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

[Gunizz]

The difference between DPC and others is that they are in unequal positions. DPC has an almost unlimited budget, it can buy music with a license of 100-500 dollars per song, while others cannot. He can spend $1000 dollars a month on assets while others can't. He can buy the most expensive equipment and not limit himself in rendering quality, others are forced to create average quality renders due to small budgets. As a result, games with a story, world, and characters much better than DPC's end up unnoticed.

I agree that his budget is not comparable with the rest of AVN developers, but DPC's rendering quality is totally average. Because budget does not influence rendering quality that much. Quality is not related to the quantity of GPUs you have. In fact there is plenty of developers with a single card that make better quality renderings, just look at other VNs, fan art or sites like DeviantArt. The aspect probably nobody can compete with him is quantity. Nobody outputs so much in the same time.
To achieve better quality he should pose more carefully, deal with problems, choose better lights and so on. That's independent of the number of cards and depends on human work (time and skills). Obviously a 4060 forces some limits and a 4090 facilitates a lot, but a single 4090 is also what DPC uses to pose and render static images. So the other developers are not in disadvantage regarding image quality, that's why DPC's renderings are often plagued with errors (most people do not even care about them, BTW).
While his skills on storytelling are better than average and do not depend on the hardware. Writing scenes and minigames also takes a lot of time and GPUs are not helping him in that.

The renderspeed will increase very much. Cause all the hardware is now only rendering animations.

How can a single 4090 "increase very much the renderspeed" when he has several 4090s? At least 4 because he states he's rendering 4 animations at the same time, an animation can be split on more than one PC, so at least he has four PCs (he has more, for sure). Adding 1/4 of GPU power increases very much, HOW? It that a Ferrari 4090 card?

The bigger lewd animations should be done, late january is still not off the table

Please stop, this is so embarrassing.

And the majority of the beta testing can start even before the last animations are done. Basically he is already doing that. Played the episode several times and is polishing now. This will take maybe 2 weeks now and all the while the remaining animations will render.

NO. He always release the Beta version for testing only when everything is completed and inserted into the game. Polishing IS NOT Beta testing. Beta testing is done by other people (that give feedback to him). You are just walking in a fantasy world and spreading lies.

 

[Steuan]

I think the no Lily lewd in the tent was deliberate. DPC was showing that Lily and MC are indeed in a relationship. Being able to just spoon and sleep without sex like any other couple.

Bangin' inside a tent is the best way to build a healthy relationship if you ask me

 

[MiltonPowers]

Bangin' inside a tent is the best way to build a healthy relationship if you ask me

You're analyzing the situation with the wrong head.
(Perfectly understandable when Lily's involved).

 

[saynotoNTR]

Bangin' inside a tent is the best way to build a healthy relationship if you ask me

Oh, yeah! We saw how well that worked out for Maya and Josy in the flashback in EP.4. Pretty damn healthy considering Josy is dying to cheat on Maya (if MC is not on M&J route)!

 

[L1m1tl3ss]

And I can lift 500 lbs I just don't want to

Ain't that the truth.

 

[Hahn1900]

I agree that his budget is not comparable with the rest of AVN developers, but DPC's rendering quality is totally average. Because budget does not influence rendering quality that much. Quality is not related to the quantity of GPUs you have. In fact there is plenty of developers with a single card that make better quality renderings, just look at other VNs, fan art or sites like DeviantArt. The aspect probably nobody can compete with him is quantity. Nobody outputs so much in the same time.
To achieve better quality he should pose more carefully, deal with problems, choose better lights and so on. That's independent of the number of cards and depends on human work (time and skills). Obviously a 4060 forces some limits and a 4090 facilitates a lot, but a single 4090 is also what DPC uses to pose and render static images. So the other developers are not in disadvantage regarding image quality, that's why DPC's renderings are often plagued with errors (most people do not even care about them, BTW).
While his skills on storytelling are better than average and do not depend on the hardware. Writing scenes and minigames also takes a lot of time and GPUs are not helping him in that.


How can a single 4090 "increase very much the renderspeed" when he has several 4090s? At least 4 because he states he's rendering 4 animations at the same time, an animation can be split on more than one PC, so at least he has four PCs (he has more, for sure). Adding 1/4 of GPU power increases very much, HOW? It that a Ferrari 4090 card?


Please stop, this is so embarrassing.


NO. He always release the Beta version for testing only when everything is completed and inserted into the game. Polishing IS NOT Beta testing. Beta testing is done by other people (that give feedback to him). You are just walking in a fantasy world and spreading lies.

You like ripping posts appart and dont even answer to a whole sentence do you?

At least two PCs werent rendering animations the last time he posted something about the queue, so... yeah speed will increase, and still you dont know nothing about how "big" the animations are. Which will be the major factor how fast they can render besides the hardware. Other than that, last DEV Cycle in the last month the animation render speed was nearly doubled... magic? *shrugs*

And i never said "polishing" IS "beta testing"... i said he does "basically" beta testing his game already... if you like counting peas, you could say he is alpha testing, whatever... but if you want to hang yourself on some "phrasing" be my guest, it gets boring.

Oh for the "embarrassing" part... mid february is not embarrassing its reasonable, the embarrassing part is ripping off the whole sentence and just pointing out that i said that even late january is not completely "off the table" without mentioning that my guess would be around valentines day...

So... you can live in your world of fiction alone buddy.

And thats it, bless the ignore option. Have a nice new year... or not, i dont care. Enough time was wasted on you. *wave*

 

[bigdick289]

Honestly it’s not a big exaggeration at this point. She doesn't come across as just a side girl like Sarah or Mel do. The last two episodes if you’re on Others and a Quinn, Riona, Lily or Nicole fan their content doesn't feel less satisfying on their mini branch and it feels like Fuckface is actually heading somewhere with them. Riona was a highlight of Ep10 for example and if you choose to "roll" with Lily she's a girlfriend in that episode in all but name.

DPC committed to the Others path in a big way. It isn’t a throwaway source of lewd scenes. Quinn, Riona, Nicole and Lily in particular are treated well on it.

Imo it feels like there’s 4 layers of characters now.


Main Girls (Their own branches, exclusive relationship possible and all hooked into Maya's story)

- Bella
- Jill
- Josy
- Maya
- Sage

Important side Girls (side girls that have their own little path and seem to be heading towards a relationship)

- Lily
- Nicole
- Nora
- Quinn
- Riona
- Zoey (I'm presuming here)
- Probably Cathy as well since she has a path variable

Side Girls (Reoccurring scenes and/or friends but seemingly no relationship or route)

- Camila
- Heather (I'm presuming she has more scenes coming)
- Jade
- Mel
- Sandy
- Sarah

Throwaways (One off scenes)

- Ashley
- Becky
- Kylie
- Mona
- Rose
- Tara

Practically Bestiality

- Mdame

Some like Jade or Heather may get their own little path as well. It's a good thing to see because it plays to the VNs strengths of characters and reactivity. A lot of the side girls like Quinn and Riona have ended up people's favourites and it looks like there will be a pay off for that.

Damn, and I was hoping for a path either for my Girl Cam or to have a full mini path with Jade.

 

[Hahn1900]

anybody been able to crack the code on the desk yet?

you mean the black puzzle cube?

Its not "crackable" cause after part 2 its over for now... and other than that, just take a look at the walkthrough pdf linked in the opening post for the "how to", it can be found under "extras".

 

[PereFourreAss]

Episode 6 Quinn's lewd song is a personal favorite of mine.
Time to rise - Kensington Studios

The song used in Bella's morning scene too, "take the road" a porn game has no business having songs this good

 

[Gunizz]

You like ripping posts appart and dont even answer to a whole sentence do you?

At least two PCs werent rendering animations the last time he posted something about the queue, so... yeah speed will increase, and still you dont know nothing about how "big" the animations are. Which will be the major factor how fast they can render besides the hardware. Other than that, last DEV Cycle in the last month the animation render speed was nearly doubled... magic? *shrugs*

And i never said "polishing" IS "beta testing"... i said he does "basically" beta testing his game already... if you like counting peas, you could say he is alpha testing, whatever... but if you want to hang yourself on some "phrasing" be my guest, it gets boring.

Oh for the "embarrassing" part... mid february is not embarrassing its reasonable, the embarrassing part is ripping off the whole sentence and just pointing out that i said that even late january is not completely "off the table" without mentioning that my guess would be around valentines day...

So... you can live in your world of fiction alone buddy.

And thats it, bless the ignore option. Have a nice new year... or not, i dont care. Enough time was wasted on you. *wave*

"At least two PCs werent rendering animations" that's another from your fantasy world. Why would he use two or more 4090 cards for statics when a static is rendered in three minutes or usually less than two? Have you seen his average scenes? He needed just one for posing and render statics. But in your vision he needs at least two.

Then about January, no it's not possible unless he outsources the rendering process (he has never done that). Beta of last episode took them more than three weeks. This one has got more complicated free roams. So two weeks or more of Beta is expected based on past data. If you want to base predictions on actual data, of course.

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

I'm disapointed guys, you were all mentioning some of the great songs from the game and you all forgot to mention these bangers that are all from the last EP alone.





There are many things I can point as negatives in Being a DIK, but the soundtrack?

That is perfection.

Playlist is amazing. Last song played in Ocean games too.

Good music is my weak point, so you released the Kraken here. Adding some from Ep.10 I enjoy:
Ridiculous anime song

And another Summer's Gone banger

This one on my main menu theme

Ride with Quinn is badass

Intro theme is touching and tragic

 

[saynotoNTR]

Good music is my weak point, so you released the Kraken here.

Hmm, let's see...

Where is "Olive Musique - Your Time Will Come" in your top favorite songs from Being a DIK? The trick here is not the position, but rather knowing which song it is when you read the title.

If you don't know which scene this song is from, our friendship ends here and now.

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

Hmm, let's see...

Where is "Olive Musique - Your Time Will Come" in your top favorite songs from Being a DIK? The trick here is not the position, but rather knowing which song it is when you read the title.

If you don't know which scene this song is from, our friendship ends here and now.

Do you doubt in me about knowing the song when Sage confess to MC in Ep.8? Not a chance. It's high in my list, here I wanted to mention more Episode 10 bangers.

 

[Crusader of Romance]

Knowing who he is and how he operates, I'm sure Mr. DPC doesn't pay to license those songs. Instead, he probably made it a business. He probably posted an add like this: "Hi! I have a visual novel with an stable number of about 12000 patrons (which rise to about 18000 during new upgrades; and also a bunch of pirates who insists in hurting my business and its number is probably 10 times that figure) and I also sell it on Steam -- a lot --, so, if you give me good money, I can put your song in my visual novel (and, for a few bucks more, I'll even say I bought its license to increase the perception of its value)."

No, he licenses the songs. He used to buy song licensing packs but now he has the budget to buy individual licenses.

So... have a great 2025 you too, Mr. DPC. I hope you had a great sabbatical year. Quite a challenging year it was for you, I bet.

Dude, he works his ass off! And he lost a close family member this year meaning he was in pain and mourning. Show some respect!

 

[saynotoNTR]

Do you doubt in me about knowing the song when Sage confess to MC in Ep.8? Not a chance.

It took you 15 minutes to answer me. You didn't google the name of the song, did you? #JOKING

That scene with Sage in EP.8 was the scene where she became my favorite character. This is actually a FUN FACT about me. My favorite character (Sage) is not my favorite love interest (Bella).

Weird, right? For some reason I'm more attached to Bella compared to Sage and that's why Bella became my favorite love interest in the end.

 

[The Krogan Dude]

That scene with Sage in EP.8 was the scene where she became my favorite character. This is actually a FUN FACT about me. My favorite character (Sage) is not my favorite love interest (Bella).

Weird, right?

 

[Znar26]

I said kids not shrimp just for that when Josy and me go out for the weekend your watching the kids

I don't judge. And Joshy92 is a heck of a good guy. Good for you!

Oh..oops...sorry.

 

[Better Cock Spock]

Knowing who he is and how he operates, I'm sure Mr. DPC doesn't pay to license those songs. Instead, he probably made it a business. He probably posted an add like this: "Hi! I have a visual novel with an stable number of about 12000 patrons (which rise to about 18000 during new upgrades; and also a bunch of pirates who insists in hurting my business and its number is probably 10 times that figure) and I also sell it on Steam -- a lot --, so, if you give me good money, I can put your song in my visual novel (and, for a few bucks more, I'll even say I bought its license to increase the perception of its value)."

So... have a great 2025 you too, Mr. DPC. I hope you had a great sabbatical year. Quite a challenging year it was for you, I bet.

The Friday Prophets really missed out

You like ripping posts appart and dont even answer to a whole sentence do you?

At least two PCs werent rendering animations the last time he posted something about the queue, so... yeah speed will increase, and still you dont know nothing about how "big" the animations are. Which will be the major factor how fast they can render besides the hardware. Other than that, last DEV Cycle in the last month the animation render speed was nearly doubled... magic? *shrugs*

And i never said "polishing" IS "beta testing"... i said he does "basically" beta testing his game already... if you like counting peas, you could say he is alpha testing, whatever... but if you want to hang yourself on some "phrasing" be my guest, it gets boring.

Oh for the "embarrassing" part... mid february is not embarrassing its reasonable, the embarrassing part is ripping off the whole sentence and just pointing out that i said that even late january is not completely "off the table" without mentioning that my guess would be around valentines day...

So... you can live in your world of fiction alone buddy.

And thats it, bless the ignore option. Have a nice new year... or not, i dont care. Enough time was wasted on you. *wave*

You fold upon immediate resistance, that's nice to know it's common for you.

 

[BeingADikDik]

Great choices as well, EP 10 was amazing with so many great songs.

After that reading that EP 11 will add 42 new songs is even more exciting, how many bangers will be there?

All mumble rap, sorry. Gotta set the mood.

 

[Znar26]

tied to the choice, just the variable.
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I wonder if spilling the beans, in addition to spilling your milk on Heather, will have any consequence in Episode 11 other than Tommy being extra pissed.

I mean...dude, that was two years ago. All this time and Tommy has done nothing.