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

[shazba jnr]

can I ask this? I know a lot of people follow, fund, like this game. But its been well over a year now for any update. Why isn't this abandoned yet? Or at least mark as such until an update come along or even "On Hold"

There is zero belief that the game is on hold, and definitely not abandoned.

The updates keep getting bigger (arguably unnecessarily), and so the development time increases appropriately. The developer communicates to his patron on discord and via his Patreon site, and detailed status updated are presented every week.

So the only other reason for the game to be marked abandoned on this site would be if the development time exceeded 18 months (an arbitrary date set by the staff of F95).

So in a nutshell, it isn't marked abandoned or on hold because it isn't abandoned or on hold.

When it comes out in a month (give or take), it will be a very big update, bigger than a lot of complete games on this site. Is a lot of that bloat? Possibly, but it is what it is, and it isn't what it isn't.

 

[voxolax]

So I finished season 2 and there's only 2 options for me sege or others
Did I fuckup along the way cause i want queen
Or maybe her route is on season 3?

 

[Maccabbee]

So I finished season 2 and there's only 2 options for me sege or others
Did I fuckup along the way cause i want queen
Or maybe her route is on season 3?

Who is your Queen? Everyone has their own. Odds are that you've chosen poorly and locked out the relationship.

Hey, on another note, I've just reinstalled everything on a new PC, and just noticed for the first time that I can import from either Patreon/GOG saves OR STEAM SAVES! I've never seen that before. Was that added in 10.1, or am I just a completely oblivious idiot?

 

[TheNowhereWolf]

Not at the end of It yet but the Quinn route has completely changed my mind about her, she's not going to make things easy I don't think but she Is kind of cute when trying to open up. I feel like she really has tried to open up, got a little laugh when I read this but It does seem like a sincere attempt to let MC know she's trying.

 

[L1m1tl3ss]

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This will be the next-to-last status update for episode 11. After beta testing has started, I'll post the final status update on episode 11.

I won't have much more to report on Episode 11 until then, and I'll let you know the status as soon as I have something to share. I am playtesting the episode but also working on episode 12 development. I won't report on that until after v0.11.0 is released.

The estimate for the animation queue remains unchanged as it's steadily shrinking. Lately, the daily average render count has been somewhat higher than normal. I'd still say February 7-9 holds as the completion date for the render queue, and beta testing will start shortly thereafter.

Episode 11 pre-release details
Episode 11 will be somewhere around ~18.5 GB in size for the full download (likely slightly less; it depends on the remaining animations).

The patch will be somewhere around ~6.3 GB in size. This means the MEGA host won't work without a subscription, but there will be other free hosts for downloading everything upon release, as always.

If you want to patch the game instead of downloading the full v0.11.0 at release, make sure you have an unmodified version of the game downloaded. You can only patch v0.10.0 and v0.10.1. You must download the full v0.11.0 version if you have an older version.

If you're unsure about patching, I recommend you download the full version (18.5 GB), extract it and play - it's that simple.

A reminder: save your game at the end of episode 10, where the game tells you to save to avoid any save game issues when playing the upcoming episode.

Keep backup copies of the previous version until you're sure the new version works for you and your save files.

Here is a preliminary changelog for episode 11.

-- Changelog v0.11.0 --
Added Episode 11 that includes

7113 renders
392 animations
6 2D-art pieces
2 2D-art animations
42 songs
32 sound effects

• Menus in Brawler can now be closed using the middle mouse button.
• Improved the text spacing in the Bios app.
• Fixed a bug where the final free roam event of episode 10 didn't end if you failed the main task.
• Fixed an issue with money messages staying on screen when fast traveling from the desk area.
• Fixed a missing image error for an animation.
• Fixed a bug with the on-screen text message conversation that could happen if a game was saved at specific points during these conversations.
• Fixed an issue that prevented Envy's events from being added to her Bios history.
• Fixed a rounding issue with the Happiness % in the Party Planner mini-game that caused a mismatch in % gained or lost during evaluation.
• Fixed an issue with missing text in the Stats app and Party Planner tab when participating in the CUM-petition in Episode 9.
• Fixed an issue with the Party Planning mini-game that didn't update the emotes correctly according to the happiness level.
• Fixed an issue with the episode report of episode 10 that would show a choice that potentially didn't happen for Lily.
• Slightly increased timer for the English class.
• Fixed an issue potentially causing a scene with Sage, Maya and Josy to be skipped if the player didn't spend time with Zoey in episode 10.
• Corrected typos

Have a nice weekend

Dr PinkCake

 

[Dr. Javi]

Updated BigTable™ with the recent informations.
LastTestOfWill!

• Last numbers of total posed since last December:
  • Renders: 6995 > 7113 (+118) [+1250|+21% vs EP10]
  • Animations: 389 > 392 (+3) [+57|+17% vs EP10]
  • Music: 42 new high, but I only track paid "Premium" songs in the table, need adjust.
  • Size: +6.2 GB total size expected.
• We got 37 Previews and 7 Rooster, EP10 had 30/8.
• ElectronicRoberts recently updated the old and fantastic Casiope's Guide, thumb up
• Release could be 22th February (442 days / 14 months, 14 days / 63 weeks projection). 94% complete.

EP​	Renders​	Animations​	(min)​	Music*​	Δ	Size_GB​	Release​	Development Time​	Ratio*​	R/W​	sA/W​
EP1​	1301 (+00%)​	51 (+000)​	3:29​	—​	7​	1.1 (new)​	07 Feb, 19​	— days​	—​	—​	—​
EP2​	1709 (+31%)​	77 (+026)​	3:36​	—​	8​	2.3 (+1.2)​	04 May, 19​	087 (2 months, 28 days |≈12 weeks)​	155​	138​	17.4​
EP3​	2289 (+34%)​	99 (+022)​	4:42​	—​	10​	4.1 (+1.8)​	16 Aug, 19​	105 (3 months, 13 days |≈15 weeks)​	177​	153​	18.8​
EP4​	2532 (+11%)​	134 (+035)​	7:57​	—​	15​	6.1 (+2.0)​	10 Jan, 20​	148 (4 months, 26 days |≈21 weeks)​	142​	120​	22.6​
EP5​	2456 (-03%)​	157 (+023)​	8:35​	17 (3.4K$)​	11​	8.0 (+1.9)​	29 May, 20​	141 (4 months, 20 days |≈20 weeks)​	147​	122​	25.6​
EP6​	3336 (+35%)​	162 (+005)​	8:33​	24 (4.8K$)​	19​	11.1 (+3.1)​	13 Nov, 20​	169 (5 months, 16 days |≈24 weeks)​	159​	138​	21.2​
EP7​	3723 (+12%)​	250 (+055)​	18:14​	18 (3.6K$)​	15​	14.5 (+3.4)​	23 Apr, 21​	162 (5 months, 11 days |≈23 weeks)​	208​	161​	47.3​
EP8​	4158 (+12%)​	358 (+108)​	26:21​	34 (6.8K$)​	16​	19.5 (+5.0)​	19 Nov, 21​	211 (6 months, 28 days |≈30 weeks)​	190​	138​	52.5​
EPI​	0794 (+00%)​	36 (+000)​	4:36​	19 (3.8K$)​	2​	2.6 (new)​	4 Mar, 22​	105 (3 months, 13 days |≈15 weeks)​	71​	53​	17.7​
EP9​	5037 (+21%)​	303 (-055)​	26:08​	21 (4.2K$)​	18​	7.3 (+4.7)​	16 Dec, 22​	287 (9 months, 12 days |≈41 weeks)​	161​	123​	38.2​
EP10​	5868 (+16%)​	335 (+032)​	25:10​	21 (4.2K$)​	16​	12.3 (+5.0)​	8 Dec, 23​	357 (11 months, 22 day |≈51 weeks)..​	145​	115​	29.6​
EP11	7113 (+21%)​	389 (+057)​	—​	42 (8.4K$)​	—​	18.5 (+6.2)​	—​	414 (13 months, 17 days |≈59 weeks).​	—​	—​	—​

Complete Table with the idea of Holy Bacchus† original post — Being a DIK in development since 5 years, 11 months, 17 days (71 months / 311 weeks / 2178 days / 52,272 hours)
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| Total: 30,646$ — Δ=Scenes — Ratio = (Renders/Weeks + secondsAnimations/Weeks) | Renders/Weeks | secondsAnimations/Weeks

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| VaderExMachina's EP11 Preview Collection | Extra: EP11 Rooster Collection | Casiope† & ElectronicRoberts's DIK Walkthrough
| shazba / Meushi's Q/A Story Summary | F4iunyl3x's 60 FPS Animation Mod | ElectronicRoberts's Data Infographic Compilation
| Holy Bacchus†'s Story Timeline | DrPinkCake's Q&A Session | RPDL's

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Always great to see the BigTable™!

 

[mike12013]

Not at the end of It yet but the Quinn route has completely changed my mind about her, she's not going to make things easy I don't think but she Is kind of cute when trying to open up. I feel like she really has tried to open up, got a little laugh when I read this but It does seem like a sincere attempt to let MC know she's trying.


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Im so torn on Quinn, early on she is presented a deplorable human being, and it's hard not to think that

But her route does a great job of personalising her, but then you know, prostituting out her girls, how she treats Rio

 

[voxolax]

Who is your Queen? Everyone has their own. Odds are that you've chosen poorly and locked out the relationship.

Hey, on another note, I've just reinstalled everything on a new PC, and just noticed for the first time that I can import from either Patreon/GOG saves OR STEAM SAVES! I've never seen that before. Was that added in 10.1, or am I just a completely oblivious idiot?

I Meant Quinn lol

 

[Maccabbee]

I Meant Quinn lol

Quinn at this point is "Others", and doesn't have a dedicated route (not a main LI, at least not yet). I personally think that her route will end forcibly with death or jail, eventually, but yeah, her stuff is great.

 

[godkingxerxes]

There is zero belief that the game is on hold, and definitely not abandoned.

The updates keep getting bigger (arguably unnecessarily), and so the development time increases appropriately. The developer communicates to his patron on discord and via his Patreon site, and detailed status updated are presented every week.

So the only other reason for the game to be marked abandoned on this site would be if the development time exceeded 18 months (an arbitrary date set by the staff of F95).

So in a nutshell, it isn't marked abandoned or on hold because it isn't abandoned or on hold.

When it comes out in a month (give or take), it will be a very big update, bigger than a lot of complete games on this site. Is a lot of that bloat? Possibly, but it is what it is, and it isn't what it isn't.



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Wonder if that is changed when BaDIK inevitably surpasses 18 months, probably on for episode 12.

Since with weekly status updates, would make them look very smart if they also an abandoned tag on it, almost as smart as having the twins tag they had for the longest time.

So I finished season 2 and there's only 2 options for me sege or others
Did I fuckup along the way cause i want queen
Or maybe her route is on season 3?

By Queen I assume you mean Quinn, she's just part of the Others.

 

[dojito]

Updated BigTable™ with the recent informations.
LastTestOfWill!

• Last numbers of total posed since last December:
  • Renders: 6995 > 7113 (+118) [+1250|+21% vs EP10]
  • Animations: 389 > 392 (+3) [+57|+17% vs EP10]
  • Music: 42 new high, but I only track paid "Premium" songs in the table, need adjust.
  • Size: +6.2 GB total size expected.
• We got 37 Previews and 7 Rooster, EP10 had 30/8.
• ElectronicRoberts recently updated the old and fantastic Casiope's Guide, thumb up
• Release could be 22th February (442 days / 14 months, 14 days / 63 weeks projection). 94% complete.

EP​	Renders​	Animations​	(min)​	Music*​	Δ	Size_GB​	Release​	Development Time​	Ratio*​	R/W​	sA/W​
EP1​	1301 (+00%)​	51 (+000)​	3:29​	—​	7​	1.1 (new)​	07 Feb, 19​	— days​	—​	—​	—​
EP2​	1709 (+31%)​	77 (+026)​	3:36​	—​	8​	2.3 (+1.2)​	04 May, 19​	087 (2 months, 28 days |≈12 weeks)​	155​	138​	17.4​
EP3​	2289 (+34%)​	99 (+022)​	4:42​	—​	10​	4.1 (+1.8)​	16 Aug, 19​	105 (3 months, 13 days |≈15 weeks)​	177​	153​	18.8​
EP4​	2532 (+11%)​	134 (+035)​	7:57​	—​	15​	6.1 (+2.0)​	10 Jan, 20​	148 (4 months, 26 days |≈21 weeks)​	142​	120​	22.6​
EP5​	2456 (-03%)​	157 (+023)​	8:35​	17 (3.4K$)​	11​	8.0 (+1.9)​	29 May, 20​	141 (4 months, 20 days |≈20 weeks)​	147​	122​	25.6​
EP6​	3336 (+35%)​	162 (+005)​	8:33​	24 (4.8K$)​	19​	11.1 (+3.1)​	13 Nov, 20​	169 (5 months, 16 days |≈24 weeks)​	159​	138​	21.2​
EP7​	3723 (+12%)​	250 (+055)​	18:14​	18 (3.6K$)​	15​	14.5 (+3.4)​	23 Apr, 21​	162 (5 months, 11 days |≈23 weeks)​	208​	161​	47.3​
EP8​	4158 (+12%)​	358 (+108)​	26:21​	34 (6.8K$)​	16​	19.5 (+5.0)​	19 Nov, 21​	211 (6 months, 28 days |≈30 weeks)​	190​	138​	52.5​
EPI​	0794 (+00%)​	36 (+000)​	4:36​	19 (3.8K$)​	2​	2.6 (new)​	4 Mar, 22​	105 (3 months, 13 days |≈15 weeks)​	71​	53​	17.7​
EP9​	5037 (+21%)​	303 (-055)​	26:08​	21 (4.2K$)​	18​	7.3 (+4.7)​	16 Dec, 22​	287 (9 months, 12 days |≈41 weeks)​	161​	123​	38.2​
EP10​	5868 (+16%)​	335 (+032)​	25:10​	21 (4.2K$)​	16​	12.3 (+5.0)​	8 Dec, 23​	357 (11 months, 22 day |≈51 weeks)..​	145​	115​	29.6​
EP11	7113 (+21%)​	389 (+057)​	—​	42 (8.4K$)​	—​	18.5 (+6.2)​	—​	414 (13 months, 17 days |≈59 weeks).​	—​	—​	—​

Complete Table with the idea of Holy Bacchus† original post — Being a DIK in development since 5 years, 11 months, 17 days (71 months / 311 weeks / 2178 days / 52,272 hours)
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| Total: 30,646$ — Δ=Scenes — Ratio = (Renders/Weeks + secondsAnimations/Weeks) | Renders/Weeks | secondsAnimations/Weeks

Thumbs Up to:
| VaderExMachina's EP11 Preview Collection | Extra: EP11 Rooster Collection | Casiope† & ElectronicRoberts's DIK Walkthrough
| shazba / Meushi's Q/A Story Summary | F4iunyl3x's 60 FPS Animation Mod | ElectronicRoberts's Data Infographic Compilation
| Holy Bacchus†'s Story Timeline | DrPinkCake's Q&A Session | RPDL's

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Funny cuz speed of development it's been the same since 2019 altho in 2019 he didn't have a workstation that print renders.

Episode 3, 4 and 5 combined have 7277 renders, 390 animations created in 394 days.

He did more renders and more animations in 2019 as for today with a biiiiggg workstation.

But, we have 60fps cinamatics

 

[Macky009]

I Meant Quinn lol

If you had an option for other route choose that. Quinn is not yet consider a main L.I.

 

[voxolax]

Wonder if that is changed when BaDIK inevitably surpasses 18 months, probably on for episode 12.

Since with weekly status updates, would make them look very smart if they also an abandoned tag on it, almost as smart as having the twins tag they had for the longest time.



By Queen I assume you mean Quinn, she's just part of the Others.

Thanks bro I was about to start a new game just cause I thought I missed up
I just love how she is trying to act strong, and love seeing her weak/cute side of her
I want her to be happy

 

[voxolax]

Quinn at this point is "Others", and doesn't have a dedicated route (not a main LI, at least not yet). I personally think that her route will end forcibly with death or jail, eventually, but yeah, her stuff is great.

Hopefully she get her happy ending

 

[Everest Harrison]

If this forum dont want to apply the "abandoned" tag for games that take more than a year to release an update they should have at least a tag that is something like "extremely slow progress" lol

 

[felicemastronzo]

There is zero belief that the game is on hold, and definitely not abandoned.

The updates keep getting bigger (arguably unnecessarily), and so the development time increases appropriately. The developer communicates to his patron on discord and via his Patreon site, and detailed status updated are presented every week.

So the only other reason for the game to be marked abandoned on this site would be if the development time exceeded 18 months (an arbitrary date set by the staff of F95).

So in a nutshell, it isn't marked abandoned or on hold because it isn't abandoned or on hold.

When it comes out in a month (give or take), it will be a very big update, bigger than a lot of complete games on this site. Is a lot of that bloat? Possibly, but it is what it is, and it isn't what it isn't.



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The 18-month limit will soon become outdated... We hope patreon will save us from this oblivion....

 

[Roger-a-Dale]

Hopefully she get her happy ending

Some side girls are going to get their own endings. We don't know how many or which ones, but the idea that Quinn wouldn't be one of them is ludicrous.

Between the episodes of seasons 1 and 2 you get a small report on how you are doing with Jill, Isabella, Josy, Maya and Sage. They are the main girls. Everyone else is a side girl in the Others path. Some side girls get a lot more attention though and Quinn is the most prominent of all of them.

It could be that at the end of season 3 the Others path branches and significant side girls get their own paths, but I doubt it. And if it does I still wouldn't consider them main girls.

 

[TheNowhereWolf]

Im so torn on Quinn, early on she is presented a deplorable human being, and it's hard not to think that

But her route does a great job of personalising her, but then you know, prostituting out her girls, how she treats Rio

I'm hoping by the end of the whole game there's more that redeems her for her actions, really do like her quite a lot after her route, If she has anything to do with the last scene It'll be difficult to support her without any kind of growth and redemption. I'm going to do a Rio route now, she's probably my favorite of the SG's other than Mona who left and Mel who Is more background character than side, which Is too cruel imo

 

[godkingxerxes]

If this forum dont want to apply the "abandoned" tag for games that take more than a year to release an update they should have at least a tag that is something like "extremely slow progress" lol

Is it really slow though?

Hundred percent I would prefer faster smaller updates, but when it comes to renders per month who's surpassing Pinkcakes?

 

[Cervixpunch]

Not at the end of It yet but the Quinn route has completely changed my mind about her, she's not going to make things easy I don't think but she Is kind of cute when trying to open up. I feel like she really has tried to open up, got a little laugh when I read this but It does seem like a sincere attempt to let MC know she's trying.


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She gets a lot of shit but from what we saw from the flashbacks she's had a fucked up life. Raised in a drug den by a drug dealing father that encouraged her to just see people as tools and life as one big game/manipulation. She's the opposite of MC in that regard, both grew up poor with absentee mothers but vastly different fathers shaped them.

It's kinda what I like about her path. It's a slow burn change. You're seeing someone that's never remotely had any social or emotional normality getting smacked right in the face with it and she has zero clue how to react. Other than maybe Jill I don't think there's any other girl that is so out of her depth. It's simultaneously funny and endearing to play through seeing her both love and hate how close she's getting with MC. It's a change of pace from the other routes. I also like if you skip her route you see basically none of it, gives that choice meaning.