VN Ren'Py Summer Scent [v0.6.5a] [The Naughty Captain]

[sorco2003]

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Dev Update #112

Still posing Scene 10 ! It's 196 renders long so far and still not complete.
That thing never ends. I couldn't reuse as many shots as I thought I would, so I'm posing every frame I initially planned. I advanced quite a bit this week but it still isn't complete. I need about 30 more shots to finish the scene... If I don't rewrite a couple of things that I'm not sure about anymore.
I reworked a couple of paragraphs and had to repose some shots that were already done (but not rendered). I'm still globally happy with the scene but on a couple of parts, I feel like I can do something better without any major rework. It's a matter of a few well-placed sentences to better convey the feelings of the characters.
Anyway, I thought I would be done with scene 10 by the end of this week, and I am not. When I first decided that Summer Scent would be a branching story, I knew that the scenes would get bigger and bigger. However, even if I was prepared for this, working on these long scenes is tiresome. That's a lesson for the future. My next game will have fewer and simpler paths.
That update has officially passed the 1000th render and 50 000 words mark and it's not even the third of what the full Day 6 should be.

The quick sum up :

• Day 6 Part 1 will contain 10 scenes.
• Scenes 1 to 10 are written.
• Scenes 1 to 9 are posed and rendered. Scene 10 posing is ongoing.
• Scenes 1 to 9 are coded.
• 50 304 words, 9270 lines of code, 1035 shots are posed and 995 are rendered.
• I'm currently posing scene 10.

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Thank you very much for your support!
The Naughty Captain

That image goes straight into the fray for being my favorite in the game. (along with the one of the pool where they hold hands).
The update is getting huge, I don't want to imagine what it will be like when day 6 is 100% complete.

 

[forthewins]

This game is really fantastic. Great job with it, Captain.

I had some concerns in the early going. It was obviously not written by a native English speaker (obvious more do to really strange word choices that no English speaker would ever use, rather than any glaring mistakes), the plot wasn't really going anywhere interesting yet, and all of the 3 main characters had very similar ways of speaking, which made them feel less like real people and more like vehicles for the plot and the author's voice.

But in each chapter every one of these areas showed significant improvement, and once I started to get on my way to my first bad end (the friend character catching us with the sister character) I was blown away by how real each character's reactions felt in each scene. Really high quality writing in those immediate reaction scenes.

I'm totally invested now. I just wish I had the entire game to play through.

 

[forthewins]

Oh, and the main character's face in this scene cracked me up.




This should've been the only clue I needed to tell me that I was heading for a bad end.

 

[forthewins]

Oh, one more random comment. As someone that loves just about every movie that's been mentioned / watched in the game (Casablanca, Lost in Translation, The Shining), it was very cool to see them referenced.

Though it was a bit off putting that they only had such inane things to say about these films afterwards. (i.e. with The Shining: "The bathroom scene was disgusting.") And yet the main character seemed to genuinely think that this level of commentary meant they had a big future in being paid movie critics.

 

[Jstforme]

I just don't like the dev forcing you to be a nice guy to people that fucked you over. It's make nice, or no love interest...I was thinking there would be a love path (fluffy bunnies and rainbows), and a revenge path (real world). Instead the Dev railroads you into the love path. Christ, shit like this just motivates me to learn how to make VN myself, just so there is a game where you can be an asshole (a real person like in RL).
There are glimpses of it in this game like with that girl at work that tried spreading rumors of one of the MC's LI being a thief...but the dialogue shows the MC doesn't like doing the punishing, I was left with the impression the Dev expected people to choose to call the police option, instead of taking advantage of her.
It wouldn't surprise me if this MC has a fetish of being pegged, just hasn't been brave enough to admit it yet (plus the MC looks like the type that really would). I'll bet he treats his "landlady" with respect when he spends another 100k to bail her out. He's mostly all talk about how mad and brutal he wants to treat someone, but when it comes time to put up or shut up, he picks putting on panties, instead of following through.

 

[bacienvu88]

I just don't like the dev forcing you to be a nice guy to people that fucked you over. It's make nice, or no love interest...I was thinking there would be a love path (fluffy bunnies and rainbows), and a revenge path (real world). Instead the Dev railroads you into the love path. Christ, shit like this just motivates me to learn how to make VN myself, just so there is a game where you can be an asshole (a real person like in RL).
There are glimpses of it in this game like with that girl at work that tried spreading rumors of one of the MC's LI being a thief...but the dialogue shows the MC doesn't like doing the punishing, I was left with the impression the Dev expected people to choose to call the police option, instead of taking advantage of her.
It wouldn't surprise me if this MC has a fetish of being pegged, just hasn't been brave enough to admit it yet (plus the MC looks like the type that really would). I'll bet he treats his "landlady" with respect when he spends another 100k to bail her out. He's mostly all talk about how mad and brutal he wants to treat someone, but when it comes time to put up or shut up, he picks putting on panties, instead of following through.

MC in Summer scent doesn't have 100k to spend on anyone. And there is no "landlady" around either. And there is definitely no railroading into a love path in this game.

Are you sure you are talking about Summer Scent here? If I were to guess, I would think you are talking about Reunion.

Also: Contrary to your belief, not every guy IRL is an asshole.

 

[Canto Forte]

The conclusions of all of MC”s devotion to become a better friend backfire miserably.
MC has to let go of all his plans to try and build a world where he is happy and his girls are safe. His girls because whether we are good or bad, we get to feel responsible for their fate.
The title of the game is what gives away what ties these characters: the whiff of summer.
She is worth getting to know, while anything further is a two way bridge:
Once you are on it, she might just feel you are blocking her path and get off on the other end.

I just don't like the dev forcing you to be a nice guy to people that fucked you over. It's make nice, or no love interest...I was thinking there would be a love path (fluffy bunnies and rainbows), and a revenge path (real world). Instead the Dev railroads you into the love path. Christ, shit like this just motivates me to learn how to make VN myself, just so there is a game where you can be an asshole (a real person like in RL).
There are glimpses of it in this game like with that girl at work that tried spreading rumors of one of the MC's LI being a thief...but the dialogue shows the MC doesn't like doing the punishing, I was left with the impression the Dev expected people to choose to call the police option, instead of taking advantage of her.
It wouldn't surprise me if this MC has a fetish of being pegged, just hasn't been brave enough to admit it yet (plus the MC looks like the type that really would). I'll bet he treats his "landlady" with respect when he spends another 100k to bail her out. He's mostly all talk about how mad and brutal he wants to treat someone, but when it comes time to put up or shut up, he picks putting on panties, instead of following through.

MC in Summer scent doesn't have 100k to spend on anyone. And there is no "landlady" around either. And there is definitely no railroading into a love path in this game.

Are you sure you are talking about Summer Scent here? If I were to guess, I would think you are talking about Reunion.

Also: Contrary to your belief, not every guy IRL is an asshole.

 

[Qwert99]

I swear that Trello board has barely moved since Summer

 

[The Naughty Captain]

I swear that Trello board has barely moved since Summer

True.
With the size of the scenes I'm working on now, the Trello board in its current form is no longer representative of the work I put in the game. I'll have to think of a more detailed presentation.

 

[fortuna95]

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Dev Update #113

The posing and the rendering of scene 10 are done. I've been working on the coding since Wednesday afternoon. Three fourth of the scene is coded I should be able to finish it tomorrow and send it for proofreading.

Remains to be done :

• Some post-processing.

The renders are done, I need to post-process them with basic denoising contrast and colour correction. Probably three days of work there. There is also a new tool I want to try. It could lead to something interesting.

• Applying the corrections.

As soon as scene 10 is proofread, I have the entire script to rectify. It's usually pretty easy and fast to do.

• Testing and balancing.

Before even beta testing the game I need to play and tweak the tests and conditions that structure it.

• The beta test.

I plan on a week of beta testing. Fingers crossed we don't find any game-breaking problem.

And then... the release!

The quick sum up :

• Day 6 Part 1 will contain 10 scenes.
• Scenes 1 to 10 are written.
• Scenes 1 to 10 are posed and rendered.
• Scenes 1 to 9 are coded.
• 50 351 words, 11 249 lines of code, 1060 renders.
• I'm currently coding scene 10.

You can follow my progress with this

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Thank you very much for your support!
The Naughty Captain

 

[CheesusRice]

Just watched the BadEnd and this makes me extremely pissed

 

[KnightOwlSC]

Just watched the BadEnd and this makes me extremely pissed

Honestly that's one reason I've been using the awesome walkthrough that exists from Ottoeight (who is a man amongest men for his hard work). I enjoy this game so much that I don't want to associate bad feelings with it so I stick with the paths I know I'll enjoy. Already unhappy that the MC doesn't have access to a weapon to protect his girls so why add to that?

 

[Kionashi]

I find odd how so many people complain about the bad ending when I didn't reach any bad ending in my first blind playtrough... I don't even know how bad are those bad endings...

 

[sorco2003]

I find odd how so many people complain about the bad ending when I didn't reach any bad ending in my first blind playtrough... I don't even know how bad are those bad endings...

Did you play it when the up date first came out or recently?
in the original realese it was a bit more complicated to avoid scene 7.

 

[UncleFredo]

I find odd how so many people complain about the bad ending when I didn't reach any bad ending in my first blind playtrough... I don't even know how bad are those bad endings...

In VN's with very dark themes as the basis for their story, this type of ending might even be expected. But given the themes in this VN it's one of the ugliest endings I've encountered in VN's with this type of storyline. Compared to where things seem to be headed it's very very dark, in part because it seems to come out of nowhere.

As mentioned above it's easier to avoid now than in earlier versions of the game.

 

[albo2014]

do we have a mother in this game ??

 

[Darkwen]

do we have a mother in this game ??

most likely since there is a Mc and his sister they didn't just pop up. There is just haven't met her yet.

 

[forthewins]

I find odd how so many people complain about the bad ending when I didn't reach any bad ending in my first blind playtrough... I don't even know how bad are those bad endings...

I'm not someone that's complaining about it, but I certainly did my best to avoid any bad endings and still hit it. It seems unavoidable if you go for both girls and pick most of the options that feel right. (At least if you go for the kiss with the friend character in that scene about making a move)

This especially seems to punish you if you cheat scenes like this. When presented with a tough choice I'll often see how the characters react to the more risque choice and then decide whether to stick with it or not. And the friend takes the kiss very positively, with no negative reaction from the sister character, so it feels like a good choice from porn game logic. And then likewise you get a negative reaction if you try and get in the pool naked and a positive one if you don't. But the combination of the pool scene and the not getting naked scene seems to put you on the apparent "best" path with both girls, which leads to them being on a collision course.

I actually like that the consequences that stem from those choices are not immediately apparent. Much more like real life in that regard than things always working out the best in the end if they don't have an immediate bad reaction that screams that you made a bad choice.

 

[Housewife]

do we have a mother in this game ??

do you need a mommy?

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[Kionashi]

I actually like that the consequences that stem from those choices are not immediately apparent. Much more like real life in that regard than things always working out the best in the end if they don't have an immediate bad reaction that screams that you made a bad choice.

100% Agree, sometimes I feel is too easy to simply choose whatever option and just scroll back a little bit to correct your path if the immediate reaction is not favorable, that kinda takes away from the choice and consequence this kind of games offer since you end up choosing not what you think you would choose in that situation, but whatever has the best outcome...the game should push us to deal with the consequences of our actions by avoiding an immediate reaction and letting the consequences hit you later.