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

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NewTricks

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Crusader of Romance said:
The math ones were the standard IQ tests and logic tests, and at least here in Sweden you need to learn them to do the required test to get into a university. But sure, like much we learn in school, they don't have much practice IRL, it's more about training your brain to get better at logic.
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I had to do similar tests for the exam to get into the military, but that was only to determine which terrible job to assign me to. Like if I was smart enough to count bullets in the supply room or they should just make me pump gas at the service station. These are supposed to be first-year college classes and you should be past the baby blocks and tiddlywinks. The English classes should be made up of actual literature and composition while the math classes should be at least dealing with trigonometry and calculus. Don't get me started on the rudderless meandering small group discussions in the Gender Studies class. Burgermaster & Royce is a deplorable diploma mill.
 
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NewTricks said:
I had to do similar tests for the exam to get into the military, but that was only to determine which terrible job to assign me to. Like if I was smart enough to count bullets in the supply room or they should just make me pump gas at the service station. These are supposed to be first-year college classes and you should be past the baby blocks and tiddlywinks. The English classes should be made up of actual literature and composition while the math classes should be at least dealing with trigonometry and calculus. Don't get me started on the rudderless meandering small group discussions in the Gender Studies class. Burgermaster & Royce is a deplorable diploma mill.
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Imagine if you had to read a few chapters of a book and answer questions about it after, to progress in this game. And having to do actual trigonometry and calculus. :ROFLMAO:
I agree about the Gender Studies class, as funny as it can be, could also have been more interesting. It could have been a way to determine part of the MC's character.
 
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Crusader of Romance said:
Imagine if you had to read a few chapters of a book and answer questions about it after, to progress in this game. And having to do actual trigonometry and calculus. :ROFLMAO:
I agree about the Gender Studies class, as funny as it can be, could also have been more interesting. It could have been a way to determine part of the MC's character.
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Don't. Give. The. Man. Ideas!!!
He's watching. I can feel it. He's watching..
 
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The Dick said:
I feel the same as you (or almost) about mini-games. They (or some of them) create a good immersion. The problem is, by the 5th~10th run (everyone has their limit; I think mine was around that) you can't stand them anymore. Also, this is about those games that mix into the story. Those games that you do on the cell just to get money are fun for a while, but they tend to get boring even earlier than others. Also, whether you like 'em or not, I think they break immersion. For instance, picture the scene: you're crashing the preppies party and, lo-and-behold, you stop to play Brawler and the puzzle game to make some money. It makes no sense, right? I wish there could be a middle-way: 1) play only the immersive games and skip the ones just for money; 2) have some persistent variable that allows you to skip the immersive games once you've beat 'em if you want to.

My 50 cents to DPC improve his game (or to some modder implement 'em).
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DPC is not open to any feedback from his paying partons, let alone from here.

The easiest way to get rid of the minigames on the second run is to cheat by tampering the variables either using URM or by console, or to decompile the code and changing just the returned value with a constant :HideThePain:

If a lamer like me can do it, anyone can.

The real trouble is how to fast forward the huge free roams on the second run.
That would require a mod by someone with professional programming skills.

(And it would probably be a hell to program, otherwise Sancho or Scrappy would have done it)
 
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The Dick said:
I feel the same as you (or almost) about mini-games. They (or some of them) create a good immersion. The problem is, by the 5th~10th run (everyone has their limit; I think mine was around that) you can't stand them anymore. Also, this is about those games that mix into the story. Those games that you do on the cell just to get money are fun for a while, but they tend to get boring even earlier than others. Also, whether you like 'em or not, I think they break immersion. For instance, picture the scene: you're crashing the preppies party and, lo-and-behold, you stop to play Brawler and the puzzle game to make some money. It makes no sense, right? I wish there could be a middle-way: 1) play only the immersive games and skip the ones just for money; 2) have some persistent variable that allows you to skip the immersive games once you've beat 'em if you want to.

My 50 cents to DPC improve his game (or to some modder implement 'em).
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I agree, there should be a way to turn off some of the mini-games, not just all of them. And a way to do it during a playthrough, not just when starting.
 
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Night Hacker said:
I respectfully disagree. Different opinions, they're a bitch.

Anyhow, this is off topic. I disliked the ending, because he wrote the characters and story well. That is what is called my opinion. Like it or not.
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hey, completely fine. i never intended to change your opinion. i just wanted make a statement that by disliking the ending i sure as hell didn't subliminally complimented his writing.
 
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Krytax123 said:
It depends imo

Management games and something like the brawler are fine(ish) and can indeed add something to the story.

But anything puzzle-like or the english, math or new tests are entirely useless, people who like to play these kind of minigames/quiz/puzzles can do this all over online or whereever, why do they have to be in an avn, when development times suck already in this genre anyway? :cautious:
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People can like the early 2000's internet IQ test minigames that DPC can't stop flexing, sure that's taste albeit a shit one. But anyone who defends those DPC's minigames is definitely missing a chromosome.
 
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Gunizz said:
Sorry, but how outsourcing the animations to a skilled/professional CGI artist could possibly result in having worse animations? I mean, current animations in BaD are mediocre, not even among the average in VN market, and they suck if you compare them to what most CGI artists have been doing in the last 6 years (at least). Those people use Blender/Maya or other pro software. DPC has got better hardware than anyone else, probably, but the final result is not really that great.

Outsourcing the writing, the coding or managing other aspects could damage the quality, that I agree, but the aspect that makes development so slow - animations - could be made by others. Resulting in shorter development time and much higher quality (maybe too much, everyone will notice the difference with the rest of the CGI).

Obviosly this will never happen and we know it, he'll never hire people, so it's useless to insist in this argument. But stating that it will be a detrimental move for us it's using the wrong argument.
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Which VNs has the best animations in your opinion? For me, Being a DIK actually has the best animations so far. But I've only played a handful or so (BaD, Eternum, Milfy City. Midnight Paradise, Treasure of Nadia, The Genesis Order and... Cross something... Roads? Realms?).
 
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Are we gonna have next episode at new year? cause in the last chapter it just started snowing and the action most likely takes place in november or december
 
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