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

[Roger-a-Dale]

When will EP11 be out?

No official date given yet. I assume December and I think most of us agree on that.

 

[Abhai]

When will EP11 be out?

next year, around easter or so.
it has been 5+months, and hes finished around 1/3 of planned things, give or take a few.
based on that the update will take 15 months (at least), which is fine upgrade from v.10 which took a few months less.

ofc you are free to believe to "most of us" and their hope for this year december release
whatever floats your boat more

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

December is very optimistic, knowing the previous pattern, two months should be added to the development plan for the previous episode.
Only two episodes were released faster than the previous ones. And we have almost no data in this cycle. So early 2025 is possible.

 

[Roger-a-Dale]

Also is Bella related to Jill or Quinn?

Not by blood or law as far as we are aware.

Quinn is a student and Bella is the librarian. I don't think there is even the smallest hint of anything more than that. You could speculate that Bella's husband disappeared because he was mixed up in something illegal and that might have something to do with Quinn, but it is a massive stretch.

Jill and Bella are simply very close friends. How they got there is a mystery that I'd like to get answers to, but apparently that's all their relationship is.

 

[TREXrg]

Not by blood or law as far as we are aware.

Quinn is a student and Bella is the librarian. I don't think there is even the smallest hint of anything more than that. You could speculate that Bella's husband disappeared because he was mixed up in something illegal and that might have something to do with Quinn, but it is a massive stretch.

Jill and Bella are simply very close friends. How they got there is a mystery that I'd like to get answers to, but apparently that's all their relationship is.

ok thx

what i wonder is if Sage and Arieth are Related

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

I'm still holding up hope for December mostly because the progress in the animations this time around.

In 19/04 mentioned he was 60/70% done with posing animations, since then he posed around 25 more.

Considering that the EP will have around 310 animations, thats plus 7-8% progress and we are still in may.

Worse case scenario he is at 65% with the queue having less than 50 animations, probably 44 now, which should take less than 2 months to render.

The last cycle DPC also had a good pace, but in the second half everything slowed down. So, having the experience of two waiting cycles on the forum, now the third, I decided for myself don't have excessive hopes and set a big date in advance. And how it will be... when it comes out, then it come out.

 

[The Krogan Dude]

ok thx

what i wonder is if Sage and Arieth are Related

Why because they're both redheads ?

 

[TREXrg]

Why because they're both redheads ?

Sage is adoped
Arieth is unnone
and yes both are Redheads

 

[Roger-a-Dale]

ok thx

what i wonder is if Sage and Arieth are Related

Okay I'm going to list the relations we definitely know. I will include characters who are related by blood, marriage or adoption. I will not include people who are dating or people we merely speculate to be related. Please correct me if I leave someone out or misspell a name.

MC's biological parents are Neil and Lynette. Lynette is dead but her parents are apparently alive and assholes. We do not know their names. We do not know anything about Neil's parents.

Derek and Maya are fraternal twins. We've met their biological parents Patrick and Helen.

Josy and Tommy are step-siblings. We have met Josy's father Pete. We have not met Tommy's mother Monica or Josy's biological mother Iris, but we know their names. We know nothing about Tommy's biological father.

Jade and Stephen Burke are married (for now). Sage and Tybalt are their adopted children. The two are not blood related to each other. We do not know anything about their blood relations other than the last name Morgan that is significant to Sage.

We've met Jill's biological parents Geoff and Amelia. Her older sister Lana is dead.

Bella's parents are dead. Her husband James has disappeared and might be dead.

Zoey's biological mother is Allison and she is married to Zoey's step-father Floyd. We know nothing about Zoey's biological father.

Quinn's father Rox is dead. Buddy considers Quinn his family but there is no legal or blood relation.

Rusty's father has been mentioned, but not named.

Nicole (Envy) has a son called Marvin. She is not married to the boy's father Luke. We have not met either of them.

Pretty sure that's everyone we know about.

Edit: Forgot about Envy. Thanks for the reminder Krogan!

 

[iamcomming]

Megan was too much shoehorned into the story, you couldn't even avoid her scenes even if you wanted. DPC really learnt a lot from that project.

You can clearly see he did. There is no one that is forced upon you here. Sure, you need to interact with everyone at different points to keep the story moving. And as a result, I pretty much like everyone. (Lily is #1), but I love the romance paths, I love the friendship paths when playing other routes (especially Sage, as a lover or a friend she is awesome). Personally, I can enjoy it more when I decide who my MC is going to be with (that's just me, I realize other people like different ways of playing).

while i agree, he learnt, there are a few forced thing. and not for story like move out from troy or something. i notice 2 thing what was forced about girls and bother me
1 mc forced to destroy his duck buddy relationship with Sage - i really wanted keep Sage as duck buddy
2 if the player is on Jill path and play as dik (so she dont invite him to sushi), mc forced to give up without reason - when i played it, i didnt understand what the hell is wrong. i mean, there was 2 great date and dont got any other chance to be with Jill, so the whole thing and his inner thoughs looks to me wrong, while Maya and Jojo got scene where can accept or reject the mc

 

[The Krogan Dude]

Pretty sure that's everyone we know about.

Envy has a son named Marvin and the father is called Luke.

 

[Roger-a-Dale]

Envy has a son named Marvin and the father is called Luke.

Knew I forgot someone!

 

[Riaman]

while i agree, he learnt, there are a few forced thing. and not for story like move out from troy or something. i notice 2 thing what was forced about girls and bother me
1 mc forced to destroy his duck buddy relationship with Sage - i really wanted keep Sage as duck buddy
2 if the player is on Jill path and play as dik (so she dont invite him to sushi), mc forced to give up without reason - when i played it, i didnt understand what the hell is wrong. i mean, there was 2 great date and dont got any other chance to be with Jill, so the whole thing and his inner thoughs looks to me wrong, while Maya and Jojo got scene where can accept or reject the mc

Lmao your concerns are invalid, Episode 8 marks entering into relationships with MG, Why the fuck you would be fuck buddy with one MG and be in serious relationship with others, how would that work? Also in Sage's path, she is slowly getting to know her feelings for MC, You help a girl in time of need, be FWB obviously it would turn into a relationship like Sage path. She almost said "I love you" in ep 10.

Dik MC gets rejected, because he is too wild for Jill. Next time try a more nuanced Neutral MC. And Same for Quinn but in reverse she will always reject Boy scout Chick MC.

 

[Elduriel]

while i agree, he learnt, there are a few forced thing. and not for story like move out from troy or something. i notice 2 thing what was forced about girls and bother me
1 mc forced to destroy his duck buddy relationship with Sage - i really wanted keep Sage as duck buddy
2 if the player is on Jill path and play as dik (so she dont invite him to sushi), mc forced to give up without reason - when i played it, i didnt understand what the hell is wrong. i mean, there was 2 great date and dont got any other chance to be with Jill, so the whole thing and his inner thoughs looks to me wrong, while Maya and Jojo got scene where can accept or reject the mc

you can't have the cake and eat it too, man. If you choose a path at the end of Ep8 other than Sage, guess what happens. You won't be on the Sage path. Sounds harsh, right
As for Jill, she is a nice and proper girl, so guess what... an asshole(ish) and manwhore MC isn't going to be a good fit for her, it's completely in line with her character.

 

[iamcomming]

Lmao your concerns are invalid, Episode 8 marks entering into relationships with MG, Why the fuck you would be fuck buddy with one MG and be in serious relationship with others, how would that work? Also in Sage's path, she is slowly getting to know her feelings for MC, You help a girl in time of need, be FWB obviously it would turn into a relationship like Sage path. She almost said "I love you" in ep 10.

Dik MC gets rejected, because he is too wild for Jill. Next time try a more nuanced Neutral MC. And Same for Quinn but in reverse she will always reject Boy scout Chick MC.

sure sure, but i am on others path, so why not?
- i dont remember, Maya and Jojo would have asked for exclusivity, but maybe they did.
- with Balla cant have official relationship, so maybe she dont mind
i dont get rejection from Jill at the restaurant or somewhere else in 1-8ep, why?

 

[iamcomming]

you can't have the cake and eat it too, man. If you choose a path at the end of Ep8 other than Sage, guess what happens. You won't be on the Sage path. Sounds harsh, right
As for Jill, she is a nice and proper girl, so guess what... an asshole(ish) and manwhore MC isn't going to be a good fit for her, it's completely in line with her character.

Maya is a chick girl too and she got scene... did i say going to be a good fit?

 

[iamcomming]

Regardless of that, we probably still haven't reach halfway to the cycle and shouldnt expect the update before december.

maybe the update coming at chirsmas, because in the game will be snow

 

[Ray_D]

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I've worked on fairly big story scenes all week, chugging my way through the dialogue files and scenes chronologically.

I've mostly posed static renders and a couple of SFW animations. I've been working on canon story, Josy & Maya and Others branches.

Looking at my main dialogue file, I've made art for approximately half of what's currently written, meaning I have plenty left to do before I need to write again.

I feel I have a great flow since I can focus on one thing every day without worrying about the animation queue running out of files. Hopefully, this will lead to more previews for you guys soon.

Next week, I will likely work on a lesser free-roam event and more canon story scenes. Scrolling through the dialogue file, I have some upcoming fun scenes to create.

Patreon reward
It's the third week of the Art Day renders, and today, I'm sharing the ones I made of Josy and Lily.

The community request was akin to Lily showing Josy the ropes of working at the Pink Rose. After some polls about outfits, environments, and more, this is the result that the community helped me create.

Enjoy! Download the 4k and full HD versions from the attachments below.

Two more weeks of Art Day renders remain.

Have an awesome weekend!

Dr PinkCake​

this magic man and his friday riddles seem to have no end.

 

[Deleted member 6749138]

DPC gave us this in the 19/04 report.


Posed static renders 30-35%

Posed animations 60-70%

Dialogue/code 40-50%

After a month of work this should look a bit different, from what I could gather from all the reports there are still 3-4 lewd scenes left plus a lot of statics.

However, animation wise EP11 is probably over 70% posed.

Regardless of that, we probably still haven't reach halfway to the cycle and shouldnt expect the update before december.

How many in numbers you think ?

 

[DarkKiller]

- with Balla cant have official relationship, so maybe she dont mind

Balla immediately tells you to fuck off as soon as she finds out you messed around with Cathy, and in EP10 she's already looking like she can't lose fuckface to the point that if another girl steals him, Balla might stab her.
She's obviously not in it just for the sex, so Balla would definitely mind very much.