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

[Raynare69]

DnD is the worst, I skipped through that shit. The Nadia thing in the gym, pure stupid.

Although I feel it would be kind of neat to continue it in future seasons, say once per season, as an optional thing if you are interested in building a relationship further with the members of that group, I fully agree that this was the least enjoyable part of the game. It felt to me like it really broke the pace of the story.

I personally did find a few parts somewhat interesting on its own and would still check them out, say on repeat playthroughs, but it's not interesting enough for me to care to break away from the story pace, and I honestly don't find any of those characters interesting except Nancy as a wildcard interest (we'll see how her farm party goes and how crazy it gets haha).

tldr; yeah the tabletop game event to me is probably the worst part of Summer's Gone (so far).

 

[undyingrevenant]

and let's play a game about every time someone comes into a thread and complains about the people complaining about the lack of sex scenes and porn , you drink too.

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I dunno bro, I think people should be allowed to voice their opinions. To me "um accascuse me, that was asked on page 12 etc already lol *emoji* shut up" type replies over and over are infinitely more annoying. 5 years of dev time on, obv people who care enough to find this forum will repeat points when they exist.

When the female characters are all hyper sexualized, and are put in sexual situations, people are going to ask it. "OMG shut up" is still clogging up discussion, it just also makes people look like pricks.

Preview screenshots, promotional materials, majority of it has tna, then people spend 15 hours on the game and not only don't get it, but prior content is removed.

I think referencing any other property is blasphemy here, so in general terms imo if ocean or his fans wanted to avoid "where sex", and its going to be story over sex, the characters should have been made semi realistic body and clothing wise, and it shouldnt have half the promo screenshots be ass. You can't sell a game up front on sex, and then be upset people ask where's the sex. When half the characters up front look like porn game characters instead of just hot girls, I mean c'mon. You can know it's a slow burn but also think it's kind of dumb, you don't have to take a hard stance or act like a schoolyard bully.

This is also the only real forum for quite a few adult games for people to have any chance of voicing complaints without being banned (usually) or dogpiled as heathens, so if not here, then where? I mean I don't mean to be rude, I like it here and there's cool dudes, but if you're not allowed to voice petty complaints you ought as well just join the discord or whatever, never voice dissent or say basically anything, consume content and wait for next content instead of defending the dev and hating criticism, on a piracy site (?)

 

[hermit_tr]

The fakest pair in all of Wollust, you mean

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If you're into silicone I guess

Protests from Vic supporters




Don't be jealous because your favorite girl didn't win the lottery hehehe.

JK

 

[zvingo]

From chapter 1 to chapter 3 half of the images are not found! I'm playing the last update (2024-05-13) and restarded a new game. Did someone get the same problem guys ??

 

[hermit_tr]

From chapter 1 to chapter 3 half of the images are not found! I'm playing the last update (2024-05-13) and restarded a new game. Did someone get the same problem guys ??

I don't know, because I haven't played it.
Are you using a mod? Maybe there is an incompatibility with the mod you are using.
or try this compressed version

 

[Raynare69]

From chapter 1 to chapter 3 half of the images are not found! I'm playing the last update (2024-05-13) and restarded a new game. Did someone get the same problem guys ??

Try re-downloading then unzipping the new download again.
I just did a fresh new playthrough and had no problems (not using any mods but I am using the old walkthrough, even though it was for Beta version it still works and almost everything is still there, so use that as a guide instead of any walkthrough mods if you are using them)

 

[mostwanted8]

I felt the same, that this is probably a very light / semi-obvious foreshadowing. It feels like her words could be taken to represent Nika's situation possibly with any LI really, not just future possibilities with Sasha. It feels like he's like Aladdin trying to get with Princess Jasmine when it comes to most of the LIs, they come from completely different worlds / upbringings / social groups.

It’s different with Sasha. Say Amber and Nick, they’re open minded people, they don’t care that Nika comes from an ordinary family. We haven’t met Sasha’s family but they give the opposite impression, she has a bodyguard and admits to feeling oppressed. I assume a similar dynamic as with Summer’s parents will develope with Sasha’s family, where they’ll disapprove of Nika and make it harder for the two of them to be together.
It was mentioned a couple days back that Sasha might move far away in the future. Maybe cause her parents don’t want her to associate with Nika anymore and use that ploy to keep them apart.
But love will find a way for me to reunite with her

Protests from Vic supporters

Outta reactions Thank god Sasha’s boobs don’t look nothing like Vic’s, more like Vic lost the lottery

 

[Raynare69]

It’s different with Sasha. Say Amber and Nick, they’re open minded people, they don’t care that Nika comes from an ordinary family. We haven’t met Sasha’s family but they give the opposite impression, she has a bodyguard and admits to feeling oppressed. I assume a similar dynamic as with Summer’s parents will develope with Sasha’s family, where they’ll disapprove of Nika and make it harder for the two of them to be together.
It was mentioned a couple days back that Sasha might move far away in the future. Maybe cause her parents don’t want her to associate with Nika anymore and use that ploy to keep them apart.
But love will find a way for me to reunite with her

Yeah I feel you. I didn't mean to say everyone's situations were exactly the same, Sasha's is to a more severe degree and she's basically treated and guarded like royalty.
What I meant to point out mostly was that most the (rich) LIs make it feel like Aladdin / Jasmine haha... Street rat and princess, some more so than others.

But you're right, some are more accepting. As a Bella fan, I'm happy with progress so far, but I feel the hard part hasn't even begun yet.

 

[zvingo]

I don't know, because I haven't played it.
Are you using a mod? Maybe there is an incompatibility with the mod you are using.
or try this compressed version

No, I'm not using any mods. Thanks, i'll try the compressed version

 

[zvingo]

Try re-downloading then unzipping the new download again.
I just did a fresh new playthrough and had no problems (not using any mods but I am using the old walkthrough, even though it was for Beta version it still works and almost everything is still there, so use that as a guide instead of any walkthrough mods if you are using them)

Try re-downloading then unzipping the new download again.
I've done it twice and the result is the same. I'm not using any mods, I've even deleted all the old saves..

 

[John972]

I'm out of reaction but nice observations
The first day would look interesting without Nami. Let's try to enact it.

Nika gets to ZPR on his own. He'd have no excuse to talk to Bella (she wouldn't prank Nami).
He'd go straight to the basketball tryouts flyers where he'd meet Trey. This bit of dialogue makes Nika look interested already in joining the team.

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He meets Mila after that. It's bound to happen as she comes say hi to Trey.

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From there he'd go to the auditorium and meet Jeff, who asks him a question.

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Nami butts in now in the original game.

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But Nami isn't present in our scenario. Nika would say no to Jeff and Jeff would still invite him to the gym cause he's an expansive guy.

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It's announced that orientation isn't mandatory.

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I'm an optimist and think Nika would stay with the group a little longer, but worst case scenario let's say he leaves.
Jeff would talk about the basketball team at the gym and spark Nika's interest.
Furthermore, Nika would spend time at ZPR with him and Trey and get more inspired by them to join the tryouts.
Nika would get acquainted with all the girls as this happens with slight variations from the original game.
SG would be worse but it could work without Nami.

Nice points. I have no doubt that basketball would have brought Nika out of his shell eventually, but it's still a question of his willingness to engage with others outside of that, without the nudging of Nami.

The erasure of the Nami uniform prank is interesting in this alternate scenario because I suspect Nika was always going to be teamed up with Bella in class (i.e. it wasn't random, it was planned by Nojiko/Amber/Marla behind Nika and Bella's backs). In that case, how would Nika have bonded with Bella in the alternate scenario, and, outside of Jeff, would Nika get an outside perspective on Bella's character and bitchiness?

 

[JB08]

DLC? lol what?

Also does the uncensor patch undo all the steam BS like bringing back the Nami hot tub scene?

 

[Raynare69]

Try re-downloading then unzipping the new download again.
I've done it twice and the result is the same. I'm not using any mods, I've even deleted all the old saves..

Hmm... Try downloading from a different place/link? From the links provided on the first post, try gofile maybe?

 

[mostwanted8]

it's still a question of his willingness to engage with others outside of that, without the nudging of Nami.

It would be a slower process especially at first but he’d make it as he comes out of his shell and he attends Amber’s sessions.
Something to consider, Nika and Noji’s relationship would be different if Nami wasn’t there. He would feel more responsibility towards Noji and that he needs to make right by her and grow above his weakness.

In that case, how would Nika have bonded with Bella in the alternate scenario, and, outside of Jeff, would Nika get an outside perspective on Bella's character and bitchiness?

Nika and Bella’s relationship would start off less rocky without Nami’s prank but she would still bully him for his appearance and low social status. They’d go together to Bella’s house where they’d have the fight over Bella’s sister and everything else would stay unmutated between them from there.
He’d gain another outside perspective on Bella from Mila just like it happens in the game.

 

[John972]

I dunno bro, I think people should be allowed to voice their opinions. To me "um accascuse me, that was asked on page 12 etc already lol *emoji* shut up" type replies over and over are infinitely more annoying. 5 years of dev time on, obv people who care enough to find this forum will repeat points when they exist.

When the female characters are all hyper sexualized, and are put in sexual situations, people are going to ask it. "OMG shut up" is still clogging up discussion, it just also makes people look like pricks.

Preview screenshots, promotional materials, majority of it has tna, then people spend 15 hours on the game and not only don't get it, but prior content is removed.

I think referencing any other property is blasphemy here, so in general terms imo if ocean or his fans wanted to avoid "where sex", and its going to be story over sex, the characters should have been made semi realistic body and clothing wise, and it shouldnt have half the promo screenshots be ass. You can't sell a game up front on sex, and then be upset people ask where's the sex. When half the characters up front look like porn game characters instead of just hot girls, I mean c'mon. You can know it's a slow burn but also think it's kind of dumb, you don't have to take a hard stance or act like a schoolyard bully.

This is also the only real forum for quite a few adult games for people to have any chance of voicing complaints without being banned (usually) or dogpiled as heathens, so if not here, then where? I mean I don't mean to be rude, I like it here and there's cool dudes, but if you're not allowed to voice petty complaints you ought as well just join the discord or whatever, never voice dissent or say basically anything, consume content and wait for next content instead of defending the dev and hating criticism, on a piracy site (?)

Yeah, people can voice opinions, but look at it from the perspective of people that come to this thread often.

I could create a topic list of the one-sentence complaints/questions that get repeated ad nauseam in this thread. Maybe some of those posters think they're being original or pointing out/asking something for the first time (such posts are usually a sign the poster hasn't bothered to at least check the last couple of thread pages for information/perspective or to see if their question has already been answered. Asking questions and responding to another post aside, single-sentence declarative statements (such as "this game is suit for cock blocked fans") usually don't add anything new or worthwhile to the thread; they just feed the posters' own narcissism. It would be no different if I made a single-sentence post in this thread that said, "I love Nami." What value does that statement add to the thread and community?).

Reading the same single-sentence exposition again and again in this thread does get tiresome. Add to that, there are trolls who stalk this thread who make exactly the same kind of statements... often.

 

[Deleted member 6168082]

DLC? lol what?

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Also does the uncensor patch undo all the steam BS like bringing back the Nami hot tub scene?

I don't think so (not using it but I think I read that it doesn't work?) if I am wrong, correct my dumb ass.

 

[John972]

It would be a slower process especially at first but he’d make it as he comes out of his shell and he attends Amber’s sessions.
Something to consider, Nika and Noji’s relationship would be different if Nami wasn’t there. He would feel more responsibility towards Noji and that he needs to make right by her and grow above his weakness.

Nika and Bella’s relationship would start off less rocky without Nami’s prank but she would still bully him for his appearance and low social status. They’d go together to Bella’s house where they’d have the fight over Bella’s sister and everything else would stay unmutated between them from there.
He’d gain another outside perspective on Bella from Mila just like it happens in the game.

I'm just not sure Nika would interact will Mila the same in our "alternate scenario" without Nami's presence on that first day. You mention Nika first met Mila with Trey, but he also abandoned them moments later without warning. i still contend - no Nami, no Nika joining the group on the sports field.

Both Jeff and Mila recognize that Nika is broken and sympathize because of that. Yet, if Nika interacted with them alone initially and gave them the cold shoulder treatment, at what point would Jeff and Mila just say, "F^^k this!" and stay away from him?

...and, yes, I know this is only a game and we are discussing hypotheticals. Nevertheless, this conversation is pushing me toward a greater appreciation of Nami, no matter what (as yet undeclared) bad shit she did in the past.

 

[John972]

It’s different with Sasha. Say Amber and Nick, they’re open minded people, they don’t care that Nika comes from an ordinary family. We haven’t met Sasha’s family but they give the opposite impression, she has a bodyguard and admits to feeling oppressed. I assume a similar dynamic as with Summer’s parents will develope with Sasha’s family, where they’ll disapprove of Nika and make it harder for the two of them to be together.
It was mentioned a couple days back that Sasha might move far away in the future. Maybe cause her parents don’t want her to associate with Nika anymore and use that ploy to keep them apart.
But love will find a way for me to reunite with her


Outta reactions Thank god Sasha’s boobs don’t look nothing like Vic’s, more like Vic lost the lottery

I see Sasha as the opposite of Vic.

Vic will apparently gravitate toward Nika even if he remains a total asshole. I expect she's "made" that way to be the universal throuple enabler.

On the other hand, I cannot see Sasha showing romantic interest in Nika if he remains an asshole (I don't believe she would reject him for lack of wealth or social standing if she fell in love).

Outside of that, I think things said by Sasha (her personal interpretation of the Panda/Butterfly story) in the bookclub scene do set up a later scenario where she could become romantically attracted to a non-asshole Nika, but they find resistance to their coupling from her family. Having said that, a lot will depend on Nika's true origins (i.e. his parents)... whatever they may be.

ADDITION: Sasha's interpretation of the Panda-Butterfly story:

"But they both come from different places, grew up with different socializations and... Opposites can attract each other. But I don't see a future for them. And yet, they never lost hope. They go against what's deemed morally accepted. They do what they want... What they think is right... No matter who might dare to lay rules upon them."

 

[Dessolos]

Speaking of Sasha I don't know why but after that scene with her in the book club helping the Nika. I get the feeling once you get to know her she will end up being a nicer and maybe even a better person than Victoria who is a sweetheart already.

 

[minibaer12]

I see Sasha as the opposite of Vic.

Vic will apparently gravitate toward Nika even if he remains a total asshole. I expect she's "made" that way to be the universal throuple enabler.

On the other hand, I cannot see Sasha showing romantic interest in Nika if he remains an asshole (I don't believe she would reject him for lack of wealth or social standing if she fell in love).

Outside of that, I think things said by Sasha (her personal interpretation of the Panda/Butterfly story) in the bookclub scene do set up a later scenario where she could become romantically attracted to a non-asshole Nika, but they find resistance to their coupling from her family. Having said that, a lot will depend on Nika's true origins (i.e. his parents)... whatever they may be.

which is obvious to me that Mika and Sasha are, let's say, in the slander phase. On the surface they show their dislike for each other, but in short scenes their sympathy for each other briefly emerges.

Furthermore, I don't think Mika's origins will be the problem. Some evidence suggests that Nika (and Nami) come from very well-known houses.