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

[Deleted member 327695]

The slow approach is pretty much based on something I more or less follow in real life.


The decision between "What you want now" and "What you really want."


The reason I started to like AVN's is that they could establish a connection that normal Porn could never ever achieve.
What many people want now, is instant gratification. (It fades away as fast as it appeared.)

But imo everyone is looking for something that sticks with them.


After all this build-up and relationship building, the intimate scenes that will follow will give 99% of the people something that a fast-paced game could never achieve.

Sure, the way is rough and I can understand the frustration in today's "Endorphins on command." time, and quite a few won't make it through this.

But those who will... will be rewarded with what I've mentioned before.
A real connection.

After this has been established, the lewd stuff will hit differently.

 

[Vidal the king of Pervert]

I agree with you, but just to point out, for example, I am a guy* and I can tell you being a guy has nothing to do with the frustration you are talking about. We are even told in the beginning of the game the way things go. If you later decide to continue and get frustrated, suck it up.

*true, probably not the manliest man alive, been accused of "acting like a girl" so many times I cannot count, kind of a diva even and proud of it, whatever that means, but still, a guy.

bro are you okay ever since the date with Bella went sideways

you've been locked up inside your Castle

I was even worried that you would try to stake
yourself

I'm not going to lie Team Bella hasn't been handling it well

we could really use some words of encouragement from our leader right now

 

[Spiderfox]

Not really ... They way MC pulled it while the Match, why they shouldn´t do something. They just have done the same to MC. Robin just just paid her dept to them as Message Chick. Find it always funny when MC (The Player) do shit to others to gain something but can´t handle it when they get something back. Btw this was a harmless fun.

The two girls that handcuffed him was fine. He deserved it for the way he treated them on the court. And if the "war" escalates it could be a fun side story in the game. Robin, however, totally betrayed him after he had been nothing but nice to her just so she could get out of "debt" to the other girls.

If I had my way I just ignore her and never speak to her again. Not likely to happen, but you neve know.

 

[Rocc46]

Not really ... They way MC pulled it while the Match, why they shouldn´t do something. They just have done the same to MC. Robin just just paid her dept to them as Message Chick. Find it always funny when MC (The Player) do shit to others to gain something but can´t handle it when they get something back. Btw this was a harmless fun.

Oh yeah, because triggering someone in a basketball game by looking at their ass is literally the same thing as telling someone there's something wrong with their family, handcuffing them and taking their clothes. Virtually identical I'd say...

 

[Ayhsel]

bro are you okay ever since the date with Bella went sideways

you've been locked up inside your Castle

I was even worried that you would try to stake
yourself

I'm not going to lie Team Bella hasn't been handling it well

we could really use some words of encouragement from our leader right now

Sideways? I count that as an absolute win!

We didn't just kiss her. We fucking blow each other's mind!!! And even Nami's as a nice little bonus with that "we really need to discuss this unspoken truths..."

I love absolutely everything about it. The approach, the foot play, the sudden "why are you looking me like that?" everything.

And oh my goddess that kiss!!! It was like the world stopped! We not only make a great couple, we fucking shatter each other world. That is love and passion, as raw and beautiful as it can be.

I love her soo much I can't explain it.

Anyway, I can go more into detail if I could manage to explain the words about it.

I am currently using this as wallpaper. She looks amazing here, with a vulnerability and quiet sadness that blows me away.

Spoiler: One of my favorite images in the game

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[Fortuna ღ]

This update has exceeded my expectations. And it being Oceans, my expectations were already pretty high. I can't help but relate to Bella more than any other female character on this site. She is such a well-written character. The MC is not lacking depth either. He, unlike most MC's for AVNs, is a deep and rather complex character. His interactions and thoughts lately have made me really curious as to what exactly happened to Summer. Did she commit suicide? Was she murdered? It's definitely something more than her simply disappearing. I know now that her "disappearance" was most likely a metaphor for the MC completely blocking out whatever has happened to her.

It would be nice if she were still alive though. If she is alive, I'd be most curious as to how Oceans plans on bringing her back into the story. The plot itself simply has me in awe every single time, due to the fact that AVNs aren't normally anywhere near this level in terms of writing and story. That, and its execution. The themes, moods, atmospheres, etc. all enhance the story to a degree seemingly unheard of amongst AVNs.

For the characters, I was honestly surprised that Nadia would do such a thing to the MC after how well he treated her(in my playthrough at least). Zara did not really shock me, as she definitely seems the kind of girl that would do something like that. Robin surprised me though. I'll have to agree with the people above(or before this comment) stating that they no longer want anything to do with those characters. I do feel as if it was rather excessive of them to do that to the MC and now I am most curious on how the MC will get out of that situation. It's not something too serious, but it was still a bit much for them to do that to him over a game of basketball. Another thing that I'm curious about, is how Bella will fit into all of this. Zara seems a bit domineering and I know for a fact that when two headstrong women are in an area together, it will not always end up well. I just really want to see the dynamic between Bella and Zara, as well as Bella and the MC in future updates. Bella is my favorite character so far, and aside from Jill(Being a DIK), my favorite character from any AVN. I hope this dev gives her and the MC the happy ending they deserve. We're still in the early stages of their relationship and her path, so I hope we gain some progress next update. I'm really curious as to how everything will turn out.

 

[Master Duck79]

The slow approach is pretty much based on something I more or less follow in real life.


The decision between "What you want now" and "What you really want."


The reason I started to like AVN's is that they could establish a connection that normal Porn could never ever achieve.
What many people want now, is instant gratification. (It fades away as fast as it appeared.)

But imo everyone is looking for something that sticks with them.


After all this build-up and relationship building, the intimate scenes that will follow will give 99% of the people something that a fast-paced game could never achieve.

Sure, the way is rough and I can understand the frustration in today's "Endorphins on command." time, and quite a few won't make it through this.

But those who will... will be rewarded with what I've mentioned before.
A real connection.

After this has been established, the lewd stuff will hit differently.

Dude I love your game the story is beautyful I dont even care if you decide to not inculde sex scenes keep it coming great work!

 

[Nachtvogel]

I love this game.

But the real surprise of this, is that my favorite character is not a girl but the main character.
Not that the girls arent amazing either, but the MC just flows right, if that makes sense.

Not an empty sheet of paper, like usual, but someone with an actual personality.

Fantastic work!

 

[Vidal the king of Pervert]

Sideways? I count that as an absolute win!

We didn't just kiss her. We fucking blow each other's mind!!! And even Nami's as a nice little bonus with that "we really need to discuss this unspoken truths..."

I love absolutely everything about it. The approach, the foot play, the sudden "why are you looking me like that?" everything.

And oh my goddess that kiss!!! It was like the world stopped! We not only make a great couple, we fucking shatter each other world. That is love and passion, as raw and beautiful as it can be.

I love her soo much I can't explain it.

Anyway, I can go more into detail if I could manage to explain the words about it.

I am currently using this as wallpaper. She looks amazing here, with a vulnerability and quiet sadness that blows me away.

Spoiler: One of my favorite images in the game

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yeah yeah No Doubt. It was amazing I will remember. that moment for the rest of my life

but Ayhsel you miss the part where she ran away from us

and she's refusing to come to school now

 

[Ayhsel]

yeah yeah No Doubt. It was amazing I will remember. that moment for the rest of my life

but Ayhsel you miss the part where she ran away from us

and she's refusing to come to school now

That is amazing really. It just shows how much it meant!

Would you have preferred she took it as just another kiss? The fact that it affected her soo much is one of the thing that made it sooo beautiful. And even MC, which is barely coming out of his emotional comma was affected by it.

They even would prefer they did not like each other. That means, their attraction is soo deep they cannot even rationalize it.

I FUCKING LOVE IT!

 

[Mister_M]

Not really ... They way MC pulled it while the Match, why they shouldn´t do something. They just have done the same to MC. Robin just just paid her dept to them as Message Chick. Find it always funny when MC (The Player) do shit to others to gain something but can´t handle it when they get something back. Btw this was a harmless fun.

As I see it Nadia and Zara were already acting like overly competitive jerks even before the match and MC played on that. I agree his was a dick move, but it's also partially their own fault for not keeping their cool during the match. I'd understand some kind of payback (heck, Bella's knee to MC's balls was completely acceptable imo), but what they did was lie that the person closest to him is in potentially grave danger (and I guess at least Nadia or Robin knew about his mental issues, but even if not they must know the thought that someone you love collapsed and may even be dying would be extremely stressful to anyone), then gang up on him, cuff him, undress and leave to be found by some random girls. I find Nadia as the worst of the bunch since it seemed their was already some (beginning of) friendship growing between her and MC.

 

[J1215]

In the car, Bella asks MC (if he wants to give her a foot massage). It seems to me that it would be good if there was an option that he agreed to do a foot massage.

 

[Mister_M]

In the car, Bella asks MC (if he wants to give her a foot massage). It seems to me that it would be good if there was an option that he agreed to do a foot massage.

It would be very good indeed. Maybe in the future (or in the final version).

 

[Ayhsel]

In the car, Bella asks MC (if he wants to give her a foot massage). It seems to me that it would be good if there was an option that he agreed to do a foot massage.

MC accepting that at that moment would be quite inconsistent with his character.

 

[Vidal the king of Pervert]

That is amazing really. It just shows how much it meant!

Would you have preferred she took it as just another kiss? The fact that it affected her soo much is one of the thing that made it sooo beautiful. And even MC, which is barely coming out of his emotional comma was affected by it.

They even would prefer they did not like each other. That means, their attraction is soo deep they cannot even rationalize it.

I FUCKING LOVE IT!

I never thought of it that way I guess it makes it amazing wait a minute I Ayhsel did you know
something like this was going to happen

so what's your plan now

just going to show up at Amber's door and be like excuse me I've seemed to misplace the love of my life
you wouldn't happen to know where she is

 

[markyzac]

how to get the scene where nami lies on mc topless and kisses him . and also mc pinches nami s nipple while both of them are standing

 

[Tennyson@]

I have no complaints whatsoever
Bella and MC both felt confused after that it was understandable as MC may have not feel about someone like this after summer
And Bella has the same situation she has not been this close to someone
Nami really stands out for me as she loves MC but she is ok and happy for MC as he is falling for someone else that requires lots of emotional strength
What I don't want to see is that someone's heart will get broken along the way as many ladies have affectionate feelings for MC
Great work Oceanlab
From renders to animation and story telling everything was great
Thank you

 

[Soundgfx]

I like how most who are turned away from this are most probably people who should just spend their time watching porn or playing something else


I don't think any long text explaination as to why this VN doesn't have any sex scenes yet is needed when what ocean wants to make is made perfectly clear the first instance you open the game.

 

[Ayhsel]

how to get the scene where nami lies on mc topless and kisses him . and also mc pinches nami s nipple while both of them are standing

You have to go at night with Bella and later go to Nami's bedroom.

 

[Mister_M]

MC accepting that at that moment would be quite inconsistent with his character.

I agree completely, but a guy can dream... BTW We had 2 scenes with feet in this update, so maybe smth's coming.