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

[felicemastronzo]

Some people just love to complain it seems. I don't see any difference between long development or short development. I will always pick 2000/4000 renders with branching choices after few months rather than 100/300 renders per/twice a month with less contents on one route.

I prefer updates with 5 renders and at least two bugs, in my opinion they are the optimal solution

I would say there are nuances in between, or are there?

by now the new chapter is finally "little" away (a good month), let's wait and see, whether it then has 4000 or 5000 renders tells us something about how good an episode it will be? i don't think so

 

[Lostanddamned]

Everyone here is complaining about lewd scenes like a bunch of idiots. The really complaining should happen after we wait 2 years for episode 10 to come out after we finish episode 9 in 3 hours.

I like how you are optimistic that episode 9 will be 3 hours long.

 

[BorgiaBou]

whether it then has 4000 or 5000 renders tells us something about how good an episode it will be? i don't think so

Not to say that probably more than half of those renders will be joint content...

 

[The Dick]

Was DPC mocking his own MC?

 

[BorgiaBou]

Of ep 6's 19 scenes 10 of them were very short scenes from the D&G game, it's unlikely there'll be any comparably short scenes in this ep.

I mean it had 19 scenes so one more than what ep 9 will have apparently... i guess will wait and see how long and how good these 18 scenes will be.

 

[Darkwen]

I like how you are optimistic that episode 9 will be 3 hours long.

I feel like its going to be a 5 or 6 hours or 35 minutes I have 141 2/3 chance of being right

 

[Lostanddamned]

I feel like its going to be a 5 or 6 hours or 35 minutes I have 141 2/3 chance of being right

I think DPC's claim that a single path takes 3 hours to complete is heavily inflated. I remember finishing my Bella save in episode 8 in roughly 1-1.5 hours.

 

[felicemastronzo]

Not to say that probably more than half of those renders will be joint content...

if for the chapter of one game I have to wait a year, for a chapter of 5 different games I have to wait too long

That the content is 70-80% common is fine

 

[Heycock]

As Derek said 'Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt" no wait that was Abraham Lincoln

I don't think they are dumb. Biass for sure but not dumb.
I mean, you have to admire the way they took some normal and even predictible piece of new information and they find yet another thing to complain about.

 

[Darkwen]

I think DPC's claim that a single path takes 3 hours to complete is heavily inflated. I remember finishing my Bella save in episode 8 in roughly 1-1.5 hours.

That could be the case I'm hoping for a least 2 or 2.5 hours for one run anything shorter is to little for such a long wait. All together could be 5 or 6 I would be happy with 2 hours thats a good number for me anyway

 

[felicemastronzo]

I think DPC's claim that a single path takes 3 hours to complete is heavily inflated. I remember finishing my Bella save in episode 8 in roughly 1-1.5 hours.

I don't read that fast even in Italian....

usually when I retrieve runs and then follow slo the content of the LI the run is dedicated to it takes me less than an hour per chapter, say 40 minutes (I don't like minigames so they are cut off upstream)

 

[Lostanddamned]

I don't read that fast even in Italian....

usually when I retrieve runs and then follow slo the content of the LI the run is dedicated to it takes me less than an hour per chapter, say 40 minutes (I don't like minigames so they are cut off upstream)

I'm playing with mingames on, but I'm a quick reader usually. I only read everything in the first run, the next saves I skip through the content I have seen already so it's a lot quicker to do.

That could be the case I'm hoping for a least 2 or 2.5 hours for one run anything shorter is to little for such a long wait. All together could be 5 or 6 I would be happy with 2 hours thats a good number for me anyway

The most ridiculous thing in his claim is that it took him 3 hours without the mingames.

So the update is going to be pretty story heavy with a lot of text and conversations. Render/animation wise it's roughly the same size as episode 8, so I'm going to go with it being story heavy.

 

[Darkwen]

I'm playing with mingames on, but I'm a quick reader usually. I only read everything in the first run, the next saves I skip through the content I have seen already so it's a lot quicker to do.



The most ridiculous thing in his claim is that it took him 3 hours without the mingames.

So the update is going to be pretty story heavy with a lot of text and conversations. Render/animation wise it's roughly the same size as episode 8, so I'm going to go with it being story heavy.

I play with mini games also not the fastest of readers so I add time to runs If your right(scary words) and its story heavy thats a good thing honestly sometimes it feels like its more free roam heavy then story heavy

 

[Joshy92]

Does anyone know how long it will take for the next episode to be out on steam once its released on patreon.

 

[allanl9020142]

So taking the guess of who is gonna get fucked in the next episode, here's the list of all potentials and my ranking of who is most likely gonna get the mc's subway:

1. Isabella - Obviously
2. Jill - Obviously
3. Josy - Obviously
4. Maya - Obviously
5. Sage - Obviously
6. Quinn - Obviously.
7. Zoey - If we went through that Interlude for nothing... just saying.
8. Vixens - Like it's the name of the episode. They have to be getting fucked!
9. Riona - Definitely time for more Riona action. All she managed was a kiss last episode!
10. Camila - Riona and Cammy owe the mc another threesome!
11. Nora - She was teasing in the Gym. Surely a gym quicky is on the cards
12. Jade - Not sure. She's probably risking too much fucking him so often...
13. Becky - There was some teasing about some hate fucking at the dorm party. I expect DPC to deliver!
14. Lily - Its time for them to start "rolling" and "hitting shit up". I'm sure that all means fucking.
15. Nicole - I'm keeping my hopes up, but she just got another ride last episode...
16. Heather - She needs to tip the scales back to neutral.
17. Elena - I think this has been slowly building up. Devil's threesome quite likely, unless JB's happy for the mc to take her for a test drive.
18. Lynette - Considering we were subjected to Emma and Bret in the Interlude, I won't be surprised when we see Neil fucking Lynette in the diary!
19. Sally - Who knows. Maybe she relly does need a shoulder to cry on, and a dick to suck...
20. Christie - She was flirting hard at the dorm party, so time to step it up at the Halloween party.
21. Rose - Mc's doppelganger hasn't received much love for a while
22. Sarah - I'm thinking she and mel had their time last episode.
23. Melanie - I'm thinking she and Sarah had their time last episode.
24. Sandy - Nah, she's really a very marginal character, she's not likely to get more time with the mc anytime soon.
25. Tania - Not likely. She's into Tommy. The mc and Tommy are nothing alike... oh.
26. Madame Rose - Hopefully she's died of old age, but I do worry we haven't seen the last of her.
27. Olivia - Well she is a cheater...
28. Bianca - I never read into the whole, "lusting after the mc" bs, and I doubt Jill will potentially suffer another betrayal so soon.
29. Penny - She's more into Derek (although he kinda blew her off at the dorm party)
30. Kylie - Another marginal character who had her way with the mc only recently. Not much chance.
31. Tara - Another marginal character who had her way with the mc only recently. Not much chance.
32. Cathy - Is she even in the story anymore?

Eh, let the people who actually want to see another Zoey scene wait another year. I've been waiting for ep 9 for too long lol

 

[shazba]

Who are the vixens?

They are the titular characters of the next episode:



Heycock's post here gives further insight into the girls, but at this point, we don't even know their names (although the girl on the left has been dubbed Carolyn because of, um Carolyn).

What we do know is that Carolyn is buying drugs off Riona, probably cheating on the midterms, down for a MMF threesome at the dorm party and basically needs to be fucked by the mc. Girl on the right is totally happy to dance at the dorm party with her tits out. But we don't have much insight into the redhead.

I'm guessing all three will be slobbering on the mc's cock as a bare minimum at the Halloween party in episode 9.

I believe that Zoey will appear toward the end of the episode, if it goes well we will get the issue of the clarification between the two out in front of us, I don't think there will be time for a sex scene.

We know that Zoey arrives at the dad's house when the mc is crying in the Burkes' bathroom. That means he'll know Zoey is back from SD right at the beginning of the episode.

It looks like their reunion meeting takes place in front of the "Awkward Bench", but we don't know where that bench is. Does the MC head back home to meet her, or does she come to B&R?

I hope they meet much earlier than the end of the episode. I need some Zoey fucking and some Zoey drama!

Does anyone know how long it will take for the next episode to be out on steam once its released on patreon.

Patreon releases by the episode, Steam releases by the season.

So the next Steam release will only be when Season 3 is complete. That will be when Episode 12 is done. So we're talking possibly 2 - 3 years from now.

Eh, let the people who actually want to see another Zoey scene wait another year. I've been waiting for ep 9 for too long lol

The way I see it, the mc has already fucked the other girls, it's now time to move on to greener pastures. Except he's already fucked Zoey too, soooo. Maybe it's time to get serious about college and start studying?

 

[Ilhares]

Does anyone know how long it will take for the next episode to be out on steam once its released on patreon.

Years, ser. Steam only gets full season releases, and we're still waiting for the first episode (out of 4) for season 3.

They are the titular characters of the next episode:

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Heycock's post here gives further insight into the girls, but at this point, we don't even know their names (although the girl on the right has been dubbed Carolyn because of, um Carolyn).

Fie, ser! Carolyn is the one on the LEFT.
No idea who the vix on the right is, but I would gladly sandwich her with Cam & Rio long-term.

 

[shazba]

Years, ser. Steam only gets full season releases, and we're still waiting for the first episode (out of 4) for season 3.

Fie, ser! Carolyn is the one on the LEFT.
No idea who the vix on the right is, but I would gladly sandwich her with Cam & Rio long-term.

Ahhh, you mean the other right...

Fixed it.

 

[ename144]

Bro, just comparing development time and number of scenes, I'm going to tell you that IMHO 18 new scenes don't excuse an almost-yearly-cycle-development at all.

I feel that many will be disappointed. I am disappointed. 1 year development for a BaDIK episode is pure madness.

And - as I've always said - I wish that Interlude crap had never existed.

I don't see how you can be disappointed in something before you actually experience it. I've had plenty of negative things to say about DPC, Zoey and the Interlude, but I can't write Episode 9 off off until I see it.

I mean, if the game isn't working for you, I get that. But in that case what difference does it make how long it takes to develop? The wait only matters if you actually want to see what comes next. And personally, I do. My faith in BaDIK has been shaken, but this is still a game with enormous potential. If Episode 9 is the best yet, I'm not going to care about the long wait or all the problems with Episode 8 (even if they might resurface later); my faith will be restored and I'll be content to wait for Episode 10. If it winds up being the worst episode, well, I'll try my best to hibernate through the rest of Season 3 and see how I feel when Season 4 rolls around. Most likely it will be somewhere between those extremes and I'll have to decide how to weight the good and bad aspects of this game against each other.

But no matter what, I'm not going to judge the episode purely on the time it takes because that's strictly a secondary matter. Like it or not, quality takes time. It's by no means the only thing that takes time, but time is necessary for a good product. The vital question is whether DPC is spending all this time on a better product, or just on a shinier wrapper.

Was DPC mocking his own MC?

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You left out the MC's response. That was my favorite part of the joke!

Does anyone know how long it will take for the next episode to be out on steam once its released on patreon.

DPC releases complete seasons of 4 episodes on Steam, so it will come out once Episode 12 is complete. That's going to be at least 2 years from now, more likely 3+.

 

[allanl9020142]

girl on the right has been dubbed Carolyn because of, um @Carolyn).

Isn't she on the left then?

I'm guessing all three will be slobbering on the mc's cock as a bare minimum at the Halloween party in episode 9

I'm ... 100% down for that kind of scene.

The way I see it, the mc has already fucked the other girls, it's not time to move on to greener pastures. Except he's already fucked Zoey too, soooo. Maybe it's time to get serious about college and start studying?

Studying in college? What are you, stupid?! That's not what school is for!
But nah seriously, I think with VNs like this the character has to look amazing or has to have been endeared onto me at some point for me to be interested in seeing it.
I think Zoey looks ok, just not the best. Also while I liked her character in the Interlude, I didn't like it enough to really be all that interested in her. I think I'm ok with her kind of taking a back seat in ep 9 overall then focus on her more in ep 10.
Ep 9 could be that further character development I want to see first because half of it is how she'll interact with the whole cast (not just the MC). Though again, I'd rather have more time to see the other characters in ep 9. Unless DPC actually wrote it in a way to get her involved with everything and not make it so that her scenes are just some isolated bubble with her and the MC. We probably need to see those scenes because all the Main LI's had them but just ... not this time. Zoey can have more time in ep 10 and on. Hopefully, gradually unveiling the Zoey stuff will ingratiate her a little a better towards the people that don't like her at all.
Personally, I don't dislike Zoey. I just kind of don't care at the moment. I'm sure that will change in the future. But seeing even more singular focus on her in ep 9 might just make me averse to the character during the short-term.