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

[Taz423]

I wrote and made renders and animations for the big free-roam event this week, and I have three scenes left that need art before I'm finished with the big things of it. After that, I can write code, test it, work on details, place special renders, add phone content, etc.
But I have also focused on other areas of the episode and have been writing other story scenes this week.
After these few weeks, working on something else for a while will feel good. I mainly wrote scenes for Isabella and Riona but also playtested parts of the episode.
I have posed 3657 renders so far, and next week I will start working on animations to beef up my render queue, which is now down to 13 animations.
Riona will get a cosmetic poll that starts tomorrow. Here is a teaser of the options. The winning option will be featured in episode 10.

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Dr PinkCake​

I'm praying this update comes this year, cuz it doesnt look like it yet.

 

[felicemastronzo]

I'm praying this update comes this year, cuz it doesnt look like it yet.

Of course this year!! Maybe August, maybe October

 

[TangerineTango]

I'm praying this update comes this year, cuz it doesnt look like it yet.

Based on the previous development time of the other episodes and how it's increasing gradually, the likeliest would be somewhere around October. If you were to be optimistic, late September at best. But given how long coding, render times and writing may take, the worst case scenario would be in either November or December. Although, given the narrative implications right now. Releasing this in November would somehow make sense since the Last episode was set on Halloween. Don't take my word for it, I'm just doing mental maths here.

 

[KaiserST]

Based on the previous development time of the other episodes and how it's increasing gradually, the likeliest would be somewhere around October. If you were to be optimistic, late September at best. But given how long coding, render times and writing may take, the worst case scenario would be in either November or December. Although, given the narrative implications right now. Releasing this in November would somehow make sense since the Last episode was set on Halloween. Don't take my word for it, I'm just doing mental maths here.

I think you guys are being too pessimist, the new hardware is doing wonders on the renders/animations rendering as the last update has shown.

For me the update is coming late july at best and mid august at worst.

 

[Lovetities]

I think current updates news kinda indicate that update is halfway done considering big free roam, animations and minigames are mostly out of the way. Either it will release on August or September

 

[Darkwen]

I think you guys are being too pessimist, the new hardware is doing wonders on the renders/animations rendering as the last update has shown.

For me the update is coming late july at best and mid august at worst.

I agree late July and early to mid August seem very much in play right now

 

[Conor Adams]

I'm trying to complete a PT with zero chick choices & actions. I'm playing according to the walkthrough pinned above. but when I finish Episode 2. I end up with one chick action. it is so frustrating. I
tried 3/4 times with some different choices, and still it remains the same. Is it a bug or is there any error in the walkthrough.

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[Geralt From Rivia]

Based on the previous development time of the other episodes and how it's increasing gradually, the likeliest would be somewhere around October. If you were to be optimistic, late September at best. But given how long coding, render times and writing may take, the worst case scenario would be in either November or December. Although, given the narrative implications right now. Releasing this in November would somehow make sense since the Last episode was set on Halloween. Don't take my word for it, I'm just doing mental maths here.

It's been 5 months and 10 days in development and DPC has already done 3657 renders, that's 73% of the Ep.9 size, so that's too pessimistic. I see August as the most realistic scenario.

 

[PereFourreAss]

It's been 5 months and 10 days in development and DPC has already done 3657 renders, that's 73% of the Ep.9 size, so that's too pessimistic. I see August as the most realistic scenario.

That's not pessimistic, he's probably anticipating that DPC gets a new idea for a mini game and has to postpone to October

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

That's not pessimistic, he's probably anticipating that DPC gets a new idea for a mini game and has to postpone to October

For the game to be released in October, there needs to be more than one mini-game, the update must be huge. Incredibly huge...

How about a 5 minute detailed animation with Madame Rose?

 

[Joshy92]

Man I can't wait for the next update especially after that throuple ending in ep 9 it was so awesome.

 

[funkymonkeyjedi]

How about a 5 minute detailed animation with Madame Rose?

Oh GAWD no!
She's got worse looking skin than Maya has...

 

[TangerineTango]

whatever the release date is, one thing is certain. This update will be out first unlike the fabled update for summer time saga XD

 

[bratkoratko]

whatever the release date is, one thing is certain. This update will be out first versus whenever the fabled update for summer time saga comes XD

The fact those two were basically started at the same time is crazy lol, years later ocean still didn't even finish season 1 while dr cake gonna be 50% at season 3 in few months

 

[buggs]

I think you guys are being too pessimist, the new hardware is doing wonders on the renders/animations rendering as the last update has shown.

For me the update is coming late july at best and mid august at worst.

Pessimism never fails lol. DPC has had hardware upgrades before, but he has never shortened development time by more than a week. Literally. No exaggeration. His largest shortening was 6 days between episode 4 and 5. If the update were to come out in July that would be 2 whole months shorter. Can't really blame anyone for not expecting unprecedented advancements. August is the optimistic position.

Also, did the last update show the new hardware doing wonders on animation rendering? Last week the animation queue was 16 animations, this week it is 13...

 

[always86]

It's been 5 months and 10 days in development and DPC has already done 3657 renders, that's 73% of the Ep.9 size, so that's too pessimistic. I see August as the most realistic scenario.

That is only 3657 posed. At this point in Episode 9 dev in had 2823 rendered. So he is probably ahead by several hundred or 2-3 weeks.

He should have crossed 200 animations rendered now, but that is a bit speculative. That probably puts him about a month ahead in terms of animations for episode 9.

That all said I do tend to agree there is a good chance of it coming out in August. Artwork should come along more quickly in the second half of the dev period due to the new cards. Hopefully that can reduce the time by another few weeks. To get a release in August he needs to be 6 weeks quicker than episode 8. Which I think should be possible. Especially since the last episode had several development interuptions.

This week marks the same point in development that episode 7 released, and next week will match episode 6. To be the same timeframe as episode 8 we'd get a release on July 14th. If it's the same as episode 9 it would be October 6th. Without completed render numbers it's hard to made a forecast. I think August is more likely than October, but September is more likely that July.

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

That is only 3657 posed. At this point in Episode 9 dev in had 2823 rendered. So he is probably ahead by several hundred or 2-3 weeks.

He should have crossed 200 animations rendered now, but that is a bit speculative. That probably puts him about a month ahead in terms of animations for episode 9.

That all said I do tend to agree there is a good chance of it coming out in August. Artwork should come along more quickly in the second half of the dev period due to the new cards. Hopefully that can reduce the time by another few weeks. To get a release in August he needs to be 6 weeks quicker than episode 8. Which I think should be possible. Especially since the last episode had several development interuptions.

This week marks the same point in development that episode 7 released, and next week will match episode 6. To be the same timeframe as episode 8 we'd get a release on July 14th. If it's the same as episode 9 it would be October 6th. Without completed render numbers it's hard to made a forecast. I think August is more likely than October, but September is more likely that July.

July is generally extremely unlikely, I bet on new hardware in rendering speed, I think that it will not have a queue of static renders at all. Perhaps the queue of animations will also catch up with the speed of posing.

 

[I'm Canadian bub]

Also, did the last update show the new hardware doing wonders on animation rendering? Last week the animation queue was 16 animations, this week it is 13...

That count means the machines are rendering much faster, usually, he'd have upwards of 2 dozen (24+) in the queue. The fact that the number is smaller means the machines are rendering faster than he's creating them, which means far less of a wait time for animations unlike episodes 8 and 9. He doesn't have to worry about waiting to put the animations in the game anymore.

I think late July is a truly optimistic release date, with mid-September being the latest realistic release date. Any longer and DPC himself will become annoyed with how long he's taking to put it out.

 

[Jumbi]

Oh GAWD no!
She's got worse looking skin than Maya has...

I haven't met her in any of my plathroughs. And I stopped playing the game entirely weeks ago. I'm thinking that when I start new games to refresh my memory the weeks before the release of episode 10, I'm gonna take advantage of the hype and my appetite for the game and I'm gonna meet the madame at last. It can't be that bad... Right?

 

[Oliver Wendell Homely]

I haven't met her in any of my plathroughs. And I stopped playing the game entirely weeks ago. I'm thinking that when I start new games to refresh my memory the weeks before the release of episode 10, I'm gonna take advantage of the hype and my appetite for the game and I'm gonna meet the madame at last. It can't be that bad... Right?

No, it's not bad. In fact, she's actually a really hot milf, in my opinion. I think she's just a unexpected insert into this game, as she is a character we see or hear about in no other context and you have to shell out even more money to do anything with