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

[yossa999]

I don't want to take anyone out of the plot. It's notable that Sasha has an importance in the plot, I never denied that. I just defended the idea that he should work with a smaller cast of main girls. (with Sasha or not)

It's not that I'm criticizing your point of view, bro, or that I think it's not valid. But if he goes this route, he will have to significantly shorten the story. 32 chapters at this pace? Pfft. He should make trade-offs between quality and speed of development, as many have already said. In the end, it might still be a good game, but it won't be the Summer's Gone we know now.

I have no idea how Ocean plans to mitigate these issues, but he seems determined to make the game the way he's originally intended. Perhaps he has some decisions that we do not know about and which he has not announced. He knows how to surprise.

As for the 12 LIs list, is it probably based on the lonelyk's list?
lonelyk did a great job putting everything together, but Ocean's latest statement was that he was no longer confirming that a certain girl is a LI. You'll have to find out for yourself by playing the game. So maybe he has already changed something, but we won’t know until the end of the game

 

[Maviarab]

Either you guys ability to understand is extremely limited or you guys are just playing dumb. I don't want to convince Ocean to reduce the girls' screen time, what I really wish was that, before he released the first episode of Summer's Gone, he had in mind a small cast of main girls where he could work with them in every episode without any problems.

I don't want anyone to reduce the timescreen after we reach SEASON 2, on the contrary... I want characters like Amber to receive the same attention as Bella, Nami and others...

And if you have actually been following along...you would know (Can't believe I'm repeating this fucking shit...again)...that Bella was always going to be the focus at the beginning along with a couple of others (if ignore Bella). All the girls will get their screen time in due course. It's HIS story remember...so from the start....before he gave it to his friend to develop..there was always a lot ofm girls! From day 1!

 

[John972]

While playing the latest WIAB update, it looks like a surprise SG character has made an appearance:

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Haven't finished the update, but can't wait to see how this plays out.

 

[yossa999]

While playing the latest WIAB update, it looks like a surprise SG character has made an appearance:

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Haven't finished the update, but can't wait to see how this plays out.

Haven't even started yet, but it's definitely something new.

WiAB and SG will both stay on 8.1.3 until the Season is finished. Getting both games on the same version will probably help with Multipersistants down the line. (WiAB choices affecting SG.)

Prior to this release, Ocean has always dismissed the idea of WiaB's choices to affect SG as being very difficult to implement.

 

[Deleted member 6820464]

This game, although it is S-TIER, has a big problem in my opinion - It has too many Main LIs (12); Ocean should have ended up with just 5 main girls:

• Bella
• Nami
• Mila
• Victoria
• Zara

I have nothing against the other girls who are considered main girls, but they should just be considered “Lewdable”. I have a hard time imagining that characters like Amber (my favorite), Nadia, Miss Marla, Sonya will appear in every episode from SEASON 2 onwards.

Wasn't there a post long time ago, where the dev wrote which paths + combinations would be possible ? That were a lot...

 

[P0iSON]

So there are 30 chapters planned - seriously? Half of us won't live to see the release. Is it possible for the author to spend less time and resources on not particularly necessary moments? For example, the basketball team's training takes up an entire chapter, but the rest of the lessons receive little attention. Or a board game, also almost the size of a chapter - but why is it for the sake of a couple of scenes?

 

[ninhoxp]

So there are 30 chapters planned - seriously? Half of us won't live to see the release. Is it possible for the author to spend less time and resources on not particularly necessary moments? For example, the basketball team's training takes up an entire chapter, but the rest of the lessons receive little attention. Or a board game, also almost the size of a chapter - but why is it for the sake of a couple of scenes?

30 chapters?
Holy Jesus!

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[yossa999]

So there are 30 chapters planned - seriously? Half of us won't live to see the release.

Only the strong survive.

 

[P0iSON]

Only the strong survive.

I'm almost 50, it’s not funny, I may not live to see it.

Maybe you can recommend me a similar romantic vn, perhaps even without any special sex scenes, but completely finished. Everything I find here is either unfinished or outdated 10 years ago.
Another specificity here is that I don’t know English very well, and I’m looking for an external one with translation into my language.

 

[Deleted member 6810905]

I'm almost 50, it’s not funny, I may not live to see it.

Maybe you can recommend me a similar romantic vn, perhaps even without any special sex scenes, but completely finished. Everything I find here is either unfinished or outdated 10 years ago.
Another specificity here is that I don’t know English very well, and I’m looking for an external one with translation into my language.

Seriously you are 50?
Why are even here?Waiting for an Avn to finish?

 

[P0iSON]

Seriously you are 50?

I said 50 soon - I have another 5 years.

 

[Deleted member 6810905]

I said 50 soon - I have another 5 years.

Still old

 

[larsalexanderson]

I'm just surprised how popular this is for a sexless AVN.

 

[Tairnel]

I'm just surprised how popular this is for a sexless AVN.

Who would have thought a VN with a good story would be well received

 

[hermit_tr]

I'm just surprised how popular this is for a sexless AVN.

At the moment it is true that there are still no sexual scenes, but there will be in the future.
If you are curious about the possible results, you can look at Ocean's other works.

 

[larsalexanderson]

Who would have thought a VN with a good story would be well received

I suppose, I haven't played it as I don't expect it to ever be finished.

 

[Turret]

Still old

Tall words, whippersnapper!

 

[McGreed]

I suppose, I haven't played it as I don't expect it to ever be finished.

Does it really matter? Just curious
I don't know if even Ocean believes that he will be able to finish both SG and WIAB, not even talking about his older plans of creating whole universe with at least 2 or 3 more games Hopefully successful Steam release will be that needed push to be able to make development even more efficient, especially after covering all reworks.

I mean, in reality, literally any AVN on this website could be abandoned for particular reasons at random moment, but it is what it is. Just try to enjoy what you have right now and that's it.

 

[lonelyk]

It's not that I'm criticizing your point of view, bro, or that I think it's not valid. But if he goes this route, he will have to significantly shorten the story. 32 chapters at this pace? Pfft. He should make trade-offs between quality and speed of development, as many have already said. In the end, it might still be a good game, but it won't be the Summer's Gone we know now.

I have no idea how Ocean plans to mitigate these issues, but he seems determined to make the game the way he's originally intended. Perhaps he has some decisions that we do not know about and which he has not announced. He knows how to surprise.

As for the 12 LIs list, is it probably based on the lonelyk's list?
lonelyk did a great job putting everything together, but Ocean's latest statement was that he was no longer confirming that a certain girl is a LI. You'll have to find out for yourself by playing the game. So maybe he has already changed something, but we won’t know until the end of the game

Let me clarify that: Ocean said that the existing confirmed LIs would very likely remain as such, and he would notify if someone got demoted to non-LI. He was rather referring to new LIs that he would not announce if someone new made the list in order to keep some surprise. The LI list remains relevant in the future, it just might be incomplete and miss some LIs.

Let me enhance said eruption.

I posted on Discord a while ago that I'm not going to mention changes regarding the LIs anymore. Except if someone loses their LI status, which is most likely never going to be the case.

But I won't mention it anymore if someone becomes an LI, or a new LI is introduced. Sorry.
That's now for the player to find out.

If a girl gets her own epilogue chapter at the end of the game, you know she was an LI.

 

[larsalexanderson]

Does it really matter? Just curious
I don't know if even Ocean believes that he will be able to finish both SG and WIAB, not even talking about his older plans of creating whole universe with at least 2 or 3 more games Hopefully successful Steam release will be that needed push to be able to make development even more efficient, especially after covering all reworks.

I mean, in reality, literally any AVN on this website could be abandoned for particular reasons at random moment, but it is what it is. Just try to enjoy what you have right now and that's it.

To me it matters. I have way too much to do/watch/read to waste my time on a story that will never be resolved. I generally do not play incomplete games.