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

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Tserriednich'sNen

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Tadpol said:
He took a risk with his Interlude, and with Zoey.

If the Interlude is Zoey's life in San Diego, it won't be a big hit. Worse, a mini episode only on a "new" girl, it will make the players believe that Zoey will be forced into the love life of the MC.

I don't think DPC is making this mistake, but depending on how the Interlude plays out, players might think so.
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Zoey isn't a new girl, she's a lightly established character with a significant tie to our protagonist.

Regarding the Interlude, I can understand why DPC felt the need to do this. Rather then just throw Zoey into the story/mix without any sort of explanation or backstory he wants to flesh her character out and presumably provide an explanation for her return. Without any sort of dive into her character/past very few people will care about her, some players didn't even recognize her nor know who she was at the end of episode 8 :KEK:. Her role in the game now that she's back remains to be seen but I feel she needs to be given a boost so to speak so that she can be on a similar playing field with all the main girls and relevant characters especially if she's to play a big role in the story.
 
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ChipLecsap said:
I guess 2022 is the year when I break up with you, and I thought you and I are the same. How sad, How could I be this wrong? :cry:.
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But you ignore what I said at the beginning she is the most beautiful girl in the game of that I have no doubts :cry:

And I have always liked her body more than any girl's :devilish:
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Tadpol said:
He took a risk with his Interlude, and with Zoey.

If the Interlude is Zoey's life in San Diego, it won't be a big hit. Worse, a mini episode only on a "new" girl, it will make the players believe that Zoey will be forced into the love life of the MC.

I don't think DPC is making this mistake, but depending on how the Interlude plays out, players might think so.
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Initially I was kinda annoyed at the concept of the Interlude because it seemed like a waste of time and was coming off the end of episode 8 which I felt was kind of a letdown. That was my immediate emotional response and I likened the 'ad' for the Interlude at the end of ep. 8 to the ending of Mass Effect 3 or whatever where a little message comes up telling the player to buy the upcoming DLC. While I do think that kind of advertisement is kind of a tone deaf move, which was most likely geared at the Steam audience or whatever to let them know what to buy next, overall it seems to me that the Interlude was planned well in advance and that it will serve some kind of greater and more relevant story purpose than to simply reintroduce another potential LI for drama purposes. If that did turn out to be the case though, and the Interlude was nothing but an introduction to Zoey without any greater story implications, it would definitely be a risky move and something I'd put down purely to commercial motives.

The biggest mistake the Interlude could make though, which I feel is somewhat inevitable, is that its development will mean that only one actual episode will drop in 2022. Unless the Interlude drops at the end of this month, we could very well only see episode 9 this year, but that's assuming the same development times and trends as past episodes. It could also be that DPC has factored the Interlude into a two-episode-per-year development cycle somehow and has everything mapped out to make that possible. I don't think there's been any official word on that but I haven't been paying any close attention, happy to be corrected.

I'm willing to bet that Zoey is going to be a big hit as a character though, so regardless of whether the Interlude is a mistake or not, at least we have something in the immediate future to look forward to. The question of whether the Interlude is a bad move will ultimately depend on whether it ties nicely into the main story and doesn't delay the development of the actual game too much. If I were DPC, I probably wouldn't have made an Interlude from a storytelling/narrative perspective because it forces players who have no interest in a particular character, or type of character, to play through a story about that character to be caught up with the overall game. If it were a Jill's Sister interlude it would be significantly less risky because that ties directly into the story of a main LI and people who have no interest in Jill and who aren't on her locked path could safely skip it. With the Zoey interlude, you have to play it because she's likely going to show up for the rest of the game no matter what path you're on and you're gonna be confused as to her story significance otherwise.

But I'm not a millionaire game maker so what do I know :KEK:



OFT said:
DPC's gradual graphic improvements of the BaDIK girls have been great, but Josy...

Wow...

What a difference 37 days (in-game, that is) make:

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Our midget party girl has had a major glow up, that's for sure :BootyTime: And honestly, from a purely aesthetic point of view, I feel that Josy matches the MC the most of any of the girls. They look so fresh together.

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ChipLecsap said:
While I'm happy for you, this is just a very lucky guess, thanks to DPC, - and I can't believe I'm saying this, - BAD Writing. There was nothing that ever suggest Zoey was more than what she was, nor she should be. A past, a memory. This is nothing like, Troy and Chad, or Sage parents, or even Josy and Maya, that looking back now, you can put the puzzle together.
It is a repetitive, waste of time. He did this in acting lesson too, bring back the EX . :rolleyes:

This is why we have this waste of time " Interlude " shit, instead of the development of Episode 9, something that is more important. HE need to give her context, because he pulled this idea out of his ass. Unless she has a different story, other than being a fuck toy for MC again, to mess his present relationship. But based on acting lesson, probably this is all she is.
at this point we can't no longer rule out the idea of him killing of one of the love intrest again. :LOL:
overall, I was literally rolled my eyes, when she showed up in the end of episode. I expected Better and more from him.
we will see how popular this will be with patreon. Usually there is a big jump when there is a new episode, I'm curious how this will play out for them. Hopefully it will fail, and we won't get any more intermezzo:LOL:
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The MC falls in love with girls randomly, shit we start the game with him crushing on this girl he knew for a few months.

His first love, whom he knew for many years, grew up together was always going to be a big aspect of his story.

I don't understand how people were unable or most likely unwilling to see this happening.

Maybe those of us that play this game objectively and don't fall in love with the girls the story forces on us, seen this coming easier since we've been forced to swallow bullshit for seasons now, but yes, finally we can reject them, and choose the righteous path.
 
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Ilhares

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Tserriednich'sNen said:
I strongly agree, Bianca's significance in the story will be the connection to Lynette/MC 's family via Jill's route. It's the only explanation as to why we're only introduced to her being a close friends of Jill while on Jill's route but not otherwise.
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I disagree, insofar as it being Jill-route only. I have a strong feeling that she's going to be Madame's daughter, so there's a path to draw MC in regardless of environment. Now, if you're not with Jill, and smart enough to sidestep the Madame stuff, I'm not sure how they'd tie your MC to any of it.
sixart said:
Fucking politics... buying votes are we ???!!! :mad: :devilish: :rolleyes:
:LOL::ROFLMAO::KEK:
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Nah. This is just a case of "newest content" being the most popular. Jill finally stopped blueballing the MC and you got the full booty. It'll change again in the future.
 
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Ilhares said:
Nah. This is just a case of "newest content" being the most popular. Jill finally stopped blueballing the MC and you got the full booty. It'll change again in the future.
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I was just kidding if it was not obvious enough ! :KEK:
 
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