VN Ren'Py Being a DIK [v0.10.1] [Dr PinkCake]

[lolgotem]

i know for a fact that before the last update which took 4 months it was on a cycle of 3 months then an update its upseting that now it is longer and idk why it is now 5-6 months between updates when before was not the case, has he explained why updates take longer now ? because i assumed last update took longer due to the Vid-19

IIRC that update was about a 5 month wait too.

And honestly, I couldn't tell you. It's why I believe any time a VN dev says hardware upgrades will allow them to get content out faster, its pretty much a meme.

I've yet to see that be true in any of the cases of VNs ive played.

I guess if anything, the dev of this game can state that its due to the narrative style and the many branching paths that have to be accounted for and accommodated in each update. It will only grow as the game progresses unless the dev starts pruning in future content.

This is one of my big issues with the game - I'm not attached to any of the LIs, and I find a lot of the side chicks to be much more attractive and/or fun. Why would I wait for Jill when I can have Camilla, Riona, Sarah, Nicole, etc.?

Suffer from the same dilemma. It's why my Jill path was left for last. On top of her storyline feeling like a high school soap the lack of scenes with her compounds on my disinterest.

Quinn is written in a way where we're supposed to dislike her and the dev does a good job at that, I'd say atm she's up there with Sage for me. Im interested to see where her story goes. Jill, Josy, & Maya I dont really care much for.

 

[Holy Bacchus]

It's why I believe any time a VN dev says hardware upgrades will allow them to get content out faster, its pretty much a meme.

In all fairness here, if DPC were making this update to something of a similar size as Ep 3, it probably would be getting done faster. But we have seen, or at least been told about, significant improvements in the speed. The last status update stated that the total animation count will be 240 and 236 have been fully rendered. Ep 6 had 162 animations and took around 5 months to make, and it's been less than 4 months since Ep 6 was released (Nov 13th). Which means that for Ep 7, they've managed to render more animations in less time than it took to make Ep 6. So that's a pretty huge improvement.

I do hope though that the size of each update will plateau at some point, hopefully with this one, and 5000+ renders and 200+ animations will become the norm because if these numbers continue to increase, we could be looking at an episode taking almost an entire year if these numbers were to become double this per episode.

 

[Petro28]

The updates take longer because he keeps making them bigger. He upgraded his hardware to include something like 6 or more of those fancy new RTX 3080s which has increased rendering speeds, but this update is going to have around 240 animations and probably around 5000+ renders. Each update has gotten bigger and so the development time has also increased:

	Release Date	Renders	Animations
Episode 1	7th February 2019	1301	51
Episode 2	4th May 2019	1709	77
Episode 3	16th August 2019	2289	99
Episode 4	10th January 2020	2532	134
Episode 5	29th May 2020	2456	157
Episode 6	13th Nov 2020	3336	162
Episode 7	?	≈ 5000	≈ 240

Right now it feels like the update is coming soon, with all these previews ramping up. I give it a about a month and in a worst case three months.

 

[Razrback16]

In a scenario like that I think only Josy would see it since Maya essentially quit the HOTs by slapping Quinn and Josy may be moving in there to avoid getting caught by Maya's Dad.

That's a good point. I like Maya, I'm just not romantically interested in her - hate to see her miss out on parties because of the drama with the HOTs, but then partying might not be her thing, either.

 

[lolgotem]

In all fairness here, if DPC were making this update to something of a similar size as Ep 3, it probably would be getting done faster. But we have seen, or at least been told about, significant improvements in the speed. The last status update stated that the total animation count will be 240 and 236 have been fully rendered. Ep 6 had 162 animations and took around 5 months to make, and it's been less than 4 months since Ep 6 was released (Nov 13th). Which means that for Ep 7, they've managed to render more animations in less time than it took to make Ep 6. So that's a pretty huge improvement.

I do hope though that the size of each update will plateau at some point, hopefully with this one, and 5000+ renders and 200+ animations will become the norm because if these numbers continue to increase, we could be looking at an episode taking almost an entire year if these numbers were to become double this per episode.

I unfortunately saw the chart after making my posts (they didnt update for some reason), with the evidence you presented it makes sense and im definitely in the wrong concerning BADIK's development.

Like you, I have the same concern. Its great that we're getting more content per episode but I couldn't imagine waiting an entire year for 1 update when biannual updates are already kind of pushing it. My attention span just doesn't last that long.

My greatest fear is waiting an entire year for an update just to see that 70% of the episode is D&G content. Actual nightmare scenario.

 

[Skeltom]

FAN SIGNATURES ~

Even tho BaDIK already have so many sigs, i'll share what i made anyway
Made these few days back, 1 GIF & 1 JPG per character so put up with me here
Feel free to use them

~Edit : Quinn JPG and Josy JPG, fixed~

BELLA :

https://i.imgur.com/1iPHdMa.gif
https://i.imgur.com/Fnru0f1.jpg

QUINN :

https://i.imgur.com/UDNCfB4.gif
https://i.imgur.com/6YJ4wcx.jpg

RIONA :

https://i.imgur.com/5O2jlYR.gif
https://i.imgur.com/IUUEViu.jpg

JILL :

https://i.imgur.com/vvll3cx.gif
https://i.imgur.com/rcZxF4E.jpg

JOSY :

https://i.imgur.com/e2g5FVg.gif
https://i.imgur.com/iKZI5ji.jpg

MAYA :

https://i.imgur.com/o127L2v.gif
https://i.imgur.com/2kntw4n.jpg

SAGE :

https://i.imgur.com/NWPqXsb.gif
https://i.imgur.com/mQPmyOl.jpg

CAMILLA :

https://i.imgur.com/QuskWHt.gif
https://i.imgur.com/KviFqdU.jpg

NICOLE :

https://i.imgur.com/o9PqbQY.gif
https://i.imgur.com/rKRLD36.jpg

JADE :

https://i.imgur.com/AhH9JuT.gif
https://i.imgur.com/vaxL4Vf.jpg

Poor Jill, she's so sad.

 

[Casmyr]

It'll be a month tomorrow that BloodyN9in hasn't made the KRJ fanbase a sig

 

[.N9]

It'll be a month tomorrow that BloodyN9in hasn't made the KRJ fanbase a sig

I take it that you are the KRJ Fanbase spokeperson correct ? I'll make her a sig if you 100% will use it no cappin'

 

[AchedCroissant]

Nora Wallpaper tomorrow or Cafeteria Girl but we already have a side girl wallpaper last time (Jade) i think now is turn of a LI since the last was Maya

 

[Casmyr]

I take it that you are the KRJ Fanbase spokeperson correct ? I'll make her a sig if you 100% will use it no cappin'

It'll be in my sig until the day redknight00 bans me from this site

 

[ename144]

Real talk though. Was anyone else disappointed with the preview? I mean both girls look great but its just the two of them standing in the HOTs shower.
And I don't understand the price point. The Bella render last week was 20 doritos and this render was 40.

I don't think the goal is really to leverage extra money out of people by withholding renders (though DPC probably enjoys the extra loot when it happens). The goal is to give higher tiers SOMETHING for their money that a) won't get in the way of making the game DPC wants and b) doesn't take a lot of time from his schedule. So he just picks a few renders, by whatever internal dartboard-equivalent he uses, and restricts them.

I truly drew an accurate masterpiece

I don't know, your picture had Quinn's not-tattoo, but it's obscured in the actual preview. I feel misled!

 

[Erwin Smith]

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Joking aside, I hope you enjoy the game. I worked my ass off to create this and boy this is expensive.

I need funding to complete this project.

If you can't afford to donate on Patreon, you can still show support by liking or reviewing the game.

Cheers

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Deleted member 2528490]

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOO

Where?

 

[Casmyr]

Where?

To the bar bruh. Here's your fake i.d, your from Texas so add some y'alls to your vocabulary.
Bruh you missed an exciting day. Pretty sure I'm on some ignore lists tho.

 

[lemonfreak]

You invoked the 2nd most dreaded 3-letter acronym, so no, I was not.

Not to be a pedant but it's an initialism, to be an acronym it needs to form a word, eg. S.H.I.E.L.D

 

[St1ffme1ster]

Fan signs :

Bella :

Camila :

Cathy :

Jade :

Jill :

Josy :

Lily :

Maya :

Nicole :

Quinn :

Riona :

Sage :

 

[Deleted member 2528490]

To the bar bruh. Here's your fake i.d, your from Texas so add some y'alls to your vocabulary.

Yeehaw, bruther. I'ma ready and rarin’ to go.

Bruh you missed an exciting day. Pretty sure I'm on some ignore lists tho.

So I see. It was a nice troll. Shame it got cut short. I was kind of looking forward to a shitstorm in the thread when I woke up.

 

[Casmyr]

fappybeard yeah some guy came and ruined my fun. I had a whole thing planned out too, was gonna dm the render in puzzle pieces to different members of the thread and have them put it together.
But then sombo came through which was a pleasant surprise.

 

[ChipLecsap]

Doubt that. Sage doesn't seem like that type of girl.

She is exactly that type of girl.

 

[ChipLecsap]

fappybeard yeah some guy came and ruined my fun. I had a whole thing planned out too, was gonna dm the render in puzzle pieces to different members of the thread and have them put it together.
But then sombo came through which was a pleasant surprise.

sound like an asshole plan to me. Just put it out there, enjoy the the likes the comments the gratitude, and move on. don't be a prick