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

[OFT]

I think that the most potentially dangerous choice is to copy the exams from the papers found in the bathroom...

I've said it before, I'll say it again.

This is a very important decision - maybe THE most important decision in the game:



Trust me. You'll need to be nice to this douchebag with the 50s-style hair (50s in what country, IDK) if you want any hope of getting your old job back when DPC fucks up the MC's life at the end of the story as a result of all the wrong decisions you made along the way.

Spoiler: Yeah, Steve, I kinda do sometimes

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I actually felt a little bad with Heather. The character is usually just kind of a bitch, so on the one hand "hey, fuck her, who cares?", but on the other.. Tommy was being a bit of a dick, but he's just not into that sappy shit. I felt bad because my natural reaction about her trying to drag MC into the discussion was to make a joke.

And man, that was one of the best laughs I'd gotten from this game.

She knew exactly how big of a dickhead Tommy could be even before they met (reference the wheelchair scene in the Episode 5 flashback), and she stays with him anyway. And there are numerous examples of him continuing to treat her like shit. Deep down she likes being treated like shit, and I don't feel sorry for her because of it.

Actually, I'm surprised she didn't make a move on Caleb at the HOTs party when he told her to make him a drink. I would think that kind of talk makes her all squishy.

 

[shazba]

Look at his first post in this thread, especially the spoiler. DPC came into BaDIK throwing bombs at the people who criticized AL. For him to rage quit F95 and then delete the account of anyone who so much as mentioned F95 from his Patreon and Discord tells me a lot about the person that he is.

Yes, it's no fun to be criticized, it's no fun to be constantly on the defensive. But if you are going to take on a public persona and step into the limelight you have to develop a thick skin and learn to handle criticism. Nobody can expect to be universally loved. The world is going to disagree with you, sometimes vehemently.

I dunno, every time someone facepalms me here I just wanna burn the place to the ground!!!

 

[sixart]

I dunno, every time someone facepalms me here I just wanna burn the place to the ground!!!

I dare you ! DO IT ! Think of Nike ! Or don't think... just do it !

 

[ciberma7865]

Deep down she likes being treated like shit

Pretty sure she is a cuckqueen but doesn't want other people to know. Feel like she's testing MC every time

 

[sixart]

I've said it before, I'll say it again.

This is a very important decision - maybe THE most important decision in the game.

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Trust me. You'll need to be nice to this douchebag with the 50s-style hair (50s in what country, IDK) if you want any hope of getting your old job back when DPC fucks up the MC's life at the end of the story as a result of all the wrong decisions you made along the way.

Spoiler: Yeah, Steve, I kinda do sometimes

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She knew exactly how big of a dickhead Tommy could be even before they met (reference the wheelchair scene in the Episode 5 flashback), and she stays with him anyway. And there are numerous examples of him continuing to treat her like shit. Deep down she likes being treated like shit, and I don't feel sorry for her because of it.

Actually, I'm surprised she didn't make a move on Caleb at the HOTs party when he told her to make him a drink. I would think that kind of talk makes her all squishy.

Knowing what happened in AL... we introduce a little twist here ( by DPC ofc ! ) and if DPC fcuk ( french connection united kingdom... before somebody asks ) the MCs life he just needs a few gallons of kerosine ( or petrol... dealers choice ! ) and some matches ( or lighter ) and we get a very similar ending... And if we were a massive dick in game one of our brothers " saves " us from death dooming our MC to be the second coming of frankensteins monster !

 

[Ekimus83]

I apologize, I was supposed to get you teasers of it done but lost track of time progressing along. I originally spent a bit of time making the auto-complete look fancy with everything filled out, etc. After way too many lines of code I realized that's kinda silly, keep it simple and move on for now. I've currently made it into a 2 step process (so I can selfishly keep the code to only 4 lines...yep, only 4). Here's the flow:

ChoiceGuide disabled, VN plays as OEM:
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ChoiceGuide enabled. Can either manually enter using hints in top banner or press the SanchoMod Auto A+:
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Pressing "OK" finalizes the code:
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I'll make it look fancy later. It works for now and super easy to make the other tests follow suit. Regards.

Will you be adding a feature that will allow us to remove the DIK/CHICK choice penalties?

 

[wakkawalla]

That’s why God invented spooning.

except you needn't hide from mommy's beautiful face

 

[DavDR]

I dunno, every time someone facepalms me here I just wanna burn the place to the ground!!!

LOL, if I cared about facepalms I would have climbed a tower with a rifle a long time ago. In fact they should name an achievement for most FP's after me.

 

[shazba]

LOL, if I cared about facepalms I would have climbed a tower with a rifle a long time ago. In fact they should name an achievement for most FP's after me.

I was actually fishing for facepalms with that comment, surprised no one took the bait yet.

 

[DavDR]

I was actually fishing for facepalms with that comment, surprised no one took the bait yet.

I was going to facepalm your post but then I remembered that FP's still count as like's.

 

[Sancho1969]

SanchoMod (WIP) update:

Added a feature I introduced in another title's "DoughnutGuide" and simply ported it here for RenderCards. If a card is in the current screen then the notification auto-populates letting you know (if the ChoiceGuide is enabled). Once the player either leaves the screen without obtaining the award or otherwise obtains the award then the notification auto-disables. This technique of allowing the player to still find the award and not just give it to them made doughnut hunting in the other title more tolerable and reckon it'll be the same for this title. I'll add this to the original ongoing SanchoMod updates post here.

Here's the teasers as usual. Regards.

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[Afapp]

Posted a comment (https://f95zone.to/threads/being-a-dik-v0-8-2-dr-pinkcake.25332/post-7062403) a while back with mostly episode 8 music. Some of them got uploaded on YT in the meanwhile. So i will link a few with the scene, not to talk your choise down, It's also a damn good song but i personally think DPC did one hell of a job with finding the right music with those scenes.

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Too bad the comments between Johnboy and Elena aren't in it. those made it really complete.

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Just about right since Nicole is falling in love with MC

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Damn, this one hits hard since she tells MC she's adopted and MC telling her she made a huge difference to her parents as well.
She is even more vulnerable then when Chad broke up and she met MC in the garden.

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Not a scene or something but a nice song with an even nicer recap before the episode 8 launch.

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We just can't forget Bella. Nice song with suiting lyrics. And damn what a nice scene

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Just awesome, Quinn starting to get feelings for MC more and more. Good lyrics also.

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This one just gives me a big smile. Party hard

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I know this song is posted a few comments back but this one can't be missed. Pure Jill even more after she visits you in the mansion at the end of episode 8

And still much more. Lots of episode 8 aren't even uploaded yet.
1 thing for sure DPC knows his music. Bit curious if he does it himself or gets help for it.

What a fantastic post. Thank you! All these songs are triggers for me. DPC come for the porn stay for the deep, deep emotions.

 

[DavDR]

I dunno man,
I have a LOT of facepalms on this thread alone. Banned on Milfy City AGAIN since there are snowflake secret agents of that Shitstain developer ICSTOR, but here I am back to being good.

Dude, I've got facepalm's so old they're getting their pubes

 

[sixart]

SanchoMod (WIP) update:

Added a feature I introduced in another title's "DoughnutGuide" and simply ported it here for RenderCards. If a card is in the current screen then the notification auto-populates letting you know (if the ChoiceGuide is enabled). Once the player either leaves the screen without obtaining the award or otherwise obtains the award then the notification auto-disables. This technique of allowing the player to still find the award and not just give it to them made doughnut hunting in the other title more tolerable and reckon it'll be the same for this title. I'll add this to the original ongoing SanchoMod updates post here.

Here's the teasers as usual. Regards.

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I wonder if there could be a button which catapults us directly to the THE END credits screen... It would spare you a lot of time and the game elements are already in the process of laceration so why not that ? It's amazing what you can achieve with a little effort here... like take the game out of the game

 

[Sancho1969]

I wonder if there could be a button which catapults us directly to the THE END credits screen... It would spare you a lot of time and the game elements are already in the process of laceration so why not that ? It's amazing what you can achieve with a little effort here... like take the game out of the game

I see it completely the opposite and think you might be judging prematurely without all the information. Actually all my mods are guides and GUI tweaks only, there's no cheats in any of my current mods....zero. This is the first time I've danced on the line but only for the tests (both English & Math). The Brawler is simply a concept currently. Folks have begged me to add cheats to my mods and I never have (I write them for my own use and simply share a few here and there, and actually don't use any cheats when I play VN's, it's just not my thing).

Check my profile for examples. If anything I add to the VN's I mod and never impose to take anything away. I'll admit this title has me balancing a lot though, so as usual I'm making it so with one push of a single button non of it is available and you can simply use the mod as a guide and GUI tweaker. Regards.

 

[shazba]

I dunno man,
I have a LOT of facepalms on this thread alone. Banned on Milfy City AGAIN since there are snowflake secret agents of that Shitstain developer ICSTOR, but here I am back to being good.

Dude, I've got facepalm's so old they're getting their pubes

I remember my first facepalm like it was yesterday... It was from felicemastronzo, he couldn't handle the fact that the mc couldn't melt KRJ's frozen heart!

 

[ename144]

I don't believe in the flashbacks theories just because it wouldn't make sense in a narrative point of view, mixing current events with past events in the epilogue, without any context whatsoever would confuse the hell out of me.

Even if the next episode began with a prologue giving context to it being a past event, I would still be left wondering why on earth would DPC just drop a single flashback picture of a pregnancy test, in the middle of all the other current events of the epilogue.

So far all the episodes have been structured with the prologue being a flashback (both in recent and distant pasts) to give context to character arcs and epilogues have always served to give us an idea of what to expect in future episodes, messing with this design and starting mixing both these narrative devices just to create some suspense and mystery is a terrible idea.

I completely agree making the pregnancy a flashback or some sort of symbolic representation would be a terrible idea. Beyond being confusing as hell, it would be a complete bait and switch that will kill enthusiasm for any future, legitimate twists DPC might have planned.

Granted, this wouldn't be the first terrible idea DPC has put in a game so I don't think we can completely rule it out. But I see no reason to resort to such a poor theory until all other theories have been exhausted. Tight now there are a lot of alternative theories that are both more plausible and, frankly, more interesting.

That's pretty fucked, I don't want to wait another 2-3 years just to see how all of this ends, so if the season 3 want be the last, fuck him, I'll withdraw my patreon support.

Good news, everyone! At the rate we're going, it will take at least 4 years to finish 8 more episodes!

I just looked at the official guide and there is nothing said about making a decision in episode 9.

I'm not challenging your right to play like that. You can really go through the game like a Chick without drama. But then there will be no point in the "Crossroads". You are meeting and knowing different girls throughout the game. Some girl you liked more, some less. As a Chick, you will be able to achieve the maximum result with them and the morning comes and you realize that this can no longer happen.

And it's time to make a choice. This is the meaning of the Сrossroads. The crossroads is to choose one girl and hurt another. It's a damn drama classic. Without this, the game seems too sterile.

Therefore, Chick as an infantile and as a guy who meets with the maximum number of girls for me is logical and complete as a character. Yes, I don't like him. How he behaves, but he has his own logic. He is an ordinary teenager who likes several girls at the same time. This is completely normal for modern relationships.

Calling him a hypocrite was a mistake. He's really not a hypocrite, he really thinks so. He just follows his heart, he makes mistakes and accepts the consequences. He does not behave like a mature young man who is weighing his consequences. Yes, you can follow the one path of the one chosen girl. But I do not consider this path canonical. A choice is when you choose from something. The essence of episode 8 is in choosing and accepting the consequences of choice. You offer a choice without a choice, a safe and boring way.

I agree the Crossroads is quite clunky if you've only been pursuing one branch. But I didn't find it much better on multiple branches, either, because it's not a natural progression of the various stories. It's a blatant game mechanic designed to get us from the inputs to the outputs in a single scene because DPC thinks having everything happen at once makes it more dramatic (and saves time writing).

DPC should have spent less time this season on @#$%@#$ Madame Rose and more time weaving the LIs' stories into an actual Crossroads. Or ditched the single crossroads and given each branch a separate decision point, then had the MC take stock after the fact. (And still cut Madame Rose too, obviously.)

Who has your won heart most, and who has lost your interest after this episode?

Before the episode Lily was 7/10 for me. After what happened in this episode and her proposal of rolling together got me excited. And she rendered almost perfectly especially in the scene where she's with Quinn. She's a definitely a 9/10 for now which puts her in front of nearly all girls.

I was excited what could happen between MC and Heather after plus three talk. But no she's almost as stupid as Arieth. That jacket talk made me lost all my interest in her.

Honestly, there wasn't much change this time. Technically I guess Jill had the biggest win, but that's only because the wretched blackmail subplot had turned her into a complete moron. Jill didn't really fix the problems that plot caused, but at least it's over.

Other than that? Lily is a little more appealing after seeing her bristle when the MC appeared to judge her. I guess Sage dropped a bit since her content was very thin and her friendship path worked so much more naturally. And Cathy was completely MIA after being a virtual cypher for the last 2 episodes, which sucked but isn't really a reflection on the character...

 

[DavDR]

I remember my first facepalm like it was yesterday... It was from felicemastronzo, he couldn't handle the fact that the mc couldn't melt KRJ's frozen heart!

I always knew there was an unrequited love there for Felice

 

[zubabuba12]

Only bad thing about this game waiting next chapters... Everything else masterpiece!

 

[Olsens.M]

This is exactly what happens when the MC follows multiple LI's. In my run, everyone is happy at the end of EP8. There is only the conversation with the Burkes and the confrontation with Zoey.

you are in college, you are not in a church lol. Just go neutral or dick path and you are happy, just avoid the drama girls.