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

[f96zonetrooper]

Updated BigTable™ with the recent informations.

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• Out of 28 animations left to render, DPC managed to produce 17 (60%) with 11 left; meaning an other week.
• Basically, seems like it still have about 2 weeks of polish and cooking before betatesting.
• Checking the last 3 EPs, the betatest period before a release is about 7 to 10 days.
• Seems like we are now indeed in the 3-Weeks™ period. And with all optimism, October window is dead.
• 11-16 November seems to be the more valid estimate as today. 18-25 November if catastrophic.
• We had 6 out 8 or 6 out 12 rooster preview, who steadily release about each 3-4 days. One might drop tomorrow.

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Trivia: as today EP8 ring a 6 month development time; 26 weeks.

Episode	Renders	Animations	Music*	Size	Release Date	Development Time
Episode 1	1301	51		≈1.1 GB	07 Feb 2019	000 days
Episode 2	1709 (+31%)	77 (+51%)		≈2.3 GB (+1.2 GB)	04 May 2019	087 (2 months, 28 days |≈12 weeks)
Episode 3	2289 (+34%)	99 (+29%)		≈4.1 GB (+1.8 GB)	16 Aug 2019	105 (3 months, 13 days |≈15 weeks)
Episode 4	2532 (+11%)	134 (+35%)		≈6.1 GB (+2.0 GB)	10 Jan 2020	148 (4 months, 26 days |≈21 weeks)
Episode 5	2456 (-3%)	157 (+17%)	17 (3.4K$)	≈8.0 GB (+1.9 GB)	29 May 2020	141 (4 months, 20 days |≈20 weeks)
Episode 6	3336 (+35%)	162 (+3%)	24 (4.8K$)	≈11.1 GB (+3.1 GB)	13 Nov 2020	169 (5 months, 16 days |≈24 weeks)
Episode 7	3723 (+12%)	250 (+54%)	18 (3.6K$)	≈14.5 GB (+3.4 GB)	23 Apr 2021	162 (5 months, 11 days |≈23 weeks)
Episode 8	4065 (+9%)	359 (+44%)	36 (7.2K$)	>18.1 GB (+3.6 GB)	in development	183 (6 months, 00 days |≈26 weeks)

Complete Table with the help of Holy Bacchus† previous post. — Being a DIK in development since 2 years, 8 months, 16 days (32 months / 141 weeks / 989 days / 23,736 hours)
*199$ Premium Licensed Music

> Release Date Estimate:
Growing Scenario: Mid November 2021 (29 weeks) — Technical Difficulty Scenario: Late November 2021 (30 weeks)

Thumb up to well made Casiope's DIK Walkthrough

With an estimated size of 18 GB for episodes 1-8 and DPC already implementing a system to handover saves from coming episode 8 to next episode 9, DPC should consider to split episodes 1-8, too, e.g. into season 1 (1-4) with 6 GB and season 2 (5-8) with 12 GB. (For an even split, 1-5 and 6-8 would be better, or a split into 3 parts 1-4, 5-6, 7-8.)

Those separated episodes/seasons could share the same savegame folder and if implemented/stored could check which savegame is valid for which version and so prohibit the player from loading savegames which are not compatible with the started episode.

My system has 32 GB RAM, but I already noticed loading times when starting current version episodes 1-7 with 14 GB, so maybe ren'py has some problems when it has to deal with big size projects. We will see soon how well ren'py can deal with a 18 GB project.

Besides splitting content, DPC could also check if there is some room for more efficient graphics coding. The compressed version of episodes 1-7 only uses 3.5 GB which is ca 25% of the original size.

 

[ArcherB]

You think the theories and discussions are bad,

I don´t think are bad. If people like them, great, have fun. I´m just not interested, specially when I only want to know if there are any news about a game. I would like that popular games would have a thread only with news and maybe, if the mods are able to keep it clean, helpful information about the game, like help with bugs. And another one for debate, discussion and things like that. I don´t like to waste time searching among hundreds of memes, theories and fights about the best Li, when I´m just trying to know if there are any news about the game from the dev, or if someone knows a way to fix a bug.

 

[AchedCroissant]

I don´t think are bad. If people like them, great, have fun. I´m just not interested, specially when I only want to know if there are any news about a game. I would like that popular games would have a thread only with news and maybe, if the mods are able to keep it clean, helpful information about the game, like help with bugs. And another one for debate, discussion and things like that. I don´t like to waste time searching among hundreds of memes, theories and fights about the best Li, when I´m just trying to know if there are any news about the game from the dev, or if someone knows a way to fix a bug.

If you only use the search button looking for the N7 you will easily find the updates of the progress of the chapter... less crying and more learning to do things on your own

And by the way you are doing offtopic here we only talk about the game, not your problems

 

[shazba]

I don´t think are bad. If people like them, great, have fun. I´m just not interested, specially when I only want to know if there are any news about a game. I would like that popular games would have a thread only with news and maybe, if the mods are able to keep it clean, helpful information about the game, like help with bugs. And another one for debate, discussion and things like that. I don´t like to waste time searching among hundreds of memes, theories and fights about the best Li, when I´m just trying to know if there are any news about the game from the dev, or if someone knows a way to fix a bug.

Where's your community spirit?

Chatting with all these people about the game is almost as good as the game itself.

But if you're just here to grab the game, get people to fix your bugs and then be on your way, of course, don't let us stop you.

By the way, who do you think would be able to help you with issues with the game, if not the enthusiasts that live and breath it?

 

[Matt2012021]

guess we got another month of waiting oh well what can we do

 

[always86]

I don´t think are bad. If people like them, great, have fun. I´m just not interested, specially when I only want to know if there are any news about a game. I would like that popular games would have a thread only with news and maybe, if the mods are able to keep it clean, helpful information about the game, like help with bugs. And another one for debate, discussion and things like that. I don´t like to waste time searching among hundreds of memes, theories and fights about the best Li, when I´m just trying to know if there are any news about the game from the dev, or if someone knows a way to fix a bug.

I disagree.

Where's your community spirit?

Chatting with all these people about the game is almost as good as the game itself.

But if you're just here to grab the game, get people to fix your bugs and then be on your way, of course, don't let us stop you.

By the way, who do you think would be able to help you with issues with the game, if not the enthusiasts that live and breath it?

Agreed. An active community like this actually makes it easier to find the answers to you questions. Yes, release speculation might get lost in the conversation, but the People who post here regularly are pretty good at answering questions, sometimes repeatedly, because we know the search bar isn’t great.

If there was and update and help thread and a general conversation thread I wouldn’t go to the first, because I’d get the information from the latter.

 

[shazba]

No.

Well obviously not chatting with you, you're boring, but everyone else here is great.

 

[Darkwen]

No.

Have a beer

 

[magaclaawe]

Well obviously not chatting with you, you're boring, but everyone else here is great.

Thank you

 

[lemonfreak]

This forum need a Sticky Post function, so mods/staff can stick them on top of all pages

An FAQ in the OP might help

Something like:

Q - Any news?
A - Weekly updates from DPC are posted by N7 every Friday

Q- Release?
A- DPC does not give a release date until a couple of days before release, see N7's posts for more information

Q - Is Jill MC's Aunt
A - MC and Jill are not related

Feel free to add your own

 

[shazba]

An FAQ in the OP might help

Something like:

Q - Any news?
A - Weekly updates from DPC are posted by N7 every Friday

Q- Release?
A- DPC does not give a release date until a couple of days before release, see N7's posts for more information

Q - Is Jill MC's Aunt
A - MC and Jill are not related

Feel free to add your own

Yeah... if you head down that path, the sticky will be just as long as the entire thread!

 

[lemonfreak]

Yeah... if you head down that path, the sticky will be just as long as the entire thread!

It's true that a specific value for frequent would need to be established (and kept up to date, the question about being unable to apply the update patch due to an unren'd leaked version would no longer apply) but I feel there must be 10 questions that, if covered in an FAQ, and then nuked, would reduce the size of the thread by 25% minimum

 

[Kellermann]

A - MC and Jill are not related

Fake news! Next you'll be telling me Jill isn't futa.

 

[Crystaldom]

An FAQ in the OP might help

Something like:

Q - Any news?
A - Weekly updates from DPC are posted by N7 every Friday

Q- Release?
A- DPC does not give a release date until a couple of days before release, see N7's posts for more information

Q - Is Jill MC's Aunt
A - MC and Jill are not related

Feel free to add your own

Q - Is Jill MC's Uncle
A - NO!

(Looking at you lemonfreak !)

 

[lemonfreak]

Fake news! Next you'll be telling me Jill isn't futa.

Spoiler: Why would I lie to you?

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[magaclaawe]

Did someone say futa Jill?

 

[Coinzell]

An FAQ in the OP might help

Something like:

Q - Any news?
A - Weekly updates from DPC are posted by N7 every Friday

Q- Release?
A- DPC does not give a release date until a couple of days before release, see N7's posts for more information

Q - Is Jill MC's Aunt
A - MC and Jill are not related

Feel free to add your own

Update when?

 

[Heycock]

guess we got another month of waiting oh well what can we do

Oh come on, why the pesimistic tone?
In terms of waiting, this is the best moment, the sweat spot of waiting, where you have to wait only 3 weaks for an update worth of 6 months of work. Couse bet your ass is going to be 3 weaks not a month.
Litsen we all know the worst moment of the weak is monday's morning. And the best moment of the working weak? morning friday. Well, we are morning friday, almoast there, when you start to be relax and happy. Monday morning will be 1 or 2 weaks after the update, when you are tired of fapping with the new release already examined every single detail and start to realize the next update is going to be in 7 months. Thats where you have to be pesimistics.

Besides, these couple of weaks are goig to be full of juicy spoilers, it will be almost like playing the update. Hear me out, next weaks we will defenely know if there is going to be halloween party, couse the next weaks we will get the last 4 or 6 rooster pics. Untill now we only got boring midterm texts and a nice students room party pic. But now is the confirmation moment: if there is no pic, then there is not going to be halloween party.

But the best is: did you guys check the numbers, 360 animations, ¡That's like the entire season 1!.
Episode 6 was huge, had a lot of sex scenes and they were quite long for a porn game. Ep 7 scenes clean the floor with episode 6 scenes. They were longer, bigger and better, and they were more. This episode will have the double of episode 6 animations and a third more than episode 7 animations. Can you imagine how much porn is going to be that?
You know that your favorite girl is going to be there, couse everyone is going to be there. You know that Bella is going to finally give up her pussy, that Maya and Josy are finally going to make a proper threesome, that Sage is going to be as slut as always and that Jill... ok lets leave that for a moment. You know is going to be awesome.

 

[Ennoch]

and that Jill... ok lets leave that for a moment.

Poor Jill fans. Heycock giving a pep talk and even he can't come up with something to save the blue balls

 

[Kellermann]

But the best is: did you guys check the numbers, 360 animations, ¡That's like the entire season 1!.
Episode 6 was huge, had a lot of sex scenes and they were quite long for a porn game. Ep 7 scenes clean the floor with episode 6 scenes. They were longer, bigger and better, and they were more. This episode will have the double of episode 6 animations and a third more than episode 7 animations. Can you imagine how much porn is going to be that?
You know that your favorite girl is going to be there, couse everyone is going to be there. You know that Bella is going to finally give up her pussy, that Maya and Josy are finally going to make a proper threesome, that Sage is going to be as slut as always and that Jill... ok lets leave that for a moment. You know is going to be awesome.

While I have no doubt that a lot of animations will be sex scenes, has DPC provided a breakdown...for lewds vs non-lewds (such as the girls posing in clothes standing before a mirror or MC making his chimp lips face while jogging)? I don't really need a lot of non-lewd animations. Hopefully it will be something like a 90/10 split.