mpa71

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:coffee: Updated BigTable™ with the recent informations.
Hype!

  • We recently hit the 3 Years Anniversary of Being a DIK with today 1,100 Days of development.
  • The production ratio are clearly underwhelming but let's not forget DPC also had a COVID incident and it's a side-story.
    • DPC now seems to assemble animations, they could be around 60. Would need investigation after release.
    • As raw numbers, to hit the Ratio Average it would be supposed to be rush in 40 days total. So it's not relevant.
    • Estimated game size breakdown.
  • The side-story might be released in 20 Days. Which project the release of EP9 around September.

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
SS17933619 (3.8K$)≈2.6 GB (new .exe)Early March 2021084 (2 months, 23 days |≈12 weeks)9.89.40.43
EP9in development
Complete Table with the help of Holy Bacchus† previous post. — Being a DIK in development since 3 years, 0 months, 4 days (36 months / 157 weeks / 1,100 days / 26,400 hours)
* 199$ 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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AchedCroissant

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:coffee: Updated BigTable™ with the recent informations.
Hype!

  • We recently hit the 3 Years Anniversary of Being a DIK with today 1,100 Days of development.
  • The production ratio are clearly underwhelming but let's not forget DPC also had a COVID incident and it's a side-story.
    • DPC now seems to assemble animations, they could be around 60. Would need investigation after release.
    • As raw numbers to hit the Ratio Average it would be supposed to be rush in 40 days total. So it's not relevant.
  • The side-story might be released in 20 Days. Which project the release of EP9 around September.

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
SS17933619 (3.8K$)≈2.6 GB (new .exe)≈Early March084 (2 months, 23 days |≈12 weeks)9.89.40.43
Complete Table with the help of Holy Bacchus† previous post. — Being a DIK in development since 3 years, 0 months, 4 days (36 months / 157 weeks / 1,100 days / 26,400 hours)
* 199$ 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.
Why is the game size bigger with less content? Is it because of the quality of the renders and animations?
 

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Why is the game size bigger with less content? Is it because of the quality of the renders and animations?
Was wondering the same... :unsure: Quality won't get much higher that's for sure... got no clue actually... I don't think a new system would cost this much in size... ehhh who cares ! :LOL: Will see when it actually drops :whistle:
 
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:coffee: Updated BigTable™ with the recent informations.
Hype!

  • We recently hit the 3 Years Anniversary of Being a DIK with today 1,100 Days of development.
  • The production ratio are clearly underwhelming but let's not forget DPC also had a COVID incident and it's a side-story.
    • DPC now seems to assemble animations, they could be around 60. Would need investigation after release.
    • As raw numbers to hit the Ratio Average it would be supposed to be rush in 40 days total. So it's not relevant.
  • The side-story might be released in 20 Days. Which project the release of EP9 around September.

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
SS17933619 (3.8K$)≈2.6 GB (new .exe)≈Early March084 (2 months, 23 days |≈12 weeks)9.89.40.43
Complete Table with the help of Holy Bacchus† previous post. — Being a DIK in development since 3 years, 0 months, 4 days (36 months / 157 weeks / 1,100 days / 26,400 hours)
* 199$ 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.
If you compare the interlude with earlier episodes 1 and 2 they have double the renders in same amount of time.Is that because of the improved render quality?
 

AchedCroissant

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Was wondering the same... :unsure: Quality won't get much higher that's for sure... got no clue actually... I don't think a new system would cost this much in size... ehhh who cares ! :LOL: Will see when it actually drops :whistle:
I don't think that DPC is so careless to hide part of the content of EP 9 because with UnRen it could be seen
 

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I’m holding out for the start of the next episode to have some variety. Maybe have the MC taking stock and reassessing precisely how he’s interacted with these people. If this scene actually has some branching plot (one of the rare scenes where choices impact heavily) he could have his dramatic cake and eat it. A cliffhanger that leads into “actually, we’re fine”.

If the episode starts exactly where it left off and the MC mentally runs down his interactions with the Burkes it could be a good setup for the scene playing out differently. Ideally he realises on some routes he has nothing to worry about. In others he realises “fuck” doesn’t quite do enough to describe the shitstorm he’s about to walk into.

The other bullshit option is DPC treats everyone the same, we get one scene for every route, and DPC equates all the bare minimum issues with Tybalt to the whole Jade affair thing. If Stephen reacts the same to you mildly humiliating his son to you fucking his wife on camera and sharing it with your frat I’m gonna lose a lot of faith in DPC.
The range of possible situations in which MC could find himself depending on his choices is so wide that there will surely be differences in how that meeting will be approached.

but I'm almost sure that they will be very subtle differences, limited to a few renderings, that will have their effect only later in the story (postponing a known punishment is the best punishment)

MC had sex with Jade? then Jade will give Mc some lascivious looks
MC dumped Jade? then Jade will throw some lightning bolts from her eyes at his address
Burke has seen the footage of Jade? then Burke will laugh under his breath seeing him there.
 
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mpa71

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Why is the game size bigger with less content? Is it because of the quality of the renders and animations?
That's interesting indeed, I tried to run some numbers based on EP8:
  • 36 animations (1.2 to 1.8 GB)
  • 793 renders (620 to 950 MB)
  • game/renpy/lib/gui files (400 MB)
  • 19 songs (70 MB)
  • 2 2D-art animations (2 MB?)
  • 18 sound effects (1 MB)
  • 2 2D-art pieces (<1 MB)
About 2.6 GB

The 1.2 GB estimate is based on multiple angle animated scene of EP8 (4 animations in one), about 30-40 MB.
If it's goes most sized like the Maya toboggan (47 MB) or the MC bedroom tour (52 MB) we could be close to 1.8 GB.

For renders the average size could be 780 KB when most complexe can be over 1.2 MB.
The record is 2.4 MB in EP6 during the DnG
 
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My main run is Sage's path on neutral affinity without Jade and Quinn. But even then when MС enters the room, MС starts screaming FUCK FUCK FUCK! What the fuck, DPC? My MC did not fuck Jade, did not humiliate Tybalt, and in general, Jill himself eventually refused Tremolo, not inviting him to a family dinner with sushi.
The player saw Burke three times in his life and all three times they just said hello. Why should I worry? I don't know anything about Burke fucking college girls.
Tremolo knows, or guesses, this much:
Quinn runs prostitutes. Maya thinks you can get free tuition from the HOTs. Reasonable conclusion: You can pay your way if you become one of Quinn's hookers, is what's really being offered to Maya.
Mona is a HOT pledge, and we see her refusing ...something ... in a room with Burke. Reasonable conclusion: she's refused to sleep with him for money. Stretch conclusion: Burke is the guy giving out free tuition in exchange for sex.
Maya is heading to Sage's parents who might help with her tuition costs. Turns out that Burke is Sage's dad, and we already know - or think we know - how he helps girls with tuition costs. So ... oh fuck.

Remember that, regardless of your Dik/Chick choices, Tremolo is at heart a nice guy and counts Maya as a friend (you might not, but the character always does regardless.) So now he's scared that the prostituion/free tuition bomb is going to blow up in everyone's faces.

This is the only scenario which holds true no matter which girls you've interacted with. It means that under any circumstances, Tremolo still has reason to fear what ight happen at this meeting. Of course, if you've banged Jade, Sage AND Maya, he's got even more reason to be terrified.... who knows what's going to be revealed tonight.
 
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Tremolo knows, or guesses, this much:
Quinn runs prostitutes. Maya thinks you can get free tuition from the HOTs. Reasonable conclusion: You can pay your way if you become one of Quinn's hookers, is what's really being offered to Maya.
Mona is a HOT pledge, and we see her refusing ...something ... in a room with Burke. Reasonable conclusion: she's refused to sleep with him for money. Stretch conclusion: Burke is the guy giving out free tuition in exchange for sex.
Maya is heading to Sage's parents who might help with her tuition costs. Turns out that Burke is Sage's dad, and we already know - or think we know - how he helps girls with tuition costs. So ... oh fuck.

Remember that, regardless of your Dik/Chick choices, Tremolo is at heart a nice guy and counts Maya as a friend (you might not, but the character always does regardless.) So now he's scared that the prostituion/free tuition bomb is going to blow up in everyone's faces.

This is the only scenario which holds true no matter which girls you've interacted with. It means that under any circumstances, Tremolo still has reason to fear what ight happen at this meeting. Of course, if you've banged Jade, Sage AND Maya, he's got even more reason to be terrified.... who knows what's going to be revealed tonight.
Unfortunately, the MC character himself is not as smart as the player. He does not draw such conclusions. In the biography in the phone, he simply records facts and asks questions, but never draws conclusions. If he was as smart as you say, he would have realized long ago that Sage is Jade's daughter. :KEK:
 
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Unfortunately, the MC character himself is not as smart as the player. He does not draw such conclusions. In the biography on the phone, he simply records facts and asks questions, but never draws conclusions. If he was as smart as you say, he would have realized long ago that Sage is Jade's daughter. :KEK:

True, true there were alot of hints. Also that Tybalt was the Son of Jade when you went into the correct room in the plebs party in EP. 5
 

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Well...
I want to rate this game again, but I won't. Not yet... I had played until episode 6, and I just started playing again from the beginning (I lost my saves when my pc crashed). But I want to say something. I am at a loss for words. yes i know it doesn't make sense, but those who really like this game will understand what i mean. I actually don't know where to start because I can relate to this game in so many situations. I am deeply disturbed by the accuracy and precision of the dialogues and the situations in which the characters of the game find themselves confronted, and particularly the mc of course. there's a rainbow of emotions here that's almost science fiction, but it's not. Characters with a very varied and deep character, well-constructed dialogues, hilarious humor, very fine eroticism , difficult choices to make, friendships that emerge, transform, evolve or disappear. It's something else, like this game. I'm only at the end of episode 3, and when Josy knocks on the door. The few words that follow (the thought of the mc) sound so real and project me far into my past... All the decisions made, all the secrets buried, all the barriers that we put between ourselves and others... it can suddenly reveal truths we knew we wanted...until we hear someone knock on that door. Behind this door, metaphorical or not, everything can change in a violent tidal wave in a few seconds. For better, for worse, and sometimes the worst is not what we thought. I worked in the porn industry because at the time I believed that my passion for women was going to lead me to this career. As a kid, I dreamed of being an artist, I wanted to be surrounded by women. however, this path was not laid out for me by my peers. But sometimes your blood family isn't your real family and can't help you thrive. So I worked for a few years as a construction worker. I built my business and it wasn't bad, but I was building things that weren't what I wanted to do with my life. I got married and we had children. But one day when I was not expecting it, a young woman came knocking on our door, and my past hit me in the face. At the time, I thought to myself: Wow! what a marvelous vision.... At that time, I was overwhelmed in my work, and my life as a couple was already at the edge of the pecipice. I didn't know this young woman, but I immediately recognized something in her look, her face... her mother. My greatest love, something I had tried to bury deep enough to harden my heart like stone. I knew she wasn't there to sell me a vacuum cleaner, but when I asked her, she cut me off and said, “Dad? It's really you ? Not knowing what was happening, I collapsed. It took me weeks to regain my memory and realize that I had not just two daughters, but three. My two-twenty-two-year-old daughter had come after all these years, and I'm only now finding out about her existence. After my divorce from my wife, I reconnected with the mother of my first daughter. As far back as I can remember, she had always wanted to work in fashion. When we met, she was studying at the university to be a clothing designer, I was already passionate about women's bodies, and photography, so I followed her career and that of my daughter as a model for a while.
It was absolutely wonderful. I was finally living the life I didn't even dare to imagine. But even the most wonderful things come to an end. For the second time, someone came to knock on my "door". That day, I thought my life had to end there. That same day, another door was opened. A man, a taxi driver, discovering that his wife was cheating on him. Drunk, he took the wheel of his taxi to escape his reality, causing the death of two of the most important people in my life. How ironic! My first job was a carpenter. I was building and installing doors... I'm skipping over the details that led me to the short career in the porn industry that I had, because that wasn't what I was looking for either. But one day, a woman; one of my old friend from college came knocking on my door... This woman who had become my best friend, then my mistress, is the one with whom I share my life today. She's like the angel on my right shoulder, and the she-devil on my left shoulder at the same time. I opened this last door without fear or hope, and I cried in his arms. She to whom I had closed the door of my heart years before, opened hers to me, and when I thought that everything was over for me, she opened the door of my soul to show me the way. So yes, some doors are made to stay closed, because opening them... may change everything. Sorry... This game traces so many events in my life, with all these vivid emotions... but it's good to remember who we are and where we come from. This game is so well done, it puts industry professionals to shame. Many thanks to Dr PinkCake for his wonderful work. Never lose this passion 'cause it's so precious!

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