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DUDE this developer is talented.Even those milfs are really good……Hope there can be progress with them.
Too much Bella. How is this ever going to be balanced with other main LIs?You must be registered to see the links
Hello,
So, It's been a week since Chapter 5 BETA was released, and I'll drop it down a tier in around a week.
Thanks to everyone who started supporting the game, and also a big thanks to everyone who reported some bugs.
From now on, I'll be referring to Season 2 Chapter 1 as "S2-CH1"
As with WiAB, I did work on the next update while doing Chapter 5. It wasn't nearly as efficient as with WiAB. (WiAB has an A6000 with 48GB VRAM.)
But I managed to get some stuff done.
The current render count is:
S2-CH1 = 190 stills + 55 seconds of animations. (I did quite a few animations already.)
CH2 rework = 225 stills.
So, while I'll finish the last part of the rework, I'm also working on Season 2.
Changes with Season 2:
The game is a new entity. This means it's a separate download and .exe.
Season 2 will be in 4K, the file size will be around 20% bigger, but the quality will be chef's kiss.
I've been rendering in 4K for years but always had to scale the images down.
Season 2 is adult-rated and, therefore, will start with a lot less music. I'll collect more and more as time goes on.
Saves will be transferred with the full version. So yeah, that's why I said don't make all your routes in the BETA. You'll have to play the full version to transfer your saves.
That's because the Chapter 2 rework adds several new events and choices. Bella lovers get a lot there.
I'm pretty sure I forgot something, and if so, I'll tell you about it in the next log.
A single Blender Sasha image.
I ported Sasha over, and she gave me quite a headache yesterday... But I managed to do it, and it's a huge improvement over her old port.
The image is pretty sexy by Sasha's standards... So yeah, it can be foundYou must be registered to see the links
New Tier added.
A few very generous boys have some pretty high custom pledges, and my highest tier at the moment is 50$.
I created a 100$ tier. Aurora Borealis.
While it's mostly just a supporter tier, they and the Ethereal Glow boys will get 1-3 additional, slightly spicier treat images in the future. (So whenever I create a new Set, they will get more. The spicier pics will drop to the Ethereal Glow's after a week.)
You also get a Discord role + more voting power on the soon-to-be-started Blender short story polls.
As always, don't ever feel pressured to pick a higher tier.
Always take care of yourself first.
Previews.
I'm not previewing anything of S2-CH1 yet, as not everyone has played the last Chapter yet. With the next Dev Log, I'll publish the first S2-CH1 preview(s).
So, today's previews are about the new Chapter 2. I've got quite a few side-by-side with the old ones. 4K attached.
We'll start with the outside heist.
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The heist scene is now 2-3x longer.
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The atmosphere has been adjusted. It's now a lot creepier.
A real nail-biter, so to speak.
Now to another part in CH2.
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I'd say I'm about 30% done with the rework.
Again, thanks a lot for the support! Without you, bibis, a game of this scope couldn't be done.
WiAB is going to be released this month, I hope.
And with the upcoming update, I'd say WiAB becomes worth playing. It's still in the introduction, but Chapter 3 contains a bunch of interesting lore.
The full WiAB Chapter 3 will be available for Autumn tiers and above. If you're interested in playing the BETA (It has all the content), you can find it on theYou must be registered to see the links.
(For the new supporters: Why there are two patreons. Both games need completely different assets and music.)
Also, it would help SG a lot if you could wishlist Summer's Gone on Steam even if you don't intend to buy it. Just wishlisting and spreading the word about it helps a lot!
SG on Steam:You must be registered to see the links
I'll see you in two weeks with the first Season 2 - Chapter 1 previews.
- Ocean
I'm also afraid of this. A sudden decrease in its content won't please the fans. It should have been balanced.Too much Bella. How is this ever going to be balanced with other main LIs?
As long as the payoff is a von Halen orgy with Bella, her sister, Amber, and Claire all getting dicked down hard in the same bed, then this is OK. Else, I concur.Too much Bella. How is this ever going to be balanced with other main LIs?
I'm also afraid of this. A sudden decrease in its content won't please the fans. It should have been balanced.
Give the people what they want,the paying bulk are Bella aficionados.Too much Bella. How is this ever going to be balanced with other main LIs?
This is how the situation appears on Ocean's Discord; Bella and Others. In addition to Bella's fanbase, the second biggest fanbase seems to belong to Sasha. I hope Zara will change this.Give the people what they want,the paying bulk are Bella aficionados.
Let me romance her and Nami together and we gucci.
And as previously mentioned Zara is gonna steal patronage from the merchants guild if she keep being awesome.
Too much Bella.
It's important to mention that most players are Bella aficionados because S1 is so overly focused on her and she gets a bulk of the "runny mascara" scenes. Those should be the company logo for Oceanlabs btw.Give the people what they want,the paying bulk are Bella aficionados.
I'd guess he's giving Bella as much attention as possible before cutting her down for a while,Too much Bella. How is this ever going to be balanced with other main LIs?
Probably because of the mystery around her. Plenty of other fans bouncing around like Sonya fans and Mila fans. I think the more the MC interacts with other LIs, the more conflicted people will be. Hell, look at the amount of Zara converts after CH5 where we find out about her shitty childhood and the moment where she shows her vulnerability. Ocean did that well, tugging on those "must save her" instinctsAm I the only one who thinks Sasha is overhyped? We have almost no information about her. Many people feel a sense of loyalty to her because she's Ocean's favorite girl. Will Ocean show favoritism to Sasha in the upcoming chapters? Is such a thing possible?
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It's important to mention that most players are Bella aficionados because S1 is so overly focused on her and she gets a bulk of the "runny mascara" scenes. Those should be the company logo for Oceanlabs btw.
The few short points of contact with Nia and Zara in Ch 5 already stole a lot of people over. Imagine if all the LIs got similar amounts of content. But yea Day 1 LIs like Mila, Vic and Nami are basically starving and it looks like that's going to continue.
Yeah, that I'm hoping for more of. That'd be an interesting dynamic if both girls start competing in some fashion. Bella already marked her spot if you make Nika go to the Gym with her and Mila jumps Nika if you take a walk with her later on.The competitive Mila knowing about Bella is the moment she got my attention.
I really hope that there will be some solid revenge choice for that bitch. After all, "these hands are rated E for equality"My guess is once we see Melanie, she'll have her fans precisely because she's an antagonist. More screentime for Charlie, and she'd probably pick up fans too.
As some have mentioned before, I hope we'll see more of competition Mila. Aside from that I think her and Vic are the sweetest girls from a temper standpoint. Unfortunately that's what makes them kind of boring in many players eyes.The competitive Mila knowing about Bella is the moment she got my attention.
Vic is to heavy and low context to elaborate.
A jealousy feud for Nika affection is surprising but welcomed anyway.Yeah, that I'm hoping for more of. That'd be an interesting dynamic if both girls start competing in some fashion. Bella already marked her spot if you make Nika go to the Gym with her and Mila jumps Nika if you take a walk with her later on.
I don’t agree. There will always be favorites that stand out. Bella in the beginning had no more communication than with Mila and Vic. But it was Bela that was favorite. Just look at the comments from the very beginning and compare the attitude towards different characters. Or even now, yes Nia got its time, but did it add a lot of fans? The same number of events will not give the same attitude. There will always be public favorites.It's important to mention that most players are Bella aficionados because S1 is so overly focused on her and she gets a bulk of the "runny mascara" scenes. Those should be the company logo for Oceanlabs btw.
The few short points of contact with Nia and Zara in Ch 5 already stole a lot of people over. Imagine if all the LIs got similar amounts of content. But yea Day 1 LIs like Mila, Vic and Nami are basically starving and it looks like that's going to continue.