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

[Zirael Q]

Mc actually tells Jill, but as if it were the worst kind of excuse... if he had told her that his grandmother had died it would have been more believable...

"Too bad I can't...you know I have a sick friend, I promised her.... I really don't want to but you know how it is, I gave my word now... Maybe we'll do it next year?"

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Would you believe someone who answered you like that?

Fucking MC!!! Explain yourself!!!

With his trousers on he wouldn't even convince Arieth.

There is not even a need for explanation It's not like MC said "Let's hang out x day Jill" a few days in advance and now decided to bail
Seriously, what's wrong with Jill's logic? Comes to take MC with her car, shows how much fun they can have if they hang out together, takes him to a special place of her just to say she won't be able to see him again Just why man whyyy

 

[felicemastronzo]

There is not even a need for explanation It's not like MC said "Let's hang out x day Jill" a few days in advance and now decided to bail
Seriously, what's wrong with Jill's logic? Comes to take MC with her car, shows how much fun they can have if they hang out together, takes him to a special place of her just to say she won't be able to see him again Just why man whyyy

Jill is special


In the wrong way

 

[Zirael Q]

This is where I shall respectfully disagree.

Troy and Tybalt are in the same position as far as my MC is concerned. They've both been assholes to me, which is fine - nobody's required to be 'nice', but they both made the mistake of laying hands on my MC first. This is the same reason the Jocks got their asses kicked. You don't like me? Oh, boo hoo, how will I ever cope? (/sarcasm) If you lay a finger on me it's game time and you're catchin' hands.

After MC leaves he looks somehow sad, so maybe it wasn't his choice. But, Troy has been an asshole to MC in all their time spent there nonetheless. Situation leads to MC getting his most precious thing stolen, and the one responsible for that gets his hands on MC I see only one choice here

 

[N7]

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This week I took a break from writing and worked on art.

I've been buying new assets needed for the episode, setting up some scenes, tried to learn new things, posing animations, and more.

Setting up scenes before producing art is usually very time-consuming.

What I mean by "setting up a scene" is all the work I need to do to prepare an environment for rendering.

The work includes adding the environment, objects, models, lighting, etc.

A scene can look something like this when it's ready to render (lighting not shown) and after it's rendered and gone through post-processing.

Setting up a scene can take anything from 5 minutes to a few hours.

And once that's done, changing poses on the models, modifying camera settings, etc., to queue up renders is relatively quick for me.

Yesterday, I spent quite some time experimenting with makeup for Sage, which is a part of setting up a scene.

I tried out different combinations to see if I liked something new.

Here's a quick render of it; please note that the actual render is not used in the game it's just for this status update.

Sometimes, the time is spent on trying on clothes, retexturing or modifying assets.

Plenty of time goes into these details for every model and environment in the game.

Setting up a scene is a fun and pivotal part of the game development that brings a lot of value. But at the same time, I can feel like nothing's getting done when I'm doing this.

There's so much time spent on activities that a render or animation count can't represent, and that's why I wrote this status update this way - to give you all some insight into this part of the game development.

Other than that, PCs are currently rendering animations, and I will wait until I have something considerable to report regarding render/animation count.

I aim to post the first preview of episode 8 before the end of the month.

Poll news
Today, a cosmetic poll for Sage ended, and this option was the winner.

A new cosmetic poll for Josy will start soon.

Have a nice weekend!

Dr PinkCake

 

[Malicre]

You have strong disadvantages as a CHICK with Quinn and as a DIK with Jill. With Bella you have small disadvantages as DIK.

However, in my opinion, this results from the personalities and desires of the girls.

Josy & Maja: Both are into women. Therefore it seems logical that they are more open-minded towards a more "feminine" MC. A bad boy doesn't fit here.

Jill: She is looking for her prince. The one and only who will put her on a pedestal because of her person and not because of her status. Hard shell and soft core could work here on the long run.

Bella: The MC awakens suppressed feelings and desires in her. She was a little wild herself in her younger years and understands that. But she also has solidified views about right and wrong and expects decent behavior.

Sage: She has a friendly and purposeful nature. But she also has emotional problems with her family, which is why she is rebellious. Emotionally she is still strongly attached to Chad so far and her interest in MC is mainly carnal. Even though it hasn't mattered much so far, she appreciates a DIK attitude.

Quinn: She certainly didn't have an easy childhood. Trust is punished and only the strongest survive. You can prove yourself to her if you show you can take her on. As a CHICK, you can't help her after the raid, which leads to disadvantages.

Affinity could play an increasingly important role in failing to take advantage of too many opportunities. On the other hand, decisions made so far could also make affinity less important.

Again your talking about the lore / world building aspect were as im talking about the technical side of the game. There is literally nothing (so far) locking you out of any of the LI's outside of Maya/Josy/Quinn. There's a difference between what's been put into the game and how you access it and people assuming it will play out differently in the future, your choices as of now matter way more then if your CHICK/DIK.

 

[godkingxerxes]

Best Sage outfit was chosen.

So the patrons can pick out good outfits but they're horrible at picking out good kinks, but I guess they got what they wanted in Madame.

 

[vogelbeest]

Fighting the alphas is fun and can feel right. It's just that without the whole group dynamic, even Dawe is actually okay. At the HOT party, for example, he just wants to have fun with Anthony.

I would not say this scene shows Dawe is okay.... Just shows he's human, he misses hanging out with his pal Anthony but at the same time he has no problem to talk down Ashley... (Ash this, Ash that, ash tray, ash hat)
Sure you can blame it on his frustration but it doesn't change the fact he's a selfish jealous man that doesn't care for his pal's happiness or choices...

The fight the Alpha's choice seems a bit off though, i can understand the reasoning for fighting them is DIK, not fighting them is CHICK, but "i'm not supposed to use my fighting skils this way"?!
You are outnumbered 3 to 1 and the Jocks are between you and the way out.... Dawe (on floor atm) and Chad may come from behind at some time.... If there's any time it is allowed to use your skills it is now

 

[Cabin Fever]

Again your talking about the lore / world building aspect were as im talking about the technical side of the game. There is literally nothing (so far) locking you out of any of the LI's outside of Maya/Josy/Quinn. There's a difference between what's been put into the game and how you access it and people assuming it will play out differently in the future, your choices as of now matter way more then if your CHICK/DIK.

Uhm, you can be locked out of Bella if you got a BJ from Cathy while driving her home.

 

[MadelainePetsch]

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[Jules_Papillon]

Again your talking about the lore / world building aspect were as im talking about the technical side of the game. There is literally nothing (so far) locking you out of any of the LI's outside of Maya/Josy/Quinn. There's a difference between what's been put into the game and how you access it and people assuming it will play out differently in the future, your choices as of now matter way more then if your CHICK/DIK.

Okay, let's stay technical. If I'm not mistaken, you can get almost everything from the five MG on the CHICK path. The only bigger thing missing should be a variant of Maja's grind scene.

On the DIK path you should be able to get all the SG including Quinn, but lose Josy & Maja as well as scenes with Jill and a partial scene with Bella.

Although I haven't looked at it closely yet, there could be a borderline path. If you switch between CHICK and DIK at the right moment, it might be possible to get more out of it overall. Although probably not everything will be possible.

Assuming the right decisions in all cases, of course.

From there, I think you're right and there are more than two ways through the story.

What I was getting at, though, is the fact that the technical aspects and the lore are mutually dependent.

I would not say this scene shows Dawe is okay.... Just shows he's human, he misses hanging out with his pal Anthony but at the same time he has no problem to talk down Ashley... (Ash this, Ash that, ash tray, ash hat)
Sure you can blame it on his frustration but it doesn't change the fact he's a selfish jealous man that doesn't care for his pal's happiness or choices...

You can look at it that way, yes. But that he would not care about the happiness of his buddy can not be completely concluded from this. At some point, most people experience that a friend disappears from their lives for months or even forever because of a new partner. Okay, the time period is still quite short in the story.

Spoiler: Parts of the conversation between Dawe and Anthony

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I see frustration and disappointment there, but not jealousy.

The fight the Alpha's choice seems a bit off though, i can understand the reasoning for fighting them is DIK, not fighting them is CHICK, but "i'm not supposed to use my fighting skils this way"?!
You are outnumbered 3 to 1 and the Jocks are between you and the way out.... Dawe (on floor atm) and Chad may come from behind at some time.... If there's any time it is allowed to use your skills it is now

The fight also has only one effect. If you avoid it, you can't fight Caleb. Therefore, it doesn't really matter what you choose.

In my planned DIK run, I had to fight because there was no way I could fall under Massive DIK.

Uhm, you can be locked out of Bella if you got a BJ from Cathy while driving her home.

A pure question of choice and not affinity.

 

[Warscared]

You are outnumbered 3 to 1 and the Jocks are between you and the way out.... Dawe (on floor atm) and Chad may come from behind at some time.... If there's any time it is allowed to use your skills it is now

knowing what we now know about Chad... that seems a very dangerous proposal indeed and considering what he is doing... he might come out with a stiffy, so get the hell out and save your ass! (homophobic jokes are still allowed right?)

I've been buying new assets needed for the episode, setting up some scenes, tried to learn new things, posing animations, and more.

here we go again... and the game just got delayed by another month... in the end he becomes a better person with more skills but this always delays the game... everytime! i wonder if in the next update as the MC takes a classical literature class he will waste 1 month learning about classical literature!

in the end he will be a better person by knowing more stuff but the time waste its his *(0.0001) the time of his fans so it adds up!

 

[vogelbeest]

I see frustration and disappointment there, but not jealousy.

He's not jealous of Anthony.... His jealousy is towards Ashley, that Ash hat is taking Ant from him, they even went to see that swan with the crooked neck! Anthony is spending all his time with Ashley not with BigDickDawe!

The fight also has only one effect. If you avoid it, you can't fight Caleb. Therefore, it doesn't really matter what you choose.

Fight the Jocks is a requirement to "fight Caleb" and "make the Jocks leave", so allready 2 major events, it's not unlikely more will follow in later updates....

 

[JETracktor]

make the Jocks leave

I don't quite remember but making alphas leave doesn't requier fighting with jocks. Only Caleb fight depends on it.

 

[The Pink Royce]

Respectfully disagree. IMO :
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Then, Tybalt, Arrogant, Privileged disgusting behaviour toward, MC and then Bitch slap him. sorry but that is the "pussy Test". He deserve to be punched, and put in his place. That is not a Dik move , Its a pussy move if you dont do it.
[...]

Haha "Pussy Test" - Don't give DrPinkCake any ideas.

 

[Jules_Papillon]

He's not jealous of Anthony.... His jealousy is towards Ashley, that Ash hat is taking Ant from him, they even went to see that swan with the crooked neck! Anthony is spending all his time with Ashley not with BigDickDawe!

Yes, but it's not like Dawe is asking Anthony to stop seeing his Ash. He just wants to spend some of his time with him. I just don't see jealousy here.

Fight the Jocks is a requirement to "fight Caleb" and "make the Jocks leave", so allready 2 major events, it's not unlikely more will follow in later updates....

Are you sure you can't do "make the jocks leave" then? I mean, it only affects Caleb when you enter the kitchen. If you fought him you can verbally attack him or just leave. Without a fight, the MC leaves directly. But Caleb is chased away by Ari, which always works.

 

[vogelbeest]

Are you sure you can't do "make the jocks leave" then? I mean, it only affects Caleb when you enter the kitchen. If you fought him you can verbally attack him or just leave. Without a fight, the MC leaves directly. But Caleb is chased away by Ari, which always works.

Hmmm could be that you can only retort Caleb if you fought the Jocks, that would not be anything drastic indeed...

 

[JETracktor]

Hmmm could be that you can only retort Caleb if you fought the Jocks, that would not be anything drastic indeed...

You'll get DIKs RP if you fight Caleb. I don't know how its affects the story but why not

 

[SpearOfReigns]

While we are talking about it, here's a little trivia that everybody here might already know: If you beat Caleb in Ep. 5, you can retort him during HOT Party in Ep. 7 but it will give different dialogue depending on your affinity.
CHICK/Neutral: Do you want to go for another round?
DIK: I'll fucking floor you

 

[Hepppy]

Fokin hell, this game rocks!!!
I've never played better adult game than this. The music, the animations, the story, the mini games inside the game are all amazing. Love it. Got addicted to the musics tho.
And i even laughed my ass off quite ofen on the in-game jokes.
And man, even the length of this game, amazing. It's not something you can play out within few days.

I'm just amazed. 10/10 would recommend any time.

I only experienced 1 problem through my 1st playthrough which was a crash after EP1, and lead to the total loss of all collections, even after loading a game. (minor inconvinience)

Keep up the good work!

 

[gamingdevil800]

It's "optional", but that just changes the word mommy to Jade in their lines. Which is kinda cheap.

Yeah I didn't go for the mommy thing too weird plus may suggest something about her feelings for Tybalt... She basically talks about herself in third person every sex scene after that though