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

[Ray_D]

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This week, I tested unlocking all collectibles and found areas to fix. It was mostly bugs related to unlocking 2D art and some gallery issues that I worked on.

After that, I extended some of the content in Jill's and Sage's branches to give them extra love and attention. Next week, I will continue doing that with Bella's and Josy & Maya's branches. The Others branch will receive similar treatment the week after that.

They are few and far between, but I still find bugs when I play. Some bugs have a big effect on gameplay - like skipping through an entire free-roam event without doing it properly, showing an empty map screen with no places to teleport during free-roams, or messing up the save/load screen after playing a mini-game.

I'm also finding repeated sentences and phrases in the dialogue - these can be hard to spot as I've written almost 30,000 lines of code/dialogue for this episode, counting only the main dialogue files. But the bugs have been easy to fix. At this point, the hard part is finding them, as I have to play differently than I'm used to and try to break the game. I'm sure beta testers will find even more of these issues.

I plan to add bios to the episode soon. I've reached a point where I feel confident there will be no major changes to the episode. I've been testing the new Stats app changes this week and am very happy with how they work. I use this app more than I thought, and the Party Planner tab, particularly, is very useful.

The updated ETA for the animation queue after this week is ~18-19 days. There haven't been any speedbumps in rendering this week. Mid-November is still a promising target for beta testing and proofreading.

The remaining weekly status updates for episode 10 won't be big, but I still want to touch base with you weekly until beta testing starts. There's no shortage of work on my end, and when I feel like I need a break from testing, I will start planning the development of episode 11.

I have already started by adding content to existing mini-games for episode 11. The mini-game work for episode 11 will be much easier and faster compared to episode 10, as the shells to new mini-games were completed during episode 10 development, and all I have to do now is add more content.

Creating all these new features, which will now be re-used with ease, was part of what made episode 10's development take extra time. In less than two days ' work, I've already knocked out six mini-game updates for episode 11. That's six mini-games that are good to go for v0.11.0 right now. That tells me it was worth the time and energy I spent coding the backbone for everything this year. Streamlining the mini-games for the rest of Season 3, with some use in Season 4, has done much for the game's future development.

Have a nice weekend.

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[ChipLecsap]

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So ETA is basically December now...

I still hold the November 24. date

 

[ProxyGist]

I'm also finding repeated sentences and phrases in the dialogue - these can be hard to spot as I've written almost 30,000 lines of code/dialogue for this episode,

Interesting. 30,000 lines of dialog/code is a huge number. I don't remember how many there were in the last episode, but still at first glance it looks like the characters will be talking and talking a lot. Long dialog is one working way to stretch gameplay.

From 24-28 to 18-19 left in a week, thats promissing.

But I'm totally skeptical about his comments about his work on ep10 will help ep11. I mean, it will probably help but the update wont come out faster since he will probably increase the number of 60fps animations.

Or make an even bigger update in the best case scenario.

Lets hope Ep11 comes out in 2024.

Well if o has already started working on ep 11, I'd say the likelihood of ep 11 coming out in 2024 is high.

 

[D-ricky]

Development time to be a year plus from now on. This news lets me think back on the year of updates and posts that we've had in that time. To give an example, let's not forget about the CLONE SERIES that probably took some time away from development time

 

[ImSenjou]

I'm not even mad, I play with mods, I was already expecting to play only in 2024, January or February, it's the same for me...

 

[Arctic Crusader]

	MC	Sage	Maya	Josy	Jill	Derek	Isabella	Quinn	Tommy	Rusty	Zoey	Magnar	Jade	Riona	Lily	Sarah	Camila	Tybalt	Cathy	Nicole	Melanie
Words	146,783	21,933	21,904​	19,730​	19,299​	17,247​	16,730​	13,042​	12,622​	9,326​	9,322​	7,369​	7,008​	6,755​	5,151​	4,780​	4,396​	4,228​	3,653​	3,423​	2,503​
Avg Per Line	7.35	7.6​	6.91​	7​	7.21​	7.22​	6.82​	7.08​	8.54​	8.99​	9.64​	12.08​	8.22​	8.05​	7.54​	7.58​	7.29​	9.35​	8.74​	7.44​	6.47​

Interesting that Lily and Riona have made such an impact with so little screen time. Also interesting that Josy is the supposed chatterbox but is being outdone by Maya.

 

[ZT695]

That's six mini-games that are good to go for v0.11.0 right now. That tells me it was worth the time and energy I spent coding the backbone for everything this year. Streamlining the mini-games for the rest of Season 3, with some use in Season 4, has done much for the game's future development.

 

[Deleted member 6628651]

Well, DPC truly knows his priorities. Giving extra love and attention for two of the best girls in the game.

There are so many languages in this world but you chose to speak facts.

 

[Ottoeight]

Pretty much, the animations should finish rendering at 14-15/11, after the 2 weeks of Beta thats puts us at a 01/12 release.

I'd still say there is a small possibility for a release on 24/11, DPC has been testing the episode for quite some time after all, also the last beta didnt take 2 whole weeks.

We knew that it was going to be a december release since september when he told how many animations he still had to make. I have no idea why you are imagining a november release.

 

[Takkatakka]

Well, DPC truly knows his priorities. Giving extra love and attention for two of the best girls in the game.

I mean...he also wrote that he will do it with the others as well...

 

[keltboy]

guess I am slow a bit with memeing but what
ever

 

[magaclaawe]

Development time to be a year plus from now on. This news lets me think back on the year of updates and posts that we've had in that time. To give an example, let's not forget about the CLONE SERIES that probably took some time away from development time

True. He could have done some NTR or blacked series but he picked boring Clone series.

 

[Ray_D]

Well, changing the subject and leaving aside the desire we have to kill DPC for his creative decisions. what do you think about this new resource management mini-game, if I had to guess I would say that it would be used to put the money left over from the repairs of the mansion to good use.

 

[soprano31]

Sounds like we could get by the end of November

 

[KАRАMBA]

what do you think about this new resource management mini-game

I don't care.
I cheated with repairs of the mansion, and I will cheat in any new mini-game.

 

[felicemastronzo]

He has an acceptable release window in his head of probably anywhere between 10-14 months.

We will never see an update release in less than 10 months.

Time saved on one thing, he'll add to something else.

Boys got to get paid.

But beyond that there is a problem of proportion.

How much would this time saved on minigames be? 1-2 weeks? which is an absolutely minor amount of time that is literally "eaten up" by every other additive choice that DPC makes each in the course of development

takes away with the spoon (maybe), adds with the shovel

 

[Blueray]

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So ETA is basically December now...

i hope so be for Jan

 

[Darkwen]

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Ye of little faith but there is hope for a late November

side note first time I notice Josy nails most of the time I'm only looking at her face, tits, ass, pussy, naked body .. you get the idea I think

 

[Ray_D]

I don't care.
I cheated with repairs of the mansion, and I will cheat in any new mini-game.

well I can't complain I cheat too lol.

 

[Old Grumpy Wolf]

well I can't complain I cheat too lol.

I just turn them off and cheat differently.