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

[yossa999]

The more I think about it, the less I think the whole six-hour malarky is an oversight leading to a major plothole.

Ocean included the "Oh, that's a six hour drive away" in chapter 3.5 and kept it there throughout all the reworking prior to the release of Season 1.

Given that Ocean is obviously more intimate with and focused on the story that any of us are, I just can't see this particular text remaining unchanged in the game unless it will make sense sometime in the future. Otherwise, why not simply change one or two words in that sentence? Ocean had more than enough opportunity to retconn and align all this before the release of Season 1.

Time will tell, I guess...

Well, GRRM melted gold in a cookpot over a simple fire, but that's not the reason why we think he R-U-I-N-E-D the GoT, right?

 

[BobTheDuck]

The more I think about it, the less I think the whole six-hour malarky is an oversight leading to a major plothole.

Ocean included the "Oh, that's a six hour drive away" in chapter 3.5 and kept it there throughout all the reworking prior to the release of Season 1.

Given that Ocean is obviously more intimate with and focused on the story that any of us are, I just can't see this particular text remaining unchanged in the game unless it will make sense sometime in the future. Otherwise, why not simply change one or two words in that sentence? Ocean had more than enough opportunity to retconn and align all this before the release of Season 1.

Time will tell, I guess...

Just keep in mind he has a suggestions channel on discord for people to give feedback for things he's overlooked. And keeping things the same size has not been his strong point. I can see him leaving it, because he had a million other things to get ready, and it fits his goal for a long car trip with Amber.

I understand why he wants the cabin far away (regards Amber), but two hours drive would be enough. Lets say Amber wants the visit to occur at the same time as it happened back then, that requires an overnight stay anyway. Or they get caught in an autumn storm, because summer's gone, suddenly Amber has a new see through blouse, decides to pull into a motel. It's super easy if it's closer to still serve that purpose (we assume the Amber trip is all about that kind of event in some fashion).

It's not that it can't be bent and twisted to fit, but it doesn't need to be so ridiculously far.

Also, as much as I'm nitpicking, I love the game. The list of things I find hilarious/ridiculous is a very minor set smaller than the set of things I find awesome about the game.

Just make the lake bigger and put the cabin on the other side. Why should only boobs get bigger but the rest of the world stay the same size?

This is the way, it's not a lake, but a whole Ocean.

 

[Mr_Mister]

Hey, summer's gone, so the autumn rains are coming in fast bringing the clouds

In all seriousness there's lots of great inconsistencies, but if we had updates more regularly, we'd miss half of them, getting out heads around the new scenes. I'm still going to have a go at Ocean for the distance to the cabin. It makes no sense. We'll see if he fixes it, but it's unlikely. I'll just continue laughing about it, just like Rnasc will find the lack of cat scratches hilarious every time.

It's still good fun, except the waiting when we have to make our own fun

After the remake , rewrite and retouches , the story has been taking a nose dive with all the inconsistencies .
and at this point it will not surprised me if the revelation to what happened to Summer is something lackluster .
"just imagine the scene all moody just with little sunlight coming from the window , Mc sitting in the dark part of the room and Elsa/Amber holding Mc hand , telling him ! , Summer took off to italy because of a better schoolarship !"
the revelation it's but the scene it's cheff kiss !.

 

[Mr_Mister]

Just keep in mind he has a suggestions channel on discord for people to give feedback for things he's overlooked. And keeping things the same size has not been his strong point. I can see him leaving it, because he had a million other things to get ready, and it fits his goal for a long car trip with Amber.

I understand why he wants the cabin far away (regards Amber), but two hours drive would be enough. Lets say Amber wants the visit to occur at the same time as it happened back then, that requires an overnight stay anyway. Or they get caught in an autumn storm, because summer's gone, suddenly Amber has a new see through blouse, decides to pull into a motel. It's super easy if it's closer to still serve that purpose (we assume the Amber trip is all about that kind of event in some fashion).

It's not that it can't be bent and twisted to fit, but it doesn't need to be so ridiculously far.

Also, as much as I'm nitpicking, I love the game. The list of things I find hilarious/ridiculous is a very minor set smaller than the set of things I find awesome about the game.



This is the way, it's not a lake, but a whole Ocean.

if it is a 6 to 7 hours drive ......... how the hell Summer and Mc got there ? , being that they were just kids !.
and let's remember that Nami spoiled MC and Summer love making session by calling officer Laverne , because Nami didn't want the MC to get into trouble , so the cabin should not be far enough from where Mc and Nami used to live.
and we know that they used to live on the west side of the city , so still not far enough!

 

[LHDLLB]

Just keep in mind he has a suggestions channel on discord for people to give feedback for things he's overlooked. And keeping things the same size has not been his strong point. I can see him leaving it, because he had a million other things to get ready, and it fits his goal for a long car trip with Amber.

I understand why he wants the cabin far away (regards Amber), but two hours drive would be enough. Lets say Amber wants the visit to occur at the same time as it happened back then, that requires an overnight stay anyway. Or they get caught in an autumn storm, because summer's gone, suddenly Amber has a new see through blouse, decides to pull into a motel. It's super easy if it's closer to still serve that purpose (we assume the Amber trip is all about that kind of event in some fashion).

It's not that it can't be bent and twisted to fit, but it doesn't need to be so ridiculously far.

Also, as much as I'm nitpicking, I love the game. The list of things I find hilarious/ridiculous is a very minor set smaller than the set of things I find awesome about the game.



This is the way, it's not a lake, but a whole Ocean.

Not to insist on the same point. But maybe it is two lakes ans two Woods? Nah, saying it now does not make much sense

 

[BobTheDuck]

Not to insist on the same point. But maybe it is two lakes ans two Woods? Nah, saying it now does not make much sense

Trying to get my reacts back still.

It's not a major plothole, just like Mila's shapeshifting isn't a major plot hole, or the cat scratches. It's just something that undermines how well he's conveyed emotions elsewhere and how well he's placed people as rumour gatherers etc.

I'm forbidding myself from speaking further on this today though, everyone's had enough of my OCD I'm sure. Re-read (if you can dare yourself) what I've mentioned to answer why it's the same one.