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

[Ayhsel]

If there will be no Amber love path, i hope there is at least some sexy time with her. She is smoking hot, one of my favorites. It would not be fair to have such a hot character just to be teased about what you are missing.

hahah I disagree with this in general. In fact, I have been pushing in the game Endowed that main girl should remain a lesbian..

I do agree that I would love more time with Amber, though.

 

[JinXXX]

It's so sad and frustrating, that you have to clear this VN from your memory after playing it. It leaves you with the same empty feeling after the finale of your favorite tv-series. It's so fucking good. I wish i could do what Cartman did and freeze myself. Waiting is too painful and i'm already doing that with WIAB

 

[MaviusJones]

It's so sad and frustrating, that you have to clear this VN from your memory after playing it. It leaves you with the same empty feeling after the finale of your favorite tv-series. It's so fucking good. I wish i could do what Cartman did and freeze myself. Waiting is too painful and i'm already doing that with WIAB

Indeed. I feel like I'm waiting on my favorite shows next season. Those long months when you want to speculate on whats to come but also don't want to punish yourself by thinking about something so far away.

For now I'm curious what the connection between WIAB and SG will end up being.

 

[Warscared]

i´m just role playing myself into suppressing my memories as the reason why i can not remember what happened to Summer after the cabin! although Namy did mention we being in the hospital the day after! and ofc whats up with scargirl Sasha? feels like i have seen her before!

I wonder what the psychology was behind me trying to shoot the teacher in the first scene, despite not knowing her at all and not benefitting from it in anyway.

actually its all connected to emotional balance if you have no bonds and connections such as a spouse kids brothers or friends your emotional QE or balance is low! it was hinted that you just spent 2 months in bed locked in your room so your social connections are as weak as they can ever be!
babies when not touched from an early age develop serious menthal problems and humans being social animals trauma and cutting ties can lead to zero impulse control! as someone said there was that option how worse can it be?

although in this situation that crazy uncontrolled bitch almost killed victoria and instead of taking responsability and trying to help Vic broke down and started to find excuses! for those who have lost loved ones to irresponsability that is disgusting and revolting no matter how jaded you are, the bitch pulled the gun after she fucked up, the MC with zero fucks given risked suicide by "cop" the faillure and the fact she had just hurt someone inocent took it from there!

good enough?

i wonder if my mc lashed out at summer and "ruined her"? like he lashed out at the world and pulled the trigger, a spur of the moment no fucks given zero impulse control!

anyway atm i got 1 blind save one dark path and one light path!

all DOM had enough of the sub crap until i was 10 always being passed around from mother to grandmothers to older sisters to Aunts and already had more then enough in 3 of my last 8 jobs where i worked for females, sexism at work does not affect only females but if you´re a male you have no recourse except tell her off and getting fired after some bullshit excuse!

last one was funny, her excuse to get my boss to fire me was that we had... married... that weird situation where you make 5 times more then your hierarchical superior you marry her and then she gets you fired and once you´re out of money she loves you no more... oh gawd saves from the goody goody!

 

[Rumplepuss]

I haven't played yet but its on my list of stuff I'm trying to get to. While I do enjoy a tasteless fuckfest from time to time I do also enjoy a great story with interesting characters and romance. Judging by the amount of facepalms I got I guess I'm an idiot for asking a simple question. Still don't particularly understand why but welcome to the internet lol

Don't take it personally. Facepalms on this thread are most times either expressions of the great fondness most of us hereabouts have towards Summer's Gone as a hugely engaging work of art and masterpiece we laud, or commiserations offered to someone unaware of the sheer brilliance and quality of this particular visual novel, quite likely because they haven't been fortunate enough to experience it yet. (Either way not bad things so don't sweat it.) Thing is in Summer's Gone sex IS destined to play a role later in the lives of some of the characters, an important role no doubt, but remain subordinate to the evolving story rather than overriding and dominating it, as is the case with most material anywhere and everywhere else on this very site. Summer's Gone is a superior adult story which WILL include sex, as and when justified by the plot, but isn't a story primarily ABOUT sex. That's the way I currently see it anyway, but it's only a personal hope and opinion.

My advice would be to give it a go and make up your own mind.

(Then maybe you'll be facepalming somebody, on this very thread, at some point in the future!)

 

[Deleted member 2528490]

I wonder what the psychology was behind me trying to shoot the teacher in the first scene, despite not knowing her at all and not benefitting from it in anyway.

Actually you know what, I was thinking about this after my initial response. And I realized, its not just the detachment that explains that first scene. Literally the first thing we learn about MC via the dream opening is that both Summer and MC loved to torture insects.

It gets glossed over but thats the sort of sign you look out for in case the kids are potential nutjobs. There's an inherent 'play with lives' aspect to the MC. (Which also ties into how he manipulates people.) Now pair that with ptsd-MC's detachment and lack of empathy and his apathy. Totally makes sense to me.

 

[Deleted member 327695]

[...] which WILL include sex, as and when justified by the plot, but isn't a story primarily ABOUT sex. That's the way I currently see it anyway, but it's only a personal hope and opinion.

This is exactly what I am going for.
A story primarily focused on the characters and the overall surroundings but not driven by sex.

In the later stages, the game is going to have plenty of sex and optional fetishes but it is important to me that there is a believable reason for why the characters are bonding.

And that not every romance feels like the same just with a different skin.

The last thing I want to see personally is for Summer's Gone to turn into yet another hollow, tasteless and orgiastic fuckfest [...]

Fuck fests are certainly not my cup of tea. You will never need to worry about the game becoming one.

I like girls that are more than just fuck-props and this is also why I said that a harem will never be a part of the game. It would effectively destroy all the character buildup and independence.
(Not even mentioning how out of character it would be for some of them.)


Romance/erotic > porn

And this will also be displayed in future sex scenes. It's not just some simple thrusting with some cringy dirty talk.

I want it to be a work of art. Not just from the visual standpoint but also from the POV of the involved.
I want the scenes to radiate passion and desire.
That the scenes really feel like you just witnessed a major event in their lives... two people being in a very vulnerable state finally opening up to each other.


I am also currently looking for some advanced English writing courses in order to achieve the level of "art" I am striving for.

 

[HornyyPussy]

This is exactly what I am going for.
A story primarily focused on the characters and the overall surroundings but not driven by sex.

In the later stages, the game is going to have plenty of sex and optional fetishes but it is important to me that there is a believable reason for why the characters are bonding.

And that not every romance feels like the same just with a different skin.





Fuck fests are certainly not my cup of tea. You will never need to worry about the game becoming one.

I like girls that are more than just fuck-props and this is also why I said that a harem will never be a part of the game. It would effectively destroy all the character buildup and independence.
(Not even mentioning how out of character it would be for some of them.)


Romance/erotic > porn

And this will also be displayed in future sex scenes. It's not just some simple thrusting with some cringy dirty talk.

I want it to be a work of art. Not just from the visual standpoint but also from the POV of the involved.
I want the scenes to radiate passion and desire.
That the scenes really feel like you just witnessed a major event in their lives... two people being in a very vulnerable state finally opening up to each other.


I am also currently looking for some advanced English writing courses in order to achieve the level of "art" I am striving for.

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

just kidding

That is one hell of a goal you have with the game Ocean, extremely hyped about following this outstanding VN!

 

[Abhai]

....And this will also be displayed in future sex scenes. It's not just some simple thrusting with some cringy dirty talk....

Please, just dont take away the whole "thrusting with dirty sex talk" thing...I can endure (almost) anything, yet overly artistic sex scenes with no dirty talk and humping, would be my end there surely...

 

[AlphaQ2]

This is exactly what I am going for.
A story primarily focused on the characters and the overall surroundings but not driven by sex.

In the later stages, the game is going to have plenty of sex and optional fetishes but it is important to me that there is a believable reason for why the characters are bonding.

And that not every romance feels like the same just with a different skin.





Fuck fests are certainly not my cup of tea. You will never need to worry about the game becoming one.

I like girls that are more than just fuck-props and this is also why I said that a harem will never be a part of the game. It would effectively destroy all the character buildup and independence.
(Not even mentioning how out of character it would be for some of them.)


Romance/erotic > porn

And this will also be displayed in future sex scenes. It's not just some simple thrusting with some cringy dirty talk.

I want it to be a work of art. Not just from the visual standpoint but also from the POV of the involved.
I want the scenes to radiate passion and desire.
That the scenes really feel like you just witnessed a major event in their lives... two people being in a very vulnerable state finally opening up to each other.


I am also currently looking for some advanced English writing courses in order to achieve the level of "art" I am striving for.

So wait, you're basically saying that we won't be able to fuck every single girl in sight and live happily ever after with like 7 wives or whatever? The characters are actually going to have feelings? The MC will actually be able to display emotions with LIs that don't only correlate with lust?? And we'll only be able to end up with potentially one Bella girl?? My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

 

[byronicasian]

Just played the game today. Man, great first 3 chapters. Then I found out how long it took to get those 3 Chapters out and now I'm sad again.

 

[Deleted member 2528490]

Just played the game today. Man, great first 3 chapters. Then I found out how long it took to get those 3 Chapters out and now I'm sad again.

The problems causing the delays got sorted out, so we should be getting updates more quickly now. The goal is smaller sized updates every 3-4 months roughly, iirc.

 

[DanThaMan]

The problems causing the delays got sorted out, so we should be getting updates more quickly now. The goal is smaller sized updates every 3-4 months roughly, iirc.

But since he has 2 games you will have to wait 6+ months for each new update to this game

 

[Deleted member 2528490]

But since he has 2 games you will have to wait 6+ months for each new update to this game

I was under the impression that the applied to both games. Since he's got one computer for each game now, working on both side by side.

 

[DanThaMan]

I was under the impression that the applied to both games. Since he's got one computer for each game now, working on both side by side.

It's hard to believe games of this quality will be updated that quickly still, but i guess we shall see

 

[johndoe19]

I was under the impression that the applied to both games. Since he's got one computer for each game now, working on both side by side.

yeah, what Oceanlab said is that it's 3-4 months per update for both games. Since he now has two computers like you said. So any work towards WiAB shouldn't affect an update for Summer's Gone.

 

[felicemastronzo]

The problems causing the delays got sorted out, so we should be getting updates more quickly now. The goal is smaller sized updates every 3-4 months roughly, iirc.

this is already one of the answers I was looking for....

i've played a couple of runs of this game, now i'm thinking if and how to play some more. the rating is definitely positive. it's a pity for a game that focuses so much on the story and involvement that it starts with a scene bordering on WTF (not the dream, but the car crash with the armed teacher..), but after this initial slip there is a very good characterization (of course in development) with many interactions between the different characters, and not only between Mc and the girls.

in the end it was not a burden the absence of sex for this first part of the journey, instead it is not easy to identify with the protagonist for his traumatic load that makes him objectively an asshole almost every time.

very curious about future developments, although we see dark clouds, for virtually all LIs, on the horizon ...

is it correct to assume that the LIs will be the 5 present in the gallery or is this a situation yet to be defined?

 

[Coaxmetal]

...the story and involvement that it starts with a scene bordering on WTF (not the dream, but the car crash with the armed teacher..)...

The start was so weird! I sorta rolled with it, thinking the MC was a spirit or the grim reaper. Imagine the surprise next scene...

 

[felicemastronzo]

The start was so weird! I sorta rolled with it, thinking the MC was a spirit or the grim reaper. Imagine the surprise next scene...

you're right, it's a very "character introduction" scene in a manga

the girl met by chance who seems to have understood perfectly what ails the protagonist, the sudden accident, the separation...

 

[MaviusJones]

yeah, what Oceanlab said is that it's 3-4 months per update for both games. Since he now has two computers like you said. So any work towards WiAB shouldn't affect an update for Summer's Gone.

It might be a bit slower while he reworks WIAB however. I can see that taking a bit more focus than just standard updates. Personally I'm hoping for something around May/June (for either game) but I'm willing to be patient either way.