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

[openup212]

Graphics, story, jill I am waiting for a very very very very nice game to come out

 

[BorgiaBou]

Man i gotta say this thread after the game is released will be a spoiler fest, i really think that the mods should close this thread for a week after the game is released here and only approve the posts which helps fixing bugs or helps the player base in general...
I know for sure that i will be spoiled cuz i play the modded version and i will certainly need to come here to find the fix for the game... oh man...

 

[Endless]

I've been having some issues with the game for a few days.
Every time i start it it just crashes, I don't have any MODS installed or anything.
I even downloaded the whole game again. After that it worked fine then the next day same issue, after starting it it just crashes.
Any idea what could be causing it or resolutions. (My PC can easily handle this game so its not PC capability related)

This never happened before with me playing any of the other episodes or anything, just started this week

 

[shazba]

Man i gotta say this thread after the game is released will be a spoiler fest, i really think that the mods should close this thread for a week after the game is released here and only approve the posts which helps fixing bugs or helps the player base in general...
I know for sure that i will be spoiled cuz i play the modded version and i will certainly need to come here to find the fix for the game... oh man...

Any fixes or mods will be posted on the first page. I'll definitely stay away from the comments here until I've finished a play through.

I've been having some issues with the game for a few days.
Every time i start it it just crashes, I don't have any MODS installed or anything.
I even downloaded the whole game again. After that it worked fine then the next day same issue, after starting it it just crashes.
Any idea what could be causing it or resolutions. (My PC can easily handle this game so its not PC capability related)

This never happened before with me playing any of the other episodes or anything, just started this week

When you say crash, do you get any messages? What scene is it? How does the crash behave?

 

[Casiope]

1st place. Episode 6.
I love this episode, despite the fact that it has such an unloved DnG game. It's a pretty intense episode. It has a mini-game on the renovation of the mansion, an unusual DnG game with several endings and high variability

So I must be one of the few who enjoy Dungeons and Gremlins; I find this mini-story funny and well-written, and it's a welcome break from the same old parties. Plus it celebrates one of my favorite female characters, Sally.
I'm impressed with the work done on the renovation minigame. The concept alone (how to present it, how many rounds, how to balance it) must have taken several weeks of dedication. Episode 6 is by far the most memorable.

 

[gamingdevil800]

But now this game is his livelihood. The feeling that people are undermining his livelihood could unnerve him.

He probably still needs to chill a bit though...

Yeah even when you take into account taxes, game expenses etc there is no doubt he's made enough cash to live comfortably for the rest of his life if he's sensible. Plus he still has several more years of this game to go and the option to do another game if he wants to.

Man i gotta say this thread after the game is released will be a spoiler fest, i really think that the mods should close this thread for a week after the game is released here and only approve the posts which helps fixing bugs or helps the player base in general...
I know for sure that i will be spoiled cuz i play the modded version and i will certainly need to come here to find the fix for the game... oh man...

Nah after an update the thread descends into people asking stupid questions about glitches, downloads, saves etc for a few weeks

 

[Endless]

Any fixes or mods will be posted on the first page. I'll definitely stay away from the comments here until I've finished a play through.

When you say crash, do you get any messages? What scene is it? How does the crash behave?

No scene crashes, Just like i start the game & before the main menu even appears it freezes & shuts down automatically

 

[goldenrule91]

Guys, let's share the episode ratings from best to worst for now.
1st place. Episode 6.
I love this episode, despite the fact that it has such an unloved DnG game. It's a pretty intense episode. It has a mini-game on the renovation of the mansion, an unusual DnG game with several endings and high variability (I still haven't opened all the endings), a very cool scene with Bella in the Tremolo room, a date with Sage or Jill, a date with Josy and Maya. Wow, a lot of things happened in this episode, you can't even remember. But most importantly, it was in this episode that Quinn opened up to us and the best sex scene of the series happened - with Nicole and Sandy.
2nd place. Episode 7.
Despite the fact that there is a rather boring freeroam in the library in this episode, this is a very good and interesting episode. The party at Hots was amazing, with interesting events and events, as well as hot sex scenes. The date with Bella was sweet and hot at the same time.MS declared himself as the leader of the Diks. We had good and heartfelt dates with Maya and Josy.
3rd place. Episode 4.
It was fun and stupid! Even though Tremolo ran away from Josy and Maya the entire episode . But he fucked a hot Sage. It was in episode 4 that the main intrigue of the series about Cathy Сluck began. Tremolo tried weed and fucked Quinn on the roof, and then there was a fun and atmospheric scene at the car wash. I love this episode!
4rd place. Episode 3.
It's just the culmination (or rather the QUINNtessence) of student life. Booze, strip club and hot strippers, fight,pranks and a lot of stupid things, group sex with Quinn and Riona. This episode allowed me to remember what stupid things I did in my youth!
5th place. Episode 1.
I can't say anything good and nothing bad about him. This is a usual pilot episode. It tells us about the main character, introduces the girls and the main friends, the main mechanics of the game.
6th place. Episode 2.
Despite the fact that there was a date with Josy and Bella in this episode, practically nothing happens in this episode. Hell week has not started yet, and the whole series we either follow the Chad or spend time boring freeroams.
7th place. Episode 5.
Okay, the beginning of the episode was funny (especially at the prep party), but Sunday at Bella's house was terrible. It's just really, really boring. But when it would seem that you survived Jill's ordeal, you come to the mansion and the episode ends.

I gotta agree with episode 6 and 7 at the top of the rankings for all the reasons you listed and more. DPC has only improved over time with the quality of the episodes, that's why I'm so hyped for episode 8. There's so much about 6 and 7 alone that really makes the rest of the episodes hard to discuss in comparison except as footnotes to what's being revealed and resolved now. Things like Hell Week, which Derek himself shows some nostalgia about, is really a footnote to the actual conflict with the DIKs being rebuilding the mansion that's bringing everyone together to ultimately culminate in the best party of the story so far: Halloween. The freshness of cleaning our room up and finally having a place to bring back girls to, the character growth and confidence the MC is showing in his individual relationships and as a leader, the romantic progress we see with every girl we love - even with 'side' girls like Quinn and Nicole. These are the real things we'll be nostalgic about as the story progresses.

I honestly think with eps. 6, 7 and probably 8 that DPC has hit the plateau on the pacing and story, it's really difficult to imagine it getting better than this as far as quality goes, which is a good thing because the quality is really up there. Future episodes are very unlikely to reach the heights that rebuilding the mansion, gaining an actual room, having our first sex with Bella/Jill, and the Halloween party are bringing us to. With all those greater challenges resolved, the key for DPC will be to really focus in on the individual paths, split them off from the others because this isn't a harem game, and make them all satisfying in their own unique ways. Bella path dealing with her hidden issues and husband, Sage path with her family and graduation, Maya/Josy with whatever throuple issues, Jill with the concert and so forth. Obviously there will still be an overarching college narrative and the MC's leadership with the DIKs to keep things grounded and in common, but I expect and hope that the individual romance paths will step in to take the spotlight, because that's the only thing that can fill the void after the MC is fully established as a DIK.

 

[Mr. Orange]

No scene crashes, Just like i start the game & before the main menu even appears it freezes & shuts down automatically

This happened to me once when I clicked the screen before the screen with Maya pops up. I was patient the next time and left it to load and it goes fine now. Hope this helps

 

[Mofoga]

I'm sure that somebody will upload Torrent file

Yeah let's hope for a torrent. I got a high speed server with enough bandwidth. I will seed this puppy for weeks

 

[Endless]

I've been having some issues with the game for a few days.
Every time i start it it just crashes, I don't have any MODS installed or anything.
I even downloaded the whole game again. After that it worked fine then the next day same issue, after starting it it just crashes.
This never happened before with me playing any of the other episodes or anything, just started this week
I don't click the screen or do anything while the game is loading either
I honestly have no clue what it could be

Any idea what could be causing it or resolutions. (My PC can easily handle this game so its not PC capability related)

 

[AchedCroissant]

Usually I cant stop myself and read every spoiler i can. Last episode i read that Chad was guy even before i was able to download the episode.

Well, when I finished playing chapter 7 (M&J Path) I found out that Jill finally had a lewd scene and so excited I went to unlock that scene and when I saw it it was the most disappointing that DPC could give us

 

[Antonio Montana]

I can't wait. I'm hungry.

Horny*

 

[PashafromRussia]

I gotta agree with episode 6 and 7 at the top of the rankings for all the reasons you listed and more. DPC has only improved over time with the quality of the episodes, that's why I'm so hyped for episode 8. There's so much about 6 and 7 alone that really makes the rest of the episodes hard to discuss in comparison except as footnotes to what's being revealed and resolved now. Things like Hell Week, which Derek himself shows some nostalgia about, is really a footnote to the actual conflict with the DIKs being rebuilding the mansion that's bringing everyone together to ultimately culminate in the best party of the story so far: Halloween. The freshness of cleaning our room up and finally having a place to bring back girls to, the character growth and confidence the MC is showing in his individual relationships and as a leader, the romantic progress we see with every girl we love - even with 'side' girls like Quinn and Nicole. These are the real things we'll be nostalgic about as the story progresses.

I honestly think with eps. 6, 7 and probably 8 that DPC has hit the plateau on the pacing and story, it's really difficult to imagine it getting better than this as far as quality goes, which is a good thing because the quality is really up there. Future episodes are very unlikely to reach the heights that rebuilding the mansion, gaining an actual room, having our first sex with Bella/Jill, and the Halloween party are bringing us to. With all those greater challenges resolved, the key for DPC will be to really focus in on the individual paths, split them off from the others because this isn't a harem game, and make them all satisfying in their own unique ways. Bella path dealing with her hidden issues and husband, Sage path with her family and graduation, Maya/Josy with whatever throuple issues, Jill with the concert and so forth. Obviously there will still be an overarching college narrative and the MC's leadership with the DIKs to keep things grounded and in common, but I expect and hope that the individual romance paths will step in to take the spotlight, because that's the only thing that can fill the void after the MC is fully established as a DIK.

I agree with you that 4000 renders is the maximum limit for DPC. I agree with you that in episode 8 there should finally be a separation of paths and mutual blocking of girls, but this means that DPC will have to create separate routes for each of them and this is more work. I still hope that the DPC will understand the importance of the team and hire at least a programmer to facilitate and speed up the work. If DPC had a team, he would already be in the top 10 authors on the patreon (now he is in 26th place).

 

[TrollTimes]

So how many of you guys wanna bet that Jill's gonna blueball us again?

 

[shazba]

Yeah even when you take into account taxes, game expenses etc there is no doubt he's made enough cash to live comfortably for the rest of his life if he's sensible. Plus he still has several more years of this game to go and the option to do another game if he wants to.

That's probably true, although I'm not 100% sure about that (by my calculations he's only earning $70 per hour).

But what if I decided you were earning more than you needed so I started stealing from you?

It's easy to say he's earning enough so he should just fuck off and accept pirating and all that, but he's one man (not a faceless company). He quit his job so he could work full time on this game to create something fantastic, and people are stealing from him. I get that he would want to stop them.

I'm not saying he's going about it the best way, banning someone for making a walkthrough is definitely a bad reaction. Banning anyone for making or using mods is also foolish (look at Skyrim, mods are what still make that game relevant even today).

But I still feel for the guy. He puts in a shit ton of hours into this game, he's delivering something the masses (at least the porn game masses) absolutely adore, and people hate him because he dares to try to protect his IP.

Personally, I don't care what he's like as a person. I just like this game. But I do find it absolutely fucking childish that a bunch of people who are stealing his game and giving him fuck all for it have such anger towards him because he wants to protect what's his.

 

[ladc]

Horny*

Maybe both?

 

[ShiShi!]

So how many of you guys wanna bet that Jill's gonna blueball us again?

Waiting is like seasoning that sweetens the moment when it arrives, as they say

 

[goldenrule91]

I agree with you that 4000 renders is the maximum limit for DPC. I agree with you that in episode 8 there should finally be a separation of paths and mutual blocking of girls, but this means that DPC will have to create separate routes for each of them and this is more work. I still hope that the DPC will understand the importance of the team and hire at least a programmer to facilitate and speed up the work. If DPC had a team, he would already be in the top 10 authors on the patreon (now he is in 26th place).

Yeah agree with all of that, I don't know if DPC is necessarily being incentivized to hire anyone extra though. Patreon is gonna pump money into him no matter how long it takes, it wouldn't surprise me if updates in the future start coming out every 8 or 9 or even 10 months on season finales because of all the extra work of making separate routes for the girls. The logistics of separate routes can't be understated, that's why most games have moved away from them because it not only blows out the amount of planning and programming but also testing because inconsistencies on the story or technical side are incredibly difficult to pinpoint from the inside once you start juggling. We'll see how DPC handles it but winter may be coming as far as update times

 

[AngelsAfterDark]

Fantasy event.
Tremolo makes a cameo in Being A Dik: Next Generation as an alumni.The game takes place 12 years after the events of Being A Dik. We have a whole new line up of Diks and former Leader and greatest Dik to ever live, Tremolo is there to encourage the boys...and maybe scoute the new Hots *wink wink* lol but no Dude will be married to one or 2 (looking at you Maya and Josy) of the LIs by then...probably.