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

[zandalari]

Wow another God alike dev who thinks is too good to hire some "peasants" to help him out, i'm gonna call this excuses BS... at this point is just greed from his side, period...

Or, you know, it's merely him being a perfectionist who happens to work on a project of passion. He knows exactly what he wants and how he wants it, there is nothing wrong with him admitting that he won't settle for anything less than that.

Good news, more peasants for you to hire for your game. Let me know when that's coming out.

 

[Hazeti]

Wow another God alike dev who thinks is too good to hire some "peasants" to help him out, i'm gonna call this excuses BS... at this point is just greed from his side, period...

Or that might be his own you know personal preference...some people work well with teams others don't, simple as that

 

[Naxer]

Wow another God alike dev who thinks is too good to hire some "peasants" to help him out, i'm gonna call this excuses BS... at this point is just greed from his side, period...

Yeah, could be that, that he's some kind of souless Grinch. Or maybe the perfecly, polite and rational reasons he have gave, about carying so much about his work, and enjoying so much of it, that prefers to keep all the work for himself.

 

[Grohal]

Wow another God alike dev who thinks is too good to hire some "peasants" to help him out, i'm gonna call this excuses BS... at this point is just greed from his side, period...

If he would be greedy, he could hire some skilled asian co-workers and push out a new episode every month - don't you think?

 

[Kaptin]

If he would be greedy, he could hire some skilled asian co-workers and push out a new episode every month - don't you think?

Exactly this. "Greedy" would be getting more people and churning things out faster and not worrying as much about perfect polish so that it'd pull in more sales. A lone guy who's likely to turn out a season a year isn't going to be drowning in money, and more work for him means less free time as well.

People are weird about rushing to assume the worst, even when it makes no sense...

 

[RC-1138 Boss]

For the time being the game forces the player into a relationship with both Maya & Josy. In order to enter a relationship with only of them you have to accept both and you can't do that with DIK affinity. There's nothing to speculate regarding that.

I would still be on Maya's route if it wasn't for Josy. Can't go on a polyamory route if am not romanticaly interested on Josy, only on Maya. So for now i decided to let them figure it out their relationship and parted ways as friends.

Can't say it was a bad decision because Jade and Sage are amazing. At least there was a really good side to anyone not interested in following the two of them.


But can't promise i won't go after Maya again if given the chance.

 

[Zirael Q]

I don't have any idea what has happened here, to be fair, but I miss the game so much
Is this comment allowed by the way, or should I write an essay about this game and ask a question that's been asked 2000 times?
I'll take a precaution just in case, maybe this comment will be flagged off topic and lead me to be banned, who knows. We have to be serious here after all.
Are there any previews of Season 2 yet? I am curious about what will happen in season 2.

Thank you for letting me reply to this topic guys, I appreciate it.

Well, if possible, in my DIK path (actually my only path) I’ll try to break Maya & Josy as a couple... Divide et fuck

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[Razzyell]

Played Acting Lessons before and then i noticed DPC released a new game (Being a DIK) around a year ago, so i waited for a couple of updates to try it in order for my first experience to be with a good amount of content.

From the moment i double-cliked on the game .EXE, the intro with Jill when you open the game for the first, the music, the images, i said to myself "damm the production for this game went to another fucking level".

But i was naive and tought to myself "theres no way the same developer can create another masterpiece on the same level as Acting Lessons, so fast, only as his second game", boy was i wrong...

Both Acting Lessons and BADIK are flawless masterpieces and i wont say that one is better than the other, because they are very diferent from one another, and im not saying they are masterpieces as lewd/porn games or whatever the fuck you want to categorize them, but as GAMES IN GENERAL.

The game presents us with amazing and very well writen characters but my two favourites are without a doubt Quinn and Derek, but i wont go too much in detail about my opinion or predictions about them because i dont want to spoil anyone.

Always loved "Bad girls" and according to my tastes she looks amazing, so Quinn was love at first sight.

And then theres Derek, who wouldnt want to have a bro like this guy or Liam from AL in his real life??? i laughed so much with the things he says, his expressions, his pranks, everything about him. I remember last evening while playing this i went to the window for a smoke break and there i was laughing while remembering the car wash scene with him, until i noticed my neighbour looking at me with a WTF face probably thinking "this guy should be locked in an asylum".

In my honest opinion, DPC is not a talented developer, he is a fucking GENIUS of a developer.

 

[RC-1138 Boss]

I believe that the problem lay in the fact that both told you beforehand about their relationship, regardless of the fact that they still pursuit something with MC. If you are only with one of them and then the situation of their relationship is revealed, you are the problematic party because she cheated with you, and the right thing to do is not mention it and part ways, at least that fit MC personality.
Even if somehow you mention it, you may end their relationship or not, that will end badly for you because you're no longer to be trusted and that's a shitty move to start a relationship.

So that's why you have to go with both, because "both told you beforehand about their relationship", I know that seems a little farfetched but we have to trust DPC good writing, and to be honest, that totally make sense.

But it is mentioned when the three of them lay their cards on the table. At least in my main playthrough they talked about what the protagonist did with Josy and later with Maya. So witholding information from Maya or Josy never happened to me, but can't say if this is possible with other variables (my protagonist had a neutral Major choices bar).

Anyway, i find it unlikely (despite my hopes) there will be other chance to restart a romance with one of them if you parted ways. Maybe if it was on friendly terms ( chick or neutral) but still hard to believe.

It is okay, i the end all the character development for Jade, Quinn and Sage was great in this episode.

 

[Dumitas]

But it is mentioned when the three of them lay their cards on the table. At least in my main playthrough they talked about what the protagonist did with Josy and later with Maya. So witholding information from Maya or Josy never happened to me, but can't say if this is possible with other variables (my protagonist had a neutral Major choices bar).

Anyway, i find it unlikely (despite my hopes) there will be other chance to restart a romance with one of them if you parted ways. Maybe if it was on friendly terms ( chick or neutral) but still hard to believe.

It is okay, i the end all the character development for Jade, Quinn and Sage was great in this episode.

Oh.. I checked now you're right, to be honest, I always ignore Maya (sorry) but the game forces her even on -4, I don't know if that's the case for Josy. Seem like you got forced into both even if you don't want to (that's why is a novel after all) but if your character already go with both why not follow it if you're really interested in one, after all at the end you can pick one or be smart and go with Cathy.

You're not actually going for both if you think about it, it's the scripted story, and then you choose one, both or none. I believe that going for Cathy is choosing none of them.

 

[RC-1138 Boss]

Oh.. I checked now you're right, to be honest, I always ignore Maya (sorry) but the game forces her even on -4, I don't know if that's the case for Josy. Seem like you got forced into both even if you don't want to (that's why is a novel after all) but if your character already go with both why not follow it if you're really interested in one, after all at the end you can pick one or be smart and go with Cathy.

You're not actually going for both if you think about it, it's the scripted story, and then you choose one, both or none. I believe that going for Cathy is choosing none of them.

It is a bit more explicit with Josy since the game story makes you go back home to see her again. But you could more or less ignore either of them until episode 4.

I suppose that is my main, and only, gripe with the game since I feel like it takes the story driving form the player hands at the start of the episode to force a polyamory relationship.

But yeah i suppose we are going to see some way to choose just one of them in future updates. Lets just hope it doesn't involve fire...

 

[Razzyell]

Oh.. I checked now you're right, to be honest, I always ignore Maya (sorry) but the game forces her even on -4, I don't know if that's the case for Josy. Seem like you got forced into both even if you don't want to (that's why is a novel after all) but if your character already go with both why not follow it if you're really interested in one, after all at the end you can pick one or be smart and go with Cathy.

You're not actually going for both if you think about it, it's the scripted story, and then you choose one, both or none. I believe that going for Cathy is choosing none of them.

Sorry to barge in the conversation between the both of you, my intention is not to bring confusion to the table but i only want to give my point of view about the story, and i'll try not to go in much detail in order to avoid spoilers for anyone.

I've played this game on DIK, neutral and chick path, and on all 3 paths, up until the end of season 1 the love triangle between MC, Josy and Maya is always there, only the events between these 3 characters may vary depending on choices/path.

I wouldnt look at it as characters being "forced" into you, its just scripted to happen this way because its an indispensible body or part of the main story, and it doesn't affect only these 3 characters, but also others around them like Derek for example, or the behavior of the HOT's torwards the MC since Maya pledged to them just to name a few, and this wasn't possible if you could simply avoid any content of these characters like you can do in some other games.

Depending on your choices or path, at a certain point (at the library in the end of season 1) you can decide what kind of relationship you want to have with both Maya an Josy (Love relationship is not possible if you are in DIK path i think), and thats why i think that this love triangle needed to be in the game as part of the main story in order to define at the start of the second season what kind of route you will take, and since im not Nostradamus and can't predict the future or what goes inside DPC head, i think that from this point on in the game we will have an amount of content (more or less) with Josy and Maya depending on the kind of relationship we have chosen.

Feel free to correct me if you think that i am wrong and sorry if my English is too broken but its not my native language.

 

[Razzyell]

It is a bit more explicit with Josy since the game story makes you go back home to see her again. But you could more or less ignore either of them until episode 4.

I suppose that is my main, and only, gripe with the game since I feel like it takes the story driving form the player hands at the start of the episode to force a polyamory relationship.

But yeah i suppose we are going to see some way to choose just one of them in future updates. Lets just hope it doesn't involve fire...

Dude, plz not another fire scene, im still recovering from the impact that had on me.

Maybe a scene with water, or an earthquacke or whatever, but plz not fire.

 

[Kaptin]

Dude, plz not another fire scene, im still recovering from the impact that had on me.

Maybe a scene with water, or an earthquacke or whatever, but plz not fire.

I'm preparing myself for at least one, if not more, people to end up having some kind of problems resulting from overdose or vindictive wannabe lover (hi Tybalt!) or something like that. I mean, heartbreak seems inevitable. But that's not potent enough. You have to see someone you care about die and feel like your heart got ripped out of your chest for it to be a real DPC production! I mean, judging by all his prior games... (Okay, so there's only one game. But still!)

But yeah, even if there isn't a fire, I feel things are going to go bad for some people. Riona looks like a mess, Quinn's going to hurt someone and/or be hurt, and we've already gotten foreshadowing with Isabella (which is like a huge "don't pursue this path" sign, but I doubt that's deterring anyone).

I keep meaning to check when I try a new save, and at some point I'll go back and do it, but I swear Quinn's and Riona's eyes get more bloodshot as the game goes on, like they are serious messed up on something.

 

[gatekeeper8]

so does this game let you be a dom or is it only femdom?

 

[Razzyell]

I'm preparing myself for at least one, if not more, people to end up having some kind of problems resulting from overdose or vindictive wannabe lover (hi Tybalt!) or something like that. I mean, heartbreak seems inevitable. But that's not potent enough. You have to see someone you care about die and feel like your heart got ripped out of your chest for it to be a real DPC production! I mean, judging by all his prior games... (Okay, so there's only one game. But still!)

But yeah, even if there isn't a fire, I feel things are going to go bad for some people. Riona looks like a mess, Quinn's going to hurt someone and/or be hurt, and we've already gotten foreshadowing with Isabella (which is like a huge "don't pursue this path" sign, but I doubt that's deterring anyone).

I keep meaning to check when I try a new save, and at some point I'll go back and do it, but I swear Quinn's and Riona's eyes get more bloodshot as the game goes on, like they are serious messed up on something.

Dude i realy agree with you on some points, and i realy do think that something realy big is going to happen probably much sooner than we expect.

I got my eye on Tybalt since the beginning, and im expecting that rich prick to do something that will screw things over regarding to Jill, and thats probably when we are going to get to know about her Family/past, wich will also imply Isabella and MC at least.

Its almost impossible not to follow Isabella's path, i mean, just look at her...

Riona is a bit of an enigma to me still, she is being presented to us like a puppet, but i think that she is not what it seems and will have a major impact on the story at a certain point. How? i have my theories but i prefer not to say it here.

I also tought about someone not being realy a student but instead something on the likes of an "infiltrated agent" to investigate the drug and/or the prostitution business going on, or simply just a person with a personnal vendetta torwards any of the characters or the families behind the foundation of the universaty, or any other kind of motive.

Also i think that Chad is cheating on Sage not with a girl, but with a dude... ye i think he is gay, hmm... that guy from the supermarket, the son of the owner, Steve was it his name?

I believe we haven't seen the last of Troy, i found his behavior a bit strange right from the beginning, demanding to be alone, ye i get it that you might not want to share a room with someone else, but still... and we still dont know why he isn't part of the jocks anymore.

I just hope nothing bad happens to Quinn, she is my number 1 girl, we will manage to turn her into a sweet girl you see.

But anyway this is probably me just thinking more than i should.

 

[shao0647]

Oh.. I checked now you're right, to be honest, I always ignore Maya (sorry) but the game forces her even on -4, I don't know if that's the case for Josy. Seem like you got forced into both even if you don't want to (that's why is a novel after all) but if your character already go with both why not follow it if you're really interested in one, after all at the end you can pick one or be smart and go with Cathy.

You're not actually going for both if you think about it, it's the scripted story, and then you choose one, both or none. I believe that going for Cathy is choosing none of them.

Hey, newcomer here; wanted to get in on this conversation, because the whole Maya / Josy / MC thing has left me reeling after two full completions.

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It just doesn't add up to me, and I'm wondering if I'm missing something.

(Awesome community, btw.)

 

[Dumitas]

I wouldn't look at it as characters being "forced" into you, it's just scripted to happen this way because its an indispensable body or part of the main story, and it doesn't affect only these 3 characters, but also others around them like Derek for example, or the behavior of the HOT's towards the MC since Maya pledged to them just to name a few, and this wasn't possible if you could simply avoid any content of these characters like you can do in some other games.

Totally, it is scripted and "forced" sound a bit too harsh but I guess the true results of actually avoiding or not helping them will be shown in the future, like not telling Maya about Quinn for example. I said forced because I hate Maya.

Hey, newcomer here; wanted to get in on this conversation, because the whole Maya / Josy / MC thing has left me reeling after two full completions.

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It just doesn't add up to me, and I'm wondering if I'm missing something.

In his very basic form, the alignment of the game goes like this: DIK = Party / Sex / Fights and CHICK = Romance / Love (that also includes sex but you get it), something like that, and I'm being too basic about it. Good guy vs Bad guy basically (Bad doesn't mean evil)

Josy and Maya are considered LI (Love Interest) and in this case, you want a relationship with them, or one, I don't know and you going after that in a romantic way, not as a dik just trying to get laid, at least this is the case, for now, maybe it shape in something else in the future.

(Awesome community, btw.)

Used to be

 

[shao0647]

Josy and Maya are considered LI (Love Interest) and in this case, you want a relationship with them, or one, I don't know and you going after that in a romantic way, not as a dik just trying to get laid, at least this is the case, for now, maybe it shape in something else in the future.

Right, no, I understand the mechanics. I guess I was looking at it more in terms of the story versus the... I don't know, general premise of the game. It just seemed odd.

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[Bucketbot89]

Right, no, I understand the mechanics. I guess I was looking at it more in terms of the story versus the... I don't know, general premise of the game. It just seemed odd.

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