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Even more than hiring someone to help with development what DPC really needs is an editor. I would agree that he has managed to take on a host of task in this development, but that's not where the problem is. There are some really good things in BaDIK, writing and design. But it's buried under a ton of bloat. DPC has no self control as a creator.View attachment 3732133
B-but the bottle!
I don't know what to make of DPC. He wants full control of Being a DIK, which I can understand even beyond not wanting to share the money. He's gotten a lot fancier with camera movements, more cinematic shots and editing, most people don't like the barrage of minigames but it's impressive he's doing it all himself. Plus all the coding, writing, creating variations of scenes based on choice whether big or small, music selection and now composition too. He's essentially a jack of all trades, master of none.
But he refuses to budge in certain areas. He won't give Maya the visual update she so desperately needs, fix the chrome teeth, multiple characters have Jill face, he is going crazy with the animations but total shit like Zoey running through the woods is apparently good enough to be in the final product. Outside of one single scene that the majority of players will not ever see, Madame Rose is useless and wastes precious dev time, I don't care how quickly he finishes her scenes. This new "Josy is a basic bitch" plotline, I feel, is a bad attempt to give her something outside of Maya or MC. She's an extremely social girl who has no trouble making new friends, but not having a hobby is eating away at her? She has to fucking Google "hobbies for young girls" because she really has no idea? Maybe if we learn that she's really insecure not just about her height and speaking up when she has a problem, but she also has anxiety or an inferiority complex or something, then perhaps it could work but right now I don't buy it.
I guess I would say he has an artistic temperament, and I know some people would laugh at the idea of BADIK being art or DPC being called an artist, but both are true in the technical sense. I'm not saying he's the da Vinci of AVNs and this is the Mona Lisa (who and what even would be?), but he is creating something that can be beautiful at times, invokes strong emotions, has an above-average quality at minimum, and characters that ocassionally feel real. He created this small world that thousands of people enjoy, and it's not an exaggeration to say that he does work hard. His priorities are just unbalanced.
As far as Josy, we have seen insights into her insecurities. Specifically in ep5 if you are not on the M&J path and choose to support Josy when she meets her Dad, and then choose to help her carry her bags, you get a scene that gives you some insight into her character (or lack there of).