How many years and we are in on what chapter exactly? Yeah, I thought so. As much optimistic as we have been from these past years (from 2019 exactly), you've to be realistic. And by the way I wasn't talking about chapter 5 full/final release but completion of Summer's Gone a.k.a 30 Chapters. The pace sets the destiny.
It would be good if Ocean completes it, no matter whether they are 30 or 32 chapters in total (IIRC it was 30, might be changed). At least it will have 30 chapters anyway.
While I would love to witness the birth of my and Bella's offspring, it seems unlikely to happen given the slow pace of the game development. So, I will relax and enjoy the story while it lasts.
While I would love to witness the birth of my and Bella's offspring, it seems unlikely to happen given the slow pace of the game development. So, I will relax and enjoy the story while it lasts.
S-o-o-o, let's put that statement to the test, shall we?
Most people in this thread have played a recent version of SG, as made by Ocean, so there is no need to do a side-by-side comparison.
Here are some scenes from SG Ch 1 by Regium. Each user can be their own judge on the quality and maturity of the dialogues compared to Ocean's version:
It would be good if Ocean completes it, no matter whether they are 30 or 32 chapters in total (IIRC it was 30, might be changed). At least it will have 30 chapters anyway.
As long as he makes ~5000 renders a year, I'm fine. Make it 8000 and I'll be happy.
I'm not a "completionist", I prefer long series over a movie, as long as the author can produce entertaining content.
For me, an abandoned game and a completed game are almost the same thing. If I finish a game and know that there will be no new content, I will forget it very quickly. Leap Of Faith was a favorite of mine while it lasted, now it's just a good memories deleted from my hdd. SG is a game I replay from the beginning every update and always enjoy it.
Season 1 will be the first completed game in a series of games-seasons with a common main plot and characters called Summer's Gone. Like, I dunno, Breaking Bad series.
You think it's important, it's not. five chapters in five years and developing two games at the same time will not make it faster. So chapter 32 will be released in 2051, do you think it will matter by then, how many chapters are there? By that time not everyone from this thread will be alive. Even in 5 years, most of the players in this thread will forget this game if the development of the game does not stop by then.
You think it's important, it's not. five chapters in five years and developing two games at the same time will not make it faster. So chapter 32 will be released in 2051, do you think it will matter by then, how many chapters are there? By that time not everyone from this thread will be alive. Even in 5 years, most of the players in this thread will forget this game if the development of the game does not stop by then.
During Covid, many people started playing ren'py games, unfortunately there aren't many games worth playing, and even they are updated on average once a year, and after comparison with the best computer games, people completely give up on ren'py games. You may think it doesn't matter, but it does. Fewer players = fewer games sold = fewer supporters = abandoned game. I wish a was wrong, but statistics is also a heartless bitch!
You think it's important, it's not. five chapters in five years and developing two games at the same time will not make it faster. So chapter 32 will be released in 2051, do you think it will matter by then, how many chapters are there? By that time not everyone from this thread will be alive. Even in 5 years, most of the players in this thread will forget this game if the development of the game does not stop by then.
During Covid, many people started playing ren'py games, unfortunately there aren't many games worth playing, and even they are updated on average once a year, and after comparison with the best computer games, people completely give up on ren'py games. You may think it doesn't matter, but it does. Fewer players = fewer games sold = fewer supporters = abandoned game. I wish a was wrong, but statistics is also a heartless bitch!
thats the thing ocean is planning on the future, he is looking for support for summers gone to never stop, we are lucky to get 1 chapter a year, and add 32 chapters and how many years is that add up to. ocean is a busniess man first and foremost, he doesnt care if the game gets finshed but that the support doesnt stop and he makes a living. we the fans want the game to finsh but what we want doesnt matter at the end of the day.
S-o-o-o, let's put that statement to the test, shall we?
Most people in this thread have played a recent version of SG, as made by Ocean, so there is no need to do a side-by-side comparison.
Here are some scenes from SG Ch 1 by Regium. Each user can be their own judge on the quality and maturity of the dialogues compared to Ocean's version:
yeah, all this talk about story and replaying this game, while we all know this "game" is riding on visuals since the beginning cause the story didn'T move an inch since 2019. at least after 5 years of remakes he rewarded the supporters with deleting the only 18(16)+ things the game had so he can rip off more ppl off steam. This game had the worst development by far out of every other game on this site. But thank god he is working on 2 games at the same time so he doesn't burn out...
five chapters in five years and developing two games at the same time will not make it faster. So chapter 32 will be released in 2051, do you think it will matter by then, how many chapters are there? By that time not everyone from this thread will be alive. Even in 5 years, most of the players in this thread will forget this game if the development of the game does not stop by then.
Are you sure that Ocean does not develop his skills over time, does not increase productivity, does not buy new equipment, does not look for other ways to accelerate development?
What if he outsources one of the games to someone else?
What if, after the release on Steam, some gamedev studio notices him and offers to release the game under their brand?
What if he will start a gamedev team himself?
But yeah, if everything stays as it is now, another reworks, lack of hardware (although it's solved at least for a while) and 32-chapters plan, then yeah, the best we may hope is another full season in 4-5 years.
During Covid, many people started playing ren'py games, unfortunately there aren't many games worth playing, and even they are updated on average once a year, and after comparison with the best computer games, people completely give up on ren'py games. You may think it doesn't matter, but it does. Fewer players = fewer games sold = fewer supporters = abandoned game. I wish a was wrong, but statistics is also a heartless bitch!
And five years ago there were only a few AVNs on Steam, and now every second new developer, after releasing a couple of chapters, pushes them to Steam as an early access game. Now many people are discovering this genre who don’t know anything at all about AVN, Patreon, f95 thanks to advertising on Steam.
Over time, everything changes, who knows, perhaps a new engine will soon appear that will completely replace renpy and allow you to do everything much faster than now.
But all this is abstract ramblings. And if we assume that everything will remain as is, then he needs to throw out one game (let’s say it’s WiAB) and reduce the plot of another by four or five times.
So what will happen as a result? Many people, including myself, love SG, not least for the grand scale of the idea, the large amount of details, characters and their intertwines. Well, guess what, instead of that we will get several porn scenes with the main girls and some kind of forced ending. And all this will be called Season 2: The Final.
I don’t know about you, but I won’t play this shit. It's better to spend that time on yet another huba-huba harem sandbox. At least there are jucier lewds.
. The pace sets the destiny.
