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

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It's time for the first real status update for episode 8, and the development is ongoing.

This week, it's mostly been planning and writing. I've been writing a lot, as I've been in the zone.

I know what I want to fit into this episode, so I'm writing as much of the layout as possible to grasp the workload that lies ahead.

Episode 8 will be the episode that wraps up the second season, so I'm very excited about it and will do my best to do it justice.

Game crashes (v0.7.2)
I've been getting some reports about random "out of memory" crashes that I wanted to address. I hope the following information can help more players solve these issues.

If you're experiencing any "out of memory" crashes after patching the game to the latest version (v0.7.2), I would recommend that you delete the contents of the "game/cache" folder.

There are three ".rpyb" files there that you can safely delete. When you restart the game, the cache will be rebuilt, and this could solve your problem.

In the future, I will supply pre-built cache files with the patches.

Poll news
This week, I posted the first poll for episode 8, a cosmetic poll for Sage. Sign up as a $10 patron to participate in it

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I have planned several fun polls for episode 8, and I have also decided to change how the special render polls are conducted to get more balance in the special render sets.

At the moment, some girls have three render sets, whereas others only have one, and I'd like this to even out for the sake of the game.

I will reveal the details about how the new polls will look like as they are posted.

Walkthrough news
I've written the walkthrough, and proofreading is underway. I will release it as soon as possible, at the latest next Friday, but likely earlier.



Have a nice weekend

Dr PinkCake

I was hoping he would say the game was already 50% done. Wishful thinking I guess.....

 

[SpearOfReigns]

I was visiting BaDIK page on VNDB and then saw this on image section. Anyone knows from which episode is it? I can't quite remember.

 

[DavDR]

I was visiting BaDIK page on VNDB and then saw this on image section. Anyone knows from which episode is it? I can't quite remember. View attachment 1194159

1st episode, during the panty raid.

 

[SpearOfReigns]

1st episode, during the panty raid.

Wow, somehow I missed it. Thanks!

 

[DavDR]

Wow, somehow I missed it. Thanks!

The scene happens when you peek into Quinn's room while searching.

 

[DavDR]

She's growing on me. I started the game as a Sage fan and remain a Sage fan but no one wants to talk about Sage.

Yeah the only in depth discussion of Sage I've ever seen here was one a few month's ago where a bunch of the M/J, Jill, Bella crowd (let's just call them the C's for short) were trying to make the case that Sage was a bad President. Ep 7 pretty much knocked that shit on the head.

 

[SpearOfReigns]

The scene happens when you peek into Quinn's room while searching.

Ohhh that would explain it, I always go straight into the shower room in every single of my 10 playthrough haha

 

[Hermith]

Yeah the only in depth discussion of Sage I've ever seen here was one a few month's ago where a bunch of the M/J, Jill, Bella crowd (let's just call them the C's for short) were trying to make the case that Sage was a bad President. Ep 7 pretty much knocked that shit on the head.

Not that long ago, right after chapter7 got released, Neutral/Chick Sage was all the rage.

 

[Picc4h]

She's growing on me. I started the game as a Sage fan and remain a Sage fan but no one wants to talk about Sage.

Bro you must have missed the 4 pages of complaints for the whole rebound guy bullshit. There's not much else to talk about now except that people realized that refusing her early on leads to a much more enjoyable ep7 with her.

 

[goldenrule91]

She's growing on me. I started the game as a Sage fan and remain a Sage fan but no one wants to talk about Sage.

Yeah the only in depth discussion of Sage I've ever seen here was one a few month's ago where a bunch of the M/J, Jill, Bella crowd (let's just call them the C's for short) were trying to make the case that Sage was a bad President. Ep 7 pretty much knocked that shit on the head.

Sage is too perfect, not much to say about her. Her character arc thus far is to be the blameless victim of Chad and Quinn's actions, and to be Maya's potential savior as well. She's top 5 hotness, a leader, smart, rich, shares most of the MC's interests, and is compassionate and trusting. Plus now she seems to have a chick/neutral path which I've heard has dialogue that's even better than the dik one. Sage is like the Ned Stark of this story, in that I feel she can't stick around for long or we'll constantly be wondering why she isn't just solving every problem like she appears to be doing with Maya.

 

[DavDR]

Bro you must have missed the 4 pages of complaints for the whole rebound guy bullshit. There's not much else to talk about now except that people realized that refusing her early on leads to a much more enjoyable ep7 with her.

I don't see how refusing the best two scene's in the game (Sage Movie night and Sage AO mansion) could make ep 7 any better?

 

[DavDR]

Come on, that's not fair. I'm pretty sure we've spent pages and pages debating whether the guy with the bun at the Prep's party is Sage's dad (it is, for the record).

Also, sorry Dude, Stephen is her Father. Man bun guy is just a DPC cameo.

 

[Picc4h]

I don't see how refusing the best two scene's in the game (Sage Movie night and Sage AO mansion) could make ep 7 any better?

I never said that refusing her early make ep7 better as a whole, just her particular scene (first at the dik's mansion and later in the hot's garden) and while I agree that movie night and the hots free roam are really good scene, I'd rather skip those and the whole rebound guy thing that makes MC look gay as fuck, even with massive DIK affinity. Just my opinion my man.

 

[Trysexual]

Yeah the only in depth discussion of Sage I've ever seen here was one a few month's ago where a bunch of the M/J, Jill, Bella crowd (let's just call them the C's for short) were trying to make the case that Sage was a bad President. Ep 7 pretty much knocked that shit on the head.

The biggest knock on Sage is that she trusts Quinn to handle HOT business because she's busy with things like trying to graduate. I mean imagine a college student who is sitting in the library researching a paper! What kind of student does that!?! None of the rest of them, except maybe Jill.

If anyone thinks being pissed off at being cheated on is a flaw they should probably date more. Or some. Or once.

I think that's the problem with Sage. She doesn't have nearly enough shit wrong with her. She's not a liar, a cheater, a thief, a user, a manipulator, a coward, a damsel in distress, a confused bisexual, a raging feminist, a proponent of vodka tampons, generally shifty as all fuck, or anything else that makes her nearly as screwy as everyone else in the game.

I guess some people call all those faults character development but characters can be developed without making them any of those things. People seem to want those things in their VN characters. The way some game players cling to certain characters in this game frightens and confuses me. Give me the girl who most has her shit together.

 

[DavDR]

I never said that refusing her early make ep7 better as a whole, just her particular scene (first at the dik's mansion and later in the hot's garden) and while I agree that movie night and the hots free roam are really good scene, I'd rather skip those and the whole rebound guy thing that makes MC look gay as fuck, even with massive DIK affinity. Just my opinion my man.

Cool, I might try to play a N/C route and check that out. The rebound guy shit did kinda suck

 

[Hermith]

Cool, I might try to play a N/C route and check that out. The rebound guy shit did kinda suck

It doesn't make that much difference imo. Yes, you won't have to suffer through that rebound guy dialogue, but in exchange you give up almost every single good scenes with her before ep7 and in ep7 you still get the same stuff, just worded differently. That being said I still enjoyed my Neutral/Chick Sage run, mostly because you still get the chance to take care of the sick Sage.

 

[DavDR]

The biggest knock on Sage is that she trusts Quinn to handle HOT business because she's busy with things like trying to graduate. I mean imagine a college student who is sitting in the library researching a paper! What kind of student does that!?! None of the rest of them, except maybe Jill.

If anyone thinks being pissed off at being cheated on is a flaw they should probably date more. Or some. Or once.

I think that's the problem with Sage. She doesn't have nearly enough shit wrong with her. She's not a liar, a cheater, a thief, a user, a manipulator, a coward, a damsel in distress, a confused bisexual, a raging feminist, a proponent of vodka tampons, generally shifty as all fuck, or anything else that makes her nearly as screwy as everyone else in the game.

I guess some people call all those faults character development but characters can be developed without making them any of those things. People seem to want those things in their VN characters. The way some game players cling to certain characters in this game frightens and confuses me. Give me the girl who most has her shit together.

OMG,You're right. It frighten's and confuses me too (lol).

BTW, I think we should all start using OMG in all of our post as a nod to the one truly funny bit in the game.

 

[Niu6609]

She's growing on me. I started the game as a Sage fan and remain a Sage fan but no one wants to talk about Sage.

It seems like there're lots of Sage fans in the community (myself included) but not many comments about her, which I take to be both a good and a bad thing; good because it just shows that her character isn't very problematic, and people are mostly fine with it; bad because I wanna talk about Sage, man. Like, it would be nice to discuss why Sage is our favourite girl out of all the choices in the game.

I've streamed BaD gameplay for a friend on Discord once before and showed them Sage, and after that the both of us ere just lamenting about we wished we could get a girlfriend like her IRL, so that was pretty fun!

 

[Niu6609]

OMG,You're right. It frighten's and confuses me too (lol).

BTW, I think we should all start using OMG in all of our post as a nod to the one truly funny bit in the game.

Bella would be staring at you hard with displeasure.

 

[DavDR]

It seems like there're lots of Sage fans in the community (myself included) but not many comments about her, which I take to be both a good and a bad thing; good because it just shows that her character isn't very problematic, and people are mostly fine with it; bad because I wanna talk about Sage, man. Like, it would be nice to discuss why Sage is our favourite girl out of all the choices in the game.

I've streamed BaD gameplay for a friend on Discord once before and showed them Sage, and after that the both of us ere just lamenting about we wished we could get a girlfriend like her IRL, so that was pretty fun!

There was another Sage topic that I forgot, is Sage actually Jade and Stephen's daughter and Tybalt's sister? But OMG, I think it's pretty much been fully discussed, and there's no new clues to bring into the mix.