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

[Geralt From Rivia]

DPC hyped the hell out of episode 9. You would have thought a new season of GOT was being released with the amount of hype he was spewing. It ended up being a colossal disappointment. I was sitting there thinking "This is it? This is what I waited over a year for? I took a day off from work for this?"

It's sad that it was a disappointment for you, as well as for some. I already told felice that I liked the episode, but it's not one of my favorites, I like Ep 7 and 8 more.
My main criticism:
1. Too little scenery, this episode lacked variety. Almost all events take place at the DIK party. I felt locked in.
2. Little progress on the script.
3. Visual flaws. (Such as chrome teeth for example. I know that these are reflections in DAZ, can be fixed in Ps) But post-processing takes more time, no one wants it to be delayed for another month or two.

I really wonder what will take shorter developement time. Next Cyberpunk game or the last episode of the last season powered by 6090s

Half-Life 3

 

[PereFourreAss]

DPC hyped the hell out of episode 9. You would have thought a new season of GOT was being released with the amount of hype he was spewing. It ended up being a colossal disappointment. I was sitting there thinking "This is it? This is what I waited over a year for? I took a day off from work for this?"

It's just like movies, I was not around much during the development so I missed the hype, and I liked the episode x)

 

[QWareZ]

It's sad that it was a disappointment for you, as well as for some. I already told felice that I liked the episode, but it's not one of my favorites, I like Ep 7 and 8 more.
My main criticism:
1. Too little scenery, this episode lacked variety. Almost all events take place at the DIK party. I felt locked in.
2. Little progress on the script.
3. Visual flaws. (Such as chrome teeth for example. I know that these are reflections in DAZ, can be fixed in Ps) But post-processing takes more time, no one wants it to be delayed for another month or two.

1. I took it as a theme and didn't mind it that much, provided it's one time thing. Maybe it would have been better to move the retrospective parts before the party (it might feel a bit better)?
2. My biggest issue would be the script but not because of the lack of progress. I didn't like MC's handling of Zoey's return and the nail in the coffin was Vinny.
3. I haven't noticed the chrome teeth. Speaking of which, for me it were Jill's smiles. It seems that she has a passable smile unless she shows her teeth.

 

[Oliver Wendell Homely]

Remember he often praised Ep. 9 before release during development? Then the episode was not liked by everyone.

DPC likes the episodes for different reasons than many players do. DPC likes being able to show off cinematic features, such as long animations and new lighting effects, for example. He's proud of new minigames. All of those elements are awesome, but they're not what draw most players to the game. I mean, I wouldn't expect DPC to say he fapped really hard at a new Jill scene or that a new lewd scene with Quinn is going to make us rock hard. That's not how he operates.

Having said that, I thought episode 9 was great. My only real disappointment was that because almost all of the episode was the Halloween party, there wasn't as much variety between playthroughs as we typically see in other episodes.

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

DPC likes the episodes for different reasons than many players do. DPC likes being able to show off cinematic features, such as long animations and new lighting effects, for example. He's proud of new minigames. All of those elements are awesome, but they're not what draw most players to the game. I mean, I wouldn't expect DPC to say he fapped really hard at a new Jill scene or that a new lewd scene with Quinn is going to make us rock hard. That's not how he operates.

Having said that, I thought episode 9 was great. My only real disappointment was that because almost all of the episode was the Halloween party, there wasn't as much variety between playthroughs as we typically see in other episodes.

Man follows his vision completely and 12-13 thousand patrons + top 250 during Steam release is proof that he is basically doing the right thing. Some people are always disappointed with something and that's okay, it's impossible to please absolutely everyone.

 

[PereFourreAss]

DPC likes the episodes for different reasons than many players do. DPC likes being able to show off cinematic features, such as long animations and new lighting effects, for example. He's proud of new minigames. All of those elements are awesome, but they're not what draw most players to the game. I mean, I wouldn't expect DPC to say he fapped really hard at a new Jill scene or that a new lewd scene with Quinn is going to make us rock hard. That's not how he operates.

Having said that, I thought episode 9 was great. My only real disappointment was that because almost all of the episode was the Halloween party, there wasn't as much variety between playthroughs as we typically see in other episodes.

Yeah that's the main problem, episodes should have a change of scenery like school/campus/outside etc, it was lacking a bit here also the fact that it all takes place during one night (with a few flashbacks) give us a (sometimes) false impression of stagnation.

There was a lot of character development tho, we got to see other sides of LIs and even side girls (Great episode for Riona, Lily, Nicole, Zoey)

The DPC humor was still there and we also got our villain

 

[Arctic Crusader]

My biggest criticism of Episode 9 is how repetitive the free roam is when you're playing multiple paths. The same tasks need to be completed on every play through, so after you've figured it out once it becomes tedious to go through the motions every time to see what little path specific content there is.

I think it will shake out pretty well as part of the bigger picture when you're playing one path from beginning to end, but as an isolated episode it was pretty lackluster for a lot of people.

 

[Hahn1900]

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Thanks for sharing this.

Early on, at march i thaught, maybe July would be very optimistic and august kinda realistic for a release... well in may i kinda corrected my view and thaught it will be late august with good will or september... but even september feels unrealistic now. Still long animations to go and 24 in the queue... which will take at least another month to render. But he isnt done yet and there will be more. He mentioned some numbers a while ago, where he stated to be at "70%", but i think he is still at 70% and his guess wasnt really accurate. Looking back, he is now at 7 months development time for this episode, last one took about 9, this one will too take 9 months at least, so much is clear. But it seems it will take even more time, cause DPC isnt able to hold himself back a little.

Its was crystal clear that the branching will become an issue sooner or later... and i thaught episode 9 would be a good opportunity to close SOME of them. But instead, we got even more branching, and not just some, there were a lot of new branches... Riona, Lily, Envy, Quinn, The "others" route pretty much got splitted into at least 5 different branches now. And on top of that there are multiple zoey branches too, a clear hint towards a Josy solo route, Bella/Jill is branched a lot now too.

This alone would be enough already...but DPC can handle those branches, he has prooved that a lot. But on top of that he just wents overboard with so much unnecessary stuff. Especially animations. At the end of the game we will get a nearly fully animated finale if it goes on like this. (and iam pretty sure its one of the biggest whishes of DPC to do that, but its just not possible for a renpy game)

I really hope he can scratch some branches after episode 10 and doesnt start anything new there... just making progress. The pregnancy thing for arieth was another really unnecessary thing, at least its not a plot with branching.

Episode 9 didnt had much progress for any plot, not even for the relationships, not that much at least... it was jsut a filler episode, and he cant affort to do another one now. Ep 10 has to deliver a lot of progress in so many plots now to get back on track, hopefully he can deliver that.

But i dont like the development progress so far, in april it looked so good, but he clearly slowed down or got sidetracked with to much unnecessary stuff for the game (i think the latter is the case) and overall, waiting 9 or more months for an episode which could be delivered in 6 or 7 if he would just do a little less animations is annoying as fuck.

Well, it looks like we will get some "thanksgiving" and "winter" impressions in the episode, and iam pretty sure he aimed to release episode 9 back in october last year, but couldnt get there. With thanksgiving coming to being a dik, i have a feeling... now he will deliver the episode in november. And he will put even more stuff into it than originally planned. At the end, it will be a huge episode regarding "numbers" i would bet we will reach nearly 6000 renders in the end. and about 350 animations or even more. My gut tells me, at the start of the development for ep 9 he aimed maybe for an July/august release, but realised soon he will not get there, and now doesnt care anymore and is just putting more and more stuff in the episode which could easily go without i guess.

Lets hope ep 10 will get the most "progress" out of all episodes so far, cause it has too. And that it will be better than ep 9, i think most people will agree that ep9 was enjoyable but felt more like a huge waste of time regarding progress. This cant happen again.

 

[MrBenny]

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Well, I guess in other words she took a shit. And now is in a situation.

 

[RandoCard3]

Thanks. Yeah, two or three would have been my choice. It feels like four won because it shows more ass cheek.

 

[sandora85]

Hi everyone I need to find the name a soundtrack while play ep9 blackout part if somebody knows I will very appreciated.

 

[DaMeltz69]

Christ, I really wish he hadn't done that stupid Interlude.

 

[OFT]

Sharing more goings on from the Discord server.

A lot of people have been close to rioting from a lack of a proper Sage preview for Episode 10, and the crowd on Discord is no exception.

One member made a demand for Sage directly to DPC, and the good doctor provided as the good doctor generally does.

A Discord semi-Exclusive Sage Preview:

Spoiler: Tasty

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[sampow]

Thanks for sharing this.

Early on, at march i thaught, maybe July would be very optimistic and august kinda realistic for a release... well in may i kinda corrected my view and thaught it will be late august with good will or september... but even september feels unrealistic now. Still long animations to go and 24 in the queue... which will take at least another month to render. But he isnt done yet and there will be more. He mentioned some numbers a while ago, where he stated to be at "70%", but i think he is still at 70% and his guess wasnt really accurate. Looking back, he is now at 7 months development time for this episode, last one took about 9, this one will too take 9 months at least, so much is clear. But it seems it will take even more time, cause DPC isnt able to hold himself back a little.

Its was crystal clear that the branching will become an issue sooner or later... and i thaught episode 9 would be a good opportunity to close SOME of them. But instead, we got even more branching, and not just some, there were a lot of new branches... Riona, Lily, Envy, Quinn, The "others" route pretty much got splitted into at least 5 different branches now. And on top of that there are multiple zoey branches too, a clear hint towards a Josy solo route, Bella/Jill is branched a lot now too.

This alone would be enough already...but DPC can handle those branches, he has prooved that a lot. But on top of that he just wents overboard with so much unnecessary stuff. Especially animations. At the end of the game we will get a nearly fully animated finale if it goes on like this. (and iam pretty sure its one of the biggest whishes of DPC to do that, but its just not possible for a renpy game)

I really hope he can scratch some branches after episode 10 and doesnt start anything new there... just making progress. The pregnancy thing for arieth was another really unnecessary thing, at least its not a plot with branching.

Episode 9 didnt had much progress for any plot, not even for the relationships, not that much at least... it was jsut a filler episode, and he cant affort to do another one now. Ep 10 has to deliver a lot of progress in so many plots now to get back on track, hopefully he can deliver that.

But i dont like the development progress so far, in april it looked so good, but he clearly slowed down or got sidetracked with to much unnecessary stuff for the game (i think the latter is the case) and overall, waiting 9 or more months for an episode which could be delivered in 6 or 7 if he would just do a little less animations is annoying as fuck.

Well, it looks like we will get some "thanksgiving" and "winter" impressions in the episode, and iam pretty sure he aimed to release episode 9 back in october last year, but couldnt get there. With thanksgiving coming to being a dik, i have a feeling... now he will deliver the episode in november. And he will put even more stuff into it than originally planned. At the end, it will be a huge episode regarding "numbers" i would bet we will reach nearly 6000 renders in the end. and about 350 animations or even more. My gut tells me, at the start of the development for ep 9 he aimed maybe for an July/august release, but realised soon he will not get there, and now doesnt care anymore and is just putting more and more stuff in the episode which could easily go without i guess.

Lets hope ep 10 will get the most "progress" out of all episodes so far, cause it has too. And that it will be better than ep 9, i think most people will agree that ep9 was enjoyable but felt more like a huge waste of time regarding progress. This cant happen again.

So I’ve been hanging out on this website for almost 3 years, and when I found this game, I got obsessed, but in reality, it’s just a game. A really good one, but still, just a game.

Waiting for each episode can be gruelling, but that’s our problem, not the developers.

At the end of this game’s development, DPC will be seriously proud of his creation, and he will have created one of the best AVNs out there.

All those “unnecessary” additions, plot lines etc., are what will further elevate this game above the infinite piles of shit that pollute this genre.

I’m not “waiting” for episodes anymore, my obsession with this game has waned, so now I just pop in occasionally to see what’s up.

When the next episode comes out, I’ll definitely play it, but if it comes out tomorrow, or in a year’s time, so be it.

COVID is long over and life is back to normal, so hanging out for a porn game episode release probably shouldn’t be a priority.

 

[Lethal Flourish]

Sharing more goings on from the Discord server.

A lot of people have been close to rioting from a lack of a proper Sage preview for Episode 10, and the crowd on Discord is no exception.

One member made a demand for Sage directly to DPC, and the good doctor provided as the good doctor generally does.

A Discord semi-Exclusive Sage Preview:

Spoiler: Tasty

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Now he's just being a dik

 

[Zane Truesdale]

Meh, I was hoping for 2nd or 3rd option on Sage's pool. But whatever, it's Sage anyway

 

[ProxyGist]

Thanks for sharing this.

Early on, at march i thaught, maybe July would be very optimistic and august kinda realistic for a release... well in may i kinda corrected my view and thaught it will be late august with good will or september... but even september feels unrealistic now. Still long animations to go and 24 in the queue... which will take at least another month to render. But he isnt done yet and there will be more. He mentioned some numbers a while ago, where he stated to be at "70%", but i think he is still at 70% and his guess wasnt really accurate. Looking back, he is now at 7 months development time for this episode, last one took about 9, this one will too take 9 months at least, so much is clear. But it seems it will take even more time, cause DPC isnt able to hold himself back a little.

Its was crystal clear that the branching will become an issue sooner or later... and i thaught episode 9 would be a good opportunity to close SOME of them. But instead, we got even more branching, and not just some, there were a lot of new branches... Riona, Lily, Envy, Quinn, The "others" route pretty much got splitted into at least 5 different branches now. And on top of that there are multiple zoey branches too, a clear hint towards a Josy solo route, Bella/Jill is branched a lot now too.

This alone would be enough already...but DPC can handle those branches, he has prooved that a lot. But on top of that he just wents overboard with so much unnecessary stuff. Especially animations. At the end of the game we will get a nearly fully animated finale if it goes on like this. (and iam pretty sure its one of the biggest whishes of DPC to do that, but its just not possible for a renpy game)

I really hope he can scratch some branches after episode 10 and doesnt start anything new there... just making progress. The pregnancy thing for arieth was another really unnecessary thing, at least its not a plot with branching.

Episode 9 didnt had much progress for any plot, not even for the relationships, not that much at least... it was jsut a filler episode, and he cant affort to do another one now. Ep 10 has to deliver a lot of progress in so many plots now to get back on track, hopefully he can deliver that.

But i dont like the development progress so far, in april it looked so good, but he clearly slowed down or got sidetracked with to much unnecessary stuff for the game (i think the latter is the case) and overall, waiting 9 or more months for an episode which could be delivered in 6 or 7 if he would just do a little less animations is annoying as fuck.

Well, it looks like we will get some "thanksgiving" and "winter" impressions in the episode, and iam pretty sure he aimed to release episode 9 back in october last year, but couldnt get there. With thanksgiving coming to being a dik, i have a feeling... now he will deliver the episode in november. And he will put even more stuff into it than originally planned. At the end, it will be a huge episode regarding "numbers" i would bet we will reach nearly 6000 renders in the end. and about 350 animations or even more. My gut tells me, at the start of the development for ep 9 he aimed maybe for an July/august release, but realised soon he will not get there, and now doesnt care anymore and is just putting more and more stuff in the episode which could easily go without i guess.

Lets hope ep 10 will get the most "progress" out of all episodes so far, cause it has too. And that it will be better than ep 9, i think most people will agree that ep9 was enjoyable but felt more like a huge waste of time regarding progress. This cant happen again.

I'm really wondering if there's some sort of development time limit on DPC. It's already taking 9 months to do one chapter, which means the next chapter will be out in 10 months and the finale only a year later. Then it turns out in the future episode 13 and 14 will be developed over a year and a half, which seems absolutely fantastic. I don't remember any developer in this genre doing one chapter for a year and a half. That seems like nonsense. If he launches this, he may do the finale of the whole game at all for 2 whole years.
This guy has no editor or control whatsoever. If all game developers followed his principle, it would take over 10 years for one game to come out. Just add whatever you want. Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way. Keep only the important stuff, remove everything unnecessary.
On the other hand this status update gave us little information other than nothing burned. He's been out practically all week testing the game and so there's no progress. Probably the next update will be more accurate. It's too early to draw such far-reaching conclusions. But in general I agree with you.

 

[KАRАMBA]

Sharing more goings on from the Discord server.

A lot of people have been close to rioting from a lack of a proper Sage preview for Episode 10, and the crowd on Discord is no exception.

One member made a demand for Sage directly to DPC, and the good doctor provided as the good doctor generally does.

A Discord semi-Exclusive Sage Preview:

Spoiler: Tasty

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It looks like Pink Cake likes to make fun of his flock. Well, not the worst way to relieve stress.

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

Sharing more goings on from the Discord server.

A lot of people have been close to rioting from a lack of a proper Sage preview for Episode 10, and the crowd on Discord is no exception.

One member made a demand for Sage directly to DPC, and the good doctor provided as the good doctor generally does.

A Discord semi-Exclusive Sage Preview:

Spoiler: Tasty

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Lol! What a troll

 

[TremoloBD992]

So I’ve been hanging out on this website for almost 3 years, and when I found this game, I got obsessed, but in reality, it’s just a game. A really good one, but still, just a game.

Waiting for each episode can be gruelling, but that’s our problem, not the developers.

At the end of this game’s development, DPC will be seriously proud of his creation, and he will have created one of the best AVNs out there.

All those “unnecessary” additions, plot lines etc., are what will further elevate this game above the infinite piles of shit that pollute this genre.

I’m not “waiting” for episodes anymore, my obsession with this game has waned, so now I just pop in occasionally to see what’s up.

When the next episode comes out, I’ll definitely play it, but if it comes out tomorrow, or in a year’s time, so be it.

COVID is long over and life is back to normal, so hanging out for a porn game episode release probably shouldn’t be a priority.

Yes , porn game shouldnt be the center of your life but - a lot of guys that play game now maybe wont have the interest or time or something else in 2-3 years time , im 30 years old - i love the story , love the models and love realism of this game ( girls are not lusty braindead whores , mc need to try hard to get some girl , and mc is regular joe in the way of thinking not in the way of looks but his look is also possible to achieve ) but if this take more than 5 years to finish i dont know will i be interested in porn games in that time ( i discover avns in begining of 2022 and to be honest beside this and 2 more games i find them boring now , so if this keep going on and he have episodes like ep9 with small amount of story ill maybe just give up )
i understand that he have amazing money from subscriptions and he dont want to , how we say in my country , "kill the cow for meat when he get milk everyday" - he want to get as much money as he can and patreon ( as onlyfans also ) is amazing in that cause for some "pocket money" you get to see a lot and it looks like bargain , but put a lot of guys like you and creator have amazing money for something he wouldnt have if there wasnt patreon and onlyfans