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

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anonnyscouse

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Jericho85 said:
Something funny about EP9 to me is that the "not asking about last names" thing was quite humorously and thoroughly dealt with...

... but somehow even after both Jill and Bianca have been in MC's room, neither of them browsed the place enough to notice the picture hanging above MC's desk. Guess DPC is going to tease us with that for another episode or two.

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The desk is around the corner from where the camera was set up and where the bed is so neither Jill or Bianca would have seen it unless they were snooping around which is out of character for Jill and Bianca was with Jill so wouldn't have had a chance.

That's going to come up when Jill invites Fuckface to something at her family home, probably a fundraiser for the campaign in her sister's memory, which will happen on all paths as a friend or a lover.
 
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marseilyes said:
Guys I don't want to play the interlude (female protagonist crap) of the game. When I load the Season 2 save, It's starts from the Interlude part. Could anybody passed the Interlude and going for Jill and/or Isabel path share the save file here, please?
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Or select "skip unseen" in options, then hold ctrl. The interlude only needs to be played once and each next playthrough you can just skip it.... Works better and is less time consuming then importing several saves for different paths...
 
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marseilyes said:
Guys I don't want to play the interlude (female protagonist crap) of the game. When I load the Season 2 save, It's starts from the Interlude part. Could anybody passed the Interlude and going for Jill and/or Isabel path share the save file here, please?
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once you play it, you can even skip all the dialogue the only important choice is at the end of the intelrudio where you decide whether Zoey should try to appease Emma or take revenge

the following times you can skip it by just taking
 
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Jimayo said:
Not true. You can get remarried when you are legally separated. That only requires a lack of cohabitation for a set period of time. Varies from state to state. In canada it's 1 year. After 1 year of not living together you are legally separated and can remarry.
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That doesn't sound right to me.

I can't find anything on the web to confirm that. Everything I read indicates that you must be divorced to remarry, and you need to wait at least a year of separation to apply for divorce.

So separation is literally not living together (although there are exceptional circumstances where you reside in the same home but are still "separated"), but it doesn't matter how long you are separated, it could be 10 years, you still need to file for a divorce to be eligible to remarry, otherwise your original marriage is still upheld, regardless of separation state.

This link pretty much spells it out:

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Q: What is the difference between separation and Divorce?​
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A: A Divorce is the legal termination that ends your marriage and allows you to remarry if you wish.​
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A separation is an action that married couples make prior to a Divorce. In Canada one of the grounds for a Divorce is the completion of a one-year separation period. After this time has passed you can file for Divorce. During a separation spouses live apart with the intention of ending their marriage. However, you are still legally married and at any time you can reconcile​
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Q: If I have been separated for a long time does that mean I am automatically Divorced?​
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A: No. Divorce never just automatically occurs and a marriage never nullifies regardless of how long you and your spouse have been separated. Separation for one year is an acceptable ground for Divorce, but to receive the actual Divorce you must go through the correct legal process in Canada.​
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So I don't know where you're getting your information from... :unsure:

But getting back to Bella's circumstances, while she may not be divorced, and her separation doesn't mean she is no longer married, her marriage is dead and it's not morally wrong for her to be seeing others. It'd just be legally wrong for her to marry someone before she gets divorced.

marseilyes said:
Guys I don't want to play the interlude (female protagonist crap) of the game. When I load the Season 2 save, It's starts from the Interlude part. Could anybody passed the Interlude and going for Jill and/or Isabel path share the save file here, please?
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If you go to options and set it to skip unseen text and skip after options then press TAB in the game, it'll take you about 5 minutes to motor through the Interlude and then you never have to play it again.

jaw1986baby said:
That's basically illustrating that DPC is just shitty at characters. All of them.
They have a lot of overlapping basic bitch elements
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How does creating intentionally flawed characters make DPC shitty at making characters?

In spite of all the girls' many flaws, so many people fucking love them (as much as you can love a character in a story, if your love goes deeper than that, like let's say "Mark" deeper, then perhaps get help).

I'd say that makes DPC very good at making characters.

ffive said:
How is it shitty for characters to have their own desires and needs? Pretty much no human ever is utterly selfless and living only to satisfy the needs of others.
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Except perhaps in porn games where the girls should live and breathe to service the mc! :ROFLMAO:
 
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I’ve just noticed the tips that you can cycle through in the main menu. One of them says that DPC wrote the entire history out in advance.

Does anyone who’s been following this thread game in depth for a long ass time have insight into the truth of this?

On the one hand the game is very well written and DPC has IMO done a good job with connecting dots and maintaining oversight over the various branches.

On the other hand you have things like Jill getting added in late, a huge growth in audience and scope of the game, also in a technical sense. I also think that a character like Quinn perhaps became more popular than expected, which may have molded the scope of her story. You could also add a growing number of side characters, the interlude and other stuff that to me seems to indicate that the story and events have been significantly molded as natural consequence of the development rather than everything being pre-written to that last comma.

Or maybe I’m just conspiratorial idk.
 
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Jericho85 said:
Something funny about EP9 to me is that the "not asking about last names" thing was quite humorously and thoroughly dealt with...

... but somehow even after both Jill and Bianca have been in MC's room, neither of them browsed the place enough to notice the picture hanging above MC's desk. Guess DPC is going to tease us with that for another episode or two.

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The girl in the middle is 100% Bianca's mother (y) although I think the girl on the left is not Jill's mother, at least it doesn't look like it now that we see Jill's mom in the main menu of the game.
 
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Finally replayed every route around 2 times each for ep 9 now the dread of having to wait some months for the next episode is starting to kick in Id probably wouldn't feel it this much if ep9 would had given us a bit more story progression and bit less free roam.

I sort of feel like we are almost at the same spot we where back at the end of ep 8 just with a few little bits resolved like the burkes visit but nothing too mayor aside from vinny.
 
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marseilyes said:
Guys I don't want to play the interlude (female protagonist crap) of the game. When I load the Season 2 save, It's starts from the Interlude part. Could anybody passed the Interlude and going for Jill and/or Isabel path share the save file here, please?
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Come on, it's only one hour and you only have to pass it once, then you can skip it in future loaded games.
 
anonnyscouse

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YeOldeWanker said:
I’ve just noticed the tips that you can cycle through in the main menu. One of them says that DPC wrote the entire history out in advance.

Does anyone who’s been following this thread game in depth for a long ass time have insight into the truth of this?

On the one hand the game is very well written and DPC has IMO done a good job with connecting dots and maintaining oversight over the various branches.

On the other hand you have things like Jill getting added in late, a huge growth in audience and scope of the game, also in a technical sense. I also think that a character like Quinn perhaps became more popular than expected, which may have molded the scope of her story. You could also add a growing number of side characters, the interlude and other stuff that to me seems to indicate that the story and events have been significantly molded as natural consequence of the development rather than everything being pre-written to that last comma.

Or maybe I’m just conspiratorial idk.
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Pretty sure DPC has the brush strokes in place and knows at what point they come in. The problem with brush strokes is pacing the less important story around those strokes, which result in some episodes appearing rushed with not enough time spent on particular issues and other episodes appearing to have very little progression with too much time spent on issues. You also end up with issues like the ending of Ep 8 where it was only logical to be pushed into a decision about Jill (and possibly the throuple) but should have had more time regarding Sage and Bella but because the brush stroke was that the LI decision was made at the halfway point of the story it was shoehorned in even though the 4 relationships where not at the same point.

You also get Fuckface being pointlessly stupid on some routes, because the brush stokes require the same event to happen at the same time on all routes. Obvious example of this is Jill's house in Lynette's picture. Fuckface looks at that picture only a matter of days after going on a date with Jill (if on her path) but only thinks that the house rings a bell, not where he has seen the house before. This is because Fuckface who helped Sage while she was sick would not have seen Jill's house so couldn't recognise it. The realisation of how Lynette knew the Royces is going to major in the future so has to be revealed on all routes at the same time (as I've mentioned before I think Jill is going to invite Fuckface to an event at her house in the future as a lover or a friend and that's when the reveal happens).

So while brush strokes are good because it means that the dev won't get lost in the middle of the story which could result in either a terrible rushed ending or full abandonment of the story (both of which have happened with other devs) it comes with it's own drawbacks for the middle of the story.
 
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Takkatakka said:
I believe that when I see that in future episodes. She might very well just manipulate the MC (and a bunch of players it seems) to helper her and do what she wants and needs. Since she is a narcissistic psychopath it seems very unlikely for her, to actually develop some kind of real feelings for the MC.
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Well you can believe what you want but the hints are there and always were at least for the people who are on her good side and chose her path basically, she doesn't seem narcissistic at all, maybe an arrogant and much less a psychopath.

Just because you don't like her doesn't mean everyone shouldn't like her either lol, everyone is free to play the game however they want it.
 
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Wish DPC would take a little less time and focus more on story rather than whatever EP9 was.

More freeroams but smaller. More character moments. Moments that are the same for different routes should be more interesting. We should still interact with specific characters, even if not on the route, if we had a friendship with someone.

Really hopeful for the EP10 because it will be DPC's last try with me. Can't bother to have such type of game in my adult life with characters that I grew attached to with the wait time of a year with dicreased quality.

Kinda wished he wouldn't got for so many different routes so early.
 
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