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

[ename144]

I think I'm just too high to understand the joke here, so please help me...
Is it season 3 of BAD or its a new game been promoted ?

Both and neither, sort of.

The Interlude is a short, one-time side mini-episode covering the backstory of the MC's ex-girlfriend, Zoey. It is technically the beginning of BaDIK Season 3, but doesn't involve the main cast or continue the story directly. Episode 9 will pick up where Episode 8 (and BaDIK Season 2) left off, but now we'll know what Zoey was up to when the MC meets her.

In addition to all that, Season 3 of BaDIK will be a separate Renpy game from Seasons 1 & 2. BaDIK has grown to the point it was impractical to squeeze it into a single installment. When we finally get to Season 4, that will likewise be its own game. But they will still be the same cast of characters (plus any new ones) and the same story.

Well that seems a lot like Hamlet, taking a desition and inmediately getting distracted. But Hamlet was intended as a short story to be presented at once and with a really presice structure. Yet if you take... I don't know... 100 years of solitude, the story is constantely jumping like a rabbit from one story line to a different one from one timeline to a different one in a quick succession interrupting itself constantely and then going back. Most of tv shows do the same.

I don't think that's the issue here. The problem is not that DPC override consequences but that the limitations of this kind of stories present naturally. You are presented with a multitude of desitions yet by nature most of them will never have consecuences, if they do then we will have an inmense number of ramnifications and we will never get to progress into the story, it will be an infinite story.

I'm sorry, but the crossroad wasn't some minor decision. It was the climax of Season 2. Elena described it as a revelation. DPC named Episode 8 after it! If he's not going to give us time to reflect on the impact of that choice, there's no point in worrying about any choice.

Another problem is the update delivers, a classic of every show. You need to constantly generate expectatives of an inminent climatic moment yet at the same time you cant allowed the story to progress too quickly or it will be over too soon.

Sadly some people tolerate less this things.

Again, I strongly disagree with this sentiment. A good rollercoaster doesn't pack as many tiny up and downs as it can into the available space. No, it settles for fewer but bigger ups and downs so that the riders will have plenty of time to build anticipation and then really feel it when their stomach goes flying through their head.

Just so the MC's relationship drama. Settling on a LI is the high. We needed more time to focus on that before DPC kicked the ground out from under us. Instead, he zips us straight to the top of the curve and now seems ready to skip to the bottom. Yippee.

 

[firstcly]

Good opening for season 3 so far

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[lipe2410]

The difference is that the two of them didn't have that awkward feeling like Brett and Emma did.

I think we only know that when they finally meet face-to-face.

 

[JNolan92]

Neither am I use the mod, so I see all scenes, and hers are damn hot.

Ohhh I gotcha.

 

[Rufluszs]

The quality, in terms of image and animation, is still impeccable, but I just didn't like it.

 

[splintersam]

I'm seeding it actively at present. Other folks have downloaded it as well.

Thanks!

 

[ename144]

I think the role Zoey is designed to fill is one the other LI’s can’t. Say your or the Bella path okay Jill might be shocked/ upset but she isn’t going to intervene, Maya and Josy have each other and aren’t likely to find out in the near future, and Sage see’s MC as a bro. On the other hand, if on Maya and Josy path, Bella intellectually understands why they broke up, while Jill is friends with Josy and Sage sees the MC as a bro.

Zoey comes in completely outside that equation. She doesn’t care about the other women, only MC. That will allow her to aggressively pursue MC in a way other characters can’t. I don’t think that will mean we have any more or less choice. I don’t think we’ll have to do anything with Zoey (Other than socialise). She will want MC back, whether the MC goes for it or not is up to him.

Yes, Zoey as the LI who won't take no for an answer is possible, and it's a role that wouldn't really fit any of the main girls (or Quinn, for that matter). But what exactly does that have to do with her being the MC's ex? As the Interlude just established, Zoey was hardly obsessed with the MC back when they were together. She might be more willing to call the MC out on his relationship to his face, but nothing suggests she'd be willing to ignore his wishes and 'make' him get back together.

Any of the 'vixens' could fulfil that role better than Zoey. Sure, they've never had sex with the MC before, but that hasn't stopped half the campus lusting after him, why should it stop them? The only advantage Zoey has over a new 'jezebel' is that the MC would be hesitant to tell her to fuck off and be done with this nonsense. Which brings us back to DPC overriding our choices to force the drama. No thanks.

Plus, I think it would be something of a waste to treat Zoey that way. I'm not keen on the Interlude, but it shows she's capable of more than being an evil ex.

 

[SomboSteel]

Is it really an extra if it was planned at the start? DPC doesn't write as he goes like most devs. The entire story from beginning to end was already written or at least storyboarded before starting BaDIK. So, nothing is really being added on the fly.

even if true, that doesnt mean his overall story or various parts of its implementation/execution cant be flawed on their own just because "he planned it out already". there will always be weak spots in this story: the first majority agreed upon one was the M/J "break up" fiasco, and this Zoey Interlude appears to be the second majority agreed upon weak spot

people's opinions will differ so if you are okay with it that is more than fine, but many people arent and that should be an equally acceptable viewpoint IMO

 

[PashafromRussia]

Of course, the sense of time of DPC is specific. During two month MC:
* fucked almost all hot girls of college
* had 4 threesomes( Quinn/Riona, Quinn/Sage, Riona/Camilfa, Envy/Sandy)
*fucked two hot teachers!
*joined a fraternity
*the mansion was destroyed and participated in its restoration
*started dating the hottest girls on campus
*practically destroyed the brotherhood of jocks
*participated in fights, drank like a pig and smoked weed
Yes, almost every day MС fights off fans and fucks someone's hot ass!

 

[YA√So]

Anyone have session 2 ends save file

 

[splintersam]

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.

hey man, so I followed all your steps (including trying different locations to extract the files) but I don't see any saves at all on the Import page. Am I doing something wrong? Can you simply copy the save files from the last game?

Idk if this is relevant but I have 0.8 from last year.

 

[AchedCroissant]

I think we only know that when they finally meet face-to-face.

Yeah... We just need to wait

 

[Razrback16]

hey man, so I followed all your steps (including trying different locations to extract the files) but I don't see any saves at all on the Import page. Am I doing something wrong? Can you simply copy the save files from the last game?

Idk if this is relevant but I have 0.8 from last year.

I don't think you can copy them as I tried that initially and it didn't work. It wasn't until I clicked on the import button in the interlude that I was able to have it detect my saves and then import them. Once they were imported I was able to play the game.

You're fine with v0.8 - I was running the same version initially when I played the Interlude (and I have since updated to v0.8.2 just to make sure I have all the bugfixes for future playthroughs).

 

[Walter Victor]

hey man, so I followed all your steps (including trying different locations to extract the files) but I don't see any saves at all on the Import page. Am I doing something wrong? Can you simply copy the save files from the last game?

Idk if this is relevant but I have 0.8 from last year.

In v0.8 there are 2 separate save areas: the normal one where you probably have multiple pages of saves, and one that you only get to at the end of the episode where you are given a chance to save your path to use in future updates, i.e. the Interlude. Did you go through that step? If you did, then downloading the Interlude into a separate folder and selecting Import on starting should bring up your saves. The only thing that would prevent that would be if you deleted saves from both places where they are stored. Downloading over v0.8 would probably delete the first save area, but getting rid of the second area would involve an overt act, and knowing where it is.

 

[splintersam]

I don't think you can copy them as I tried that initially and it didn't work. It wasn't until I clicked on the import button in the interlude that I was able to have it detect my saves and then import them. Once they were imported I was able to play the game.

You're fine with v0.8 - I was running the same version initially when I played the Interlude (and I have since updated to v0.8.2 just to make sure I have all the bugfixes for future playthroughs).

Hmm that's weird because I tried that. And my Import is all empty.

 

[splintersam]

In v0.8 there are 2 separate save areas: the normal one where you probably have multiple pages of saves, and one that you only get to at the end of the episode where you are given a chance to save your path to use in future updates, i.e. the Interlude. Did you go through that step? If you did, then downloading the Interlude into a separate folder and selecting Import on starting should bring up your saves. The only thing that would prevent that would be if you deleted saves from both places where they are stored. Downloading over v0.8 would probably delete the first save area, but getting rid of the second area would involve an overt act, and knowing where it is.

Just saw this, thanks. Let me try.

 

[BigBramdeheus123]

Just finished season 2. MAN WHAT A STORY!!!!!!! Dude the def. is a fucking genius!! Thank you for this!
What is the usual time between updates?

 

[Canto Forte]

Half a year or one interlude. Take your pick.

 

[splintersam]

In v0.8 there are 2 separate save areas: the normal one where you probably have multiple pages of saves, and one that you only get to at the end of the episode where you are given a chance to save your path to use in future updates, i.e. the Interlude. Did you go through that step? If you did, then downloading the Interlude into a separate folder and selecting Import on starting should bring up your saves. The only thing that would prevent that would be if you deleted saves from both places where they are stored. Downloading over v0.8 would probably delete the first save area, but getting rid of the second area would involve an overt act, and knowing where it is.

Great catch dude. This worked, I can see the saves now. Idk how I missed it, probably because it's been a while.
Thanks

 

[sixart]

And they pass each other by train.

Now that is a good theory ! And if they would do so the probability would be very high