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

[Tas Desdemotyranus II]

Poor Mila... She deserved to be treated better.

 

[AlexFXR]

Another amazing log with a lot of useful information.....

 

[lonelyk]

ngl Zara has grown on me a lot in every update, she's in my top3 LI rn and I look forward to more Zara time!

 

[Adhdclassic]

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Yo,

The log is a little late because my sleep schedule is so weird that Wednesday didn't really exist for me... It's... complicated.

1. Blender's Workout plan.

My mind's constantly racing between different software and possible ideas.

During cardio I often think about the games and thingies I could try out.

For example I observe the motion of the treadmill and wonder how hard it would be to replicate in Blender... And then let Zara run on it... How would I handle the air resistance? The friction of her shoes on the rubber...

Then, I had a day where I was reading in bed and the sun was shinning into my room... When the light hits just right, I often observe it and wonder... Why can't I replicate it like this? Do the light bounces work so differently from Iray (Daz) or Blender (Cycles)?

Is the key "indirect" lighting?

...I had to get up and do some testing.

First, I checked how Blender calculates the light bounces... In Blender you can change how often the light bounces around a scene. I created a little room with a window in it and did my tests by having light shine in and see how it illuminates the room at what values...

Then I ported the room to Daz and did the same—and Daz handled it much worse. In Daz, you often have the issue that the light from outside doesn't illuminate the room at all. You need artificial lighting. And there lays the challenge of good renders. It's hard to get right.

The way the light bounces around the room in Daz seems much worse than in Blender. In Blender, I could illuminate the room with a light value of 4833 lumens.

In Daz, I needed over 65000 lumens to replicate the size of the mesh light. It looked much worse in Daz. I documented the process and will go into more detail in the Blender log.

I opened Blender again, opened Miru, who was waiting for me to do some boob physics tests and started lighting her with a singular, indirect light.
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This was in a very big room, and the light was positioned on the opposite side, facing the wall.

The HDRI (World) was turned off, and the scene had no lighting besides that one mesh light (and, technically, her headphones).

This gives me a lot of ideas on how to light scenes in the future... But I will also do some more tests soon in Daz... While writing this, I got an idea that I have to try out.

Ennnnoooough... Before I start writing an entire Blender log... Let me get to the end of the Blender part.

Yesterday, however, I came up with a new way to improve my Blender/Marvelous Designer skills.
Usually, I do what I always do: follow my instincts and learn as I go. This worked out for Daz, but Blender combined with Marvelous has so many areas to cover that I needed a better system.

So, I created a workout plan for Blender. It's built exactly like a gym workout plan, with a few additions.

Instead of a Chest/Shoulder day, you have an Animation/Constraint day.

I came up with a few ideas to make it more fun... Geometry Chaos & (Star)Light) are just some of the little events I created that will help me understand everything better.

Or the "Hyptertrophy" 3x10 Blender workout.

For each set (1x10) you create one new render with Girl X, and then make 10 different versions out of it. I change the lighting, the camera angle and so on...

I have come up with 11 challenging events to make it more fun... And I will go into them with the first Blender log... Which will be a fucking Titan of a log.

There's also some good news about Marvelous Designer, but I will include all of this in the Blender Log.

2. Who wore it better - Winner: Elsa

Elsa dominated the last Who Wore It Better poll, so I have created six renders and two extra variations of her in and out of the outfit.
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You can find the rest of the renders HERE

3. Season 2 - Chapter 1

I've added an additional big scene to the update. It was supposed to be in S2-CH2, but I thought it would do pretty well in Chapter 1.

The past weeks have been highly productive, with the occasional hiccup from having a circadian rhythm that would leave scientists speechless.

One new element that's going to be introduced in Season 2 are "dynamic outfits".

Sometimes, earlier choices determine what a character wears to a particular event.

In this preview example, we have Mila.

Variation 1
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Variation 2
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If there's outfit variation, you can almost always expect two additional character scenes, too.

I think you can imagine what direction both scenes could go... Especially outfit 2.

I have some pretty awesome potential previews, but as promised, I'm limiting myself with what I show now.

So, this little Zara & MC image has to do.
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Chapter 1 will be very generous to Zara fans.

As the number of renders grows, my "fear" of the postwork increases exponentially, and I will have to start thinking about all the coding I must do.

I will have to code the new UIs, the phone, the galleries, etc...

But until then, I'll still have a lot of rendering to do.

I'll see you in two weeks.

Ocean

Mila and Dana have basically the same frame minus Dana's belly. Sexy bitches

 

[Leinad_Sevla]

 

[Leinad_Sevla]

I never asked but this seems as good a time as any: what´s the usual update time?

 

[yossa999]

 

[Vitez]

Man, he has butchered Milla I don't know how many times. Poor girl

 

[Penfold Mole]

Mila’s bonkers look ridiculous in some of the outfits. Also, considering how much Ocean hates coding, this phase may take more than we think which in case will postpone the release even further.

I think this suit would make her look much better than she looks on the preview images:

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Has Ocean been abusing her with the sculpting tool again? God damn, leave the sculpting to the sculptors who have learned sculpting in an art school and know what they're doing

 

[RNasc4444]

I think this suit would make her look much better than she looks on the preview images:

Might be a little too snug in some places. Best to go with the size above just to be safe.

If it doesn't fit 5 Eva's in it, it's prob not gonna fit Mila

 

[Dr.TSoni]

Man, he has butchered Milla I don't know how many times. Poor girl

 

[Bloker997]

who the fuck is Elsa, and why would Beanpole lose to her?

 

[Dr.TSoni]

Summer's cousin, the one we meet at the restaurant with Bella

 

[MagicMan753]

Zara getting a big presence in season 2, chapter 1 is cool since she is a top 5 girl for me in this VN.

That being said I think the dynamic clothing will be stupid, lets say he has 5000 renders, maybe like 200-300 will just be same image different outfit(like mila) so it may say 5000 renders, but with all the dynamic outfits it will feel like maybe 1500-2000 if he has multiple characters with the outfit system in that episode. I think the dynamic outfits are a bad choice and he should not do it.

 

[LHDLLB]

Zara getting a big presence in season 2, chapter 1 is cool since she is a top 5 girl for me in this VN.

That being said I think the dynamic clothing will be stupid, lets say he has 5000 renders, maybe like 200-300 will just be same image different outfit(like mila) so it may say 5000 renders, but with all the dynamic outfits it will feel like maybe 1500-2000 if he has multiple characters with the outfit system in that episode. I think the dynamic outfits are a bad choice and he should not do it.

I understand where you are coming from, personally I like as it gives characters more depth, and you see the results of your choices in a more material way. I don't think this types of dynamics are gonna be common, but in specifics situations I think it can add value to the story. Now if ever single LI has two scenes that only change is that she show more cleavage, I agree with you, this just was not the impression that I had from the devlog

 

[BobTheDuck]

I never asked but this seems as good a time as any: what´s the usual update time?

Typically once a year we get candy, but we all want the sugar hit sooner If Ocean is 50% done with the renders and he started making good inroads in May, 4 more months of renders, and depends on the post work, scripting etc. In theory he could be getting into that once he's got enough scenes rendered, some of the coding he could be doing while waiting for renders (such as the phone, which it sounds like he still hasn't solved the way he wants).

who the fuck is Elsa, and why would Beanpole lose to her?

Beanpole loses because currently she's a sidekick of Bella, or a comic relief character. Elsa doesn't have much screen time, but she's the only LI other than Nami and Nia with first hand experience of Nika's past - she lived through Summer's disappearance as well.

I understand where you are coming from, personally I like as it gives characters more depth, and you see the results of your choices in a more material way. I don't think this types of dynamics are gonna be common, but in specifics situations I think it can add value to the story. Now if ever single LI has two scenes that only change is that she show more cleavage, I agree with you, this just was not the impression that I had from the devlog

I like the idea that the way a character dresses is dependant on how you speak and interact with them, so many games have the 'oh which bikini do you like?' moment and I personally hate that. But the character responding to your actions and dressing appropriately give you an idea of where they're at.

Having said that, multiple paths and an extremely large update are already enough work, this is solving a problem that didn't exist. Hopefully Ocean starts small with it - what happens with renders where two characters have different outfits? Does Ocean do four renders of each scene they're in? What about 3 characters? I think this is something that should be an engine issue rather than a render issue, otherwise we'll hit the continuity errors when they're at college and suddenly everyone's at the base clothing again because 10 characters have a lot of combinations.

 

[LHDLLB]

I like the idea that the way a character dresses is dependant on how you speak and interact with them, so many games have the 'oh which bikini do you like?' moment and I personally hate that. But the character responding to your actions and dressing appropriately give you an idea of where they're at.

Having said that, multiple paths and an extremely large update are already enough work, this is solving a problem that didn't exist. Hopefully Ocean starts small with it - what happens with renders where two characters have different outfits? Does Ocean do four renders of each scene they're in? What about 3 characters? I think this is something that should be an engine issue rather than a render issue, otherwise we'll hit the continuity errors when they're at college and suddenly everyone's at the base clothing again because 10 characters have a lot of combinations.

Yeah. Specially for Mila, her mothers is/was a whore, she has problems with it and you can encourage her to become a camgirl, there is the photos that she asks you what you prefer, there is her competition with Bella. A different outfit can transmit much about her character and state of mind, and show that Nika influences the LIs as much as them influences him, I really like the idea.

Now I don't think this is really feasible, and really hope that Ocean is not that detached from reality, but from some short encounters between a LI and the MC, I think it add value to the story. I agree that it is adding work and is something that nobody asked for, but I do like the idea.

 

[Zane Truesdale]

So, this little Zara & MC image has to do.
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Chapter 1 will be very generous to Zara fans.

Alright, Zara time!!

 

[Holyx9]

Does anyone has estimation of when season 2 chapter 1 will release based on Ocean past release history? Is a late October or mid November a realistic release window?

 

[Myscho]

Does anyone has estimation of when season 2 chapter 1 will release based on Ocean past release history? Is a late October or mid November a realistic release window?

Prepare yourself for December