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

[Jarulf]

I forgot to say in my previous post, that after that we will hopefully also be able to add Summer is cumming.
I'll leave you alone now.

 

[Turret]

I forgot to say in my previous post, that after that we will hopefully also be able to add Summer is cumming.
I'll leave you alone now.

Hopefully not! Her coming back would cheapen Nika´s (and some other persons) struggles.

 

[Jarulf]

Hopefully not! Her coming back would cheapen Nika´s (and some other persons) struggles.

While my two posts were jokes, I guess we'll see eventually what Ocean has planned.

 

[Adhdclassic]

Gotta laugh at gravity defying hair and the MC in 2 weeks went from scrawny to bulk.

 

[Ali ibn Hassan]

I guarantee you that animations and music are more irrelevant than a puzzle that makes up a game, an example is F1 2024 that will be released, I guarantee you that you make up more resources than just videos and images, I was already forgetting the songs kkkkkkkkkkk

Well then, off you go and play your kiddie games

 

[Old Man Al]

I guarantee you that animations and music are more irrelevant than a puzzle that makes up a game, an example is F1 2024 that will be released, I guarantee you that you make up more resources than just videos and images, I was already forgetting the songs kkkkkkkkkkk

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[Capt_Kirk]

Spoiler: Mila and Victoria..

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they look so young and vibrant like most of college freshmen looks like and after the retouches they look so much older without any shine kinda like a teacher just waiting for the hours to past so they can go home and start drinking .

 

[LHDLLB]

Yeah, I'm guessing it didn't go far before Nika realised considering Nami's a virgin, but it's still something to consider. This might also be why he gets so flustered when she talks about her lady parts.

I know that Ocean likes to spoon feed information, but how much further Nika's and Nami's, "pushing boundaries" , went is one of the things that has puzzled me. When talking to Amber MC tells that he grow close to Nami after the Summers disappearance, how close was that ? Then I don't know how much of this talk I can trust as per Nika himself, he lied and we don't know about what. In 4.5 we learn that Nami did something, something bad that took a toll on Nika and he fears that her behavior now, to him is not genuine and is born out of guilty, that add to other hints in Ch5 suggest that Nami was more than just mean in high school. Finally in Ch5 Nika speaks how every time that he reach's out to Nami she pulls away leaving him in the dark, and that if she does this again he will never speak to her again ( maybe this is what he has not talked to Amber ? ), this implied that something more than just platonic love happened before the beginning of the game, but only in Ch4.5 we have inner thoughts of Nika seeing Nami as something more than her long time Roommate, and Nami's reaction followed the kiss is not of something that they did once and promised never to again, is of someone who screw around and panic when found out .

With all this I don't know what happened, one hand seems that the kiss in 4.5 was when Nika took action and Namis panic, but later it is said that Nika took action several times and Nami pulled away, I have some theories about all that, but Nikas comment don't makes sense if nothing happened before, but Namis reaction don't makes sense if someting has happened before

 

[BobTheDuck]

I know that Ocean likes to spoon feed information, but how much further Nika's and Nami's, "pushing boundaries" , went is one of the things that has puzzled me. When talking to Amber MC tells that he grow close to Nami after the Summers disappearance, how close was that ? Then I don't know how much of this talk I can trust as per Nika himself, he lied and we don't know about what. In 4.5 we learn that Nami did something, something bad that took a toll on Nika and he fears that her behavior now, to him is not genuine and is born out of guilty, that add to other hints in Ch5 suggest that Nami was more than just mean in high school. Finally in Ch5 Nika speaks how every time that he reach's out to Nami she pulls away leaving him in the dark, and that if she does this again he will never speak to her again ( maybe this is what he has not talked to Amber ? ), this implied that something more than just platonic love happened before the beginning of the game, but only in Ch4.5 we have inner thoughts of Nika seeing Nami as something more than her long time Roommate, and Nami's reaction followed the kiss is not of something that they did once and promised never to again, is of someone who screw around and panic when found out .

With all this I don't know what happened, one hand seems that the kiss in 4.5 was when Nika took action and Namis panic, but later it is said that Nika took action several times and Nami pulled away, I have some theories about all that, but Nikas comment don't makes sense if nothing happened before, but Namis reaction don't makes sense if someting has happened before

Agreed. But we do know that it didn't go too far because of Nia and Nami's shower talk - Nami wants her first time to be special. The thing is that Nika and Nami have done something that THEY felt crossed a line. People put all kinds of absurdly inflated import on things because they know their intention was to lose control, but for whatever reason, in reality they didn't lose control. So in that sense, I believe whatever has happened before might have been more the feeling of crossing their boundaries, whereas now we see the intent is actually cross the boundary.

The thing of their deal could also be unrelated to their feelings, it could be over an event with Summer, and Nika lied to Amber about what happened. Maybe Nami did something that wasn't legal buy accident or maybe it was some of the things she did that made Nia think she was mean. This is at least one thing that won't stay a mystery. But I also think we'll find it's not a massive dark secret. It was a massive dark secret for kids, as adults it might just be gosh darn embarrassing. Stuff with the deal doesn't preclude Nami having done other things that might be worse that Nika doesn't know about though.

 

[dluser]

if you insist on spoiling the VN for everyone, please hide it under a spoiler tag

 

[Old Man Al]

From his discord - bibi-news

Q: “Why’s the review taking so long?”
A: I don’t know, bro. I’m pretty sure they’re checking every single file due to the rating I'm going for.

Q: “Why don’t you release the game on Patreon if it’s ready?”
A: The initial days of Steam are crucial, and by releasing it on Patreon first, I’d be shooting myself in the foot. So, some impatient, purple fellows will have to wait for their “hero” a little longer.

Q: “Are they even reviewing it or did they forget about it?”
A: They are reviewing it. I heard back about two days ago because my German translation wasn’t in the game yet, and they were looking for it. So, at least we know they’re on it.

 

[LHDLLB]

Agreed. But we do know that it didn't go too far because of Nia and Nami's shower talk - Nami wants her first time to be special. The thing is that Nika and Nami have done something that THEY felt crossed a line. People put all kinds of absurdly inflated import on things because they know their intention was to lose control, but for whatever reason, in reality they didn't lose control. So in that sense, I believe whatever has happened before might have been more the feeling of crossing their boundaries, whereas now we see the intent is actually cross the boundary.
[/QOUTE]

I get what you meaning here, and the distinction of the intention of wanting to escalate and the "testing the waters" they are similarly but they are not the same, guess that I get too caught up in the "they did or they did not" that I lost the distinction. But something still fells off to me, even when I take what you said, I still get the felling that there is more to it.

The thing of their deal could also be unrelated to their feelings, it could be over an event with Summer, and Nika lied to Amber about what happened. Maybe Nami did something that wasn't legal buy accident or maybe it was some of the things she did that made Nia think she was mean. This is at least one thing that won't stay a mystery. But I also think we'll find it's not a massive dark secret. It was a massive dark secret for kids, as adults it might just be gosh darn embarrassing. Stuff with the deal doesn't preclude Nami having done other things that might be worse that Nika doesn't know about though.
[/QOUTE]

The deal could be unrelated, but I don't believe so. For me, their deal, Namis fellings, Summer, Nikas felling all are all connected, all come together. the thing is that, Nika and Nami are no longer kids, granted they are no adults either, but they are old enough to know if something is right or wrong and Nika himself says that there is darkness in Nami for all his edginess I don't think he would say so if was not true. I don't think that Nami is some psycho that murderer every female that looked more then half a second to Nika, but I do think that Nami was quite cruel and maybe a little more than just mean. And I do expect that this side will show up more if you are on her and other LI path.

 

[BobTheDuck]

I agree, right now we have more questions than answers, keeping us intrigued, all we know is there is something they don't wish to talk about. It's Ocean's most used narrative device in a way, he loves a good skeleton rattling in the closet

 

[minibaer12]

Q: “Are they even reviewing it or did they forget about it?”
A: They are reviewing it. I heard back about two days ago because my German translation wasn’t in the game yet, and they were looking for it. So, at least we know they’re on it.

oh, that gives hope that the FULL version might also come in German. I didn't understand what was missing anyway...

 

[Sweet Force]

Steam workers when after reviewing Summer's Gone for 3 weeks and giving it approval, they receive a new version of Ocean to review because it added 2 more languages, 800 4K renders with low lighting and 4 new songs that are crucial for understand the events within the story.

 

[BobTheDuck]

Steam workers when after reviewing Summer's Gone for 3 weeks and giving it approval, they receive a new version of Ocean to review because it added 2 more languages, 800 4K renders with low lighting and 4 new songs that are crucial for understand the events within the story.
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If I was drinking coffee when I read this, I'd have had a major accident!

 

[minibaer12]

If I was drinking coffee when I read this, I'd have had a major accident!

you mean this?

 

[ChipLecsap]

Spoiler: Mila and Victoria..

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wish there was a way to give zero fuck about them at all.

 

[Doomyk]

I'd had a thought that Nami might have pretended to be Summer at some point to try and get Nika back from Summer, and something unexpected happened. This could be the thing that Nika wants to reveal to Amber ...or Nami triggered the violent incident. You can see Nami's style starts changing to be like Summer, mimicking her in later flashbacks. Then the hairstyle at the lake - Nami knows what effect it will have, maybe because she got a strong reaction when she did it before.

Yeah, I also noticed that Nami likes to copy others. In the past it was Summer, now she is copying Bella. This is her style, as well as her game. At first she tries to confuse Nick so that he does not get close to others, and if that doesn’t work , then other methods are in use. Now nothing much has changed. Nami first tries to confuse him with jokes about a condom and so on, and then if it doesn’t work out, it will be different. The only difference between Bella and the others is that Nami has the right not to hide her rage, under the pretext that they are enemies.

Regarding toxic girls, I think it's going to be complex. Melanie Ceril sounds toxic and we haven't met her (I still think she's the goth at the pizza shop), Kate seems very petty and into revenge and wants Nika to spite Bella (so I assume there will be some sort of toilet incident with her like happened to Robin at the very least just to rile Bella), Vanessa will use her dark side of the force jedi mind tricks, so I'm pretty sure you're covered for fun. Oh and the bookclub seems incredibly backstabby.

By the way, there were arguing about psychopaths. So,after meeting her older sister, I would call this character the closest to this concept among all the known characters.
As for Melanie herself, it’s too early to draw conclusions without knowing personally. However, a couple of points. 1. Students from other colleges can visit other colleges. Zara talked about this. So why couldn’t Melanie herself visit ZPR? 2. If we saw Melanie, then I would put her on stage in the library, a girl with short, black hair, in a red dress.

Also for everyone who read this post because they're wondering about Summer, courtesy of the pre-rework gallery:

If you play the old version of the game, then I would put a very high chance that Summer was dead (the original concept). But with the rework, a lot has changed, starting with the style, ending with the plot (?). I would say that now, on the contrary, there is a fairly high chance that she is alive.

Yeah, I'm guessing it didn't go far before Nika realised considering Nami's a virgin, but it's still something to consider. This might also be why he gets so flustered when she talks about her lady parts.

To be honest, I can’t shake the feeling that Nami and Nika are two in a company. Both had feelings for each other (not only Nami), both ruined relationships out of jealousy, etc. But they were afraid to admit these feelings in the first place to themselves.

EDIT: Actually, looking back at those renders now, it's freaky how Goth girl always seems to be staring directly at the MC.

Yes, as far as I remember, this girl is looking attentively. This could be either important or simply that she recognized the students from her college and nothing more.

 

[Don Sucio]

Yeah, I also noticed that Nami likes to copy others. In the past it was Summer, now she is copying Bella. This is her style, as well as her game. At first she tries to confuse Nick so that he does not get close to others, and if that doesn’t work , then other methods are in use. Now nothing much has changed. Nami first tries to confuse him with jokes about a condom and so on, and then if it doesn’t work out, it will be different. The only difference between Bella and the others is that Nami has the right not to hide her rage, under the pretext that they are enemies.

Then we can agree that Nami is a toxic girl, those are signs of a toxic and jelous behaviour
Nami is more dangerous than we think, she knows Nika very good, she knows how is he and his softs spots and it seems that she knows how to manipulate Nika´s feeling too with those changes of hairstyles.

I don´t think she is going to hurt him because i want to believe she is in really love with him but if for whatever reason Nika puts her againts him it would be a hard opponent.

I still wondering myself how is going to run good a path with Nami and Bella, i mean, like you said they are enemies and i´m not sure if they are going to be friends at some point, i suppose they will endure each other and that is.
And of course if Bella finds out about Nika and Nami well, that situation would explode.