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

[TimHawk]

That's a hell of a mental gymnastic to get there.
It seems to me as if he needed to show at least a 1/3rd completion to justify the massive time delay that came with the interlude.

As far as the actual time left goes, only one episode is done. He plans 3 more?

That's %25 done. Not 33. And mind you not like the 8% there matters much, we're arguing over a pedantic detail. I'll satisfy your OCD and say, sure, let's call it 33% done.

The main point is, he still has another 3 episodes to go. Which is, for the average enjoyer of this game is concerned, another 3 years. About only %10 of this game's audience are aware of this site. ( Don't believe me, go check steamdb details)

It probably wont take 3 years. But it wont be less than 2 years either, which.... is still too much.

Yea, between 2-3 years untill Season 3 is done seems like a fair estimate.

I don't know about his steam sales, nor do I care much. Only thing I remember is that someone posted a screeny at release of Season 2 and BaD was among the top 10 games played on steam, so I guess he's doing alright.

As for Season 3, I think when its released on steam, people will purchase it, play it and write their reviews and if they're positive, DPC will probably do good regardless of the development time he needs for S3.

There was a time, when I was hoping 2 Episodes a year would be the minimum, but we are long past that and if I'm honest, as long as the content we get stays at 10-15 hours per episode to see all the content it doesnt make much of a difference to me, whenever a new episode is released I'll play it and untill then I play something else.

I can understand why people are worried, DPC, at least to some degree, sets the bar and other developers may adopt the same mentality, but I've yet to see anyone match development time vs content delivered even remotely, DPC is in a league of his own there in my opinion.

DPC has been beat in render quality, render detail, animation quality and some games have a much better, albeit more linear, story. But, at least in the other games that I play, it usually takes the developers 3 Months to release 2 hours of content or 6 months for 3-4 hours of content and as long as that doesn't happen with BaD I'm cool with waiting 8-9 months, it just has to stay the BaD quality we have become accustomed to.

 

[soprano31]

you'll have to play it because that's where you trasfer your save from to s3

but to make it short
zoey goes to san diego, tries surfing, sucks, meets emma who gets her a job in a tattoo parlour. zoey gets tattoos, emma thinks zoey is banging her ex, the owner of the tattoo parlour and posts zoey's nudes on twitter (whatever it's named here)
zoey either calms the situation down so emma and her ex get back together or zoey fucks her over (you pick). zoey goes back home, fuckface answers his phone in burkes' bathroom, gets zoey news, sage starts yelling FUCKFACE OPEN THAT DOOR
and that's it

wow

all i see is zoey,zoey,zoey,zoey,zoey,zoey,zoey,zoey,zoey, !!!

nyrek,have you been shape-shifted with AchedCroissant?

 

[mindern]

How about we all play the episode before we start doing value judgements on whether a year+ was valid for an interlude plus an episode?

Sitting here and presenting our opinions as fact, declaring a year too long for something we haven’t even played yet and griping how the market won’t stand for this helps no one. It’s just boorish negativity.

Play the game. Bitch later. Stop making sweeping statements about “the market” and everyone else’s opinion to try to add credence to your own personal temper tantrum over the tittie game you’re pirating being delayed.

 

[spl00sh321]

The one that can match this one with randers and animation in my opinion is City of broken dreams. If you havent try it do so.

 

[allanl9020142]

Beta testing usually takes around 2 to 4 weeks. They really do some thorough testing.

I don't think it's ever been more than 2 weeks for beta testing. Could be remembering wrong. Though the general consensus is that beta testing is/will take two weeks at the most.

 

[Ukghar]

When she was super drunk. And vengeful.

Yes. Allowing herself to become super drunk and being vengeful are also not features I would love to see in a potential girlfriend candidate. I admit that Sage is an interesting character and has a good content ig, but she still is not a good candidate for a girlfriend.

Maybe I saw too much irl and that is why even in games I think that things like loyalty and faithfulness are basic requirements. And if so, that leaves only Jill from the main girls. In Bella's case there are only doubts about what the thing with husband really is.

And Jill has her own drawbacks. I'm much more willing to admit that none of the main girls are worth pursuing by MC, than that Saga is a good girlfriend candidate.

 

[Ukghar]

Well, she is dumb. If she wasn't a virgin, she be the next Areith.

I think that more appropriate would be "naive" or "street dumb", but yeah, I see your point.

Honestly, I often wish DPC would make a 'Bonus Gallery' of extended scenes, alternate versions of scenes (...)

I would like to see it, but much more I want to see a finished game with actual ending. So it’s hard for me to fully support you on that.

Why, yes. Yes I do. There are (objectively) uglier ones, but they aren't in the LI pool.

I think that I can understand you on that. I got used to Jill’s face after a few playthroughs, but I got about 4 little shocks when running BAD at the beginning. First at the very beginning with the disclaimer girl. My thought was: “Well, it looks like girls here have ugly faces, let’s hope the story is good”. Second when MC first meets Jill. Third when I got it that it is forced that Jill is one of the main girls. Fourth when I decided to play as close to my rl character as possible and my only plausible choice was Jill.

 

[ffive]

I'm much more willing to admit that none of the main girls are worth pursuing by MC

I think it's pretty crazy to deem someone "not worthy pursuing" as soon as they commit a single mistake, but you do you. But just to put something for consideration, the fact Other girls literally prostitute themselves and/or sleep around doesn't automatically mean none of them have a boyfriend they don't advertise having and keep in the dark about their activities.

 

[Ukghar]

I think it's pretty crazy to deem someone "not worthy pursuing" as soon as they commit a single mistake, but you do you. But just to put something for consideration, the fact Other girls literally prostitute themselves and/or sleep around doesn't automatically mean none of them have a boyfriend they don't advertise having and keep in the dark about their activities.

I totally agree about "Others". We lack a lot of information about them.

 

[nyrek]

wow

all i see is zoey,zoey,zoey,zoey,zoey,zoey,zoey,zoey,zoey, !!!

nyrek,have you been shape-shifted with AchedCroissant?
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uh... what?


but, yes, this scene is the reason why playing the interlude is worth it. DPC put his best work into it

 

[COACHRIDDLA]

So we have to play interlude to transfer to s3?
Im not really interested in interlude and iirc we had to save in order to continue to s3 at the end of s2.

 

[c.mork]

So we have to play interlude to transfer to s3?
Im not really interested in interlude and iirc we had to save in order to continue to s3 at the end of s2.

Enable "skip unseen text". Takes 5min tops.

 

[Lightaces]

So we have to play interlude to transfer to s3?
Im not really interested in interlude and iirc we had to save in order to continue to s3 at the end of s2.

Enable "skip unseen text". Takes 5min tops.

No, there is an option to skip the interlude. You are asked to make one decision (took or returned phone), and that's it. And this is my no cheat version of the game.

 

[anonnyscouse]

No, there is an option to skip the interlude. You are asked to make one decision (took or returned phone), and that's it. And this is my no cheat version of the game.
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You only get that option once you've played through the interlude though. First time players do have to play through it.

 

[AirNest]

Sorry, i didn't read the previous 10k pages but after replaying the game something caught my eye

if it's not a lack of house models, someone ever noticed the houses look the same?

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so... the MC & Jill could be somewhat related? (he doesn't know much about his family on his mother's side)

 

[ffive]

if it's not a lack of house models, someone ever noticed the houses look the same?

Yes, it's been noticed. At the moment we don't really know, it could be intentional or just asset reuse like you say.

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

Sorry, i didn't read the previous 10k pages but after replaying the game something caught my eye

if it's not a lack of house models, someone ever noticed the houses look the same?

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so... the MC & Jill could be somewhat related? (he doesn't know much about his family on his mother's side)

Yes, we have discussed this many times already, but have not come to a unified theory. There is no incest in the game and there won't be, so Jill and MC can't be related. Most likely, Lynette family used to own Jill's mansion and sold it, perhaps these two wealthy families know each other and maintain some kind of relationship.

 

[Lovetities]

Sorry, i didn't read the previous 10k pages but after replaying the game something caught my eye

if it's not a lack of house models, someone ever noticed the houses look the same?

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so... the MC & Jill could be somewhat related? (he doesn't know much about his family on his mother's side)

Jill had a sister who died, Jill is Mc aunt.
"Prepare for the incest patch"
I think Jill is Mc relative, it could be those types of relationship where father had a brother who had a daughter whose daughter is Mc mother. So in a way it not incest I think(also it explains the destiny thing) as I don't see either Jill mother in that frame with Lynette. (Or that black haired chick on the left is related to Jill)

 

[felicemastronzo]

Jill had a sister who died, Jill is Mc aunt.
"Prepare for the incest patch"
I think Jill is Mc relative, it could be those types of relationship where father had a brother who had a daughter whose daughter is Mc mother. So in a way it not incest I think(also it explains the destiny thing) as I don't see either Jill mother in that frame with Lynette. (Or that black haired chick on the left is related to Jill)

we've seen Lynette, MC's mother, and Lana, Jill's sister, and they look nothing alike. in fact, I think DPC made us see Lana specifically to cut off this discussion

those pictured are Lynette's friends

 

[bruhbruhong]

Does this contain the whole game or just season 3