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

[Meushi]

Go find accents on a US keyboard

No need, I'll just memorize all the Alt+# codes for them...

The triangle relationship has not even started yet. You actually have to choose one girl for the first "post EP5" scene and I believe that there will be specific choices that will drive MC apart from one of the girls.

Dude you're crushing poor Youventus dreams.

Hopefully DPC will offer both single routes for each & triangle.

I stand by my earlier claim that in his previous work the triangle relationship itself was fine though.

 

[Parmenides]

Great game, probably the best in this forum

 

[Youven]

according to me it is not yet a triangle. the three characters do not have this sexual ruthlessness.
Maya, following the route chosen, may not have had sex with MC, or at least not a full sex

it is mostly a bag with three balls inside, from which 2 are extracted at a time

MC risks a lot an NTR path, or at least several NTR episodes

Come on man, it's just semantics.

A triangle is being (ADIK) in relation with two people at the same time. Nothing about sexual affair.
BUT !! That right, the three characters do not have sexual rutherlessness. Yet.
But at that moment, it's not just about a triangle relationship but a real "threesome".

 

[Tarkash]

I kind of agree with you, but... did you play Emily is away too ? Remember how it's just impossible to keep the balance ? If not, try to get in touch with both girls at some point. Good fucking luck my friend.

Noted, will play the game.
Or... let me check the renders first. I have specific tastes and aversions. Holsteins, for example, aren't my type I want to bond with xD

Edit: Uhhh... No. I won't play that and relive the 90s internet Hell xD

BUT: If the developer uses the mechanic sloppy or in a way not intended to make it possible to balance it out for two girls, of course, it is impossible to manage it. That's just how the game is then.

 

[felicemastronzo]

Come on man, it's just semantics.

A triangle is being (ADIK) in relation with two people at the same time. Nothing about sexual affair.
BUT !! That right, the three characters do not have sexual rutherlessness. Yet.
But at that moment, it's not just about a triangle relationship but a real "threesome".

I wanted to be optimistic, there is time

 

[Youven]

Noted, will play the game.
Or... let me check the renders first. I have specific tastes and aversions. Holsteins, for example, aren't my type I want to bond with xD

BUT: If the developer uses the mechanic sloppy or in a way not intended to make it possible to balance it out for two girls, of course, it is impossible to manage it. That's just how the game is then.

Yeah I know. I may be a little overreacting, actually.

About Emily is away too ? Forget it. It's not a Visual Novel but an "IRC" chat novel


But if you agree to play the game, you'll discover the genius of not revealing the faces of characters, because in the end, and according to your personal experience, Emily will just have the "visage" you give her in your imagination...
And she'll be, to you, very beautiful...

 

[Laurelin]

Unless I missed it the Jocks had zero knowledge of where this new MC was staying as he was new on campus least of all Troys place so they went there either because of another reason (Chad wanted to have fun but smacked Troy around to cover said romance and explain his presence thus found guitar by coincidence as much as anything else perhaps having no idea whos it even was) or Troy himself told Chad who it belonged to as he agreed to meet with Chad anyway.

I agree with you, it may be the truth...
It may be also :
1/ Some Jocks (maybe Dawe and Anthony for instance) come and find Troy to knock him because he knows something bad about the Jocks (it's the reason why he has been ejected, he didn't agree... And, why not, as a result, he maybe is the one who have let the compromizing pictures later for Chad and Dawe...)
2/ they see the guitar, and recognize it : it belongs to MC wich whom they are already in bad terms
3/ they steal the guitar (to piss off MC) back to Jocks mansion, where Chad and Sage are fighting
4/ Chad gives the guitar to Sage to have some peace and quiet.

Don't you think it could be conceivable ?
Now, as I said before several times, only DPC knows, and I woudn't be surprised that we are both totally wrong !!!

 

[Le Pew]

Uh... why?
Actually I really liked Cakes take on this. Because if you want to share Love between 3 ppl instead of two, your attention needs to be equally divided. I'd really appreciate it, if Cake goes the hard way with that and makes us players pay attention to who of the two we gave how much attention.
Furthermore this would add to the replayability too, as you won't get some scenes, depending on who of gave your attention at this point.
Favor one too much and the other will fall apart. Keep it balanced, and all will be fine.
A simple, yet fun mechanic in a game, if used.

I looked at the code and there are indeed points and flags set for each specific encounter. We don't know to what extent they will be used but I am sure they will.

Hopefully DPC will offer both single routes for each & triangle.

IF there is a triangle route, it will be the trickiest. However I anticipate an overwhelming event at some point that will force MC to make a choice. It probably won't be as extreme as in AL (at least I hope so), but DPC likes his drama.

 

[Youven]

I agree with you, it may be the truth...
It may be also :
1/ Some Jocks (maybe Dawe and Anthony for instance) come and find Troy to knock him because he knows something bad about the Jocks (it's the reason why he has been ejected, he didn't agree... And, why not, as a result, he maybe is the one who have let the compromizing pictures later for Chad and Dawe...)
2/ they see the guitar, and recognize it : it belongs to MC wich whom they are already in bad terms
3/ they steal the guitar (to piss off MC) back to Jocks mansion, where Chad and Sage are fighting
4/ Chad gives the guitar to Sage to have some peace and quiet.

Don't you think it could be conceivable ?
Now, as I said before several times, only DPC knows, and I woudn't be surprised that we are both totally wrong !!!

You know what ?
You give me a clue. Maybe, jocks comes to Troy to beat him up and stole the guitar without knowing it it belong to MC

 

[Spin256]

IF there is a triangle route, it will be the trickiest. However I anticipate an overwhelming event at some point that will force MC to make a choice. It probably won't be as extreme as in AL (at least I hope so), but DPC likes his drama.

Hopefully not as extreme as AL. Cake did get a bashing for that one.

 

[Hugh G. Rection]

I agree with you, it may be the truth...
It may be also :
1/ Some Jocks (maybe Dawe and Anthony for instance) come and find Troy to knock him because he knows something bad about the Jocks (it's the reason why he has been ejected, he didn't agree... And, why not, as a result, he maybe is the one who have let the compromizing pictures later for Chad and Dawe...)
2/ they see the guitar, and recognize it : it belongs to MC wich whom they are already in bad terms
3/ they steal the guitar (to piss off MC) back to Jocks mansion, where Chad and Sage are fighting
4/ Chad gives the guitar to Sage to have some peace and quiet.

Don't you think it could be conceivable ?
Now, as I said before several times, only DPC knows, and I woudn't be surprised that we are both totally wrong !!!

With what and how you presented I gotta ask how would they recognize that it's MC's guitar? He does not have a reputation for being a musical artiste, the closest intel they would have on him that time would've been his underwear color and the extra ass crack they ripped him It's just an ordinary guitar and no reason they would do a double-take over it, unlike with his dick MC does not parade through campus waving it in people's faces for autographs
Perhaps you meant that Troy spilled the beans on MC

 

[Spin256]

With what and how you presented I gotta ask how would they recognize that it's MC's guitar? He does not have a reputation for being a musical artiste, the closest intel they would have on him that time would've been his underwear color and the extra ass crack they ripped him It's just an ordinary guitar and no reason they would do a double-take over it, unlike with his dick MC does not parade through campus waving it in people's faces for autographs
Perhaps you meant that Troy spilled the beans on MC

It was taken from his dorm room. They probably didn't take it because it was a guitar, but more likely because it was his. Assuming they knew it was his dorm?

 

[Holy Bacchus]

Really, I just think it would nice if we could give the dramatic plot twists a break and let us build up the stakes before the next crisis threatens to ruin it all. That was a big part of what made Maya's relationship work so well prior to Episode 4 (and Josy's, to a more limited extent). The non-stop string of emergencies since then has made it harder to feel invested in things, because the status quo is toppled almost as fast as it was established.

A week of the Scavenger Hunt tasks, some dates and other events with the LIs, and a bit of progress of Bella's history would be about right, especially if it's spread across a couple of episodes.

Yeah well the "Hangout" for Maya/Josy was like what 3 actions and a 3 hot spots that wasn't very much. Even with reading and doing everything I know I was done in like 2 minutes max.

I hope so too ename144 but after the cluster fuck that was Ep5 I'm not holding my breath.

The "Hangout" part was quite nice as it was a good moment for the MC to just kick back and relax after the last 2 frantic weeks of their life. More moments like that could be quite good, like lounging with Bella by the pool or sitting in a park playing the guitar with Sage.

FAN FICTION OF THE DAY:

Tommy decides to get rid of Josy and for this he reveals the relationship with Maya. Maya takes it very badly, MC reacts instinctively and beats Tommy in front of everyone. MC is summoned by the professors, where there are also Jill, Maya and Josy who defend him and try to explain what happened, but there in tears MC asks to be suspended, to go home and tidy up the ideas.

Tommy doesn't know that Josy and Maya were in a relationship.

 

[Youven]

With what and how you presented I gotta ask how would they recognize that it's MC's guitar? He does not have a reputation for being a musical artiste, the closest intel they would have on him that time would've been his underwear color and the extra ass crack they ripped him It's just an ordinary guitar and no reason they would do a double-take over it, unlike with his dick MC does not parade through campus waving it in people's faces for autographs
Perhaps you meant that Troy spilled the beans on MC

Nope. Jocks were thinking it was Troy's Stuff and stoled it him to gived it as a gift.
Don't know what the argue between Troy and Jocks. Wait and see

 

[felicemastronzo]

Tommy doesn't know that Josy and Maya were in a relationship.

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now that they are both at the BR he won't take long to understand that, with Quinn on the other side ...

 

[Tarkash]

With what and how you presented I gotta ask how would they recognize that it's MC's guitar? He does not have a reputation for being a musical artiste, the closest intel they would have on him that time would've been his underwear color and the extra ass crack they ripped him It's just an ordinary guitar and no reason they would do a double-take over it, unlike with his dick MC does not parade through campus waving it in people's faces for autographs
Perhaps you meant that Troy spilled the beans on MC

Hm, I don't intend to defend Laurelin.
But there is always the option of Jocks having seen the MC move in, with the Guitar in the luggage.
Or, as you rightly stated, Troy ratting him out.
Honestly I would have loved the event to play out a tadbit different, depending on if we tried to be nice to troy and played him the guitar or not.

Cake gave away a nice opportunity to fork out the storyline a bit imho.

For example:

We treat troy nicely but don't play the guitar - he rats mc out in an act of self-defense while getting bullied.
We treat him nice and play the guitar, he keeps silent about it and takes the hits.
We treat him like shit, he rats MC out without batting an eye.
Could have created more depth to that character.

So we could have either found out that Dawe and the other apes bullied him, he tried to take it but it was too much. - Trust broken, but a friendship can be repaired. The Path forks out here, so we get close to Maya by becoming her Roommate.
That he actually is a friend. - We stay at Dorm with him, having a friend, but making our life a bit harder, getting closer to Maya and/or other girls in the process.
Or the ass we get presented anyways, regardless of how we decide. - the known route.

Because, imho, Cake could have spared us the decisions at all, as they don't affect the outcome in any known way.
Or I missed it somehow along the lines. Correct me if I err.

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On this note another interesting question that keeps my mind busy:

What do you guys think about the option to speak up for Chad or not?
How might it affect the story later on?

As I'm sure it was the Jocks who got the Laptop and did the leak somehow, might he help us solve the case later on?
Or might it be a triffer, if we really go for Sage to accept it and let it rest with her, as he seems to be more occupied with other girls?
Who might be the one extorting him? (At least I clearly understood that as his reason to jump MC)

 

[Hugh G. Rection]

It was taken from his dorm room. They probably didn't take it because it was a guitar, but more likely because it was his. Assuming they knew it was his dorm?

Assuming is the key word there, because why would we assume they were looking for MC? Laurelin assumed they came looking for Troy, not MC, and that's what I ran with. It's the most plausible assumption of the two, given what little we know. The guitar was simply collateral.

 

[AvatarStormBringer]

Why did Troy kick MC out of the room in the morning? Because "his friend" is coming over. Who is that friend? Take a guess.

 

[Wizard_Shiryuu]

Why did Troy kick MC out of the room in the morning? Because "his friend" is coming over. Who is that friend? Take a guess.

The one who gave MC's guitar to his girlfriend, I think it's obvious.

 

[Laurelin]

Hm, I don't intend to defend Laurelin.

Why ??? I really need to !!