Ren'Py - Happy Summer [v0.6.8] [Caizer Games]

I believe the correct approach is to evaluate the game itself, not the developer's progression ok?.

The game itself is very beautiful, the models are incredibly sexy, and the animation is magnificent, but there are two negative points:

The first is repeating the same actions thousands of times every time. I understand that the dynamic of money and needs is meant to make the game... well a game, but how about at least doing the following: you managed to evolve Rosie to level 1? Great! Now your needs decay 20% slower, and so on. I know it wouldn't be as realistic, but it would maintain a sense of reward.

The second problem, and in my view the worst, is the lack of direction in the game. Man, I played 4 Elements Trainer, and I don't think I was ever stuck for so long not knowing what to do. In this game, I had to resort to a walkthrough, which is horrible having to look at a screen action by action. It might sound lazy, but how many entrances does the house have, 7 or 8? Each of these entrances only unlocks an event at a specific time of day, and sometimes you need to find an item in a place you've already checked 1,000 times before, and there was nothing. So, the player ends up spending hours just trying to figure out what to do next.
that all said the game still it's amazing, and I recommend playing it.

Review for v0.6.8
TLDR: Game looks nice, has ok story but has ton of softlocks that are not addressed from previous or current versions which is extreme turn off that leads to need to replay same content <x> times because you leveled one character in wrong order.

• Visuals 4,5/5: I would say that this is the strongest thing that this game delivers on. Quality of renders and characters is really good. Scenes look nice and natural and characters don't suffer from looking like they are made of plastic.
• Story 2/5: Nothing special to write about. It starts out as slow "falling in love" story between ______ (insert family relation) but falls apart as MC is trying to be prince on a white horse, while also trying to shag half of the town population.
• Technicals 1/5: Game does seem to perform well. No slowdowns or memory hogging, but there is sizable number of softlocks that I've run into. After attempt !5! I've given up on finishing few last events. It kind of feels like dev didn't spend any time on testing this which is shame.

Cute game about a horny divorced man who has incestuous relations with his daughter and sister while also trying to get into the pants of just about every other female in town. If this doesn't end with at least 5 females pregnant, I will be surprised.

The Pros:

1-I found the anime style females to be quite cute, especially the daughter.
2- A very nice looking game overall, with a slick UI.
3- The rooms actually look like living spaces, not empty squares with the occasional piece of furniture thrown in for effect.
4- The sex animations were really well done. The faster rhythm of the intercourse scenes was also a very nice touch, compared to the robotic fucking you see in most games.


The Cons:
1- An extremely slow and painful grind. I thought about giving up multiple times but I kept clicking away in hope of getting to the good scenes.
2- The daughter and Sister bathroom scenes should give you the option to "back" out, so you don't waste a time slot. I must have done this over 20+ times and it just gets tiresome.
3- The characters menu is very wonky and at times unhelpful, with hints that make no sense and names misspelled or in the wrong place.
4- The English translation needs to be rewritten. A case in point was how the dev handled the dialogue between the mute girl May. It was very distracting and at times made no sense at all.
5- Many times characters were in their designated places but did not appear on the Map. Slowing down an already very slow game.
6- The ability to key in "H" to hide the UI would have been nice. Unsure why this wasn't an option.

I really like the concept of this game, but the execution needs to be better. If the pace could be quickened by reducing all the grinding and the other things I mentioned, also fixed, I would have rated this game much higher.

Hmm I liked the look of the game so I thought I would ignore the bad reviews and try it. A knock against the game is the grind-well it's true. A sandbox can work in these games if there is some content to fill it out. When the game relies on repetition to build a level that unlocks a small variation in content the sandbox becomes irritating. Maybe later the sandbox would be less pointless but with the repetition it won't matter. There could at least be more opportunities to raise that magic level but the same scenes become boring fast anyway.

I thought the models were cute enough but aren't good enough to go through the grind for. I even played the free version which removes the need to shower/eat/etc and it was still boring.

Apparently there is lesbo content later too which isn't in the tags. I tend to hate lesbo content but when it is confined to side-girls or optional it isn't a deal-breaker. Lesbo with the main LIs though is a deal-breaker. What is the point of the buildup only to turn it into some open-relationship? It doesn't matter because I'm not grinding to see the main point of the game anyway.

Nice models but grindy gameplay nets 2 stars/

This game is a grind even with URM. Too bad because I bet the lewd animations are great (I only saw Rosie on the treadmill). The dialogue is not great. I finally gave up, because I don't have the time to go through all the hoops even on free play mode.

games getting a little better than it was a year ago, and hoping the updates keep getting better. add more scenes with the library girl and the cafe girl please and thank you. also wouldn't mind more with the main girl as well.

It's been a slow burn, but the wait was worth it, I feel it's finally earned a glowing review. I've loved the relationship building in this game, but have been left feeling unfulfilled until this update, a glorious incestuous threesome. Great stuff!

This game was amazing and one of those gems that rating of the game here doesn't bring the justice it deserves. I really enjoyed it and played it free mode, where you don't have to care about your needs (I think those are just unnecessary tasks and should not have implemented in the first place). All in all very pleasant surprise and I recommend to give this one a try and see if you like it as much as I did.

There are some game breaking bugs on the build I played 0.6.7 where characters just dissapear into void and never come back, but I expect those to be gone in future builds, so I won't let it affect to my rating of the game.

The graphics in this game is quite good. The characters look very appealing and the animations look very good. The gameplay is not that great but not bad either. The corruption is quite fast but it is not bothering. The bas side, that amount of content is a bit low from game started in 2019.

The game has a very long start, but when it starts having sexy scenes, the animations are great. Happy Summers has been developed for quite a long time and would expect to have tons of bugs, but actually its largest downfall still lays in its lack of good quest tracking to progress the game. The scenes in the game are hidden and could be greatly improved by QOL update rather than new scenes.

TL; DR
Do not even think about touching this game if you value your real time and want to play something to get off or enjoy. Graphic part seems welcoming, what's behind it is absolutely unsightful.

[V 0.6.4]
Doesn't respect your time. You pass 80% of the game eating, showering, pissing and working with no end in sight, no upgrades nothing.
Then you have to watch the same scenes again and again to progress.
I'm not exaggerating, it's really boring.

I know I'm in the minority when i say this, but I just really enjoy this game. Is it a slow burn? Absolutely but I'm a sucker for slow burn, I get bored if the build up is to fast and I simply stop playing the game if i feel like the game moves to fast. I play these games for the story, the adult content is just a added bonus for me.

There is a fair bit of grind in this game, again for me that's what i like in sandbox games i feel it's more awarding in the sense you are building towards something, but i can understand that some people don't enjoy that.

I enjoy the renders i find them very beautiful especially Rosie's character model, i know some may find it a little dated but its refreshing to see that the DEV rendered what they wanted to render and not just what they thought other people may enjoy.

The erotic scenes are extremely beautiful and rewarding, i also enjoy how sensual the scenes are and not simply driven by lust but by the love you cultivated with the Love Interests throughout the story.

I've been a fan of Caizer Games for years ever sense i played "My Lovely Sara" i just love their style and pacing of their stories and i hope nothing but the best for them.

I really like games/VNs with a leisurely unfolding story. It doesn't matter if you don't get to sex until the third or fifth hour of gameplay - an interesting, deep story and detailed character development can make up for it. What do we see here (the game has been in development for over five years)?
- A sterile, empty plot, or rather, almost no plot at all.
- graphics are relatively good for the level of 2019-20, now it looks somewhat archaic.
- Completely uninteresting two-dimensional characters.
- the project can not fascinate, hold the attention of the player, because quite quickly the strongest attack of boredom.
- the project is developing so slowly that I am not sure that it will be completed by, say, 2030.
At the same time, I admit that this project will have its apologists, probably because of the cute physiognomies of the female characters.
I refrained from evaluating this project for a long time, but now, after five years, I can rate it two points out of a possible 10.
Can I recommend it to others? At this stage, no, unless after a couple of years, perhaps the developer will surprise us with an unexpected plot twist, so it's better to wait. But I personally doubt that there will be any pleasant surprises waiting for us.

The game started with a lot of promise, updates were a bit slow but the content was getting better. I would have personally liked it if they had just kept it to the sister and daughter but that is more preference. The biggest issue is that over time the updates have gotten lazy.
Some of the monthly updates were so sparse that there is no way it took more than a day to do them. The biggest issue however is that when we finally do get some scenes the quality has had a stead drop from questionable angles to extremely poor lighting to the last update listing 2 animations when its just 1 animation sped up.
It is very disappointing because it started out good but at some point the dev decided it was better to put in minimal work to milk the project as long as possible.

Frankly, the first version I played was really good and I couldn't wait to see more but after several versions, I feel like I'm going in circles because there is no explanation on what to do and you have to look for the walkthrough on the internet to move forward. The worst thing is when the game bugs when you switch to the new version and you have to start a newgame... Also, you can't revisit the interesting scenes when you finally get there.

Game Grind lead to anohter set mother of Grind and another Grind Large.. game is "gameplay what to grind" What sex? this game should be add to "hall of Blue ball"
Story? what story? grind yes..
Graphic okay.. is Grind
Music/sound is Grind... you hear it is grind and set of blue ball...

Recommendation.. Grind is Not key of successful porn game. SEX is Vaginal Anal mouth handjob... should change game name to "Summer of GRind"

It is boring and very repetitive. There is no depth or real story to the gameplay. Long update waits with very little added contents each time. I have decided to stop playing at 0.5.5. It is just not worth my time continuing.

Boring, long game with no action and takes forever for updates, Gameplay is stale and requires unrewarded grinding. Had potential 2 years ago. Today the models have been used in better games that only took 1/3 the development time.

The game takes a long time for an update and has little action. I've been following this game for 2 years and I'm still waiting for an interesting scene with Rosie. Perhaps this game is not the main focus of the author.