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

[Ilhares]

Maybe the stalker was supposed to be investigating the DIKs, but flunked the Cum Petition and was then sent after Riona. In EP8, he is on the phone with his supervisor to file a report, but is interrupted by the MC. To avoid being exposed, he says, so he stalks Riona.

Having looked at what has transpired, my mind was going down this line as well, and it would in fact make the plan more obvious from the start, if DPC is using stereotypical USA events as the humor clue here. Was he not referred to as a 'fast shooter'? What are US law enforcement pretty well known for worldwide these days? To me (as a resident), it seems like they fire their shots pretty quickly where minorities are involved.

On a personal note, though, Dalli- I've read most of your other posts, you really need to stop using the apostrophe so much. It never makes a word plural. You're not the only person guilty of it, it has just been standing out more and more lately.

 

[I_Love_Moms]

You basically take control (minimal) of a female LI that's going to be a bigger part of the story starting season 3. She's not an MC. (Unless you consider that she is the MC of her own story). It's the MC's ex's back story from when they separated up to the current time of the MC (end of season 2). It looks like she's coming back into the MC's life.
Think of it as Rogue One to Star Wars i guess?

I understand now thanks.

 

[Darkwen]

You basically take control (minimal) of a female LI that's going to be a bigger part of the story starting season 3. She's not an MC. (Unless you consider that she is the MC of her own story). It's the MC's ex's back story from when they separated up to the current time of the MC (end of season 2). It looks like she's coming back into the MC's life.
Think of it as Rogue One to Star Wars i guess?

just no bad ass hallway scene unless a pissed off Sage counts I mean from a certain point of view both Vader and sage are fiery red heads that said only one has been on fire . . . so far

 

[Walter Victor]

Hopefully the party-planning gets a mini-game as well.

That is fact, not speculation. DrPinkCake has even published (on Patreon) a hint at the mechanics. It will involve assigning people to tasks and balancing resources. It's on this thread somewhere, but good luck finding it.

 

[Walter Victor]

Hopefully the party-planning gets a mini-game as well.

Okay, found it. Here's an excerpt from his Patreon Update post of March 18:

This entire concept of developing a feature ahead of time is something I will apply again but to something new and fresh. Meaning that the code I write during episode 9 development will have to work for future episodes and the planned duration.

This might sound like I will be spending a long time creating a new mini-game, but since I'm part human and part machine, I've already finished ~90% of it. And to me, it's the most fun, challenging, and intricate mini-game I'll probably create for this game... Probably... I fucking love creating these things.

I'm aiming to set up the framework for the mini-game so that development after episode 9 will be a breeze in this area. The mini-game will be about something the game has hinted at during episodes 7-8, namely party planning.

I'm still polishing and balancing the mini-game, but I'm confident that any player who likes thinking, planning, and strategy will enjoy it. The choices and how you play the mini-game will also shape your game in different and exciting ways.

For non-mini-game players, there will be choices instead of the mini-game, allowing for similar outcomes.

While I'd love to show you the main mini-game GUI, I don't feel comfortable doing that due to spoilers and design. I will, however, show you the perk screen, which in itself might not say much about the mini-game, but it can give insight into how versatile your strategies will be this time around.

The perks and the design are subject to change as this mini-game is still a work-in-progress.

Something I wish I did more of with the mansion mini-game was the perk system; it's something I enjoy a lot in RPGs and character building.

So, this time around, I spent time designing a perk system that offers versatility in how you approach the mini-game. I won't spoil more than this, but I hope you look forward to the future of the series in this regard because I sure do.

 

[den_tiger]

just no bad ass hallway scene unless a pissed off Sage counts I mean from a certain point of view both Vader and sage are fiery red heads that said only one has been on fire . . . so far

That's not what I meant, but ok I guess.

 

[Lightaces]

If you haven't had an MFF yet, I really feel sorry for you, or rather, you did something wrong.

They are fun, aren't they? I heartily recommend.

 

[siliseric]

Have any of you done a playthrough where you specifically chose dialogue options you either never would or just never have?

Doing a run now like that. Already very funny, lolol

Spoiler: Derek

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[felicemastronzo]

WTF!

would you rather, "no, MC, wait, you're too distracted for anal, you need to deal with your friend who just got back from her initiation trip to San Diego first, we'll talk about it later eventually"?

 

[Lightaces]

A MFF can only be recommended. There is nothing hornier when two girls fight over your cock at the same time.

 

[Purrverted Snowflake]

I went with Evan for my main. For my alts: Ace, Leroy, Jean, Tim, Romio, Cam, Ferdinand, Westly, and Quintus.

Leeroy Jenkins?!

 

[Purrverted Snowflake]

How do you do a virgin run?

Jill: Don't fight for Jill and then you're done and don't need to worry about it? Or you could but so long as you don't pick MJ you could pick Others and skip her?
Bella: Don't visit her at the library? Will that stop her and then you can be nice to her all you want? Or is there a second check later?
Sage: Never take her fuckbuddy or dating after Chad options and safe yeah?
MJ: Just say you wanna be friend zoned?
SG's: All of them have an opt out/leave dialogue yeah? Or is there one who will force a sex scene if you go down a path too far?

 

[Sexypeasan]

Look how happy he looks, more than a child with a new toy .

 

[shazba]

would you rather, "no, MC, wait, you're too distracted for anal, you need to deal with your friend who just got back from her initiation trip to San Diego first, we'll talk about it later eventually"?

I must say, I don't like any of these options you're putting on the table...

I'd much prefer:

"Oh mc, is this your blue hair friend you're always not talking about? Well come on and join in, blue haired friend, the more the merrier! "​

 

[felicemastronzo]

I must say, I don't like any of these options you're putting on the table...

I'd much prefer:

"Oh mc, is this your blue hair friend you're always not talking about? Well come on and join in, blue haired friend, the more the merrier! "​

Dream on it...

 

[TimHawk]

but that's the point

the van is there so we can see it, a perfect surveillance operation would be narratively boring and useless, you have to warn of danger, otherwise it would just be random twists and turns

Yea, thats what I said when I discussed it with sixart, if this is just a story telling element, as in DPC hitting us over the head with a club saying : 'something is going on !', then according to the forum DPC is a friggin genius. Even though its 2022 and you can fit a digital cam into the head of a needlepin, a Van apparently signifies surveillance. Inconspicuous seems to trump invisible. But to just tell a story, I get it, it would still be fantasy island, but its a cheap and quick way to do it.

Come on! What better way to surveil a college campus than to park a van right outside in the same place every single day. Are there any buildings nearby they could be hiding in? I don't recall any. It's called hiding in plain sight. Inside the van could be both audio and visual equipment, plus someone who could be communicating with an operative (or operatives) on campus.

And the guy stepping outside is perfect. A guy making a delivery would appear perfectly normal to anyone watching. "Hey, there's the guy who delivers the coffee milk packets and bananas to the cafeteria. Hi, Joe!"

'The guy stepping out', by jumping out the back of the Van in broad daylight, just gave everyone passing by a clear view inside the back of the Van with all the audio and visual equipment...so I'm gonna stick with 'nope'.

And 'a guy' is okay, I mean dalli clearly showed it on the pic, that happened. My point is there is no way, that that person could be an undercover agent or informant, they would never risk that. There are a million ways to debrief him/her or to send and recieve information, they sure wouldnt take the riskiest way to break his/her cover, just for the hell of it.

 

[Ilhares]

How do you do a virgin run?

Such a thing is not possible, the MC is not a virgin.

You may attempt a chaste playthrough. You'll have to 'make Quinn stop' by claiming you came early in the cumpetition, and then actively avoid all interest in the women as the game progresses. Don't get frisky with Quinn's girls or the strippers, and reject providing assistance to Maya & Jill, etc.

 

[Walter Victor]

Yea, thats what I said when I discussed it with sixart, if this is just a story telling element, as in DPC hitting us over the head with a club saying : 'something is going on !', then according to the forum DPC is a friggin genius. Even though its 2022 and you can fit a digital cam into the head of a needlepin, a Van apparently signifies surveillance. Inconspicuous seems to trump invisible.



'The guy stepping out', by jumping out the back of the Van in broad daylight, just gave everyone passing by a clear view inside the back of the Van with all the audio and visual equipment...so I'm gonna stick with 'nope'.

And 'a guy' is okay, I mean dalli clearly showed it on the pic, that happened. My point is there is no way, that that person could be an undercover agent or informant, they would never risk that. There are a million ways to debrief him/her or to send and recieve information, they sure wouldnt take the riskiest way to break his/her cover, just for the hell of it.

Your argument about 2022 is not germane to this game.

However, this is all a useless argument. You're never going to change your mind, and neither am I. It's only speculation anyway. So I'll just let DrPinkCake settle it in due time.

EDIT: Oh yeah! Forgot to mention. What makes you think they wouldn't have a way to disguise what's going on in the van. All they would need would be a curtain.

 

[Deleted member 3788572]

How do you do a virgin run?

Jill: Don't fight for Jill and then you're done and don't need to worry about it? Or you could but so long as you don't pick MJ you could pick Others and skip her?
Bella: Don't visit her at the library? Will that stop her and then you can be nice to her all you want? Or is there a second check later?
Sage: Never take her fuckbuddy or dating after Chad options and safe yeah?
MJ: Just say you wanna be friend zoned?
SG's: All of them have an opt out/leave dialogue yeah? Or is there one who will force a sex scene if you go down a path too far?

Pretty much.
If you're going all the way with Jill, you can't pick Others iirc. If you don't take it further on Bella's couch, you're definitely out. Depending on your Affinity and whether or not Bella recommends you, you might be already out at the Tennis date.

 

[N7]

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It will be a short update today as it's hard to report on the status when I have been writing all week. I've worked on dialogue, free-roam, and phone content.

Writing has been going well, and I have plenty left to write. I feel the episode getting more organized and defined each day I write. It is both fun and challenging because I haven't done this level of branching before.

Planning is key for this episode, so I've been going back and forth to my drawing board a lot to make sure the episode will work for all branches.

I'll probably spend another week writing before working on art again.

I'll have a new preview for you within a few days, and the poll for the second special render set will go live tomorrow.

In this poll, it will either be Jill or Isabella who gets a special render set in episode 9. Sign up as a $10 patron to participate.

Have a nice weekend

Dr PinkCake