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

[Don Sucio]

I originally took the transparent top as Amber's way of checking that the MC was truly not physically responsive to a beautiful woman.

What 18 year old straight man would not stare, sneak peeks, get a hardon from Amber...

The original scenes showed the MC with a total indifference to what Amber was wearing - which gave Amber a confirmation that there was something going on and a place to start with her therapy.

I took the physical touching as another part of that test - and again, the MC showed no physical response to being touched and held by such a beautiful woman.

The reality is that Ocean's changes to Amber's approach to the MC - more professional outfit and less physical touching - will make the growth of the MC/Amber relationship and the touching and outfits she eventually chooses to wear around/for him much more meaningful.

Amber is DDG - Drop Dead Gorgeous - regardless of which outfit she wears though!!

Sadly - Ocean is not going to go porn trope with Summers Gone - so no Bella/Amber throuple...

(or for the truly adventurous - the Bella/Amber/Claire Von Halen special ... )

Cheers!!

In my head what Amber was trying was something like an experimental method, like those therapists who have their own methods not approved by the official counsel of therapists or something.

But yeah, i think the rework works better now, we have a more professional Amber which is the most logical thing for a first session in therapy.

 

[AlexFXR]

First, quote the post of The ReDeeMeR you have agreed with .... lol.

Well, I won't get an answer from you, I got that much.

Listen, you are behaving inappropriately.... if you don’t like something in The ReDeeMeR’s post, then why are you writing to me? Discuss this with him. I can't speak for other people I don't know.

 

[Dessolos]

No, I fight trolls and worship Bella.

 

[jllkfsdj]

I had an uncomfortable thought:
is Noji's de-ageing a precursor to future MC/Noji sex - if she looks younger and thus closer to MC's age in order to tone down the mother/son; older woman squeak most people have?

 

[Kemal Ataturk]

yay more censorships and more delays

where all the bots to defend ocean

 

[Dessolos]

I had an uncomfortable thought:
is Noji's de-ageing a precursor to future MC/Noji sex - if she looks younger and thus closer to MC's age in order to tone down the mother/son; older woman squeak most people have?

not gonna lie I much rather have sex with the older model, not a fan of how younger the new ones looks

 

[Mareeeeta]

Season 1 - Steam Release Date + Amber therapy changes
Just now
Hello,

Let's get straight to the point... The release date on Steam.

It's on Friday, the 10th of May.
I'm giving the curators 8 more days. Then I will release.
Having Wishlists is very important for the release, and because I didn't have a playable version until last month, I couldn't send the game to curators.
It's already taking effect; yesterday, the game got another 200 wishlists.
SG is still on the lower side, so I'm really trying to get a few more in.


Amber's Therapy.
I previously mentioned that I changed the transparency of Amber's blouse in the therapy scenes. So far, so good... until I started testing more. I disliked quite a bit of the scene before, and it didn't favor Amber's character development.
She was a waaaay too touchy, way too early.
Of course, Amber is a main love interest and will eventually be touchy. But it was too early and had to be redone for the sake of her character.

Previews: Comparisons - 4k attached
Old

New

Old

New

A less touchy Amber with no transparent blouse in exchange for a more professional Amber with a big cleavage.

I mentioned the two DLC Treat packs yesterday.
Besides the Treat packs, there will also be two Soundtrack packs.

With my new contract, I can sell songs as external soundtracks, etc., and I've added the clause that they get 50% of the soundtrack sales.
The industry standard is, I think, 15%, but I want to help underrated music artists. Sadly, Late Kids and I still used the old contract. But if they want to work together again for Season 2, I will get them on Steam for S2.
Here are the covers for the two packs.
1. For The Intangible (5 Songs)

For DR.ATMO (1 Song)

Of course, this only applies to artists I made a personal contract with.
(So no Beza, etc.)

And because people have asked me the following a few times in the past few days...
Q: "Are all the nude images censored?"
A: No. There's a reason I had to check the "Frequent Nudity" on Steam. There's still a lot of boobs and asses.

It will come out on Patreon a few days later. (The initial release on Steam is very important, so this one time, Steam releases before anything else.)

I'll see you in eight days.

• Ocean

I don't even know Nojiko or Ayua yet but I easily prefer their old design. Both seems more original.
I'll probably prefer most of the previous design for the students part of the girls it's kind of frustrating.
As I wasn't all ready because best girl Maja isn't datable.

 

[rudy007]

not gonna lie I much rather have sex with the older model, not a fan of how younger the new ones looks

Agree with you 100%, for me is the old model of Nojiko way way hotter then the new one.

 

[jllkfsdj]

But yeah, i think the rework works better now, we have a more professional Amber which is the most logical thing for a first session in therapy.

Her tits are about to fall out. How can that be professional. Even Ocean commented that the blouse now provides far bigger cleavage.

Sure, her behaviour in the original was not professional with all the hugging (though imho it makes sense cause she knew full well her daughter and MC were getting really close, that soon he will be her daughter's boyfriend and thus part of her family and she was acting more like a caring MOTHER - or future mother-in-law - towards him than anything sexual), but her dress definitely covered more than it showed (which is opposite to the new version).

Not being a hypocrite, I love her breasts and will still salivate over her and think to myself (this is how Bella will look in 20 years; hot damn! put the ring on that girl's finger ASAP!), but I would think twice before calling her new shirt professional.

 

[VicLex22]

No, I fight trolls and worship Bella.

 

[Dessolos]

Her tits are about to fall out. How can that be professional. Even Ocean commented that the blouse now provides far bigger cleavage.

Sure, her behaviour in the original was not professional with all the hugging (though imho it makes sense cause she knew full well her daughter and MC were getting really close, that soon he will be her daughter's boyfriend and thus part of her family and she was acting more like a caring MOTHER - or future mother-in-law - towards him than anything sexual), but her dress definitely covered more than it showed (which is opposite to the new version).

Not being a hypocrite, I love her breasts and will still salivate over her and think to myself (this is how Bella will look in 20 years; hot damn! put the ring on that girl's finger ASAP!), but I would think twice before calling her new shirt professional.

I think that depends on the person. To me I wouldn't call it entirely un professional as the outfits do have a professional look to them at least to me but with the bigger cleavage id say it's somewhere in the middle.

 

[jllkfsdj]

I think that depends on the person. To me I wouldn't call it entirely un professional as the outfits do have a professional look to them at least to me but with the bigger cleavage id say it's somewhere in the middle.

Maybe you're right. But iirc the biggest reason why the original was considered unprofessional is because of her touching MC so intimately, rather than her casual shirt. Behaviour which goes along with my belief she already saw him as Bella's bf at that point. Hell, iirc around that point was even a conversation where she talked to MC about him having sex with her daughter in regards to the date?

I actually feel sad about how grateful and happy she was when Bella started bringing MC home with her originally, even though the two still hated each other at that point, because it signaled her daughter was coming out of her shell and perhaps brought someone home for the first time.

The teacher who paired Bella and MC up for that assignment did it for that reason after all and deserves to be invited to the wedding. ;-) And, yep, IF this story ever gets finished I think we will see weddings, too many characters (especially Nami and she even about Bella&MC) have talked about weddings too frequently for that not to mean anything. Besdes, can't see Bella letting any other guy in as she did MC, they've gotten too close.

 

[Ray_D]

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wait a minute, and that RPG tag for what?, if neither game has RPG elements..

 

[yossa999]

wait a minute, and that RPG tag for what?, if neither game has RPG elements..

That I dunno, probably the damn tabletop game?

 

[Ray_D]

That I dunno, probably the damn tabletop game?

season 2 is going to include stats for nika and stat check.

 

[Deleted member 6168082]

Just in case anyone wanted the info.

 

[ZillaStarKilla]

The difference between playing games with no sound and no music whatsoever and those with appropriate, well-fitting music is like night and day. There was the scene at night with Nika and Bella sitting on a car together, eating and drinking, when I felt was a true turning point for their relationship development. And during that scene, there was a short animated clip where the game played part of a song during the animation called Watching From the Stars by Beza, which you can find on youtube. But the song was just perfect for that scene and it really melted my heart and left a deep impression on me.

In any game or movie, series, any narrative stories, books, whatever, you name it... Of course the overall journey matters but it's key moments like these that truly make them memorable. The points in any narrative that truly resonate with you, for one reason or another, are the ones that you will always remember and leave the biggest impression. And in many cases, I do believe music and sound helps enhance that experience. There are early documentaries on how Disney first employed music and sound effects to help affect or direct how the audience should feel during certain scenes, back in a time when motion pictures had been soundless and without music long, long ago that I remember watching at one point during a film studies class. I wouldn't call it "science" necessarily, but it's a very useful tool for any director and has been for many, many decades in media.

For me, in Summer's Gone, that was one of the most impactful and memorable moments, and when I think about this game, that will always be the very first thing that comes to mind. The music that was chosen during that scene really helped enhance the moment, and I still listen to that song from time to time. And when I do, that scene comes to mind.

I agree, that music is one of the biggest strengths of this game. It's so important to the identity of a game but many devs neglect it because of lack of funding or laziness. I can only listen to the same generic music in a game for so long before I have to mute it due to annoyance - and I also tend to mute the music during sex scenes because it just distracts me too much. SG is the only AVN I've played where I actually have never muted it. The music from blew me away when I heard it, they add so much emotion, so much mood to the scenes that the game would feel strange and empty without them playing. Vesky and the Intangible are really incredible IMO and fit the mood perfectly. BaDIK has some great music as well - the dance party and acoustic melodies embody that college vibe and you can tell DPC takes great care to license the right tracks. CoBD has that electronic drone and synthwave music that fits the cyberpunk genre...but the music of SG has a certain vibe that is just unparalleled and unrivaled by any other AVN - some scenes have actually hit me hard more than I expected them to.

 

[Massagecook01]

You are right, there is a very large variety of music in BAD. But you got one thing wrong, DPC doesn't care about licensing because it uses free music.

to tell you the truth there is only one song in summers gone i liked but it got removed and i play a lot of AVNs that have no music and i still love them and the AVNs that have music a lot of them ain't so great or successful. music does not make a AVN great it's the story and characters .have shitty story and characters no music will make it any better , like putting gravy on a pile of shit.

 

[duolaamm]

image Bella have a drug dealer ex boyfriend,
Mila have a black guy ex boyfriend,
and Sasha have a oldrich guy exboyfriend
ed-mc can't do anything about it
but alpha mc can one by one beat those guys to death。

 

[Dessolos]

music does not make a AVN great it's the story and characters .have shitty story and characters no music will make it any better , like putting gravy on a pile of shit.

That is true but music especially good music that matches a scenes makes a AVN stand out. Which is what Summers Gone has accomplished with it's choice of music in my opinion. Even if you personally don't like the music in this game many people do praise this game for it's music , there is no denying that. At least when I first started playing AVN's as a hobby last year and heard about Summers Gone on reddit all I heard was it had good renders and music. But yeah music doesn't make or break a game it just makes a game better if done well otherwise it doesn't matter.