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

[Lovetities]

That will not be any legal tournament if MC is to fight Caleb.... Think there's at least 2 weight classes difference between them. There is hint about a tournament but that is the iron man competition, the Jocks will participate but that's more pulling weights. It's likely there will be a fight between MC and Caleb at some point, but it could be any time for just about any reason. Caleb still has unfinished business with MC and even if you did not fight him, the Jocks still have scores to settle with the Diks. The guy training MC is a valid possibility though, but chick MC would not likely participate in any tournament, so it has to be forced in some way to make sense in the story...

Chick MC will probably train to defend himself just like he used to train with his father. Chick MC only fight when he have to defend himself while dik MC will punch, beat the shits out of all jocks and even push Caleb.

 

[KekWGgWP]

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I've been coding for the better part of last week, but I also wrote some story and posed art.

Mostly, I've been working on an updated version of Brawler this week, and I need a few more days of work with the remaining art before I am done with it.

It's an ambitious upgrade of this mini-game, which is now taking its third and most likely final form.

Even though it's been remade from scratch, it will feel familiar but improved and expanded upon. I'm very pleased with how it plays.

Here are some screenshots of it.

As you may have noticed, I've been powering on with mini-games lately since I know I have to do a few more for episode 10. I'm trying to get most of it out of the way early, so I can focus on writing and creating art soon.

After Brawler, there's one shorter mini-game and some final work on a scientific mini-game left to do.

I have a healthy animation queue alongside this development. It allows me to focus without being interrupted.

I can also notice how the usual stress I feel about Custom renders being completely gone now that I have removed that tier reward.

I've been able to put an unhealthy amount of hours into coding this week because of this, and I love every second of it.

I will have the first part of the Q&A posted sometime next week. I'm splitting it into two parts, like last year's Q&A.

First, there will be a part about your Being a DIK questions, and after that, a part about game development. Thanks to everyone who submitted questions!

A special render poll is currently ongoing

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- where either Maya, Sage, or Isabella will get a set of renders dedicated to them in episode 10. If you want to participate, you have until next Friday.

Have a nice weekend

Dr PinkCake

I mean, as someone who always turns off mini-games i find this kind of a waste of time but i can probably try to play them just for curiosity since they don't look very demanding at first glance, if it turns out they actually are then i will surely turn them off like i always do.

On the other hand, i hope that more mini-games doesn't mean more free roam, i had enough of free roam in the last episode than the entire game combined.

 

[felicemastronzo]

That will not be any legal tournament if MC is to fight Caleb.... Think there's at least 2 weight classes difference between them. There is hint about a tournament but that is the iron man competition, the Jocks will participate but that's more pulling weights. It's likely there will be a fight between MC and Caleb at some point, but it could be any time for just about any reason. Caleb still has unfinished business with MC and even if you did not fight him, the Jocks still have scores to settle with the Diks. The guy training MC is a valid possibility though, but chick MC would not likely participate in any tournament, so it has to be forced in some way to make sense in the story...

in fact it would be too much thought if they did not respect the weight classes in BADIk...

if they want to do it anyway, in the same way that LIs change their height from time to time, Mc can change his weight.

if there is a tournament: Mc will take part regardless of the choices made so far, even an MC Chick is a sportsman and fighting in a tournament would not be against the indications given to him by his father, a motivation (economic? revenge?) takes little to find it

 

[KekWGgWP]

Can someone slap some God damn sense into DPC so that he stops focusing on these pointless ass mini-games? Like Jesus Christ it is such a monumental waste of time

I heard he doesn't take criticism very lightly especially if you are not a donator, so whoever does that can risk getting banned in the worst case scenario

 

[Cervixpunch]

Can someone slap some God damn sense into DPC so that he stops focusing on these pointless ass mini-games? Like Jesus Christ it is such a monumental waste of time

I seriously wish he would just hire a team. 52 weeks in a year and he spent one on a fighting mini game.

To be honest art, coding, renders, animations, writing, mini games are an awful lot for one person to be doing especially to a high level. It's asking for long dev times and far worse risking burn out. Long development will also invariably have many players want what they see as the more superfluous elements trim or cut to save time.

 

[NebulousShooter]

I seriously wish he would just hire a team. 52 weeks in a year and he spent one on a fighting mini game.

To be honest art, coding, renders, animations, writing, mini games are an awful lot for one person to be doing especially to a high level. It's asking for long dev times and far worse risking burn out. Long development will also invariably have many players want what they see as the more superfluous elements trim or cut to save time.

The thing is DPC comes from a coding background and unfortunately all the things he could easily contract for are what he enjoys the most about the development. I don't think that will ever change, not even for a potential 3rd game.

 

[frozENflame]

I seriously wish he would just hire a team. 52 weeks in a year and he spent one on a fighting mini game.

I Agree.
Seems Developer Needs Team to Speed Up Things.

 

[The Glorious LIME]

not even for a potential 3rd game.

As far as I know, he stated he doesn't want to make a game after BaDIK. He's only goal now is to se BaDIK completed.

 

[vogelbeest]

if there is a tournament: Mc will take part regardless of the choices made so far, even an MC Chick is a sportsman and fighting in a tournament would not be against the indications given to him by his father, a motivation (economic? revenge?) takes little to find it

Exactly a chick MC would only fight to protect himself if no other possibilities, not participating seems like a very reasonable possibility to fight... His promise to Neil basically means to avoid fights but defend yourself if needed. Participating in a fighting tournament is certainly not avoiding...

To be honest art, coding, renders, animations, writing, mini games are an awful lot for one person to be doing especially to a high level. It's asking for long dev times and far worse risking burn out. Long development will also invariably have many players want what they see as the more superfluous elements trim or cut to save time.

Putting your time in finding and managing a team takes time as well. DPC just wants to make the game, doesn't want to have a boss telling him what to do or be that boss himself telling others, he just wants to make games... Your motivation is faster updates, his motivation is doing what he wants.
For DPC there simply is nothing to gain, he already has the support to be independent and do what he likes and how he wants it done...

 

[felicemastronzo]

I seriously wish he would just hire a team. 52 weeks in a year and he spent one on a fighting mini game.

To be honest art, coding, renders, animations, writing, mini games are an awful lot for one person to be doing especially to a high level. It's asking for long dev times and far worse risking burn out. Long development will also invariably have many players want what they see as the more superfluous elements trim or cut to save time.

less money for less time... DPC has no reason even to consider it

more likely to include incest and NTR

 

[felicemastronzo]

Less stress, less workload and less bitching as well. There's consequences to a heavy workload beyond the financial. There's teams on here that are less successful that manage the funds fine I don't think another person would dent DPCs income much. You are right though if it means more money most will stretch to try and keep a larger portion of it.

stress by managing a group does not necessarily decrease, DPC has always shielded itself well from complaints

he has no reason to speed up, if the next chapter took a month longer overall, it's not even certain that he would lose out financially.
On the contrary, he would collect for an extra month.

 

[vogelbeest]

And that's fine but no game or project is worth running yourself into the ground for and he's taken on an awful lot with a lot of expectation attached. Devs burn out all the time and I can only see things getting larger and longer to develop. If it works out and it all doesn't catch up to him great but it makes me wince whenever I see a dev with a huge workload and long dev time doing it all by themselves because if it doesn't work out there's more consequences than financial or your passion project stalling. It takes a week to do a mingame and then he still has a mountain to write, code etc. It's a lot.

In the end it's his decision to make and he's always been very clear, he wants the game made how he wants it to be.
He loves making these minigames, he wants to do it all himself. We can want faster updates or just not care about these minigames, but if he just doesn't feel the need to do it any different than he does now, it's pointless to keep suggesting he starts being an employer instead of being an independent developer.

He doesn't want it different or he would have made these changes in his operation long ago. He has the money and the time to do it the way he likes, why would a possible burnout be a reason for him to do things different if he doesn't want to? The guy is happy how it's going and he can get a burnout from being a boss too, it's just not what he wants after all.

We want faster updates, he wants independency.... You fear a burnout for too heavy workload but if he fears a burnout from doing things he doesn't want, it's still pointless to come with arguments why you think it's necessary for him to change.
That's the thing with being independent... You can make your own decisions...

 

[The Glorious LIME]

Regarding players having issues with DPC's release speed and wants.

He has his echo chamber, he doesn't give a damn about criticism.
Are players entitled to their own opinion? Of course.
But DPC doesn't care about it, specially from F95.
As far as I know, he quit his job. Does BaDIK full time.
Hobby turned into serious milking of stans.
And it works so good, that this is his job.
He is doing things exactly how he wants,
While still managing to please the Patreons.
He is exactly where he wants to be.

 

[Jumbi]

There are some actions that I consider “mandatory” regardless of the alignment I want for my MC.

• Fight against Troy;
• Fight against Dawe;
• Fight against Caleb;
• Fight against Tybalt;
• Fight against Tommy;

Like you said there's no need to be FULL DIK, but I can't help but ignore these actions... otherwise my MC is just another pussy in the crowd. I'd rather go without content with main girls who don't accept DIK affinity than play a pathetic character like CHICK MC.

Troy is a jerk, or at least appears as one, sure. But I don't think hitting him after someone else has already hit him before is necessary nor rewarding in any way. And Tybalt is such a pitiful individual... Besides, responding to his slap with a punch is a bit too much, I think. The other three, however, sure, they need to be put on their place.

 

[KАRАMBA]

Besides, responding to his slap with a punch is a bit too much, I think.

This punch is a trigger for the spiritual elevation of Tybalt. This help him rise to the next level of existence.

 

[KАRАMBA]

As far as I know, he quit his job. Does BaDIK full time.

So there will be much more mini-games.

 

[Mr. Muscles]

It's 2023 and people are still talking about him hiring others to work on his game

 

[The Glorious LIME]

Tybalt is more reliable than any LI in the game.

Tybalt is always true to himself.
Tybalt's hate for MC is more honest and pure than most LI's confused states of like/love towards the MC(not to mention the cheaters Maya and Josy).
While MC's first best friends left him and ghosted him and his second best friend gossips things MC tells him in secret - the MC ALWAYS knows where he is with Tybalt...That is something we can't say about any MG/LI

It's 2023 and people are still talking about him hiring others to work on his game

I know, right?

 

[KАRАMBA]

Tybalt is more reliable than any LI in the game.

Tybalt is always true to himself.
Tybalt's hate for MC is more honest and pure than most LI's confused states of like/love towards the MC(not to mention the cheaters Maya and Josy).
While MC's first best friends left him and ghosted him and his second best friend gossips things MC tells him in secret - the MC ALWAYS knows where he is with Tybalt...That is something we can't say about any MG/LI


I know, right?

Enemies are better than friends. They will never forget about you.

 

[Jumbi]

The CHICK path is one that has a tempo that will be very enjoyable for those closer to that, it just happens that most people here are DIK/NEUTRAL and when they see the CHICK route they don't like it. I don't like the full DIK route, it has a lot of sex scenes I couldn't care less, the only thing I lose and I care is Quinn (some of you include Riona in DIK for some reason but I got most of her in the NEUTRAL route and if someone is still available in cheating routes is probably her, who also didn't get any scenes exclusive to Others path. But Nora, Sandy, Madame Rose (and probably more I don't even remember)... I couldn't care less about all those. And the people who are full DIK probably couldn't care less about Josy, Maya, Bella or specially Jill (they maybe like the design of the characters but are probably bored by their narrative). And then there's the magical NEUTRAL path that has a bit of everything. And Sage, that is the magical kind of girl that appeals to all kinds of person because is everything at once.

About Riona, my last playthrough I played Josy/Maya branch, got chick affinity, and yet, at the Halloween party, Rio tried to make out with me. I stopped her advances and said to her that I was involved with someone else. This opened a conversation with her. And by the end of it, I got the feeling that Riona was starting to get more serious feelings for the MC. In other words, you may miss a lot of lewd content with the wild girls if you choose chick affinity, but that does not necessarily mean that some of them will not pick an interest on you at some point.