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i wonder if there is a ip ban xd
There is but the problem is as it's name says it... it bans an IP address and not the person ! ;) The admins could whack him out for good... but it's bad publicity so they rather " deal with him " this way... giphy.gif
 

godkingxerxes

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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.
I don't think Zoey ever had a boyfriend, the MC is just a fuckwit.

Also we can in theory skip the meeting with the Burke's with Neil phoning and the MC stepping out.

The MC doesn't have to be present at this meeting, in fact him being there doesn't make any sense, and no supporting a friend isn't a valid reason, he can support from home.

When Sage said for him to come, either for Maya, Sage or both, another option should have been for shits and giggles. Or to fuck her mom. I hope us Other boys, get some Jade flirting that makes Burke and Tybalt share glances.
 

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I don't think Zoey ever had a boyfriend, the MC is just a fuckwit.

Also we can in theory skip the meeting with the Burke's with Neil phoning and the MC stepping out.

The MC doesn't have to be present at this meeting, in fact him being there doesn't make any sense, and no supporting a friend isn't a valid reason, he can support from home.

When Sage said for him to come, either for Maya, Sage or both, another option should have been for shits and giggles. Or to fuck her mom. I hope us Other boys, get some Jade flirting that makes Burke and Tybalt share glances.
But didn't MC mention during the Zoey flashback scene that she had a surfer boyfriend or something along of those lines?

This whole thing I think is blown way out of proportion. Maya will explain her situation (which, as has been debated around here makes no sense at all and is practically impossible to happen) to the Burke's to which Burke will say something of the lines of "But that's not how loans work.", to which Maya will be like: :WutFace:

I'm honestly expecting a Jade scene for those who selected the Others option. It's way too good for us to pass that up.
 
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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?

Well said. Absolutely agree. Hey it is his show, and I am truly thankful for his work. I just am already too invested in the existing characters we have interacted with. "Interlude" should be called "Cockblock Distraction".
 
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znar25

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I had doubts so I checked to make sure and yes, it is the same View attachment 1596786

I think from the party Dik can open the route but you have to fuck Riona in EP7 so the EP7 is the key :ROFLMAO:
Yes, get her at the Ep7 party. Toward the end of the episode she will text you asking for help where she thinks someone is following her.

EP8 is interesting on the Rio path as if you help her with the stalker problem at the dorm party her attitude does appear to change toward you (it is nice in a way and a victory for Rio fans).

Also at the end of Ep8 if everything else happens, she rearranges the furniture in your room as a bit of a tease (like a little kid would do when they like someone).... it is sweet in a way but what I think is also important is Heather says, "Be nice to her".
To me, that is pretty big. Rio has either already told Heather about MC or Heather has really good intuition that Rio likes MC.

Make my "Interlude" a full up Rio/MC episode :p With good writing, Rio could be girlfriend material.
 

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I really wonder if the new DPC plan is now doing an Interlude/Side-Story + a Full Episode each year.
Doubt we will get back to two Episode per years.. Could we have a Quinn, Riona,... origin story next?
"An interlude is a short story in the middle of an ongoing story, and that's what's next for Being a DIK."

This was the last BigTable™, info on the Interlude is very thin, only know numbers are added music so far.
  • Using the last two raw ratio value and dev time, DPC might be around 1331 renders and 93 animations.
  • DPC wants to make a 40-60 min piece. He estimate being 60-70% done with renders.
  • Could be the size of EP2, betting around 1800 renders and 120 animations. Doubt it will be 40-60 min.
I guess the sex content will be a Lesbian romance, maybe some Solo, praying for not having some NTR or POV banging dudes, shoot, could that be an opportunity to introduce a Trans character maybe, City of Broken Dreamers is well made.

EPRendersAnimationsMusic*SizeRelease DateDevelopment TimeRatio*R/DA/D
EP1130151≈1.1 GB07 Feb 2019— days
EP21709 (+31%)77 (+51%)≈2.3 GB (+1.2 GB)04 May 2019087 (2 months, 28 days |≈12 weeks)20.519.60.89
EP32289 (+34%)99 (+29%)≈4.1 GB (+1.8 GB)16 Aug 2019105 (3 months, 13 days |≈15 weeks)22.521.80.95
EP42532 (+11%)134 (+35%)≈6.1 GB (+2.0 GB)10 Jan 2020148 (4 months, 26 days |≈21 weeks)18.017.10.91
EP52456 (-3%)157 (+17%)17 (3.4K$)≈8.0 GB (+1.9 GB)29 May 2020141 (4 months, 20 days |≈20 weeks)18.517.41.11
EP63336 (+35%)162 (+3%)24 (4.8K$)≈11.1 GB (+3.1 GB)13 Nov 2020169 (5 months, 16 days |≈24 weeks)20.719.70.96
EP73723 (+12%)250 (+54%)18 (3.6K$)≈14.5 GB (+3.4 GB)23 Apr 2021162 (5 months, 11 days |≈23 weeks)24.523.01.54
EP84158 (+12%)358 (+43%)34 (6.8K$)≈19.5 GB (+5.0 GB)19 Nov 2021211 (6 months, 28 days |≈30 weeks)21.419.71.70
SS1??18 (3.6K$)?in development058 (1 month, 28 days |≈8 weeks)???
Complete Table with the help of Holy Bacchus† previous post. — Being a DIK in development since 2 years, 11 months, 9 days (35 months / 153 weeks / 1074 days / 25 776 hours)
* 199$ Premium Licensed Music — Ratio: (Renders+Animations)/Development Time [Average: 20.9] — Renders/Days [Average: 19.8] — Animations/Days [Average: 1.15] — EP7+ New HW.


(y) Thumb up to well made Casiope DIK Walkthrough.
 
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mightybored

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Damn, I'm finding it harder every day to not do a Riona run. I know she doesn't have a lot of content really compared to the others, but damn I love Japanese girls.

My only issue with that is that can I go cold-hearted on Jill and try to be neutral with her, or even DIKish. Not helping her with the recital, the picnic date, you can't avoid all that if you're even an asshole, right?
You can't avoid the recital, but you can make her fail it. The picnic is avoidable by being friends enough with Sage where she calls you when she's sick.
 

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I really wonder if the new DPC plan is now doing an Interlude/Side-Story + a Full Episode each year.
Doubt we will get back to two Episode per years.. Could we have a Quinn, Riona,... origin story next?
"An interlude is a short story in the middle of an ongoing story, and that's what's next for Being a DIK."

This was the last BigTable™, info on the Interlude is very thin, only know numbers are added music so far.
  • Using the last two raw ratio value and dev time, DPC might be around 1331 renders and 93 animations.
  • DPC wants to make a 40-60 min piece. He estimate being 60-70% done with renders.
  • Could be the size of EP2, betting around 1800 renders and 120 animations. Doubt it will be 40-60 min.
I guess the sex content will be a Lesbian romance, maybe some Solo, praying for not having some NTR or POV banging dudes, shoot, could that be an opportunity to introduce a Trans character maybe, City of Broken Dreamers is well made.

EPRendersAnimationsMusic*SizeRelease DateDevelopment TimeRatio*R/DA/D
EP1130151≈1.1 GB07 Feb 2019— days
EP21709 (+31%)77 (+51%)≈2.3 GB (+1.2 GB)04 May 2019087 (2 months, 28 days |≈12 weeks)20.519.60.89
EP32289 (+34%)99 (+29%)≈4.1 GB (+1.8 GB)16 Aug 2019105 (3 months, 13 days |≈15 weeks)22.521.80.95
EP42532 (+11%)134 (+35%)≈6.1 GB (+2.0 GB)10 Jan 2020148 (4 months, 26 days |≈21 weeks)18.017.10.91
EP52456 (-3%)157 (+17%)17 (3.4K$)≈8.0 GB (+1.9 GB)29 May 2020141 (4 months, 20 days |≈20 weeks)18.517.41.11
EP63336 (+35%)162 (+3%)24 (4.8K$)≈11.1 GB (+3.1 GB)13 Nov 2020169 (5 months, 16 days |≈24 weeks)20.719.70.96
EP73723 (+12%)250 (+54%)18 (3.6K$)≈14.5 GB (+3.4 GB)23 Apr 2021162 (5 months, 11 days |≈23 weeks)24.523.01.54
EP84158 (+12%)358 (+43%)34 (6.8K$)≈19.5 GB (+5.0 GB)19 Nov 2021211 (6 months, 28 days |≈30 weeks)21.419.71.70
SS1??18 (3.6K$)?in development058 (1 month, 28 days |≈8 weeks)???
Complete Table with the help of Holy Bacchus† previous post. — Being a DIK in development since 2 years, 11 months, 9 days (35 months / 153 weeks / 1074 days / 25 776 hours)
* 199$ Premium Licensed Music — Ratio: (Renders+Animations)/Development Time [Average: 20.9] — Renders/Days [Average: 19.8] — Animations/Days [Average: 1.15] — EP7+ had new HW.


(y) Thumb up to well made Casiope DIK Walkthrough.

I don't understand him. He always complains that the long development process increases his stress. And instead of making the episodes shorter, but richer, he makes a side story the size of the first episode. While from the outside it looks like he's tired of the game, he wants to take a break by focusing on the side story about Zoey.

P.S. If he really decides on a mini-episode+ episode strategy, he will never finish the game. It's impossible.
He needs at least 8 years to close all this.

That's why I'm waiting for his questions and answers and I'm afraid that he has changed his mind about the number of episodes in the direction of increasing them.
 
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I don't understand him. He always complains that the long development process increases his stress. And instead of making the episodes shorter, but richer, he makes a side story the size of the first episode. While from the outside it looks like he's tired of the game, he wants to take a break by focusing on the side story about Zoey.
sometimes an artist see more meaning in his oeuvre than in his health
 
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I don't understand him. He always complains that the long development process increases his stress. And instead of making the episodes shorter, but richer, he makes a side story the size of the first episode. While from the outside it looks like he's tired of the game, he wants to take a break by focusing on the side story about Zoey.

P.S. If he really decides on a mini-episode+ episode strategy, he will never finish the game. It's impossible.
He needs at least 8 years to close all this.

That's why I'm waiting for his questions and answers and I'm afraid that he has changed his mind about the number of episodes in the direction of increasing them.
If the interlude were to become a habit just to have two outings a year, it would be a complete cheat.

At that point you might as well make half chapters as many developers do.
 

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Would a persistent file with everything unlocked be okay? Or do you just want all the individual pictures (screenshots of all her scenes etc.)?
I'd rather have all of the renders/rewards zipped, but a persistent works just as well. (y)

Post edit: Much appreciated Darkdevil66 (y)
 
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While from the outside it looks like he's tired of the game, he wants to take a break by focusing on the side story about Zoey.
I had the same impression.

He's been on this story for 3 years. He may have needed a change of scenery. A mini episode, with other characters and another environment.

Or it's just that while preparing episode 9, he had ideas and desires about the prologue on Zoey. Too much stuff for a single episode and/or prologue, so he split things up in 2.
 

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I'd rather have all of the renders/rewards zipped, but a persistent works just as well. (y)
You'll have to give me some time regarding all the renders, I'll have to sift through all of them and separate em. But I'll be more than happy to help if you give me the time. But for the time being, here's my persistent that'll unlock everything. Keep in mind that music favorites and the name in the replay gallery is stored here so you'll have to manually change that.
 

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You'll have to give me some time regarding all the renders, I'll have to sift through all of them and separate em. But I'll be more than happy to help if you give me the time. But for the time being, here's my persistent that'll unlock everything. Keep in mind that music favorites and the name in the replay gallery is stored here so you'll have to manually change that.
Don't worry about it my friend, Darkdevil66 already took care of it for me, but I appreciate it though. (y)
 
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godkingxerxes

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But didn't MC mention during the Zoey flashback scene that she had a surfer boyfriend or something along of those lines?

This whole thing I think is blown way out of proportion. Maya will explain her situation (which, as has been debated around here makes no sense at all and is practically impossible to happen) to the Burke's to which Burke will say something of the lines of "But that's not how loans work.", to which Maya will be like: :WutFace:

I'm honestly expecting a Jade scene for those who selected the Others option. It's way too good for us to pass that up.
That's what I was thinking, Burke will just say yeah your daddy is lying, here's how you apply for a prope student loan.

And maybe some sort of shot at his wife by saying if Maya took finance classes instead of gender studies she'd learn this herself.

Which causes Jade to get pissed off and she fucks the MC.
 
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