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

[PickerLewd]

I remember that every second Wednesday we had news about the development of SG. Was that last Wednesday or today?

 

[Tairnel]

I remember that every second Wednesday we had news about the development of SG. Was that last Wednesday or today?

Dev log timing doesn't work the same during release weeks. He said in the last dev log that there would be no more dev logs. But then again he did release a 'small update'. Who knows, maybe there will be another update.
Other than that, we may get S2 news.

 

[Fortuna ღ]

It registered. It just frankly was nothing more than a (for lack of a better term) heartfelt vent. I don't say that to be rude (which is how I'm figuring you took it by stating you were a 'tad annoyed'), just honest. I don't/didn't have an issue with you saying anything you said. I mostly found it humorous your post is what was linked to the read me. I stated that 'justified or not', there were truths in what was being said. Clearly when you wrote what you wrote, you equally thought the same and thus said and I quote, "I honestly get the frustration; some of it is definitely warranted..." So the main reason I wrote what I said in light of being humored that the read me linked to your post, was also that well... being critical is just that. Being critical. It was literally highlighting your statement that some of it is warranted. Some people can word it in a way that isn't antagonistic and others just don't have that ability and then even more are just hateful and unhelpful. Some write glowing reviews far removed from reality. All of that is true. Again, while sure it's like 'move on' if you truly hate the game, but at the same time this is what comes with the internet. Everyone has a voice. It ends up being the one true curse of the internet, it's something you can't escape. Some morons are going to come and spew nonsense. The crazy thing about those kinds of people is they run their mouths yet will watch this thread like a hawk and be some of the first to download any update that shoots out. Some people are just wired weird like that, they continue to play and follow things they don't like. Who knows why.

No, it didn't. Darling, are you aware that rules exist here? While I understand that everyone has a voice, which is a certainty of the internet, there are rules here. "Be respectful. Opinions are fine, attacks are not" is literally the first rule for users on F95. During that time, around Chapter 5's beta release, everyone was attacking Oceans. When I was a regular here, I had countless conversations with other users who had critical opinions on SG, and things turned out fine, so it doesn't have to be like that. The problem, and probably why my post was pinned, was that too many users were rude and disrespectful(making the thread unpleasantly chaotic as a result). My post wasn't a rant or a vent; it was a reminder and a callout for those users. I thought that was apparent, but you seem to have missed that; hence the "didn't register with you" comment.

This seems a bit silly to me. I'm confused on how one sees comments without needing to read them? I personally haven't seen any of this bountiful negativity (I'm not saying it doesn't exist), mainly because I don't go looking for it. I wouldn't have known there was negativity towards the game, or really Oceans, if I hadn't read your post and the reason I wouldn't have known that is because I don't page for page, comment for comment, notification for notification, reaction for reaction read what everyone or anyone is saying about it because I literally have the ability to do so. I don't even see the need for that, especially if I know it's just nonsensical garbage being spewed by a vocal minority. Luckily for me, the DL link is on the first page. It's about as far as I feel I need to go. Point being, if I can outright ignore unhelpful things people say about the game, so can anyone else.

Of course, it seems silly to you... you yourself said that you rarely move past the first page. This is why I don't understand your comment. You're generally not here, so you're ignorant of what happens here. A user wanting to go to the latest page hoping to post their thoughts, opinions, and questions isn't usually looking for an angry mob(the exact situation at the time of my post). Your rebuttal here is basically to not participate in the thread. Ok, for the users that were never interested, done. What about the users that are interested? Are they looking for negativity by clicking the latest page and coming across a barrage of angry comments? What's your suggestion there? Furthermore, there've been countless cleanups here before and after that post. Many posts have been removed, and many users have been banned altogether. Until the next update, you'll be hard-pressed to find the users I referred to.

As unfortunate as that is to hear... plenty of developers delete their accounts or never have one to begin with or outright don't comment on F95 anyway and it's not always to do with dummies spewing nonsense about the game or the dev.

We're not talking about any of that... you said that Oceans wasn't discouraged and insinuated that he wasn't affected by the users my post referred to when that couldn't have been further from the truth. You say to ignore those users and to accept criticism because it's the price of publishing your creation. While I agree, there's a natural limit to what people can handle. There's a difference between constructive criticism and hateful comments. Most of the developers that left this site left because of the latter. I've seen it happen far too many times, and I'm not even here that often(anymore).

In my time being here, I don't typically expect devs to be active here and in my position as a creator that makes sense. I don't think much of it. Hence as I said, you're going to be the villain for someone. Anyone creating anything in this world should know that... Frankly, as someone who is making their own franchise and has considered making an AVN in that very universe that would no doubt end up here on F95, I wouldn't have an account simply because I'd be spending so much time in the comments reading every little thing everyone said about my game that it would drive me crazy by default. Just for the focus alone, I'd block out that noise.

Luv, I get where you're coming from, but few developers are actually like that. I haven't seen many inactive developers in the nearly four years I've been here. I'm a creator myself with my own published projects, so I believe that I have some degree of understanding of where these developers come from. Whether reading feedback or interacting with fans, many developers are active here. As a developer, you'll always be the villain in someone's eyes. However, there's still a limit to what you can realistically handle. For most devs, that limit is when groups of users gang up on them. At that point, it's hard to "block out that noise," as was the case for Oceans and many other developers. You'll think you have thick skin until you're put in that position.

It wasn't my intention but it was clear you were annoyed by the fact you responded to me, but it had extremely little to do with any assumptions made by me and just the fact I pointed out that it was merely a rant coming from the opposite side of the fence. Personally I think the term 'rant' is what annoyed you, so I'll swap it for 'vent'. I've been in that realm, so I get it. I just didn't see the need to vent at people that wouldn't care what I was saying anyway. When people were ripping Succubus Covenant, I simply wrote my response to the Dev themselves. The dev liked the post among a few others, commented saying thank you, addressed some of my critiques. Done. That dev is clearly of thicker skin though and/or has a deeper understanding of what comes with putting yourself and a product out there.

You and your assumptions... I responded to you because you quoted me. Darling, this is the first time you and I have interacted and the first time you've read any of my posts. You don't know me well enough to tell me what I was annoyed by(like what?? Lol). Although your labelling of it as a rant was a bit interesting, what I actually cared about was the fact that you quoted my post and then made several assumptions about me, the post, and why it was a part of the OP despite you knowing little of what goes on in this thread. That's the main thing that annoyed me. Please don't lecture me about not reading comments or ignoring users because we have already tried that up to that point. You were also making assumptions about the reworks and Oceans. Still, I don't care much about that because I'm past the point of arguing someone else's opinion on this game and Oceanlabs.

Anywho, thanks for the welcome and for being respectful, I super appreciate it. I've honestly been here for awhile, I usually don't see the need to comment all that often and very rarely venture past page 1. It was nice chatting with someone who is passionate about the game.
Cheers and be well. <3

I'm in a similar boat as you, lol. The only reason I'm here(as in, visiting F95) right now is your quote. Although we got off to a weird start, I hope that your future experiences here are nothing but positiveღ

P.S.: Good luck with your franchise and future projectsღ

 

[BobTheDuck]

No, it didn't. Darling, you are aware that rules exist here, right? While I understand that everyone has a voice, which is an inevitability of the internet, there are rules here. "Be respectful. Opinions are fine, attacks are not" is literally the first rule for users on F95. It happens that during that time, around Chapter 5's beta release, everyone was attacking Oceans. When I was a regular here, I had countless conversations with other users who had critical opinions on SG, and things turned out fine, so it doesn't have to be like that. The problem, and probably why my post was pinned, was that too many users were rude and disrespectful. My post wasn't a rant or a vent; it was a reminder and somewhat of a callout for those users. I thought it was apparent, but you seem to have missed that, hence the "didn't register with you" comment.

Of course, it seems silly to you... you yourself said that you rarely move past the first page. This is why I don't understand your comment. You're generally not here, so you're ignorant of what happens here. A user wanting to go to the latest page hoping to post their thoughts, opinions, and questions isn't usually looking for an angry mob(the exact situation at the time of my post). Your rebuttal here is basically to not participate in the thread. Ok, for the users that were never interested, done. What about the users that are interested? Are they looking for negativity by clicking the latest page and coming across a barrage of angry comments? What's your suggestion there? Furthermore, there've been countless cleanups here before and after that post. Many posts have been removed, and many users have been banned altogether. Until the next update, you'll be hard-pressed to find the users I referred to.

We're not talking about any of that... you said that Oceans wasn't discouraged and insinuated that he wasn't affected by the users my post referred to when that couldn't have been further from the truth. You say to ignore those users and to accept criticism because it's the price of publishing your creation, but there's a natural limit to what people can handle. There's a difference between constructive criticism and hateful comments. Most of the developers that left this site left because of the latter. I've seen it happen far too often myself, and I'm not even here that much(anymore).

Luv, I get where you're coming from, but few developers are actually like that. I haven't seen many inactive developers in the nearly four years I've been here. I'm a creator myself with my own published projects, so I believe that I have some degree of understanding of where these developers come from. Whether it be to read feedback or to interact with fans... a lot of developers are active here. As a developer, of course, you'll always be the villain in someone's eyes, but there's still a limit to what you can handle. For most devs, that limit is when groups of users gang up on them. At that point, it's hard to "block out that noise." As was the case for Oceans and many other developers. You'll think you have thick skin until you're put in that position.

You and your assumptions... I responded to you because you quoted me. Darling, this is the first time you and I have interacted and the first time you've read any of my posts. You don't know me enough to tell me what I was annoyed by(like what?? Lol). Although your labelling of it as a rant was a bit interesting; what I actually cared about was the fact that you quoted my post and then made several assumptions about me, the post, and why it was a part of the OP despite you knowing little of what goes on in this thread. That's the main thing that annoyed me. Don't lecture me about not reading comments or ignoring users because, up to that point, we all already tried that. You were also making assumptions about the reworks and Oceans, but I honestly don't care that much about that because I'm past the point of arguing someone else's opinion on this game and Oceanlabs.

I'm in a similar boat as you, lol. The only reason I'm here(as in, visiting F95) right now is your quote. Although we got off to a weird start, I hope that your future experiences here are nothing but positiveღ

P.S.: Good luck with your franchise and future projectsღ

Because it's a reply to something about a pinned post, I guess I'm safely on topic. Whenever the dust settles on yet another round of mod purges, so much context is lost. Things are cleaner, but opinions lose their connections and seem unhinged when no one sees the behaviour they were a reaction or reply to. At the time you made that post, it was handy, like a reasonable adult stepping in the room, and asking the kids to pick up their lego. It didn't work, the mods still had to nuke from orbit, and the internet kept gravitating to the lowest common denominator. As a fragment of discourse, it doesn't make sense, but I think it was worth pinning, because your posts are wonderfully articulate and it's a good reminder that discussion needs to be thoughtful. Striving not to be the lowest common denominator in a disagreement about a story driven AVN is a worthy goal. Conformity isn't the goal, but respect for difference. We all have time to be reasonable; this site is where most people come to waste time, not for the high speed antics.

PS. It's always good to see your posts!

 

[johnsman]

Huh, replaying the game and first time I've noticed that bellas reaction to nika rejecting her is different based on how you've been treating her up until that point. Pretty cool detail.

 

[Maxwell02]

Very good game even if everything can't be perfect.
I changed some choices and was able to see the foursome scene with MC Nami Mila and Vic... Really awesome and sensual scene... Even if I would have liked to go further, this kind of scene is missing.
Keep going.

 

[Grumpy Old Aussie]

Very good game even if everything can't be perfect.
I changed some choices and was able to see the foursome scene with MC Nami Mila and Vic... Really awesome and sensual scene... Even if I would have liked to go further, this kind of scene is missing.
Keep going.


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Vic is the sweetest girl and one of my favourites. Hopefully we will get more Vic content soon.

 

[Maviarab]

Vic is the sweetest girl and one of my favourites. Hopefully we will get more Vic content soon.

Finally...where ya been hiding GoA...I thought I was the only Vic fan around here lately!

 

[N1ghtcrawler]

Finally...where ya been hiding GoA...I thought I was the only Vic fan around here lately!

Just today rewatched scenes with her and found her to be the most underrated character by me. Literally the first LI to appear in the game and the one who triggers the MC to try to fix his life. Her scene at the physiotherapist is one of my favorites despite the old renders.

 

[Grumpy Old Aussie]

Finally...where ya been hiding GoA...I thought I was the only Vic fan around here lately!

I have waved the Vic banner a few times here my friend, I just don't have the time to give the forum that I use to unfortunately so I tend to stick to a select view threads and only get to venture out to other threads when I get the time. I love SG and Ocean's work especially Vic, Sasha and Amber. I adore them each for different reasons.

 

[yossa999]

I have waved the Vic banner a few times here my friend, I just don't have the time to give the forum that I use to unfortunately so I tend to stick to a select view threads and only get to venture out to other threads when I get the time. I love SG and Ocean's work especially Vic, Sasha and Amber. I adore them each for different reasons.

Yeah, for me Vic is the most interesting character at the moment.

At first glance, she is open with everyone and clear as day, but she probably has some kind of yet untold hidden story.
While the roles of other girls begin to more or less take shape and become clear, Vic for now is just an ever-smiling girl in a wheelchair who is always somewhere nearby. But she is clearly has important role in the main plot. Not to mention her very pleasant personality.

If only Ocean would stop messing with her boobs.

In Chapter 4x5, half of the renders with her are very attractive, but the rest look rather weird.
I would prefer her to look like in these treats renders with a collar and leash.
She is simply perfect there from her toes to her head.

 

[Maviarab]

I would prefer her to look like in these treats renders with a collar and leash.
She is simply perfect there from her toes to her head.

You can't say that and not repost them at the same time lol. Not sure I actually recall those tbh....

 

[yossa999]

You can't say that and not repost them at the same time lol. Not sure I actually recall those tbh....

It's true, it never hurts to enjoy Vic's curves again.
https://f95zone.to/threads/summers-gone-ch-5-beta-oceanlab.29981/post-12434513

 

[Maviarab]

It's true, it never hurts to enjoy Vic's curves again.
https://f95zone.to/threads/summers-gone-ch-5-beta-oceanlab.29981/post-12434513

Ahh yes...I do remember those.

 

[Grumpy Old Aussie]

It's true, it never hurts to enjoy Vic's curves again.
https://f95zone.to/threads/summers-gone-ch-5-beta-oceanlab.29981/post-12434513

How can you not adore her. An angel inside and out. Of course big boobs help

 

[Obanama]

What were the Steam changes?

 

[F.L.HX99X]

Summer's Gone Dev Log - Season 1 All Changes
Hello,



So, the Dev Log is a day late, and there's a good reason for it. I just can't get into it at the moment. I will be able to do so in around two weeks.

I will finish all the postwork today and continue with the gallery next.

I will ship Chapter 2 to the proofreaders today, and testing will go hand in hand with the gallery work.

The testing process is a little more complicated this time, as I have to test for the ability to port saves.

It means I gotta test a ton of variables and see if they port correctly.



I did get sick of postwork a few times in the past two weeks and instead worked on Season 2.

Expect some nice previews after the release of the Full.



Today, I will show all the changes I made since the initial Chapter 5 Beta release.

One thing I can assure you is that this is the last rework SG will see until the entire game is finished. I don't care if earlier Chapters suddenly start looking like Old-School Runescape Characters; we'll only be moving forward.

And the momentum Steam, etc., gives us will be used for it.



There's A LOT of renders coming... Prepare. All images in full res are in the zip down below.

We'll start with Chapter 2. The actual target of the last part of the rework.

Chapter 2:

Old Heist



New heist

Old Cheeto route:



New Cheeto Route

Old



New



Nami vs Bella - Basketball Old



Nami vs Bella - Basketball New (The new version gets a little more physical.)

Old Nurse & Hill





New Nurse and Hill





Old casual college hallway



New casual college hallway with some ambiance.

Marla talks to the MC about VIc's accident.

Old Bellchen & Amber



New Bellchen and Amber





Old Maja (This model was only used in this one scene. The one in CH3 was already different.



New

Old Vic



New Vic

New scenes in Chapter 2.

The heist with Bella doesn't end in the Holgerson's front yard; instead, there's a new scene in Bella's kitchen. (My fav.)

Most of Chapter 2 will feel new, but the next scene is a result of changes made to the class.

How did they end up in a bathroom?

Finally, a small new scene, which also sets up the Sai confrontation in Chapter 3.

Now to Chapter 3.

Old Mila gym





New Mila gym

Old Mila lounge



New Mila lounge

New Clothing store with Bella

Chapter 3.5 now.

I only changed scenes where the old Mila model was present until the changing room.

Old



New

Old



New

Old





New

That was pretty much it.

There are cases where I just changed 1-5 renders. For example, there was a scene with the very old Robin model. (Chapter 3).

Also, a little bus scene was added to Chapter 2, etc.

The CH5 Full is pretty much the size of a new update.

I know some scenes aren't up to date in terms of quality. For example, Chapter 3 has a bar scene with Ayua, etc.

I would only do it if the Steam verification takes longer than expected. Then, I would do 25-30 extra renders for the bar scene in Chapter 3.

But the moment Steam gives me the green light, the game will be released on Steam and a few days later on Patreon.





It's time to finally move on from Season 1.

The next log will be a simple post where I'll tell you guys that the game has been shipped to Steam and is being verified for release.



- Ocean

 

[Fun Shaundi]

Summer's Gone Dev Log - Season 1 All Changes
Hello,



So, the Dev Log is a day late, and there's a good reason for it. I just can't get into it at the moment. I will be able to do so in around two weeks.

I will finish all the postwork today and continue with the gallery next.

I will ship Chapter 2 to the proofreaders today, and testing will go hand in hand with the gallery work.

The testing process is a little more complicated this time, as I have to test for the ability to port saves.

It means I gotta test a ton of variables and see if they port correctly.



I did get sick of postwork a few times in the past two weeks and instead worked on Season 2.

Expect some nice previews after the release of the Full.



Today, I will show all the changes I made since the initial Chapter 5 Beta release.

One thing I can assure you is that this is the last rework SG will see until the entire game is finished. I don't care if earlier Chapters suddenly start looking like Old-School Runescape Characters; we'll only be moving forward.

And the momentum Steam, etc., gives us will be used for it.



There's A LOT of renders coming... Prepare. All images in full res are in the zip down below.

We'll start with Chapter 2. The actual target of the last part of the rework.

Chapter 2:

Old Heist



New heist

Old Cheeto route:



New Cheeto Route

Old



New



Nami vs Bella - Basketball Old



Nami vs Bella - Basketball New (The new version gets a little more physical.)

Old Nurse & Hill





New Nurse and Hill





Old casual college hallway



New casual college hallway with some ambiance.

Marla talks to the MC about VIc's accident.

Old Bellchen & Amber



New Bellchen and Amber





Old Maja (This model was only used in this one scene. The one in CH3 was already different.



New

Old Vic



New Vic

New scenes in Chapter 2.

The heist with Bella doesn't end in the Holgerson's front yard; instead, there's a new scene in Bella's kitchen. (My fav.)

Most of Chapter 2 will feel new, but the next scene is a result of changes made to the class.

How did they end up in a bathroom?

Finally, a small new scene, which also sets up the Sai confrontation in Chapter 3.

Now to Chapter 3.

Old Mila gym





New Mila gym

Old Mila lounge



New Mila lounge

New Clothing store with Bella

Chapter 3.5 now.

I only changed scenes where the old Mila model was present until the changing room.

Old



New

Old



New

Old





New

That was pretty much it.

There are cases where I just changed 1-5 renders. For example, there was a scene with the very old Robin model. (Chapter 3).

Also, a little bus scene was added to Chapter 2, etc.

The CH5 Full is pretty much the size of a new update.

I know some scenes aren't up to date in terms of quality. For example, Chapter 3 has a bar scene with Ayua, etc.

I would only do it if the Steam verification takes longer than expected. Then, I would do 25-30 extra renders for the bar scene in Chapter 3.

But the moment Steam gives me the green light, the game will be released on Steam and a few days later on Patreon.





It's time to finally move on from Season 1.

The next log will be a simple post where I'll tell you guys that the game has been shipped to Steam and is being verified for release.



- Ocean

Is it my imagination or Vic looks more mature now? Not complaining, at least for me she looks even more attractive now.

 

[Maviarab]

Summer's Gone Dev Log - Season 1 All Changes
Hello,



So, the Dev Log is a day late, and there's a good reason for it. I just can't get into it at the moment. I will be able to do so in around two weeks.

I will finish all the postwork today and continue with the gallery next.

I will ship Chapter 2 to the proofreaders today, and testing will go hand in hand with the gallery work.

The testing process is a little more complicated this time, as I have to test for the ability to port saves.

It means I gotta test a ton of variables and see if they port correctly.



I did get sick of postwork a few times in the past two weeks and instead worked on Season 2.

Expect some nice previews after the release of the Full.



Today, I will show all the changes I made since the initial Chapter 5 Beta release.

One thing I can assure you is that this is the last rework SG will see until the entire game is finished. I don't care if earlier Chapters suddenly start looking like Old-School Runescape Characters; we'll only be moving forward.

And the momentum Steam, etc., gives us will be used for it.



There's A LOT of renders coming... Prepare. All images in full res are in the zip down below.

We'll start with Chapter 2. The actual target of the last part of the rework.

Chapter 2:

Old Heist



New heist

Old Cheeto route:



New Cheeto Route

Old



New



Nami vs Bella - Basketball Old



Nami vs Bella - Basketball New (The new version gets a little more physical.)

Old Nurse & Hill





New Nurse and Hill





Old casual college hallway



New casual college hallway with some ambiance.

Marla talks to the MC about VIc's accident.

Old Bellchen & Amber



New Bellchen and Amber





Old Maja (This model was only used in this one scene. The one in CH3 was already different.



New

Old Vic



New Vic

New scenes in Chapter 2.

The heist with Bella doesn't end in the Holgerson's front yard; instead, there's a new scene in Bella's kitchen. (My fav.)

Most of Chapter 2 will feel new, but the next scene is a result of changes made to the class.

How did they end up in a bathroom?

Finally, a small new scene, which also sets up the Sai confrontation in Chapter 3.

Now to Chapter 3.

Old Mila gym





New Mila gym

Old Mila lounge



New Mila lounge

New Clothing store with Bella

Chapter 3.5 now.

I only changed scenes where the old Mila model was present until the changing room.

Old



New

Old



New

Old





New

That was pretty much it.

There are cases where I just changed 1-5 renders. For example, there was a scene with the very old Robin model. (Chapter 3).

Also, a little bus scene was added to Chapter 2, etc.

The CH5 Full is pretty much the size of a new update.

I know some scenes aren't up to date in terms of quality. For example, Chapter 3 has a bar scene with Ayua, etc.

I would only do it if the Steam verification takes longer than expected. Then, I would do 25-30 extra renders for the bar scene in Chapter 3.

But the moment Steam gives me the green light, the game will be released on Steam and a few days later on Patreon.





It's time to finally move on from Season 1.

The next log will be a simple post where I'll tell you guys that the game has been shipped to Steam and is being verified for release.



- Ocean

Thanks for posting. You might want to spoiler tag all the images though.

 

[Tincho_SI]

There is a zip or rar with those images?