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

[Maevos]

Quick question, how many episodes will Interlude be?

Just one, hopefully, to reintroduce Zoey into the game. There may be a riot on the streets if DPC wastes his time on additional interludes.

 

[PashafromRussia]

Criminy, we're two months into work on the Interlude and we're only now getting our second meaningful status update... if you can even call it that. DPC is more than half done with the static renders. We have no word on the animations (other than saying he was working on some very long ones previously). The writing and coding are still in progress too. We know he was aiming for 40-60 minutes of gameplay (with an absurdly high new song count), so presumably that still stands. And Zoey will definitely be in it. Did I leave anything out?

That's not not even enough to work with tentatively, but at this point I'm willing to speculate wildly purely out of spite. If we use Episode 1 as our baseline and assume DPC is ~60% done with static renders, that suggests he's completed something like 780 statics. If we further assume he took a week off after release, another week off for Christmas, and spent last week dealing with the GOG launch, that means he's had about 5 working weeks so far. That would give him a hypothetical average of ~156 statics per working week.

Since we're already visiting the Neighborhood of Make Believe, we might as well look at the animations, too. DPC averaged a little under 12 animations per week during Episode 8. Since we know he was trying some longer animations, let's cut that to 10 for now. For simplicity, we'll say he cranks out animations on the same work schedule as renders. That would give him an extremely imprecise 50 animations completed, which coincidentally is roughly on par with Episode 1.

Here's the chart version, for folks who prefer visual special effects.

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If you fall for those charts, DPC is pondering whether to add more animations, and will probably complete the static renders by mid-February. Reality is probably heavier on the animations than our Episode 1 benchmark suggests, but either way mid-February is probably as good an estimate as any for our navel gazing. If we assume 2 weeks for testing (probably less for the Interlude's gameplay but more for the save transfer), we'd get an early March release.

We can probably shave a week or two off that if we want to be optimistic; assume the animations are nearly done, so DPC will kick up the static posing rate once the writing is finished. If we feel like being pessimistic instead, we can assume DPC has barely started the animations. In that case early April is probably the uppermost plausible limit.

In any case, the timing is less important to me than the more basic questions about why we're getting the Interlude in the first place. I'm still waiting for DPC to explain to me why I should give a rat's ass about this particular side project. I don't care how many pictures of Zoey he posts, she's an unknown right now. I'm not going to get excited simply at the opportunity to get excited in a couple months.

There's got to be something he could tell us about the Interlude that would be legitimately interesting. I wish he would. My enthusiasm is low and I would like something to look forward to while I wait. Is that so much to ask for?

My main argument against the March or even April release is that it is too short an update to take so long to do it. By the standards of DPC, of course. It's just hard to explain why such a small update has been done for so long, although it can be done safely within a month like other developers. And besides, I am sure that he has an internal schedule of update releases and the March update will break the entire schedule.

 

[jaden_yuki]

I have a question, is it possible to get a song's lyrics on the premium beat?

 

[SteveyP]

DPC hasn't said anything about the Interlude beyond it being fun for the whole playerbase... much to my annoyance. But the first Zoey preview was before she got her tattoos, so it's likely at least a little of it will be before she leaves. That could include a roll in the hay or two with the young MC.

I don't see how it could take place at current B&R, though. Even if we skip ahead past the meeting with the Burkes, how far can we go into that flashforward before snapping back to the "present" becomes impractical? I don't think it's far enough to be worth it unless there's much more to do than catch up with Zoey. But I very much doubt this would include a lewd scene no matter what happens; it would either make the crossroads a laughingstock or require far too much branching to fit into Interlude frame.

Of course it's possible Zoey could have a lewd scene with the new boyfriend in San Diego. Yes, it's a tinderbox of you-know-what waiting to detonate, but if we're in control of Zoey at the time it might not be quite as bad as normal. I doubt DPC would do it, but it would at least be something unexpected.

Perhaps the Interlude could spend a few days in present time (a few days after Zoey shows up at Neils house) and develop her decision to apply and/or arrive at B&R to see MC. Of course this is after we get to know about her time in San Diego and what led up to her moving back (and why she went to Neils in the first place). Or perhaps the Interlude will be Zoey telling Neil about her time in San Diego in the present in a sort of flashback sequence. I guess how the timeline is portrayed doesn't matter too much

As for "But I very much doubt this would include a lewd scene no matter what happens; it would either make the crossroads a laughingstock or require far too much branching to fit into Interlude frame." I completely agree, not sure what they could possibly do if Doc decides to make Zoey and MC meet up during the Interlude without ruining any of the Main Girl routes from Ep.8 (Making MC a cheater)

 

[Antera]

I just completed S2 and dame it was best VN I have ever read... loved it. only question I have, how long usually each chapter takes to make?

 

[Deleted member 4298851]

Having a rough night mentally tonight with my bipolar schizoaffective shit, but I wanted to ask y'all if anyone happens to have all of RIona's rewards & renders they can zip together and throw up somewhere for me to download. I'm starting the run tomorrow, well, later today, and I'd rather not do multiple PTs just to get all the rewards.

I'd rather not UnRen the game, but if that's what I'm going to have to do, I will, but I'd figured I'd ask here to save time, and hard disk space, as it's very slim lately on both of my computers.

Thanks and much appreciated to anyone that happens or decides to help. I need fucking meds to sleep tonight. I wouldn't wish what I have on my worst fucking enemy.

 

[SteveyP]

My main argument against the March or even April release is that it is too short an update to take so long to do it. By the standards of DPC, of course. It's just hard to explain why such a small update has been done for so long, although it can be done safely within a month like other developers. And besides, I am sure that he has an internal schedule of update releases and the March update will break the entire schedule.

Perhaps the combination of the Steam and GOG launch as well as the Holidays affected the development enough to push it back. The truth of the matter is that we don't know how fast he's gonna knock the rest out since we don't even know the true scope of the episode. Apparently it's gonna be much smaller than what we normally get. For all we know he could be done in the next 2 weeks now that he's back to developing full-time.

 

[SteveyP]

Having a rough night mentally tonight with my bipolar schizoaffective shit, but I wanted to ask y'all if anyone happens to have all of RIona's rewards & renders they can zip together and throw up somewhere for me to download. I'm starting the run tomorrow, well, later today, and I'd rather not do multiple PTs just to get all the rewards.

I'd rather not UnRen the game, but if that's what I'm going to have to do, I will, but I'd figured I'd ask here to save time, and hard disk space, as it's very slim lately on both of my computers.

Thanks and much appreciated to anyone that happens or decides to help. I need fucking meds to sleep tonight. I wouldn't wish what I have on my worst fucking enemy.

Would a persistent file with everything unlocked be okay? Or do you just want all the individual pictures (screenshots of all her scenes etc.)?

 

[Razrback16]

 

[Killerwhale5678]

 

[JamieSadistic]

When do you get the chance to snitch on Tommy?

Before you can snitch on Tommy, you have to go into her room and see Jimmy sleeping on her bed. That opens up her talking options after you get rid of Caleb and his friend from the kitchen by using Arieth as a distraction. Then you'll tell her about the "jock sleeping in her bed" which pisses her off and she storms out. She'll come back and then a dialogue happens which will give you the option to tell her Tommy is plus 3 or not. Then you can get her something strong.. (Absinthe with nothing mixed in)

 

[sashamitsell]

anyone else getting a crash after the line "its probably a tough time for him, now... with Cathy, his dad and the mansion"

 

[hFIcwooKGrUnui1Tg1CZ]

Quick question, i've played this game before and used a cheat to just see the gallery.

But now i want to play it proper from the beginning. so, do i have to clear out the previous save file or can i just play a new save?

I dont want to risk a problem down the line because of it!

Just do this steps (that don't vary much even if you have different versions from the one described) below and you'll be fine ↓

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| Problem #6 |: I want to reset all progress and start from the beginning; how do I do it?

Solution:

1. Close the game.

2. Right-click the game in your Steam library and select "Properties".

3. Uncheck the box "Keep games saves in the Steam Cloud for Being a Dik"

4. While still being in "Properties", click "Local files" and choose "Browse" to open the installation directory.

5. The save folder is found here "steamapps\common\Being a Dik\game\saves". To delete the collectibles, delete the file called "persistent". If you want to delete every save, delete the
entire directory.

6. Open "C:\Users\Your User Name\AppData\Roaming\RenPy". If you can't find AppData, make sure to "View>Hidden objects" in the file browser.

7. Delete the save files from the "C:\Users\Your User Name\AppData\Roaming\RenPy\BeingADIK-XXXX" folder.

8. Start the game, and your progress is reset.

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[hFIcwooKGrUnui1Tg1CZ]

I just completed S2 and dame it was best VN I have ever read... loved it.

Only question I have, how long usually each chapter takes to make?

4 months or a little bit more usually for an entire episode to be concluded (I'm not talking about the interlude)

Plus possibly for GOG and Steam (so other than Patreon) another 2 months of polish if I remember correctly (free to correct me if needed)

 

[hFIcwooKGrUnui1Tg1CZ]

Quick question, how many episodes will Interlude be?

I feel like I can't fully answer if I don't first show you what interlude means SO according to the

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, the interlude means this below ↓

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Interlude, in theatre, early form of English dramatic entertainment, sometimes considered to be the transition between medieval morality plays and Tudor dramas.

Interludes were performed at court or at “great houses” by professional minstrels or amateurs at intervals between some other entertainment, such as a banquet, or preceding or following a play, or between acts.

Although most interludes were sketches of a nonreligious nature, some plays were called interludes that are today classed as morality plays.

John Heywood, one of the most famous interlude writers, brought the genre to perfection in his The Play of the Wether (1533) and The Playe Called the Foure P.P. (c. 1544).

The earl of Essex is known to have had a company of interlude players in 1468; the first royal company was apparently established in 1493.

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Considering therefore that it is substantially an intermezzo between the "major/common" episodes it will be only one and should be about 40 to 60 minutes, you're welcome!

 

[hFIcwooKGrUnui1Tg1CZ]

Anyone else getting a crash after the line "its probably a tough time for him, now... with Cathy, his dad and the mansion" ?

You should probably attach to your comment the traceback (you should find it in the game folder directly in the same window of the exe) that is created for the crash and ONLY then is there a fixed possibility of highlighting the problem and solving it.

In other cases we would "go too tentative" so feel free to do so and then we will chorally seek a solution!

 

[Bubba McSmith]

4 months or a little bit more usually for an entire episode to be concluded (I'm not talking about the interlude)

Plus possibly for GOG and Steam (so other than Patreon) another 2 months of polish if I remember correctly (free to correct me if needed)

It takes way longer for DPC to complete an episode now. We haven't seen a 4 month episode turnaround since Season 1. 6-7 months an episode is the current trend. Maybe he'll shorten them for Season 3 onwards, but I wouldn't hold your breath. Once a season is complete, it does take two months to release on Steam/GoG.

 

[sixart]

You should probably attach to your comment the traceback (you should find it in the game folder directly in the same window of the exe) that is created for the crash and ONLY then is there a fixed possibility of highlighting the problem and solving it.

In other cases we would "go too tentative" so feel free to do so and then we will chorally seek a solution!

Found it !!!

Do not use mods !!!


What a grand mystery yet again solved...

 

[hFIcwooKGrUnui1Tg1CZ]

It takes way longer for DPC to complete an episode now.

We haven't seen a 4 month episode turnaround since Season 1. 6-7 months an episode is the current trend.

Maybe he'll shorten them for Season 3 onwards, but I wouldn't hold your breath.

Once a season is complete, it does take two months to release on Steam/GoG.

True, indeed. Can't it be a bit of both? Jooooooking here

 

[darji]

i wonder if there is a ip ban xd