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

[Damien8d]

Overall I agree with you but let me make to comments.

First, I would not say Summer is the childhood friend. The standard childhood friend is in love with MC (or can be) but they are in a position of friends. Summer was not his friend, she was MC's girlfriends. Their feelings were romantic and accepted.

I don't consider Nami a chilhood friend. Nami is MC's sister. She acts like a sister. Their relation is great even if not standard. Only reason I mentioned the childhood friend was because Crimson has mentioned them when he answered to me in a previous post. Nami does share the "obviously in love" but the setting is totally different, for reasons you mentioned well.

Second, and more important, sorry my friend, but the perfect girlfriend shakes your life like only pure lightning can, forcing you to get out of your shell, makes you lose yourself over her smell (stupid pheromones), plot stupid revenge plans with you that make no sense, screams at you, hits you, calls you a homeless hobo and has a mental break down when you two kiss as

Spoiler: she can't like you, she is way out of your league

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Well if we're going about phermones then Victoria has to be up there as well ^^ (as MC noticed them almost immediatly)
I'm not trying to downplay Bellas appeal as she's so far the best developed character so far...
But as a textbook "tsundere" she can also be quite annoying at times (even when you're on her path)
Naturally she's the perfect fit for the current moody and edgy MC but even he can be annoying at times (even though he's one of the best MCs in VN-history imo despite the hair).
She's vindictive, adventurous, sportive, sexy af, daring, cute (when she's vulnerable and lets go of her mask) and probably (not entirely sure we have to wait for her reaction to the fallout) loyal to her friends and loved ones.
MC probably sees himself in her and that's why their connection just feels so natural as chaotic as it may be.
However in reallife it would probably be really hard to become a friend of such acharacter and even in the game it is almost a miracle that MC and Bella became friends/allies.
If it wasn't for them having to work together then I doubt they could've ever become friends and she too would've most likely been on Zara's and Nadja's side during their hazing.
Nami, Victoria and Mila (and before the end of last chapter Nadja) are characters you (well at least me) would've wanted to hang out with and get to know better.
That they endured MCs exterior so long speaks either for their endurance and determination to get through his shell or for MCs apparent charisma/pheromones that lures girls to him like wasps to icecream on a sunny day.(or both)
If we're going solely for looks then Bella is naturally close to, if not on top.
However nearly all girls and woman are 10s or higher and it's up to personal preferences as to who's your favourite LI in that regard.
Storywise all girls are intersting so far and make me want to know/experience more about them.
Currently however I'm more interested in the story of Mila, Victorias cure, Namis/Nias next shenanigans, Sashas/Sonyas backstory and the fallout/revenge with/against Nadja/Zara/Robin.
Bellas current arc needs new elements right now to make me invested in her story again as her current arc had a semi-satisfying conclusion.
Bellas current story is apparently on hold for now anyway and I will have to make multible playthroughs again as my saves are currently useless.

 

[mpekas]

Summer's Gone [Ch. 3.5 Full] [Compressed]

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There are at least a couple of botched images in there that come up pretty fast in chapter1.
You should get some error handling for files that can't be compressed correctly.

 

[JokerLeader]

There are at least a couple of botched images in there that come up pretty fast in chapter1.
You should get some error handling for files that can't be compressed correctly.

I've already fixed the missing images

 

[AlxTR]

There was no proper scene in the 3rd episode anyway, Okay, most of this half episode takes place in the basketball court, Author friend, nobody should stop watching the NBA, It started to make bullshit. Definitely the last topic is nice, but especially the basketball part is too long and the episode is DISGUSTED!

 

[Dragon59]

There was no proper scene in the 3rd episode anyway, Okay, most of this half episode takes place in the basketball court, Author friend, nobody should stop watching the NBA, It started to make bullshit. Definitely the last topic is nice, but especially the basketball part is too long and the episode is DISGUSTED!

The episode is disgusted? What did you do to make the episode disgusted? On second thought, perhaps it is best if we don't know the details. Our first priority should be to support the episode and help it to calm down.

 

[Garen]

In SG, pretty much all girls are amazing and, had it not been because Bella exists, I would have gone and try each of their solo route. But Bella does exist and she emotionally cockblocks every other girl, as so far everytime that I played this game I always pick her route.

Word for word. I genuinely love a lot of the girls in this story but I just can't not pick the Bella choices. Physically impossible.

 

[Soundgfx]

Overall I agree with you but let me make to comments.

First, I would not say Summer is the childhood friend. The standard childhood friend is in love with MC (or can be) but they are in a position of friends. Summer was not his friend, she was MC's girlfriends. Their feelings were romantic and accepted.

There's no rule that a childhood friend can't be a lover at the same time.

Technically the protagonist, nami, summer and the new girl are a circle of childhood friends.

I don't consider Nami a chilhood friend. Nami is MC's sister. She acts like a sister. Their relation is great even if not standard. Only reason I mentioned the childhood friend was because Crimson has mentioned them when he answered to me in a previous post. Nami does share the "obviously in love" but the setting is totally different, for reasons you mentioned well.

The fact that they are both adopted by nojiko gives the audience enough leeway to assume that their relationship could be tied to a bond instead of blood. Of course there's also no reason for the audience not to think they are not related by blood. Incest patch says you both have the same parents. There's really no reason nami couldn't be both a childhood friend or a sister.

Second, and more important, sorry my friend, but the perfect girlfriend shakes your life like only pure lightning can, forcing you to get out of your shell, makes you lose yourself over her smell (stupid pheromones), plot stupid revenge plans with you that make no sense, screams at you, hits you, calls you a homeless hobo and has a mental break down when you two kiss as

Spoiler: she can't like you, she is way out of your league

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Ahh yes, the perfect girlfriend - an emotionally stunted vindictive spoiled brat who masks her fragility, psychological trauma and emotional baggage with a mask of narcissism and pride.



Just as the doctor ordered, I'm all for it.

 

[phacer]

dude, it's one of the best story written games on here and it's a shame that the developer is working on two projects at the same time. would love an update of 3-4 months.

 

[rxdigitizer101041]

Not a big fan of the milfs... But man, Amber got her claw inside me.
Imo she is the only milf who has a potential to stand alongside Maria from intox. Flav

 

[Ayhsel]

There's no rule that a childhood friend can't be a lover at the same time.

Technically the protagonist, nami, summer and the new girl are a circle of childhood friends.

That is not the "cliche childhood friend" i was talking about. They are usually not in a relationship, that is the whole point of the "obviously in love" part.

The fact that they are both adopted by nojiko gives the audience enough leeway to assume that their relationship could be tied to a bond instead of blood. Of course there's also no reason for the audience not to think they are not related by blood. Incest patch says you both have the same parents. There's really no reason nami couldn't be both a childhood friend or a sister.

Emm sorry but I don't think I understand why are you going for? is it to the fact they are "childhood friends" with no patch? for me the story is with patch, but that may be just my assumption

Ahh yes, the perfect girlfriend - an emotionally stunted vindictive spoiled brat who masks her fragility, psychological trauma and emotional baggage with a mask of narcissism and pride.

You do know I am already in love, right? you don't need to keep selling her to me, I am all hers.

 

[Ayhsel]

Well if we're going about phermones then Victoria has to be up there as well ^^ (as MC noticed them almost immediatly)

It was different. In Victoria's case it was "I can smell her pheromones" in the sense of she is attracted. In Bella's case it was "her pheromones" in the sense of "MC is being affected".

She's vindictive, adventurous, sportive, sexy af, daring, cute (when she's vulnerable and lets go of her mask) and probably (not entirely sure we have to wait for her reaction to the fallout) loyal to her friends and loved ones.

Repeatin myself from the previous post.

Bellas current arc needs new elements right now to make me invested in her story again as her current arc had a semi-satisfying conclusion.
Bellas current story is apparently on hold for now anyway and I will have to make multible playthroughs again as my saves are currently useless.

Honestly, there is no way to tell what will happen. The queen did have a total break down and MC is barely getting out of his emotional comma. So for now, we wait.

 

[Hotocochoro]

I'm pretty invested but it'll be hard not picking Bella over any other girl, including Victoria who was my original choice.

 

[Legend.Killer]

There was no proper scene in the 3rd episode anyway, Okay, most of this half episode takes place in the basketball court, Author friend, nobody should stop watching the NBA, It started to make bullshit. Definitely the last topic is nice, but especially the basketball part is too long and the episode is DISGUSTED!

bruh .. just the songs alone .. in this episode make this update untouchable .. the combination of music and story was awesome .. tell me .. what exactly did you didn't like?

 

[Anonymousgamer2021]

It's true that oftentimes the so called "childhood friend" is one of the more boring characters in VNs.
Their main trait basically just consists of having a past with the MC and her somehow either gaining a (from MCs perspective) surprisingly sexy body and/or always butting in on MCs business in bad VNs which makes them one-dimensional characters.
I would actually attribute Summer to be the cliche childhood friend and not Nami.
They were always together and were figuratively glued to each other.
Yes she (Nami) has those traits as well (she's sexy as hell and also butts in on MCs business) but imo she is in a zone between caring (step)sister and jealous friendzoned neighbour.
She's more then a one-dimensional character:
- she cares deeply about the psychological wellbeing of MC
- she wants to be together with him but fears MC distancing himself from her if she makes it too clear or if she becomes too "pushy"
- she tries to play MCs wingwoman in the hopes of beeing a greater part of MCs life either by beeing friends with the potential love interest or by including herself in a menage a trois
- she always tries to find a way to be "accidentally" physical with him
- but she also tells MC if he's acting stupid
- she's also MCs best friend
- she's super cute, sexy, funny, caring, a badass, sportive... she's basically the perfect girlfriend
(however there are just too many almost perfect/perfect "waifus" in this game for her to be the number 1 for everyone)

Bella is one of my favorites in the game. Her personality is awesome and the story is great. So is there other game now that they are redoing it.

 

[Darth Vengeant]

OK, drop about half the dialogue. I know, its a story based game, but I am now just skipping. 15 min long conversations that really go nowhere and aren't really furthering anything 90% of the time. And, it's time for some sex scenes. Yes, things take time....well, it's been time. The game started in 2019.

And please, stop with the forced waiting in the cell phone texts, please. Utterly annoying. Let us click to speed it up.

 

[Behappy69]

Is this the end of the story when it seems like there is still a lot to go. It says complete??? I hope not. Normally I like sex in the story and I stilled hoped to see that here but I really enjoyed the story and the renders were great. Some grammar errors but not enough to be off-putting. Anyway, I hope to hear that it's not finished. If it is then I enjoyed it and was left wanting more.

 

[Mortarion]

OK, drop about half the dialogue. I know, its a story based game, but I am now just skipping. 15 min long conversations that really go nowhere and aren't really furthering anything 90% of the time. And, it's time for some sex scenes. Yes, things take time....well, it's been time. The game started in 2019.

And please, stop with the forced waiting in the cell phone texts, please. Utterly annoying. Let us click to speed it up.

 

[Mortarion]

bruh .. just the songs alone .. in this episode make this update untouchable .. the combination of music and story was awesome .. tell me .. what exactly did you didn't like?

In my opinion we should better not know. And if it just to spare us a possible wall of text with pointless ranting...

 

[CranberryJuice26]

Is this the end of the story when it seems like there is still a lot to go. It says complete??? I hope not. Normally I like sex in the story and I stilled hoped to see that here but I really enjoyed the story and the renders were great. Some grammar errors but not enough to be off-putting. Anyway, I hope to hear that it's not finished. If it is then I enjoyed it and was left wanting more.

It is not finished, in fact, it's very much far away from finished. The "full" in the thread title just means it's the final version of chapter 3.5 seen as the last one was beta.

 

[dolfe67]

dude, it's one of the best story written games on here and it's a shame that the developer is working on two projects at the same time. would love an update of 3-4 months.

Yeah 2 projects and the 2 are remade on top of that. He's set up for the next 10 years at least