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

[AchedCroissant]

Don't believe this guy. Here's what he calls a "potato PC" - 16-core Intel Core i9-12900K clocked @ 4.0 Ghz, 128 GB of RAM, 64 GB of VRAM 3x NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3090, 1 TB SDD + 3 TB HDD.

And I still can't play crysis at 60fps

 

[Walter Victor]

In fact, Sage repeatedly and explicitly points out that Chad has never shown any physical interest in her, which is more evidence that they haven't had sex than the other way around.

then that it doesn't make any sense at all is another matter, but this is what the story of the game tells.

then we can also blame MC who is only interested in girls that no one else (Burke family excluded) has ever been seriously interested in

I suspect that James was once 'seriously interested' in Isabella.

Before we found out that Chad was gay, I always assumed that he and Sage had had sex. Most people around here probably did too. It didn't bother me one bit. When we found out about Chad and Troy, I didn't give a shit what that meant for Chad's relationship with Sage, except for a curiosity factor. Still don't. Any more than I care about what Chad and Troy are doing. It doesn't concern me, or anyone that my MC is interested in.

The only virgins (among the main LI's) at the start of the game were Jill and Maya. The rest had all lost their virginity long before. So what? If there are any other virgins still left in this game, it might be one or more of the feminists. Do I care? Not even a little bit. Neither does my MC's pecker.

 

[Skeltom]

all the LI's like virgins who have no interest in any other men and no past experience, it's just ridiculous...

That's exactly the case for Jill though, aside from a few bad dates she has no real experience. It's even the first time Maya is with a man. But the only person that has to deal with NTR is Chad if you are on Sage's path. But he had it coming.

 

[Walter Victor]

But he had it coming.

And given the circumstances, he doesn't care.

 

[kihality]

Yeah personally I'd actually find it interesting if characters basically dumped by the MC after Episode 8 started other relationships. It's not like you have to watch a sex scene of them after the fact (not that it would bother me anyway) but yeah we're probably missing out on some interesting things like e.g. Do you want to be a good friend to John Boy or Tommy etc or do you want to try to cheat with their girlfriends behind their backs... Like Bella's husband as an example too is completely stone cold dead as DPC wont want some NTR scenario.

Yup totally agree. Like for example I am more into Josy and I am out of Jill's path now. Is the poor girl going to remain single and untouched until the end of the game???? I wouldn't want that for her!

 

[jak1165]

Nope, Jill is chick/neutral only.

That's what makes it kinda silly. Jill should be DIK only.

 

[Lovetities]

That's the main reason I think some of these games lose a lot. I understand some people might feel uncomfortable if the MC is cheated (NTR like some people call it?). For me it's OK if it makes sense in the story and we chose the wrong LI, hello, this is a game after all, not real life?!?! But other thing is completely removing every male competition and picture all the LI's like virgins who have no interest in any other men and no past experience, it's just ridiculous...

That what a Ntr fan would say

 

[CHAD-MAN]

How dare you imply that any of the girls had sex with anyone else before they met the MC?

We've already stated countless times that they are all virgins at the moment they meet the MC (even Nicole a.k.a Virgin Mary who gave a birth to a kid, but is still a virgin at the point she met the MC).

This probably been discussed to death but I am 100% sure the only virgin main LIs are Jill (lack of blood justified because of house riding ) and Maya... maybe Josy too but I am not so sure, that girl is wacko. Sage and Bella definitely banged before, and I am sure Chad was not the only that atleast attempted to get his dick wet. As for the rest, the only ones that are virgins are Karen, Magnar girl whom name I know but right I dont recall, and the fat/ugly girls from the feminist class.

 

[ChipLecsap]

AL was much more courageous in that respect... I would say in a way that is really not comparable

MC was blatantly betrayed by his partner, and despite this the unfaithful partner has a kind of happy ending too

moreover one of the 3 LIs, for two consecutive times ends up dating the most detestable male character in the game, and can end the game as the girlfriend of MC's best friend (with a double permission signed by the player)

With the branching, I won't be surprised if we enter some similar therotory, Sage even mention she not gonna wait, so who know. But yet again, its mostly about its a God Damn waste of time. 6 months for an update. We know folks would btich about that I would to. The second sex of Interlude was just put there for the sake of porn, that alone probably a week he could have spend on episode 9 instead.

so far the story, never felt its needed it, the only time I felt he was playing a bit Safe, truly safe , was the Bella flashback. And that is the only time when its actually would have a deeper impact if the bitch catch Bella and her hubby while they making out. Becasue at least it would make sense why she send her home, Bella basically didn't do anything. It would not make the - I don't know her name - the Bitch, any less Bitch, but would make more sense story wise, and for the Hubby to feel guilty about it.

but every other things is just nitpicking. You don't have to see, lily or envy serving a consumer in the VIP room, You know you are not the only one, same with Rio or Cammy. Unless MC is presented in some way. This recent episode party was a nice touch regarding that. But 6 months, man. I might die before episode 9

 

[BigBlueDude]

You never played any role play game don't you ?
...
And you are because you already named the girls you like or think has the best story , thats your self invest

Youre right, i never have, like DnD and stuff. Thats probably the only place i could self insert and would probably? For computergames it feels too much like a railroad. Even Skyrim felt like one to me.

Hells yeah im invested. The mystery of Bellas past as well as why Quinn is doing what she does. Hence why I like Bella and Quinn so much, thats why I'm most invested in them, to get at whats hidden from us. Maya is a close 2nd for another reason. Seems like most of a friend to Fuckface when he needed it early on, and thats what he needs I think. Plus she kinda comes with Derek - the most awesome partner in crime Fuckface could ever have as any DiK.

I think that the headcanon folks who think the girls get zipped up in ziplock bags and thrown into the fridge waiting for Tremolo to fuck them are delusional. The main girls may not have other relationships but that is because they are dysfunctional, and Tremolo is attracted to their dysfunction because of his own problems. The rest of the girls, including the strippers, hots, and even feminists or nerd girls certainly are having something resembling sex lives that are their own private business. There is also no chance that Sage didn't fuck Chad, no matter how gay he is, because if you don't throw it into a girl at some point she doesn't consider you a boyfriend, much less date exclusively for three years. I'm certain that Quinn also fucks for money when it pleases her and has been doing so for years, although she gets uncomfortable taking Tremolo's money once she starts catching feels. These are things that are more implicit than explicit, but this is a sex game about horny college kids going to a party school. We shouldn't allow ourselves to get hung up on it or resent other people for getting lucky. I am kind of with you that if you can separate yourself from MC (easy for me to do because he doesn't handle his problems in any way close to the way I would) you get a much better playing experience than if you self-insert.

I agree. Same kinda impressions initially.

Thanks for the insights from you both and others. Mass appeal is mass appeal for a reason right. Virgin delusion fodder as someone once coined it. Jill and the rest of em.

 

[felicemastronzo]

I suspect that James was once 'seriously interested' in Isabella.

Before we found out that Chad was gay, I always assumed that he and Sage had had sex. Most people around here probably did too. It didn't bother me one bit. When we found out about Chad and Troy, I didn't give a shit what that meant for Chad's relationship with Sage, except for a curiosity factor. Still don't. Any more than I care about what Chad and Troy are doing. It doesn't concern me, or anyone that my MC is interested in.

The only virgins (among the main LI's) at the start of the game were Jill and Maya. The rest had all lost their virginity long before. So what? If there are any other virgins still left in this game, it might be one or more of the feminists. Do I care? Not even a little bit. Neither does my MC's pecker.

logic is one thing, what we see and are told is another.

i even suspected that Mc wasn't Sage's first fuckbuddy, and even though it's a crazy theory, it's not denied by the story as the fact that Sage and Chad were getting it on under the covers, we only have evidence against it.

about Bella's life with her husband, we have two evidences: the picture in the bedroom (where they don't kiss to be sure) and the flashback. in the flashback she treats him little better than she treats Burke when he visits her. she treats him in such a cold and unnatural way that many think that actually Bella would be talking to herself at the memory of her already dead/disappeared husband.

so I can't say that I don't care, that it doesn't bother me, because this fixation makes the characters (the main ones not the secondary ones) behave in a very strange and unsympathetic way

 

[ChipLecsap]

That's exactly the case for Jill though, aside from a few bad dates she has no real experience. It's even the first time Maya is with a man. But the only person that has to deal with NTR is Chad if you are on Sage's path. But he had it coming.

And Tybalt, and Burke, and Steve , and Tommy, he obviously wanted Quinn. Dave. Derek, Anthony, May be Bella's hubby if he is alive . So you were saying what ?

 

[kihality]

That what a Ntr fan would say

Not really mate, first of all I'm kinda new here, I've seen people discussing it a lot but I've never really understood what NTR is. Is it when we're cheated? So when we cheat on a certain LI (which happens all the time) is it also considered to be NTR? Second, I like to play these games like if they were a movie, with real women who interact not only with us but with many others and who might (or might not) choose us for our actions and choices

 

[D2K]

"she's not an ex who bailed on the mc." - Of course she was, just because she refused to acknowledge it with the excuse that she's not "good at feelings" doesn't mean she isn't. Just look at how he talks about her and his reactions, he was clearly upset about she leaving (the bench scene) while she was happy about it and even started ghosting him. That's pretty damn lame even if you look at them as just long time childhood friends.

I think my problem with the interlude is that the whole thing is designed to make you feel sorry for her so you welcome her back when in reality MC is the one that got hurt. Seriously, her whole story is based on generating pity and the death of her grandmother is part of it. Everything she wanted went to shit so she comes back crying, it's really hard for me to find her interesting because of that.

you're pretty much putting it all on zoey. they both didn't define the relationship. obviously she knows that mc wasn't happy about it, she herself mentions it in the dialogue. she's staying happy and upbeat because she doesn't want to put a downer into the conversation. the first thing she does on the train is draw a picture of him, do you really think she didn't have mc in mind? she also suggested for him to come with her so i don't understand why you think she left him, when in reality he didn't go with her. they both understood they had different paths here. the ghosting thing is because she thought she was giving him space to heal, she herself never intended to stop communications until she saw emma and bret's situation.

the interlude is not meant for you to be feel sorry for her. the interlude was there to show you her personality and to fill you in on "her side" of the story. it was designed to show you her epiphany moment with her life and how she went about it. she shows you how she found her real passion. she realizes what was really important in life and decided to go after that instead of her childhood dream. it generates no pity.

outside of quinn/bella i think she's the most interesting character.

 

[Skeltom]

And Tybalt, and Burke, and Steve , and Tommy, he obviously wanted Quinn. Dave. Derek, Anthony, May be Bella's hubby if he is alive . So you were saying what ?

I don't care about them. It has nothing to do with a main path.

 

[felicemastronzo]

With the branching, I won't be surprised if we enter some similar therotory, Sage even mention she not gonna wait, so who know. But yet again, its mostly about its a God Damn waste of time. 6 months for an update. We know folks would btich about that I would to. The second sex of Interlude was just thorwn there for the sake of porn, that alone probably a week he could have spend on episode 9 instead.

so far the story, never felt its needed it, the only time I felt he was playing a bit Safe, truly safe , was the Bella flashback. And that is the only time when its actually would as a deep impact if the bitch catch Bella and her hubby while they making out. Becasue at least it would make sense why she send her home, Bella basically didn't do anything. It would not make the - I don't know her name - the Bitch, any less Bitch, but would make more sense story wise, and for the Hubby to feel guilty about it.

but every other things is just nitpicking. You don't have to see, lily or envy serving a consumer in the VIP room, You know you are not the only one, same with Rio or Cammy. Unless MC is presented in some way. This recent episode party was a nice touch regarding that. But 6 months, man. I might die before episode 9

We are halfway through the game and surely there will be chances to get back into the paths of the LIs (in addition to the always expected only routes for Maya and Josy) so I see it difficult that some LIs will be taken out of the game.

what are you referring to for Sage? i remember almost the opposite, that is to say that when we tell her that we are not going to continue our story with her, she reminds us to warn her if things go wrong.... Sage wait, always wait, potentially it's the LI we can turn down multiple times

 

[hakuna-matata]

Don't believe this guy. Here's what he calls a "potato PC" - 16-core Intel Core i9-12900K clocked @ 4.0 Ghz, 128 GB of RAM, 64 GB of VRAM 3x NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3090, 1 TB SDD + 3 TB HDD.

This is turning me on.
That is almost similart to my pc, except I have 20 cores, one rtx 3090 and more SSDS and HDDS. The funniest thing is the only game I've been playing lately is Football Manager.

 

[Ilhares]

Is it highly recommended to play the interlude? if i did not play it, am i gonna miss a lot of important thing or nah?

I suspect you'll find that you have to play it, just to get your save data imported. I don't expect episode 9 to have an import for S2, but it might.

Anyone please tell me what is the specialty of Interlude season 3..there was already a season 3 in the v8.0.2

The interlude is after season 2, leading in to season 3. We did not have a season 3 in v.082, there was Chapter 3.
Season 1 = Chapters 1-4
Season 2 = Chapters 5-8
Season 3 = (Interlude)+Chapters 9-12

It remains to be seen if we get a Season 4, I don't think I've seen DPC directly confirm that, even with his in-game reference to 16 chapters.

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Alternatively (and probably more realistically), I can see Sage saying, "You can let go of her hand now, Stephen."

For some reason that just brings to mind the scene at the end of Animal House (1978) "You can take your thumb out of my ass any time now, Carmine."

Linux/Ubuntu works fine on my potato PC

How do you define potato, I wonder?

Don't believe this guy. Here's what he calls a "potato PC" - 16-core Intel Core i9-12900K clocked @ 4.0 Ghz, 128 GB of RAM, 64 GB of VRAM 3x NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3090, 1 TB SDD + 3 TB HDD.

I'm concerned about the missing 8GB of VRAM in that configuration. The RAM/GPU combo would certainly beat what I have right now, but the rest of it is inferior, I need real numbers here, people!

And I still can't play crysis at 60fps

Now I know you're both fulla shit. Crysis can absolutely run at 60FPS these days. (yes, the original, not that neutered sequel crap with smaller textures)

And now I'm picturing the game with BaDIK character skins in place of the suits. A mechanized Jill terrorizing foreign nationals? Yeah, I can totally envision this. Doesn't work as well with Josy, she's too small.

 

[Lostanddamned]

about Bella's life with her husband, we have two evidences: the picture in the bedroom (where they don't kiss to be sure) and the flashback. in the flashback she treats him little better than she treats Burke when he visits her. she treats him in such a cold and unnatural way that many think that actually Bella would be talking to herself at the memory of her already dead/disappeared husband.

Bella's boss' reaction is weird. She sends her off home, just for having a conversation with her husband? That's ridiculous. What's more concerning is that Bella's boss doesn't even acknowledge James' presence in the room - it's like he's not even there, which is an eerie feeling I got during the scene.

They get outside and DPC uses a camera technique called "Deep Focus", where an object in the background also happens to be in sharp focus and be seen clearly. In that scene it's weird - there's that guy with the glasses that's watching them, he's clearly in focus and he's like in the center of the screen. His reactions to Bella and James' conversation are headscratching, because they are concerning and Bella and James' didn't talk anything extraordinary anyway, but his reaction is also an alarming hint.

Which leads us to the theory itself - James' isn't there with Bella in the library, he's a hallucination/projection of her mind and she was talking to herself the entire time. Now what happened to him is up for guess, but the most fitting version is that he's dead and it's something that Bella can't accept - she had a nervous breakdown and has some serious mental issues, so it's easier to explain why she's waiting for him to come back.

 

[ChipLecsap]

That's what makes it kinda silly. Jill should be DIK only.

Funny, but actually true. and Sad. I think Bella and Maya should've been the Chick path, Sage all path, and Josy and Jill should been the Dik path. They need a " Bad boy " , would been more entertaining.
But yeah as Felice said, we are in half way, may be things will change. May be I need a path were Jill reject me, just so later she would regret it.