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

[gitty_quacky]

Played this game a few weeks ago and I thought it was good!

 

[Deleted member 396172]

Great update !

 

[Daken9]

It was at this moment that i felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of Quinn stans suddenly started crying in post nut emotion.

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[sorco2003]

The Bella path is very weird. It *seems* to work on the assumption there's a raw, barely contained sexual magnetism between Bella and the MC that will overwhelm them at the slightest misstep. That's why visiting her in the library in Episode 3 will go from 3 to clothed-humping-make-out in 2.5 seconds, and why merely inviting Bella into you room seals the deal.

Unfortunately, the game can't really deliver on the magnetism part. First, because the MC behaves like the same horny newb around plenty of other women in the game, and we get far more discrete choices with them. It doesn't help that we spend the middle of Bella's "magnetism" arc with the MC wailing over Maya and Josy's relationship like a lost puppy. Compared to Josy in particular, Bella doesn't feel special in this regard, so why are Bella's scenes so railroaded?

Second, Bella herself completely fails to sell her end of the bargain. In a handful of scenes she nails the sultry-yet-restrained look and truly comes across like a woman on the verge of throwing caution to the wind. The rest of the time, however, her deadpan delivery and dry humor are just too close to the way she acted before the arc began to tell the difference. She doesn't come across like someone wracked with forbidden lust, she's more like a woman bemused by an absurdly corny pickup line.

As a result, the sexual tension misfires if you (the player) aren't 100% down with seducing Bella. That's my take on it, anyway.

In the case of Bella I had a feeling when I saw the scene of Cathy's panties, depending on the branch, Bella knows that the MC has something (or had) at least with Maya, Josy and Jill, but only reacts to the situation of Cathy, when I saw it, after laughing for a while, I thought that maybe Bella does not consider any of the young girls competition or that he is simply a milf hunter, both ideas go well with the idea of Bella closing the road for an indiscretion with Cathy .... I wonder her reaction to the MC and Jade situation..... I bet it would be even worse.

 

[Icekatana]

I waited for the official walkthrough before I wanted to ask this. It's not helpful in this regard.

I have 16/24 2D art unlocked. The only art I'm missing says "2D art shop", but I've already bought everything that I can from Jacob. Every girl has 1/3 from their shop listing. Is this because the 2D art isn't in the game yet?

Specifically, I'm missing: Sarah, Jade, Melanie, Camila, Cathy, Envy, Quinn and Sage (I have Sage's other 2D art from the scene though).

Has this been added or am I missing something?

 

[shazba]

That's an intriguing thought. The problem is that the scene happens whether the MC is on Quinn's path, Maya's path or neither. I could see Quinn wanting to know if the MC was still fooling around with Maya on her path, but on Maya's path Quinn already seems pretty sure he is.

I suppose it could change depending on context; on Quinn's path, she's asking out of a combination of fear and jealousy, on the other paths Quinn is just so bitter she can't let Maya go and needs to keep looking for things to use against her. Possible, though it feels like a bit of a stretch.



It *should* be gone for good. But with the repeated mentions of the deletion, and especially with Quinn snooping around for it, I'm willing to bet SOMETHING is going to come from the video. In that case, the only real options I can see are a) Josy kept a copy herself and that will get out (drama to follow!), b) someone (Quinn?) will bluff that they have a copy to get something out of Maya, c) the video will somehow be recovered by the mystery hacker. None of those feel particularly satisfying, IMHO.

Josy keeping a copy is probably the most logical: she's likely both more turned on by the video and less terrified of it getting out than Maya. But she isn't stupid, so it's hard to see how her copy (if she has one) would get out without some further antics. (It would also speak very poorly of Josy if she did this behind the MC and Maya's backs.)

The bluff seems like a non-starter, since only a handful of people know enough details to make the bluff believable without the actual video.

As for the hackers, well, it would certainly tie in to the hacking subplot tucked away on the back-burner, but it's a real stretch to get there. We know Burke only has the video of Jade if you show it to the DIKs, so the mysterious hacker clearly has limits on their reach. There's no way the video could end up on the DIK computer, and very little reason for it to be stored anywhere other than Josy's phone (or her own computer if she made a backup), so hacking options seem pretty limited.

If we want to put on our conspiracy theorist hats, I suppose we could say the MC's old phone was too primitive to be hacked this way (say, no cloud storage), but Josy's phone is new enough to be vulnerable. That would at least make the new phone a plot point rather than just a strange UI decision, but it feels like an extremely convoluted setup for a questionable payoff.

Anyone have an idea I missed?


I don't see why Quinn should be worried about Maya or Josy at this point. Maya made it clear she isn't coming back, and Josy has shown no interest in Quinn. Digging around for the tape seems as likely to stir up trouble as it is to ward against it. Granted, this is Quinn so doing something despite it being stupid is hardly a barrier, but I don't see what she expects to get out of it (short of the jealousy angle Sorco2003 mentioned.

And congrats on making it through a year with at least some of your sanity intact!



The Bella path is very weird. It *seems* to work on the assumption there's a raw, barely contained sexual magnetism between Bella and the MC that will overwhelm them at the slightest misstep. That's why visiting her in the library in Episode 3 will go from 3 to clothed-humping-make-out in 2.5 seconds, and why merely inviting Bella into you room seals the deal.

Unfortunately, the game can't really deliver on the magnetism part. First, because the MC behaves like the same horny newb around plenty of other women in the game, and we get far more discrete choices with them. It doesn't help that we spend the middle of Bella's "magnetism" arc with the MC wailing over Maya and Josy's relationship like a lost puppy. Compared to Josy in particular, Bella doesn't feel special in this regard, so why are Bella's scenes so railroaded?

Second, Bella herself completely fails to sell her end of the bargain. In a handful of scenes she nails the sultry-yet-restrained look and truly comes across like a woman on the verge of throwing caution to the wind. The rest of the time, however, her deadpan delivery and dry humor are just too close to the way she acted before the arc began to tell the difference. She doesn't come across like someone wracked with forbidden lust, she's more like a woman bemused by an absurdly corny pickup line.

As a result, the sexual tension misfires if you (the player) aren't 100% down with seducing Bella. That's my take on it, anyway.

Bella is lowest on my list of LIs simply because she wouldn't interest me in real life, but when I played the game again the other day to do the Bella-falling-for-mc pictorial summary, I played a Bella-centric game and I think I was sold.

She's still not going up the ranks for me, but focusing on her (rather than her just being a side lay because I'm focusing on the other girls), I think her arc plays out very well.

So that pretty much sits with your closing comment. If you as a player like Bella, her story is pretty satisfying, but if you're MC is just doing the dirty with her because you're hitting everything with a pulse, it's kinda a bit overplayed.

I waited for the official walkthrough before I wanted to ask this. It's not helpful in this regard.

I have 16/24 2D art unlocked. The only art I'm missing says "2D art shop", but I've already bought everything that I can from Jacob. Every girl has 1/3 from their shop listing. Is this because the 2D art isn't in the game yet?

Specifically, I'm missing: Sarah, Jade, Melanie, Camila, Cathy, Envy, Quinn and Sage (I have Sage's other 2D art from the scene though).

Has this been added or am I missing something?

Yeah I vaguely wondered about that too. I've unlocked all the scenes but not all the special renders. I'm not a fan at all of the 2D art so I haven't really bothered.

 

[sorco2003]

I waited for the official walkthrough before I wanted to ask this. It's not helpful in this regard.

I have 16/24 2D art unlocked. The only art I'm missing says "2D art shop", but I've already bought everything that I can from Jacob. Every girl has 1/3 from their shop listing. Is this because the 2D art isn't in the game yet?

Specifically, I'm missing: Sarah, Jade, Melanie, Camila, Cathy, Envy, Quinn and Sage (I have Sage's other 2D art from the scene though).

Has this been added or am I missing something?

Did you have all the saves from where you bought the drawings arrive until Jacobs delivers them to you?

 

[Zirael Q]

you meant Sage correct?

Unfortunately, I don't think we'll ever find out, because nobody has that footage anymore, except for another intervention by the miracle hacker.

Quinn's scenes without MC present are exactly the same no matter what may have happened with him.

surely disqualifying Maya from HOTs would be the best solution for Quinn, in theory this could also convince Sage to let it go (difficult, but from Quinn's point of view possible)

but having a blackmail in hand to force Maya not to stir the pot would be a better tool and more in Quinn's style.

p.s. i'm one year old...

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Nope, not Sage. I know, crazy right? Maya actually doesn't need someone to say something now Maya finally made it into HOTs and now she has sister status, however she acted like in Ep 7 won't change that. She can speak up to Quinn by herself now since Quinn doesn't have anything against her anymore. She won't do anything further to her at this point, it's over. Like Riona said. Checkmate.
At most, Quinn might try to embarrass her or make her jealous, but that's it. She knows how to put up a face lol

Zirael Q, I agree with everything you said. I felt all three scenes were great for each girl, depending on who you wanted to be with, but overall I felt Quinn's was more meaningful. Everything that happened there was a step forward in the relationship:

• She wasn't scornful at all. When the mc naively realizes the Hookah is a drug her response is quite nice, she's enjoying the mc's naivety on a much more pleasant level than usual.
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• Her suggesting that he doesn't have to pay her for sex anymore is big. He had to convince her most other times to do it for free, she gave in each time, but now she's saying she wants to do it with him for them, not for money.
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• She's not the kind of girl to make out with a guy, she's either looking to gain something or after sexual gratification, so for her to agree to make out, that's a massive step for her. At first she's unsure, but then she just enjoys it for what it is.
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• She even does a sexy dance for the mc, just for fun, no real ulterior motive, she's not trying to get one up on him or play mind games, they were just chilling and enjoying each other.
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• When the mc starts to feel a bit green, she's cool about it, rather than calling him a pussy or something.
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• Her coyly offering him a blow job, all her haughtiness is long gone in this encounter.
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• Then she gives him a blowjob and fucks him, nothing seriously significant here, but it's good to see she can cum from anal.
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• Then there's that intimate moment after they're both spent.
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• And finally there's that shot that can never be exploited too much with her resting with him.
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All in all it was a next level experience with Quinn. It's just sad she was still guarded about personal things, like what she's reading and what she's studying. We're getting there.

The other girl's scenes were fun:

• Sex with Maya while sharing the mc's mom's movie choice (which was interestingly atrocious) was a way for them to bond on multiple levels.
• And Josy's scene was a gossip fest, so that was fun too.

But Quinn took the (space) cake.

Yep, totally. Also, she didn't talk about what's going on between them to anyone apparently cuz when you share the photo from the party on Rooster all of the girls are shocked to see her like that

 

[flippityflop]

It was at this moment that i felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of Quinn stans suddenly started crying in post nut emotion.

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Even without nutting I was like:

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[Zirael Q]

Even without nutting I was like:

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I was like

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there, after seeing our attempts finally giving results

 

[ChipLecsap]

That's an intriguing thought. The problem is that the scene happens whether the MC is on Quinn's path, Maya's path or neither. I could see Quinn wanting to know if the MC was still fooling around with Maya on her path, but on Maya's path Quinn already seems pretty sure he is.

I suppose it could change depending on context; on Quinn's path, she's asking out of a combination of fear and jealousy, on the other paths Quinn is just so bitter she can't let Maya go and needs to keep looking for things to use against her. Possible, though it feels like a bit of a stretch.

. obviously I could be wrong, and I always have to say this so i won't be held accountable.
But I don't think that Tape is important, or will be important anymore. I don't think Quinn's question has anything to with MC and Maya or Quinn and MC ,etc etc.

Josy and Maya outsmarted Her. It is perfectly in her character to might wanna check if they indeed past the test, or they fake it. in the later case at least she could go back to Sage, and tell, her " See they lied to us, I was right , fuck them. I did everything right"
but that sail has gone. Bringing it back, - especially because it has 2 different version of it depending on if the MC participated or not - would just stagnate the story again. We all want to move forward the story, and leave behind now the whole Hell week and scavenger hunt story. I think it was just the a closure. Like in Star Wars ep 3, " oh BTW Make sure, that C3PO memories are deleted, so he won't remember anything"
sewing the end of the remaining plot points, for a closure.

 

[flippityflop]

I was like

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there, after seeing our attempts finally giving results

Yeah, I'm really feeling paranoid about DPC doing a 180° and kick us in the nuts for shits and giggles after all this.
I'm willing to go to hell and back, but don't leave me with a "Your efforts were in vain" kind of outcome.

 

[shazba]

. obviously I could be wrong, and I always have to say this so i won't be held accountable.
But I don't think that Tape is important, or will be important anymore. I don't think Quinn's question has anything to with MC and Maya or Quinn and MC ,etc etc.

Josy and Maya outsmarted Her. It is perfectly in her character to might wanna check if they indeed past the test, or they fake it. in the later case at least she could go back to Sage, and tell, her " See they lied to us, I was right , fuck them. I did everything right"
but that sail has gone. Bringing it back, - especially because it has 2 different version of it depending on if the MC participated or not - would just stagnate the story again. We all want to move forward the story, and leave behind now the whole Hell week and scavenger hunt story. I think it was just the a closure. Like in Star Wars ep 3, " oh BTW Make sure, that C3PO memories are deleted, so he won't remember anything"
sewing the end of the remaining plot points, for a closure.

Even if Quinn did find a copy of the video, what would she do with it?

• Directly confront Maya and Josy about it and threaten to show it to people unless they quit the HOTs? Why? Once she found out Josy was Tommy's sister, she wanted her to join, so it would only be about getting Maya kicked out but even so, Maya's already left.
• Make a fuss about how they cheated to get into the HOTs (if the mc didn't help), having Sage ask Quinn what the fuck she was doing asking for pledges to do those kinds of things in the first place? That would be a backfire.
• Maybe confirm to herself whether either or both girls are restaurant material (before she risks asking them and risks the fallout if they decline - already Mona is a liability regardless of whether she's left the college). I think it's obvious neither girl is restaurant material.
• Get confirmation that the MC is fucking other girls? She knows he is, some he's paying for , some not. Why would she care.
• Maybe she just wants to see it cause she likes porn?

Yeah, I can't see what Quinn's angle on this is, but as you say, maybe it's now "case closed".

 

[BeingADikDik]

Yeah, I'm really feeling paranoid about DPC doing a 180° and kick us in the nuts for shits and giggles after all this.
I'm willing to go to hell and back, but don't leave me with a "Your efforts were in vain" kind of outcome.

Make no mistake - Quinn remains an antagonist. DPC has simply done an effective job at humanizing her.

Quinn is still thinking two steps ahead ... we don't yet know who she is targeting as her 'backup' plan (as mentioned in the Riona conversation).

 

[Jimayo]

If he didn't have such a strong reaction to it I would agree. It's the thing, Alcohol is a light drug, if consumed to the point of passing out and poisoning, well not so much.

Everytime she drugs him, he essentially becomes this stoned guy who can't stay on his feet or even awake, I would say that is pretty serious. But than again I am a teetotaler (not literally).

Weed is less harmful and significantly less dangerous than alcohol.

 

[ename144]

. obviously I could be wrong, and I always have to say this so i won't be held accountable.
But I don't think that Tape is important, or will be important anymore. I don't think Quinn's question has anything to with MC and Maya or Quinn and MC ,etc etc.

Josy and Maya outsmarted Her. It is perfectly in her character to might wanna check if they indeed past the test, or they fake it. in the later case at least she could go back to Sage, and tell, her " See they lied to us, I was right , fuck them. I did everything right"
but that sail has gone. Bringing it back, - especially because it has 2 different version of it depending on if the MC participated or not - would just stagnate the story again. We all want to move forward the story, and leave behind now the whole Hell week and scavenger hunt story. I think it was just the a closure. Like in Star Wars ep 3, " oh BTW Make sure, that C3PO memories are deleted, so he won't remember anything"
sewing the end of the remaining plot points, for a closure.

I do take your point, but Bail had a single throwaway line about wiping C3PO's memory. Deleting the video has come up at least twice now, AND we got a scene of Quinn snooping around for it. In my book, that makes it less like a continuity patch and more like a plot point.

I was suspicious when Jill repeatedly stated that Tybalt needed to speak with her at the end of Episode 5, and that led to her interminable blackmail plot. I'll concede I might be paranoid, but I really don't need Blackmail 2: Mayan Boogaloo.

 

[italianstallionxxx]

doing a full dik run. quinn is so much better than josy and maya isnt even funny. she deserves LI status

 

[Zirael Q]

Even if Quinn did find a copy of the video, what would she do with it?

• Directly confront Maya and Josy about it and threaten to show it to people unless they quit the HOTs? Why? Once she found out Josy was Tommy's sister, she wanted her to join, so it would only be about getting Maya kicked out but even so, Maya's already left.
• Make a fuss about how they cheated to get into the HOTs (if the mc didn't help), having Sage ask Quinn what the fuck she was doing asking for pledges to do those kinds of things in the first place? That would be a backfire.
• Maybe confirm to herself whether either or both girls are restaurant material (before she risks asking them and risks the fallout if they decline - already Mona is a liability regardless of whether she's left the college). I think it's obvious neither girl is restaurant material.
• Get confirmation that the MC is fucking other girls? She knows he is, some he's paying for , some not. Why would she care.
• Maybe she just wants to see it cause she likes porn?

Yeah, I can't see what Quinn's angle on this is, but as you say, maybe it's now "case closed".

It best works if Quinn rolls with MC, she can go and ask about it to see if it's MC or not. Plain jealousy. Otherwise it's just curiosity. Like you said, it's already over.
Quinn had her fun with Maya. Now it's not fun anymore, UNLESS Maya being gay comes out. Other than that, I don't think Quinn'll be interested in doing more to/with her anymore.

 

[goldenrule91]

Even if Quinn did find a copy of the video, what would she do with it?

• Directly confront Maya and Josy about it and threaten to show it to people unless they quit the HOTs? Why? Once she found out Josy was Tommy's sister, she wanted her to join, so it would only be about getting Maya kicked out but even so, Maya's already left.
• Make a fuss about how they cheated to get into the HOTs (if the mc didn't help), having Sage ask Quinn what the fuck she was doing asking for pledges to do those kinds of things in the first place? That would be a backfire.
• Maybe confirm to herself whether either or both girls are restaurant material (before she risks asking them and risks the fallout if they decline - already Mona is a liability regardless of whether she's left the college). I think it's obvious neither girl is restaurant material.
• Get confirmation that the MC is fucking other girls? She knows he is, some he's paying for , some not. Why would she care.
• Maybe she just wants to see it cause she likes porn?

Yeah, I can't see what Quinn's angle on this is, but as you say, maybe it's now "case closed".

I personally don't think we should disregard the video's existence at least cuz a significant amount of the drama in the game thus far has been caused by naughty pics/videos being sent around. What does the video show? Maya and Josy in a sexual act together, possibly with the MC but possibly not. What could Quinn do with this?

Possibly disqualify them both from voting against Quinn if there's a leadership spill in the HOTs when Sage learns about Quinn's shit, but that's only relevant if the MC didn't do the threesome with them.

Quinn could use it as blackmail material against Tommy, although this is a bit questionable because she doesn't really need to anymore, if she ever did.

Using it to directly blackmail MJ into some shit, again is only relevant if the MC didn't do the threesome, unless Quinn finds out about Maya's dad and blackmails her by threatening to send the video to him.

But Quinn seems interested in the video right now, without knowing about Maya's dad, and regardless of whether the MC helped them, so there must be some reason independent of all that. Is Quinn simply amassing videos of all the HOT girls for blackmail purposes in general? This makes the most sense I feel. If I were running an illegal college prostitution ring, and god-willing I one day will be I'd want some blackmail material to keep them in line and cover my ass if they start to have second thoughts. I'd also want some dirt on people who might find out about it, namely the HOTs who aren't in the restaurant, so that could be a big reason.

It's an open question though. Given the situation with Maya's dad, and the contents of that video, I think it's a landmine that's going to be stepped on at some point. Whether it's going to be Quinn using the video is up for debate, it could end up being mastermind evil Arieth or Burke or whoever, but it feels like a Chekhov's gun situation since it's been mentioned so much.

 

[Icekatana]

Did you have all the saves from where you bought the drawings arrive until Jacobs delivers them to you?

I got a text at some point from Jacob where he said that he delivered some art, but I only got the ones I mentioned. The 2D art store won't let me buy anything else because they all say "sold" 1/3.

Edit: Are you saying that you have all 24/24 2D art unlocked? That's what I need to know. I'm not sure if it's on my end or simply hasn't all been added yet.