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

One of the best VN games I've played to be quite honest. It's got funny moments, tough decisions, but best of all, ass and titties! I was almost going to skip this game as I originally mistook it for Become a Rockstar, and I'm glad I didn't skip it.

this game has it all: multiple paths, great rendering, great characters and story, clever animations, best game I've played until now. It is a big replay value and took me several hours to play. hats off!

If only words could describe how awesome this game is I would write and write and write some more.
I will try to keep it simple.
The story is deep and long. Few hours of gameplay for v 4.1 and I meant it. (I played it till morning of next day. Twice to only finish the story once. Yet I didn't manage to see half of the scenes. There is soo much to choose from.
Its like multiple games in one. There is lifelike social media app on our phone. Damn its so realistic.. jaw drops when I think of magnitude of this project. It cept me enterteined even when I blew my chance with 2 of possible best girls in this game. So

PLAY IT, LOVE IT, SPREAD THE WORD

Gread renders and story.
Sometimes mini games were annoying but it covers up as game proceeds it becomes interesting.
I started playing because I was bored and was not interested in the game but by the end of the game I really enjoyed the game.
Eagerly waiting for next season.
Great work DR PINKCAKE.

Gorgeous game, this dev really needs all the credits. The story is intriguing, the game is funny and some characters are really good. The renders are amazing and the plot is not bad, overhall one of the best games here. Certainly better than some other games with more success. Consider me a patron from now on.

Probably the best game on here.

• Renders are gorgeous.
• Writing is very good. MC feels human, as do other characters of which there's a host of but despite the numbers they manage to have their own distinctive personality.
• You're rewarded by being either a DIK or CHICK with different story and conversation options so lean either way. Whichever way you choose you'll not be a total asshole or a wimp. Playing as a decent human being is actually viable this game.
• The plot isn't unbelievable. Normally you embellish certain aspects of the game in order to explain the sexual situation that the MC finds themselves in but in this case they feel "normal".
• No superpowers, no corruption, no incest, no problems. I like those things sometimes but I don't need them always.
• Mini games are actually playable without feeling grindy or dumb.

All in all an easy 5/5 and a game worth patreoning if you haven't tried doing so before.

i'm just amazed with this game, the graphics, the development of the history, it's just sooo goood, i love all the things that is in this game (Except Chad and Tri-Alpha's fagots) but man this shit made my day, i will play it again tomorrow and do all the things possible.

I really enjoyed the characters in this game. There was a solid story line and it wasn't too grindy. The models are very pretty and content in the release is good. I highly recommend giving this game a look if you are into the whole college scene.

Pros:
- Renders are beautiful. Places, objects, people and lighting all look natural.
- Animations are perfect. Not only there are lots of them, they all look exceptional, the only other game with animations that good is City of Broken Dreamers. Definitely one of the best features of BaDIK
- Story. Not much has happened in this first season story-wise, but it's a good story so far. And the main plot (college freshman trying to get into a fraternity) is somewhat original. Also, having played Acting Lessons before makes me confident that Dr PinkCake has the ability to make a kick ass story.
- Humor. This is a fun game, with lots of funny moments. Pranks, Derek picking fights with feminists, funny dialogues... It all comes together to make this a very enjoyable game
- Dialogues are well written
- Minigames. Challenging enough to not be pointless
- Characters. Very diverse (there's the rich girl, the poor girl, the nasty girl, the sweet girl, the mysterious girl, and so on...). Not much depth on most of them, but it's not a problem to the story.
- Choices. I really like how your choices change your DIK score, which affect what choices are available and what paths you go through. Although I think it's hard to go through the "chick path"

Cons:
- Free roam. Not a very big deal, but it's very confusing and difficult to know where you are and move around in certain places. For example, Bella's house and DIK's mansion.


Final grade: 9.5/10

This is a must play. I had fun every step of the way so far and now I'm gonna try different paths

Dr. PinkCake is the GOAT

Hot girls? Check
Good plot? Check
Content? Check
Feels real? Check
Best girl? Quinn? Check

What more to say? Amazing renders and animations. To this game be The perfect game it just needed a bit of incest, but even without it, i believe it's the best game. So sad i need to wait for the next update now.
Straight 5/5.

Thank you for a great game. The characters are all interesting and memorable. Each one has a unique character. The dialogue is funny and occasionally sad, but that is part of the appeal. I am looking forward to more of this adventure.

Not much to say,just play this game for yourself. It's an experience you don't want to miss. Great art, very good music, but most important a really really good story. My god, each character its different from another, and they are all so real,its amazing. Absolutely stunning game, well done Dr PinkCake!

First up, i mainly gave this game a shot because the reviews here were all incredibly positive. Positive to the point where i felt "it can't be that good, but let's try it."

It was actually quite good.
Not the "best game on f95", not the "funniest game i've ever played", nor did i see a "5/5 story" anywhere. But it was pretty good. I'd advise you to give it a shot too see for yourself. Just remember to keep your expectations a little lower than "best game i've ever played."

Starting with a short synopsis:
You're a dude from a poor background, with no mom and a poor single dad, and enroll in a college where apparently a lot of drama is happening. All the time. The kind of drama teenagers think of, when they picture what college or university or whatever is like.

This has its own charm, and does have some fun aspects to it, but story wise, it doesn't offer that much we haven't seen already at least a couple times in a teen movie. It offers comedic relief characters galore, it offers the obvious bad boy antagonists and peer pressure, but not that many great characters.
Let's talk about the side characters first. There aren't all that many, and in general, the game likes to generalize. There's the nerds and the rich kids respectively, and their own little Fraternities. Represented by one (!) character each (Love interests are not counted.). Then there are the jocks, where i recall the names of 2 characters (!), and only one of them has any relevance story wise. Yeah, that's three of the five big factions on the campus. Furthermore, pretty much all of those characters i just mentioned seem to come straight out of a mediocre Teen Drama. I can describe each of the characters above with 2 to 3 words each, and you know nearly all which is to know about them already.
Frankly, even when the other 2 factions get those numbers back up again (which of course are your own faction and the hot girls), it shows how the game does not care about its surroundings, or worldbuilding, if you will, all that much.
Which isn't totally required, but yeah, the "best game on f95" with the "great characters" should be above that. Way above that.

Moving on, to the main characters. Which are mainly you, the cliché stupid best friend character we've all seen so many times, and the love interests. Which look great, to be fair. Renders are top notch. And most of them have some inner conflicts or deeper thematics to explore. Sadly, and i really mean that, the story apparently needs them all (except one, so far ?) to be in some sort of drama again. The teen drama again. Where everyone is lying, has secrets they can't ever tell anyone, and has to have a dark and secret past.
This is, i think, what i dislike most about this game. The story forces so much unnecessary or straight up stupid conflict upon you to keep you interested. Without dropping any kinds of hints first, on what's about to happen.
Maybe that's also why i am referencing teen movies so much in this review. All the characters do not seem to act rationally or in their best interests, but simply and solely with the end goal of creating drama and tension for the story.

Last, but not least, bring a walkthrough. You really need one to find even half of the bonus content, which is hidden pretty damn well throughout the game. And you also need the walkthrough for some of the minigames, which in my opinion, aren't really great. But since there is bonus content hidden behind beating them, i buckled up and went through the chore of going through them anyways.


TL;DR:
+great renders !
-Meh characters, mostly ruined by the story.
+quite a lot of content, to be honest.
-walkthrough required.
-meh minigames.



Edit: I didn't talk about one key feature of the game, which is the DIK/CHICK-System, or the "bad boy / good boy" - points, so to speak.
They do have some impact on making your player act differently according to your previous decisions, which is pretty cool for any kind of role-playing game.

Very good Story, decent humour, great renders and animations many different type of girls. Very hot scenes with great Scenarios.
Minigames okish not a fan of 3x3 puzzlers , comboing was ok, math/logic game cool, english game ah terrible and listen game nah but it supports the story . Excited to see it unfold. Has a pt like sys depending on choices finding treasure codes and all renders is a bit more work than expected sry cheated my way through after 1st playthrough. Did like MC and his background curious if his first gf may have another appereance. Not so sure if a Chick Route would have it's benefits atm. Thanks Keep up the good work.

I was able to immerse myself in game stories and characters. In addition, I was impressed by various factors such as mini-game, subject-specific exams and SNS.
I'm already looking forward to next season.

Quite simply, this game is amazing. I usually to don't like writing reviews, but I really feel like this game deserves one. When you play this game, you really feel the characters come to life. I've become emotionally invested in this game. Dr.pink has done it again with another great game.

good games, interesting stories...
those renders are really well done,extraordinary!
The gameplay is also different from other games..
minigames are a bit difficult


can't wait for the next update!

ive played both the maya/josie path, the sage /path and the jill path, and i absolutely love this game, great and beautiful renders and animations, great story, lots of comedy and drama.. even the side girls has great renders and etc. love that you can fool around with them too.. brings more to the game...

all in all this game does well in story and replayability, and that is what im looking for in these games.. keep up the good job - Pink - and cant wait for the next season.. but will gladly if it means more content and quality.

This game is legit the funniest adult game i've ever played, there's so many funny scenes, and the frat bro theme is so well done here i'm really immersed into it. Your choices have meaning, and will set you on two different paths, including several smaller ones. And there are so many different personalities to interact with, it's really well done. I also like the wholesome brotherhood feel to the story, and the character backstory is really well done and you feel for the dude.

Definitely a must try!

Animations 5/5
Story 5/5
Gameplay 5/5
English and Math Mini-games 5/5
Brawler Mini-game -2/5
Humor 5/5
Characters Personalities 5/5
Character Models 5/5
Replay Value 4/5

The story, renders, and animation are excellent. The game is very fun to play and the story leaves you wanting more, and I love the humor. So why a 3?

The brawler mini-game started off as a nice, simple, easy to play game in the first 2 episodes, and then took a turn for what I consider the worst in episode 3 and 4. The simple tactical rpg type set up was replaced with a The Tower type setup but implemented poorly. It works in The Tower, because the button combo system acts as a optional damage multiplier and damage can still be done without using it. In BADIK, the combination of ups,downs,lefts,rights must be completed to land a hit or block and evade, and the timer is very short, so it becomes annoying. So yes, one mini-game has lowered the rating that I was going to give from a 5 to a 3.

The story is also A to B, but also has ton of choices. The free-roam is OK, but limited to a small area which makes the game feel slightly claustrophobic at times, however it's barely noticeable.

Overall, the game is solid and worth playing and the mini-games can be turned off if you don't like them.