VN Ren'Py Where It All Began [S1 Ch.4 Fix 1 Steam] [Oceanlab]

[Mystogans_Wrath]

Universal Public Dev Log #1
Hello,

I’ll address the elephant in the room first.

Many may have heard by now that the Summer’s Gone Patreon page got deleted, and with that 70% of income gone overnight.

Let’s address the most frequently asked questions.

Why did they delete it?

Because I wasn’t allowed to create a new account before getting whitelisted and reviewed. Obviously, I didn’t create a new account, but let’s not get lost in semantics.

I also still don’t know why WIAB was banned in 2024, as the support just ignored every message of mine, and I didn’t have the funds to fight an overseas legal battle.

But there is a 0% chance I will get the SG page back.

Please, don’t write me with “But did you try-“ trust me, bro. I did.

Let it go, we’ll focus on what’s ahead.

Will you abandon the games?
My dear lad… Creating these games is the highlight of my day. I wake up thinking about the renders I’ll do today, and go to bed with an idea for a future Sonya date so awesome, it makes me want to skip Chapters.

Do I want to make money?

Yes. I’m not a robot, and I spend 12 hours a day on the games, while I could be studying or practicing a job that would look good on my resume, with a lot less hours, and a lot less mental strain.

While I love what I’m doing, I also have personal goals that I can’t ignore, otherwise, I will wake up in my late 30s, the games finished, socially isolated and with a full mailbox of the nastiest rumors spread about me.

One day I want a family, and I’d love to be able to take care of them through game development. I’m an indie developer, not a million-dollar company.

But I will never beg for it.

Please, don’t support me out of pity, do it because you like the games and would like to see them finish.

Pity is for bibis.

I usually don’t address shit-talk, it’s whatever but something gave me a little chuckle.

A friend told me that quite a few were celebrating me losing a huge portion of what I worked for, day and night for the past 6 years.

And after hearing some names, and recognizing them from many years ago, I had to smile knowing that no matter what happens, I’ll never be as miserable as them.

After all these years, I’m still living rent-free in their minds. What a meaningless existence.

Thanks for making me smile, lads.

Will this affect development?
Of course.

I invest about 80% of my support back into the game, so in the mid term, losing 70% of income is going to have an impact.

Against popular belief, I don’t make bank.

I had two months (SG and WIAB Steam releases) where I did make bank (compared to my level before, not in comparison with other games. I’m just average on Steam etc.)

Steam takes 30%, my gov takes another ~50%. (Income, business + social tax) and with what is left I must pay all bills from assets, music, energy to rent and food.

The good news is that I don’t waste money and already bought assets and music licenses valuing in the 5-digit range for Season 2.

Season 2 is already stacked with music and assets.

Until this situation defuses, I won’t be buying anymore assets or music. I will be reusing what I have and create simple assets in Blender myself.

There are only two things that could really end development. Bankruptcy and stress induced illness.

So, what will be affected?
Rationally, nothing should change for the next 3-6 months.

I have some savings, and I still get some support from SubscribeStar/Epic/Steam/GOG. Sure, I’m now back on 2021 levels, but I’ll make it work.

While I can still produce the same amount of renders as before, what is affected is my mental health.

The past 450 days haven’t been kind. From losing WIAB’s entire income, having 3 family members die, with one dying on the same day I was about to visit him, and me not making it because I was in Berlin and so focused on pre-working to have the PC render while I’m gone, to having to leave Berlin, to now losing SG’s entire history on Patreon.

I’ll do my best to be as productive as possible in the near future, and getting this big ass update out is probably the only thing that can really give me some relief.

I recognize that I need to take care of my mental health for a while, give it some cuddlies… Means, all official pages will be moderated a bit heavier now.

Comments like “The games will never finish” will now be deleted, as well as other shit that I just don’t need right now.

You can still criticize but keep the circumstances in mind.

However, with Patreon gone, I will have to release it on Steam and GOG with the upcoming update. I can’t just release on SS, because it’s too niche.

Maybe by that time, I will have a new Patreon page, but we’ll see.

Means, I gotta do that whole Steam/GOG prep + figure out if Steam has now banned adult games from being released in early access.

I was also in contact with a Korean based store named “Stove”. They had reached out to me last year, but I didn’t have the time to check it out, really.

But they say my game is too long for them to translate it professionally into Korean and still make a profit. So, I won’t be able to launch there until I get a good Korean translation. Not machine/AI translated.

They wanted me to release just the English version, but that would be stupid.

But lads…

In cologne we have a saying “Et kütt wie et kütt.” -> “What happens, happens.”

I won’t give up, and I hope you won’t do it either.

#WIAB
Nothing for WiAB today, I was about to start the CMSM set when… I got interrupted by the recent events. I’m sure you’ll understand.
Next time I’ll make em.

Stay strong lads, Mila’s bra and I will do too.

• Ocean

Patreon is so ass man ruining it for dev's. Also there has to be some kind of curse thats placed on dev's they always have shit coming down on them it's unfortunate.

 

[Cabin Fever]

Android port....

What about it?

People who can't even form a proper question doesn't deserve a proper answer, especially when the implied question is an oft-repeated one that one can find the answer to with the search function. That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.

 

[Capt_Kirk]

Ocean
I gotta do that whole Steam/GOG prep + figure out if Steam has now banned adult games from being released in early access.

Yes ! , Steam stopped the early access for adult games and avn's , if you wants to release season 2 on Steam it has to be as dlc , all this in the midst of Steam taking a resolution on if they will completely ban sexual material from their site.

if Steam bend the knees , Cog and Epic will follow.

 

[Newbe163]

Ocean
I gotta do that whole Steam/GOG prep + figure out if Steam has now banned adult games from being released in early access.

Yes ! , Steam stopped the early access for adult games and avn's , if you wants to release season 2 on Steam it has to be as dlc , all this in the midst of Steam taking a resolution on if they will completely ban sexual material from their site.

if Steam bend the knees , Cog and Epic will follow.

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Doesn't sound good. Hope you will find a way to get around. As mentioned in my ratings: You've done an excellent job, this is clearly number 1 on my personal list. Yes, it has sexual content, but the story, the sound, the quality of the graphics and characters and also the animation in the scenes with male MC and his girl friend are the best in AVN I've seen so far. So please keep us updated in which way to get access to the next chapters. Wouldn't like to miss how the male MC is saving Helen, Katie, Kata and himself out of the situation at the end of the chapter 4

 

[AudaciousPolaroid]

Ocean you've made a fucking masterpiece. It's terribly sad what happened to you and I'll defo support with the little I have. I hope you don't lose the drive because all of this is incredibly taxing on the human mind. Take care and I wish the best for you and your family <3.

 

[Maviarab]

Ocean
I gotta do that whole Steam/GOG prep + figure out if Steam has now banned adult games from being released in early access.

Doesn't sound good. Hope you will find a way to get around. As mentioned in my ratings: You've done an excellent job, this is clearly number 1 on my personal list. Yes, it has sexual content, but the story, the sound, the quality of the graphics and characters and also the animation in the scenes with male MC and his girl friend are the best in AVN I've seen so far. So please keep us updated in which way to get access to the next chapters. Wouldn't like to miss how the male MC is saving Helen, Katie, Kata and himself out of the situation at the end of the chapter 4

Ocean you've made a fucking masterpiece. It's terribly sad what happened to you and I'll defo support with the little I have. I hope you don't lose the drive because all of this is incredibly taxing on the human mind. Take care and I wish the best for you and your family <3.

You know Ocean isn't here right...he isn't reading any of this? You know...right?

es ! , Steam stopped the early access for adult games and avn's , if you wants to release season 2 on Steam it has to be as dlc , all this in the midst of Steam taking a resolution on if they will completely ban sexual material from their site.

if Steam bend the knees , Cog and Epic will follow.

Steam cancelling EA for AVN's has nothing to do with anything. That's a Steam policy. Wtf would GoG follow?

 

[Den1mo]

Yes ! , Steam stopped the early access for adult games and avn's , if you wants to release season 2 on Steam it has to be as dlc , all this in the midst of Steam taking a resolution on if they will completely ban sexual material from their site

this is not what steam said

if you release game and want to add content (for example one new scene) to it later you can only add it as DLC

but that has nothing to do with when you release season 1 - season 2 - season 3 etc

each season is separate game. it does not add extra content to game that has already been released. it is new release

 

[sorco2003]

You know Ocean isn't here right...he isn't reading any of this? You know...right?


Steam cancelling EA for AVN's has nothing to do with anything. That's a Steam policy. Wtf would GoG follow?

I think he means that if Steam stops marketing avn with explicit sexual content, the others will simply follow (Steam being the biggest, bending the knee, GoG wouldn't have much of a backbone left, Epic doesn't have that kind of material, so it wouldn't change anything).

this is not what steam said

if you release game and want to add content (for example one new scene) to it later you can only add it as DLC

but that has nothing to do with when you release season 1 - season 2 - season 3 etc

each season is separate game. it does not add extra content to game that has already been released. it is new release

Here I think it's just a matter of semantics. Season two can't be released in early access; it has to be released as base game + DLC. The base game being this extra-long chapter that's coming up.
Whether each season is a different game depends on the game. The most “popular” student game sells the complete seasons as DLC for the first season.

 

[SonsOfLiberty]

if Steam bend the knees , Cog and Epic will follow.

They won't, did you forget GOG didn't bend the knee?

Also, EPIC doesn't allow "adult" games anyway, but let's not pretend "mature" games like Baldur's Gate, GTA, Ass Creed, etc. are "adult games" to, since you need to be 18 to purchase.

I don't get it: why's SabscribeStar "too niche"? //genuine question

Because people don't like SS, it is known for being the loli site. Also, many payment processors have blacklisted them, and many payment methods aren't accepted and plain just won't work.

SS has been blacklisting more and more developers of lately anyway, SS sucks and always has. SS is where games go to die unless your one of the handful of developers who get lucky there.

 

[Zolkane]

its me or she ressemble as fuck NAMI? We never got her name but she had eyes for stefan at the club.

She got the dark RED going on too and her face....i thought it was nami lol

Nami mom lol?

 

[LHDLLB]

View attachment 5327369 its me or she ressemble as fuck NAMI? We never got her name but she had eyes for stefan at the club.

She got the dark RED going on too and her face....i thought it was nami lol

Nami mom lol?

Katie look a lot like Bella too. Ocean is a talented artist but he is pulling from a limited well, some characters will look like others, I would not look too deep into it

 

[Zolkane]

Katie look a lot like Bella too. Ocean is a talented artist but he is pulling from a limited well, some characters will look like others, I would not look too deep into it

I see but they really loook alike

 

[Maviarab]

View attachment 5327369 its me or she ressemble as fuck NAMI? We never got her name but she had eyes for stefan at the club.

She got the dark RED going on too and her face....i thought it was nami lol

Nami mom lol?

Hmmmm?

 

[Capt_Kirk]

this is not what steam said

if you release game and want to add content (for example one new scene) to it later you can only add it as DLC

but that has nothing to do with when you release season 1 - season 2 - season 3 etc

each season is separate game. it does not add extra content to game that has already been released. it is new release

Steam said EA is done , finito , Kaput , no more .
Steam will take season 1 as a game itself and any season post the release of season 1 you're gonna have to sell it as dlc
but the other solution will be to change the name of the tittle for season 2.

 

[Capt_Kirk]

let's not pretend "mature" games like Baldur's Gate, GTA, Ass Creed, etc. are "adult games" to, since you need to be 18 to purchase.

remember that we live in a society that doesn't care into how many pieces a human being can get ripped apart but as soon as they see a titty or a penis , they start behaving like the girl from the exorcist and look for ways to ban said product.
this reminds me to that time when Janet Jackson showed her titty on the halftime show from the superbowl and all the trials and tribulations tv shows and commercials went under after that , it got so silly that not even people on shorts or underwear could be shown on tv.

 

[Vye Agra]

How much of the content is cut out if you choose to have NTR off?

 

[Maviarab]

How much of the content is cut out if you choose to have NTR off?

Very little currently.

 

[Vye Agra]

Very little currently.

Ah thank you. Are there more sex scenes then just the ones with the MC's GF?

 

[Maviarab]

Ah thank you. Are there more sex scenes then just the ones with the MC's GF?

Not yet no.