History VisualNovel / EverlastingSummer

The game, built using the UsefulNotes/RenPy Visual Novel Engine, was developed by the users of Russian-language ImageBoard [=IIchan.ru=]. The game was originally conceived as an eroge where players will get to "romance" with the [[MoeAnthropomorphism moe anthropomorphised]] mascots of Russian imageboards―the main female characters of ''Everlasting Summer'' are all based on Russian imageboard mascots (e.g.: Alisa Dvachevskaya is based on a mascot of Russian imageboard 2ch.ru, Dvach-chan). The game as a whole is deeply steeped in Russian internet subculture, and many in-jokes will likely be lost to non-Russian internet users.

The game had a rather shaky development with numerous staff shifts and dramas. It was first released as a Russian-language demo (consisting of the first two in-game days) on New Year's Day in 2010. The full Russian-language version of the game finally received a freeware release in December of 2013. An English version became available in November of 2014, still distributed for free, via Platform/{{Steam}}. Many people were quite surprised that the Steam release retained the game's eroge elements. Alas, this was to be a short lived surprise when, a few days after release, Steam released an update which removed all of these elements from the game. Fortunately, it did not take players upset at this long to discover [[GameMod a way around it]]. The uncensored version could be played for free on Nutaku from August of 2015 up until the removal of support for Flash at the end of 2020, with the game being de-listed from the site on December 30 of that year. A port on [[Platform/AndroidGames Android]] and [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]] was eventually released.

The game had a rather shaky development with numerous staff shifts and dramas. It was first released as a Russian-language demo (consisting of the first two in-game days) on New Year's Day in 2010. The full Russian-language version of the game finally received a freeware release in December of 2013. An English version became available in November of 2014, still distributed for free, via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. Many people were quite surprised that the Steam release retained the game's eroge elements. Alas, this was to be a short lived surprise when, a few days after release, Steam released an update which removed all of these elements from the game. Fortunately, it did not take players upset at this long to discover [[GameMod a way around it]]. The uncensored version could be played for free on Nutaku from August of 2015 up until the removal of support for Flash at the end of 2020, with the game being de-listed from the site on December 30 of that year. A port on [[UsefulNotes/AndroidGames Android]] and [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]] was eventually released.

* OldMaid: Invoked on Olga by [[spoiler:Red!Pioneer in the Zhenya DLC]]. Borders on ChristmasCake if not for the setting being on the wrong side of the Sea of Okhotsk.

* ArtShift: The {{animesque}} and colorful artstyle is not used in the background CGs of the bad endings in order to portray [[spoiler:horrific and depressing scenes. Instead, the artstyle uses a lot of washed-out or "dirty" colors, generally looking like something out of the horror visual novels out there]].

* MaleGaze: Some of the background CGs with the girls focus on their specific body parts for {{fanservice}} reasons common in an eroge like this game.

* SchrodingersGun: There are some events and their corresponding background CGs that change depending on who accompanies Semyon at that point. While the overall plot for those events generally stay the same, the dialogue varies depending on the character:

* CicadianRhythm: Used as a blatant ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' reference, along with mishearing one of the characters' name [[spoiler:{{foreshadowing}} the Miku/Masha ending, where it gets turned UpToEleven.]]

* BlindingBangs: Semyon [[spoiler:(and his clones)]] has his eyes covered by his bangs.

* {{Meganekko}}: Zhenya the librarian.

The game, built using the UsefulNotes/RenPy Visual Novel Engine, was developed by the users of Russian-language ImageBoard [=IIchan.ru=]. The game was originally conceived as an eroge where players will get to "romance" with the [[MoeAnthropomorphism moe anthropomorphised]] mascots of Russian imageboards―the main female characters of ''Everlasting Summer'' are all based on Russian imageboard mascots (e.g.: Alisa Dvachevskaya is based on a mascot of Russian imageboard 2ch.ru, [[https://noobtype.ru/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%87-%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%BD Dvach-chan]]). The game as a whole is deeply steeped in Russian internet subculture, and many in-jokes will likely be lost to non-Russian internet users.

See also ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'', another Visual Novel project by an otaku imageboard. More information on the game's development can be found on the Russian-language wikis [[https://noobtype.ru/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE noobtype.ru]] and Lurkmore.

The game, built using the UsefulNotes/RenPy Visual Novel Engine, was first released as a Russian-language demo (consisting of the first two in-game days) on New Year's Day in 2010. The full Russian-language version of the game finally received a freeware release in December of 2013. An English version became available in November of 2014, still distributed for free, via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. Many people were quite surprised that the Steam release retained the game's eroge elements. Alas, this was to be a short lived surprise when, a few days after release, Steam released an update which removed all of these elements from the game. Fortunately, it did not take players upset at this long to discover [[GameMod a way around it]]. The uncensored version could be played for free on Nutaku from August of 2015 up until the removal of support for Flash at the end of 2020, with the game being de-listed from the site on December 30 of that year. A port on [[UsefulNotes/AndroidGames Android]] and [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]] was eventually released.

** The "Harem Ending" is a more specific case of this among the good endings. [[spoiler:The most obvious clue to this is that the five girls don't look like their appearances at the camp. {{Justified}} as the ending takes place several years after the AllJustADream events in the game, and that the girls physically grew up obviously, including Ulyana! All of them in fact, have new hairstyles that are different than their younger selves.]]