discussion VN Ren'Py DAZ Where It All Began [S1 Ch.4 Fix 1 Steam] [Oceanlab]

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Developer Name

Oceanlab

Developer Links

Discord - Subscribestar - Twitter - Steam

Version

S1 Ch.4 Fix 1 Steam

Latest Update

Jul 16, 2025

Release Date

Jan 17, 2024

Language

English

OS

1. Windows
2. Linux
3. MacOS
4. Android

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Summer's Gone

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Overview:​

Where It All Began invites you into a rich, immersive world as an interactive visual novel that marks the beginning of an expansive universe.
It’s a journey of reconnection, healing, and triumph over past traumas, all while navigating the rise of a criminal empire.
At its core, the game explores essential themes like mental health, ambition, and the power of love. The narrative shines through its meticulous worldbuilding, deep interpersonal connections, and an unforgettable cast of characters.
In Where It All Began, you’ll face the challenges of forgiveness, rekindle lost relationships, and find yourself entangled in a high-stakes world of romance, loyalty, and underworld intrigue.
Every choice you make weaves a story of self-discovery, passion, and transformation.​

Spoiler: Genre:

3dcg, animated, big ass, big tits, creampie, exhibitionism, groping, male protagonist, milf, mobile game, netorare, oral sex, romance, teasing, vaginal sex

Spoiler: Installation

1- Extract to desired location.
2- Click on "Whereitallbegan.exe" to start playing.

Spoiler: Change-Log

S1 Ch.4 Fix 1 Steam
Changelog:
- Fixed a few renders.
- Fixed a ton of spelling and grammar errors throughout the game. (More to come.)
- Rearranged some renders.
Previously, I added an outline to the text to make it easier to rea
Season 1 - Chapter 4

- ~4600 New Images
- 1 Cinematic (1:46MIN)
- 6 Animations sets (Each contains Multiple animations)
- 2 Extra animations
- 24 New songs
- 57 New sfx
- Font updated
- Added a startup screen
- The silent jury
- Chapter four
Ch.3 Full

- Added a 20 new images and a small little scene.
- Bugs that were found during the BETA were fixed.
- Updated the gallery.
Ch.3 Beta

-Added 1950 new renders & Chapter 3.
-Added a 3-Stage Animation & a "simple" animation. (1588 frames).
-Updated to Renpy 8.1.3 from 7.5. (That's why saves are gone.)
-Added new licensed music.
-Removed licensed music from Chapter 1 & Chapter 2. (Elijah Ford.)
-Added a new 'Animation control' to choose what you want to see.
Ch.2 Full

- Added a new lewd animation and a few stills.
- Bugs that were found during the BETA were fixed.
- Added a Button to the new lewd scene. (Continue), this way the player doesn't accidentally skip the animations. In the future, the player can choose specific parts of a lewd scene this way.
Ch.2 Beta

Added 1581 new renders.
Added 2580 frames of animations.
Added new licensed music
Fixed some gallery issues. (Mostly visual)
Updated to a new renpy version (save won't work.)
Removed a lot of music due to licensing issue. (This breaks saves.)
Ch.1 Reworked Full

Changelog Chapter 1
~16 Licensed music and SFX added.
- Removed 1 soundtrack due to licensing issues.
- Proofread applied.
- Fixed all sorts of bugs that got reported.
v0.1 Reworked

A new beginning. You can completely forget about the old chapters.
- 750 renders added.
- 14000 renders in animations added.
- One cinematic & 3-Part Lewd animation added.
- 17 licensed music and sound effects added.
Old Changelogs

v0.6 Full
- Two new Main menu buttons
- Bonus scene
- Bug Fix
v0.6 Beta
- Added Around 1000 still renders.
- 25+ animations (~ 1400 renders)
- 2 Cinematics (~ 3150 renders)
- 31.000+ words added.
- Custom GUI added. (Work in Progress. It will be overhauled with the rework.)
- Small intro added (Will also be overhauled with the rework.)
- 3 Custom galleries added with custom galleries for each girl.
- 30+ animated transitions added.
- Ability to name 'Save-Files' added.
- You can now choose the girl you want to spent the night on the camping trip.
- Complete rework of Leia, Abigail, Helen, Scarlet, Katarina, Ronda, Katie, Melinda, etc.
- 1 Advanced Fetish route added to Katie's route
- New main-menu background music (Vesky - Regret.)
- Default name for the MC added. (William)
The walkthrough is reluctant because of the upcoming rework of the first 4-5 versions. Use the old one.
With the rework, Chapter 6 will get a WT.
v0.5 full release

It's been over a week since the game got out. I've collected and fixed all the more or less game-breaking bugs.
- All variables should work now.
- Missing images removed or replaced.
- A brand new Options.rpy. (If your game crashes now, it's not my fault, it's your potato.)
- A walkthrough mistake got removed.
- Added a new choice to Katie's route. (You weren't able to pleasure her if you declined Leias date.)
And
please
load a save from
before
the major prison scene in
0.4.
Just to make sure it works.
In 0.6, saves from the end of 0.5 will work. I learned one or two things in the past few days.
If there are any more bugs, please report them to me.
v0.5 beta fixed 2
Fix the Mirubreakup2 & Katiehj variable.
v0.5 beta fixed
Fix the memory leak and the missing 2 variables.
v0.5 beta

Changelog 0.5 beta
1740 new still images.
18 new animations (350 renders)
A total of 2090 new renders.
New Abigail mode is used.
This update features more H scenes than all other updates together.
(I had to cut one Animation away due to a little error. It was the most complex animation with 180 frames and various stages. It had a small error that I didn't notice at first. This animation took 6 days to render. I will re-do it later in the game and add it with the missing Melinda animation from 0.4)
Many Quality of life changes in the previous versions. I deleted a lot of unnecessary clicks & fixed some grammar errors.
There are 5 routes through this update.
Route 1: Katie
Route 2: Zoey
Route 3: Dana
Route 4: Emilie
Route 5: Darkstar
(Katie*, Zoey* & Darkstar route can be chosen.)
(*Katie & Zoey route only under specific circumstances. Otherwise Route 1 - 4 are randomized and can't be chosen manually.) (Look into the walkthrough for more info.)
H Scenes:
KatiexMC HJ
KatiexMC blowjob
KatiexMC cunnilingus
ZoeyxMC cunnilingus
ZoeyxMC sex (x2)
ZoeyxKatiexMC threesome oral
EmiliexMC missionary
EmiliexMC cowgirl
EmiliexMC doggy
Possible NEW impregnations:
Emilie
Zoey
Mirus story also begins in this update.
I highly recommend looking into the walkthrough after the first playthrough.
I'm still very new when it comes to animations.
Sometimes I had to reduce the quality of some mesh maps because it was too much for my PC.
This was by far the most challenging update. Not because of all the routes, no. Because of the time, it took to render everything. Sometimes I got so fatigue that I asked myself if this is worth it. Then on top of that, I had to renew my health care due to the fact that I now count as a self-employed person. I now have to pay 280$ a month for it, just because I make a little more than 450€. As you can see, at the moment I'm working for almost nothing. But I'm not a quitter and the ability to live out my creativity keeps me going.
I hope you'll like the update.
You may notice some differences in render quality. That's because I learned a lot in the last 3 weeks and used my new knowledge on a few renders.
v0.4a
- Fixed several coding bugs.
- This version should now be properly compressed. (Original 6.7GB -> New 1.6GB)
v0.4
~ 900 renders
~ 4 animations
v0.3
~ 1080 new renders
- 1 Animation
- Fixed bugs from the previous version.
- Added transition between old scenes.
Safes won't work. (I had to rewrite the early scripts due to an important matter.) This might be the only time that the saves won't work.
I would consider this release as a beta release. I checked what I could, but something unexpected happened. I'm going to re-check it tomorrow.
Please report any bugs to me. I will fix them asap!
v0.02a
- 740+ renders got significantly improved.
- The file is now much smaller. (2.36GB -> ~ 1GB)
v0.02
- 517 new renders.
- Fixed several spelling mistakes.
- Added some transitions between old scenes.
- Fixed lightning issues of some old scenes.

Spoiler: Dev Notes

Every Fetish will be avoidable. NTR can be turned OFF at the beginning of the game.
Fan Sigs

FAN SIGS 1
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FAN SIGS 2
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FAN SIGS 3
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FAN SIGS 4
NTR can be turned OFF at the beginning of the game.
All Off topic discussions should be held at the
Where It All Began - Offtopic Thread
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[Nicest_Incest]

17 months to go from beta to full in same version. So maybe in 6.5 years this rework will surprass the original 0.6 and have new story. Summer's Gone is even worse, the best scenes in the previous versions get removed just to avoid an AO rating on Steam (for what was supposed to have been a fucking porn story the previous 4 years). Fools and their money... Seems OL's milkng skills are as good as their Daz skills.

 

[ZX6R]

Forgot about this game, i have a faint memory of liking it. Will revisit, thanks !

 

[RickS]

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[RickS]

PDF-WT by EdPokol

** Updated to Ch 3 Full **
Checked Ch 3 Full against Ch 3 Beta. Same choices and no change in logic so the walkthrough remains unchanged (only the version indicator has been updated).

Didnt want to miss anything of this reworked version so made myself a walkthrough. Now its ready I thought it could be of use to others as well so here it is.
I intend to update as future game versions come out but Ocean already warned me. "Trying to keep it accurate might become a problem, though. As the branching will get a little tricky further down the line." Another good reason for a WT... right?

And oh, its my very first WT. Please let me know if you stumble upon an error.

 

[sync61]

17 months to go from beta to full in same version. So maybe in 6.5 years this rework will surprass the original 0.6 and have new story. Summer's Gone is even worse, the best scenes in the previous versions get removed just to avoid an AO rating on Steam (for what was supposed to have been a fucking porn story the previous 4 years). Fools and their money... Seems OL's milkng skills are as good as their Daz skills.

I think it's just that the game wasn't updated on this website or something, full version has been out since 17/01/2024, dev is working on chap 4 and summer's gone

 

[setzer]

17 months to go from beta to full in same version. So maybe in 6.5 years this rework will surprass the original 0.6 and have new story. Summer's Gone is even worse, the best scenes in the previous versions get removed just to avoid an AO rating on Steam (for what was supposed to have been a fucking porn story the previous 4 years). Fools and their money... Seems OL's milkng skills are as good as their Daz skills.

My lord. What a crock.

 

[Nicest_Incest]

My lord. What a crock.

Sometimes truth sucks, esp to the crazy fans that refuse to see it. Almost as bad as presenting circumstantial evidence of God being imaginary/not real to a Christian.

 

[DoobieDoobieDoooo]

What would it take to do a find and replace on the word "bibi"?

The one VN universe where everybody's using the word baby this much, and the dev spells it in a way that makes the needle scratch across the record every time it pops up.

 

[andrew_12]

The previews looks like great quality renders, should probably give this a try

 

[Republican Bear]

You know I love the production values and understand the slow development, but what I detest is the developer changes content way to much.

Basically what you play now wasn't what the game was a few months back, and certain scenes always get edited.

It went from a family crime drama to another mafia game with no family connections.

 

[JadedSkywalker]

I hated the game when they made the main character into fabio or something. The redo of the main love interest was well done. But the sister's content from the old version they never got back to it. If they removed incest its worthless. I hate the dialogue, the babytalk. The renders might be better on some of the characters in later versions, but they should not have remade the game. You aren't Shakespeare it's a porn game. Why do they always remake and think they are great writers. People play for sex content and scenes.

 

[captain_hamhog]

You know I love the production values and understand the slow development, but what I detest is the developer changes content way to much.

Basically what you play now wasn't what the game was a few months back, and certain scenes always get edited.

It went from a family crime drama to another mafia game with no family connections.

Reminds me of the Builder, the dev of that one changed a lot of things and removed a lot of choices too... this one? Smells the same if what you said is true about the editing.

 

[Republican Bear]

Reminds me of the Builder, the dev of that one changed a lot of things and removed a lot of choices too... this one? Smells the same if what you said is true about the editing.

Close but not the same this developer has a long history of re-editing his games. That included models, writing, and editing/removing the spicy scenes.

Reminds me of a perfectionist who is never satisfied. Also Steam and Patron have forced the changes this time. It is what it is.

 

[Private_User69]

You know I love the production values and understand the slow development, but what I detest is the developer changes content way to much.

Basically what you play now wasn't what the game was a few months back, and certain scenes always get edited.

It went from a family crime drama to another mafia game with no family connections.

With everything happening now with incest/family-related games, he most likely made the correct call in doing it otherwise one source of revenue could be on the chopping block.
(With SubscribeStar working only with credit cards it's only so long before the credit card companies pressure SubscribeStar into banning any games with incest or anything of that nature on the site as well)

(don't get me wrong I hate it story-wise)

 

[Republican Bear]

Sure but that's not my point as even without the legal drama my point still stands.

 

[Nicest_Incest]

With everything happening now with incest/family-related games, he most likely made the correct call in doing it otherwise one source of revenue could be on the chopping block.
(With SubscribeStar working only with credit cards it's only so long before the credit card companies pressure SubscribeStar into banning any games with incest or anything of that nature on the site as well)

(don't get me wrong I hate it story-wise)

It's at the point if they are making AVNs for money then they might as well not bother at all if they have to rely on a platform to do it. I mean why pay money if it's boring as fuck to the point one doesn't care if it's finished or not? Vanilla porn everyone is up to their necks in it already and it's all free, so it's stupid to give money for that anyway. I really wish platforms and pp's would just ban all porn and be done with it. It would make sifting through mountain after mountain of garbage (more garbage mountains than all of India) to pick out the good stuff that only takes crypto on their own sites so much easier.

 

[Republican Bear]

You know once upon a time adult VN's used to be a scene for hobbyists. I'm old enough to remember how it was before Patron and all the
other crowdfunding shit. Nowadays the hobby has turned into a full time job. It's all about the money and not passion anymore.

As the saying goes don't let your hobby become a job otherwise you ruin it. Sadly that is what happened.

 

[Nicest_Incest]

You know once upon a time adult VN's used to be a scene for hobbyists. I'm old enough to remember how it was before Patron and all the
other crowdfunding shit. Nowadays the hobby has turned into a full time job. It's all about the money and not passion anymore.

As the saying goes don't let your hobby become a job otherwise you ruin it. Sadly that is what happened.

Yeah exactly. These days if it's on Patreon that already makes me assume it's either boring junk or good but will be banned before it's finished because it's good so either way a waste of time. Maybe after all platforms simply ban all porn devs will go back to doing it just for a fun hobby and then free to make wtf they want rather than have platforms backseat write for them.

 

[Deleted member 28264]

Also Steam and Patron have forced the changes this time. It is what it is.

That's why when it comes to games on Steam, I prefer those where you can manually enter relations between the characters (usually the defaults are "landlord" and so on). Thus Steam or anyone else have their hands forced bc it's up to the player.