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

[Razrback16]

I think at some point during the story, Amber's sister describes her as a prude, which I hope is true. I love prudish women and that's why the piercings are pretty sexy IMO. Would love to see her be very conservative but willing to open up and try things with the MC down the road when they get going in a relationship. That's my kinda girl right there - one who is very proper to the outside world, but gets a little crazy only with me behind closed doors. Wifey material.

Edit: Also love the dress change Ocean made for Amber in that re-worked scene - it's much more conservative and fits her character a lot better. Amber is just very classy. But she's sexy by default - as the saying goes, she'd be sexy wearing a garbage bag.

 

[yossa999]

Which is nothing if you think about the circumstances and work that went into the first part.

1. I moved across the country and had all troubles and annoyances a person has when they move. (From acquiring a new tax office, waiting for a desk to arrive meeting up with lawyers to make future music deals waterproof, and just getting my life in order again... Cuz a move fucks up everything.)

2. Got pretty sick from visiting my family over Christmas.

3. Created 900+ renders and new environments for the Rework in the meanwhile. (While also working on Chapter 5 (almost 100 renders in and creating another few hundred images for WiAB.))


I know that a BETA to Full shouldn't take this long and trust me that it burdens me too, but this is a special case. These damn reworks take up a lot of resources and take as much work as a new update.

Hey Ocean, though the guys here have said pretty much everything I would say myself, it never hurts to praise you again for what a wonderful work you are doing. What I like most about this game is not even excellent graphics and great cinematography or an interesting story or a decent amount of content accompanied by a well-chosen music.
But what I absolutely love is the characters that inhabit this visual novell. They seem so real and alive, everyone have their own vices and virtues, dreams, goals in life, problems, demons to fight. They have very different personalities, but nevertheless they are all very natural and sometimes it seems that they are true acquaintances from real life. Oh, and also this micro mimics and poses that conveys the finest details of the emotions experienced by the characters, that's so cool.
I had to sort out my hdd dedicated for VNs, 2tb is gone, it's time to leave the best, and throw the rest away. For every 19 out of 20 I couldn't even remember what the game was about, what characters are there, just a general theme like "landlady molesting sim" or "college freshman porn". SG is the primary of perhaps less than a dozen VNs where I remember every character and the story behind each one.
So thanks again for this great game, please keep it up and don't let random complaints affect your creativity, especially when it comes to delays for the sake of game quality.

 

[NeroZee]

Here is a brand new preview of CH 2, upgraded...

Spoiler: Amber is Smokin!

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HOLY SHI... Amber is Smokin and I am very interested in just what prompted her to give the MC this display (because who could be more deserving!)

Anyone want to complain and say Amber is not worth waiting for???

It's funny that as much as i love Bella, the only woman in the game that could make me cheat on her is her mom lol. Amber is too fucking hot.

 

[rudy007]

It's funny that as much as i love Bella, the only woman in the game that could make me cheat on her is her mom lol. Amber is too fucking hot.

Like mother, like daughter. Smoking hot MILF and her smoking hot girl.

 

[NeroZee]

For some reason, people interpreted it as a confirmation that there would be lewd scenes with them in 2023.
I think my English sucks because what I was actually saying is that I was hoping for it/jokingly asking 2023 to provide us with them.

It was more of a joke, especially in Sasha's case whose entire storyline is still down the road.

TBF i think most people aren't expecting anything really lewd for quite a while, at least a year or 2 more, which is fine with me personally at least i like the story and the characters crafted here and the slow burn with them. The one thing that worries me is, we have like 20-30 named characters in the game, some of which are potential love interests, some are just there to do some lewd stuff and move on, but given that our MC is fairly frigid about it and has his little problem that he hasn't solved yet... once that problem gets solved, i feel like we are gonna have WAAAAAAAY too many characters to bang, that we will never realistically get through even most of them, let alone get a satisfying conclusion with just 1 of them... The MC would literally have to turn into a sex machine once he is cured and just bang 2-3 girls per update to keep up and it would still take him 10(3-4 years) updates to get through all of them, just doing anything lewd with them ONCE.

Like i LOVE the girls in this game, the game is filled with some of the best designed characters ever... but with an MC like this, i feel like they will just end up as window dressing, just eye candy and nothing more and not something we will ever get to do fun stuff with, not in this decade probably lol.

Anyway i hope i am wrong, but honestly I dunno if this was thought out through enough.

 

[funkymonkeyjedi]

.../once that problem gets solved, i feel like we are gonna have WAAAAAAAY too many characters to bang, that we will never realistically get through even most of them, let alone get a satisfying conclusion with just 1 of them... The MC would literally have to turn into a sex machine once he is cured and just bang 2-3 girls per update to keep up//...

Personally I disagree with that.
Again, speaking for myself, I'm perfectly fine with proceeding with only 1 LI much more over turning the MC into a walking slut fest. I would much rather keeping things more respectable, and just re-roll a new playthrough to complete the game with a different LI.

Doing it that way would add a huge replay value to the game. I think considering the style SG has taken by keeping the lewds at a respectable level really gives this title a rare charm and respectability. The characters are way to well written to turn the story into a lewd fest down the road.

I REALLY hope Ocean isn't planing on turning this into a 'harem' of sorts.

 

[anonnyscouse]

My guess is that lewdable but not LI characters will only be available when a player is not on an LI path at that point. The issue I can foresee is if the paths are split early (as should be the case with MC the way he is at the moment, he shouldn't really be a player of any kind) is that updates are not going to be able to cater to every LI every time, and some LI's could be waiting 4 or 5 episodes between storylines while the others catch up.

 

[Elduriel]

Personally I disagree with that.
Again, speaking for myself, I'm perfectly fine with proceeding with only 1 LI much more over turning the MC into a walking slut fest. I would much rather keeping things more respectable, and just re-roll a new playthrough to complete the game with a different LI.

Doing it that way would add a huge replay value to the game. I think considering the style SG has taken by keeping the lewds at a respectable level really gives this title a rare charm and respectability. The characters are way to well written to turn the story into a lewd fest down the road.

I REALLY hope Ocean isn't planing on turning this into a 'harem' of sorts.

yeah, reading those plans and list of potential LIs, I get the same feeling... like it's just way too much. Give me a solid five options, rest as supporting cast, and I'm happy

 

[AydenSV]

I REALLY hope Ocean isn't planing on turning this into a 'harem' of sorts.

This game will never turn into a harem of any sorts as stated by Ocean himself, there are throuples with some LI's.

 

[NeroZee]

Personally I disagree with that.
Again, speaking for myself, I'm perfectly fine with proceeding with only 1 LI much more over turning the MC into a walking slut fest. I would much rather keeping things more respectable, and just re-roll a new playthrough to complete the game with a different LI.

I mean i don't mind that either, my biggest interest in this game is Bella, as long as we have content with her i wouldn't be too disappointed with missing on the rest. With that said i don't think that's Oceans plan, nor would i imagine that would please many other people that favor other characters. Ocean didn't put almost 30 girls in the game, spent time designing, rendering and writing them, just to say oh they are there just too look pretty, you will never so much as get a handjob from them.

Doing it that way would add a huge replay value to the game. I think considering the style SG has taken by keeping the lewds at a respectable level really gives this title a rare charm and respectability. The characters are way to well written to turn the story into a lewd fest down the road.

The game is gonna have a lot of replay value regardless cause we know for a fact that you can't get every girl in a single path, picking some girls will lock out others, so the game will be repayable that's not a problem, the problem is how to REALISTICALLY write a MC cured of impotency having fun with 20+ girls without him looking like a manwhore, especially now that you very much friendly, even romantic with some of them...

I REALLY hope Ocean isn't planing on turning this into a 'harem' of sorts.

IIRC he already confirmed it's not gonna be a harem.

 

[funkymonkeyjedi]

The game is gonna have a lot of replay value regardless cause we know for a fact that you can't get every girl in a single path, picking some girls will lock out others, so the game will be repayable that's not a problem, the problem is how to REALISTICALLY write a MC cured of impotency having fun with 20+ girls without him looking like a manwhore, especially now that you very much friendly, even romantic with some of them...

IIRC he already confirmed it's not gonna be a harem.

That's really comforting to know. I don't usually go for devs notes and such. So I'm missing out on alot of behind the scenes info. But in a sense I like it better this way. It's more immersive story-wise to discover the plot by actually playing it instead of milking a creator for easy answers. I've never been one to skip to the last page of a novel just to avoid reading the content. But I'll admit knowing it's not going to turn into a juvenile slut fest is quite reassuring.

 

[PaxHadrian17]

Anyone knows, will Amber keep breasts piercings in rework or not? Not really a fan of them.

I like Amber with her piercings. While they may be from a wilder youth (we don't know the timing of when she got them), I think that Amber keeps them intentionally.

I see Amber as a very smart and perceptive woman... and the piercings are a part of who she is/how she presents herself.

She can hide them with clothing or choose to wear something so that they are on display, and the response of males and females to what they see helps her assess them.

If an 18-year-old male is coming to her for therapy and he has issues getting an erection, Amber can use her body and those piercings to help assess the validity of that claim and to also note what kind of attention the male gives her.

The MC does not pay any special attention to Amber, who is wearing a semi-sheer top showing those nipple piercings.

Any 18-year-old male who has a healthy libido is going to be drawn to looking at those piercings like his life depended on seeing them.

I think those piercings are for more than to just showcase Amber as a hot MILF who could be a bit wild, so I don't see her giving them up.

 

[Razrback16]

My guess is that lewdable but not LI characters will only be available when a player is not on an LI path at that point. The issue I can foresee is if the paths are split early (as should be the case with MC the way he is at the moment, he shouldn't really be a player of any kind) is that updates are not going to be able to cater to every LI every time, and some LI's could be waiting 4 or 5 episodes between storylines while the others catch up.

Ya, my guess would be choices will either be taken away based on whether the MC is in a relationship, or maybe like BaD there will be a point system that hurts the MC's score with their LI that they're in a relationship with if they do certain things that express interest toward another girl or demonstrate inherent disloyalty to the LI (like touching another girl's rear end for example) that would result in a break-up if the point score got too high, etc.

 

[Razrback16]

Does any one no when the next update well be

The v4.5 final will likely be within the next 1-2 weeks. Ch5 unknown; it's in active development.

 

[gabrixp1]

The v4.5 final will likely be within the next 1-2 weeks. Ch5 unknown; it's in active development.

Half Life 3 will come out sooner than chapter 5

 

[PaxHadrian17]

Half Life 3 will come out sooner than chapter 5

Maybe, but I am looking forward to CH 5 full more than Half Life 3, and Ocean's creation is worth the wait.

 

[lonelyk]

Elsa: main LI but Ocean is not entirely sure yet, a lot about her can still change
Ayua: Ocean has not decided yet. Romance with her was mentioned a long time ago but at the moment she is not a LI. She's a special case.

Little update about Elsa and Ayua

 

[scalvi]

Little update about Elsa and Ayua

So I guess we can all agree that Ayua is not LI because MC is a Zane too?

 

[Jordanskene01]

Little update about Elsa and Ayua

Okay so Elsa that's definitely an Update but Ayua is basically just the same thing as before worded differently either way we got an update which is good to know. Though romancing Elsa at least in my eyes is a betrayal to Summer but it'd be worth it for the fuck you to Sumner's Aunt.

 

[Jordanskene01]

So I guess we can all agree that Ayua is not LI because MC is a Zane too?

You're forgetting the fact that Nami is related to the MC And she's 100% an LI so even if Nika turns out to be a Zane that probably wouldn't be the reason Ayua ends up not being an LI.