VN Ren'Py Summer Scent [v0.6.6a Steam] [The Naughty Captain]

[P3ltier]

I see the dev said serious edits have been made to day 1, do you guys think its worth it to start over?

 

[Elduriel]

I see the dev said serious edits have been made to day 1, do you guys think its worth it to start over?

there have been reworks made to a couple of the early day scenes not just day 1, so I'd say definitely.

 

[Anteron]

I see the dev said serious edits have been made to day 1, do you guys think its worth it to start over?

Hell, no. Way too far in to have to go through the boring parts again and then everything else you already did, too.

 

[bobbo69]

The Naughty Captain
Jun 13, 2025 07:06 pm
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Dev Update #303

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Day 2, Scene 3.

The bathroom scene. It was horribly bad. The new script is way better. And way longer too. I wanted to keep it under 2000 words, but in the end, couln't. After the final edit, the scene is 2618 words long and it feels just right. I've cut the scene and prepared it for posing. There are a lot of variants in the scene and I will be reusing the shots from path to path. I have planned 65 shots, over 4 different sets that I will have to slightly rework. I'm obviously talking about the light, as always. Upgrading the sets shouldn't be too hard. I've already taken care of the first one. Posing has begun. The first 11 images are ready for rendering. I will most likely get to that next week.

So, what to expect from the new version of that scene?

The story remains the same, it's not about change but about improving, even if in the end, there isn't a single trace of the old script left. A better script, a better flow, better dialogues and interactions, and better visuals too, of course. I'm always ashamed when I come back to these old parts of the game. The original scene 3 is about 500 words and 15 renders. It was ridiculously short, and quite frankly bad, for a pretty important scene, on some path at least. It was hurting the story. In the end, reworking these scenes feels like I'm just righting some wrongs.

I think I can make some good progress next week, there will be some challenging shots but most of them should be fairly easy. I should be able to finish the posing, and maybe even progress on the coding of scene 32.

If all goes as planned, we could be heading for a release in early July.


If you have bought Summer Scent on Steam, the game is in dire need of positive reviews. Please, consider writing one! Thank you!


The quick sum up :

• Day 6 Part 6 will contain 3 new scenes: scenes 30, 31, and 32.
• Day 6 Part 6 will contain 1 reworked scene: Day 2, scene 3.
• Day 6 scenes 30 and 31 are fully written, posed, rendered, and proofread. Post-processing and coding phase #2 are done.
• Day 6 scene 32 is fully written, posed, and rendered. Coding phase #1 is done.
• 18 877 words of new content.
• 2618 words of reworked content.
• 4 811 lines of code so far.
• 636 shots are planned, 582 are posed, and 571 are rendered.
• 5 animations have been posed. 330 / 330 frames rendered, 330 post-processed.
• I'm currently posing Day 2 scene 3.

You can follow my progress on this Trello board.

You can also buy Summer Scent on Steam!

htt://store.steampowered.com/app/2994790/Summer_Scent/


Thank you for your support!

The Naughty Captain

 

[Draakaap23]

the man keeps re-chewing his work, it will have no taste left by the time he spits it out for us

 

[blobblabblub]

I see the dev said serious edits have been made to day 1, do you guys think its worth it to start over?

The reworking is still underway (as shown in the most recent update from the dev posted above).

I would hold off for a bit since there will be more later.

 

[Ottoeight]

the man keeps re-chewing his work, it will have no taste left by the time he spits it out for us

Honestly, I think that the reworked earlier scenes have worsened the story. It feels like the characters are slightly different people with slightly different mindset, now.

Therefore, we have inconsistency now.

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Jun 13, 2025 07:06 pm
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Dev Update #303



Day 2, Scene 3.

The bathroom scene. It was horribly bad.

Well no. Honestly, it was good as it was. Definitely good.

Honestly, I think that no change the Author made all these years makes sense.

Just an example: the older original dream scene - where MC dreams he has sex with either Eve or Cassie. He replaced it with that ridiculous school classroom dream. What the fuck, dude.

The new script is way better. And way longer too.

Oh well, here we go again.

 

[Ottoeight]

The reworking is still underway (as shown in the most recent update from the dev posted above).

I would hold off for a bit since there will be more later.

We only have 1 life. And Life is S h o r t.

Therefore, holding off is n o t a good idea.

Do you realise that the development started in 2019?

 

[Kakato]

This game would be a beast if there were/weren't:

1. More frequent updates
2. Animations
3. Endless paths which makes the waiting even more frustrating.

Just my 2 cents. Peace out.

 

[bobbo69]

The Naughty Captain
Jun 20, 2025 06:40 pm
Public post

Dev Update #304

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Day 2, Scene 3.

It's posed. I'm not overly satisfied with the rendering, however. I seem to have some issues with the wet skin geoshell I have used until now. It always served me well, so far. I don't know why but on most of the renders, it doesn't look as good as it used to. It will have to do though.

There are about 20 images left to render, I should be able to deal with them over the weekend.

Coding phase one is done, and I sent the script to my proofreader.

Next week will most likely be intense.

The post-processing should be a breeze now that I have found a way to automatize it. I've already done most of it anyway.

I have some coding left to do and a list of bugs, typos, and details to correct. I also have to find some new music. I do hope to be done with all this by Thursday and proceed with a short round of closed beta before a release in early July.

If you have bought Summer Scent on Steam, the game is in dire need of positive reviews. Please, consider writing one! Thank you!


The quick sum up :

• Day 6 Part 6 will contain 3 new scenes: scenes 30, 31, and 32.
• Day 6 Part 6 will contain 1 reworked scene: Day 2, scene 3.
• Day 6 scenes 30 and 31 are fully written, posed, rendered, and proofread. Post-processing and coding phase #2 are done.
• Day 6 scene 32 is fully written, posed, and rendered. Coding phase #1 is done.
• Day 2 scene 3 is fully written and posed. Rendering is ongoing. Coding phase 1 is done.
• 18 877 words of new content.
• 2670 words of reworked content.
• 5 460 lines of code so far.
• 635 shots are planned, 635 are posed, and 614 are rendered.
• 5 animations have been posed. 330 / 330 frames rendered, 330 post-processed.
• I'm currently post-processing and coding stuff.

You can follow my progress on this Trello board.

You can also buy Summer Scent on Steam!

htt://store.steampowered.com/app/2994790/Summer_Scent/


Thank you for your support!

The Naughty Captain

 

[Elduriel]

Why am I getting this error?

Here is the error code I received while accessing the Day 2 achievement.

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While loading <renpy.display.im.Scale object at 0x0000000014434a30>:
OSError: Couldn't find file 'images/ep2/ep2_sc2_cm_0.jpg'.

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
  File "renpy/common/_layout/screen_main_menu.rpym", line 28, in script
    python hide:
  File "C:\Users\Hari Om Shahi\Downloads\AVNs\Summer_Scent_v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\Summer Scent v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\renpy\ast.py", line 823, in execute
    renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store)
  File "C:\Users\Hari Om Shahi\Downloads\AVNs\Summer_Scent_v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\Summer Scent v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\renpy\python.py", line 1178, in py_exec_bytecode
    exec(bytecode, globals, locals)
  File "renpy/common/_layout/screen_main_menu.rpym", line 28, in <module>
    python hide:
  File "renpy/common/_layout/screen_main_menu.rpym", line 35, in _execute_python_hide
    ui.interact()
  File "C:\Users\Hari Om Shahi\Downloads\AVNs\Summer_Scent_v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\Summer Scent v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\renpy\ui.py", line 301, in interact
    rv = renpy.game.interface.interact(roll_forward=roll_forward, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\Hari Om Shahi\Downloads\AVNs\Summer_Scent_v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\Summer Scent v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\renpy\display\core.py", line 2165, in interact
    repeat, rv = self.interact_core(preloads=preloads, trans_pause=trans_pause, pause=pause, pause_start=pause_start, pause_modal=pause_modal, **kwargs) # type: ignore
  File "C:\Users\Hari Om Shahi\Downloads\AVNs\Summer_Scent_v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\Summer Scent v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\renpy\display\core.py", line 2818, in interact_core
    self.draw_screen(root_widget, fullscreen_video, (not fullscreen_video) or video_frame_drawn)
  File "C:\Users\Hari Om Shahi\Downloads\AVNs\Summer_Scent_v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\Summer Scent v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\renpy\display\core.py", line 1352, in draw_screen
    surftree = renpy.display.render.render_screen(
  File "render.pyx", line 486, in renpy.display.render.render_screen
  File "render.pyx", line 260, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "C:\Users\Hari Om Shahi\Downloads\AVNs\Summer_Scent_v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\Summer Scent v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\renpy\display\layout.py", line 900, in render
    surf = render(child, width, height, cst, cat)
  File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "render.pyx", line 260, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "C:\Users\Hari Om Shahi\Downloads\AVNs\Summer_Scent_v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\Summer Scent v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\renpy\display\transition.py", line 384, in render
    top = render(self.new_widget, width, height, st, at)
  File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "render.pyx", line 260, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "C:\Users\Hari Om Shahi\Downloads\AVNs\Summer_Scent_v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\Summer Scent v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\renpy\display\layout.py", line 900, in render
    surf = render(child, width, height, cst, cat)
  File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "render.pyx", line 260, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "C:\Users\Hari Om Shahi\Downloads\AVNs\Summer_Scent_v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\Summer Scent v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\renpy\display\layout.py", line 900, in render
    surf = render(child, width, height, cst, cat)
  File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "render.pyx", line 260, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "C:\Users\Hari Om Shahi\Downloads\AVNs\Summer_Scent_v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\Summer Scent v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\renpy\display\screen.py", line 754, in render
    child = renpy.display.render.render(self.child, w, h, st, at)
  File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "render.pyx", line 260, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "C:\Users\Hari Om Shahi\Downloads\AVNs\Summer_Scent_v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\Summer Scent v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\renpy\display\layout.py", line 900, in render
    surf = render(child, width, height, cst, cat)
  File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "render.pyx", line 260, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "C:\Users\Hari Om Shahi\Downloads\AVNs\Summer_Scent_v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\Summer Scent v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\renpy\display\layout.py", line 1361, in render
    surf = render(child,
  File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "render.pyx", line 260, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "C:\Users\Hari Om Shahi\Downloads\AVNs\Summer_Scent_v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\Summer Scent v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\renpy\display\layout.py", line 900, in render
    surf = render(child, width, height, cst, cat)
  File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "render.pyx", line 260, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "C:\Users\Hari Om Shahi\Downloads\AVNs\Summer_Scent_v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\Summer Scent v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\renpy\display\viewport.py", line 730, in render
    surf = renpy.display.render.render(c, cw, ch, st, at)
  File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "render.pyx", line 260, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "C:\Users\Hari Om Shahi\Downloads\AVNs\Summer_Scent_v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\Summer Scent v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\renpy\display\layout.py", line 1396, in render
    back = render(style.background, bw, bh, st, at)
  File "render.pyx", line 170, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "render.pyx", line 260, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "C:\Users\Hari Om Shahi\Downloads\AVNs\Summer_Scent_v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\Summer Scent v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\renpy\display\transform.py", line 957, in render
    return RenderTransform(self).render(width, height, st, at)
  File "accelerator.pyx", line 978, in renpy.display.accelerator.RenderTransform.render
  File "accelerator.pyx", line 413, in renpy.display.accelerator.RenderTransform.render_child
  File "render.pyx", line 260, in renpy.display.render.render
  File "C:\Users\Hari Om Shahi\Downloads\AVNs\Summer_Scent_v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\Summer Scent v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\renpy\display\im.py", line 626, in render
    return cache.get(self, render=True)
  File "C:\Users\Hari Om Shahi\Downloads\AVNs\Summer_Scent_v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\Summer Scent v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\renpy\display\im.py", line 309, in get
    surf = image.load()
  File "C:\Users\Hari Om Shahi\Downloads\AVNs\Summer_Scent_v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\Summer Scent v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\renpy\display\im.py", line 936, in load
    child = cache.get(self.image)
  File "C:\Users\Hari Om Shahi\Downloads\AVNs\Summer_Scent_v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\Summer Scent v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\renpy\display\im.py", line 309, in get
    surf = image.load()
  File "C:\Users\Hari Om Shahi\Downloads\AVNs\Summer_Scent_v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\Summer Scent v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\renpy\display\im.py", line 761, in load
    raise e
  File "C:\Users\Hari Om Shahi\Downloads\AVNs\Summer_Scent_v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\Summer Scent v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\renpy\display\im.py", line 711, in load
    filelike = renpy.loader.load(self.filename, directory="images")
  File "C:\Users\Hari Om Shahi\Downloads\AVNs\Summer_Scent_v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\Summer Scent v0.6.5b-Steam-WLM\renpy\loader.py", line 672, in load
    raise IOError("Couldn't find file '%s'." % name)
OSError: Couldn't find file 'images/ep2/ep2_sc2_cm_0.jpg'.

Windows-10-10.0.26100 AMD64
Ren'Py 8.2.1.24030407
Summer Scent 0.6.4a
Mon Jun 23 01:56:57 2025

you used sancho's mod didn't you? (at least per the screen you attached). It's not updated to the version you have, and most likely won't be either.

 

[Bbok]

you used sancho's mod didn't you? (at least per the screen you attached). It's not updated to the version you have, and most likely won't be either.

Oops! Should have checked that before using it. Thank you.

 

[OleJackRipper]

6.6 release possibly in early July......

My download of 6.3a tracks from September 23. I'm not saying this is easy for the dev. Clearly the dev has a life while others in this market invest more in their game.

 

[bobbo69]

The Naughty Captain
Jun 27, 2025 07:49 pm
Public post

Dev Update #305

​

Beta is ongoing.

I finished all my planned tasks on Thursday and managed to build for the beta. It is now ongoing. I hope we'll be done with it by Monday. If we do not encounter any major issue... We'll have ourselves a release next week.

If you have bought Summer Scent on Steam, the game is in dire need of positive reviews. Please, consider writing one! Thank you!

The quick sum up :

• Day 6 Part 6 will contain 3 new scenes: scenes 30, 31, and 32.
• Day 6 Part 6 will contain 1 reworked scene: Day 2, scene 3.
• 18 877 words of new content.
• 2670 words of reworked content.
• 5 531 + 962 lines of code so far.
• 635 shots are planned, 635 are posed, 635 are rendered, and 635 are postprocessed.
• 5 animations have been posed. 330 / 330 frames rendered, 330 post-processed.
• Beta testing is ongoing.

You can follow my progress on this Trello board.

You can also buy Summer Scent on Steam!

htt://store.steampowered.com/app/2994790/Summer_Scent/


Thank you for your support!

The Naughty Captain

 

[D4V1D]

New update is uploaded on SubscribeStar.

 

[johnpouljones]

New update is uploaded on SubscribeStar.

Awesome.

 

[bobbo69]

The Naughty Captain
Jul 04, 2025 06:51 pm
Public post

Dev Update #306

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V0.6.6 is available.

The build has been available for download for a few days now. It will be available for the gunner tier next Tuesday (July 8th), and on Steam and Itch on July 15th.

It took me way too much time to produce that update. For various reasons. Time was already a pretty scarce commodity, and I proceeded to invest a lot of it in trying to produce animations. According to the feedback I received so far, it wasn't a complete waste. I will most likely keep at it, but animations won't be my priority. If a shot is appropriate for some loop building, I might do something, but I won't go out of my way just to get pixels moving. Animations require an amplitude of movement that I am not willing to provide. I like some of my love scenes to be static, intimate, embrace focused. I don't plan on changing that.

Anyway, I hope I'll get better at animating. I've already learned a lot. One thing is certain, however: I don't have the computing power to produce dozens of animations per scene. And I can't invest at the moment, so... we're going to stay shy in that domain for a while.

I included some SFX in that build. It was a bit of a test and a last-minute decision, but it's something I have been thinking about for a while now. I feel like it adds a lot to the ambiance and immersion. I like it. As always, that's something I should have looked into way sooner.

There's only a handful of sound effects at the moment, but I will certainly add more in the future. With v0.6.7, I do plan to extend the music and sfx to the whole day 6.

V0.6.7 is in the works.

Let's talk about the next update.

It will contain three new scenes. Scenes 33 and 34 from the Moronic Hero path, and Scene 35, from Kelly Love path. It will also contain one reworked scene, I don't know which one yet. There are a lot of options for that part of the update.

The story map for v0.6.7 has been ready for a while now, and I have already started working on scene 33. Writing is ongoing, the first draft is almost 2000 words long so far, for about 30 % of the content I have planned for that scene. That sounds acceptable to me. There is a lot of discussion, though. I'll have to make sure the scene keeps some balance. We wouldn't want it to get boring.


If you have bought Summer Scent on Steam, the game is in dire need of positive reviews. Please, consider writing one! Thank you!


The quick sum up :

• Day 6 Part 7 will contain 3 new scenes: scenes 33, 34, and 35.
• Day 6 Part 7 will contain 1 reworked scene..
• 1 867 words of new content.
• I'm currently writing scene 33.

You can follow my progress on this Trello board.

You can also buy Summer Scent on Steam!

htt://store.steampowered.com/app/2994790/Summer_Scent/


Thank you for your support!

The Naughty Captain

 

[fz]

Do we have any heroes in the house?

 

[johnpouljones]

It will contain three new scenes. Scenes 33 and 34 from the Moronic Hero path, and Scene 35, from Kelly Love path.

I don't remember exactly but there was once such information that the Moronic Hero path was completed.

 

[bobbo69]

I don't remember exactly but there was once such information that the Moronic Hero path was completed.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯