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

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RNasc4444

RNasc4444

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Frowster said:
Well, keep in mind that he knows a lot more about them than we do.

And his list isn't set in stone and changes regularly depending on whose content he's working on.
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True. Yeah I know, last time I checked someone mentioned Sonya being his #1 at that moment.
To me though first impressions matter. I like pretty much everyone in SG but no matter how amazing of a story Ocean ends up creating for any future LI's I've already cut off like 80% of the girls and I'm not going back. There is nothing Ocean can do to make me care about Nadia, Sonya, Mila, Nia, Zara, Victoria, Marla or Amber just off the top of my head.
 
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OctavianusAugustus said:
Yes, here's the list. It's generally updated as soon as new info comes out.
Take it with a grain of salt, it's an aggregate of news from several years of active development. Some things may have varied without us knowing (it's generally pointed out though).
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Its weird looking at who is and isnt considered LIs. Like my MC has almost no interactions with Sasha outside stretching on all paths and not to mention Sonya, I mean if it wasn't for that god awful tabletop game event I would have never even spoken to her.

I considered having the current 4, Nami, Bella, Mila and Vic more than enough. Honestly it scares me seeing that list. Oceans already reworked WIAB and he is currently reworking/rewriting this. Just seems like he has way to much planned out. I would rather have a few LIs and more girls on the side to fill the lewd spots so the story doesn't get super branched out in terms of paths and it never gets a proper ending. More VNs have gone belly up with half the planned content than this one cause of Devs "burning out".
 
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NebulousShooter said:
Maja still has +/- points in the reworked chapters and Love Points starting chapter 3. Why keep those in if its never gonna happen? :unsure:

Welcome to middle school :Kappa:
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Yeah I've been wondering the same thing. I guess if you have good relation with Maja it's easier to pursue Vic??

Around when 4.5 dropped Ocean said that Maja isn't LI currently but might become one. So fuck around and find out :BootyTime:
 
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RNasc4444 said:
True. Yeah I know, last time I checked someone mentioned Sonya being his #1 at that moment.
To me though first impressions matter. I like pretty much everyone in SG but no matter how amazing of a story Ocean ends up creating for any future LI's I've already cut off like 80% of the girls and I'm not going back. There is nothing Ocean can do to make me care about Nadia, Sonya, Mila, Nia, Zara, Victoria, Marla or Amber just off the top of my head.
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That's the problem with having a large ensemble cast. Nami and Bella are so far ahead of the others in terms of development that, unless you're totally not interested in either of them, I just can't see many players dropping their paths to focus on another girl. They've played such a central role up to this point that to the unknowing it might seem like SG takes the same approach as Chasing Sunsets - two principal LIs with some supporting characters.

It's for this same reason that I question the wisdom of having Summer return as a love interest (if that's what the plan is). It would be a monumental moment for the MC, but by that point in the story we - the players - will be fully invested in the other girls.

Looking at Ocean's dedication to his games and his attention to detail, I'm sure that he is well aware of the risks and challenges that having such a large cast entails and that he has given a lot of thought to making this work. But managing a project of this size is going to be tricky even if you know what you're doing.
 
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I think the big plus to such a large cast is that the story feels far more real, at least to me - I like seeing other guys in the story for example because at a college, there will be other guys around, etc. I hope we see some of the other guys at the college even pursuing our LIs to add to the realism with some competition for their affection. It's also good because of the "gossip" factor which adds angles to the dialogue since the characters do talk to each other in the background as Ocean has described previously - if you are romancing Bella, word gets around that you two are a couple and people react to that information based on their opinions of Bella & the MC (just as an example).

But at the same time, there is the potential downside of some LIs not being fleshed out very well until further into the game - we've got plenty of people on the board that are looking forward to Sasha. Myself and some others are looking forward to Amber (and heck if you aren't on Bella's path you don't even get to see Amber in a single render from Chapter 4.5).

So I know bigger casts can be tougher for the developer to manage, but overall I think it's a positive.
 
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HornyyPussy said:
Maybe so but Ocean has planned the story far longer than we have seen so in his head the characters are probably different. I think he's said that Sasha is his favorite several times.
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4 episodes and a half, and she barely spoke with MC once. I guess they will make out by 2030.
 
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