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

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buggs said:
I don't know if I can ever call a few days before a full year development cycle for an update that consists of 1/16th of a game "good news" lol. We're well past the stage of good news, we're basically getting to the point where no matter the date it's an utter embarrassment. Sorry, I know people here sound like a broken record complaining about the release date and I'm probably preaching to the choir, but I don't think people should ever stop criticizing how much of a perfectionist DPC is (to the detriment of efficiency and reasonability).
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There are good reasons for its long development time. First, it is branching and the large number of variables it has to keep track of. I don't know of any other game on this site that has that much variability. Secondly, the 60 fps animations were really rather unnecessary than necessary, but since he made the decision he made it. There's nothing you can do about it.
But yes we are at the point where releasing an episode once a year is already a good thing.
 
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godkingxerxes said:
You take away the perfectionism and the 60fps change, and all the others bells and whistles he adds.

With the sheer amount of renders/animations updates will always take time.

And sure he can do smaller updates but it will still take the same amount of time to get to the end.
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Putting aside the 60fps thing, it seems like it's mainly the animations that have held things up for Ep 10, Ep 9, and I think maybe even Ep 8 (probably remembering wrong, might have been the static renders for that one).

The question is, do we really need all those animations? Except for maybe the opening and maybe one other sequence, I barely noticed them in Ep 9. But that's just me. If DPC and the majority want them, then I guess it is what it is.
 
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godkingxerxes said:
Episode 11 I'm waging March 2025.
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That's not going to happen. It is not profitable for DPC itself. It has only updated the PCs towards the middle of development and will probably have updated systems from next year and therefore development MUST be faster. Not to mention it will save time on minigames.
I'm not saying it will speed up development time by much, but all it will do is allow him to stay within one year. But in the end, we're coming to the annual winter release of a new episode.
 
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ProxyGist said:
That's not going to happen. It is not profitable for DPC itself. It has only updated the PCs towards the middle of development and will probably have updated systems from next year and therefore development MUST be faster. Not to mention it will save time on minigames.
I'm not saying it will speed up development time by much, but all it will do is allow him to stay within one year. But in the end, we're coming to the annual winter release of a new episode.
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We also said 1 year is not possible, and yet here we are lol. I think he trained his audience on discord and patreon, so they will give him time. New tech isnt coming until 2025, so only thing he can really do is add more 4090's to his setup.
 
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The Japanese said:
Has anyone tried to a list with all possible routes (including combinations with non-main-LIs and also variations, like, "with Bella & broke Jill's Heart"/"with Bella & on good terms with Jill" or "with Sage & banged/dismissed Jade")? I was thinking about doing that but, if someone already did it, it would save me work...
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I did. I have a nasty disease - I am a Completionist. Cant help it, I must see everything. I went for a Casanova run (chasing all main girls) + bunch of others. I had a save, but my ssd went to shit, so I lost everything. It's what you expect - bunch of drama. You break girls hearts and Jade wants to kill you. Other girls such as Lilly and Nicole are just sad you cant fool around with them.
 
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Ekzou said:
If you do this, your dear Quinn will not forgive you.
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She won't forgive ?
So what ?
Nothing wrong.
If they kick me out of prison, I won't leave. 037 (1).gif
I will sing songs under the windows of the prison about my love for the Divine Quinn. 127.gif
She won't like it, I know. 042 (1).gif
But it's not my fault. 057 (1).gif
Because it's a crime to be so unimaginably beautiful. 019.gif
She'll have to get used to it. :cautious:
 
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Takkatakka said:
Technically you could but it makes little sense. It would be like starting a movie from the middle. You don't know the story, any of the characters and you'll have no idea what's going on.
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Plus you might accidentally wind up sleeping with Quinn.
 
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allanl9020142 said:
Putting aside the 60fps thing, it seems like it's mainly the animations that have held things up for Ep 10, Ep 9, and I think maybe even Ep 8 (probably remembering wrong, might have been the static renders for that one).

The question is, do we really need all those animations? Except for maybe the opening and maybe one other sequence, I barely noticed them in Ep 9. But that's just me. If DPC and the majority want them, then I guess it is what it is.
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Personally I don't see the need of them.

The opening to episode 9 while cool the first time, was skipped on later playthroughs.

And some of these larger animations takes time, if he cuts them out, the updates might take 9-10 months, which is far better.
 
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Darkwen said:
Sorry friend there maybe lots of clones and look -a-likes but I know the one true Josy and she is faithful and totally mine
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Obviously someone didn't like that I thanked the artists whose art I used and deleted (or actually deleted) two of my posts.
I didn't think I was violating the forum rules, but so be it, I'll take note. Too bad. :confused:
Of course I apologize to the moderators.
 
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Ekzou said:
Obviously someone didn't like that I thanked the artists whose art I used and deleted (or actually deleted) two of my posts.
I didn't think I was violating the forum rules, but so be it, I'll take note. Too bad. :confused:
Of course I apologize to the moderators.
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It has nothing to do with the artist that you are thanking,
fan art will be removed immediately...

Heaven on earth,the fiercest lust,
the wildest passion of two best friends who share the most delicious juices with each other :love::love::love:
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Ekzou said:
Thanks, but yes I know. I just didn't know that you couldn't post fan art here to illustrate a comment.
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If you're gonna post fan art in context of your post, just put the picture under a "spoiler"; that seems to be appreciated (otherwise this thread fills would start to fill up with fan art when there's another thread for that).

Also don't call DPC a cunt, that doesn't seem to go down well either (just talking from personal experience...) :whistle:


lipe2410 said:
Nice, but i rather have my Nicole without Lily (or anyone else) between us ;)
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Really? I found choosing between those two girls a difficult choice. My mc stayed up all night deciding...

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godkingxerxes said:
Personally I don't see the need of them.

The opening to episode 9 while cool the first time, was skipped on later playthroughs.

And some of these larger animations takes time, if he cuts them out, the updates might take 9-10 months, which is far better.
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100%, man. 9 to 10 months is definitely more manageable. It's marginal but I mean it's an improvement. Especially when you have people already floating predictions for 2025 regarding Ep 11. Joke or not, that's just depressing.

Regarding the complex story branches, etc. someone else mentioned, it seems like he has most of it down by the time the 7th month comes around. After that, it seems like most of weekly reports just talk about the enormous render/animation queue. Not saying this is true at all. It's just the general sentiment I feel about his timelines.
 
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The Japanese said:
Has anyone tried to a list with all possible routes (including combinations with non-main-LIs and also variations, like, "with Bella & broke Jill's Heart"/"with Bella & on good terms with Jill" or "with Sage & banged/dismissed Jade")? I was thinking about doing that but, if someone already did it, it would save me work...
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I did make a list but I don't think it's really worth all the time spent just to see slight variations. Were you going to play all those possible combinations? I haven't hammered out all the details but it's like over 20 possible runs for me.

DPC out here really just making me develop OCD with all the different variations. (Seriously, there's even a slight scene variation for Sally. There's A LOT and I don't think the walk through even covers a lot of it outside of the main LIs.)
 
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