VN Ren'Py Summer Heat [v0.5.1] [Naughty Fox Games]

[Northpx]

Just pick the angles that are hotter Northpx .

The point of view should be to maximize the enjoyment of the scenes with the girls.

This is the way.

That doesn't change the fact that keeping to 1st person only is them limiting themselves in terms of art especially when we will get to more sex scenes

We steered away from the 1st person POV starting in CH3/CH4. The limitations were very noticable early on and we didn't want to get stuck with it as the game progresses. And when it comes to lewd scenes, the angles will be quite diverse.

Basically, are you going to release an annual chapter?

Chapter 5 with a lot of luck will be ready when, December?

An unfortunate consequence of making a bigger release with a set ending that we've been working towards.
It'll be done way before December or we fucked up.

I don't care either way about the POV debate other than I want the devs to stay true to their creative vision.

No worries. We previously asked for thoughts regarding the longer development time and this time we were curious about the players' perspectives on POV. These haven't been polls to change the game, just things we'd like to know more about.

And thanks to the many replies here and on Patreon, we got some good insight.

 

[GPsarakis]

I don't mind POV changes, more 3rd person shots are nice though. At this point I'd just take the next update as is instead of have to wait even longer for them to rework new POV shots in. You can leave that for ch6 or whatever.

 

[Joshy92]

Honestly If I don't like how the mc looks in these games I stop playing them
I self insert in these games heavily
And two things that push me away from a game is how the mc acts to the girls and how he looks

Not saying that's going to happen here those are just my thoughts
Heck, I prefer when AAA games are first person too

 

[JayneDoe2]

Honestly I prefer the "BaDIK" style. Dialogue switches between POV and observer-mode, other scenes too.

BUT: He is called "Fuckface" for a reason. If the MC looks like an idiot or has a beard like a viking/Magnum, people are mostly out (I would drop the game too).
So giving the MC a "face" comes with a risk.

 

[wizardcock]

Honestly If I don't like how the mc looks in these games I stop playing them
I self insert in these games heavily
And two things that push me away from a game is how the mc acts to the girls and how he looks

Not saying that's going to happen here those are just my thoughts
Heck, I prefer when AAA games are first person too

A safe bet is when the protagonist's face is neutral enough and pretty enough. And its better to show it only when it is necessary,sex scene for example. Anyway player's attention will clearly not be focused on the mc's face

 

[Kassandara]

I had no idea that people care this much about the way MCs looks.. I mean sure sometimes I think that they look a bit silly or whatever but I can mostly ignore it and just enjoy the story.

A safe bet is when the protagonist's face is neutral enough and pretty enough. And its better to show it only when it is necessary,sex scene for example. Anyway player's attention will clearly not be focused on the mc's face

Yeah that's true, probably a reason we see a lot of "bland" protags (or at least similiar looking) is that the devs don't want to go over the top with MC looks And there is probably a lack of assets too.

 

[Wonder Wolf]

This is the way.


We steered away from the 1st person POV starting in CH3/CH4. The limitations were very noticable early on and we didn't want to get stuck with it as the game progresses. And when it comes to lewd scenes, the angles will be quite diverse.


An unfortunate consequence of making a bigger release with a set ending that we've been working towards.
It'll be done way before December or we fucked up.


No worries. We previously asked for thoughts regarding the longer development time and this time we were curious about the players' perspectives on POV. These haven't been polls to change the game, just things we'd like to know more about.

And thanks to the many replies here and on Patreon, we got some good insight.

And don't forget the most important thing. Save your development progress from the game. The script, the renders, some ideas for the next chapter, everything that has to do with summer heat. Save it multiple times on different computers, USB sticks and hard drives, nobody wants to start all over again after months of hard work if the case happens that the own computer is no longer working properly.

This has happened to all of us sometimes in the past, so always save everything several times on different systems, this prevents the worst case scenario.

 

[SSJGOD]

Honestly I prefer the "B******" style. Dialogue switches between POV and observer-mode, other scenes too.

BUT: He is called "Fuckface" for a reason. If the MC looks like an idiot or has a beard like a viking/Magnum, people are mostly out (I would drop the game too).
So giving the MC a "face" comes with a risk.

Slight glimpse of MC without facial hair but maybe that will change. Both the bestfriend and Miller are decent looking, how bad could MC be?

 

[wizardcock]

Slight glimpse of MC without facial fair but maybe that will change. Both the bestfriend and Miller are decent looking, how bad could MC be?

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Lol, I thought for a second that she is on Miller. Probably because of the same hairstyles and the fact that I was always paying all attention to the Sophie at that point

 

[soprano31]

Slight glimpse of MC without facial fair but maybe that will change. Both the bestfriend and Miller are decent looking, how bad could MC be?

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What faces ?

I only see two delicious juicy mounds which i want to suck,
lick,bite and die in with the biggest smile

 

[armond]

Slight glimpse of MC without facial fair but maybe that will change. Both the bestfriend and Miller are decent looking, how bad could MC be?

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The evil MC has an eye patch and goatee, is also helen.

 

[FullyAnimated]

I'm fine with most POVs with a preference for third. Except for kissing, first person POV makes the girl look like fish with a hook in its mouth. Not enticing at all.

 

[Chev1955]

helen

 

[Mr. Harper]

I really like 3rd person view when it comes to sex scene and kissing just like BADIK or University of Problem

 

[shitass1001]

I think the system they had for chapters 3 and 4 made sense, keep most of the game first person, but occasionally have a bonus render you can click to see.
Then during the scenes they just keep it half POV half not.

 

[MtHopkins]

Any news of late?

 

[BlueWolf10]

Any news of late?

https://f95zone.to/threads/summer-heat-v0-4-1-naughty-fox-games.107102/post-11623722
This is the most recent status update from the dev.

 

[Tserriednich'sNen]

If Mia gets that openly jealous just seeing MC talk with Sophie & Bree in their swimsuits I almost don't want to imagine how she'll react to seeing MC do anything more with either one of those two lmao. Poor girl. It's gonna a rough summer for her

 

[armond]

If Mia gets that openly jealous just seeing MC talk with Sophie & Bree in their swimsuits I almost don't want to imagine how she'll react to seeing MC do anything more with either one of those two lmao. Poor girl. It's gonna a rough summer for her

If we tie up Mia and make her watch we can use her seethe to power a small town

 

[CHAD-MAN]

I feel like at this point we should get a release date, regardless how many tasks that remain to be done. Set a date and stick with it, its been far too long at this point.