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

[POVREVIEW]

You can only import saves from the Season 3 export (done at the end of season 2). Regular S1/S2 saves will not work.
Riona made it pretty clear she doesn't come with anyone.
#1- there are 5 LIs, not 4. Of the lot of them, I think I'll go with Josy, though (with or without Maya). Fun, somewhat unencumbered by giving a shit about other people's opinions. I like that freedom.
Restaurant girl: Camila. I love Riona, but we're talking long-term. Cam & Josy are going to make beautiful children.
Pink Rose? Eh.. Nicole seems the most mature, but Lily's got a post-stripping career plan.. Hmm. I think I'll stick with Nicole. She's warm, caring, and A-OK with sharing. Vital qualities.

B-squad side girls? Just how inclusive is this net that's been cast? There are a lot of others the MC hasn't been dipping in yet. Given my preference, how about Jill's mother, Amelia? She looked pretty hot in that flashback. Jill might be a fluke, she needs good-looking siblings.

JILL SAGE JOSY&MAYA. Main love interest. too much focus on them not to be

BELLA is in the middle of LI scale and not sure how she can be classed there a weird vibe DPC has done. BDSM and mum together the story of her husband seem to change. (like left after the JILL ISSUE ) she is not open to a sharing you at all not even with JILL who i think she clearly been intermate which might be why the husband is gone ( JILL has experiments with girls the hints are there ) Bella treats you like the mother son dynamic from the start and it stays. and i hope that don't change at all... she is the better stable choice even if love Jill she still fuck you but will mother you both which jill and you both need lol so bella is B squad and LI

Quinn is the odd one out because apart of the FUSION meal she never ask for anything money wise and gives it for free yet returns your help with sex too repay you. after chapter 7 though its different but not keen to date i think you fill a protector role in her heart she loves you and want to be with you but she wont settle down too much in other words you can sleep around with others if she is there or knows about it in advanced

B squad is the teachers including NORA ( that im going to enjoy he doesn't know who she is but she clearly does )

 

[POVREVIEW]

Quick question, is it possible to get a permanent neutral affinity?

yes but you have to choose well from the start dont let winning the Hell week be you goal and try to aim for a few wins only and dont fight as much it lock you in at the best time

or use the mod which most of do at this point lol

 

[Tadpol]

Very curious how he will implement the affinity we gave Zoey in this interlude. Will she be aggresive and pushy toward MC as a DIK and lovable and understanding as a Chick? 1 thing is for sure, she is still into MC .... alot...

Interlude dialogue choices will not affect Zoey later in the game.

After doing Interlude once, if we import more saves we have a choice to skip Interlude, and the only choice we are being asked to make is how Zoey solved the problem with Ems. It is therefore the only variable element of the Interlude that will be reused in the rest of the game.

 

[POVREVIEW]

Can we fuck bella yet?

EP 8 ending like with jill

 

[goldenrule91]

Some have already compared Zoey to Quinn in terms of personality, and you can agree with that when you look at Zoey from detention, where the MC meets her. Zoey from Interlude has spent more time with the MC, and if there's one thing we know about the MC, it's that it can influence people in a positive way.

Very interesting observation Zoey is technically the girl that the MC has spent the most time 'with', although she didn't think it was an actual relationship and he did somehow (it never came up I guess ). It's possible that the Zoey we see in the Interlude is very different from the Zoey in the past who was acting out a lot and ended up in detention, and that her change is due to the MC's influence. We already know Zoey influenced the MC to a large degree, so it makes sense, although again she only thought of him as a 'best friend' so maybe the change wasn't as drastic.

The interesting part of this is the fact that we actually get to change Zoey's personality based on the choices we make during the Interlude - could this be the in-game representation of what you're talking about? In other words, are we the players choosing how Zoey acts, or are we choosing how the MC has influenced her to act? For example, we can choose for Zoey to act more like a DIK, is that because she's naturally a DIK or because that's how the MC liked her to act? It's interesting because we don't get the choice to do this with any other character in the game, besides the MC himself, and as you point out Zoey is the character who has spent the most time with the MC.

If the choices we make for Zoey are in fact representing how the MC has influenced her, it would be quite a clever narrative tool by DPC to show the effect he has on people he's with.

Or all of this is wrong and I'm over-analyzing a normal game mechanic, but hey it's 6 months until the next episode so what else do I have to do

As far as Zoey's personality compared to Quinn's, it's hard to say, but we've obviously seen both of them change in the MC's company. I could easily over-analyze everything we do know but no one's interested in that, so I'll try and make an interesting observation myself instead. Here we go

Zoey's reaction to Neil at the end of episode 8 - the big beautiful smile - is the same reaction that I envisioned Quinn eventually having to him. Some of the scenes I'm most looking forward to in Quinn's story are her meeting with Neil and bonding with the MC over their mutual love of their dads. Quinn's a daddy's girl, and the MC loves his dad a lot too, so it's something they share in common, along with growing up poor. Neil is the kind of dad who would accept girls like Quinn and Zoey unconditionally as part of the family when the MC brings them home, and that kind of acceptance for a girl without a father figure around would be met with a lot of hesitance at first, but once they're comfortable with it, they'd embrace it completely. So Quinn and Zoey are somewhat similar in that aspect of their personalities I feel, at least Zoey of the past - surprisingly, despite the way episode 8 ended, Zoey gets no interaction with Neil in the Interlude, but then she has limited interaction with the MC too once she makes the decision to leave. Regardless, it's interesting to think of the current Zoey as someone that Quinn could have become if she'd been sitting in that detention class and met the MC instead.

 

[dalli_x]

Zoey told the MC that Lisa is always watching him. Who is Lisa?
I have 3 suggestions.

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I have a favorite. But this is only speculation. You should consider that with a few months BaDIK time between the two girls lie.

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[POVREVIEW]

Its super easy barely an inconvenience
Zoey walks up to him kisses him knowing full well he is dating a LI
OOOOOO simple plot points are TIGHT
She then does a back flip snap the girl neck and saves the day.
MC becomes shocked turn to the camera and does a obvious product placement because they given DPC lots of money

if you dont get the reference then WOw WOW WOW WOWWW WOW

 

[goldenrule91]

A couple of thoughts about 9 episodes.
1) The Way Of Others.
On the path of others, the player will of course be blocked on the paths of the main love interests, but he will receive (as it seems to me) the maximum amount of sexual content. Lily, Quinn, Nicole, Zoey, Riona, Camila and all the other girls who were supposed to be the temptation and obstacle of the player on the path of the chosen LI will become available. But what will be the limitation? Will there be any temptations of the player in the way of Others?
I hope it will. I would not like to have a choice conditionally between a sex scene with Lily and Zoey, who later block their paths, but something more complex and dramatic. For example, Josie suddenly turns out to be available and if you decide to have fun with her, this leads to the break up of Josie or Maya. And the player thinks what is more important: the happiness and well-being of two friends or their own lust.
In short, I want this branch to make more sense besides the fact that you can fuck any girl on campus. In fact, the path of Others is the status quo of the player of the first two seasons.

If the "Others" path were instead called something like the "Being A DIK" path to represent the fact that the MC would be acting like he has for the first part of the game by banging every piece of tail in sight, I might have more hope that it would be a full and unique narrative experience like all the LI paths will be. But while my hopes are the same as yours, I feel that's just too much work. How can you include, for example, some interesting moral scenario like you describe with breaking up Josy and Maya, while also resolving Quinn's story, and Nicole's story, and Lily's story, and so forth? How can you squish all of the "Others" girls into one path and resolve them all without making the Others path 10x longer than any other LI path? It's a problem I still haven't figured out, and a problem I hope DPC has, but my current hopes for the Others path is for some nice Quinn scenes and I'll take what I can get.

 

[znar25]

Did we really need "The Origins of Zoey"?

No.

Although I find it interesting that, Zoey was pretty, before the ruinous ink jobs.

 

[dalli_x]

I just thought of something. Okay, this actually happens quite often.

Josephine=Josy (abbreviation).
Jonathan=Jonah (also an abbreviation or allusion to Jill?).

Jonah is also a recognized abbreviation for Jews Offering New Alternatives to Homosexuality. Yes, I have read that Jonah is gay. Maybe Jonah is also a high school friend of Jill's. I'm sure he was bullied for being gay, but he overcame it because he is open about it.

But what do Jill, Josy/Maya, Jonah, Anthony and Zoey have in common? Books on graphic design or an interest in it. Maybe there is a graphic design class at B&R? Maybe the above people will take it later? Stephen told Isabella that the aptitude tests will start soon.

 

[DamonDamon]

Lost all my saves. Can't play the new episodes without previous play. Can anyone please help out with his saves .

 

[vogelbeest]

Zoey told the MC that Lisa is always watching him. Who is Lisa?
I have 3 suggestions.

This however is the real Lisa.....

 

[Klopdwerg]

A couple of thoughts about 9 episodes.
1) The Way Of Others.
On the path of others, the player will of course be blocked on the paths of the main love interests, but he will receive (as it seems to me) the maximum amount of sexual content. Lily, Quinn, Nicole, Zoey, Riona, Camila and all the other girls who were supposed to be the temptation and obstacle of the player on the path of the chosen LI will become available. But what will be the limitation? Will there be any temptations of the player in the way of Others?
I hope it will. I would not like to have a choice conditionally between a sex scene with Lily and Zoey, who later block their paths, but something more complex and dramatic. For example, Josie suddenly turns out to be available and if you decide to have fun with her, this leads to the break up of Josie or Maya. And the player thinks what is more important: the happiness and well-being of two friends or their own lust.
In short, I want this branch to make more sense besides the fact that you can fuck any girl on campus. In fact, the path of Others is the status quo of the player of the first two seasons.
2)The path of love interests.
It is clear that the player must pass some tests to confirm or deny that feelings for his girlfriend are firm and sincere. Otherwise, season 2 would be the last. I want the player to actually have a hard choice. The choice is to go talk to Jill at a party or fuck Lily and Riana in the next room is the easiest option. Of course there will be such elections.
That's why Zoey appeared. But for this, the player really needs to love Zoey in Interlude so that her tears and declarations of love cause a dialeme and a difficult choice. Women's tears are a favorite female manipulation.
On the other hand, Zoey's character is obviously devalued. What will happen to her if we decide to date her? How will she behave? And vice versa? I think Zoey is a story for the whole season, which will grow like a snowball. Perhaps DPC will allow a mandatory betrayal by the player, which will cause difficulties and drama. In any case, Zoya's role is obvious, and at the same time I do not know how to make her character not look so instrumental.

I think Zoey will be the biggest test if you choose a LI. Not sure if DPC will steer towards it or make you have a choice though. Sometimes he just won't let you make a specific choice and thus he can add the drama into the story.

We know MC was broken after Zoey left but how is he now? What we do know is that Zoey missed him and is really into him, even more a boyfriend material instead of Friends with Benefits.

Your view on Josie and Maya is an interesting one, one i can imagine happening. But will it happen on all the paths or only others then? Josie is still in love with the MC as he is himself if you played it that way. A break-up will add alot of drama and even a dark path for Maya and we all know DPC loves to go that way.

 

[Deathsman0098]

Why My Download Speed is So Slow For All the Links Just In This Game ?

 

[sixart]

View attachment 1691859 This however is the real Lisa.....

Nope IIRC it was stated by Zoey that Lisa is eyeing Fuckface for some time... So I present to you Lisa !

 

[D2M3]

I was busy with work and other games ( mostly mainstream) so I only played the interlude today.
Thoughts:

DPC did it again with giving depth and gravitas to a character. Interlude was decently paced and sized, nothing crazy, juuuust right. Even the supporting cast in San Diego was a blast to watch. Jonah and Bret were real funny characters.

That one retrospection scene on the balcony of the tattoo shop with Bret and Zoey, you don't see such a decently written and framed scene where two characters just talk and reminisce in many quality movies, let alone a porn game where one man devs everything. Kudos.

Thoughts about Zoey: When Ep8 launched, my analysis on her appearance was that she was going to become a major roadblock, an incredibly powerful pull away from chosen LIs within a given playthru. In particular, I alluded that Jill and J/M paths would see the most drama.

I was right, and that's totally what is going to happen. However, in Zoey's characterization, we now have an answer to why an MC, DIK OR CHICK doesn't matter, can be so inconsistent when it comes to relationships.

This guy was burnt bad. He fucking undersold it to Bella in that recap. By a metric ton.

That shot of train leaving and him just sitting there, that's genuine devastation. This MF may lie to himself saying he doesn't know if he loved Zoey like that.

Motherfucker, you loved her a LOT. You just didn't realize since it was also deep seated due to childhood friendship.


This is all to say, Season 3 got a lot more interesting. My worry was that locking LIs with a full season ( and maybe more) of story to go may have proven disastrous. Not only that's not gonna be a problem, but also DPC will drive the drama car to the garage all the way through.

MC's attachment to Zoey was immense, and it took him almost a year to get over her, slightly, to fall for Josy, to an extent.
Zoey is now in direct opposition to all established and locked LIs.

Not only that, she's also the perfect counter for two major non-main LIs, aka Quinn and Lily.

It now makes a lot of sense why MC would go out of his way for Quinn on certain situations, because he's subconsciously seeing the shades of Zoey's recklessness in her. Obviously, Quinn is another beast altogether, but point stands.

As for Lily.... Here's the scary part. Even their character models look alike. Zoey talks, walks and acts eerily similar to Lily, Lily having a lot more edge to her, and a certain degree of ruthlessness. It is interesting, but I was thinking Zoey would present most threat to someone like Jill, where in reality, it looks like it'll be Lily trying to establish her "rolling together" setup.

Main LI playthrus obviously will all heavily tie in and rely on Zoey's return. For every single one of them, Zoey represents a clear and terrible danger that MC might just bounce back to his first love, if they learn about her, that is.

For example, I don't see anything going remotely okay if Jill meets Zoey and learns who she is. Doubly so for Bella, who is already privy to major parts of their situation.

Maybe DPC decides to get creative with J/M route, though. Maybe th throuple becomes a foursome? I don't know, it is possible I guess.


In closing: Zoey is fully formed. She is compelling, and ladies and gentlemen, we thought the game was over, but what we have here is a brand new ballgame!

Note: Who are the Vixens? I recognize the one the left as the girl that was getting railed by two guys in dorms, but cant place the other two. Also, adding MORE side characters this late in the game, in addition to Zoey seem an arbitrary choice. Hope DPS has a plan. There are already too many threads in the play.

 

[RandyPhoenix]

Well thanks for update but i think its already to late for this... I have literaly zero interest to her and honestly even her story wasn't exiciting for me. I played first parts and after she leave MC i just stopped, it was boring and i plan to play another time but its first time i got bored from DrPinkCake game... Personaly i do think it should be after first episode and that would make sense but with current rate of game she is just meh...

 

[луна]

Do you think that Zoey aka Zoya aka Zoe, will be a main girl and she will have a ending with MC ?

 

[sixart]

Do you think that Zoey aka Zoya aka Zoe, will be a main girl and she will have a ending with MC ?

Nope
But it's only the halfway mark so a lot can change ! Pro & Con as well

 

[JohnDelfino]

Oh, and we learn that the MC somehow invented Zoey's "boyfriend" by badly misinterpreting a cluck that was only online for a couple hours. What a maroon.

Not sure I would call presuming some dude she fucked was her boyfriend as 'badly misinterpreting a cluck'. Its not like he saw it broke up with her and refused to let her explain. She moved away, started talking to him less and less and then he saw a tweet implying she had a boyfriend now. The way he recites it to Bella comes off as that's just what happened with her life instead of the lynchpin in why he never saw her again.