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

[imzahai]

Random comment(s):
Summer's Gone has the most attractive lineup of women I've ever seen in any erotic game, both physically and mostly personality-wise (Some of them haven't had a chance to really grow on me yet).

Additionally, from what I can assess the MC relates to some of the girls through words/ideas (Yes, I do believe some of the LIs' qualities intersect with one another. Ex: I see a lot of similarities between Bella/Nadia/Zara or Mila/Victoria or Nami/Nia or Ayua/Maja or Sasha/Mila):

Bella: Passion/Vitality
Nami: Togetherness/Free-spiritedness
Nia: Loneliness/Acceptance
Zara/Nadia: Competitiveness/Persistence/Comfort
Sasha: Peace/Harmony/Foresight
Victoria/Maja: Vulnerability/Optimism
Mila: Inadequacy/Stability/Self-sufficiency
Vanessa: Transparency/Assertiveness
Ayua: Loyalty/Tact
Sonya: Self-confidence

These are only my impressions so far, especially I had to go back to the beginning to look over conversations/events mainly between the girls with one another, or between the MC and themselves.

i very much disagree with your assessment of Vanessa
she is very intelligent, and a total gold digger who thinks nothing of emasculating her future 'mate' and is extremely manipulative; hardly transparent at all. She is to put it kindly, a Cunt.

i think placing single term labels on the LIs is way too short-sighted at this point. Sasha is determined, stubbornly so, her scar showing the lengths she is willing to go to win at fighting/sparring. not to mention the convo about the white hair dying that if you notice, Several girls do [the insanely hot as yet un-named redhead comes to mind]...

 

[burbero]

Bella doesn't like people. She has a few close friends and doesn't want anyone else. She also has a strong prejudice and hostility towards men. She has no male friends, the closest one is a gay barber. It is illogical for a girl who interacts so little with people to have random sex outside, fresh out of high school. Also, even in her first limited flirtations with Nika, she behaved strangely, so she is not like a girl who has sex at all. The surprise of her close friends at Bella's kiss with Nika is proof enough. So yes, it is very illogical that Bella, who is a big event even kissing a man, is having random sex around.

 

[imzahai]

Completely agree that what matters most is for it to make sense from a narrative standpoint. As long as the writing is well done, I'm happy. As for Nia, I'm pretty sure she told Nami in the shower that she felt good and liberated when she lost her virginity.

that's not what Nia said, she said she was glad she stopped worrying about what everyone (self included) expected of her and started flaunting her body and now earned her 'independence' from it (and yes we learn later that isn't an accurate depiction of events either), and told Nami to just let go of [get rid of] her virginity and that she would be happier [by not having to worry about it anymore]
it's all a buildup and rationalization for her to throw herself at MC or god forbid, Sia...
now at want to pluck my eyes out...

 

[burbero]

Bella doesn't like people. She has a few close friends and doesn't want anyone else. She also has a strong prejudice and hostility towards men. She has no male friends, the closest one is a gay barber. It is illogical for a girl who interacts so little with people to have random sex outside, fresh out of high school. Also, even in her first limited flirtations with Nika, she behaved strangely, so she is not like a girl who has sex at all. The surprise of her close friends at Bella's kiss with Nika is proof enough. So yes, it is very illogical that Bella, who is a big event even kissing a man, is having random sex around.

Or Nami's right and Bella's fucking everyone.

 

[imzahai]

Bella doesn't like people. She has a few close friends and doesn't want anyone else. She also has a strong prejudice and hostility towards men. She has no male friends, the closest one is a gay barber. It is illogical for a girl who interacts so little with people to have random sex outside, fresh out of high school. Also, even in her first limited flirtations with Nika, she behaved strangely, so she is not like a girl who has sex at all. The surprise of her close friends at Bella's kiss with Nika is proof enough. So yes, it is very illogical that Bella, who is a big event even kissing a man, is having random sex around.

the surprise from the Girls Nadia and Ayua isnt the physical contact, its how very quickly it is happening that is throwing off their assessments. Remember Nadia saying it took her 2 YEARS to get Bella to open up to her. in teenager that is literally a lifetime...
and he is kissing her in a few days which in normal teen stuff is normal. in traumatically damaged teens [Bella and MC] not-so-much. Noji and Nami talk about HIS transformation the same way after all.

 

[lonelyk]

I have seen this nice (old test) render on Discord, thought you might enjoy it if it has not been posted yet!

 

[Cabin Fever]

These are the Chinese letters that stands for Zhi Fuping,
which literally means calm down in English.

They mean nothing like that at all.
智 = wisdom
福 = blessing
平 = peace

 

[Mike5.0]

So, question, It has been a while since I've been on this game, and looking through all the comments gets a bit much, is there a compressed version of the latest update, chapter 5, would appreciate it if anyone could let me know thank you.

 

[Kemal Ataturk]

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Hello,
So...

Chapter 5's full is coming along well, and I've finished the most daunting scene. The Bella heist night from Chapter 2 is done.
Just to give you an idea of how much longer that scene is:

Old Chapter 2: 77 Renders

New Chapter 2: 234 renders

The heist night has tripled in size.

I'll add some comparisons here and there. (4K of all images attached.)

Old Chapter 2

New

Old

New

Old

New

But... will the night end after the heist?

The heirloom Bella and the MC steal now have a separate scene too.

I'd say I'm about 65% done with the rework and around 600 renders in. I'm actually faster than I first anticipated. I did struggle a little with the heist scenes. I had to create so many new environments (Except the outside).

The only stuff that's still missing is the college Part in Chapter 2. I already finished the Bella end scenes (Previewed it in the last log.) and the beginning is also completely done.

I'd say around 500 renders more and it's done.

Here's another scene from Chapter 2 that's done.

Old Noji & Nami morning after the heist.

New

While I was scrolling through the old Chapters... I found this old Nightmare of a scene.

I remember said scene vividly... Before Chapter 3 was released, I completely re-did it because I couldn't render it properly and had to blur the shit out of it bc every character in the background was on the lowest res possible so I could render it. Still, this scene still features the shitty Mila model.

I'm redoing said scene and I'm almost done with it.

I had a pretty long call with my tax office.

I won't be able to buy as much music as I did in the past for quite some time if we ignore a potential Steam success.

The issue is that I have to write off music licenses over 10 years if they're over 500-800€. A lot of them are...

This means only a fraction of the music I paid for will be counted as a business expense for the upcoming years

It's ~0.83% per month that I can deduct. The rest of the money I already spent on licenses, I have to pay taxes on... Even though the money has already been spent on the game/business.

I won't have tax problems or something like that, but it fucks with my future music endeavors and I need to be much more careful. Don't expect a big collection of music at the beginning of Season 2.



And it wouldn't be a Season 2 Dev log without a Season 2 preview...

I'll be moving in a few days and I'll try to get everything done ASAP. I'll be one day without internet though.

WiAB's going to be out soon and I'm speedrunning the ~1100 renders for the Chapter 5 Full.


I'll see you in two weeks!

I might make some SG and WiAB Christmas treats. Maybe Bellchen and Katie together... I'll see where my inspiration takes me.


- Ocean​

I'm not sure what the dev is trying to say about the Mila scene but in case he is suggesting the rework is better than the og, let me put it like this;

This is what we want:
it's realistic, it's down to earth, it is beautiful

this is NOT what we want: View attachment MilaNewCH3.webp

it's ridiculous, it's trying to be over the top, it is UGLY

 

[Ray_D]

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Hello,
So...

Chapter 5's full is coming along well, and I've finished the most daunting scene. The Bella heist night from Chapter 2 is done.
Just to give you an idea of how much longer that scene is:

Old Chapter 2: 77 Renders

New Chapter 2: 234 renders

The heist night has tripled in size.

I'll add some comparisons here and there. (4K of all images attached.)

Old Chapter 2

New

Old

New

Old

New

But... will the night end after the heist?

The heirloom Bella and the MC steal now have a separate scene too.

I'd say I'm about 65% done with the rework and around 600 renders in. I'm actually faster than I first anticipated. I did struggle a little with the heist scenes. I had to create so many new environments (Except the outside).

The only stuff that's still missing is the college Part in Chapter 2. I already finished the Bella end scenes (Previewed it in the last log.) and the beginning is also completely done.

I'd say around 500 renders more and it's done.

Here's another scene from Chapter 2 that's done.

Old Noji & Nami morning after the heist.

New

While I was scrolling through the old Chapters... I found this old Nightmare of a scene.

I remember said scene vividly... Before Chapter 3 was released, I completely re-did it because I couldn't render it properly and had to blur the shit out of it bc every character in the background was on the lowest res possible so I could render it. Still, this scene still features the shitty Mila model.

I'm redoing said scene and I'm almost done with it.

I had a pretty long call with my tax office.

I won't be able to buy as much music as I did in the past for quite some time if we ignore a potential Steam success.

The issue is that I have to write off music licenses over 10 years if they're over 500-800€. A lot of them are...

This means only a fraction of the music I paid for will be counted as a business expense for the upcoming years

It's ~0.83% per month that I can deduct. The rest of the money I already spent on licenses, I have to pay taxes on... Even though the money has already been spent on the game/business.

I won't have tax problems or something like that, but it fucks with my future music endeavors and I need to be much more careful. Don't expect a big collection of music at the beginning of Season 2.



And it wouldn't be a Season 2 Dev log without a Season 2 preview...

I'll be moving in a few days and I'll try to get everything done ASAP. I'll be one day without internet though.

WiAB's going to be out soon and I'm speedrunning the ~1100 renders for the Chapter 5 Full.


I'll see you in two weeks!

I might make some SG and WiAB Christmas treats. Maybe Bellchen and Katie together... I'll see where my inspiration takes me.


- Ocean​

The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Oceanlab happy.

 

[GoldenEyeDrake]

i very much disagree with your assessment of Vanessa
she is very intelligent, and a total gold digger who thinks nothing of emasculating her future 'mate' and is extremely manipulative; hardly transparent at all. She is to put it kindly, a Cunt.

i think placing single term labels on the LIs is way too short-sighted at this point. Sasha is determined, stubbornly so, her scar showing the lengths she is willing to go to win at fighting/sparring. not to mention the convo about the white hair dying that if you notice, Several girls do [the insanely hot as yet un-named redhead comes to mind]...

Your assessment on my comment is very off the mark. I never once said these words are the only traits I can summarize from the characterization of the LIs, they are my impressions so far. As a result, my impressions are subject to change, not set in stone. Also, I even stated that the LIs' personalities overlap in some aspects with another, which adds to the complexity of who they are as a person, so that single term label comment is actually in agreement with me, not against me.
This is apart of my comment below:

"Additionally, from what I can assess the MC relates to some of the girls through words/ideas (Yes, I do believe some of the LIs' qualities intersect with one another. Ex: I see a lot of similarities between Bella/Nadia/Zara or Mila/Victoria or Nami/Nia or Ayua/Maja or Sasha/Mila):".
Again, this means that the terms I'm using are some of the personalities I would associate with them, but it is not whatsoever the complete summary of their identities as humans.

As for the disagreement with Vanessa, again, those are NOT THE ONLY qualities I would assign to Vanessa, they are what caught my eye in my impressions of Vanessa so far. I didn't state terms like intelligent and manipulative, because those were too obvious for me.
As for transparency, Vanessa is a like a black hole, in which, she will continuously mow down/deflect any attempts by characters who do not answer truthfully. Especially, to the questions that Vanessa specifically want answered, like how she has acted so far towards the MC, Nami, Mila, and own sister Zara. This approach can be seen as very assertive, for she has no desire to beat around the bush, and at times, purposely ignores the uneasiness in a room certain subjects evoke to get the answers. For the last time, does this mean this is all to Vanessa's character? No.

 

[John972]

I'm not sure what the dev is trying to say about the Mila scene but in case he is suggesting the rework is better than the og, let me put it like this;

This is what we want: View attachment 3137532
it's realistic, it's down to earth, it is beautiful

this is NOT what we want: View attachment 3137533

it's ridiculous, it's trying to be over the top, it is UGLY

Yeah, it's a shame things aren't kept simple. Mila seems to have a different salon hairstyle every other day. Maybe it's something unique to her character...

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[GoldenEyeDrake]

Yeah, it's a shame things aren't kept simple. Mila seems to have a different salon hairstyle every other day. Maybe it's something unique to her character...

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The more I look at current Mila, the more she reminds me of Bella. I wish Oceanlab would stop with these unnecessary reworks on characters. He is already spending so much time bouncing back and forth between this project and Where it All Began.

 

[Tremonia]

this is NOT what we want

Please, don't say "we" if it's your personal opinion. You don't speak for us. Only for yourself. You've no knowledge what we others want or not want.

 

[John972]

The more I look at current Mila, the more she reminds me of Bella. I wish Oceanlab would stop with these unnecessary reworks on characters. He is already spending so much time bouncing back and forth between this project and Where it All Began.

I don't call it an unnecessary rework on Mila's overall appearance. It's just of all the female characters in SG, she seems to be the one that sports a different designer hairstyle every other day. I assume that's very intentional.

 

[GoldenEyeDrake]

I don't call it an unnecessary rework on Mila's overall appearance. It's just of all the female characters in SG, she seems to be the one that sports a different designer hairstyle every other day. I assume that's very intentional.

I'm not referencing her hairstyles, I'm discussing about her body/facial structures that appear to be different so often.

Edit:
Seeing Oceanlab refer to Mila's initial appearance as shitty is what made me upset. I didn't see anything wrong to suggest such a description.

 

[Fun Shaundi]

I'm not referencing her hairstyles, I'm discussing about her body/facial structures that appear to be different so often.

Edit:
Seeing Oceanlab refer to Mila's initial appearance as shitty is what made me upset. I didn't see anything wrong to suggest such a description.

As much as I support Ocean and most of the times like what he does in regards to story, dialogue and renders, ever since he changed Mila I have been vocal about it, and seeing him referring to Mila's original model as 'shitty' is kinda disappointing. As I have mentioned before more than once (and here I am saying it again!) Mila's old model was unique and made her stand out.

Her skin tone was unique, her lips were unique, her eyes were like no one else's in the VN. Her body was completely different to others, and then Ocean not only inflated her breasts (By accident, if I remember correctly), he made her body frame thicker, gave her a bigger ass, and he also (and it might not be too noticeable) made her lips thicker. Same as Vic, her original body frame was smaller, her lips were thinner and the corner of her lips were naturally slightly pointing up, then Vic suddenly has bigger boobs and thicker lips that make her mouth look like Mila's, Nami's and Bella's. And also in WiAB, judging by the latest previews, he gave Helen bigger boobs too.

At the end of the day it's Ocean's creation and he can do with it whatever he likes, but I think it's a valid fair criticism to point out his habit of giving boobs and thicker lips to characters who used to be perfect (and unique) the way they used to.
I'm not saying current Mila is ugly. She's still attractive, but the original model wasn't bad looking.

 

[John972]

I'm not referencing her hairstyles, I'm discussing about her body/facial structures that appear to be different so often.

Edit:
Seeing Oceanlab refer to Mila's initial appearance as shitty is what made me upset. I didn't see anything wrong to suggest such a description.

I only meant in relation to my post that you quoted, since it's her hairstyle I was referring to in that post.

However, I understand your frustration with her body changes (especially her boobs).

One issue with SG to me is that by Ch 4, the game lay in three states:

1. The original (and lowest) quality renders as found in Chs 1 & 2
2. The interim (and medium) quality renders as found in Chs 3 & 3.5
3. The updated (and highest) quality renders found from Ch 4 onward.

As the game has transitioned through these stages/reworks, the appearance of some characters have also changed. Obviously, Mila is one such example...

I know Ch 5 Full will have the last of the major reworks, but there's a lot of those interim quality renders still in the game.

 

[Uriel ☁]

Y'all are crazy, new Mila is fine as hell.

I might agree on few minor detail, but overall there's no comparison.

 

[Swordsman83]

I'm not sure what the dev is trying to say about the Mila scene but in case he is suggesting the rework is better than the og, let me put it like this;

This is what we want: View attachment 3137532
it's realistic, it's down to earth, it is beautiful

this is NOT what we want: View attachment 3137533

it's ridiculous, it's trying to be over the top, it is UGLY

the old hairstyle looks fine. not sure why the change.