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

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Darkwen

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Roger-a-Dale said:
Ah, but the point is that he WOULD stalk her if she weren't fictional. He fictionally stalks her. If he has a shrine to Josy in his home, it should raise just as many concerns about his mental health as a shrine to Scarlett Johansson would.
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it not stalking if your living together:love::love:
 
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The Dick said:
On a serious note, I think Mr. DPC got a li'l lost about what to do with Sage. People say that "Jill changed, she wasn't supposed to be a virgin," but I say, no, she's been planned to be this way since the beginning. The reasons? Because there is a place in this game for every female archetype, thus, it'd have to have The Virgin. And what about Sage? I think Sage was planned to be something like a queen bee/leader of the cheering squad, who like jocks, and so on, but it happens that most players hate this kind of girl (e.g., Becky). I don't think she would be as mean and vapid as Becky, but, even so, it wouldn't work, so Mr. DPC had to change her but didn't know how to fit her into his archetypes scheme of things.
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The thing is, she never was. DPC takes a well-known approach in storytelling when characters turn out to be other than who they really are. They have a double bottom.
We see Sage at the beginning of the game as a spoiled brat. She demands a quid pro quo from MC in exchange for a guitar, she is obsessed by problems with Chad and is not involved in sorority work as a leader. She seems like a girl who is ready to sleep with the first dude she meets, because she is angry with her boyfriend, on suspicion of cheating.
But we see that she shows care about MC when he fought with the jocks, and Sage was afraid to show herself insensitive when she found out about his deceased mother. And that was before we fully saw the other side of Sage in Ep 7-8. Small hints for entire game.
Inside Sage is an introvert, but she acts like a party girl because she "keeps her shield up". She's really closed person and open true herself only for people she can trust.
 
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Geralt From Rivia said:
The thing is, she never was. DPC takes a well-known approach in storytelling when characters turn out to be other than who they really are. They have a double bottom.
We see Sage at the beginning of the game as a spoiled brat. She demands a quid pro quo from MC in exchange for a guitar, she is obsessed by problems with Chad and is not involved in sorority work as a leader. She seems like a girl who is ready to sleep with the first dude she meets, because she is angry with her boyfriend, on suspicion of cheating.
But we see that she shows care about MC when he fought with the jocks, and Sage was afraid to show herself insensitive when she found out about his deceased mother. And that was before we fully saw the other side of Sage in Ep 7-8. Small hints for entire game.
Inside Sage is an introvert, but she acts like a party girl because she "keeps her shield up". She's really closed person and open true herself only for people she can trust.
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I agree with most of it but disagree about the "acts as a party girl to keep her shield up", being a party girl is just part of her personality while she still can be a closed, smart and honest person with people shes close with. I dont see this as contradiction.

But i think its a important part of her personality, sage isnt faking stuff, shes confident to be herself at any time and no matter whos watching, she just has deep trust issues and doesnt like to talk about herself and her problems.

Otherwise i agree with everything and DPC enjoys to do this a lot, its exactly the same with Lily. When we first see her she kinda gives off dumb hot blonde bimbo vibes which she isnt at all. He enjoys to give us a wrong picture of the LI's at first and to subvert our expectations.

Zoey was kinda the same, when the MC told the story about her, painting her in a really bad and unlikeable light until we got more information about her decisions and time away.
 
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Krytax123 said:
I agree with most of it but disagree about the "acts as a party girl to keep her shield up", being a party girl is just part of her personality while she still can be a closed, smart and honest person with people shes close with. I dont see this as contradiction.

But i think its a important part of her personality, sage isnt faking stuff, shes confident to be herself at any time and no matter whos watching, she just has deep trust issues and doesnt like to talk about herself and her problems.
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She is balancing. And “keeps her shield to herself” means that she shows her true feelings only to close people. Consequences of upbringing in the Burke family.
Otherwise i agree with everything and DPC enjoys to do this a lot, its exactly the same with Lily. When we first see her she kinda gives off dumb hot blonde bimbo vibes which she isnt at all. He enjoys to give us a wrong picture of the LI's at first and to subvert our expectations.
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I still have my doubts about Lily. She is actually very smart and proactive, but this rolling “king and queen” is cringe as fuck.

Zoey was kinda the same, when the MC told the story about her, painting her in a really bad and unlikeable light until we got more information about her decisions and time away.
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This could have been handled better by focusing the Interlude more on MC/Zoey past relationship but overall I agree.

The Dick said:
Yeah. I agree with everything you say. My theory is only that it was unintentional, or better... It was intentional, but not from the beginning. I'm not here since the beginning, so, I'm just speculating, but I think interest in Sage was lukewarm, and DPC added to her personality to make her more interesting. Of course, we'll never know because he'll never confess, but I base this in two points: 1) my theory of DPC trying to fill every archetype possible in the game, so Sage had to be the cheerleader/queen bee; 2) the fact most characters in DPC's are kinda linear, with no arch, Sage being the exception among the main girls, and Quinn, opening up romantically to the MC, being the other. The other main girls? Most changes are only sexual: Jill losing virginity, Maya liking boys, Bella being able to fuck again, and Josy... Well... Josy being Josy. In the end, the result was good, but, unfortunately it didn't reflect in Sage's wardrobe :LOL:
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I'll tell you here, the one who was deliberately rewritten and broken as a character is Jill. Forced changes are visible here. In the first season, she is a sociable girl, has no social problems, and knows how to solve the problems she faces. Jill takes matters into her own hands and helps MC who is facing bullying, Jill effectively turns off Rusty, understands social cues, even notices that MC is using mimicry when they had a slight fight after the incident with Chad.
Season 2 - Jill is a socially awkward autistic until she pulls herself together and roasts Tybalt. Character was rewritten for an audience of fans of Disney princesses.

With Sage it is natural and gradually develops. Maya comes out of her shell step by step and becomes bolder and more relaxed. And we learn that Maya is much stronger than she seems, living in a personal hell and still not going crazy. Bella is still the main mystery of the game, her arc is The Door, Quinn shows a warm side but her character's endgame is unclear, and Josy...you're right. Just Josy.
 
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This week, I worked through a free-roam event and some other story scenes. I also wrote dialogue so that I could continue making the art in chronological order. As static renders were continuously being rendered, I had to do plenty of post-processing and spot rendering (the process involved in fixing clipping issues).

Today, I'm working on the art needed for scenes surrounding Brawler. Next week, I'll be working on canon scenes only and will likely stop working chronologically. There are some gaps in what's written, and I'd rather push on making art than write at the moment.

41 animation files and ~100 static renders are currently in the render queue.

In June, I'll take a few days off here and there, but I won't be taking any week-long vacations this year as I rather work. Even so, I wanted to mention that I won't be working 7-day weeks in June. As always, PCs will be rendering animations 24/7.

Patreon reward
In the fourth week of Art Day renders, it's time to show what the community came up with for Sage. I don't think I have to say what the request was for you to understand it.











Enjoy! Download the 4k and full HD versions from the attachments below. Next Friday will be the final part of the Art Day Patreon reward.

Have a nice weekend

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Being a DIK: Far from home:coffee: :HideThePain:
 
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