VN Ren'Py Being a DIK [v0.11.1] [DrPinkCake]

[funkymonkeyjedi]

So episodes 9-12, that 4 episodes at 20%. That's 4 x 20% = 80%.

Interlude = 10%.

Put them all together, 80% + 10% = 100%. Wait what?

How are you doing in school?

Hmm, I wonder if DPC is planning another 10% Interlude-like scene for a Spring break episode 12 or 13. Wouldn't that be dandy? I mean clearly everyone loved Ep9's interlude..

But seriously, I wouldn't put it passed DPC.

 

[katzenstreu]

I mean clearly everyone loved Ep9's interlude..

make interlude a stand alone with a few episodes and i would play it with passion.

 

[NebulousShooter]

I didn't bother cutting down all of the episodes, because that's how "suspense" work. Also I suspect that his earlier compilations are also filled with more stupid questions. And as I pointed out at the end of my reply, we're too close to the next update for me to even care a 'wittle' bit about them.

And I still don't get why you're getting so bent out of shape about my opinion on all of it. Why is this so damn personal to you?
Would me saying "oh you're right, your divine take on it is sublime, silly of me to question it and have my own opinions". Are you for real? or just having a bad week?

All this shit before you jumped in was all in good fun and banter, you seem to be fishing to elevate this to a whole new level of personal. Which I'm not going to do. Move on already, bro! Sheesh!

You took issue with people being disappointed with Ep9 plot development and said that they are wrong, then came my answer, thats how public forums work. Why were you so bent out of shape about people saying ep9 was garbage from anything other than a technical aspect?

 

[hakuna-matata]

make interlude a stand alone with a few episodes and i would play it with passion.

Yes, a Madame Rose interlude. It should depict a young girl's strange and erotic journey from Milan to Minsk.

 

[Bad Wolf]

You took issue with people being disappointed with Ep9 plot development and said that they are wrong, then came my answer, thats how public forums work. Why were you so bent out of shape about people saying ep9 was garbage from anything other than a technical aspect?

Well, he never gave me shit over it and I absolutely hated it. Maybe he just picks out the people outright talking shit and not just saying their opinions?

 

[VaderExMachina]

probable next render milestones for future episodes in S3:

EP11: 6000-6250
EP12: 6250-6500

I wouldn't be surprised if the very last episode (likely EP16) reaches or surpasses 10000 renders.

 

[funkymonkeyjedi]

You took issue with people being disappointed with Ep9 plot development and said that they are wrong, then came my answer, thats how public forums work. Why were you so bent out of shape about people saying ep9 was garbage from anything other than a technical aspect?

Of course it needed to be said. Because once again, like it or not, Ep9 did advance the story narrative. I look at the episodes objectively. I don't slam them because my personal LI path didn't progress. The game is larger than 1 single LI's story. So it's natural that some episodes won't affect some paths as much as others. but in later episodes that slack gets addressed. It always does. So short-sided complaints always get my attention. There are already enough immature users on here that just can't see passed their beloved LI, and can't be bothered to consume the product in it's entirety, and then sit there moaning about it constantly and consistently. THAT is where I have issues with.

There is a lot of shit I'd like to rehash about the game with my own complaints, but since it's been hashed to hell and back already, you can't find any of my complaints about the game anywhere. So constantly seeing users complain about "oh it didn't do anything for the story waaa waaa" everytime Ep9 is brought up for discussion, that shit got old real fucking fast. So if you're all for circle jerking eachother on something no one can do anything about, then expect me to step in and rub your face in it.

So the bottom line here is simple, neither of us holds the moral high-ground on this. Perhaps I could have put in more thought on the messaging I used. Ok, fine! But the core of the message was more than sound and required.

 

[PeopleCallMeSmile]

I mean clearly everyone loved Ep9's interlude

I mean, I played it as a preview for Ep 9 but it wasn't that necessary to put that many time of developement since it doesn't add something crucial to the plot(For now) and Ep 9 was kind of a let down to a big part of players so I don't think he's going to do something THAT stupid again, more knowing that it will delay future episodes developement.

 

[Takkatakka]

probable next render milestones for future episodes in S3:

EP11: 6000-6250
EP12: 6250-6500

I wouldn't be surprised if the very last episode (likely EP16) reaches or surpasses 10000 renders.

"Hi everbody,

DPC here and I have great news for you all. Since I now have the necessary computing power I decided that from Ep. 11
onward everything will be animated in 4k@60FPS, so there will be hardly any still renders left.

Thank you all for your amazing support in all those years and all future decades!"

 

[dalli_x]

My concern is the same, there are many "side quests" and the main story barely advances

That's why the "side quests" will be connected to the main story. The main story progresses through the side stories. It's just hard to see which direction our decisions will take us.

Example Jade. I wrote a long time ago that the MC shouldn't fuck with MILFs, because it can happen, so that one or another MILF could be the mother of an LI. It happened. This side story ties into the main story.

DPC himself wrote in his Q&A that decisions made in previous EPs will only have consequences later in the game. I assume that there will even be consequences for decisions made in EP1.

Spoiler: The best example is the new promo image

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[ReallyNotTimmy]

What was Vinnie doing / looking for in the mc's room?

Good question.

Obvious answer: That puzzle box the MC was fiddling with back in episode 8.



He found it when he was cleaning his room/Vinny’s old room, had it on his desk in plain sight, but in ep 9 Vinny stupidly thought the MC would consider it valuable like he did, and tossed the room looking for its hiding place. We still don’t know what’s in it. Maybe it’s Vinny’s horcrux.

 

[NebulousShooter]

"Hi everbody,

DPC here and I have great news for you all. Since I now have the necessary computing power I decided that from Ep. 11
onward everything will be animated in 4k@60FPS, so there will be hardly any still renders left.

Thank you all for your amazing support in all those years and all future decades!"

We all know Unreal Engine 5 migration is the next step.

 

[Ray_D]

Hmm, I wonder if DPC is planning another 10% Interlude-like scene for a Spring break episode 12 or 13. Wouldn't that be dandy? I mean clearly everyone loved Ep9's interlude..

But seriously, I wouldn't put it passed DPC.

certainly I adore the interlude was a masterpiece for the story worthy of an Oscar and acclaimed by Martin scorsese..

 

[Bad Wolf]

horcrux

What's that?

 

[ReallyNotTimmy]

Maybe it’s Vinny’s horcrux.

What's that?

Harry Potter reference. The series antagonist kept parts of his soul in containers called horcruxes so he could survive death; by destroying them, Harry destroyed him.

It’s a joke of course. Vinny’s more likely got something valuable but small in it, like a key or jewel.

 

[Bad Wolf]

Harry Potter reference.

Ah ok. That's why I didn't know. Thanks.

 

[bloodyasura]

I like all the girls. Well, not Becky. Becky’s a bit much.

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And not so much Madame Rose, who’s just a fancy expensive whore and not a valid relationship path (yet).

After I saw the word "serious relationship".
I crawled up to see if it was Joshy?

 

[funkymonkeyjedi]

Well, he never gave me shit over it and I absolutely hated it. Maybe he just picks out the people outright talking shit and not just saying their opinions?

Kind of ironic since just last night I was saying shit like; "good luck getting under my skin being this close to an update release".

I guess it wasn't that hard afterall.

 

[Ottoeight]

I mean, I played it as a preview for Ep 9 but it wasn't that necessary to put that many time of developement since it doesn't add something crucial to the plot(For now) and Ep 9 was kind of a let down to a big part of players so I don't think he's going to do something THAT stupid again, more knowing that it will delay future episodes developement.

The Interlude was made because DrPinkCake needed a vacation: that's what it was for.

Did he lose patrons after episode 9? nope.

Did he lose patrons after 11 months and a half? nope.

You can bet your ass that we will have another interlude. The real question is whether in season 3 or in season 4.

 

[ReallyNotTimmy]

There are already enough immature users on here that just can't see passed their beloved LI, and can't be bothered to consume the product in it's entirety, and then sit there moaning about it constantly and consistently. THAT is where I have issues with.

That’s something I have yet to understand. I have gamer friends who spend months on a new game, going through all the alternate paths and endings until they’ve fully exhausted the game. And I have gamer friends who play it once, and are done—and no, they didn’t rent the game from Redbox and have to return it the next day; they bought it. Spent the 70 bucks for Spider-Man 2, only to play it once.

Blows my mind. Dude, I watch movies I’ve bought, which have no alternate endings, more than once. But these guys are once-and-done.

Okay, so you might have a favorite LI, and have no interest in the others. Fine. But you’re not curious to see what those relationships look like, and how the storyline changes to accommodate them? How the main character changes to accommodate them? How they change too?—notably how Josy and Bella get more DIKish when the MC does. You can save your favorite timeline and go back to it; it’s not getting overwritten, as if there’s only one universe, Back to the Future style. Why not explore?

But some people are just that uncurious, I suppose.