed.

Soon™

Wack, 50k a month and your failing to meet your timeline, instead wasted time on a wallpaper. lost my support

konterina update, when?

SmutSam