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

[Ilhares]

I agree 100% but

shhhh be quite and don't call her a comic relief or you might wake up one of the users on this thread. I called her a comic relief character last week some guy got mad at me it was hilarious went as far as to say my personal opinion about her being a comic relief character was wrong. When clearly she is one and more.

I think Nami is great for comedy, but she's also good at tugging on the heart. I hated Bella initially, but she grew on me as a character. Nami has been rock solid from the very beginning. I absolutely plan to pursue her, though I'd be 100% okay with Nia/Nami pairing. Everybody knows you never eat just one cheeto.

 

[LHDLLB]

It was a good eye to notice Nami's ponytail mimicing Bella's, that really does show her insecurity about herself, the 'funny seven', the way she talks when she discovers Noji has told Nika about Nick etc. All of this is because she has low self esteem I think. The jokes are to push it away, but also to fish for Nika's thoughts, she uses the jokes to gauge where he satnds on serious subjects that she doesn't want to face directly. Or she tries to outdo him, get him embarrassed so he forgets what she said was embarrassing.

It's certainly not stable. I think Nika is the more mature of the two and consciously acknowledges the pitfalls of a relationship, just like he rationalises it with Bella. Nami moves ahead without thinking of the consequences, and I'm sure that'll be part of whatever deal they had too.

We've already seen how volatile she can be when Nika's a jerk in Ch 1. It's almost out of character for her to defend Bella when she wants revenge, but there it is. That's also a seed for how Nami will actually overcome her dislike of Bella, I'm sure when she knows about Bella's sister things will change. But in order for the throuple path to happen, Bella HAS to find out about Nika and Nami AND accept them together. So there will be a fine line to tread choice wise there.

I do hope that there will be some consequences if Nika pisses them off; there might not be a dark path, but I don't think Ocean will make it completely butterflies and fairies ...at least I'm hoping they'll push back or have their own plans at times.

Is possible that the ponytail is just a matter of DAZ assets ? Ocean did change her hair style to chapter 6 maybe in this one we are just overthinking, the panda and the butterfly. But I do think that you are right about the self esteem, Nami certainly is lacking in this front and is terrified of being alone, I wonder how much of this characteristics are a result of how Nika and Summers relationship evolved, I get he felling that they are not much nice to Nami. About the jokes I completely agre e, but not only that the jokes are a form of maintain control, something that by the end of the Jacuzzi scene we know that Nami struggles with.

In here we disagree, I think that Nami is all too aware of the pitfalls of their relationship and is one of the reasons that she is afraid of it, but Nika is the more mature.

 

[imadumb]

I'm genuinely envious of those who have discovered their favorite LI and are fully immersed in pursuing their storyline... while I be like:
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choose the cheeto and be happy with me pursuing her

 

[Dessolos]

I think Nami is great for comedy, but she's also good at tugging on the heart. I hated Bella initially, but she grew on me as a character. Nami has been rock solid from the very beginning. I absolutely plan to pursue her, though I'd be 100% okay with Nia/Nami pairing. Everybody knows you never eat just one cheeto.

I hope that becomes a pairing while throuples even threesomes are not by thing all the time it varies. I'd love to play that pairing one on save after my main ones.

 

[BobTheDuck]

Is possible that the ponytail is just a matter of DAZ assets ? Ocean did change her hair style to chapter 6 maybe in this one we are just overthinking, the panda and the butterfly. But I do think that you are right about the self esteem, Nami certainly is lacking in this front and is terrified of being alone, I wonder how much of this characteristics are a result of how Nika and Summers relationship evolved, I get he felling that they are not much nice to Nami. About the jokes I completely agre e, but not only that the jokes are a form of maintain control, something that by the end of the Jacuzzi scene we know that Nami struggles with.

In here we disagree, I think that Nami is all too aware of the pitfalls of their relationship and is one of the reasons that she is afraid of it, but Nika is the more mature.

It certainly could be, but I'm not going to discount the possibility, seeing Nami has already mirrored Summer both as a child and as an adult. But certainly, what it indicates is that Nami doesn't feel that she herself is good enough as herself, that she can't be loved for who she is herself, that's the gist of the matter when she is upset over being the last to know about Nick.

Nami is aware of the pitfalls, but her mouth gets her in trouble - in 4.5 NIka has to keep pulling her aside incase she says something inappropriate.

 

[d3nial1]

Any patron know when the stable comes out?

 

[yossa999]

Any patron know when the stable comes out?

1. From Dev Log 04/17:

We will continue as usual while we all wait for Steam to finish its review.
Epic Games has approved SG, and I'm also working with GoG to get the page up and running.
As soon as Steam is done reviewing, there will be one announcement log of the S1 release date.

2. Small faq from 04/25.

 

[LHDLLB]

It certainly could be, but I'm not going to discount the possibility, seeing Nami has already mirrored Summer both as a child and as an adult. But certainly, what it indicates is that Nami doesn't feel that she herself is good enough as herself, that she can't be loved for who she is herself, that's the gist of the matter when she is upset over being the last to know about Nick.

Nami is aware of the pitfalls, but her mouth gets her in trouble - in 4.5 NIka has to keep pulling her aside incase she says something inappropriate.

Nami definitely has this issues, don't disagree with that, just that the ponytail may just have a more pratical explanation. And I believe that much of this insecurities are born of Nika and Summers relationship or rather how they treated Nami, not on purpose but as a after thought nonetheless.

Yeah, in this you are right and I don't think it will be better given Ch6 previews, Nami like Leia don't seem much concern with the implication of the relationship with roommates.

 

[Zane Truesdale]

I'm genuinely envious of those who have discovered their favorite LI and are fully immersed in pursuing their storyline... while I be like:
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You don't really have to choose. I mean, we can do multiple routes if we want to. I started like: Okay, I'm going all in on Bella, but then I ended doing Bella, Nami, Nia, Zara, Sasha and possibly gonna do Ayua and Maja. So, yeah..

 

[Doomyk]

It certainly could be, but I'm not going to discount the possibility, seeing Nami has already mirrored Summer both as a child and as an adult. But certainly, what it indicates is that Nami doesn't feel that she herself is good enough as herself, that she can't be loved for who she is herself, that's the gist of the matter when she is upset over being the last to know about Nick.

Nami is aware of the pitfalls, but her mouth gets her in trouble - in 4.5 NIka has to keep pulling her aside incase she says something inappropriate.

Yeah, and also in the book club, on Nami’s path, Sasha definitely heard Nami’s words that they could have stayed at home and done God knows what. Nami should definitely learn to whisper correctly.
PS: By the way, there is a slight difference. At the party, when they discuss breasts, it makes a difference whether Nika kissed Bella. Then Nika will note that he saw her breasts in the dark and Nami is not very pleased.
However, if you don’t kiss Bella, but still go with her into the gym, Nika will still note that he saw her and Nami will be much more jealous.

 

[minibaer12]

Yeah, and also in the book club, on Nami’s path, Sasha definitely heard Nami’s words that they could have stayed at home and done God knows what. Nami should definitely learn to whisper correctly.
PS: By the way, there is a slight difference. At the party, when they discuss breasts, it makes a difference whether Nika kissed Bella. Then Nika will note that he saw her breasts in the dark and Nami is not very pleased.
However, if you don’t kiss Bella, but still go with her into the gym, Nika will still note that he saw her and Nami will be much more jealous.

Nami has a problem with Bella, she is very "allergic" to her. But she doesn't seem to have any problems when you're on Mila or Vic's path.

 

[Doomyk]

Nami has a problem with Bella, she is very "allergic" to her. But she doesn't seem to have any problems when you're on Mila or Vic's path.

Um, no, in the case of Bella, she can behave like this, because they are kind of enemies, so she don’t have to hide her essence. Mila’s path already had the first shoots of jealousy in Chapter 5, as well as towards Zara. Nami controlled the situation at the party and it was partly a trap for Bella.
Victoria is a special case. More than once or twice, the Ocean has given her concessions compared to other LIs. So, I wouldn't be surprised if in her case Nami is less jealous or ok with triple. Just to try to balance and artificially add to Victoria's popularity.

 

[minibaer12]

Um, no, in the case of Bella, she can behave like this, because they are kind of enemies, so she don’t have to hide her essence. Mila’s path already had the first shoots of jealousy in Chapter 5, as well as towards Zara. Nami controlled the situation at the party and it was partly a trap for Bella.

you are right, look here

 

[mostwanted8]

you are right, look here
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Nami keeps living her trauma again and again and again, now that’s good comedy

 

[John972]

I think Nami is great for comedy, but she's also good at tugging on the heart. I hated Bella initially, but she grew on me as a character. Nami has been rock solid from the very beginning. I absolutely plan to pursue her, though I'd be 100% okay with Nia/Nami pairing. Everybody knows you never eat just one cheeto.

We can call Nami's behavior "comical" but I wonder it if masks an underlying narrative plot, especially concerning Nami's past self. As a general narrative device, the "comic relief" character is always seen as disarming, non-threatening, and inferior to the main character(s).

I'm struck by some similarities between Nami's (SG) and Katie's (WIAB) goofiness, and the warning William gives to Miru about Katie...

William to Miru:

William (about Katie): "But because she mastered the 'cute doggo look,' nobody ever suspects her."
Miru: "I haven't seen anything weird or manipulative from her yet."
William: "The second she starts to feel comfortable, her little wormy-like fingers will reach for your heart. She's as diabolical as Leia. Even worse, I'd say, because nobody ever sees it coming."

Is Nami capable of the same Machiavellian behavior?

Nika's Therapy Session with Amber:

Nika (about Nami in High School): "Nami became popular. She was the cool red head... Almost everyone liked her."

Nika's visit to Nia:

Nika: "You never interacted with Nami in middle slash high school, right?"
Nia: "Noo, she was popular, I was shy and nerdy. And I got the feeling that she was kinda mean."
Nika: "She was."

Nika's talk with Nami during a walk:

Nika: "I lied to Amber... You are... You are partly responsible for the way I am."
Nami: "We- Nika... But it shouldn't matter what happened?"
Nika: "Nami... Try to understand that these things don't just vanish... They still affect me... They're a reason for my lack of impulse control. And I get the feeling, that all you do is an overcompensation... To make up for-"
Nami: "It's not!"
Nika: "I hope it's not."
Nami: "It really isn't... But if it helps... Talk about it with her. You know I would never be like that again."

Many of us suspect that the incident Nami caused in the past was spurred on my her "weird" feelings for Nika and jealousy of Summer.

In this context, Nami's 'cute doggo look' and commitment to "never be like that again" will be severely tested in future chapters, especially on the Bella path or if Nika makes a move on Nami (end of Ch 4.5) while continuing to pursue other LIs.

As for the lie Nika told Amber and Nika and Nami's pact:

Nika/Amber Therapy Sessions:

Nika: "Yes... She and Nami were very close at the beginning."
Amber: "I assume this changed over the course of your relationship?"
Nika: "...Not just that... they started to kinda dislike each other."

Amber: "And did Nami tell you that Summer liked you?"
Nika: "Yes. "I guess she hoped it would gross me out."
Amber: "Did it?"
Nika: "I pretended that it did.. but she did leave an impression on me."
Amber: "Nami wasn't happy with it? Please finish your sentence."
Nika: "No... She certainly wasn't happy with that. For her it must've felt like Summer was ditching her for me."

I suspect that the lie Nika told to Amber, at least in part, is that Nami became unhappy because Summer was "ditching" her for Nika, when the truth is Nami was unhappy because Nika was "ditching" her for Summer. I suspect Nami, in her jealousy, did something to change that situation...

 

[minibaer12]

Nami keeps living her trauma again and again and again, now that’s good comedy

Actually she just annoys me ...

 

[yossa999]

We can call Nami's behavior "comical" but I wonder it if masks an underlying narrative plot, especially concerning Nami's past self. As a general narrative device, the "comic relief" character is always seen as disarming, non-threatening, and inferior to the main character(s).

I hope I'm wrong, but I think Nami is a wildcard and she's even more damaged than Nika. Despite all her goofiness, I absolutely agree that this is a façade and partly her optimistic nature. And we see the real Nami after the MC's date with Bella, when she suddenly has a breakdown and hugs MC, trying to childishly hold him beside. Of course, she quickly pulls herself together and even jokes, romance and fisting... But even the MC understands that she is hurt.

Nami is not kidding when she complains that again some blonde bitch will steal the MC and she will drink herself into a coma at the MC's wedding.

Fuckin' devs love to mess with the emotions of players and confuse a throuple with a triangle. So I'm sure at some point there will definitely be a choice: Nami or Bella, and then everything will go downhill.

 

[Don Sucio]

I hope I'm wrong, but I think Nami is a wildcard and she's even more damaged than Nika. Despite all her goofiness, I absolutely agree that this is a façade and partly her optimistic nature. And we see the real Nami after the MC's date with Bella, when she suddenly has a breakdown and hugs MC, trying to childishly hold him beside. Of course, she quickly pulls herself together and even jokes, romance and fisting... But even the MC understands that she is hurt.

Nami is not kidding when she complains that again some blonde bitch will steal the MC and she will drink herself into a coma at the MC's wedding.

Fuckin' devs love to mess with the emotions of players and confuse a throuple with a triangle. So I'm sure at some point there will definitely be a choice: Nami or Bella, and then everything will go downhill.

The funniest are the ones who suffer the most in silence.
I suppose all of us have known someone very funny but his life is almost a tragedy.

 

[Ali ibn Hassan]

Seems time has come to open the Gates of Heaven!

The renovation and extension of our "new" cathedral is finally finished.

You're all welcome to join in at our next session!

We now sport 3 aisles and 13 side chapels dedicated to the LI of your choice.

Welcome to "The Basilica of The Saintly Virgin Divine and Her No Less Saintly Slutty Sisters".

As newly anointed Arch Deacon I proclaim this house of worship officially baptized.

It's fuckin' awesome, ain't it

 

[Doomyk]

Seems time has come to open the Gates of Heaven!

Somewhere Nami is sad, keeping her mouth locked and holding back with all her might so as not to say anything unnecessary.