VN Ren'Py Being a DIK [v0.11.1] [DrPinkCake]

[PashafromRussia]

You take the restaurant too seriously. It's just a plot mechanic that allows you to
1) to spend money to the player, which MC has accumulated a lot through mini-games. That's why he invented Madame. An easy way for a player to spend money.
2) It allows you to quickly get sex scenes in the first chapter.
Moreover, the MC talked about the so-called restaurant only with Riona and Camila, and then only in Chapter 5. MС didn't even think about whether it was right or not, he just perceives it as a way for girls to earn money for the maintenance of the mansion. Forcing the player to replay right from the first chapter is too much even for DPC. Because all the key decisions that affect the progress with girls appear only in episode 4.

 

[DavDR]

I'm not convinced that having sex with Jade is a game over, I mean how should Sage find out? Jade should tell her... It's not something a stepmom would confess to her daughter lightly.

at the most, dating both of them should make Jade back off and if she hinders MC and his relationship with Sage, order him to leave her alone...

I smell another blackmail plot. This on top of the possibility that Burke will blackmail Maya. Turns out that Being a DIK means being a blackmailer.

 

[wakkawalla]

That's why he invented Madame. An easy way for a player to spend money.

raise your hands everybody who spends money on mommy

 

[Arigon]

Personally, I would trade Jade and Bella for every other LI in a heartbeat!
Jade has the best scenes for sure. Bella is my fav. Jade is right behind.
If Sage can be kept in that fun place, all the better!
Peace

 

[felicemastronzo]

raise your hands everybody who spends money on mommy

I would say that the call is now closed

 

[wakkawalla]

was disappointed at how reasonably sage reacted to being rejected three times by the horsedick she wants badly to ride. would like to see her flip her ginger lid when she finds out the guy who won't fuck her has stirred every other pot around her, all her sisterfriends AND her mom, even paying money for what she's throwing at him for free. maybe she'll put herself on the menu out of sheer desperation to get stuffed.

 

[J.A.L.]

I'm not convinced that having sex with Jade is a game over, I mean how should Sage find out? Jade should tell her... It's not something a stepmom would confess to her daughter lightly.

at the most, dating both of them should make Jade back off and if she hinders MC and his relationship with Sage, order him to leave her alone...

Chekhov's gun.

Why DPC throws Jade to Tremolo´s arms? Jade is the one that seduces Tremolo. And that happens in the middle of the Hell Week with the quest of "fucking a theacher" and "fucking a feminist". DPC wants that Tremolo fucks Jade. First landmine. Then, the second landmine: the video of Jade and Tremolo in Burke´s hands. And after that, the third one: Jade is Sage´s mom... Why DPC would put such a complicated Chekhov´s gun, if he´s not going to shoot it against the player (Tremolo)

And the same happens with Quinn´s restaurant. DPC puts that offer in front of the player at the beginning of the game, when the player doesn´t even know yet what kind of game is this. It this the only chance for Tremolo to fuck in this game? Will it have consequences, or this is one of those games about "harem" in which the MC can fuck everybody without consequences? First landmine. Then, the second one: Burke is the main client (or maybe, main owner, we don´t know) of the restaurant. And the third one: Burke is Sage´s dad. Again, if DPC doesn´t shoot that Chekhov´s gun in Tremolo´s (the player) face, I would be extremelly surprised.

The new guy here is me, not you guys. Don´t you know already about DPC´s love for drama?

 

[sixart]

was disappointed at how reasonably sage reacted to being rejected three times by the horsedick she wants badly to ride. would like to see her flip her ginger lid when she finds out the guy who won't fuck her has stirred every other pot around her, all her sisterfriends AND her mom, even paying money for what she's throwing at him for free. maybe she'll put herself on the menu out of sheer desperation to get stuffed.
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Welp... it would be a fun scenario that's for sure... but Sage does not strike me as THAT desperate type... sure she might be hurt by that but prostitution ?!? Nah... !

 

[DavDR]

Welp... it would be a fun scenario that's for sure... but Sage does not strike me as THAT desperate type... sure she might be hurt by that but prostitution ?!? Nah... !

I don't know how it is in your country but in the US a sex scandal involving hookers in a college sorority is the kind of story that the dignified major media outlets live for. They get to report lots of salacious details AND feel morally superior about it. If the games situation were to become a public scandal it would ruin Sage's entire life.

 

[felicemastronzo]

Chekhov's gun.

Why DPC throws Jade to Tremolo´s arms? Jade is the one that seduces Tremolo. And that happens in the middle of the Hell Week with the quest of "fucking a theacher" and "fucking a feminist". DPC wants that Tremolo fucks Jade. First landmine. Then, the second landmine: the video of Jade and Tremolo in Burke´s hands. And after that, the third one: Jade is Sage´s mom... Why DPC would put such a complicated Chekhov´s gun, if he´s not going to shoot it against the player (Tremolo)

And the same happens with Quinn´s restaurant. DPC puts that offer in front of the player at the beginning of the game, when the player doesn´t even know yet what kind of game is this. It this the only chance for Tremolo to fuck in this game? Will it have consequences, or this is one of those games about "harem" in which the MC can fuck everybody without consequences? First landmine. Then, the second one: Burke is the main client (or maybe, main owner, we don´t know) of the restaurant. And the third one: Burke is Sage´s dad. Again, if DPC doesn´t shoot that Chekhov´s gun in Tremolo´s (the player) face, I would be extremelly surprised.

The new guy here is me, not you guys. Don´t you know already about DPC´s love for drama?

but you forget two elements

everything we do with Jade is optional, the real big dramas of PDC are universal, there is no way to avoid them
if Jade's only downside was with Sage, it would be a problem for very few players, only those interested in Sage (let's say a quarter?) and only those who have done stuff with Jade (a third?)
so we wouldn't be talking about a memorable moment of the game anyway, but about a little trap


then this story of DPC Dramas is more fame than substance, for now the only two dramas are related to affinity and not to players' choices
the breakup with Bella because of Cathe, therefore linked to our choices, was definitely a bad surprise, but I really struggle to consider it a dramatic moment

surely having a relationship with Jade, and even more so having shown the video will have negative repercussions, but that they're strictly with Sage I'm not at all convinced of it

 

[J.A.L.]

was disappointed at how reasonably sage reacted to being rejected three times by the horsedick she wants badly to ride. would like to see her flip her ginger lid when she finds out the guy who won't fuck her has stirred every other pot around her, all her sisterfriends AND her mom, even paying money for what she's throwing at him for free. maybe she'll put herself on the menu out of sheer desperation to get stuffed.

Yeah, Sage´s character without fucking with Tremolo doesn´t have any sense. There is no reason why they become so close with each other, except screen requirements.

 

[sixart]

I don't know how it is in your country but in the US a sex scandal involving hookers in a college sorority is the kind of story that the dignified major media outlets live for. They get to report lots of salacious details AND feel morally superior about it. If the games situation were to become a public scandal it would ruin Sage's entire life.

And THAT warrants prostitution ???


Btw... I agree on ruining someones life ( although this is still a fiction about college life not the real worlds mishaps ) but this is just outright BULLSHIT solution for it... not to mention Sage is capable in every way possible...

 

[Arigon]

I gladly was Jade's toy.
I never shared the video, because it is FAR more amusing to let Derek step up to the plate.
I avoided any choices to hurt my chances with Bella.
I play with Sage.
I avoided the restaurant. I don't pay in real life, not going to in a porn game.
So I am a happy fella.
DPC is a drama queen extraordinary. I am just hoping he avoids his past FUBAR from Acting Lessons. Almost any other drama I could live with.
Peace

 

[wakkawalla]

Yeah, Sage´s character without fucking with Tremolo doesn´t have any sense. There is no reason why they become so close with each other, except screen requirements.

or like big-dik fuckface running to bella when he gets gum in his hair. isn't that called good writing? even if you're on her path she should see that as a big red flag that she's gonna be playing mommy to this motherless dumbass, a dynamic she seemingly isn't interested in given how insecure she's shown to be about the age difference.

 

[J.A.L.]

but you forget two elements

everything we do with Jade is optional, the real big dramas of PDC are universal, there is no way to avoid them
if Jade's only downside was with Sage, it would be a problem for very few players, only those interested in Sage (let's say a quarter?) and only those who have done stuff with Jade (a third?)
so we wouldn't be talking about a memorable moment of the game anyway, but about a little trap

Yes, those are traps for the people playing Sage´s route, that I´m pretty sure are way more than a quarter. We know that Jill and Bella´s routes have their own traps. And I suppose that there are other traps in LesbianDramaQueen & Midget paths that I will never see because I will never play their routes. Not all traps in the plot are for all players.

 

[DavDR]

And THAT warrants prostitution ???


Btw... I agree on ruining someones life ( although this is still a fiction about college life not the real worlds mishaps ) but this is just outright BULLSHIT solution for it... not to mention Sage is capable in every way possible...

Where did I say it warrants prostitution? Sage is the President of the HOT's, if the news breaks out that there is a prostitution ring being run out of the Sorority no one is going to believe that Sage didn't have anything to do with it. Even though she is innocent.

 

[FreakyFrank!23421]

Has to be a CHICK playthrough apparently.

I did it in Dik Walkthrough

 

[DavDR]

but you forget two elements

everything we do with Jade is optional, the real big dramas of PDC are universal, there is no way to avoid them
if Jade's only downside was with Sage, it would be a problem for very few players, only those interested in Sage (let's say a quarter?) and only those who have done stuff with Jade (a third?)
so we wouldn't be talking about a memorable moment of the game anyway, but about a little trap


then this story of DPC Dramas is more fame than substance, for now the only two dramas are related to affinity and not to players' choices
the breakup with Bella because of Cathe, therefore linked to our choices, was definitely a bad surprise, but I really struggle to consider it a dramatic moment

surely having a relationship with Jade, and even more so having shown the video will have negative repercussions, but that they're strictly with Sage I'm not at all convinced of it

Also note that you only succeed with Jade if you choose not to or fail to follow the M/J path.

 

[Tadpol]

everything we do with Jade is optional, the real big dramas of PDC are universal, there is no way to avoid them
if Jade's only downside was with Sage, it would be a problem for very few players, only those interested in Sage (let's say a quarter?) and only those who have done stuff with Jade (a third?)
so we wouldn't be talking about a memorable moment of the game anyway, but about a little trap

I do not see a universal drama, and I am convinced that DPC will not do again what it did in AL, namely an inevitable and universal drama.

DPC laid the groundwork for different stories (Maya and her father, prostitution, Lynette's story, and so on). Then there's incorporating the MC into those stories. Afterwards we had a whole lot of choices to make. At the end the choices will be used to influence the resolutions of the different stories.

Everything will be optional, the stories will be solved based on what the MC did.


Eventually, we could have an element that will serve to aggregate a good part of the drama into a single point (I am thinking of HOTs and prostitution).

The more the game progresses, the more things we learn, and the more we realize the traps in which we walked, or avoided.

 

[kyrlian]

everything we do with Jade is optional, the real big dramas of PDC are universal, there is no way to avoid them
if Jade's only downside was with Sage, it would be a problem for very few players, only those interested in Sage (let's say a quarter?) and only those who have done stuff with Jade (a third?)
so we wouldn't be talking about a memorable moment of the game anyway, but about a little trap

That's how branching in videogames works.

You have main plot points that move the story forward (get to B&R, hell week, rebuilding, etc) and branching plots (each LI is a branch).

Up until the very end of the game no developer can afford the branches to change the main story. That's the way most rpg games work and it's the only way to do it because if your branches change the main story you end up in development hell with dozens of branches, development time skyrockets and the story becomes a mess. Bethesda can't do it with hundreds of professional developers, it gets worse for a single developer like DPC.

The main plot points need to be unrelated to the outcome of the branching plots. But those main plot points can be reactive to the branches (i.e. you can rebuild the mansion with/without Maya&Josy, so the cleaning scene changes) but the branches will NOT change the outcome of each main plot point (you WILL rebuild the mansion for sure, being with Maya/Sage/Jill/single etc don't change the story)

So, because this is the way this stuff work we know for sure that the outcome of the visit to the Burke's is unrelated to fucking Jade, Sage, Maya, etc. or choosing the restaurant, because this things are optional. Maya will/will not (we don't know what's going to happen) get the tuition in a way unrelated to the branches (you fucked/not fucked Jade, Maya or Sage). I don't know what DPC has planned but Ch.9 need to follow this rule.

So, the main story will not be changed but the choices can change the branches, fucking Jade will not change the main story but it can end your relationship with Sage or Jade.