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

[Roundell]

The thing about Derek is actually quite simple. Derek is a genius and is deliberately playing dumb. And why?

- Stupidity creates free time.
- Don't show what you can do, or you'll always have to do it.

Yeah, he's a genius. It's weird, because her twin sister doesn't even know. She's worried about him being the next Dawe and repeating grade, or will end up being expelled for cheating and so tells MC but... yeah, Derek is probably a genius playing dumb.

 

[felicemastronzo]

DPC has been creating hype for this Halloween party since episode 7, almost two years. It's impossible to survive to that massive hype.

When Sage proposes MC to organize a Halloween party during the HOTs' party, most people probably thought that they would see the party at episode 8. We had that crap of a dorm party instead, in which if you are not a client of Quinn's restaurant or into Maya and Josy path, you don't see any real action, just random scenes with feminist and nerds and crap.

Then, the fucking interlude (that should has been just a flashback at the beginning of Ep9) delayed the Ep9 for several months more... More waiting, even more hype... And then, only a party. Plot doesn't advance, and since there are so many branches open now and so many Lis, DPC can't pay a lot of attention to all those branches. If you play all the branches and are interested in all girls, the length of the game is OK, I guess. If you really are interested only in one or two girls, the gameplay is really short. A couple of ours for your main Li reading all the texts and seeing all the scenes. Half an hour for your secondary Lis if you skip the scenes that are common to all Lis... It's normal that you finish your game through and think "That's all?" "A year waiting for a real update, and that's all?"

The party is OKish, but...

- There are scenes that are just filling material.
- The costumes are just "meh" in most of the cases (as someone said in other comment... Sage dressed as Lily? Really? Couldn't DPC come out with anything better for this main Li?)
- Most of the scenes are too short (for example, MC should be able to play more "truth of drink" with the girls, and with more girls. That should has been a big scene with Jill, Zoey, Bianca... and several rounds of questions).
- There are scenes that probably were planned by DPC and then were cut off the game because of lack of time (a full scene with Sandy, a full ending fucking with those "vixens", an epilogue with the photos of the party...)
- And there should be more flashbacks of things that have happened since Ep.8 Between the ending of Ep8 and Ep9 there are several weeks. Nothing more has happened?

I would like to think that DPC has learned the lesson and is going to really work in shorten development times by hiring help for non-essential tasks. But I suppose it's hopeless. The guy wants to be a one man orchestra He has even composed some of the music of the game!

DPC has done everything to create this hype, so then there's little wonder how the chapter is approaching.

but I don't think the problem of the chapter is how far the story advances, which has always had a very slow pace and in addition this is the first chapter of the season so it forcibly serves more as a premise of what will happen than to change the cards on the table.

The problem is its playability. BADIk has always been an extremely replayable game. almost every chapter I've had problems with saves, but it's never been a problem to resume even several chapters, in the end it was always quite fun.

this chapter is a morass, every freeroam we have a list of things to do without a reason, we're asked to talk to people without the story showing us why, and often these tasks have to be done in a certain order. and this time even the quick transport system from one room to another goes against us, showing us previews that are often wrong (like Zoey in Jacob's room, which isn't actually there)

but leaving aside the how, even the what happens is not very harmonious.
The whole chapter would like to be a huge minefield full of temptations, but they're all "stupid" temptations since the game prevents you from fully falling into them, what do I care about touching Sara and Melanie's ass if the game prevents me from doing anything with them? Why should I kiss Camilla and Nicole if I have to say goodbye to them?

as much as it's one of the highlights: Bianca's quest makes 0 sense. why would an MC CHICK touch his girlfriend's best friend's ass? discount store drama

of course there are some nice moments (offhand I can think of the phone call to Josy's father and several moments with Bella), but overall a chapter that left me with little

 

[The Glorious LIME]

but overall a chapter that left me with little

Nah, the chapter gave you little, it left you with

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[felicemastronzo]

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in that DPC is always generous, it's never a problem, practically two scenes with each LI (including the depression of the first with Sage) plus the usual sex marathon for Others

 

[roupe]

The tennis explanation doesn't really tell you how to play that minigame. You lose if you keep hitting max power, and the way to win is to hit the ball alternately between high and low. So, high, low, high, low, and you like that you can mostly win the point. I haven't tried to win on high, but with my many play throughs, I found that the secret was to do that high-low-high-low hitting. The help for that tennis match is shit.

Well I tried a few times but the most I could get was about 1.40, so I guess its possible if you keep tryring alternating low and high.
But yeah the explanation for the match is to basically always hit at max power, that may help in easy mode but thats almost useless in hard mode..

 

[vogelbeest]

I agree with this. My only issue with Derek is that he gossips too much and can't be trusted with info.

Yeah, he's a genius. It's weird, because her twin sister doesn't even know. She's worried about him being the next Dawe and repeating grade, or will end up being expelled for cheating and so tells MC but... yeah, Derek is probably a genius playing dumb.

Derek a genius? He's cheating his way through college... He even sells answers to all tests... Same as Magnar...
Derek managed to convince some teachers he's a genius, but with the last test Bella already sees right answers, but to a different question.... If the teachers have more then one student doing exactly that they will conclude people cheated...
Next time they just switch the order of the questions and all these geniuses get exposed as cheaters...

 

[alex13_zen]

I'm sorry, but this is art. For example, the Belvedere Apollo does not annoy anyone.

And that one doesn't annoy me either because it really is art. But you can't possibly compare a render of a guy with a tampon up his ass to an antique sculpture ) Not every creation is art and there's very little to gain in showing naked dudes' dicks in every single chapter in a VN for straight guys.

 

[KАRАMBA]

And that one doesn't annoy me either because it really is art. But you can't possibly compare a render of a guy with a tampon up his ass to an antique sculpture )

You're right, there is no tampon. Unfortunately, Leohar did not add this detail. But, fortunately, and to everyone's delight, this unfortunate omission was corrected in BADIK.

 

[felicemastronzo]

Derek a genius? He's cheating his way through college... He even sells answers to all tests... Same as Magnar...
Derek managed to convince some teachers he's a genius, but with the last test Bella already sees right answers, but to a different question.... If the teachers have more then one student doing exactly that they will conclude people cheated...
Next time they just switch the order of the questions and all these geniuses get exposed as cheaters...

Derek is such a genius that he will be able to fail by having all the right answers...

#teamZoey

 

[Marley300]

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[Klepon]

Derek a genius? He's cheating his way through college... He even sells answers to all tests... Same as Magnar...
Derek managed to convince some teachers he's a genius, but with the last test Bella already sees right answers, but to a different question.... If the teachers have more then one student doing exactly that they will conclude people cheated...
Next time they just switch the order of the questions and all these geniuses get exposed as cheaters...

Derek is a genius?
I guess that's true. although I'm not so sure about that. one thing I know about him is he can manipulate his sisters. even, he himself told maya's activities during the academy to their father without maya knowing...

 

[Roundell]

in that DPC is always generous, it's never a problem, practically two scenes with each LI (including the depression of the first with Sage) plus the usual sex marathon for Others

Yes, the problem aren't the sex scenes, but the sexy and cute moments with the Lis. I have found the update a bit bland, specially with Sage, my main interest.

It seems that DPC has decided that she's a nympho and only thinks about kinky sex with MC and other people (at least she says "other girls" to the DIKs after the "Walk", so I don't think she's going to pretend to introduce other guys too to her orgies). It's OK, but as usual, DPC overdoes it. It seems that she's interested in MC mostly because he's good at sex. Some romantic moments would have been great with her too. She said she's interested in that too in Ep8.

And I have literally hated the moments in which she seems to flirt with Maya. If MC lived with Sage at the HOTs's, she knows that Maya broke MC's heart, they talk about it in the pool, so... why is she so flirty and friendly with her at the party? Even if MC and Maya are friends, she should know better. She probably thinks that what happened is that MC had a crush with Maya, and she rejected him because she's lesbian. She should think that any guy wouldn't be OK with her future girlfriend flirting (even if as a joke because of booze) with a girl that he used to like, rejected him, and that is a lesbian, even if it seems that they have a civilized relationship. That scene serves all the branches, but should be totally different if the MC is following Sage's branch. Way less flirty. Maybe she will change her attitude about Maya after knowing that MC and her actually had something real.

And the scene of sex that ends up bad because MC starts talking about Sage's biological mother is just a stupidity. IF DPC wanted another sex scene, it's great, but that wasn't the moment for that conversation. That conversation should have been after the dinner at the Burke's, Sage and MC alone at Sage's room and MC upset because Sage didn't confided enough in him to tell about her parents and brother and leading him into a trap. She would have tried to "bribe" MC with sex to avoid the conversation, MC would have rejected her, she would have had a tantrum, and they would have end up sleeping alone in her own rooms.

Then, another flashback, they talk again the next day, Sage finally says to him all he wants to know about her foster family and why she's so reluctant to talk about them, that talking about her biological mother is hard to her and that MC should be patient, they reconcile and finally have sex. But that would be a couple more scenes and more work, and DPC prefers to do it all alone and don't hire help, even if the final result is way worse.

I have to say that the main Sage's branch seems to me lazily and clumsily written, and it's not the only one. And the costume of "Sage-Lily" was the second worst idea after "Banana-Jill". But I recognize that seeing Sage without the awfully heavy makeup that DPC puts usually in her face and with MC's jacket, in front of the DIKs and teasing them has been GREAT.

 

[The Glorious LIME]

#teamZoey

Indeed.

I'm keeping Derek on a leash, I have a bad feeling about him.

 

[felicemastronzo]

Indeed.

I'm keeping Derek on a leash, I have a bad feeling about him.

DPC had a great opportunity to grow Derek's character, I'm referring to the sixth chapter when instead of the usual buffoon he appeared hurt and depressed. but instead then it healed with a couple of vodka anal plugs

 

[DarkKiller]

DPC had a great opportunity to grow Derek's character, I'm referring to the sixth chapter when instead of the usual buffoon he appeared hurt and depressed. but instead then it healed with a couple of vodka anal plugs

I wouldn't say he healed, he's clearly hurting because of Ashley, decides to deal with it by getting shitfaced and because of that pretty much no one enjoyed his company at the party...
Despite all the hilarious moments where Derek was used as the butt of the joke, for Derek himself it was quite a sad episode imo.

 

[felicemastronzo]

Yes, the problem aren't the sex scenes, but the sexy and cute moments with the Lis. I have found the update a bit bland, specially with Sage, my main interest.

It seems that DPC has decided that she's a nympho and only thinks about kinky sex with MC and other people (at least she says "other girls" to the DIKs after the "Walk", so I don't think she's going to pretend to introduce other guys too to her orgies). It's OK, but as usual, DPC overdoes it. It seems that she's interested in MC mostly because he's good at sex. Some romantic moments would have been great with her too. She said she's interested in that too in Ep8.

And I have literally hated the moments in which she seems to flirt with Maya. If MC lived with Sage at the HOTs's, she knows that Maya broke MC's heart, they talk about it in the pool, so... why is she so flirty and friendly with her at the party? Even if MC and Maya are friends, she should know better. She probably thinks that what happened is that MC had a crush with Maya, and she rejected him because she's lesbian. She should think that any guy wouldn't be OK with her future girlfriend flirting with a girl that he used to like, rejected him, and that is a lesbian, even if it seems that they have a civilized relationship. That scene serves all the branches, but should be totally different if the MC is following Sage's branch. Way less flirty. Maybe she will change her attitude about Maya after knowing that MC and her actually had something real.

And the scene of sex that ends up bad because MC starts talking about Sage's biological mother is just a stupidity. IF DPC wanted another sex scene, it's great, but that wasn't the moment for that conversation. That conversation should have been after the dinner at the Burke's, Sage and MC alone at Sage's room and MC upset because Sage didn't confided enough in him to tell about her parents and brother and leading him into a trap. She would have tried to "bribe" MC with sex to avoid the conversation, MC would have rejected her, she would have had a tantrum, and they would have end up sleeping alone in her own rooms.

Then, another flashback, they talk again the next day, Sage finally says to him all he wants to know about her foster family and why she's so reluctant to talk about them, that talking about her biological mother is hard to her and that MC should be patient, they reconcile and finally have sex. But that would be a couple more scenes and more work, and DPC prefers to do it all alone and don't hire help, even if the final result is way worst.

I have to say that the main Sage's branch seems to me lazily and clumsily written, and it's not the only one. And the costume of "Sage-Lily" was the second worst idea after "Banana-Jill". But I recognize that seeing Sage without the awfully heavy makeup that DPC puts usually in her face and with MC's jacket, in front of the DIKs and teasing them has been GREAT.

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I'm not a fan of Sage's recent course either, it seems to me that from the rebound guy on, it's a race to turn up the heat.

there is one aspect about which, even if you're not wrong, you'd better give up, in BADIk they're all goldfish, they don't remember anything that happened to them the week before, all of them (Maya remembers Quinn, but she's an exception).

MC's sudden helplessness over Tybalt will remain one of the saddest pages of BADIk, completely unmotivated but self-referential stuff for DPC. i imagine Sage's shudders to see that now even MC has no desire for her....


p.s. in this chapter we suddenly found out that Sage has big problems with her biological mother as well, Maya with hers, and Jill is planning to make her parents a problem as well. but let's rest assured that it will be the usual mindless drama that will be resolved without even realizing it.

 

[felicemastronzo]

I wouldn't say he healed, he's clearly hurting because of Ashley, decides to deal with it by getting shitfaced and because of that pretty much no one enjoyed his company at the party...
Despite all the hilarious moments where Derek was used as the butt of the joke, for Derek himself it was quite a sad episode imo.

which party? he was on the couch alone
it lasted very little, a flame that was lost in time

instead it was a very interesting cue, it's been three chapters now....

 

[DarkKiller]

which party? he was on the couch alone
it lasted very little, a flame that was lost in time

instead it was a very interesting cue, it's been three chapters now....

The Halloween party, other than Isabella mischievously entertaining herself with Derek ratting himself out, everyone else he was seen with looked either bored or annoyed with him and his drunkenness.

 

[felicemastronzo]

The Halloween party, other than Isabella mischievously entertaining herself with Derek ratting himself out, everyone else he was seen with looked either bored or annoyed with him and his drunkenness.

I don't know ... other than during the raids at the Preps this has always been Derek's role, it's not like he's ever been much of a focus during the parties.

he hits on Bella, he would hit on Camilla, he bores Zoey. he collects his hype moments for the ASS-tronaut costume

all that's missing is having sex with Santa Claus to be Derek's average day

 

[Wizard_Shiryuu]

The way I see it, she's only an LI if she's your ex, if she's just a friend then it's just like Elena. If Jacob asks Fuckface before hooking up then it's not NTR because you'd only give permission if you have no plan yourself to hook up with her.

We can discuss at length what constitutes NTR and what doesn't (even though it would be weird to me if she's a LI on some paths and not on others, she either is a LI or isn't), but my point is that it would alienate part of his fanbase, and I'm not sure he wants to go with that. DPC separates (or at least he does for now) between girls you can have something with and girls who do stuff with other men (like Beth and Gina), so I doubt he would start with Zoey.