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

[JohnTestpilot]

Anything you ask regarding Zoey, the answer will always be because she hot, she back, she fuck with narrative, she make Season 3 fun.

That's it, that's really pretty much it, whatever essay-long justification in your head is lol.

 

[felicemastronzo]

Personally, I don't think the Interlude did a god job of selling Zoey as a potential LI. I understand why she left, but I was surprised that it showed she deliberately tried to discourage the MC from pursuing a relationship with her. Granted, she did that because she thought it would be best for him, but she still did it. More importantly, even after she learns that may not have been the best advice, she still makes no effort to communicate with the MC for six months, and only returns home when her money runs out!

Zoey spent the bulk of the Interlude with Zoey acting as though the MC was a friend she had moved beyond. It's weird we never get a clear indication that has changed. The closest we come is her smiling at the picture she drew of him during her trip home; call me cynical, but I don't think that's enough. You say the MC barely gave a fuck, but the Interlude makes it clear he that he only felt that way after Zoey stopped responding to his messages for weeks at a time. Even then, the final straw came when he thought she started seeing someone else (thanks to some impressively poor reading comprehension).

To me, the point of the Interlude should have been to get Zoey up to speed with the other girls so she'd be ready to join the narrative without slowing it down. Instead it reveals she's even further behind them (in terms of a potential relationship with the MC) than I thought she was, which makes me question why we needed an Interlude in the first place.

Zoey's feelings for Mc are all consigned to the concept of "home blindness", nothing explicit but I'd say quite readable.

I'm pretty sure the focus of their first meeting will be the fact that Mc considered Emma's post to be true and this will create the guilt on which Zoey's drama will sprout

so Mc didn't wait for her because he thought she had moved on, taking as true the infamy that she had stolen the boy from her friend, and instead it wasn't so, in fact Zoey, in the only altruistic gesture of hers, had also decided to let him go and not keep him tied to her

tears and slamming doors

on the role of the interlude: it was a desperate task to make a stranger as interesting as girls we have known for years, a total success was impossible (unless one considered the previous LIs terrible), making her "less foreign" I'd say that can be considered a good step forward.

now Zoey is not just that bad company that taught MC to drink and smoke and wanted her to stop studying to see her surf from the beach

 

[Ilhares]

MC went emo and changed his phone number when he saw her tits on rooster. Maybe Pink kept the scene of her trying to contact him for when they have their meetup so they can have a back and forth, for drama purposes, or maybe it was just a missed opportunity ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

He still has his old phone. My money says dumbass forgot to charge it, and if he were to get curious he'd find a voicemail or missed messages or something. He did specifically call out keeping it in case he ever needed it.

 

[znar25]

Updated BigTable™ with the recent informations.
WelcomeToThe50th!

• DPC rendered an additional 30 animations in 22 days keeping a steady 1.40 animations/days.
  • It's lower than EP7-8 but he now producing longer ones.
• At 54% writing compared EP8, complete writing would be over for early June at same pace.
• If we keep the recent 5-6 months, release windows could be August to early September

EP​	Renders​	Animations​	Music*​	Size​	Release​	Development Time​	Ratio*​	R/D​	A/D​	sA/D​
EP1	1301	51(3:29)	—	≈1.1 GB	07 Feb 2019​	— days	—​	—​	—​	—​
EP2	1709 (+31%)	77(3:36) (+26)	—	≈2.3 GB (+1.2 GB)	04 May 2019​	087 (2 months, 28 days |≈12 weeks)	22.1​	19.6​	0.89​	2.48​
EP3	2289 (+34%)	99 (4:42) (+22)	—	≈4.1 GB (+1.8 GB)	16 Aug 2019​	105 (3 months, 13 days |≈15 weeks)	24.5​	21.8​	0.94​	2.69​
EP4	2532 (+11%)	134 (7:57) (+35)	—	≈6.1 GB (+2.0 GB)	10 Jan 2020​	148 (4 months, 26 days |≈21 weeks)	20.3​	17.1​	0.91​	3.22​
EP5	2456 (-3%)	157 (8:35) (+23)	17 (3.4K$)	≈8.0 GB (+1.9 GB)	29 May 2020​	141 (4 months, 20 days |≈20 weeks)	21.1​	17.4​	1.11​	3.65​
EP6	3336 (+35%)	162 (8:33) (+5)	24 (4.8K$)	≈11.1 GB (+3.1 GB)	13 Nov 2020​	169 (5 months, 16 days |≈24 weeks)	22.8​	19.7​	0.96​	3.04​
EP7	3723 (+12%)	250 (18:14) (+88)	18 (3.6K$)	≈14.5 GB (+3.4 GB)	23 Apr 2021​	162 (5 months, 11 days |≈23 weeks)	29.7​	23.0​	1.54​	6.75​
EP8	4158 (+12%)	358 (26:21) (+108)	34(6.8K$)	≈19.5 GB (+5.0 GB)	19 Nov 2021​	211 (6 months, 28 days |≈30 weeks)	27.2​	19.7​	1.70​	7.49​
EPI	794	36 (4:36)	19 (3.8K$)	≈2.6 GB (new .exe)	4 Mar 2022​	105 (3 months, 13 days |≈15 weeks)	10.1​	7.6​	0.34​	2.53​
EP9	≈800	≈70	—	—	in development​	050 (1 month, 19 days |≈7 weeks)	—​	—​	1.40​	—​

Complete Table with the help of Holy Bacchus† original post — Being a DIK in development since 3 years, 2 month, 16 days (38 months / 167 weeks / 1,171 days / 28,104 hours)
* 199$ Premium Licensed Music ; Total: 22,288$ — Ratio values exclude EPI ; Ratio: (Renders/Days + SecondsAnimations/Days) [Average: 24.0 ; Last Two: 28.5 (+19%)]
Renders/Days [Average: 19.8 ; Last Two: 21.3 (+8%)] — Animations/Days [Average: 1.15 ; Last Two: 1.62 (+41%)] — SecondsAnimations/Days [Average: 4.19 ; Last Two: 7.12 (+69%)]

Thumb up to well made Casiope DIK Walkthrough.

Of interest, most productive years of project (not counting Interlude which is almost an outlier to the story).

Year / Number of Episodes.
----- / -----------------------
2019 / 2
2020 / 3
2021 / 2
2022 / 1*

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* Projected Ep9

 

[dalli_x]

Well if you read my comments I already said that I didn't finish it and that I was deleting it. And protect him from what her dumping him? That just sounds so caring of her .


What happened with Josy isn't the same thing, with Josy he didn't think she would get into that college at all. With Zoey all she had to do was wait until the MC graduated.

And it would be selfish of the MC to ask her to stay and not chase her dream at all but the MC wasn't asking her to stay and not go at all he was just asking her to wait until he graduated which she wouldn't do.

Any relationship a person is in is about compromises, about give and take but Zoey didn't care enough about the MC to wait until the next year to go. I don't know what to tell you but to me she is selfish.

It wasn't just Zoey's egosimus. After her grandmother's death, Zoey herself says to the MC that she doesn't feel anything right now, so she has to do this to feel something again.

Also, Zoey got a bouquet of flowers from the MC with a sticker that said, "You do it." Zoey might have taken that as a prompt, because right after that she starts looking on the laptop for information about surfing.

I can't remember the exact text now, but somewhere it says that Zoey was even waiting or getting everything ready for the MC to come to her in San Diego. By that I don't mean the conversation about Miami.

Zoey's undoing was the bad advice from Bret and Emma. Emma's Rooster Cluck was then the end of Zoey and the MC's relationship. What really stands out is Zoey telling Emma that it's already too late and the MC can say the same thing to Sage in EP6. I always thought before the interlude that it was referring to JM's friendship/love decision in EP4. But it was probably referring to Zoey.

Theory
The Rooster Cluck came from Emma's cell phone. Of course, now we can assume that Emma's contacts were linked to Zoey's contacts, so anyone could read the Cluck from Zoey's contact list. But what if that wasn't the case? Better asked, what if the MC didn't read the Cluck directly, but it was sent by someone else. Zoey told herself that the reason the MC is not so active on Rooster is because he doesn't need confirmation from others. That is why he is the best.

The question that comes to my mind is whether Zoey might want to get revenge on a DIK because that DIK forwarded the message to the MC?
We still haven't learned who Zoey's other friends were. All we know is that they are siblings. There used to be a theory (NOT FROM ME) that Quinn and Vinny were siblings. What if Quinn and Vinny help their friend Zoey get revenge on a DIK.

Just an exciting thought from me.

 

[mpa71]

Of interest, most productive years of project (not counting Interlude which is almost an outlier to the story).

As defend the best years (2019/2020) had planet alignment with a development window starting Jan/Feb.
But we might get a new occurrence in 2023 if we get around 5 months (25 weeks) cycles:

EP9 might release in August 2022
EP10 might release in January 2023
EP11 might release in June 2023
EP12 might release in November/December 2023

 

[AchedCroissant]

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This week I wrote dialogue, planned more of what I needed to write, and coded almost every day.

I got into a good flow and managed to create a lot of content for the episode.

I wrote entire scenes and the shell of other scenes that I will continue working on.

Looking only at the amount of code written so far (scenes, free roam, branches, etc.) and comparing it to Episode 8, the longest episode in the game, I'm at 54% completion of dialogue if I was aiming to match episode 8 size.

We'll see where we end up in terms of size.

Next week will be a mix of posing animations and writing. I feel I want to continue writing before I work on static renders to be sure of how much I'm putting in the episode.

All PCs are rendering at full speed throughout all of this. 70 animations are completed so far.

You can look forward to a fresh preview next week.

Have a nice weekend

Dr PinkCake

Zzzzzzzz

 

[mightybored]

I'm just wondering how well Zoey and Quinn will get along.

 

[NebulousShooter]

He still has his old phone. My money says dumbass forgot to charge it, and if he were to get curious he'd find a voicemail or missed messages or something. He did specifically call out keeping it in case he ever needed it.

He states at the end of the Interlude that he changed the number, at first I was ofc, when he got the new phone. But no, its the same phone number when he changes the phone, that means he must have changed it between when they stopped texting and the game starting.

I think he wanted to make sure she doesn't get contacted by her, after he saw the cluck, but that is mostly assumption on my end, but seems in line with the Chick MC from the Interlude

 

[dalli_x]

Again- My first best friend who turned into my girlfriend briefly before leaving for San Diego to become a surfer. I'm telling you what it says in the fucking game read Zoey's fucking phone profile, holy fuck.

The MC realized at the station that they were more than best friends. With that, the MC realized that Zoey was his girlfriend (just an example) for him for 4.132434 months.

The reference point where the friendship became more is even recorded in pictures. The MC recognized only sooner (station) than Zoey (In San Diego) this special moment in their relationship.

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[Darkdevil66]

I'm just wondering how well Zoey and Quinn will get along.

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[Ilhares]

I'm just wondering how well Zoey and Quinn will get along.

I think that will largely depend on whether or not Quinn is after MC's dick at the time.

 

[AchedCroissant]

I'm just wondering how well Zoey and Quinn will get along.

I just hope that Zoey has sex with several girls and if someone is bothered by this, they better start playing another game like WVM

Because let's be realistic whoever feels represented by the MC of this game only proves to be a loser in real life

 

[mightybored]

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I could see this actually pushing Quinn to go full broccoli, to stake her claim of a sort.

 

[Ilhares]

He states at the end of the Interlude that he changed the number, at first I was ofc, when he got the new phone. But no, its the same phone number when he changes the phone, that means he must have changed it between when they stopped texting and the game starting.

I don't think so, based on these two sequential statements-

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That leads me to think the new phone came with the new number, the guys just transferred his contacts over (merging with the ones already in the phone, from prior usage)

 

[fasdfaq123]

About Zoey. Isn't Zoey's story supposed to revolve around being a journey of self-discovery and how she didn't really want to do, what she thought she wanted to do, is just that.

In regards to MC and her quasi-relationship with Zoey. It's obvious that MC was in love with Zoey and, Zoey actually because of the concept the chapter handles (which is "home blindness") it takes her a little longer to realize it, but in turn the journey makes her realize even more that she actually loved him and also loved home. I don't think she deserves the label of selfish, maybe a bit of inconsistency in making her decisions regarding her friendship/relationship with MC . But the important thing here, is that his decisions are never made in bad faith, until Emma Cluck happens.

The only problem I have with this, is the timeline between all the interlude and college events occurring. I think the timeline debate was had and how DPC had modified a line of Zoey's because of the 18 year old issue, a while back. Now, if that is so the MC's words with Bella of how long they have not spoken, I think it loses meaning.

Note: I have no idea where Zoey is going to end up in the story and what she may get to do, other than drama.

I hope I didn't screw it up

I'm just wondering how well Zoey and Quinn will get along.

That's something I want to see, there's a part of me that wants Zoey to steal Quinn's heart with some good cucumbers.

 

[Kellermann]

That's something I want to see, there's a part of me that wants Zoey to steal Quinn's heart with some good cucumbers.

If Quinn ends up as antagonistic rival for Zoey, then Quinn will immediately move up on my charts, but knowing DPC, he will make them bestest of besties evarrrr...if for no other reason than to tease MC about his off-putting orgasm face or his always hilarious tit-sucking chimp lips face. We will also get the obligatory, "oh I like this one...she's feisty" scene. Bank on it. If Lily can crack the code, I'm sure Zoey will too. There is just too much juicy drama there for DPC to resist getting the bad girls together. Q/Z/MC threesome is all but guaranteed as well if Quinn replaces Riona with Zoey as the bff.

We already know Zoey will join B&R because it is imperative for her to be in close proximity to MC at all times for constant temptation (or annoyance if you're like me), but I'm not so sure she will joing sorority in spring class. I doubt DPC wants to portray her in a position of weakness as a pledge. She must be shown as strong and desirable in order to fuck up MC'ss existing relationship(s).

 

[mightybored]

Plus, the HOTs are straight up running out of room. Quinn and Sage are the only ones not doubled up, which leaves Zoey to room with one of them if she gets in.

 

[felicemastronzo]

Plus, the HOTs are straight up running out of room. Quinn and Sage are the only ones not doubled up, which leaves Zoey to room with one of them if she gets in.

Without scavenger Hunt?

 

[mightybored]

Without scavenger Hunt?

However they bring her in; if it's a scavenger hunt, a spelling bee, or even a good old fashioned fight club, there isn't really a spot to put her if she passes their test.