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

[Winterstale]

But anyway, the see-through blouse, nipple piercings and cuddling during the first therapy session seem a little too fast, at least for SG. Although this is not particularly unexpected for a typical porny AVN

Perhaps I ought to consider engaging the services of a professional psychologist for the sake of scientific inquiry, naturally

 

[Metal Panic]

Everyone please support the dev by buying the game from Steam or Epic

Who are you? the Devs doggy barking orders? you can support him and buy the game on both.

I'll check out the release on here. Not gonna buy something censored on Steam. You and everyone else are free to.

 

[Hahn1900]

Season 1 - Steam Release Date + Amber therapy changes
Just now
Hello,

Let's get straight to the point... The release date on Steam.

It's on Friday, the 10th of May.
I'm giving the curators 8 more days. Then I will release.
Having Wishlists is very important for the release, and because I didn't have a playable version until last month, I couldn't send the game to curators.
It's already taking effect; yesterday, the game got another 200 wishlists.
SG is still on the lower side, so I'm really trying to get a few more in.


Amber's Therapy.
I previously mentioned that I changed the transparency of Amber's blouse in the therapy scenes. So far, so good... until I started testing more. I disliked quite a bit of the scene before, and it didn't favor Amber's character development.
She was a waaaay too touchy, way too early.
Of course, Amber is a main love interest and will eventually be touchy. But it was too early and had to be redone for the sake of her character.

Previews: Comparisons - 4k attached
Old

New

Old

New

A less touchy Amber with no transparent blouse in exchange for a more professional Amber with a big cleavage.

I mentioned the two DLC Treat packs yesterday.
Besides the Treat packs, there will also be two Soundtrack packs.

With my new contract, I can sell songs as external soundtracks, etc., and I've added the clause that they get 50% of the soundtrack sales.
The industry standard is, I think, 15%, but I want to help underrated music artists. Sadly, Late Kids and I still used the old contract. But if they want to work together again for Season 2, I will get them on Steam for S2.
Here are the covers for the two packs.
1. For The Intangible (5 Songs)

For DR.ATMO (1 Song)

Of course, this only applies to artists I made a personal contract with.
(So no Beza, etc.)

And because people have asked me the following a few times in the past few days...
Q: "Are all the nude images censored?"
A: No. There's a reason I had to check the "Frequent Nudity" on Steam. There's still a lot of boobs and asses.

It will come out on Patreon a few days later. (The initial release on Steam is very important, so this one time, Steam releases before anything else.)

I'll see you in eight days.

• Ocean

Good changes for amber... the scene put me off a lot too. First therapy session and she basically throws herself on the MC and gets very touchy... she could even be naked wouldnt change much. And now... we all will wonder, has she still nipplerings?

The new approach is way better, and still, with that cleavage her intentions are totally clear

10 may on steam... so i guess last week may for patreon/ss or first week june. That was a way to long wait... overall 2 months delay just because of steam. Well fuck it, doesnt really matter anyways, cause the wait for the next episode is coming right away but that will be much shorter cause much work was done for the next one already. A huge weight is lifted here from Oceans shoulders... hopefully the sales are as expected or even better. Ill will wait for subscribestar version though.

 

[Krytax123]

Yes, although it seems Nika saw Amber for the first time when Bella brought Nika to her house, but I have a feeling that there is some kind of backstory here.

Nika can't be trusted at all, he couldn't even remember that Vic and Maya were Frohns, even after seeing Vic's ID.

With Amber, not everything is so clear; she is clearly keeping silent about many things, for example, about knowing Noji for a long time. Who knows, maybe she knows something about Nika's past, maybe she even was involved in it; maybe he reminds her of someone
Hence the affection for him from the beginning.

But anyway, the see-through blouse, nipple piercings and cuddling during the first therapy session seem a little too fast, at least for SG. Although this is not particularly unexpected for a typical porny AVN

EDIT: Although I like more Pax's explanation that she appears at the session in provocative clothing and acts touchy with Nika as a test for him.

Could be a simpler explanation too when its about a Amber Nika connection.

The way Amber greeted Nika at the bookclub (anonymous) kinda mirrored the way Amber greeted Nojiko at her house when she was there with Nika.

So the easiest explanation would be that Nojiko is/was a (former) client of Amber.

Doesnt sound too far fetched if your best friend dies and you have to raise the kids and heavy depression and dramas are involved. In this case it would be logical that Amber has a lot of knowledge about Nika already as Noji would for sure have talked about him in her sessions and Noji doesnt want to reveal it (her attending a therapist)

Maybe Nojiko's sessions were even related to Nika's state which would make it even more reasoanble that she doesnt want Nika to know about it.

Bella probably wouldnt have been able to make the connection even when she saw the clients list as Nojiko has a different surname than Nika.

And about the reminding part: so far his whole behavior is pretty opposite to william, willy escapes into pussy while Nika took the different approach

 

[Jacowboy]

But what I'm curious of. Do you like anything at all about this game? Well, certain characters, dialogue, maybe some storylines.

Yeah for sure... I'm a very visually oriented dude, so I really love the visuals, mostly... despite everything else, Ocean IS one of the best purely in terms of renders... Uhm, in terms of characters... I remember liking Nami's (at least before the latest model changes I've seen), and the wheelchair girl's (forgot her name) characters & stories quite a bit... I was never a Bella simp tho, and the others were just kinda there, so I don't really recall.

And it's gonna sound stupid, but I really enjoyed the few lewd scenes that were there, I thought they were very good "teases", and they were very erotic (so yeah, losing those for such a stupid reason kinda bums me a lot).

So yeah, anyways, there's a lot to like in there, but utlimately I'm not that interested in the plot or the characters... so once I'm done "reviewing" S1, I'll just forget about the game itself and carry on with it. If there's ever a S2, I'll check it out for science of course, but like I legit don't believe in Ocean at all, so we'll see.

 

[Icekatana]

No, no new rework. I think they're just saying they can't wait to see all the reworked scenes in Season 1, as it's the first time we'll have a complete run with no reworked bits.

Thank you. That's a big weight off of my shoulders.

 

[PaxHadrian17]

Imagine people buying music these days while it's there one-click-away. Sure people bought music decades ago before you were born but now?



Stop it, stop it. Do you hear yourself?
So you are saying that a random singer is gonna play SG and finds her music that "isn't supposed to be in the game"?
And then send the pigs in blue after Ocean that nobody knows where he lives or they don't know his real name?


I didn't say without music just the one that doesn't have to spend the entire FORT KNOX on it.

 

[Raynare69]

The difference between playing games with no sound and no music whatsoever and those with appropriate, well-fitting music is like night and day. There was the scene at night with Nika and Bella sitting on a car together, eating and drinking, when I felt was a true turning point for their relationship development. And during that scene, there was a short animated clip where the game played part of a song during the animation called Watching From the Stars by Beza, which you can find on youtube. But the song was just perfect for that scene and it really melted my heart and left a deep impression on me.

In any game or movie, series, any narrative stories, books, whatever, you name it... Of course the overall journey matters but it's key moments like these that truly make them memorable. The points in any narrative that truly resonate with you, for one reason or another, are the ones that you will always remember and leave the biggest impression. And in many cases, I do believe music and sound helps enhance that experience. There are early documentaries on how Disney first employed music and sound effects to help affect or direct how the audience should feel during certain scenes, back in a time when motion pictures had been soundless and without music long, long ago that I remember watching at one point during a film studies class. I wouldn't call it "science" necessarily, but it's a very useful tool for any director and has been for many, many decades in media.

For me, in Summer's Gone, that was one of the most impactful and memorable moments, and when I think about this game, that will always be the very first thing that comes to mind. The music that was chosen during that scene really helped enhance the moment, and I still listen to that song from time to time. And when I do, that scene comes to mind.

 

[yossa999]

So yeah, anyways, there's a lot to like in there, but utlimately I'm not that interested in the plot or the characters... so once I'm done "reviewing" S1, I'll just forget about the game itself and carry on with it. If there's ever a S2, I'll check it out for science of course, but like I legit don't believe in Ocean at all, so we'll see.

Well, Ocean isn't a car seller whom you can trust unconditionally
At least after those famous five years he's still here, up and running.
But, yeah, I understand this perfectly, my attitude is the same towards most of the games that I have played and which I consider not bad or so-so.

 

[RNasc4444]

Everyone please support the dev by buying the game from Steam or Epic

In all seriousness I'll probably support Season 2 provided it doesn't take a nosedive and actually includes some sex scenes but Season 1 is a hard pass for me. I do regret not supporting before Ch 3.5 dropped because I actually loved the game back then and it 100% deserved it

 

[yossa999]

 

[AlexFXR]

Perhaps because DPC now only make deals with artists who sign an agreement to let him use their music in his game?

He didn't sign anything, he has free music.

 

[Don Sucio]

I originally took the transparent top as Amber's way of checking that the MC was truly not physically responsive to a beautiful woman.

What 18 year old straight man would not stare, sneak peeks, get a hardon from Amber...

The original scenes showed the MC with a total indifference to what Amber was wearing - which gave Amber a confirmation that there was something going on and a place to start with her therapy.

I took the physical touching as another part of that test - and again, the MC showed no physical response to being touched and held by such a beautiful woman.

The reality is that Ocean's changes to Amber's approach to the MC - more professional outfit and less physical touching - will make the growth of the MC/Amber relationship and the touching and outfits she eventually chooses to wear around/for him much more meaningful.

Amber is DDG - Drop Dead Gorgeous - regardless of which outfit she wears though!!

Sadly - Ocean is not going to go porn trope with Summers Gone - so no Bella/Amber throuple...

(or for the truly adventurous - the Bella/Amber/Claire Von Halen special ... )

Cheers!!

In my head what Amber was trying was something like an experimental method, like those therapists who have their own methods not approved by the official counsel of therapists or something.

But yeah, i think the rework works better now, we have a more professional Amber which is the most logical thing for a first session in therapy.

 

[AlexFXR]

First, quote the post of The ReDeeMeR you have agreed with .... lol.

Well, I won't get an answer from you, I got that much.

Listen, you are behaving inappropriately.... if you don’t like something in The ReDeeMeR’s post, then why are you writing to me? Discuss this with him. I can't speak for other people I don't know.

 

[Dessolos]

No, I fight trolls and worship Bella.

 

[jllkfsdj]

I had an uncomfortable thought:
is Noji's de-ageing a precursor to future MC/Noji sex - if she looks younger and thus closer to MC's age in order to tone down the mother/son; older woman squeak most people have?

 

[Kemal Ataturk]

yay more censorships and more delays

where all the bots to defend ocean

 

[Dessolos]

I had an uncomfortable thought:
is Noji's de-ageing a precursor to future MC/Noji sex - if she looks younger and thus closer to MC's age in order to tone down the mother/son; older woman squeak most people have?

not gonna lie I much rather have sex with the older model, not a fan of how younger the new ones looks

 

[Mareeta]

Season 1 - Steam Release Date + Amber therapy changes
Just now
Hello,

Let's get straight to the point... The release date on Steam.

It's on Friday, the 10th of May.
I'm giving the curators 8 more days. Then I will release.
Having Wishlists is very important for the release, and because I didn't have a playable version until last month, I couldn't send the game to curators.
It's already taking effect; yesterday, the game got another 200 wishlists.
SG is still on the lower side, so I'm really trying to get a few more in.


Amber's Therapy.
I previously mentioned that I changed the transparency of Amber's blouse in the therapy scenes. So far, so good... until I started testing more. I disliked quite a bit of the scene before, and it didn't favor Amber's character development.
She was a waaaay too touchy, way too early.
Of course, Amber is a main love interest and will eventually be touchy. But it was too early and had to be redone for the sake of her character.

Previews: Comparisons - 4k attached
Old

New

Old

New

A less touchy Amber with no transparent blouse in exchange for a more professional Amber with a big cleavage.

I mentioned the two DLC Treat packs yesterday.
Besides the Treat packs, there will also be two Soundtrack packs.

With my new contract, I can sell songs as external soundtracks, etc., and I've added the clause that they get 50% of the soundtrack sales.
The industry standard is, I think, 15%, but I want to help underrated music artists. Sadly, Late Kids and I still used the old contract. But if they want to work together again for Season 2, I will get them on Steam for S2.
Here are the covers for the two packs.
1. For The Intangible (5 Songs)

For DR.ATMO (1 Song)

Of course, this only applies to artists I made a personal contract with.
(So no Beza, etc.)

And because people have asked me the following a few times in the past few days...
Q: "Are all the nude images censored?"
A: No. There's a reason I had to check the "Frequent Nudity" on Steam. There's still a lot of boobs and asses.

It will come out on Patreon a few days later. (The initial release on Steam is very important, so this one time, Steam releases before anything else.)

I'll see you in eight days.

• Ocean

I don't even know Nojiko or Ayua yet but I easily prefer their old design. Both seems more original.
I'll probably prefer most of the previous design for the students part of the girls it's kind of frustrating.
As I wasn't all ready because best girl Maja isn't datable.

 

[rudy007]

not gonna lie I much rather have sex with the older model, not a fan of how younger the new ones looks

Agree with you 100%, for me is the old model of Nojiko way way hotter then the new one.