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

[always86]

When he last upgraded his equipment, the rendering was no longer the bottleneck, but his intention to include longer animations resulted in the animation rendering dragging the development time on.

Supposedly he's running 8 x RTX 3090 GPUs, so his gear is definitely not sub par.

There's a fair bit to the process of creating the game:

• storyboarding scenes
• writing the dialogue
• posing each render
• posing the animations
• rendering stills and animations
• designing minigames
• selecting music
• coding
• testing
• hunting down dissidents and cancelling their subscriptions

And most of this is done in parallel. So while things are rendering, he's working on all the other manual processes. As long as he can keep adding things to his rendering queues so they aren't idle, it sounds fairly efficient.

But yeah, the animation rendering blew the project out by about a month (meaning it still would have taken 8 months even if the animations weren't a bottleneck!) because it takes so long for pretty much fuck all. Note there are less animations in this episode than there were in ep8, but the overall runtime of the animations is very likely to be longer. Some of the animations for this episode will be longer than a minute (his longest animation in previous episodes was only 30 seconds).

Anyone feel free to correct me here, but from simple research, it seems it could take more than a week to render a 1 minute animation (depending on the number of frames per second).

So yeah, hopefully he probably learnt a bit of a lesson that animations are his new bottleneck, and he has stated he really likes adding them (I agree they do elevate the game a bit - I'm talking about non-lewd animations here). So maybe he can cater better for it in the future.

But just buying more and more powerful hardware isn't really a solution for him, he'll just make the episodes even longer...

Yes he might make episodes longer, but there is a certain cut off with that if he wants to maintain his preconceived structure. The difference between the upgrade to 3090s and this is that all of the key system components have had an upgrade, better ram, better CPUs, better MoBos, better GPUs, it would probably cost him $10-15,000 to fully upgrade and build 3 top end rigs, two for rendering one for work.

Thing is he could always keep his current rigs running in addition to the new ones. That way he could have a couple dedicated to long form animations chugging away in the background while the others could focus on the other stuff. Given that he won’t hire any help, it’s the only way to use the money he earns to increase productivity.

 

[znar25]

Heyyyy everyone.So when is the update gonna drop?

 

[Deleted member 5121513]

Not long till best boy returns.

 

[Regadius]

Is it safe to assume that Quinn is one of the LIs now? Or is she still considered a "side girl"?

 

[felicemastronzo]

Is it safe to assume that Quinn is one of the LIs now? Or is she still considered a "side girl"?

there will never be a change in the hierarchies, the LIs are and will remain those 5

but the question is whether or not as a side girl she will have an "ending," because in the end that's what matters

 

[Tadpol]

We can be reassured (about the duration of development of the EP9) by saying that this episode will deal with a lot of things:

- The MC's decision regarding M and J (continue or stop).

- Zoey's return.

- The Halloween party, preparation and the party itself.

- The meeting with Sage's parents and what will follow.

- Make the decision taken at EP8 concerning LI tangible.

All this is not going to be settled in one scene. If in addition we add everything else (which should be discussed after EP8), as well as the classic sequence of an episode, and finally possibly new intrigues, we arrive at a lot of things to tell in this episode.

I have the impression that it's more than in the previous episodes in the sense that this time, certain intrigues must advance immediately from EP9.

So, I tell myself that that can explain the delays, and give hope that then it can return to a rate of two episodes per year.

 

[Lovetities]

Is it safe to assume that Quinn is one of the LIs now? Or is she still considered a "side girl"?

Officially? Probably not but you can consider her li alongside Sarah, lily, Nicole, zoey from the other group

 

[felicemastronzo]

We can be reassured (about the duration of development of the EP9) by saying that this episode will deal with a lot of things:

- The MC's decision regarding M and J (continue or stop).

- Zoey's return.

- The Halloween party, preparation and the party itself.

- The meeting with Sage's parents and what will follow.

- Make the decision taken at EP8 concerning LI tangible.

All this is not going to be settled in one scene. If in addition we add everything else (which should be discussed after EP8), as well as the classic sequence of an episode, and finally possibly new intrigues, we arrive at a lot of things to tell in this episode.

I have the impression that it's more than in the previous episodes in the sense that this time, certain intrigues must advance immediately from EP9.

So, I tell myself that that can explain the delays, and give hope that then it can return to a rate of two episodes per year.

I would take it for granted that there will also be rejection management for Jill, regardless of Bella's involvement.

While the consequences related to Jade I don't know if they will manifest themselves immediately

 

[Ottoeight]

Is it safe to assume that Quinn is one of the LIs now? Or is she still considered a "side girl"?

You got your answer when a bro posted here DrPinkCake's Xmas card: there were all the 5 LI in it. No Quinn in it, of course.
But I guess this is not the answer all the QuinnBoys wanna hear.

We can be reassured (about the duration of development of the EP9) by saying that this episode will deal with a lot of things:

- The MC's decision regarding M and J (continue or stop).

- Zoey's return.

I wonder whether you really played episode 8. Dude, you as MC have already made these decisions at the end of episode 8.

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

Is it safe to assume that Quinn is one of the LIs now? Or is she still considered a "side girl"?

Not officially yet, but it looks like we're getting close to having Quinn on the LI list from Season 3.
Here, take a look on the final preview:

All the Main girls are here and Quinn. On this preview, DPC puts an equal sign between them. The conclusions speak for themselves.

 

[Tremonia]

All the Main girls are here and Quinn. On this preview, DPC puts an equal sign between them. The conclusions speak for themselves.

The conclusion is that Quinn stands for the others branch. DPC could use Lily, Riona, Jade, Nicole, whoever. I think DPC just take her because she has the biggest fan base for whatever reason.

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

The conclusion is that Quinn stands for the others branch. DPC could use Lily, Riona, Jade, Nicole, whoever. I think DPC just take her because she has the biggest fan base for whatever reason.

I don't see any contradiction in what you said and that the "Others" path will get an official points system and status.
For example, even in Season 2, side girls have their own requirements for the player and story events where their route begins.
For example, for Quinn you need to be DIK, not being in a relationship with Josy/Maya or Jill.
To interest Lily, you need to protect her from the jock. I have an assumption that from the third season, the path of "Others" will greatly expand the side girls story, making them the main ones.

 

[ffive]

The only official status Quinn is getting is "convict".

 

[Tadpol]

I would take it for granted that there will also be rejection management for Jill, regardless of Bella's involvement.

While the consequences related to Jade I don't know if they will manifest themselves immediately

Yes, I forgot that.

For Jill, in addition there are several variables (depending on where we were with the MC/Jill relationship).

There is also cheating on the exam, again with several variables.

I wonder whether you really played episode 8. Dude, you as MC have already made these decisions at the end of episode 8.

The MC chose, but he did not speak to J and M. There will necessarily be something. At least one "breakup" scene if we chose another girl. And most certainly also a scene where the MC will tell them that he stops dating other girls.

 

[ffive]

The MC chose, but he did not speak to J and M.

Yeah, while MC might've chosen M&J, it doesn't automatically mean these two are on the same page regarding change in status of their relationship. There's potentially another "dinner with Jill" outcome waiting in the wings.

Imagine waiting nearly a year for the game update only to find out you get dumped :V

 

[ToshinRaizen]

Nicole > LI , but sage > Nicole

 

[HumperDoo]

The only official status Quinn is getting is "convict".

well, I guess I'm going to jail!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Tadpol]

I have an assumption that from the third season, the path of "Others" will greatly expand the side girls story, making them the main ones.

It would be great but I'm afraid it's not possible because it would require a huge amount of work.

Or maybe that's why EP9 took so long.

As a side girl potentially promoted to main girl, who would we have?

Quinn, it's already a bit the case, she almost has a road of her own.

Zoey, she'll probably be a possible main girl.

Jade, Riona, Camilla, Nicole, Lily, and Nora? It wouldn't be illogical. Even retaining only 2 or 3 in this list, that's almost 5 more LI (with Quinn and Zoey) than the 5 from the start.

This seems to me impossible to do for DPC.

 

[dalli_x]

The MC chose, but he did not speak to J and M. There will necessarily be something. At least one "breakup" scene if we chose another girl. And most certainly also a scene where the MC will tell them that he stops dating other girls.

Is it better to say or show the love you feel for someone? The three words "I love you" mean nothing if you do not show that love. The three can show their love for each other and that is important.

1. He can't walk by her without wanting to kiss her. A kiss is something very intimate.

2. he dances with Maya and can make out with her. This validates Maya so that the MC is really attracted to her.

3. at the reception role play, Maya notices so the MC is sad when she said to him so her hand is already taken. Why? It appears so Maya doesn't want the three-way relationship. Shortly after, her hand is given to a princess and a prince. Maya now knows so that the MC wants Josy and Maya and Maya confirms her will to a three-way relationship by saying that she believes.

4. Josy still needs confirmation. She wants to know if the MC loves her or just has sex with her. When the MC dances with her, she gets her confirmation. Why? In EP7, Maya asked the MC if Neil was just an escape for Lynette to get away from her father. The MC responded by saying it wasn't an escape, it was love. The same thing happens with Josy and the MC when they run away from Becky.

5. in the text message from MC to Maya, the MC can use the heart and he also gets a heart back from Maya. What is interesting here is what Maya wrote about this. She would never doubt it.

Love does not need words.

 

[Ottoeight]

Quinn, it's already a bit the case, she almost has a road of her own.

Yeah, the road to jail.