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

[Kellermann]

Pretty sure the closing act of AL was always planned from the beginning as the way it ended up, whatever people's opinion were. At least DPC said so.

Yes, but clearly his heart and mind were on BaDIK. Even though AL's ending was written well in advance, the last 20 minutes could have been so much better if he had a singular focus IMO. I was completely bored out of mind and detached from the characters at the end. Not the feeling you want to instill during the falling action and resolution. It's almost hard to believe AL and BaDIK were created by the same person because I'm 100% invested in the BaDIK characters.

...Even if he kills my beloved Sage at the end. I'll be pissed because I care. I didn't care at all when AL's discount Josy got

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[Hyuuga_Neji]

Access as a super user although I recommend something, try to create a partition and download things in that partition so you will avoid these problems since you are not downloading a file from the Linux root

Or move the game folder to another folder and try to open it again

I've solved the BUG making the file executable using the command

chmod u+x /lib-file-route/BeingADIK

 

[Machete]

Com'on, are we really complaining about the plot of AL? It is, by all means, an interesting and compelling story.

 

[OtstrelDebilov]

Yes, BaD is has a very good plot, really good and bright!

 

[moskyx]

Com'on, are we really complaining about the plot of AL? It is, by all means, an interesting and compelling story.

Where to begin?

 

[Holy Bacchus]

Yes, BaD is has a very good plot, really good and bright!

It was bright, but it's getting darker with each new update.

 

[godkingxerxes]

Quinn and Heather were already there when Tommy, Rusty and Vinnie started the Diks. So they probably share the same age than Rusty and Tommy. More likely 21.

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Heather started same year as Tommy, she was in a wheel chair in the flashback in episode 5.

Quinn was a reject so likely one year younger.

 

[Gladheim]

It was bright, but it's getting darker with each new update.

It's not dark, it's less comical. I also like it since the most important thing is the characters behind it, it is true that I miss Hell week but who doesn't?

 

[The Bush Diver]

There are guys out there that much prefer older women over girls their own age.

I take pride in saying that my wife is 16 years older than me. Also, I've only dated a girl my own age once, all other dates were with older women.

*smiles*

 

[felicemastronzo]

I really loved that video, MadMac-88.

where is it? I saw it and now I can't find it !!!

 

[felicemastronzo]

It was bright, but it's getting darker with each new update.

but bright in the sense of light and cheerful or in the sense of ingenious and well built?

 

[max27]

This has to one of the best adult visual novel, everything about it is top-notch. Does Dr Pinkcake work alone or has a team?

 

[moskyx]

where is it? I saw it and now I can't find it !!!

He deleted it

 

[felicemastronzo]

It's not dark, it's less comical. I also like it since the most important thing is the characters behind it, it is true that I miss Hell week but who doesn't?

actually in my opinion BADIK is still very light and cheerful, with the two exceptions of Quinn and Bella (potential).

the rest at least in shape is still very light.

the problem is the reputation of DPC which shows a threat behind every shadow.

the infamous letter about MC's mother? a book to read and a cash gift

the fearsome scavenger hunt? a nice afternoon with Arieth

 

[godkingxerxes]

This game isn't dark at all, you guys just jump at ever shadow.

Oh no locked door must be cereal killer.

Oh no drugs must be someone gon die.

Meanwhile people lock doors in their houses if they don't people roaming unsupervised.

And drugs exist in every school.

 

[machoman112187]

Just had a thought. During their first date, Jill told MC about the "rules" of dating. Kiss on the first date and sex on the third date. Well the picnic was the second date. So maybe in the next update we get a third date and finally have sex with Jill? I hope.

 

[ename144]

Yes, but clearly his heart and mind were on BaDIK. Even though AL's ending was written well in advance, the last 20 minutes could have been so much better if he had a singular focus IMO. I was completely bored out of mind and detached from the characters at the end. Not the feeling you want to instill during the falling action and resolution. It's almost hard to believe AL and BaDIK were created by the same person because I'm 100% invested in the BaDIK characters.

...Even if he kills my beloved Sage at the end. I'll be pissed because I care. I didn't care at all when AL's discount Josy got

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You wanted the final act of AL to go on even longer?!?

Look, I'll lob plenty of criticism at AL, but rushing through the bleak trauma at the close of the story is pretty much the exact opposite of my complaints. I don't buy for a minute that DPC only killed a LI to speed up the ending; that was clearly the plan all along.

It was bright, but it's getting darker with each new update.

Eh, overall the last two episodes have been pretty lighthearted, IMHO. Quinn's story is dark, but that's been going on for a while and since she's primarily positioned as an antagonist I'm not even sure that counts. Tybalt's surprisingly effective blackmail attempt is definitely a problem, but it's just an obstacle. There's nothing dark about it yet. (Unless it completely stops Jill from calling the MC; that gets a touch dark, but I doubt it happens in most playthroughs).

Really, the darkness in Episode 6 is just the cliffhanger for Episode 7. And depending on how Episode 7 goes, it may wind up being less dark than we expect. It could go light by having Maya stall her dad for more time and focus on the MC helping Cathy through her crisis, or go dark by having Maya pulled out of college, Jade blackmailed and Quinn trying to drown her sorrows in coke. We just don't know yet.

I'm certainly not predicting sunshine and roses from here on out. I'm just saying we shouldn't jump at every shadow, either.

 

[felicemastronzo]

You wanted the final act of AL to go on even longer?!?

Look, I'll lob plenty of criticism at AL, but rushing through the bleak trauma at the close of the story is pretty much the exact opposite of my complaints. I don't buy for a minute that DPC only killed a LI to speed up the ending; that was clearly the plan all along.


Eh, overall the last two episodes have been pretty lighthearted, IMHO. Quinn's story is dark, but that's been going on for a while and since she's primarily positioned as an antagonist I'm not even sure that counts. Tybalt's surprisingly effective blackmail attempt is definitely a problem, but it's just an obstacle. There's nothing dark about it yet. (Unless it completely stops Jill from calling the MC; that gets a touch dark, but I doubt it happens in most playthroughs).

Really, the darkness in Episode 6 is just the cliffhanger for Episode 7. And depending on how Episode 7 goes, it may wind up being less dark than we expect. It could go light by having Maya stall her dad for more time and focus on the MC helping Cathy through her crisis, or go dark by having Maya pulled out of college, Jade blackmailed and Quinn trying to drown her sorrows in coke. We just don't know yet.

I'm certainly not predicting sunshine and roses from here on out. I'm just saying we shouldn't jump at every shadow, either.

that's right, but until we know how the story evolves it makes no sense to unbalance


to date the only really dark moment connected to LIs is the scene in the library with Bella in the third chapter, which seems to really portend something serious and dangerous

the rest are small heart pains

 

[Wizard_Shiryuu]

This game isn't dark at all, you guys just jump at ever shadow.

Oh no locked door must be cereal killer.

Oh no drugs must be someone gon die.

Meanwhile people lock doors in their houses if they don't people roaming unsupervised.

And drugs exist in every school.

 

[DavDR]

in the end, every "plot" problem is just a pretext for wasting time and putting off important choices

MC's escape from the dorm was that, Sage's doubts will be, Maya's father's visit will probably be.

but it is the first event that directly involves Jill, it makes her pronounce a very strong sentence (when she announces that they will no longer be seen) to which MC must respond equally strongly (saying that he is falling in love with her)

and all this for an unbelievable threat from an unbelievable character

I just finished my second playthru on a Neutral/Chick Just friends M/J, and I'm still thoroughly under whelmed. The plot points have become so contrived that I just can't take them seriously anymore, I agree with you about Tybalt being no threat at all, add to that DPC's dreary one step forward two steps back with the relationship development and it's getting hard to even do a playthru of this game. If you look at it objectively, all the elements for resolving these silly crises are already on the table, and he could wrap this whole thing up in another episode or two. Yet I fear we're in for at least four more episode's if not six or eight, and I have zero confidence at this point that he's going to be able to do anything even remotely interesting with all of those hours of gameplay.