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

[Cndyrvr4lf]

Sarah told Heather and Melanie in the hot tub in Episode 5. Since DPC put that option there, makes me wonder if he put that as a decision placeholder for future use, if he decides to make that decision matter. Jacob did ask MC to not spread the news, see how he reacted to Derek's comment in Sage's movie night cluck in Rooster.

I knew I remembered seeing it somewhere. Oh well if it becomes an issue I know I can always go back and redo it to change a variable. Won't be the first time and I'm sure it won't be the last.

 

[ename144]

But remember you’re comparing a finished story to an incomplete one. I agree with you the HoTs being drug dealers and pimps is outlandish. I’ve always had an issue with that plot point, but the whole Leah thing was hardly grounded in reality. No less outlandish than Quinn being a pimp. Actually break it down AL had a boatload of contrivances, but they were tied together by the story and characters. AL took a few dubious plot leaps and murky hand waving explanations, had them all blow up spectacularly in that twist and went forward off the back of how it's characters reacted to it. The actual plot leading up to the choice falls to the wayside and the story ends on how the characters handle it. BaDIK could easily follow suit.

We're currently sitting on half a story and all the heavy shit is yet to come. There's nothing stopping him from writing sincere, grounded reactions to whatever drama bomb is on its way. The tone is undeniably different this time but would it be any less heavy and grounded to see (and this isn't a plot prediction, it's an example of a traumatic event) Maya or Josy forced into prostitution? How they got there might be contrived but he could easily write a realistic reaction to such a revelation. As Stephen King put it.

“Pop culture writing is about ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. Literature is about extraordinary people in ordinary circumstances.”

We've got our extraordinary situation, we've got our relatively ordinary people... we're just waiting to see how they react.

I would be somewhat surprised by your particular example (outside of a "bad" ending for the two), but I agree with your overall point.

Leah being a serial killer in AL (as opposed to a more mundane obsessive crush) isn't particularly well foreshadowed, and it completely dominates the last quarter of the game. The idea that something really bad couldn't pop out of the woodwork 3-4 episodes from now is just not consistent with how DPC has worked as a writer.

Even if we assume DPC isn't going to kill any of the LIs this time (and simply killing one would still be much less extreme than what happened in AL), there are plenty of bad things that could happen. The simplest is that the LIs will eventually each face a major crisis simultaneously, and the MC will only be able to help one of them through it (maybe Maya and Josy as a combo if DPC truly is feeling sorry for AL).

The other girls will survive, but as scarred survivors who never quite get their lives back on track. Maya is forced to live the life her father expected of her. Bella becomes a reclusive old maid. Josy becomes a jaded dancer at the Pink Rose. Jill settles for marrying Tybalt and being effectively a trophy wife. Sage is caught up in Quinn's drug scandal and spends several years in prison. All of those would be far less tonally jarring than AL's finale was, yet would still seriously suck to play through.

That's what I worry about. I like all of the LIs. Hell, I like most of the characters in this game. I want to see them all get happy ending (or learn the error of their ways for the antagonists), and I remain hopeful that is what will happen. But I absolutely don't think we can take that for granted.

 

[AvatarStormBringer]

I would be somewhat surprised by your particular example (outside of a "bad" ending for the two), but I agree with your overall point.

Leah being a serial killer in AL (as opposed to a more mundane obsessive crush) isn't particularly well foreshadowed, and it completely dominates the last quarter of the game. The idea that something really bad couldn't pop out of the woodwork 3-4 episodes from now is just not consistent with how DPC has worked as a writer.

Even if we assume DPC isn't going to kill any of the LIs this time (and simply killing one would still be much less extreme than what happened in AL), there are plenty of bad things that could happen. The simplest is that the LIs will eventually each face a major crisis simultaneously, and the MC will only be able to help one of them through it (maybe Maya and Josy as a combo if DPC truly is feeling sorry for AL).

The other girls will survive, but as scarred survivors who never quite get their lives back on track. Maya is forced to live the life her father expected of her. Bella becomes a reclusive old maid. Josy becomes a jaded dancer at the Pink Rose. Jill settles for marrying Tybalt and being effectively a trophy wife. Sage is caught up in Quinn's drug scandal and spends several years in prison. All of those would be far less tonally jarring than AL's finale was, yet would still seriously suck to play through.

That's what I worry about. I like all of the Lis. Hell, I like most of the characters in this game. I want to see them all get happy ending (or learn the error of their ways for the antagonists), and I remain hopeful that is what will happen. But I absolutely don't think we can take that for granted.

If there is no route where all of them gets a happy ending, then I wish DPC provides me as option to go on a killing spree.

 

[Wizard_Shiryuu]

You might likely to get to see it in the future if you confide in Sage about Arieth's crabs? I wonder how that action will affect:
1) Sage's trust towards MC
2) DIKs' trust towards MC

Sage could bring it up without selling the DIKs, though.

I forget which HOT mentions it but the DIK's having crabs is already known. One of them mentions finding the medication for it during one of the parties. Might not be that big of an impact.

What if it's not Arieth? Maybe there's some other common girl they (or we) don't know yet. Crabs only live in people with pubic hair, which excludes 90% of the people we know.

Arieth we want to see your bush .

 

[ToastyOats]

Anyone got an Isabella focused save they could share?

 

[AvatarStormBringer]

What if it's not Arieth? Maybe there's some other common girl they (or we) don't know yet. Crabs only live in people with pubic hair, which excludes 90% of the people we know.

Danielle? An exchange of tadpoles and crustaceans, end results being parasites.

 

[Yuno Gasai]

idk why everybody is arguing about DPC's fav girl
i thought we all knew damn well that

Spoiler: THE ONE

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[Cndyrvr4lf]

Sage could bring it up without selling the DIKs, though.

What if it's not Arieth? Maybe there's some other common girl they (or we) don't know yet. Crabs only live in people with pubic hair, which excludes 90% of the people we know.

Arieth we want to see your bush .

Actually you can get "crabs" in facial hair, armpits, eyebrows, and even head hair. If you have crabs and shave your self after the fact they can cling to your skin. The %'s are much lower but still possible. In fact any hair that comes in contact could potentially allow them to cling allowing them to transmit to your body So even if Arieth has a treasure trail or a 70's jungle bush UH OH!

 

[Youven]

Sooo did anyone post the best girl's special render preview yet?

De que tutorial hablas exactamente? yo me he encargado de todo el grueso de los dialogos (update5.rpy y todos los freeroam), uno de los admins de erospanish iba a hacer las actualizaciones de todo lo del movil y todo lo demas ya viene de actualizaciones posteriores (muchas cosas han pasado de imagenes a scripts o al propio dialogo como el tutorial del juego de pintar que ahora esta en el propio update5,rpy en vez de en imagen o script), basicamente he continuado el trabajo que ellos empezaron ya que iban un poco atrasados en being a dik por un proyecto personal que tienen ellos en desarrollo, pero yo he hecho el grueso de la traduccion, las cosas sueltas como dialogos de rooster o swyper o alguna cosa añadida de este capitulo lo hace otra persona, si al compilar el parche veo que se han dejado algo ya avise de que iria generando actualizaciones, algunas partes de capitulos anteriores tienen errores propias de la traduccion semiautomatica, y yo la he hecho 100% manual, me gustaria ir repasando capitulos anteriores para solventar eso tambien.

Muy bien, gracias por esa respuesta tan detallada.
Cuando hablo del tutorial, es mayormente en el capítulo 1, espera, te lo mostraré:

Spoiler: Exemple

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Como puedes ver, estoy en el guión principal y no en los archivos de traducción.
Los elementos después de "Show text" no existen en la directorio tl y no sé dónde encontrarlos.

Por eso te lo pido. Cómo tradujo el tutorial en la imagen de abajo

Spoiler: Exemple 2

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[Youven]

You might likely to get to see it in the future if you confide in Sage about Arieth's crabs? I wonder how that action will affect:
1) Sage's trust towards MC
2) DIKs' trust towards MC

To be honest with you, I have checked on game script about this part and I have found nothing more than =+ 1 with Sage.
No other Boolean variables that could be used in the future. Yeah I know... I'm cheating a lot here.

 

[AvatarStormBringer]

To be honest with you, I have checked on game script about this part and I have found nothing more than =+ 1 with Sage.
No other Boolean variables that could be used in the future. Yeah I know... I'm cheating a lot here.

Hahaha, no comment on the cheating part.

Is there a way to add in new parameters in new updates to existing decisions?

 

[Youven]

Hahaha, no comment on the cheating part.

Is there a way to add in new parameters in new updates to existing decisions?

Renpy's operation is rather sequential.
It is, for me, impossible to verify a decision if a True/False variable has not been set at that time.

 

[AvatarStormBringer]

Renpy's operation is rather sequential.
It is, for me, impossible to verify a decision if a True/False variable has not been set at that time.

Hm, in the latest DeLuca Family update I was asked again on what path I wanted to take for Isabel when I launched the game. I doubt DPC will do something like that though.

 

[Youven]

Hm, in the latest DeLuca Family update I was asked again on what path I wanted to take for Isabel when I launched the game. I doubt DPC will do something like that though.

Yeah, I also doubt DPC will do it.
DPC is is quite different from the others developer.
The analysis of the game's scripts confirmed to me that he masters the tool well and that he does something very clean and clear.
If you're a developer or have any notions, take a look, I assure you, it's spotless. Very interesting to see.

 

[AvatarStormBringer]

Just wanted to let you know that I remade that crappy soundtrack I made some time ago, I realised it was missing half of the songs lol. I've used unren on the game, extracted all the mp3 files from ep 4 and 5 and uploaded them on youtube personally instead of using others' videos like last time. So, now I can say that the soundtrack is complete!
Unfortunately the so-called licensed music from ep 5 is not included in the music section of the game and the 17 songs are named "track2,3,4" etc, don't really know why DPC kept them that way but I uploaded them anyway.
Here is the

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. Have fun

Just wanted to point out that track 2 was used in the game Weedcraft Inc. But I do not know the name of the track either.

 

[Meushi]

Just wanted to point out that track 2 was used in the game Weedcraft Inc. But I do not know the name of the track either.

It's Beatit by Thuyltt, without the lead vocal track.

 

[felicemastronzo]

To be honest with you, I have checked on game script about this part and I have found nothing more than =+ 1 with Sage.
No other Boolean variables that could be used in the future. Yeah I know... I'm cheating a lot here.

there are many seemingly insignificant choices, but it is not uncommon for that one more or less point to make a difference. for example hitting Troy which may affect the route with Bella/Jill

at this point of the game the only decisions that seem to me to have important effects on the development of the story are: to show the video with Jade, to reveal that Cathe is on Stroller, to slap Tybalt

 

[LeoStreets]

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Joking aside, I hope you enjoy the game. I worked my ass off to create this and boy this is expensive.

I need funding to complete this project.

If you can't afford to donate on Patreon, you can still show support by liking or reviewing the game.

Cheers

This guy is a great writer! The story is so interesting and immersive, it's really an emotional rollercoaster, and of course the great sex scenes are very rewarding.
When this is completed it will be a masterpiece of VNs

 

[Hugh G. Rection]

Just wanted to let you know that I remade that crappy soundtrack I made some time ago, I realised it was missing half of the songs lol. I've used unren on the game, extracted all the mp3 files from ep 4 and 5 and uploaded them on youtube personally instead of using others' videos like last time. So, now I can say that the soundtrack is complete!
Unfortunately the so-called licensed music from ep 5 is not included in the music section of the game and the 17 songs are named "track2,3,4" etc, don't really know why DPC kept them that way but I uploaded them anyway.
Here is the

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. Have fun

 

[Mormont]

Arieth we want to see your bush .

Hazmat suit at the ready our next encounter with her will be something especially if we connected with her on swyper