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

[BigBlueDude]

Will season 3 the last season or we will have more seasons for BaD?

DPC have said 16 to 20 episodes as I recall. 4 seasons at least.

 

[Meushi]

You mentioned a few answers in your post about the value of recruiting:

• Offer a better quality game;
• increase the frequency of the release;
• thus, gain more contributors on Patreon;
• finally free up more time for himself, for his family, or to devote to the task he enjoys the most.

Many popular game on this forum have taken this step. I'm not saying teamworking is effortless or risk-free, but the challenge is achievable. There are even projects that have survived thanks to this move.

You're just not getting it, as shazba explained in excruciating detail, DPC isn't running a business per se, he's monetized his hobby/passion. He wants to write the story, do the code, create the renders/animations. He's said he has no intention of using a team, as it would ruin his vision of the game, he'd be a terrible manager & it'd hurt his productivity. And he's making much more money than most in this scene, hiring people would likely reduce his earnings if anything.

None of your points apply, it's simply about people wanting faster updates, rather than what's best for DPC or his game.

Everything is somewhat simpler. Pink said that BAD would be his last game after which he would retire.

Where exactly did DPC say this (quote/link/screenshot), because this is the first I'm hearing of this? It's certainly plausible, given how long it's going to take to finish BaDIK.

 

[Heycock]

Oh, you would never find me calling those a masterpiece.
I call shit, shit.... I call excellent writing, excellent writing.
DPC is not excellent writing.
And I don't hate him.
He is arrogant.
He is a control freak.
He is a hugely talented artist.
He is a mediocre or worse writer.

I am just curious, then who would you consider to be a good writer on this genre?

 

[EthanP.]

You're just not getting it, as shazba explained in excruciating detail, DPC isn't running a business per se, he's monetized his hobby/passion. He wants to write the story, do the code, create the renders/animations. He's said he has no intention of using a team, as it would ruin his vision of the game, he'd be a terrible manager & it'd hurt his productivity. And he's making much more money than most in this scene, hiring people would likely reduce his earnings if anything.

None of your points apply, it's simply about people wanting faster updates, rather than what's best for DPC or his game.

Where exactly did DPC say this (quote/link/screenshot), because this is the first I'm hearing of this? It's certainly plausible, given how long it's going to take to finish BaDIK.

DPC has in fact stated the opposite. He has already thought about what could be next after BADIK. I think he talked a little about it in one of the Q&As, but I only remember that he intended for it to have less LIs and be located in a small town or similar.

 

[BakaRaBakaRa]

DPC have said 16 to 20 episodes as I recall. 4 seasons at least.

Yes and enjoy the full game in the year 2030.......

 

[TimHawk]

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I love how ever since he said, that he considering writing as his weakest talent, everyone one of you DPC hater always use this as some kind of self validation, like : " Haha I told you so, See, he is a shit writer, he said it himself, I was right, haha shit writer , everything he write is shit, he should hire other to write for him, because he can write to save his life. I was Right haha
" Did I miss anything ?

meanwhile in other games : " You just a cheap 20 dollar whore who look like Monica buckfett so shut up and suck my dick " - But somehow, these masterpiece writing style never encourage people to say, may be the creator should just stick to the render making , and let others do the writing for him,I wonder why

The worst part of this is peoples reading comprehension, now some of it might be due to a language barrier, but I think some people are just understanding it the way they want to.

'Weakest' doesnt mean weak, it's a comparison to all his other skills like rendering, coding, time management and animations.

The 100 meters were Usain Bolts weakest race, yet he still holds the world record by a mile and won every olympic gold medal, he just happened to be even better at the 200 meters. Is DPC a 1 in a billion writer ? Ofc not, but he spins a nice yarn and for a 1 man show, its surpringly entertaining and fun.

Prob best to ignore people who constantly repeat the same thing over and over, they're just fishing for someone to bite.

 

[Train of Thought]

Everything is somewhat simpler. Pink said that BAD would be his last game after which he would retire. It makes no sense to hire a team for a game that can be done in 2 years with a team.

This is a false claim which directly contradicts what DPC has said himself multiple times in the past (incl. the most recent Q&A).
Actually, this isn't the first time you have said something in the name of DPC and added 'he said so on Discord' or something along those lines even when he hasn't done so or has said something similar but in a different context. You twist DPC's words or make some claims and then support them by adding the 'DPC said so on Discord' line each time relying on people on here not checking for themselves or just taking your word for it (which would be the wrong thing to do because 90% of those are false).
I don't see a reason why would you do it, but you still do because no one has called you out yet.
This post about Badik being 'DPC's last game', your post about 'DPC coming up with the Interlude during work (or smth like that)' even though it was meant in a completely different context and said by him about the start of his AVN journey in general and not the Interlude separately, claiming that 'DPC has confirmed that he uses Blender on Discord' which he never did, etc.
Enough is enough, don't make outright false claims because sooner or later people might and will catch on...

Where exactly did DPC say this (quote/link/screenshot), because this is the first I'm hearing of this? It's certainly plausible, given how long it's going to take to finish BaDIK.

Nowhere, because DPC never said that

 

[Heycock]

I am genuinely curious too, and ask for recommendations; I have not played many of this genre, already without much confidence left when I ran into games like summer's gone in the first page of top rated game while in the process of trying out other VNs.

Usually the titles I remember being called,besudes SG, are City of Broken Dreamers, Depravens Awekening, and Pale Carnation.
All of the previous games I mentioned are more dark and for sure have their apealing to people invested into science fiction and social corruption. Personally I dont have any special interest in both themes, less related to sex, and when it comes to sex games, I think narrative and sex appeal are connected.

Now, I am not an expert on the subject couse honestely never really readed almost any of the games i played here except Badik, the reason being I wasn't looking for normal fantasy escapism. I did readed some of them, one i really personally like was Battle of Lluvia, sadly never got enough support and is pretty much dead by now, even on the first act of the story. Also the porn was awfull.

Even if I am not an authority on the subject I still find better BADIK than all of them.

 

[TimHawk]

I am genuinely curious too, and ask for recommendations; I have not played many of this genre, already without much confidence left when I ran into games like summer's gone in the first page of top rated game while in the process of trying out other VNs.

I can give you my opinion on some games that I like and are a bit alike to BaDIK. In no particular order.

The Deluca Family , however if you decide to give it a try, keep in mind that updates are at a snails pace, an incapacitated snail at that.

Intertwined , school setting and the game will confuse the hell out of you, its a good hell tho. If Dalli_x ever discoveres it, we will have lost him forever.

Leap of Faith , nobody MC meets superstar Singer, gotta warn you tho, suicide is an important part of the game, so if you're sensitive to that, it's probably best to stay away.

Chasing Sunsets , Stepbro + Stepsis, nicely written with not many, but sufficient side stories and the best humor I've ever seen in a game. 'PHRASING'

You already mentioned Summer's gone, so that's 4 games where I can say 'give it a try, maybe you like 1 or 2'.

Final disclaimer : I dont think any one of those rise to the overall level of BaDIK, but they are 100% enjoyable for me.

 

[Tserriednich'sNen]

DPC has in fact stated the opposite. He has already thought about what could be next after BADIK. I think he talked a little about it in one of the Q&As, but I only remember that he intended for it to have less LIs and be located in a small town or similar.

When did he say that last part? unless I'm mistaken I only recall him saying during a past Q&A that he has some ideas for his next game but wouldn't share what those are due to copycats

 

[lipe2410]

okay, when will MC get to fuck her up in the ass

Hopefully when we get the Josy-Maya-Riona-Carolyn-Tremolo fivesome

 

[mightybored]

Who's Carolyn?

 

[shazba]

Who's Carolyn?

This puts things into context:
https://f95zone.to/threads/being-a-dik-interlude-season-3-dr-pinkcake.25332/post-7761885

And this was the inception of Carolyn. A successful inception I might add.
https://f95zone.to/threads/being-a-dik-interlude-season-3-dr-pinkcake.25332/post-7763185

Of course the inspiration came from here:

 

[mightybored]

https://f95zone.to/threads/being-a-dik-interlude-season-3-dr-pinkcake.25332/post-7763185

Oh, right right right.

Is there a way to convert saves from the version downloaded here to the Steam version? I'm not really keen on trying to unlock everything all over again.

 

[Tserriednich'sNen]

Who's Carolyn?

And so it begins.

 

[Olsens.M]

Well, working alone is Dr PinkCake's decision and today he has the financial resources to recruit a team.

Maybe he doesn't feel the need or isn't able to supervise other devs, but I'm confident that sharing the workload could be beneficial. Projects managed by one person are the first ones to be abandoned on Patreon. Sharing insights during development enriches a game, whereas a single developer may become limited by his own views. While I admit that Dr PinkCake has many skills and has improved since the first episodes of Being a DIK, some points such as writing and staging could be first-handed to specialists; since the creator keeps the final cut priviledge, the execution is the same.

As impressed as I am by Dr PinkCake's performance, I also assume that the way this game is made can be changed for the better. But teamwork is a challenge that many people don't dare to take.

SO much bullshit. I think no one could write Being a Dik better than himself. It is his creation, his ideas. No writer would make or think his story better than himself. He may not be Edgar Allan Poe, but he is pretty good at writing his VNs. He was good at the first, AL, even with the twists, and he is way better now on Being a Dik. I find it funny. There are many abandoned games made for a team, because sometimes the writer of the VN just quit. Or other people disagree with something and leaves. Dr. Pinkcake, has been the most reliable VN developer than any other you can mention. And I don't see anyone else creating a VN with such quality and features as being a dik faster than he does. Having a team or not. He delivers everything in time, usually 6 months difference to each update. This is a VN that you can play and actually spend hours in it, you can't see other vns like this. So you can't even compare DPK with other devs when there's no one close to do what he does. Even if they have a team.

I won't criticize his work, because for a single person project he is doing better than any other Team or developer. I want you to name one that can compete with what he has been doing.

Not everything is about the money. Even if you don't like him as a writer, since you tell he should handle it to specialists, he may enjoy writing the things he imagine. It gives him pleasure. So why take away this pleasure of being a writer from him only because you, yes you, because you want things faster. He should change his whole project and creation only because of you.

It is the same as if you compared Slash and Steve vai. Even if Steve vai was way more professional, had way better technique, could play faster and cleaner and add so much into a guitar solo, he could never make guitar solos that would touch the feelings of people such as what Slash did.

If someday he decides that he wants a team to develop his VNs and think the quality and the outcome will be the same he would expect as if he was doing it himself, great. But if not. I will support either way. There are reasons why someone decide to become an independent creator. Respect his decision is part of the process. Many things loses its essence after being shared with other people.

I want you to name any team of developers that creates a VN with the same quality of images, animations, story telling, minigame features, well coded, and deliver a VN that you can play and replay for huge amount of hours such as being a dik and they release their content a lot faster. Because I know games with more than 20 chapters delivered that in one gameplay I can have most of all paths open and I will finish in a few hours, while if I want to play BAD I will take at least 2 days to go through all paths unlock all pictures and scenes.

"Sharing insights during development enriches a game, whereas a single developer may become limited by his own views."

This was the most hilarious sentence of everything i read you say, specially when taking BAD as example.

 

[mightybored]

It's actually quite simple. I always use Isabella's medium heat option. After all, she teaches the MC how to make pancakes.

Then when it comes to the mini-game, you should always be in the green. Timing is everything, but watch out, the speed changes.

Personally, I usually click in the upper yellow area because I then end up in the green area due to the delay.

Yeah, you have to take into consideration the delay between seeing the placement and clicking, so I usually click right before the green as a result.

 

[godkingxerxes]

Has he ever said that beside that one time when he was discussing exposition in erotic scenes, because if not, you are just taking him out of context to enforce your bias?

Yeah that's the time he mentioned his writing when he talking describing a scene as opposed to showing it in pictures like he's doing it now.

But just ignore this guy, he shows up once in awhile saying the exact same thing over and over again.

 

[dalli_x]

I have to get rid of another theory about Zoey. She had a friend with an older brother. In the interlude, the MC told Zoey that sometimes he thinks he is not the only one for Zoey.

In EP1, the MC says to Jacob that John and Derek are alike. JB aka John Bailey and Derek Bailey?

In the second freeroam event of EP1, there is a skateboard right next to Derek. Could it be that Derek is a skater friend of Zoey's? Who knows what this could all lead to.

If so, Zoey would probably know JB, Derek, Elena, Maya, and Josy. Maybe even more. Zoey said to Emma so her family and friends can read this.

So the interlude to Zoey's introductions would make perfect sense. DPC brings the clique back together.

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[ciberma7865]

I have to get rid of another theory about Zoey. She had a boyfriend with an older brother. In the interlude, the MC told Zoey that sometimes he thinks he is not the only one for Zoey.

In EP1, the MC says to Jacob that John and Derek are alike. JB aka John Bailey and Derek Bailey?

In the second freeroam event of EP1, there is a skateboard right next to Derek. Could it be that Derek is a skater friend of Zoey's? Who knows what this could all lead to.

If so, Zoey would probably know JB, Derek, Elena, Maya, and Josy. Maybe even more. Zoey said to Emma so her family and friends can read this.

So the interlude to Zoey's introductions would make perfect sense. DPC brings the clique back together.

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they are not from the same city doesn't work (sorry)