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

[felicemastronzo]

Jill's designs are just too inconsistent. In some shots she looks like an absolute goddess, but in other ones, she looks like she had a few too many filler injections.

Doesn't help that she gets stuck as the boring, prudish, naive virgin princess. She was much hotter when she had that business-like confident queen vibe in season 1. Now she's a banana. Takes zero initiative. It's a shame, her model is so striking, unique and absolutely drop dead gorgeous when DPC nails it, but the character really got downgraded as the game progressed.

Maya, it doesn't matter how many different hairstyles he tries on her, just doesn't do it for me. Doesn't help that it always looks like sex with MC hurts for her, and the only reason she's in this arrangement is because of Josy.

Edit: and just being honest.... all things being equal, who actually enjoys playing the MC as a chick? Is it any surprise that the most popular girls are when the MC is aligned is a DIK? At least bella makes it somewhat worthwhile because her sex scenes are absolutely smoking hot, but jill is .....blah.

Unfortunately, Jill, as a reaction to Tybalt's blackmail, suffered a stroke or something like that that permanently impaired her cognitive abilities, from which point she became a parody of the already borderline (but for that all in all interesting) character she was up to that point.

from that point on very little of her story is saved, and that is not considering the problems DPC has with her model in making her take on any cheerful expressions.

Listen you little bitch, that 60 FPS is fucking worth it. Worth every second, worth every penny. If you don't like it, you can suck cum out of Troy's asshole

Just look at these beautiful works of art!

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God, seeing that zombie fall over makes me want to weep. Even better than that big bitch crawling over to get shot in the face!
And oh sweet Jesus, the pièce de résistance? Zoey running through the woods
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Piece of shit, coming at the king. DPC is love, DPC is life

we were very lucky that at the time of the long intro to chapter 9 we were not already at 60fps, otherwise we would still be waiting for Halloween

 

[Better Cock Spock]

Unfortunately, Jill, as a reaction to Tybalt's blackmail, suffered a stroke or something like that that permanently impaired her cognitive abilities, from which point she became a parody of the already borderline (but for that all in all interesting) character she was up to that point.

from that point on very little of her story is saved, and that is not considering the problems DPC has with her model in making her take on any cheerful expressions.



we were very lucky that at the time of the long intro to chapter 9 we were not already at 60fps, otherwise we would still be waiting for Halloween

It's almost as lucky that Episode 10 is only like half and half on the FPS. Cathy's lewd for example, switches back and forth between 30 and 60.

 

[felicemastronzo]

It's almost as lucky that Episode 10 is only like half and half on the FPS. Cathy's lewd for example, switches back and forth between 30 and 60.

by the way, there are animations that while “useful” from a narrative and “cinematic” point of view, in my opinion become highly counterproductive because they increase the perception of how fake everything is, instead of diminishing it.

in addition to Zoey's run, for example even the overview of the DIKs at the barbecue, look too much like animatronics, worsening the impression you would get with simple renders

 

[MilesEdgeworth]

Perhaps minigames is what his paying audience wants. If there was really that much of a dropoff, he'd be suffering financially, but it doesn't look like he is.

 

[shazba jnr]

And oh sweet Jesus, the pièce de résistance? Zoey running through the woods

The old DPC would have used a handful of renders to get her through the forest, and we would have had a single shot of her teary face, and we totally would have gotten the message. Instead, the fucking scene is ridiculed, detracting from the emotion, and what the fuck were we doing flying up through the tree?! He's fucking lost it, thinking he's some great art director while Zoey runs through the forest like she's done a shit in her pants...

 

[felicemastronzo]

Perhaps minigames is what his paying audience wants. If there was really that much of a dropoff, he'd be suffering financially, but it doesn't look like he is.

steam reports say that only a small fraction of players enable them

 

[Better Cock Spock]

by the way, there are animations that while “useful” from a narrative and “cinematic” point of view, in my opinion become highly counterproductive because they increase the perception of how fake everything is, instead of diminishing it.

in addition to Zoey's run, for example even the overview of the DIKs at the barbecue, look too much like animatronics, worsening the impression you would get with simple renders

Yeah they're like mannequins, especially when they're talking. It's weird though, because he's actually capable of more fluid animation. Like my zombie examples aren't that bad, despite ironically being zombies.

Then there's stuff like Yoga Girl(?) in that stupid movie being watched on Halloween.

Her falling and scurrying away is decent for 30FPS. Completely pointless of course, but I guess he's trying to flex?

The old DPC would have used a handful of renders to get her through the forest, and we would have had a single shot of her teary face, and we totally would have gotten the message. Instead, the fucking scene is ridiculed, detracting from the emotion, and what the fuck were we doing flying up through the tree?! He's fucking lost it, thinking he's some great art director while Zoey runs through the forest like she's done a shit in her pants...

Agreed. Bouncing back and forth between renders to simulate movement also had a comedic element, which was usually used well. But I'll admit, certain scenes play better with animation rather than a gif.

 

[JillybeanEnjoyer]

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My meme now.

 

[Bootyman92]

Jill's designs are just too inconsistent. In some shots she looks like an absolute goddess, but in other ones, she looks like she had a few too many filler injections.

Doesn't help that she gets stuck as the boring, prudish, naive virgin princess. She was much hotter when she had that business-like confident queen vibe in season 1. Now she's a banana. Takes zero initiative. It's a shame, her model is so striking, unique and absolutely drop dead gorgeous when DPC nails it, but the character really got downgraded as the game progressed.

Maya, it doesn't matter how many different hairstyles he tries on her, just doesn't do it for me. Doesn't help that it always looks like sex with MC hurts for her, and the only reason she's in this arrangement is because of Josy.

Edit: and just being honest.... all things being equal, who actually enjoys playing the MC as a chick? Is it any surprise that the most popular girls are when the MC is aligned is a DIK? At least bella makes it somewhat worthwhile because her sex scenes are absolutely smoking hot, but jill is .....blah.

Just say you don't enjoy vanilla sex, dude. It's not your cup of tea, but there's probably plenty of other guys who like those.

 

[JillybeanEnjoyer]

We all know who is DPC in this forum right Better Cock Spock
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That's what I'm saying!

It's all clear to me now...

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[Mordreut]

Both Josy and Maya are into MC far more then the other girl and they don't really hide it. To me the way things are going Josy and Maya are meant to break up and be with MC. If MC is balance with both girls I think that could let him keep dating both until he got to pick if you favor one then goes into solo with that girl. I don't think there would be a path where they both leave you one yes but not both

I think it's possible a Maya/Josy happy ending without breaking up. It will depend the plot after the whole father/tuition drama ends

Maya is not in to MC, she into anyone who give a fuck about her Tuition problem

So Maya will be fucking: Tremolo, Josy, Jill, Bella and Sage... It would be interesting

oops looks like DPC hates me now

Don't worry, DPC hate all F95zone users

it's ok his wife loves me

Now DPC probably kills Josy in episode 12 for that comment

I find it pretty funny that every time someone drops a reference to this part of the community, it's referred to as "That Forum" or "The Forum that shall not be named"

So.... We are now Voldemort, right?

 

[Chalk boss]

Listen you little bitch, that 60 FPS is fucking worth it. Worth every second, worth every penny. If you don't like it, you can suck cum out of Troy's asshole

Just look at these beautiful works of art!

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God, seeing that zombie fall over makes me want to weep. Even better than that big bitch crawling over to get shot in the face!
And oh sweet Jesus, the pièce de résistance? Zoey running through the woods
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Piece of shit, coming at the king. DPC is love, DPC is life

To be fair, these aren't the most complex animations. I don't think the rendering took very long. The lewd scenes with Bella and Nora took longer to render.

by the way, there are animations that while “useful” from a narrative and “cinematic” point of view, in my opinion become highly counterproductive because they increase the perception of how fake everything is, instead of diminishing it.

in addition to Zoey's run, for example even the overview of the DIKs at the barbecue, look too much like animatronics, worsening the impression you would get with simple renders

It remains to be seen why he's doing this.
1) He's too bored and tired of the game and so now he likes to create side things like animations or minigames.
2) He is trying to artificially extend the development time with new animations because he is subconsciously afraid that his next game will be unsuccessful and he will lose his income. Well or he is saving up for a house on the ocean and so until the house is not built he is going to milk his subscribers, pretending that everything is under control.
3) He's just interested in everything, he's like a child. He tried animations, he liked them and now he does them everywhere. He just likes creating mini-games and started adding them as much as possible.
Choose your option.

 

[felicemastronzo]

It remains to be seen why he's doing this.
1) He's too bored and tired of the game and so now he likes to create side things like animations or minigames.
2) He is trying to artificially extend the development time with new animations because he is subconsciously afraid that his next game will be unsuccessful and he will lose his income. Well or he is saving up for a house on the ocean and so until the house is not built he is going to milk his subscribers, pretending that everything is under control.
3) He's just interested in everything, he's like a child. He tried animations, he liked them and now he does them everywhere. He just likes creating mini-games and started adding them as much as possible.
Choose your option.

no one can know. my guess is that he is certainly not interested in shortening the production process, so he has invested all the advantage he would gain by improving the machines he works on on aspects that would have been prohibitive before.

it was probably something he was interested in and he took the opportunity, the problem is that I doubt he is really satisfied (some of them are just bad to me) so he will still work hard on them

 

[PickleSteve]

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And oh sweet Jesus, the pièce de résistance? Zoey running through the woods (...)

Hmm... I'm getting the idea you're not a great fan of DPC's ode to the 'Sir Digby Chicken Ceasar body cam shots' with Zoey...

Seriously though... I didn't mind it when playing the episode, but give it the same music and it would be a right laugh.

 

[ModiThorrson]

Jill's designs are just too inconsistent. In some shots she looks like an absolute goddess, but in other ones, she looks like she had a few too many filler injections.

Doesn't help that she gets stuck as the boring, prudish, naive virgin princess. She was much hotter when she had that business-like confident queen vibe in season 1. Now she's a banana. Takes zero initiative. It's a shame, her model is so striking, unique and absolutely drop dead gorgeous when DPC nails it, but the character really got downgraded as the game progressed.

Maya, it doesn't matter how many different hairstyles he tries on her, just doesn't do it for me. Doesn't help that it always looks like sex with MC hurts for her, and the only reason she's in this arrangement is because of Josy.

Edit: and just being honest.... all things being equal, who actually enjoys playing the MC as a chick? Is it any surprise that the most popular girls are when the MC is aligned is a DIK? At least bella makes it somewhat worthwhile because her sex scenes are absolutely smoking hot, but jill is .....blah.

Character proportion inconsistency is a very common issue across pretty much all the LIs, I've pointed out in the past that sage is a huge victim of this in a number of scenes.

I agree about Jill, she's hot in a number of scenes but the overly naive, insecure, and somewhat prudish personality she develops late in the path make her wholly undesirable to me.

I completely disagree about Maya here, it feels like when you did the throuple path you probably choose josy every time, maya develops a lot the more time you spend with her.

as for chick vs. dik it depends on what you are here for, if you're here for the fap, then sure dik is great for that, but if you enjoy the relationship based drama as well chick provides more of that. Personally I prefer playing neutral, even though it limits my options, but you feel like less of a pushover without being a complete ass to everyone.

 

[Mordreut]

To be fair, these aren't the most complex animations. I don't think the rendering took very long. The lewd scenes with Bella and Nora took longer to render.


It remains to be seen why he's doing this.
1) He's too bored and tired of the game and so now he likes to create side things like animations or minigames.
2) He is trying to artificially extend the development time with new animations because he is subconsciously afraid that his next game will be unsuccessful and he will lose his income. Well or he is saving up for a house on the ocean and so until the house is not built he is going to milk his subscribers, pretending that everything is under control.
3) He's just interested in everything, he's like a child. He tried animations, he liked them and now he does them everywhere. He just likes creating mini-games and started adding them as much as possible.
Choose your option.

I choose: 4) All of the above

as for chick vs. dik it depends on what you are here for, if you're here for the fap, then sure dik is great for that, but if you enjoy the relationship based drama as well chick provides more of that. Personally I prefer playing neutral, even though it limits my options, but you feel like less of a pushover without being a complete ass to everyone.

DIK path is the funny one, CHICK path is the romantic one, NEUTRAL path is the balanced one...

I currently have a full DIK other path a full neutral path for the each of the MG and a CHICK path for each of the MG girl until episode 8

 

[Jronvo]

One of the best games ive played.

 

[Darkwen]

nah, dpc lost Jojo, because she loves the yearly updates. Jojo is now Darkwen 's
#respect Jojo's feelings

I'm Mr Josy, any thing for my wife

 

[Darkwen]

I think it's possible a Maya/Josy happy ending without breaking up. It will depend the plot after the whole father/tuition drama ends


So Maya will be fucking: Tremolo, Josy, Jill, Bella and Sage... It would be interesting

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Don't worry, DPC hate all F95zone users



Now DPC probably kills Josy in episode 12 for that comment



So.... We are now Voldemort, right?

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Possible but I think the most likely thing to happen is Josy and Maya breaking up but that just my guess.

 

[Chalk boss]

By the way, I have a very risky opinion about ep 10.
I think it's one of the weakest episodes of the entire game.
I'll try to explain. I have a few reasons why I don't like it.
It's too long. Probably a lot of people like long episodes, but it's not only long, it's incredibly drawn out and boring.
The air party is probably the most boring in the entire game. It has no interactivity and all the variety is reduced to playing ping pong and choosing whether you eat the mushrooms or not. Otherwise you just talk to the characters and that's it.
Other than the party it has boring dialog. The dialog with Sage was like a job interview. She just talks about herself, even though she could have said that in ep5 and ep6. Why did she procrastinate so much until ep10? There's nothing special about that information.
A lot of the character development really disappointed me. Everyone loves Sage's branch, but what happened to Sage in ep10 could have happened in season 2. I guess DPС abruptly decided he should add depth to Sage and dumped everything on the player all at once. That's not good. If Sage had talked about her hobbies in ep4 for example, when MC slept over at Sage's house after breaking up with Josy and Maya, and then added something new in ep10, that would have been a normal development. It's the same as if Shadowheart only revealed that she can't swim and likes flowers in act 3 just before the finale.
Also, there's too much going on in this episode. Let's do the math. 1) Hidden cameras 2) Patrick and his relationship with Maya 3) Burke's backstory( why?) 4) DIK's photos 5) Riona's kidnapping 6) The grim ending at Bella's house.
Isn't that a bit much? The player literally has no time to catch their breath from such an abundance of events. Yoga is supposed to serve this purpose, but it's only one scene. Even at the party in the woods, the player is in suspense.
And of course there's too much cheap emotion in the game. Patrick's backstory, Burke's backstory, Josy running around with tears in her eyes..... It's all cheap emotion, kind of like anime. The game had cheap emotion before, but episode 10 has too much of it.
I need to replay the game again to refresh my impressions. But overall ep10 is much weaker in terms of plot and structure than any episode from season 2.