VN Ren'Py Summer's Gone [S1 Steam + DLC] [Oceanlab]

[massagecook01]

I'm planning on still being around 27 years from now...

a lot of people planned on being around for decades but didn't. by all medical standereds i sould'nt still be here.

 

[John Ness]

Why, why do they talk about 30 chapters when there are actually 32.

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.

 

[John972]

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!

I'd be more impressed if Ren'py is still around in 2051.

 

[massagecook01]

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.

 

[Mortarion]

Well, everyone entitled to their opinion, even if we do find it laughable. It's just a shame that user didn't state his opinion clearly.

IMHO, delete:

AlexFXR:

Insert:

AlexFXR:

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:

Spoiler: First Scene Example, SG Ch 1 by Regium

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Spoiler: Second Scene Example, SG Ch 1 by Regium

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In my opinion, only 12-year-old wannabe Edgelords are likely to be impressed with dialogue of that quality.

To be honest, I liked the dolphin joke very much.

And the first three sentences are not that bad neither. the rest is something to get used to ...

 

[SDDA]

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...

 

[Adhdclassic]

Create a site like OF and call it OVN(Only visual novels). It is dedicated to all visual novel minimal restrictions. Less politics.

 

[Maviarab]

Create a site like OF and call it OVN(Only visual novels). It is dedicated to all visual novel minimal restrictions. Less politics.

And how do people pay?

 

[Ayhsel]

And how do people pay?

I would accept diamonds, chocolates or sacrificial virgins.

 

[yossa999]

You think it's important, it's not.

This is not just important, but extremely important! Those who are strong enough will see two additional chapters!

Spoiler: Two chapters matter!

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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.

Bro, there are so many "ifs" here that I don’t even want to start. Those who extrapolate the required time like this remind me of this guy:

Spoiler: Let's extrapolate

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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.

 

[Adhdclassic]

And how do people pay?

The same way they do any other paysite. Just spitballing a thought take it with a grain of salt.

 

[BobTheDuck]

I would accept diamonds, chocolates or sacrificial virgins.

How much chocolate are we talking? Sacrifical virgins probably have a sooner expiry date than chocolate and are less likely to cause bowel obstructions than diamonds.

 

[Ayhsel]

How much chocolate are we talking? Sacrifical virgins probably have a sooner expiry date than chocolate and are less likely to cause bowel obstructions than diamonds.

Depends on the type of subscription.

Chocolate only for monthly subscription. Diamonds depends color and size. Virgins depends on subject. I don't take male virgins as payment. Those are worth a dime a dozen. But a 18 years old female virgin is so rare these days that would be worth two season passes on steam.

I mean, I am a reasonable guy.

 

[Mortarion]

sacrificial virgins.

That sounds like a valid plan, count me in!

 

[yossa999]

Depends on the type of subscription.

Chocolate only for monthly subscription. Diamonds depends color and size. Virgins depends on subject. I don't take male virgins as payment. Those are worth a dime a dozen. But a 18 years old female virgin is so rare these days that would be worth two season passes on steam.

I mean, I am a reasonable guy.

How about the period blood of virgins, would it do?
I mean, I don't know much about your vampire business, but blood is blood, right?

 

[Maviarab]

The same way they do any other paysite. Just spitballing a thought take it with a grain of salt.

Which is entirely the problem isn't it? Web hosters care little...it's payment processors causing headaches. OF will be next unless they change the way people can pay for it.

 

[AlexFXR]

S-o-o-o, let's put that statement to the test, shall we?

You forgot to check people's reviews about Regium. When he was developing SG, no one talked about “Slow Burning” and that the dialogue in the game was boring. But they write this about Ocean all the time. Well, this is not surprising, after all these years people are tired of waiting for the plot to move forward and begin to develop.

 

[Old Man Al]

You forgot to check people's reviews about Regium. When he was developing SG, no one talked about “Slow Burning” and that the dialogue in the game was boring. But they write this about Ocean all the time. Well, this is not surprising, after all these years people are tired of waiting for the plot to move forward and begin to develop.

 

[Dark Quean Olivia]

You forgot to check people's reviews about Regium. When he was developing SG, no one talked about “Slow Burning” and that the dialogue in the game was boring. But they write this about Ocean all the time. Well, this is not surprising, after all these years people are tired of waiting for the plot to move forward and begin to develop.

 

[Adhdclassic]

I am going to ask a question. Sorry I don't know the rules of steam, patreon etc. Why is Summer's gone a issue? As far as content it doesn't seem to be a problem in my eyes as a regular joe. I looked at steams visual novel section and saw some deep stuff. Saw one game guy fucks his mom and sister there is no if and or buts about it they were who they were, furry sex, corruption and other things. Summer's gone compared to some of the stuff I saw couldn't compare. So please enlighten me whats the issue.