Status Update #65
Added 2026-01-04 06:00:09 +0000 UTCHello there!
Hope you had a nice holiday and survived through the New Year!
The holidays are almost over here in Finland, and soon it'll be peaceful again. The coding department got some R&R and is now ready to tackle the pains of SFX and Android again.
On the rendering/art side, we've been cooking. We finished many placeholders and new renders that we wanted to create, and added some more cinematic angles for scene transitions. Pretty simple stuff, and now they feel like they should've been there from the get-go. Summer Heat was originally intended to be a fully 1st perspective experience, but we moved away from it, which has allowed for more creative angles. From a design perspective, it's been a good choice. Hopefully from a gameplay perspective as well.
We've also reworked some Ember dialogue and decided to add a couple more pictures to the conversations.
It is soon time for the last preview of 0.7. We have some options, but we're also curious who you'd like to see. What kind of preview would you be most interested in seeing before the update?
What we've worked on:
Dialogue changes
Ember changes
New renders
Pondering if the extras are worth it for Android
Post-processing renders
Fixing reported poke-throughs
Fixing reported typos
We also made a couple of extra renders for the community since the last post, Christmas wishes from Kate and New Year vibes with Sophie. You can find the ladies below if you are interested.
Merry Christmas from Caitlynn!
December Special Render - Sophie
Cheers and have a comfy weekend,
Robison & Npx
Comments
Love seeing more of Eve's UnderBoobs... and would love seeing more of Eve's OverBoobs too! ๐๐๐
Summer Sun
2026-01-31 18:45:11 +0000 UTC"Here in Finland" Let me guess you guys are from Hรคme? Hitaat hรคmรคlรคiset explains a lot about the update pace ๐
Juuso Koivula
2026-01-12 09:50:05 +0000 UTCYes, we're Finnish and Fenno-Swedish. :)
Npx
2026-01-10 16:49:34 +0000 UTCeven tho its been a long wait, they just confirmed the update is nearing completion
MilanCK
2026-01-08 19:24:26 +0000 UTCI used to be a long time contributor to this project, but then after months of promises and zero delivers, I stepped back and funded other projects, with devs truly invested in their games, who delivered scheduled and precise updates. I came back here, more that one year (!!!!!!!) later, to see if there's any progress with this game... and yet nothing. Once again a feed 100% filled with promises, and 0% progress. Guess I'll have to look somewhere else for another whole year...
TheCrimsonBlade
2026-01-08 13:44:38 +0000 UTCIt's exciting and fun to read about your work on creating the game, but it would be even more exciting if we could actually play the game update! Oh, when will the game update come out!
Tarmo Susi
2026-01-05 21:15:05 +0000 UTCEve in next preview! please! eve's my wifeeeeeeee
Mikey
2026-01-05 04:32:25 +0000 UTCI've had a fairly productive time myself over the holidays. It struck me only recently that the version of SH I've been playing is an "unofficial" version (*offers wrist to be slapped) which means that my saves obviously won't be compatible with the official 0.7 release, so I've had to start the game again (which is no hardship ๐). I'm using the two lines on the save screen to have two runs saved. One thing I'm most intrigued about in Summer Heat, other than the ladies, is the lying feature and how relevant that may prove later. So, I'm having an "honest" run where MC doesn't tell a single lie, and that's going to be saved on the top line. The bottom line will be a dishonest play through where MC lies at every single opportunity, and I'm very curious to see what differences that makes in later updates, for better or for worse ๐ What I can't believe is how much dialogue I've missed through not exploring all the options, like, as an example, the conversation with Jenni about whether MC was eyeing up Livia. Very fascinating stuff and I'm very excited to keep exploring whilst we eagerly await the next update ๐
Vincent Vega
2026-01-04 22:25:27 +0000 UTCHey you guys, great to finally hear from you, I've missed your dev updates and was starting to suffer withdrawal symptoms! ๐ Great news, glad you've had a productive time over the festive period. When it comes to previews, it's hard to know when we don't know what's in store but personally, I'd like to see something intriguing. Something that gives very little, if any insight to something that happens but sparks curiosity about it. Something to tease us with is, not necessarily lewd (although that works too) but a render that whets the appetite before the main course by making us curious about an upcoming scene ๐ In terms of the android question, if you can, please include all the extras. My phone screen is rather large and I'm sure that some android players (and maybe me too in the future) play on tablets so, if it isn't too tricky for you to work on, I'd always vote to include as much as you can, please ๐
Vincent Vega
2026-01-04 22:16:05 +0000 UTCI want to see what happens with Eve
Peter Crowder
2026-01-04 16:19:55 +0000 UTCGOOD SUNDAY MORNING ๐๐, ROBISON & NPX AND EVERYONE!!! The first Update of the New Year ๐ฅณ๐!!! I hope everyone had wonderful back-to-back Holidays ๐๐๐ /๐๐๐งจ๐!!! The back-to-back Holidays were nice. I had a nice two-day break for both weeks. But unfortunatelyโฆ that means I also lost two days of pay for both ๐ . And with how much I spent during the four months (Oct/Halloween ๐๐ป, Nov/Thanksgiving ๐ฆ๐ฝ, Dec/Christmas ๐๐, and Jan/HNY ๐๐). Every paycheck counts ๐คฃ. Financial black holes for me, these Holidays ๐. Butโฆ WE MADE IT ๐ โฆ IT'S 2026 ๐ฅณ๐๐๐!!! Yeahโฆ Codingโฆ get those Androids (since that's the only way I can play atm ๐ ). Sounds fantastic on the art/rendering side. Nice on the Embers ๐ฅ! As for the preview? I have a STRONG GREAT feeling about all the "main" girls (even though they're all mains to me ๐ ). That they're all going to get something amazing/lewd-ish So how about some Ember? Or the other girls, like Hannah, Cassie, Livia, Lainey, and Rainbow? OR how about us (Eve and I) getting back at Elena ๐ฅฐ? The two renders was smoking hot ๐ฅต!!! I love all my SH ladies โฅ๏ธ๐๐๐๐๐ค๐ฉต๐ฉท, and I can't wait to continue hanging out with them all ๐ซถ๐ป๐ซฐ๐ป. Soon hopefully ๐ฅฐ! I'm coming home to you all ๐! Daddy misses his SH girls so much ๐ญโฆ Let's continue this magical, magnificent journey at Art Summer Camp ๐จ๐โ๐ป๐ฅ! Take your time working and perfecting this masterpiece ๐ผโจ๏ธ! This update will be A-MA-ZING ๐๐ค๐๐ป!!! As always, thanks for the Update, Robison & Npx!!! Both of you keep on keeping on ๐!!! ALWAYS EXCITED AND EAGERLY WAITING FOR YOUR GAME AND POSTS ๐๐ป๐ฅ!!! Love and appreciate both you โค๏ธ, your ladies ๐, your posts ๐ฅฐ, your previews/renders/WPs ๐, and your game โค๏ธ! Always make my days better ๐! Thank you, everyone, always, for being in my life and being a part of my weekly routine ๐! Stay safe, stay blessed, and stay in PERFECT health, beautiful people! And don't forget to stay hydrated! And you're never alone โค๏ธ๐ซถ๐ป!!! OUR AVNS AND OUR DEVS CONNECTS US ALL ๐ค!!! Have an amazing and beautiful week! I'll catch you allโON THE NEXT ONE โ๐ป๐!!! IT'S THE NEW YEAR ๐ฅณ๐๐๐ป!!!
Jonathan Hang
2026-01-04 12:46:59 +0000 UTCWait, you guys are finnish (I am)? Or just live in Finland, lol? I'd prefer a Mia preview, maybe. ๐ค๐
Kaunatar
2026-01-04 12:10:59 +0000 UTC
