I don't understand why the game is compared to the Sistine Chapel at all. They have nothing in common with each other. BAD is a game and, most importantly, a business project. The game is getting bigger and bigger with each update, at some point DPC itself will get confused and everything will go to hell.Sure, but the question is if a Sistine Chapel painted directly by Michelangelo himself would have been different than one painted by people under his supervision. I suspect the answer is yes, though whether it would have been better, worse or effectively the same is impossible to say. But DPC is the one calling the shots. If he thinks a collaborative BaDIK would be sufficiently different from the version he makes himself, there's no reason to doubt him and not much point in debating it. You can think he's making a mistake, obviously, but that's no different than any other artistic disagreement.
The economic question is a separate aspect. If DPC had a single patron who commissioned a massive, college-themed AVN for his 10th reunion and thus needed it done on time, DPC might have been forced to put a team together to meet the deadline. Likewise, if DPC wanted to be the head of a prestigious AVN design studio, he could have assembled a team to make AL, then expanded to make BaDIK. But DPC has a crowd-sourced funding that pays him without hard deadlines, and he seems much happier writing games himself than on managing people. So rather than forcing DPC's hand to develop the game on ways he dislikes, the economics actually encourage and enable him to take his time and do it 'right.'
Which again, doesn't mean that it's the optimum outcome from our own point of view, just that it IS a valid choice, and one we're very unlikely to be able to change.
It's been about a month, though the exact timeline is nebulous now. I agree it's frustrating that the MC hasn't spent a night with Maya (much less both girls) since then. As usual, I blame the crossroads.
But I will say it's not quite as unreasonable as it may seem at first glance. The MC and Maya were still insisting they AREN'T a formal throuple yet, and more importantly they are trying to keep the relationship a secret. They should still be doing more to spend time together, but there are practical limits to how much that could happen.
This should begin to change come Season 3 if you're on their branch, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
There are already more than 20 characters in the game and we have passed only half. By the end of season 4, about 50 actors may be involved in the game. And for each character, you will need to prescribe motivation.
DPC obviously does not hurt to hire a one person for post-processing renders and most importantly the editor. There are a lot of examples when too ambitious projects go down the drain when there is no right person who would control the creator. When the creator wants to do a lot and embrace everything, it usually ends badly. Ambition must be controlled by common sense. DPC needs to trust people more, given how high the level of 3D artists is now.
