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

[znar25]

 

[Zirael Q]

!!NEW TWITT

I shared a beer with a furry friend I hadn't seen in a while.
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Okay now that's wholesome haha

 

[botab]

and when will the game be updated

 

[JamieSadistic]

and when will the game be updated

Read the latest status update HERE

 

[Antonie van Leeuwenhoek]

Want my girl Bella update before another pandemic strikes and humanity disappears, boom. She is intoxicating.

 

[akki37]

!!NEW TWITT

I shared a beer with a furry friend I hadn't seen in a while.
#FurriesLove

Now I want furry friend theory

 

[botab]

Read the latest status update HERE

Thank you very much for your answer, I understood everything my next question is this in the developer's previous game Acting Lessons as far as I remember there were 8 episodes and then the game was complete As far as I can see this game already weighs 14 gig Is it possible, for example, to consider that episode 8 will be the final of this game

 

[Melimelo]

Thank you very much for your answer, I understood everything my next question is this in the developer's previous game Acting Lessons as far as I remember there were 8 episodes and then the game was complete As far as I can see this game already weighs 14 gig Is it possible, for example, to consider that episode 8 will be the final of this game

There will be between 10 and 20 episodes, most certainly, as I have seen on this thread some time ago, from 16 to 20 episodes.

 

[JamieSadistic]

Thank you very much for your answer, I understood everything my next question is this in the developer's previous game Acting Lessons as far as I remember there were 8 episodes and then the game was complete As far as I can see this game already weighs 14 gig Is it possible, for example, to consider that episode 8 will be the final of this game

From what I understand, the answer to your question is no. Episode 8 will be the end of the 2nd season. I'm not really sure how many seasons he intends to have but the pacing of the game suggests that we still have quite a while to go for the Dev to end all routes. It wouldn't be possible for him to wrap up the game in the next episode.

 

[EfontMan]

Yeah it's more like about a third to halfway through. Still another few years of episodes to dribble out yet.

 

[Oliver Wendell Homely]

Thank you very much for your answer, I understood everything my next question is this in the developer's previous game Acting Lessons as far as I remember there were 8 episodes and then the game was complete As far as I can see this game already weighs 14 gig Is it possible, for example, to consider that episode 8 will be the final of this game

No, it will not be the final, barring some horrible mishap for the developer. Most people anticipate at least 16, perhaps over 20, episodes in total. The next season (episodes 9, 10, 11, and 12) will be a new binary--that is, a new game .exe file that will import decisions from seasons 1 and 2--so that the current binary will not grow too large.

 

[botab]

From what I understand, the answer to your question is no. Episode 8 will be the end of the 2nd season. I'm not really sure how many seasons he intends to have but the pacing of the game suggests that we still have quite a while to go for the Dev to end all routes. It wouldn't be possible for him to wrap up the game in the next episode.

Then I have to buy a very large hard drive

 

[felicemastronzo]

It's hard to know what DPC is planning.

On one hand he's clearly laid it out that Bella, Sage, Maya, Josy and Jill are the main love interests, with their progressions and milestones shown at the end of each episode. This is possibly done so we don't get our hopes up for characters that were never going to amount to much (since there are so many fuckable girls in this game).

But on the other hand, the mc can develop quite an advanced relationship with Quinn, and Sage is even encouraging it. After all that effort, will this relationship go nowhere?

Also, the fact that no matter what you've done all the way up to episode 7, suddenly Sage can become available, even if you've been avoiding her like the plague. This is definitely unorthodox from my experience in these games.

Then we have this one incident with Cathy that seemingly has ended the mc's relationship with Bella. Is it definitely over, or is it just going to cool off for a bit and then be back on again (I mean the beast inside Bella has awakened, who's she gonna turn to if not the mc?)

So will Maya and Josy eventually break up? Will it be inevitable or will it be due to the mc's involvement if he is still pursuing one of them? Is there still hope for getting back into the throuple?

So yeah, I am expecting a couple relationship with Maya or Josy, going back to the way things were before the mc knew the two girls were involved. I'm just not really looking forward to the angsty breakup that will precede this eventuality.

Unless of course one of them just dies, that would make things easy, and quite original too.

By the fourth chapter potentially MC could already be out of any relationship with the LIs, and also with the main side girls (Nichole, Quinn and Jade), so it doesn't surprise me at all that there will be chances to get back into the game like the one for Sage, in the next 10-12 chapters every player, in every game, has to have a chance to do something, they can't be cut out of the main story already.

In the same way it seems impossible that DPC has created extra scenes that don't lead to anything, for Josy there will be a 100% solo path, maybe there can be some doubt for Maya who is much less unbalanced and has less scenes dedicated to this hypothesis, but also for her I would talk about at least 95%.

 

[felicemastronzo]

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bestiality?

 

[JamieSadistic]

Then I have to buy a very large hard drive

Nah. GeneralCuiJM said that this will be the final episode for this download. The next season will be a whole new download starting over from episode 9. It won't contain all the data from season 1 and season 2.

 

[always86]

Thank you very much for your answer, I understood everything my next question is this in the developer's previous game Acting Lessons as far as I remember there were 8 episodes and then the game was complete As far as I can see this game already weighs 14 gig Is it possible, for example, to consider that episode 8 will be the final of this game

One of the reasons for the longer than usual production schedule this time round is he is splitting the game after episode 8. So season 1&2 will be one game and season 3 will be another, season 4 could tie in with 3 if we get one,

As others have said we’re expecting at least 12 episodes and a maximum of 20. But that said DPC seems to still be very engaged with the world and has implied in the past that the end of the final season might not be the end of Being a DiK. I wonder if he might do something with a new MC but set at B&R still. Of course we might be talking another 4 or more years before he needs to make that decision.

 

[JamieSadistic]

One of the reasons for the longer than usual production schedule this time round is he is splitting the game after episode 8. So season 1&2 will be one game and season 3 will be another, season 4 could tie in with 3 if we get one,

As others have said we’re expecting at least 12 episodes and a maximum of 20. But that said DPC seems to still be very engaged with the world and has implied in the past that the end of the final season might not be the end of Being a DiK. I wonder if he might do something with a new MC but set at B&R still. Of course we might be talking another 4 or more years before he needs to make that decision.

Makes sense because in Acting Lessons, the MC and his friend were DIK alumni as well. I even heard that DPC was considering turning BADIK into an Acting Lessons prequel but it seems like he scratched that idea. I would be cool with seeing a follow up of BaDIK MC post-college. Maybe add in the option at the start to choose the LI you ended BADIK with and continue their life story together.

 

[Kellermann]

I won't claim to know DPC's vision, but i think its important for a character driven game to have characters with arcs and layers.

The issue is the game is built along a linear scale, and people and characters don't work like that. You referenced Star Wars and its the same problem. Anakin Skywalker and Darth Sidious are both 'Sith' but they have vastly different MO's and desires and even tactics. Sidious is a sociopathic, schemer, who is defined by ambition and hatred. Anakin is a psychotic, self hating powerhouse, defined by his repeated mistake of giving into his anger when he shouldn't have, each time ruining his life more and more. They're both Sith, but they're nothing alike. They don't follow the same philosophy. Vader wants connection and redemption. Sidious just wants more power. Vader is ruthless, but cold. Sidious is almost capricious. He delights in torture and revels in sadism. While Vader would kill an underling for failure, Sidious would make him think he was being spared and then slowly destroy him for days after to amuse himself. Its not that these aren't 'bad' guys, its that a linear scale of dark side vs light, doesn't do them justice. People are complicated.

Similarly, Sage is more layered than just, she likes Diks. From her first scenes with the MC, its clear she wants emotional connection (chick), she was someone who wants her. She expresses it in a dikish way, she wants a partner in crime to fuck in public places with, she wants someone who challenges her, but she isn't running around fucking everything that moves, without remorse, or getting back at Chad out of pure spite (like Tommy would). Sage is probably more neutral in her outlook, with Dikish ways of expressing it.

Contrast with Quinn, who spends most of the first few chapters manipulating or tormenting the MC. She's a loner, afraid to let anyone close, lest they hurt her. But at the same time she has moments when her vulnerability shines through. She's more dikish outlook, BUT she also has very Chickish expressions herself. She sees the MC as a way to make money (or so she tells herself), so she texts him, takes care of him when he's on drugs, breaks the rules for him, lets him under her skin.

Then take someone like Arieth. Arieth is stupid. But shes also straight Dik. Bump her IQ up 10- just kidding 30 points so shes above room temperature. Arieth is a fucking monster. She not only fucks everything that moves, but she is actively trying to sleep with guys with girlfriends, even friends of hers like Elena's boyfriend. Arieth is what pure Dik looks like. She has selfish, Dikish goals and entices and pressures people into sleeping with her, all but harrasing Caleb and any new guys she decides she wants, stalking them at times. The problem with a character like that is two fold, first they are a monster. Its pretty hard to sympathize or desire a selfish person who doesn't care about anyone, and does whatever they want all the time. So DPC used a classic trick of making a monstrous character absolutely retarded, and by doing so they become sympathic instead of terrifying. The other problem is such one dimensional characters are BORING. Who wants a person that you know everything about them in the first five minutes? Villains are interesting when they do the unexpected, not when they revel in more villainy. Heroes are interesting when they have flaws, not when they are untested shining paragons. Jill, ironically has the same problem for me, shes a mary sue of a character, who has recently been given a 'flaw' of being borderline mentally challenged stupid. But other than that shes basically perfect. Thats not very interesting.

All the characters have a range of goals and methods that exist in a range from massive chick to massive Dik. And within themselves, they have layers and growth that allow them to swim in the different areas of their ranges. Josy may like a bad boy who fingers her in class, but she wouldn't want the MC to sell drugs. Sage may want to be more than fuck buddies with you, but that doesn't mean she won't stop calling you 3 out of 5, just to wind you up (probably so you'll fuck her hard against a wall next time). Quinn may let you spend the night, one night, but hurt you're friends the next day, because she has layers. Bella may be all about protecting Jill from boys who use girls JUST LIKE YOU, but she lets you inside her, because she hasn't felt intimate with someone in YEARS, again, layers.


tl;dr

Characters in good writing are more than RP giving for Dik or chick actions. DPC is a good writer who can mostly balance the needs of the story and the functionality of the game.

Bros, all I want is a DIK main LI to go along with my canon massive DIK MC, that's all. Nothing fancy, I don't require MacBeth levels of intrigue and character arcs. I'd prefer an LI who looks like Sage and acts like Lily. I'm devilish, so I want a ride or die devilish LI. Early on, DPC made me think Sage was it, but by ep. 7 I learned she is most certainly not. She is a sheep in wolf's clothes. As mentioned elsewhere, a Bonnie for my Clyde would be brilliant.

 

[JamieSadistic]

Bros, all I want is a DIK main LI to go along with my canon massive DIK MC, that's all. Nothing fancy, I don't require MacBeth levels of intrigue and character arcs. I'd prefer an LI who looks like Sage and acts like Lily. I'm devilish, so I want a ride or die devilish LI. Early on, DPC made me think Sage was it, but by ep. 7 I learned she is most certainly not. She is a sheep in wolf's clothes. As mentioned elsewhere, a Bonnie for my Clyde would be brilliant.

The answer you seek lies in my signature gifs my friend.

 

[Kellermann]

The answer you seek lies in my signature gifs my friend.

Great ass, but she's a side girl and her house fire is coming sooner rather than later. If I'm forced to go to side girls for a DIK side LI, then I'm team Lily all the way.