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

[shazba jnr]

What s point of adding "Interlude" episode when Zoey came to MC,shared emotional upbeat, instead making Interlude as aditional episode (creatively done with 2D picture narration from Zoey's while met MC and that could have been helped Prof.PC to progress in S3 and probably, he would have been done with one more episode of S3!

Actually, he wouldn't. He made Interlude while working on porting the game to the new system. He couldn't make any new episodes until that was done so fans would have had to wait regardless, the only difference would have been that they would have nothing at all.
It was also a way for him to test the new system, and try some new things and experiment.

Okay as you said, it means, Prof. had made "Interlude"before starting working on S3 so fans won't get bored playing some additional saga of Zoey! Hope, you got my point.But,there was no need of "Interlude". I have seen many views from fans, some were not liking it and some were skipping "Interlude"!!you could realised why? It s because fans were eagerly waiting for the game, what they left in S2 and what s next they could play(content) in S3!

That discussion is completely useless, the interlude was always in the plans and BAK is a one man show, so what he wants goes.

As long as he is pulling that much money, DPC will do whatever he wants.

Plus, the interlude added around 4 months of wait time, considering how the game still needs years before its completed, it really isn't much in the bigger picture.

Would I skip the interdule? Sure, but the player opinion really doesn't matter for DPC, specially our as pirates.

He wasn't porting the game, only making the season 2 Steam release, a process that lasted around a month at worst.

No he wouldn't, the interlude is like 1/5 the size of a current update, the schedule would be like 4 months ahead, so we would be getting EP 11 in the next weeks instead of the next months.

It would be nice, but its DPC decision in the end.

The Interlude was timed appropriately (at the centre of the story, typically where Interludes traditionally fall), it also filled in the gaps of what had been happening with Zoey since her breakup with the mc, and placing more weight on her character than would have been if she just showed up. It also gave DPC a bit of a break, working on something a little different, which may have been cathartic after having spent almost three years flat out on the game already.

That said, players on this forum worked themselves into a rabid frenzy of hate for Zoey because:

1. No one wanted a new LI this late into the story (except they wanted Bianca the second they saw her drooling for the mc at the concert, and they wanted Yoga Girl, also knows as Carol-Lyn from this day forth, from only a handful of renders...)
2. The mc had literally just committed himself to a girl at the end of the last episode (unless you chose the "Others" path, which we all did, so this point is a little moot) and they were afraid she was gonna throw a spanner into the works.
3. She has blue hair and people have issues with that, possible an extension of the smurf from AL.
4. People already hated her for leaving the mc in the first place because said people have abandonment issues due to their mommies not holding them enough when they were little.
5. People didn't want 1 second spent away from developing the main story, and this was definitely quite a lot of time away from developing the main story.

But actually, the Interlude wasn't that bad. Compared to other games here (like 98%), it has a combination of good graphics, being told well, having a unique interface, having good music, and superb minigames (ok, I lied about that last one...) It's just people didn't want it in the first place, so they were significantly bias against it.

Also, even though the time between Episode 8 being released and the Interlude being released was roughly 15 weeks, that time also included:

• Bug fixes for episode 8.
• Walkthrough for episode 8.
• Christmas.
• New Year
• Season 2 release on Steam
• Both seasons release on GOG
• Another Q&A.
• DPC getting COVID
• Development/testing of the pre-requisite import logic between seasons.

The actual core Interlude work was only about a month and a half.

And all that said and done, when Zoey did show up in episode 9, people actually liked her (I mean the players, yeah the DIKs liked her too). She was chill, low key, and didn't start causing problems at all. The mc doesn't even know where he stands with her just yet. It's pretty cool.

Although, this animation probably delayed episode 10 by a month!

 

[dimshit]

Which one first Being a Dik or GTAVI ??

 

[Master5043]

Just another developer milking the cash cow. Went from three-four updates in a year all the way to one. Doubt you'll even see this one this year. They aren't much better than his original updates or longer so that tells me exactly whats going on. Dudes using all the money to vacation instead well giving supporters scraps. Much better games out there and developers to support who won't leave you feeling ripped off.

 

[shazba jnr]

This game was never more than 2 updates a year. The current updates are approximately 3 or 4 times bigger than the first episodes. Other games update 4 times a year but have half the content over those 4 updates that one episode of this game has.

DPC is milking, his decision to move from 30 to 60 FPS on animations was solely to increase development time, it offers nothing more to the story, his constant making new minigames and tinkering with the existent minigames is exasperating. There's plenty of things to be annoyed by without blatantly lying in all three points that you made.

I dunno about that.

Episodes 1, 2 & 3 were released in 2019. Episodes 4, 5 & 6 were released in 2020.

But as you say, the rest of the dude's posts is bs.

The 30 to 60 fps conversion didn't actually result in slower development, because it coincided with his new graphics cards arriving and he commented that it was faster doing 60fps on the new hardware compared to 30fps on the old. The real issue is he just keeps created more, and longer animations. The animations are literally taking months to complete.

Minigames... I guess the new Brawler is ok if it's gonna actually matter to the plot (for when the mc takes down Caleb). But the fucking spelling and maths games... why did he even imagine they needed a revamp? And I totally keep forgetting there's a fucking fish feeding game. Fuck, if I keep rolling my eyes I'm gonna get a headache!

 

[Don Sucio]

Which one first Being a Dik or GTVI ??

Always the other option, GTA6 won´t be out neveeer

 

[Crusader of Romance]

Okay as you said, it means, Prof. had made "Interlude"before starting working on S3 so fans won't get bored playing some additional saga of Zoey! Hope, you got my point.But,there was no need of "Interlude". I have seen many views from fans, some were not liking it and some were skipping "Interlude"!!you could realised why? It s because fans were eagerly waiting for the game, what they left in S2 and what s next they could play(content) in S3!

So you would rather not have nothing than Interlude, is that what you are saying?

Just another developer milking the cash cow. Went from three-four updates in a year all the way to one. Doubt you'll even see this one this year. They aren't much better than his original updates or longer so that tells me exactly whats going on. Dudes using all the money to vacation instead well giving supporters scraps. Much better games out there and developers to support who won't leave you feeling ripped off.

The episodes also became larger and of higher quality. If you don't like high quality content then there are plenty of fast and easy porn games to play.

He wasn't porting the game, only making the season 2 Steam release, a process that lasted around a month at worst.

Don't you remember we had to transfer a save to the new system? We had to make a special save at the end of episode 8 to transfer to season 3, because of the new system. You can't load episode 1-8 saves in episode 9. He cleaned up the code and rewrote some of it. The longer a game like this gets, the easier it is to get bugs. The different choices and paths get tangled.

 

[Crusader of Romance]

I dunno about that.

Episodes 1, 2 & 3 were released in 2019. Episodes 4, 5 & 6 were released in 2020.

But as you say, the rest of the dude's posts is bs.

The 30 to 60 fps conversion didn't actually result in slower development, because it coincided with his new graphics cards arriving and he commented that it was faster doing 60fps on the new hardware compared to 30fps on the old. The real issue is he just keeps created more, and longer animations. The animations are literally taking months to complete.

Minigames... I guess the new Brawler is ok if it's gonna actually matter to the plot (for when the mc takes down Caleb). But the fucking spelling and maths games... why did he even imagine they needed a revamp? And I totally keep forgetting there's a fucking fish feeding game. Fuck, if I keep rolling my eyes I'm gonna get a headache!

This is his pride and joy, I can understand why he wants it to look its best and be its best. He's even thinking about remastering season 1 when he's finished because he feels it doesn't look as good. To many, this is just a porn game, but to him, this is life's work. People who are asking the guy to not make it the best he can and to just release it as quickly as possible, don't understand how much this game means to him.


Also, some people actually enjoy the mini-games. I do. And it's something he enjoys creating with his wife, I don't see any problem with it. You can turn it off.

 

[funkymonkeyjedi]

Wow, this garbage is starting early this year. It won't be pretty in november if this stupid crap keeps up.

 

[ModiThorrson]

Wow, this garbage is starting early this year. It won't be pretty in november if this stupid crap keeps up.

OH OH is it time for tier lists again? FUN

 

[ModiThorrson]

Uh oh comments slowed down...I can feel the tier lists being made already!

 

[Darkwen]

Did you use the secret move of Maya to Josy but instead of dessert you said Alady???

It secret move so I can't say what it is but Josy loves it

Alady Alady

 

[TonyMurray]

OH OH is it time for tier lists again? FUN

Uh oh comments slowed down...I can feel the tier lists being made already!

No, that was last week.

 

[bubedy]

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  File "game/season2/scripts/episode5/header_ep5.rpy", line 134, in <module>
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NameError: name 'name' is not defined

how do u fix this unless you have run season 1-2 and then apply the patch

 

[JillybeanEnjoyer]

will next update come this year or nah?

Try next decade.

 

[Better Cock Spock]

I love that no one in the history of this thread has ever called that old cow a manatee before...

But seriously...

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...She's not that cute.

Aren't manatees just sea cows?

That said, players on this forum worked themselves into a rabid frenzy of hate for Zoey because:

1. No one wanted a new LI this late into the story (except they wanted Bianca the second they saw her drooling for the mc at the concert, and they wanted Yoga Girl, also knows as Carol-Lyn from this day forth, from only a handful of renders...)

Never. Her name could be just Carol, that's alright, but not Carol-Lyn. Maybe even Caroline, but not your stupid spelling of it

 

[MiltonPowers]

Aren't manatees just sea cows?

Sea cow, land cow, air cow. No matter what she's a cow. But I do really like the 'oily manatee' reference.

Never. Her name could be just Carol, that's alright, but not Carol-Lyn. Maybe even Caroline, but not your stupid spelling of it

There is no way Yoga Girl has any name with a hyphen in it.

 

[Better Cock Spock]

Sea cow, land cow, air cow. No matter what she's a cow. But I do really like the 'oily manatee' reference.



There is no way Yoga Girl has any name with a hyphen in it.

Yeah "oily manatee" was great lmao. And the only way Yoga Girl's name ever has a hyphen in it is we take each other's names when we get married

 

[JillybeanEnjoyer]

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Stealing this...

 

[MiltonPowers]

Yeah "oily manatee" was great lmao. And the only way Yoga Girl's name ever has a hyphen in it is we take each other's names when we get married

We need to use 'oily manatee' every time she is mentioned till it catches on.

Yoga Girl-Powers has a nice ring to it.

 

[Better Cock Spock]

We need to use 'oily manatee' every time she is mentioned till it catches on.

Yoga Girl-Powers has a nice ring to it.