I'd say he is forthcoming. But don't expect a plan. He's learning as he goes, there's no university course for making a successful AVN. He is secretive because the story takes a long time to tell, and giving away the story gives away the reason people want to play the next season (in regards to characters/plots).I would like your opinion about Ocean is it me or is he not transparent and forthcoming with his vison and plans about Summer's Gone and WiaB and the whole Oceanverse to his fans and supporters ? From what I have seen in the years I've followed him and supported him I know very little about any future plans and his vison about the characters and story of both games he is so secretive and I think that is wrong. And I find it weird that people are willing to invest money and their time on something that isnt clearly told to us so we have a good idea where all this is going. It'd kinda like Blind Faith and trusting in someone that doesn't tell you where you and him are going in a car but you just get in and hope for the best. So much faith and hope is put in Ocean without him telling us anything and we are the ones playing his bills, I think he owes us to tell us what is going on and what is going to happen. The every 2 weeks letter to Paterons don't tell us anything just a bunch of excuses no plans no insight to the future just how many renders he did and did not get done and about some new rig he need to buy to put out renders 5sec faster or whatever it's kinda disheartening.![]()
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Yeah, I like her hair here, but we’ll definitely be blocked by Noji/Mila/Zara/Nick.Well at least Nami keeps hope alive with what seems like good success.
There doesn't seem much room in between them, but maybe someone can squeeze in? I've heard there will be throuples and Nami is bi, so....Yeah, I like her hair here, but we’ll definitely be blocked by Noji/Mila/Zara/Nick.
Ayua not being LI while being a ZANE simply screams bullshitI wish she were a confirmed LI. I'd rather have her taking Marla's slot if availability is limited.
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But who knows if Ocean expanded to have her as more than a lewd encounter, since he doesn't really speak about who is or isn't a love interest anymore.
Yeah, her not being a confirmed LI despite her screen presence already and supposedly Robin being one despite having little screen time or presence in Nika's life sticks out glaringly.Ayua not being LI while being a ZANE simply screams bullshit
Not to mention creating such a gorgeous design and reducing it to just few lewd scenes, she deserves a full fleshed out romance path (imagine a trio with Bella...)
I hope people wont stop bragging about this so Ocean changes his mind if he hasnt already before its too late
It will be hard thou, since Bella will always have crush to Nika, even when you don't kiss her. Well, but who knows, i want Ayua as LI too.Yeah, her not being a confirmed LI despite her screen presence already and supposedly Robin being one despite having little screen time or presence in Nika's life sticks out glaringly.
Even when she's drunk they look good together
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Hopefully things changed from a couple of years ago and she's a lock.
Though not as close of a friend as Ayua, Nadia is also Bella's friend and unless things changed is also an LI. Drama of some sort is unavoidable, as you'd expect in a game with multiple gals going for our brooding MC.It will be hard thou, since Bella will always have crush to Nika, even when you don't kiss her. Well, but who knows, i want Ayua as LI too.
Well anything will be possible thou, its remind me, if we getting close with Mila, while taking Bella path, She doesn't bother much too, even she despise her very much. So maybe if Ayua suddenly become LI, it will be possible too. Or maybe it will act like Mila and Vic, we cannot dating them both at the same time.Though not as close of a friend as Ayua, Nadia is also Bella's friend and unless things changed is also an LI. Drama of some sort is unavoidable, as you'd expect in a game with multiple gals going for our brooding MC.
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Well at least Nami keeps hope alive with what seems like good success.
I'd say he is forthcoming. But don't expect a plan. He's learning as he goes, there's no university course for making a successful AVN. He is secretive because the story takes a long time to tell, and giving away the story gives away the reason people want to play the next season (in regards to characters/plots).
Also, consider that since WiaB lost its patreon, Ocean's had to change the nature of both games from what he'd intended. All devs who plan on long development stories are working out the same thing - they have to dodge the bullet before they even know it's there now. This is a big thing. I'd expect a lot of AVN's will be subjected to extensive plot changes over the next months for the ones that want to be on Steam.
I don't support as a patron, I just buy off Steam, so right now, there's no blind faith from me, I got what I paid for, it was less than a bottle of wine. Time, well, I waste time, I'm here right? We all have time to waste if we're on this site. Supporters are supporting the journey. Anyone who wants a clear cut process should support something clear cut. So in this, I do think it's a you problem (and I mean that objectivley, not as a criticism) - you want clarity when the product being offered has no clarity, it's only just established what the mysteries are. Your expectations aren't being met, but that's not due to secrecy, you want something that isn't on offer. SG is a slow burn game with mysteries, and far too long a dev cycle. Ocean doesn't hide that. What does it say in the first post? 'mysteries are about to unfold.' Ocean can't give away the mysteries as that's part of his premise. The drama might have it's moments of cheese, but the emotion is all in the reveals. If he reveals too much in devlogs, people don't get those heightened reveals. People don't get to mak their favourite theories.
So supporters who are supporting what is offered tend to be those who are happy for the mysteries and the journey to uncover them. Why is Katie smirking everywhere? How does Noji know everyone? What is the race against impossible odds? What is going on with the coaches having a lame internal power struggle when one of them has a killer mo? Are the Holgerson's pervs? What happened to Bella's sister? Why does Sasha have the other half of Nami's earring? What are Vanessa's plans for Wollust domination? How did the mafia family become a college business? What is Mila hiding? Why does Sasha have a scar? What was Nika charged with? What was the violent incident?
Sure some of it will be cheesy, days-of-our-lives type reveals, but giving the details and plans or outline of events away diminishes those story elements. THe second thing the game is about is healing. Not Nika becoming a phallic god, but Nika not being depressed. Nika getting over his trauma. Sex might be part of that, but how many people try to fuck away their traumas and end up in worse relationships that cause them despair? Nika needs to heal, not to primarily fuck, but to have proper healthy relationships. Currently he's quite shitty as a human being. I think people consider Nika's mental condition an excuse for Ocean to delay the lewds, rather than one of the central plot points. Nika dealing with the past is the main event.
If you don't trust the dev, don't give the dev money until they release something you like. That should be a rule of thumb.
I see Nami with Nika and Victoria and Mila since they already did something anyways.There doesn't seem much room in between them, but maybe someone can squeeze in? I've heard there will be throuples and Nami is bi, so....
Making 2 games about "mystery" as main plot is kinda impressive or reckless. But i admire Ocean's work to deliver 2 phenomenal AVN at once.View attachment 5217132
Well at least Nami keeps hope alive with what seems like good success.
I'd say he is forthcoming. But don't expect a plan. He's learning as he goes, there's no university course for making a successful AVN. He is secretive because the story takes a long time to tell, and giving away the story gives away the reason people want to play the next season (in regards to characters/plots).
Also, consider that since WiaB lost its patreon, Ocean's had to change the nature of both games from what he'd intended. All devs who plan on long development stories are working out the same thing - they have to dodge the bullet before they even know it's there now. This is a big thing. I'd expect a lot of AVN's will be subjected to extensive plot changes over the next months for the ones that want to be on Steam.
I don't support as a patron, I just buy off Steam, so right now, there's no blind faith from me, I got what I paid for, it was less than a bottle of wine. Time, well, I waste time, I'm here right? We all have time to waste if we're on this site. Supporters are supporting the journey. Anyone who wants a clear cut process should support something clear cut. So in this, I do think it's a you problem (and I mean that objectivley, not as a criticism) - you want clarity when the product being offered has no clarity, it's only just established what the mysteries are. Your expectations aren't being met, but that's not due to secrecy, you want something that isn't on offer. SG is a slow burn game with mysteries, and far too long a dev cycle. Ocean doesn't hide that. What does it say in the first post? 'mysteries are about to unfold.' Ocean can't give away the mysteries as that's part of his premise. The drama might have it's moments of cheese, but the emotion is all in the reveals. If he reveals too much in devlogs, people don't get those heightened reveals. People don't get to mak their favourite theories.
So supporters who are supporting what is offered tend to be those who are happy for the mysteries and the journey to uncover them. Why is Katie smirking everywhere? How does Noji know everyone? What is the race against impossible odds? What is going on with the coaches having a lame internal power struggle when one of them has a killer mo? Are the Holgerson's pervs? What happened to Bella's sister? Why does Sasha have the other half of Nami's earring? What are Vanessa's plans for Wollust domination? How did the mafia family become a college business? What is Mila hiding? Why does Sasha have a scar? What was Nika charged with? What was the violent incident?
Sure some of it will be cheesy, days-of-our-lives type reveals, but giving the details and plans or outline of events away diminishes those story elements. THe second thing the game is about is healing. Not Nika becoming a phallic god, but Nika not being depressed. Nika getting over his trauma. Sex might be part of that, but how many people try to fuck away their traumas and end up in worse relationships that cause them despair? Nika needs to heal, not to primarily fuck, but to have proper healthy relationships. Currently he's quite shitty as a human being. I think people consider Nika's mental condition an excuse for Ocean to delay the lewds, rather than one of the central plot points. Nika dealing with the past is the main event.
If you don't trust the dev, don't give the dev money until they release something you like. That should be a rule of thumb.
So Ocean dropped another update to Steam this morning. It fixed the script issues I had identified yesterday, but I then noticed he had some shots of Nami in Ch2 (the nude body painting scene with Ayua) and in Ch4 (the lake scene with MC) changed (again!) to the non-topless version. Those versions were part of the initial Steam release 18 months ago but he had quickly changed them to the Patreon topless version. So why changing them back...and there were some inconsistencies too as some of the topless ones were kept !I've reported these problems to Ocean.
At first he would tell me that this new Steam build "wasn't built with the previous version as I wasn't able to locate it anymore. It's now the same as the Patreon version, but that one should've been the latest version iirc".
Then also saying that he couldn't find a different and wrong ee219 render (the one I posted here), and that all of those typos had to have been there before.
Then I presented the evidence to him, script comparison from before and after the update, the render in question, etc...and he's now looking into it...
I've wondered that myself. Best way I could justify it is possibly the lease on his equipment is a sword of damocles hanging over him.Let him close game development already, the risk is minimal!
No one will accuse him of developing games.
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I look at other developers and I don't understand how he can be so afraid of literally everything.
Let him close game development already, the risk is minimal!
No one will accuse him of developing games.
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I look at other developers and I don't understand how he can be so afraid of literally everything.
I think the incident with WiaB has affected him a lot.I've wondered that myself. Best way I could justify it is possibly the lease on his equipment is a sword of damocles hanging over him.
Definitely, I haven't read the Patreon rules, is there a way to appeal or re-upload the game by removing what it was removed for, or by changing its name?I think the incident with WiaB has affected him a lot.