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

[shazba]

Isn't Quinn an official LI already? It'd be pretty stupid if she still weren't, considering Chloe wanna-be gonna be one in virtue of forced drama alone.

She's not one of the 5 on the recap at the end of each chapter (Jill, Bella, Josy, Maya, Sage)

It's complicated though. At no point has Quinn had her own "relationship points" (all the main 5 LIs have these as a measure of how the relationship is going). There's no "pathQuinn" variable behind there scenes, where there are "pathJill", "pathIsabella", "pathSage" and "pathMayaJosy" variables.

Also, when you choose a girl at the end of Episode 8, you can directly select any of the girls mentioned above, those selections are now known as "branches": "branchMayaJosy", "branchJill", "branchIsabella" and "branchSage". There is no "branchQuinn". The only other branch (when you choose "other") is "branchAlone" (but we all know it's not really alone ).

But... When you choose the "alone branch", if the mc's relationship with Quinn is significant, a picture of the mc and Quinn is shown, just like a picture of the mc and the other LIs is shown when you choose them. If the mc's relationship is not so good with Quinn, there's just a picture of a tree or something.

So Quinn is kinda hanging on there for dear life, trying to get a foothold into the coveted "LI Status", but she's not quite there yet. Will she ever make it? I don't know, but there's definitely going to be more of her to come.

You are forced to play the interlude at least once before episode 9

Nah, no one is forced to play the Interlude, you could, like, go and make a sandwich or something...

with how long it takes between updates, its not hard to understand why people dont want a detour. im not butthurt over it, but it seems unnecessary. if DPC wanted us to know this stuff about Zoey and MC, he could have made a little slideshow with all this information and then devote the bulk of his time to the new content

This is not a detour. It's a backstory for a character that's likely to become prominent. Just like some other characters have had backstories, this one just happens to be a bit longer and a little more interactive.

I just think people are very ignorant. It is just an "extras" to the game. Just like some devs make "Christmas extras" in their games, such as DPC did a while back. He decided to give us something else extra as we wait for the next season. But people are all mad and shit. If you wanna keep your LI's do it. If you wanna give her a go, do so. It should be our choice after all, but at the end of the day our choices are based on what the dev writes.

Except it's not an extra. The "Christmas extras" in other games are mostly a waste of time. They are not canon, they offer nothing to the main story, and are there for some fan service but really just delay development of the main game.

But some of them are really funny and enjoyable, and given these games exist for enjoyment, then it's pretty much "mission accomplished".

This Interlude, however, is not an extra. It's backstory for an existing (but mostly neglected until now) character.

it may be "extra", but no matter how you slice it it took time away from development of the main game (which already takes forever between updates). this interlude was not insignificant to make, tons of renders and animations and writing and proofreading and rewriting and so on and so forth. if DPC made this because it is "integral", then there are other more efficient ways to disseminate this information to the players than this interlude.

thats a logical reason for people to not like that it exists, tbh

Okay I've just played whatever this is. Now someone needs to convince me about this wasn't a fucking waste of nearly 4 months.

It took about 2-3 months off the development schedule, starting around Christmas time.

DPC could have taken a 2-3 month holiday after pretty much hammering BaDIK out since late 2018, but instead of recharging by taking a massive break (like every other lame-ass developer in this field who suddenly suffers some form of mental health issue and needs to take a year off), he tried something a little new, but still relevant to the rest of the story.

It definitely didn't need to be as long as it was. At least it didn't need to be for the sake of getting across what was conveyed (i.e. Zoey still hasn't fucked anyone other than the mc, and she's now back in the story), but maybe DPC needed to do this for his own sake.

But to discard this Interlude... There's not a single aspect of the game that 100% of all players like:

• Some want M&J to be side lined because they "cucked" the mc,
• Some hate that Josy and Maya are "forced" on the mc,
• Some wish DnG to have never existed (because it took away from development of the rest of the game),
• Some don't like Jill and would have preferred that dating her was never forced on the mc,
• Some don't want Zoey to come back (because it complicates things),
• Some don't want the Interlude (same reason as DnG),
• and so on...

If all those random dislikes were catered for, the game would be something else instead of what we have. And what we have is a monumental effort from a single developer whose product is an extremely entertaining, very, very professional product.

All I want DPC to do, is keep up the good work.

 

[ThaRealThiccShady]

Yo for anyone who has played or is playing is the interlude all about Zoey or what-a-do?

 

[SuccubiGames]

Which is pretty asinine, if you ask me. People who were gonna eat up the forced drama would have eaten it up with or without this interlude, Maya and Josy exist afterall, while people who weren't still aren't. And in my case i'm pretty disappointed too, other than being lowkey worried over just how much of this stuff we'll be force fed.

Really hope I'm wrong about this but it feels like DPC is using this to create one piece of drama to get in the way of the player's relationship. If that's the case, it is pretty ridiculous. Still, as a developer myself, I can't be mad at him. Sometimes you get to a point in development where you realize you fucked up and you have to make the best of it.

 

[Voez1999]

Sometimes it's fun watching people talk shit about a game more than half of them don't even pay for ..
But i keep forgetting this is F95

 

[mbrett5062]

Can anyone please explain the download and installation process? Seems a little convoluted to me, or could just be too many Gin's Game, plus interlude or? I see latest download and season 1/2, where and what is the interlude. Which season, or is it separate? So many questions, sorry!!!

 

[sixart]

Someone do me and favour

Comment of the year !!! Lights out... okay it's a porn site but...

does anyone know how to unlock the second scene View attachment 1687530

Do not take Emmas phone... talk with her !

 

[Razrback16]

Can anyone please explain the download and installation process? Seems a little convoluted to me, or could just be too many Gin's Game, plus interlude or? I see latest download and season 1/2, where and what is the interlude. Which season, or is it separate? So many questions, sorry!!!

Download the Interlude installer - torrent some pages back by a poster named Thrway.
Install the interlude in a different location than your base BaD install.
Launch the beingadik.exe file in the Interlude install location and this will launch the game.
Click on the "Import" button in the upper left corner and it should auto-detect any Season 1/2 saves you already have so that you can import them.
After the import, go into the Load screen to load the game up and you're ready to go.

 

[TomUK]

Comment of the year !!! Lights out... okay it's a porn site but...

Yeah, let's not worry about what I actually said and just 'quote' a few words of my post to try and make yourself feel relevant.

 

[SDDA]

I actually found this one interesting, and waiting to see how the MC and Zoey gonna interact in the future.

 

[sixart]

But to discard this Interlude... There's not a single aspect of the game that 100% of all players like:

• Some want M&J to be side lined because they "cucked" the mc,
• Some hate that Josy and Maya are "forced" on the mc,
• Some wish DnG to have never existed (because it took away from development of the rest of the game),
• Some don't like Jill and would have preferred that dating her was never forced on the mc,
• Some don't want Zoey to come back (because it complicates things),
• Some don't want the Interlude (same reason as DnG),
• and so on...

The biggest issue is that most of these folks don't pay for this game but spin it like the biggest injustice of the world came down on them Just because there are some aspects that they don't share with development... boy oh boi

 

[mbrett5062]

Download the Interlude installer - torrent some pages back by a poster named Thrway.
Install the interlude in a different location than your base BaD install.
Launch the beingadik.exe file in the Interlude install location and this will launch the game.
Click on the "Import" button in the upper left corner and it should auto-detect any Season 1/2 saves you already have so that you can import them.
After the import, go into the Load screen to load the game up and you're ready to go.

Thanks so much. Nice to receive help when asked for.

 

[sixart]

Yeah, let's not worry about what I actually said and just 'quote' a few words of my post to try and make yourself feel relevant.

Yeah... like the worlds biggest problem right now is to find the OP... and NEEDS assistance

 

[ScottyLQ]

Season 3? I thought Chapter 2 was coming up.

 

[Voez1999]

The biggest issue is that most of these folks don't pay for this game but spin it like the biggest injustice of the world came down on them Just because there are some aspects that they don't share with development... boy oh boi

Big Facts right here

 

[PinkNova]

Hmmm, for once I'll wait for the next update since this looks like a in-between episodes update.

 

[carotdeptrai]

Can anyone show me where to put the season 2 transfer file save ?

 

[Darkwen]

Season 3? I thought Chapter 2 was coming up.

your a little late but not by much because chapter 9 is next

 

[A little maggot]

Is anyone using linux also having the problem of beingADIK.sh not running?

 

[SomboSteel]

This is not a detour. It's a backstory for a character that's likely to become prominent. Just like some other characters have had backstories, this one just happens to be a bit longer and a little more interactive.

the problem for many being that this character seems to exist solely to stir up shit after DPC forces the MC to commit. Zoey is markedly different from pretty much every other character in this game that we have been introduced to thus far. she started as basically a prop in MC's backstory and has been reintroduced to the story as a deliberate foil

It took about 2-3 months off the development schedule, starting around Christmas time.

DPC could have taken a 2-3 month holiday after pretty much hammering BaDIK out since late 2018, but instead of recharging by taking a massive break (like every other lame-ass developer in this field who suddenly suffers some form of mental health issue and needs to take a year off), he tried something a little new, but still relevant to the rest of the story.

It definitely didn't need to be as long as it was. At least it didn't need to be for the sake of getting across what was conveyed (i.e. Zoey still hasn't fucked anyone other than the mc, and she's now back in the story), but maybe DPC needed to do this for his own sake.

But to discard this Interlude... There's not a single aspect of the game that 100% of all players like:

• Some want M&J to be side lined because they "cucked" the mc,
• Some hate that Josy and Maya are "forced" on the mc,
• Some wish DnG to have never existed (because it took away from development of the rest of the game),
• Some don't like Jill and would have preferred that dating her was never forced on the mc,
• Some don't want Zoey to come back (because it complicates things),
• Some don't want the Interlude (same reason as DnG),
• and so on...

If all those random dislikes were catered for, the game would be something else instead of what we have. And what we have is a monumental effort from a single developer whose product is an extremely entertaining, very, very professional product.

All I want DPC to do, is keep up the good work.

say what you will about the other stuff above that people didnt like, but they at least included the MC (the player) and the girls from the banner. at least DnG is interwoven into the game itself (and for others that really didnt like it, it at least provided lewd scenes). Interlude is none of those things.

DPC can take a break if he wants, he works harder than most in this specific industry (not that its a very high bar, tbh). but i think the actual majority would rather have him lightly working on the main BaDIK story in his time off rather then outright delay it making the interlude. and while i know plenty will disagree with this, DPC makes a SHIT TON of money and he could write a script and hire other people to do something like this while he is on vacation or working on the main story. there are plenty of talented people who im sure could emulate his work to his satisfaction. just because he chooses to carry the whole project on his back doesnt mean its logical or even the best choice for the people who pay him (or even himself as a creator). choosing to burden oneself unnecessarily isnt praiseworthy, IMO.

and im not one of those tin foil hat people who thinks he is stalling to milk the patreon donations, but considering how he makes his money (and how much he makes) the longer it takes to finish the BaDIK the bigger his pockets get. and this is coming from somebody who used to pay him a considerable amount because i appreciated his effort and the overall product.

and i too want DPC to keep making quality smut stories, but this just seemed like it was ultimately 2 min short film that was turned into a feature length movie for reasons only DPC is privy to

 

[Sancho1969]

Can anyone show me where to put the season 2 transfer file save ?

When you actually create the transfer data file at the end of S2, it creates a file in AppData/Roaming/RenPy/persistent. Unless you're on a different PC then you don't need to do anything.