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

[elcapizo]

I am incredibly dissapointed. No one can deny that DPC is a great artist and we all enjoy his work and for that we should thank him. However, this last episode makes me think that he’s hit a roadblock.

He has either become very lazy in his work, the amount of meaningful content in this does not fit 6 months of development time let alone 1 year as we have it now, especially with the funding that he is getting.

Or he has hit a developmental roadblock, this happens sometimes, Winds of winter being one of them, and this happens when you convolute the plot to such a point where you don’t know how to establish a narratively satisfying story. That could also explain why he spent half the budget on the meaningless halloween intro of extremely beautiful moving animation which pleases the eye but let’s down everything else.

My opinion is that he should start making an endpoint and finish up this story with grace and then establish a new project where he can start a new and therefore gain a straightforward line of work. We all love these characters but I feel like, the plot should come to a conclusion and therefore so we can end these characters with a good and satisfying ending.

One of the biggest problems here are the branching, game was inicially split in 2 playtrough , then went to 3 now we are at 5 playthrough, making branching is good but its to much demanding and time consuming, making the episode feel short if you just want to pursue just 1 or 2 path, for instance for me to unlock full gallery i had to repeat the episode 5 times the same thing , only to get like a bit of new content

 

[Scooter25]

In the haunted part, I click on the cage, the MC said 'a scare cage' and then nothing. Is it supposed to zoom in so I can look around? Same goes for the jars he said some about them looking gross........and nothing else.

I'm I missed something or i'm I screwed?

click the up arrow in cage, keys in the middle of the wall (hard to spot go slow)

 

[Wizard_Shiryuu]

Playing as a DIK is totally different from playing as a Chick: it's like watching 2 different movies - an old one and its remake. And Sage is the only main LI you can win if you pursue a DIK path.

I know that, but I mean what's the difference between a DIK Sage path and a Neutral/Chick Sage one. Or in other words, if you're playing Neutral or Chich why go after Sage instead of the other LIs if you already have a DIK Sage game?

 

[hoshin0119]

Jacob and Tommy fucked Becky, but I was the only one who couldn't fucked her. I waited 13 months to fucked Becky.

 

[Bryan_Colt]

this one is still going good, glad to see new updates.

 

[Crepusculum]

She pretty much reverted to her early fuck-buddy personality. Her romantic character progression went out the window.

Do you remember lovely girlfriend moments with Sage in Episode 8?

Forget them.

She made a full 180 and now treats you like a fuck-buddy, wanting to fuck other people and acting like a slut in general.

A BIG MAYBE - this behavior was due to the party and drinking, but this is a big fall for Sage in all aspects.
I'll wait for Episode 10, but if this bs continues, I think I'll stop playing, since she's my favorite

Oh boy.
But honestly i am more inclined to believe it's good writing, something like her panicking she's falling in love so quickly after Chad, and is trying to find balance.

One of the biggest problems here are the branching, game was inicially split in 2 playtrough , then went to 3 now we are at 5 playthrough, making branching is good but its to much demanding and time consuming, making the episode feel short if you just want to pursue just 1 or 2 path, for instance for me to unlock full gallery i had to repeat the episode 5 times the same thing , only to get like a bit of new content

It's only a problem since development time is what it is. If we got an update every 3-4 months it would've have mattered as much

 

[gumpelanlemak]

So, I played Ep9 and it makes me pretty happy, because..

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So, yeah lol overall good party episode.

 

[MarcoDJ90]

My game crashes right at the start when Tommy and Jacob are having a conversation, anyone else facing this issue? Please help me with a workaround on this. The last thing I can reach is Jacob saying 'For sure, it's one scary mansion' and then it crashes.

 

[vogelbeest]

cant go near i click and it say its a cage

Go back to the door, read the hints on the paper on the door, else you can't get into the cage or get the key from the jar....
Bit confusing since it's the first thing you see in there, but okay lol

 

[YRio94]

Please, someone can help me with the keys location?

 

[TThePrime]

Can i turn off minigames on someone else save? Don't want to do the party planning

 

[JETracktor]

So, this is basically the orgy from the "Eyes Wide Shut". Without the women it looks weird.

 

[Waynew91]

Guess i cqn skip this update ... game keeps

Having the same issue, no idea why it happens but it happens with all saved paths.
Did try the unmodded saves from s1&s2 and imported them, ran throught the prelude ... to using the unmodded saves skipping prelude going direct towars eps 09.

Guess i can skip this update ... game keeps quiting on the same spot every try.

I haven't tried might have to wait till Scrappy finishes his mod update. They are always quick so if not today it might ve ready tomorrow

 

[Emyl2011]

My game crashes right at the start when Tommy and Jacob are having a conversation, anyone else facing this issue? Please help me with a workaround on this. The last thing I can reach is Jacob saying 'For sure, it's one scary mansion' and then it crashes.

Go first page in Extras and use Fix for modded saves

 

[Joker131313]

click the up arrow in cage, keys in the middle of the wall (hard to spot go slow)

Do you know how to restock the cakes?

 

[TheBigWater]

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Two out of three ain't bad.

Oh wow. How did you get that?

 

[oceanskie]

does this game take place in the US? or Europe?

The US State of New York, somewhere in or around New York City. Rusty's vehicle plate is marked NY, and the security at the Prep's party in ep5 has NYPD logo.

 

[italianstallionxxx]

I am incredibly dissapointed. No one can deny that DPC is a great artist and we all enjoy his work and for that we should thank him. However, this last episode makes me think that he’s hit a roadblock.

He has either become very lazy in his work, the amount of meaningful content in this does not fit 6 months of development time let alone 1 year as we have it now, especially with the funding that he is getting.

Or he has hit a developmental roadblock, this happens sometimes, Winds of winter being one of them, and this happens when you convolute the plot to such a point where you don’t know how to establish a narratively satisfying story. That could also explain why he spent half the budget on the meaningless halloween intro of extremely beautiful moving animation which pleases the eye but let’s down everything else.

My opinion is that he should start making an endpoint and finish up this story with grace and then establish a new project where he can start a new and therefore gain a straightforward line of work. We all love these characters but I feel like, the plot should come to a conclusion and therefore so we can end these characters with a good and satisfying ending.

Thats the thing that worries me the most. the story has been a mess for a long time now and instead of trying to fix it he either cut it (choice at ep 8) or he doesnt advance it (interlude, ep). at this point i just want to see how the story ends. the mini games have always been bad but in this ep he abused the fuck out that "mechanic" instead of telling a story

 

[MichaelJordan]

Great episode, but it still feels underwhelming in terms of overall story progress... It took more than a year between episodes 8 and 9 to show basically 1 day (party night mostly) and a week or so of flashbacks.

I hope there going to be no Interlude-like releases, even tho with this wide branching we're still probably not going to see episode 10 before 2024

 

[Skylaroo]

Do you remember lovely girlfriend moments with Sage in Episode 8?

Forget them.

She made a full 180 and now treats you like a fuck-buddy, wanting to fuck other people and acting like a slut in general.

A BIG MAYBE - this behavior was due to the party and drinking

I think it's actually quite likely this behavior is due to the party and drinking. IMO Sage seems to be a character that is both lovely and slutty, depending on the situation. She doesn't have to be only one or the other, she can be both. As much as she's being slutty during the party, we did get the more heart-to-heart talk about her family during the flashback.

Which Sage will show up next episode? Depends on what it's about. Assuming there's no party going on, probably a good chance that the lovely Sage will show up, especially if the relationship continue to become more serious.