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

[Sasanid]

Ok, so I finally decided myself to play this game yesterday, loved it, love slow-burn romance types, and don't mind there are no sexual content at all to be honest, I prefer good storywriting with lewd content as an 'added bonus', not the other way around. Music was great, even though I thought there were many 'mute' moments that were kinda overwhelming, visuals are something else, I had Artemis and Chasing Sunsets at the top, well this game got there too. And the girls, to be honest, some of them I kinda mixed from time to time cause they 'looked alike' to some extent (Mila, Bella and Nadia, for example), but I think the producer nailed the 'college vibe', for an AVN at least.

The MC though, I'd bitch slapped him a couple times, but overall that was an experience, but I had the previous version, the 3.5 one...

Downloaded the latest version this morning... thought I'd seen somewhere the developer re-worked Ch1, but I sure didn't expect it to that extent.

When I saw that my saves were 'lost', was a little bit annoyed, but it's like I'm playing a totally different game, so I don't mind one bit.

 

[TonyMo]

Ok, so I finally decided myself to play this game yesterday, loved it, love slow-burn romance types, and don't mind there are no sexual content at all to be honest, I prefer good storywriting with lewd content as an 'added bonus', not the other way around. Music was great, even though I thought there were many 'mute' moments that were kinda overwhelming, visuals are something else, I had Artemis and Chasing Sunsets at the top, well this game got there too. And the girls, to be honest, some of them I kinda mixed from time to time cause they 'looked alike' to some extent (Mila, Bella and Nadia, for example), but I think the producer nailed the 'college vibe', for an AVN at least.

The MC though, I'd bitch slapped him a couple times, but overall that was an experience, but I had the previous version, the 3.5 one...

Downloaded the latest version this morning... thought I'd seen somewhere the developer re-worked Ch1, but I sure didn't expect it to that extent.

When I saw that my saves were 'lost', was a little bit annoyed, but it's like I'm playing a totally different game, so I don't mind one bit.

That's great,and if you waited a bit longer he's gonna rework ch.2 and release ch.4.5 this month.

 

[RottenBanana]

Almost 4 years and MC is still a virgin ? What's wrong with him

 

[BeingADikDik]

How do you know?

The nice girl with long dark hair told me.

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[mitymity]

Fingers crossed we get the beta in the next 2 weeks

 

[KhamulTG81]

Despite the clear behaviour from MC and Nami, fucking hell even between Maja and Victoria that points to a blood relation - there a dudes like KhamulTG81 that are bad mouthing on discord about here for this clear indicators.

You just can't accept the fact MC and Nami are not related by blood, now you spread hatred because of it! People like you are the reason Ocean left this forum entirely! Now go on with the shit ur doing, I don't care...

 

[soprano31]

You just can't accept the fact MC and Nami are not related by blood, now you spread hatred because of it! People like you are the reason Ocean left this forum entirely! Now go on with the shit ur doing, I don't care...

he hasn't left,every now and then he comes back.

 

[dervalle007]

he hasn't left,every now and then he comes back.

Yeah, I saw him here a few days ago. I hope he isn't here that often anymore because he's busy rendering.

 

[The Glorious LIME]

I haven't played a lot of these games, finished my 7th one just a few days ago(Leap of Faith).
But there is something about Summer's Gone that stands out to me. I really enjoy the slow burn, since characters get developed well like this. I got introduced to this genre by a friend who knew I liked good stories in games, and lets face it, stories in modern gaming are a pile of dog poop(1 good narrative in a game in 3-4 years is an abysmal state of gaming).
And I was recommended Acting Lessons. At first I was skeptical, but I ended up enjoying it and than started looking for games like it. That lead me to Summer's Gone and I think from the WIP games I played so far, it's my favorite. DIK is a more hilarious experience, but SG just has something I really enjoy in it, can't really explain it.

 

[Mortarion]

You just can't accept the fact MC and Nami are not related by blood,

I could not care less about the if or if not, it dosent matter for me in the farthest way but I refuse to run around with closed eyes and ignore the obvious only out of blind cadaver obedience.

Officially, the two are not related, which is ok for me and not a problem at all, but that is not the case out of total overconfidence, but simply because of the ToS of patreon. And anyone who says otherwise is just ignorant or was not long enough on the train to know the game from the beginning.

now you spread hatred because of it!

WTF?! Hatred? I admit, my postings have more than less a good portion of biting sarcasm - but that was it. The only "hatred" here is coming from your direction - why ever...

People like you are the reason Ocean left this forum entirely!

How less you know dude, how less you know...
Beside the fact that he has returned and was active awsering some questions in the last days, I was never bad mouthing about him here or attacked him in our private DMs.

Now go on with the shit ur doing, I don't care...

So rude man, get a live

 

[Sancho1969]

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Temporary Note: Yes, I know it's not linked in the OP. Some of you know why. If you want it there then put in a request.

I ain't going to let it go even though this informative post is explicitly pertinent to this VN and the potential enhancement of other user's experiences will likely get deleted instead of the many dumpster fire posts that remain in here...

SanchoMod Go get you some.

Good evening. Just another shameless plug since the mod is still not listed in the OP after 7 months. More features and higher polish than you'll get with any other product... imo of course.

Regards and be well.

 

[Garen]

Doesn't MC talk to someone about how they don't know how Cheeto ended up being a Cheeto? At the very least, the two of them certainly think they are 100% blood related. Whether they actually are or not might be a future development.

 

[Deleted member 3917737]

how Cheeto ended up being a Cheeto?

 

[PeopleCallMeSmile]

DIK is a more hilarious experience, but SG just has something I really enjoy in it, can't really explain it

Well it's a kind of a different experience since there is no sex scene in like, 4 years of development? I dunno, but in my case I'd say it's the MC, since he is not just another horny teenager who wants to bang with anything with a vagina in it and he tends to call them out when he's pissed.
And the slow burn, I tend to skip sex scenes in a lot of games to follow the plot but I think this will may be one of the few out there that will make satisfactory scenes.

 

[yossa999]

Doesn't MC talk to someone about how they don't know how Cheeto ended up being a Cheeto? At the very least, the two of them certainly think they are 100% blood related. Whether they actually are or not might be a future development.

It's MC when Zara asked him why Nami is red. This is one of the ambiguous things about their relationship, at least to me. I can find other explanation of why MC himself constantly asking Nami why she is red, it may just be their own inside joke, incomprehensible to others. Perhaps, in the past, Nami annoyed him by asking something like "Why are you so lazy?". And MC did not find a better response at that moment than to come up with a stupid "Why are you so red?"
But why then Zara asked the same? What is surprising to a stranger that someone's roommate has red hair? Why does Noji always go mad and snap at them when she suspects any intimacy between the two of them? I can't explain it for myself outside of the context of MC and Nami being related.
And yes, I heard that the dev mentioned that there is no such thing as your sister in both games (WIAB and SG), so I'm curious if these ambiguities were intentional and there's some plot twist behind it, or if they're just uncleaned leftovers from a previous version of the game.

 

[Old Man Al]

...
And yes, I heard that the dev mentioned that there is no such thing as your sister in both games (WIAB and SG), so I'm curious if these ambiguities were intentional and there's some plot twist behind it, or if they're just uncleaned leftovers from a previous version of the game.

Well Ocean says on discord all the time that there is no sister.
I can just quote yesterday: "And of course, there's no sis in the game, that would be agaisnt Patreon ToS".
I don't read EVERYTHING on discord, but even then I find that statement 2 or 3 times a week. And I don't really see why statements on discord would make problems for Patreon. Or he could just stay silent and say nothing about that stuff at all.

 

[Vopeco]

It's MC when Zara asked him why Nami is red. This is one of the ambiguous things about their relationship, at least to me. I can find other explanation of why MC himself constantly asking Nami why she is red, it may just be their own inside joke, incomprehensible to others. Perhaps, in the past, Nami annoyed him by asking something like "Why are you so lazy?". And MC did not find a better response at that moment than to come up with a stupid "Why are you so red?"
But why then Zara asked the same? What is surprising to a stranger that someone's roommate has red hair? Why does Noji always go mad and snap at them when she suspects any intimacy between the two of them? I can't explain it for myself outside of the context of MC and Nami being related.
And yes, I heard that the dev mentioned that there is no such thing as your sister in both games (WIAB and SG), so I'm curious if these ambiguities were intentional and there's some plot twist behind it, or if they're just uncleaned leftovers from a previous version of the game.

The other thing that to me implicates that they are blood related is where Nami talks about how she watches "special" porn, then the MC says, they just use the "special" label of that type of porn to get around the law. This part of the conversation turns awkward and is basically about inferring that those two would have sex, the "special" type of porn she's been watching infers that it is similar to the type of situation Nami and MC have. It wouldn't make sense it was against the law to make that kind of porn if they're not blood related and it wasn't real actual blood relatives having sex, since having sex with a "roomate" or a sister like figure you grew up with but aren't actually related to wouldn't get porn studios into trouble with the law for making such porn scenarios.

 

[Vopeco]

Well Ocean says on discord all the time that there is no sister.
I can just quote yesterday: "And of course, there's no sis in the game, that would be agaisnt Patreon ToS".
I don't read EVERYTHING on discord, but even then I find that statement 2 or 3 times a week. And I don't really see why statements on discord would make problems for Patreon. Or he could just stay silent and say nothing about that stuff at all.

Yes see my comment above. it appears Ocean was going for giving the sense to the reader that they are related without actually being related to avoid the Patreon rules based on some things in the game that have been pointed out but perhaps Ocean doesn't like to talk about it when asked in discord? Dunno why.

 

[Meushi]

And I don't really see why statements on discord would make problems for Patreon. Or he could just stay silent and say nothing about that stuff at all.

Because if a complaint is made to Patreon about content in breach of their ToS, statements by the devs on other platforms like discord, SubscribeStar, even f95 could be used as evidence.

So if some dev is circumventing incest restrictions via maintaining a patch, it's in their best interests to completely dissociate themselves from it, and outright deny any claims that they are producing said patch. The 'evil modder' exists to provide plausible deniability if Patreon starts asking questions.

People who follow these games closely know who's making the patch. The first rule of incest content production is don't talk about incest content production.

 

[Old Man Al]

Because if a complaint is made to Patreon about content in breach of their ToS, statements by the devs on other platforms like discord, SubscribeStar, even f95 could be used as evidence.

...

Ok, I find it a bit hard to believe that companies like Patreon are investigating better/more throughly than german offices - else there would be no one able to cheat on taxes - but, I take your word for it. Talking about priorities in western countries...