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

[Penfold Mole]

It's not photorealistic, not even close. after a short quick 'n ditrty search I have marked the most obvious things in the picture from your *source* that points heavy to AI.

All AI renders that I have seen here in the zone have one simple thing in common, and that are wierd(?) faces - not sure if this term is the fitting one.
If you have the muse, take a look here at the games that have AI rendering, you will notice that always the faces are way to perfect, to symetric, to young, or the head is way to much out of scale to fit for the rest of the body. For me needs - till now - just a look at the faces to identify AI art.

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1. Wierd back mirror.
2. Right hand of the chick melts into the handle.
3. Gas tank way out of scale and morphs into the body of the background gal.
4. Who is supposed to sit in this tiny backseat, A Baby Born doll?
5. A second backseat that melts into the hips of the front chick
6. The faces, always that frigging faces. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhh!

There are more.

7. Weird front light. Is it broken, bent inward? WTF?
8. Looks like the engine is right below the front light, between the front shocks and it looks really weird.
9. Looks like the bike only has right side blinkers / turning lights
10. The whole handlebar looks weird and unrealistic

Also, the #5 looks more like the right chick is some kind of a moto-centaur where instead of the front part of the motocycle is her upper body and she has the bike instead of her ass and legs.

It looks creepy and alien, monstrous.

If you have read They Walked Like Men by Clifford D. Simak, this looks like these aliens have tried to copy chicks with bikes as a lure to trap some halfwit guys. Creepy as hell. Burn if with fire, I say!

This is how almost all AI images look to me. Alien fakes from that book I read as a teen the first time.
Loved the book, I literally swallowed it. But it also creeped me out and I had quite a few nightmares.
Now AI makes those nightmares looking real as fuck.

 

[CrazyRabbit]

I don't care about realism, and I don't care about how water drops on her bum. The only things I care about are attractive characters and a good story.
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See ? He's an unyielding ball of hatred and cunt-y attitude but sometimes he does spit facts

 

[noirzesqueszn]

Are we getting the update this week fellas?

 

[Maviarab]

Are we getting the update this week fellas?

 

[Tremonia]

I thought you always ignores this dude, no?

Aaaannnnnnnd another for the ignore list.

 

[Maviarab]

I thought you always ignores this dude, no?

Hmmm...dunno...probably took off at some point. *shrugs*

 

[Tremonia]

Hmmm...dunno...probably took off at some point. *shrugs*

Nah, don't do that. Never forget, never forgive. Once on the ignore list, forever on the ignore list. They never change.

 

[Maviarab]

Nah, don't do that. Never forget, never forgive. Once on the ignore list, forever on the ignore list. They never change.

It would appear you are correct in that ascertation lol.

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

Why are people even trying to prove it, its clearly AI , not only but the guy is working with very basic setup, I even know its sd 1.5, not even sdxl. And the reason it looks so bad is because he probably generated in one of those websites and the site's model is old and not good, even a new model of sd 1.5 would look better in every way.
Like the image below is just img 2 img using sdxl, i just did in 20 sec while writing this post , so the technology is already much better than whatever this guy posted. And I only have a 4070TI, with a better card you can do so much more, so just like rendering, even ai images will be better with better models and a more powerful system. Duh you need more VRAM to produce higher resolution images, They just released SD Cascade and its probably going to be even better than sdxl but they recommend a 16-20 GB vram card, because higher resolution will require higher available vram. SdXL produces 1024 resolution images while sd 1.5 does 512. View attachment 3357003

This is better in quality than picture that troll tried to scam us with. But still, when examining the face, it is clear that something is wrong and she looks lifeless, causing the uncanny valley effect. The most serious symptom of pictures of people made by AI.
DAZ models may have their drawbacks, but damn, they look much more real and lively. But here everything is in the hands of the creator, how well he can portray them.

 

[TIGER ACE]

This is better in quality than picture that troll tried to scam us with. But still, when examining the face, it is clear that something is wrong and she looks lifeless, causing the uncanny valley effect. The most serious symptom of pictures of people made by AI.
DAZ models may have their drawbacks, but damn, they look much more real and lively. But here everything is in the hands of the creator, how well he can portray them.
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I wasnt really comparing it to Ocean or whats possible with 3d rendering, In my opinion ofcourse human work is still way better, I was just saying his ai image is already outdated tech. And that even doing ai generation, better / newer models that does higher resolution you will still need better card with higher available vram. Mostly shitting on him for using a bad ai work and not even some what passable one to try fool people with.

 

[JJ1960]

Are we getting the update this week fellas?

Yes, it came out and you missed it. You will have to wait for the next one. It's like a bus that way.

 

[Mortarion]

[...] uncanny valley effect [...]

To my shame I have never heard of this term before and got curious what are you talking about and how to name it.

At least I know now why some kind of robots/animations have creeping me out to hell and back.

Going down this rabbit hole was a mistake, and the more examples I have found the more uncomfortable I got ...

Well, I've learnt something again. Until now, I thought that I was the only one who felt that way about such things.

Thank you for broadening my horizon!

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

To my shame I have never heard of this term before and got curious what are you talking about and how to name it.

At least I know now why some kind of robots/animations have creeping me out to hell and back.

Going down this rabbit hole was a mistake, and the more examples I have found the more uncomfortable I got ...

Well, I've learnt something again. Until now, I thought that I was the only one who felt that way about such things.

Thank you for broadening my horizon!

Yes, this is exactly so, it all started with robots that look too realistic, but small details of inconsistency cause rejection and fear in people.

 

[Winterstale]

I'm curious to know how many of you enjoyed the sci-fi element in the story, particularly the part where they played the alien game? Personally, I'm not a big fan of such themes in VNs, but that's just my preference – no offense intended to the creator. I must admit, though, the scenes were visually stunning.
I've noticed that many devs, like the one behind 'Being a DIK,' for instance, incorporate similar elements. Is this really as popular as it seems?

 

[crabsinthekitchen]

I'm curious to know how many of you enjoyed the sci-fi element in the story, particularly the part where they played the alien game? Personally, I'm not a big fan of such themes in VNs, but that's just my preference – no offense intended to the creator. I must admit, though, the scenes were visually stunning.
I've noticed that many devs, like the one behind 'Being a DIK,' for instance, incorporate similar elements. Is this really as popular as it seems?

I'd like it more if there was no normal outside story. Killing aliens is more fun than going to college

 

[JJ1960]

I'm curious to know how many of you enjoyed the sci-fi element in the story, particularly the part where they played the alien game? Personally, I'm not a big fan of such themes in VNs, but that's just my preference – no offense intended to the creator. I must admit, though, the scenes were visually stunning.
I've noticed that many devs, like the one behind 'Being a DIK,' for instance, incorporate similar elements. Is this really as popular as it seems?

It provides a couple of elements to the story. One is that it introduces more of the girls' personalities to Nika. It also acts as a springboard for Sonya to break out of her restrictive family life to experience things and explore her crush on Nika. After the invitation to the farm Nika now has the opportunity for time away from home to spend with potential love interests. Those are the ones that spring to mind first and there are probably others.

 

[yossa999]

I'm curious to know how many of you enjoyed the sci-fi element in the story, particularly the part where they played the alien game? Personally, I'm not a big fan of such themes in VNs, but that's just my preference – no offense intended to the creator. I must admit, though, the scenes were visually stunning.
I've noticed that many devs, like the one behind 'Being a DIK,' for instance, incorporate similar elements. Is this really as popular as it seems?

I absolutely hate it.
I understand that it's important to the plot. This is a plot device designed to build friendship and more between such different people as Nadia, Sonia and MC with Nami. And even get close to the hot Professor Mueller. This trick allows the author to place some scenes into the virtual world that would be out of place in the main story. Maybe some special kinks and fetishes, who knows what these sneaky aliens are capable of. Yeah, I understand all of this. But still I don't like the context switching in the main story, neither I liked the D&G in BaD nor I will ever like the tabletop game in SG.

 

[Grumpy Old Aussie]

I'm curious to know how many of you enjoyed the sci-fi element in the story, particularly the part where they played the alien game? Personally, I'm not a big fan of such themes in VNs, but that's just my preference – no offense intended to the creator. I must admit, though, the scenes were visually stunning.
I've noticed that many devs, like the one behind 'Being a DIK,' for instance, incorporate similar elements. Is this really as popular as it seems?

Its a useful plot device, I don't like or dislike it as a story telling tool. I felt this one in SG was a tad long. After a while, I just wanted it to end and get back to the story. Although, if one of my favourites had been in it, I probably would have wanted it to last longer

 

[PaxHadrian17]

I'm curious to know how many of you enjoyed the sci-fi element in the story, particularly the part where they played the alien game? Personally, I'm not a big fan of such themes in VNs, but that's just my preference – no offense intended to the creator. I must admit, though, the scenes were visually stunning.
I've noticed that many devs, like the one behind 'Being a DIK,' for instance, incorporate similar elements. Is this really as popular as it seems?

I enjoyed the Sci-Fi episode.

IMO - it did a lot to advance the story:

The MC got a chance to support Sonya taking some independent action against the aliens as well as getting her out for an afternoon in mixed company.

The MC got a chance to confront and resolve the issue with Nadia (handcuffs in the girl's locker room) so it did not fester.

Potential plot point - the confrontation the MC had with the son of a first team BB coach.

The MC and Nami got an invite to the barn for future games.

A professor arrived late to play - so we learned that students and teachers mix in these activities.

This also leaves the possibility for lewd moments with a professor or two at barn events once the game is done and alcohol has been flowing.

There are lewd cards in game, and these can be used by the women on the MC or by the MC on the women - something for the next get together.

A comment from a few years ago - when they do a DND style event (think medieval), a comment was made that there could be a harem in that scenario.

How that will play out was not mentioned but some flirting in game, finding out that some of the women would share a man could lead to threesome opportunities in the barn or after (recognize that this is years out, but I view the sci fi setting as setting the stage and establishing the ground 'rules' for future get togethers and related encounters).

These are just my off the cuff musings and I am sure I missed other aspects of the Sci Fi setting.

I recognize that some people don't like the setting but, in terms of opening up story opportunities, roleplaying can get the job done.

Cheers!!

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

I'm curious to know how many of you enjoyed the sci-fi element in the story, particularly the part where they played the alien game? Personally, I'm not a big fan of such themes in VNs, but that's just my preference – no offense intended to the creator. I must admit, though, the scenes were visually stunning.
I've noticed that many devs, like the one behind 'Being a DIK,' for instance, incorporate similar elements. Is this really as popular as it seems?

According to the scenario, they played a tabletop role-playing game. But Ocean forgot one important element - immersion. This is a role-playing game, and should have variety and different endings. With Ocean's it's just a linear run like another level in Call of Duty. What's even sadder is that this board game is clearly modeled after X-COM.

And no matter how much I was annoyed by the similar Dungeons & Gremlins in BaDIK after 20 runs of the game, I must admit that PinkCake implemented it very well. A huge number of choices, scenario moves and endings. You can die and fail the game many times without knowing what to do. Sort of Souls-like inside AVN. ( It's a shame he didn't add the killer chest ) It doesn't add anything to the main plot, but it does add variety to the monotonous point and click. Ofc, if you only play through the game a few times. More - and it's annoying.
So my personal opinion is that Ocean failed this point.