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

[hakuna-matata]

Considering how long these waits have gotten, I really hate how 4 months were spent on that Interlude chapter that could have just been a cutscene.

It was fine but it dragged a bit and felt completely unconnected to the rest of the game.

It seems pretty clear to me that DPC decided to extend the storyline of the Interlude BECAUSE he was making a standalone episode and not for the sake of the story.

Bad call in retrospect imo. Those 4 months could have been spent better.

A quick cut scene would have been perfect. Zoey seems to be a cool character and I expected her return from drama purposes. We didn't need a story dedicated to her and her meth head, hepatitis, disease ridden, vermin infested friends.

 

[Darkwen]

btw, quinn is not part of the band.
*cough*side*cough*chick*cough*

Only main girls, plot devices don't count

 

[Cabin Fever]

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you know them?
i have taxes to collect from that sect.

 

[ProxyGist]

btw, quinn is not part of the band.
*cough*side*cough*chick*cough*

Quinn's a groupie.
Although it's weird because Josy's more of a groupie.

 

[chuck69]

Need something for that cough, man?

nah, he figured out that the more shit he talks, the harder quinn gags him with her strap on.
just close the door, walk away, and TRY not to judge

 

[Darkwen]

Although it's weird because Josy's more of a groupie.

Not at all, Maya is the groupie

 

[godkingxerxes]

btw, quinn is not part of the band.
*cough*side*cough*chick*cough*

Real talk, the band would look a lot better if it was Sage and the HOTs instead of the main girls.

The only girl other than Sage who looks like they belong is Josy.

 

[sampow]

A quick cut scene would have been perfect. Zoey seems to be a cool character and I expected her return from drama purposes. We didn't need a story dedicated to her and her meth head, hepatitis, disease ridden, vermin infested friends.

It's kinda moot though.

When it comes to how much time it took to make the Interlude , if you subtract the time he spent preparing Season 2 for Steam & GOG release, the Season 2 walkthrough, Christmas, the Q&A, and time recovering from COVID, the Interlude only took about a month and a half to make.

He's got animations that almost take that long to render now!

 

[chuck69]

Real talk, the band would look a lot better if it was Sage and the HOTs instead of the main girls.

The only girl other than Sage who looks like they belong is Josy.

it is kinda hard to imagine a punk rock group without quinn, lily, or rio

 

[djmouer69]

Hi, you know if episode 10 will be released soon ? I saw that it was announced in 2023...

 

[FlorenThanos Perez]

Considering how long these waits have gotten, I really hate how 4 months were spent on that Interlude chapter that could have just been a cutscene.

It was fine but it dragged a bit and felt completely unconnected to the rest of the game.

It seems pretty clear to me that DPC decided to extend the storyline of the Interlude BECAUSE he was making a standalone episode and not for the sake of the story.

Bad call in retrospect imo. Those 4 months could have been spent better.

Interlude could've been integrated at the start if episode 9 and perhaps didnt need as much storytelling as what we saw imo. Zoey's cool and all but Sage FTW

 

[godkingxerxes]

it is kinda hard to imagine a punk rock group without quinn, lily, or rio

Now that's pod racing.

 

[ReallyNotTimmy]

Once again, a “Scene that should have been there but wasn’t.”

 

[Oliver Wendell Homely]

Real talk, the band would look a lot better if it was Sage and the HOTs instead of the main girls.

The only girl other than Sage who looks like they belong is Josy.

Jill actually plays the piano, so to me she was a good choice.

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

I'll be optimistic again (I don't learn lessons nor in a hard way nor on practice).

EP11 - September '24 release If it was me 9 months ago I would say July, but no, DPC killed the most dare optimist in me.

Little explanation:

1. DPC went for a 2 weeks vacation this year.

2. DPC did a full upgrade of his rendering rigs AND added some new ones, all this almost took time, because he did that on himself. Buying, rebuilding old PCs / building new PCs, installing OS, testing them, copying all settings, setting up software, testing again, etc tooks a lot of time even if you are expirienced. Let's guess it was around and minimum 2 weeks too, in overall.

3. He still worked on new mini-games for a whole remaining S3 EPs and I bet most of them will remain in S4 as well. He didn't do a lot of mentioned above for EP9 and during EP9 dev cycle, except the party planner. Let's guess that it also took from 2 to 4 weeks of development.

If EP10 release date will be set at Dec, 1 then it means that current 10th Episode was in development for 11 months (16-Dec-23 was the EP9 release and we subtracting the 2 weeks vacation time from dev cycle).

Now I don't really believe that the disappeared need to develop new mini-games, as well as increased hardware performance can help a lot. Because the first is leveled by the ever-increasing complexity of coding and tracking all branches of the story, and the second, as it turned out, is leveled by 60 fps animations. I have no doubt that he will do 90% of the animations at 60 fps in all the following episodes, with the possible exception for sfw animations. In general, all lewd scenes at least. But still, the lack of the need to mess with mini-games and the well-established rendering capacities and capabilities and the lack of the need to do anything with hardware are encouraging and inspires some optimism. In fact, he can now really fully concentrate on creating a new episode. Therefore, all other things being equal, and if he does not decide to make 6500-7000 renderings and 400 animations for EP 11, then 9 months sounds dope and logical.

Be a realist, hope as optimist, prepare for worst as pessimist

I was just as optimistic as soon as I came here. But reality turned out to be full of disappointments, and I no longer rely on optimistic forecasts, knowing the DPC. He will always come up with something new to add, something that can be “improved” - not in the direction in which it is necessary. So you need to set aside at least a year for a new cycle.

 

[Takkatakka]

Real talk, the band would look a lot better if it was Sage and the HOTs instead of the main girls.

The only girl other than Sage who looks like they belong is Josy.

I mean...the obvious idea was that they would be the main LIs and not top pick the women from the game who would fit better into a punk band. Don't make a science out of it.

 

[hakuna-matata]

I was just as optimistic as soon as I came here. But reality turned out to be full of disappointments, and I no longer rely on optimistic forecasts, knowing the DPC. He will always come up with something new to add, something that can be “improved” - not in the dire
ction in which it is necessary. So you need to set aside at least a year for a new cycle.

Just thinking about the quality of the beer bottles turns me on!

How are you not like this? Perfectionist DPC making the beer bottles perfect

 

[Old Grumpy Wolf]

I was just as optimistic as soon as I came here. But reality turned out to be full of disappointments, and I no longer rely on optimistic forecasts, knowing the DPC. He will always come up with something new to add, something that can be “improved” - not in the direction in which it is necessary. So you need to set aside at least a year for a new cycle.

At least you youngins will be around long enough to grow old and frustrated with this. Dpc's great grandkid will probably finally say: "Fuck this shit!" and finally finish the game.

 

[godkingxerxes]

Jill actually plays the piano, so to me she was a good choice.

Ain't no piano in punk.

Seriously though, I like Jill in that render, she's in the background but she pops, unlike Maya who just blends into the drumset, can't tell her and drums apart, though both are filled with air.

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

Just thinking about the quality of the beer bottles turns me on!

How are you not like this? Perfectionist DPC making the beer bottles perfect
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Don't forget about the animation of opening a beer bottle at 60 FPS

At least you youngins will be around long enough to grow old and frustrated with this. Dpc's great grandkid will probably finally say: "Fuck this shit!" and finally finish the game.

I probably will be 40 when this game ends.