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

[shazba]

What is clear is that DPC has made the same mistake of most of the devs at certain level: too many characters and branches. So, after roughly a year of waiting for the update, at the end, nobody is going to be really happy with the amount of attention given to their favorite Li and are going to hate even more their hated Lis, because the time and work that DPC can dedicate to every character is limited. A lot of people is going to say "only two scenes of my beloved X... and that bitch of Y and that bitch of Z that I don't care at all, get two scenes each, not to talk about new random characters that get attention too!!!! Fuck you DPC, all that waiting for almost nothing again!"

It's going to be a big update, but is not going to really satisfy almost nobody, except fanboys. A lot of characters and branches are great if the dev runs a studio with several employees and can deliver frequent updates. But if a dev works alone, that strategy is suicide.

So I don't wanna be critical, but... actually no, I'm gonna be critical:

"Too many branches" - you don't even know how he's handling this. He could have an generic story with interspersed choice LI scenes, or he could have 4-5 very different stories all running now. There's a good chance that all these branches will just be scenes with the LIs that are interspersed with the main story, just like he's been doing all along, and it's worked fine so far.

"So, after roughly a year of waiting for the update". It'll possibly be less than 10 months. So given how much everyone's crying about the Interlude taking a couple of months, it seems like a couple of months is a lot of time, therefore rounding up the development time estimate by a couple of months is a hugely inaccurate thing to do.

"nobody is going to be really happy with the amount of attention given to their favorite Li" - Has that been the case so far? Because each episode so far has given each LI somewhat equal treatment, and there aren't huge grievances regarding this.

"because the time and work that DPC can dedicate to every character is limited" - Well it's not is it, that's why it's taken him almost 10 months to complete the episode.

"only two scenes of my beloved X" - The only time people complained about the lack of scenes was (that I'm aware of), when Sage got no solo scene in the last episode unless you didn't tell her about Chad.

"It's going to be a big update, but is not going to really satisfy almost nobody, except fanboys" - because smaller updates up until now, which have had to exact same obstacles to overcome (i.e. providing enough content for each LI to satisfy the players) haven't managed to satisfy anyone? How come suddenly when he's spending more time on the game he can't satisfy people? This doesn't make any sense at all.

"But if a dev works alone, that strategy is suicide." - because for the last 4 years DPC's just been delivering less and less, slowly disappearing into obscurity... Not.

Nothing you've said seems to be hinged on the reality of this game and the developer's history.

 

[Lightaces]

Oh really, go and count ep 6 with 19 scenes or ep 4 with 18 scenes so stop hyping up this shit... ep 8 had 16 scenes so wow 2 more scenes for ep 9... what an improvement
Nothing justifies allmost a year of development...

It wasn’t a year of development. It has been eight months, and will probably end up at nine months.

 

[Lightaces]

Those movies are great the interlude is like of them with the hate it gets, its the new trilogy that is bad

They are all fine, but pale in comparison to Andor, which is the best Star Wars since Empire Strikes Back.

 

[Lightaces]

It's a generational thing. When I was a teen and the prequels was released all the old Star War fans were trashing the prequels and saying the original was the best. Nowadays, teens and young guys sayd that the sequels are trash and that the prequel is as good or even better than the original. I am sure than in 10 years the kids of this days are going to say that the sequels are better than the prequels and the original. They will point out how ridicoulus are the special effects of the originals and how ugly was the CGI of the prequels And we will hear them and ask ourselfs what the fuck is wrong with the new generations.

This. And it is as it should be.

But the truth is, Andor is fucking amazing, and everyone who likes Star Wars at ALL should be watching Andor.

 

[ArkeryomStudios]

This game is very good, when will it be updated?

 

[Landro2340]

Damn mfers out here talking about star wars and shit, that update can't come soon enough man.

 

[Lightaces]

To a point, but somehow I don't feel remotely compelled to listen to the generation that ate tide pods or thinks horse dewormer is a cure human disease.

The Ivermectin generation was mostly boomers and elder X’ers. Can’t blame that on millennials.

 

[Lightaces]

Damn mfers out here talking about star wars and shit, that update can't come soon enough man.

Better than arguing about the interlude and development times.

 

[Darkwen]

They are all fine, but pale in comparison to Andor, which is the best Star Wars since Empire Strikes Back.

I watch the first three EP but was hard to follow, I like Kenobi a lot and looking forward to Mando and Ahsoka

 

[Landro2340]

Better than arguing about the interlude and development times.

Well, interlude debates are hilarious, but I give you that it beats NTRs debates

 

[Matt2012021]

Wonder if we will ever see a six month update after this one whenever it drops one can hope

 

[Lightaces]

I watch the first three EP but was hard to follow, I like Kenobi a lot and looking forward to Mando and Ahsoka

Don’t give up on Andor. You haven’t even met most of the cast yet, and there is a good reason it is getting the best reviews for Star Wars in, at very least, decades. It isn’t a full on action show, but a political and spy thriller, and there are multiple people involved who should win an Emmy for their work. It takes it’s time for the build up, but oh, when it gets there….

 

[Darkwen]

Don’t give up on Andor. You haven’t even met most of the cast yet, and there is a good reason it is getting the best reviews for Star Wars in, at very least, decades. It isn’t a full on action show, but a political and spy thriller, and there are multiple people involved who should win an Emmy for their work. It takes me it’s time for the build up, but oh, when it gets there….

I'll have to keep it in mind besides need something to watch waiting for ep9

 

[buggs]

I'm a bit confused about the recent status update. Was the teaser supposed to be surprising or encouraging? It's just a picture showing that the new episode will have 18 scenes. Is that supposed to be impressive? It's been a year since episode 8 came out, will probably end up being 13 months when released, and that's it? Even going by the Interlude, it took 9 months to develop, which is 2 months longer than episode 8 and I'm pretty sure episode 8 also had around 18 scenes. Hell, one of the previous episodes had 19.

I'm not even disappointed, I'm sure he put a lot of work into the story, Halloween party, and branching events, I'm just confused why he put this post out acting like the teaser was gonna be exciting.

 

[Ilhares]

I'm not even disappointed, I'm sure he put a lot of work into the story, Halloween party, and branching events, I'm just confused why he put this post out acting like the teaser was gonna be exciting.

Because there are no names attached to the scenes. It entices people to speculate, and keep them talking about what may be on the agenda.

 

[Knight of the Dawn]

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?

Who are the vixens?

 

[buggs]

Because there are no names attached to the scenes. It entices people to speculate, and keep them talking about what may be on the agenda.

Ah, I guess so, people on here do love to do that. Even when there are next to no hints about what that will be lol.

 

[Ilhares]

Ah, I guess so, people on here do love to do that. Even when there are next to no hints about what that will be lol.

I'm wondering if he's going for the Next Level Troll award after making people wait and sit through the Interlude. e.g. No lewd scenes with Zoey or any of the vixens.

 

[Landro2340]

Because there are no names attached to the scenes. It entices people to speculate, and keep them talking about what may be on the agenda.

 

[giraffe69]

i wonder what will happen with season 3 especially with Sage and Jill being last year will the mc get the chance to get all of the main girls pregnant so the story moves outside the school with new people and new problems like Jill/Rich family and Bianca, Sage/Family and mother, Isabella/Husband, The lesbo girls/Family.