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

[Vinit Mecvan]

Does anyone have any idea, how long will it take to release the next episode?

 

[DirtyMario]

Just finished the Interlude on multiple saves and holy crap did that ever feel like 2 hours of wasted time.
I obviously did it in expectation of needing extended saves for Season 3 but I didn't really enjoy that. Not even the first time.
Cliche'd characters I don't really give a damn about doing things that don't concern me and my MC is there but I don't control him.
Zoey is well hot and all but I don't give a rats ass about her self centered doe eyed adventure and her sob story won't make me.
I certainly hope we'll get the option to mostly ignore her and there won't be an overly large portion of S3 devoted to her content alone.

 

[felicemastronzo]

You mean this?
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You mean Quinn's route.
It's also fascinating that you can't see both of this in one playthrough. You get one or the other. Probably means something, IDK.

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I just want to talk of this for a minute.

I've seen the Sushi dinner scene a million times and there are no solid proof that either of them are a couple.
Yes, Olivia might've said "I love you" to Andy, but it was a friendly one because they were teasing him for being quiet when they first met him.
Matthew and Bianca also has no suggestive dialogue to each other that they were in a relationship. Don't know why people think they are. I'm not saying they aren't, I'm just saying you can't definitively say that they are.

Matthew and Olivia kissing outside near B&R the university where Jill is studying is kind of unintuitive because Jill might find out, don't you think? It's risky.

But, maybe DPC is just reusing assets and these are just two random people who happened to have same assets as Olivia and Matthew.

your explanation is common sense, too unfortunately to be the right one

what completely escapes me is what would interest an MC not interested in Jill that two of her friends betray each other, not that for an MC interested in Jill it would be a memorable twist anyway....

 

[Arigon]

The game has over 100 characters, (over 90 not including the Interlude characters and the generically named characters):

Spoiler: There's a lot of 'em

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The game is still a lot of fun, so I don't know why there's all this doom and gloom.

It isn't doom and gloom shazba . All stories have a beginning and an end.
It is retarded to think that DPC is going to keep up with 70-100 characters for more than a minute. Think of how stupid that sounds. If he hired staff, maybe. Otherwise, he is a one dude show. He is already tired. He already gave you guys the hint when someone bitched about the time and he noted how many characters he is having to track, let alone write about.

All I have said is no. Not 16, not 20 chapters. 10. 12 at the absolute most to keep the number round for each season.
He CAN'T keep it up. Plain and simple.
But he will undoubtably write more stories, so no gloom. No doom.
Maybe a revisit to B&R in a new epic.
Who knows?
Peace

 

[PashafromRussia]

Does anyone have any idea, how long will it take to release the next episode?

According to the latest estimates of experts, the new episode should be released in late September - early October. That is, a year will pass since the release of episode 8 and it's too much even for DPC. The interlude was supposed to smooth out the expectation somehow, but it's too short and insignificant for that.

EDIT : After all, 2022 is a transitional year for DPC. Due to the release of the game in steam and GOG, he polished the game for about two months. The size of the Interlude is 700 renders, he usually makes this amount in a month, but he did this game for three months (illness, delay due to polishing for digital release, a short vacation, and so on).

I hope in 2023 he will return to the previous schedule and we will already be able to predict the approximate release dates of the game (April - episode 10, September 11 episode).

2022 is a terrible year. I wish it would end soon.

 

[sixart]

My DJ is in a coma for lettin' the record skip... lettin' the record skip... lettin' the record skip... DAMN !

 

[NebulousShooter]

My DJ is in a coma for lettin' the record skip... lettin' the record skip... lettin' the record skip... DAMN !

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[Kellermann]

more females to fuck during the Halloween party

I wonder if DPC will add an MC jizz-o-meter to the Halloween party to make things more realistic (and less fun), not unlike the drink counter at the dorm party. You will start the party with a ballsack full of man chowder and you are able to fuck up to five total women at the party. Once your jizz-o-meter hits empty then the balls are spent and no more lovin' for you. In that scenario you must choose your jizz receptacles with extreme care. What if the girl you really wanted to fuck arrives late to the party, but MC has already used up his quota of love juice?

By ep 9, a manwhore MC will probably have the potential to sleep with a dozen women or so. DPC has to reel it in somehow and a reverse progress bar might be the way to go.

let's not confuse...

I am Yuno Gasai 's fan, no one is worthy of Him, and you mention Him too lightly

instead I am Kellermann 's buddy, we are college roommates in a parallel reality of the multiverse where I had a lot more fun

I think I've just been friendzoned

 

[NebulousShooter]

I wonder if DPC will add an MC jizz-o-meter to the Halloween party to make things more realistic (and less fun), not unlike the drink counter at the dorm party. You will start the party with a ballsack full of man chowder and you are able to fuck up to five total women at the party. Once your jizz-o-meter hits empty then the balls are spent and no more lovin' for you. In that scenario you must choose your jizz receptacles with extreme care. What if the girl you really wanted to fuck arrives late to the party, but MC has already used up his quota of love juice?

By ep 9, a manwhore MC will probably have the potential to sleep with a dozen women or so. DPC has to reel it in somehow and a reverse progress bar might be the way to go.



I think I've just been friendzoned

Episode 7 you could sleep with everyone, but only Lily managed to drain one bar from the jizz-o-meter, what is up with that? Is it because she is a stripper and she knows stuff?

 

[sixart]

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[PashafromRussia]

I wonder if DPC will add an MC jizz-o-meter to the Halloween party to make things more realistic (and less fun), not unlike the drink counter at the dorm party. You will start the party with a ballsack full of man chowder and you are able to fuck up to five total women at the party. Once your jizz-o-meter hits empty then the balls are spent and no more lovin' for you. In that scenario you must choose your jizz receptacles with extreme care. What if the girl you really wanted to fuck arrives late to the party, but MC has already used up his quota of love juice?

By ep 9, a manwhore MC will probably have the potential to sleep with a dozen women or so. DPC has to reel it in somehow and a reverse progress bar might be the way to go.



I think I've just been friendzoned

I think we can already guess what the Halloween party will be like. Pink alternates sex scenes with side girls (ep. 5 - Riona, Lily, Camila, ep. 6 - Envy, Sandy, Quinn, Sara, Nora, Jade, ep. 7 - Lily, Rio, Camila, Becky, Quinn, ep. 8 - Jade,Envy, Sandy, Sara, Melanie, Lily, Queen), we can expect exactly Riona, Camilla, Nora, Quinn.
Envy was in episode 8, so apparently she won't be there, but there will be one of the other strippers with whom there was no activity (strippers will be invited to the party). Lily was involved in episode 7 and 8, I believe she will be here. She is now playing the role of the second Quinn.
I am 80-90% sure that Heather will explode because preparations for this have been going on for quite a long time (starting as early as episode 4). I think Tommy is too stupid and decides to fuck Tanya right at the party, which will piss off Heather and she will decide to take revenge. (of course, with MС)
The party structure will be not much different from the party in the dorm. We will go from location to location, chat with characters and discover sex scenes. In episode 7, the party had cool events (cocktails and fights with jocks), and in episode 8 there were practically no events and the whole party was quite boring and linear.
There will probably be some contests in episode 9, as Sage said. I would like to see how the MC performs the role of a policeman and expels the most problematic players, but I don't know if this will be implemented. The competition for the best costume, the best pair is a classic of student parties, but we can assume whether we as a player can somehow influence this.

 

[Kellermann]

I think we can already guess what the Halloween party will be like. Pink alternates sex scenes with side girls (ep. 5 - Riona, Lily, Camila, ep. 6 - Envy, Sandy, Quinn, Sara, Nora, Jade, ep. 7 - Lily, Rio, Camila, Becky, Quinn, ep. 8 - Jade,Envy, Sandy, Sara, Melanie, Lily, Queen), we can expect exactly Riona, Camilla, Nora, Quinn.
Envy was in episode 8, so apparently she won't be there, but there will be one of the other strippers with whom there was no activity (strippers will be invited to the party). Lily was involved in episode 7 and 8, I believe she will be here. She is now playing the role of the second Quinn.
I am 80-90% sure that Heather will explode because preparations for this have been going on for quite a long time (starting as early as episode 4). I think Tommy is too stupid and decides to fuck Tanya right at the party, which will piss off Heather and she will decide to take revenge. (of course, with MС)
The party structure will be not much different from the party in the dorm. We will go from location to location, chat with characters and discover sex scenes. In episode 7, the party had cool events (cocktails and fights with jocks), and in episode 8 there were practically no events and the whole party was quite boring and linear.
There will probably be some contests in episode 9, as Sage said. I would like to see how the MC performs the role of a policeman and expels the most problematic players, but I don't know if this will be implemented. The competition for the best costume, the best pair is a classic of student parties, but we can assume whether we as a player can somehow influence this.

Interesting, but it would be disappointing if DPC limits our options just because it is not a particular girl's time in the alternating game of whose turn is it. Halloween is going to be one of the biggest parties yet and I expect most if not all of the girls we diddled to make an appearance. What a drag if they are present but not available. But again, DPC has to throttle back somehow and your scenario is as plausible as any. It should be a fun party no matter what.

 

[PashafromRussia]

Interesting, but it would be disappointing if DPC limits our options just because it is not a particular girl's time in the alternating game of whose turn is it. Halloween is going to be one of the biggest parties yet and I expect most if not all of the girls we diddled to make an appearance. What a drag if they are present but not available. But again, DPC has to throttle back somehow and your scenario is as plausible as any. It should be a fun party no matter what.

There were only 16 scenes in episode 8 (and two scenes with Madame ). Pink said that the number of animations will be at the level of 8 episodes, that is, apparently there will be 16 scenes. So, 6 scenes will be devoted to the main love interests and we have the remaining 10 scenes. Then we can speculate. The scene with Nora is confirmed by the preview, the same goes for Riona and one of the new girls from Pink's words. It remains 7. Then only your wishes.

 

[NebulousShooter]

I think we can already guess what the Halloween party will be like. Pink alternates sex scenes with side girls (ep. 5 - Riona, Lily, Camila, ep. 6 - Envy, Sandy, Quinn, Sara, Nora, Jade, ep. 7 - Lily, Rio, Camila, Becky, Quinn, ep. 8 - Jade,Envy, Sandy, Sara, Melanie, Lily, Queen), we can expect exactly Riona, Camilla, Nora, Quinn.
Envy was in episode 8, so apparently she won't be there, but there will be one of the other strippers with whom there was no activity (strippers will be invited to the party). Lily was involved in episode 7 and 8, I believe she will be here. She is now playing the role of the second Quinn.
I am 80-90% sure that Heather will explode because preparations for this have been going on for quite a long time (starting as early as episode 4). I think Tommy is too stupid and decides to fuck Tanya right at the party, which will piss off Heather and she will decide to take revenge. (of course, with MС)
The party structure will be not much different from the party in the dorm. We will go from location to location, chat with characters and discover sex scenes. In episode 7, the party had cool events (cocktails and fights with jocks), and in episode 8 there were practically no events and the whole party was quite boring and linear.
There will probably be some contests in episode 9, as Sage said. I would like to see how the MC performs the role of a policeman and expels the most problematic players, but I don't know if this will be implemented. The competition for the best costume, the best pair is a classic of student parties, but we can assume whether we as a player can somehow influence this.

On Heather, I'm one of the few that really like Tommy and I really hope that she is the one pregnant and that forces Tommy to finally get a grip and mature since he has been spiraling for a while now. The alternative is that he will be the character with the tragic end, bet your money on that.

Interesting, but it would be disappointing if DPC limits our options just because it is not a particular girl's time in the alternating game of whose turn is it. Halloween is going to be one of the biggest parties yet and I expect most if not all of the girls we diddled to make an appearance. What a drag if they are present but not available. But again, DPC has to throttle back somehow and your scenario is as plausible as any. It should be a fun party no matter what.

But here is the thing, he could have had Riona/Camilla scenes instead of his Madame scenes in episode 8, so he could cut down by avoiding unnecessary filler, or replacing the filler with the popular girls, but as PashafromRussia pointed out, it feels everything is by design, he keeps this pacing that way for whatever reason. I doubt too much Rio would give Tremolo diabetes...

 

[hakuna-matata]

I wanna marry Quinn in real life. Can anyone help me? I need her.

You can start off by visiting your local women's prison. I am 100% certain you can find a drug dealing pimp just like her. I wish you the best on your journey!

 

[shazba]

It isn't doom and gloom shazba . All stories have a beginning and an end.
It is retarded to think that DPC is going to keep up with 70-100 characters for more than a minute. Think of how stupid that sounds. If he hired staff, maybe. Otherwise, he is a one dude show. He is already tired. He already gave you guys the hint when someone bitched about the time and he noted how many characters he is having to track, let alone write about.

All I have said is no. Not 16, not 20 chapters. 10. 12 at the absolute most to keep the number round for each season.
He CAN'T keep it up. Plain and simple.
But he will undoubtably write more stories, so no gloom. No doom.
Maybe a revisit to B&R in a new epic.
Who knows?
Peace

I can't see him just prematurely ending the game. He's never shown signs of slowing down, he only generates more and more content each release.

And while some people aren't loving the logistics behind some of the plot points (can't please everyone), I think his characters and pacing have been pretty consistent, and nothing feels rushed or significantly out of place.

He's stated more than once that he's already planned out his overall story, and I think we've all worked out he puts some plot points in motion well before they become fully apparent. So he must have a decent method of tracking his characters and story; he's not just winging off the top of his head.

He's said from the beginning that he has a very specific plan for the game, and while he often gets carried away and adds more detail than he initially intended, I don't see why you would get the impression that he can't keep this up (the fact that he gets carried away and produces more than he intended only shows his enthusiasm is genuine, if he starts half-assing it, then I'd accept we were nearing the end).

I wouldn't hold him to the standards of a typical developer, he's very unique in that his drive hasn't wavered one bit. The guy even got COVID and hardly skipped a beat.

After episode 8 was released (late last year), he explicitly stated, "Right now, we have reached an approximate midpoint of the main story." I can't see why he'd just outright lie about that; patron's are gonna keep paying right up until the end.

And only a few months ago, when questioned about "burn out", he answered it pretty definitively: He still loves making this game.

To Quote him (from the last Q&A - Feb this year):

"The motivation is always there since I love creating the game. I was prepared beforehand that the development would be this long, which also helps. Also, looking forward to episodes that I know are coming soon keeps me going. There are many scenes I can't wait to write, and when the time comes to write them, it's like a big payout."​

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He has consistently had this attitude towards his work, so I'm really quite convinced he will follow through with his plan, and all evidence so far points to the game being longer, not shorter, than originally intended.

 

[Arigon]

I can't see him just prematurely ending the game. He's never shown signs of slowing down, he only generates more and more content each release.

And while some people aren't loving the logistics behind some of the plot points (can't please everyone), I think his characters and pacing have been pretty consistent, and nothing feels rushed or significantly out of place.

He's stated more than once that he's already planned out his overall story, and I think we've all worked out he puts some plot points in motion well before they become fully apparent. So he must have a decent method of tracking his characters and story; he's not just winging off the top of his head.

He's said from the beginning that he has a very specific plan for the game, and while he often gets carried away and adds more detail than he initially intended, I don't see why you would get the impression that he can't keep this up (the fact that he gets carried away and produces more than he intended only shows his enthusiasm is genuine, if he starts half-assing it, then I'd accept we were nearing the end).

I wouldn't hold him to the standards of a typical developer, he's very unique in that his drive hasn't wavered one bit. The guy even got COVID and hardly skipped a beat.

After episode 8 was released (late last year), he explicitly stated, "Right now, we have reached an approximate midpoint of the main story." I can't see why he'd just outright lie about that; patron's are gonna keep paying right up until the end.

And only a few months ago, when questioned about "burn out", he answered it pretty definitively: He still loves making this game.

To Quote him (from the last Q&A - Feb this year):

"The motivation is always there since I love creating the game. I was prepared beforehand that the development would be this long, which also helps. Also, looking forward to episodes that I know are coming soon keeps me going. There are many scenes I can't wait to write, and when the time comes to write them, it's like a big payout."​

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He has consistently had this attitude towards his work, so I'm really quite convinced he will follow through with his plan, and all evidence so far points to the game being longer, not shorter, than originally intended.

Time will tell.
I disagree wholeheartedly.

 

[Alphaeboy]

The reason why I love quinn's route is because you gather a lot of knowledge. And Quinn is all about knowledge and how to use the knowledge against people.

Also, Quinn Rejects MC if he's on Jill path which make sense now lol.

 

[Walter Victor]

There's a lewd scene with Quinn in her room in Episode 4 that requires DIK affinity, but is exclusive to staying with the HOT's thus requiring being on Sage's route. Though that's only one IIRC.

Right, that's during the free roam that only occurs if you asked to stay overnight with Sage after the Maya/Josy cliffhanger at the end of Episode 3.

 

[LizaS]

I can't see him just prematurely ending the game. He's never shown signs of slowing down, he only generates more and more content each release.

And while some people aren't loving the logistics behind some of the plot points (can't please everyone), I think his characters and pacing have been pretty consistent, and nothing feels rushed or significantly out of place.

He's stated more than once that he's already planned out his overall story, and I think we've all worked out he puts some plot points in motion well before they become fully apparent. So he must have a decent method of tracking his characters and story; he's not just winging off the top of his head.

He's said from the beginning that he has a very specific plan for the game, and while he often gets carried away and adds more detail than he initially intended, I don't see why you would get the impression that he can't keep this up (the fact that he gets carried away and produces more than he intended only shows his enthusiasm is genuine, if he starts half-assing it, then I'd accept we were nearing the end).

I wouldn't hold him to the standards of a typical developer, he's very unique in that his drive hasn't wavered one bit. The guy even got COVID and hardly skipped a beat.

After episode 8 was released (late last year), he explicitly stated, "Right now, we have reached an approximate midpoint of the main story." I can't see why he'd just outright lie about that; patron's are gonna keep paying right up until the end.

And only a few months ago, when questioned about "burn out", he answered it pretty definitively: He still loves making this game.

To Quote him (from the last Q&A - Feb this year):

"The motivation is always there since I love creating the game. I was prepared beforehand that the development would be this long, which also helps. Also, looking forward to episodes that I know are coming soon keeps me going. There are many scenes I can't wait to write, and when the time comes to write them, it's like a big payout."​

​

He has consistently had this attitude towards his work, so I'm really quite convinced he will follow through with his plan, and all evidence so far points to the game being longer, not shorter, than originally intended.

Agreed. If you just read on his latest dev blogs, he even mentioned saying that he can't stop writing. He for sure enjoying what he is doing right now. He is basically on everyone's dream life right now, that being knowing what you enjoy, and finding how to make money off of it.

This is most likely one of the reasons why he wouldn't hire help. Because he enjoys what he's doing right now.
Like for us, when we want to see the different outcomes in this game, we would be the ones going and playing another playthrough. Why would we find another person to do it for us if we enjoy finding them and see the differences?

Time will tell.
I disagree wholeheartedly.

I'll just say this about the whole "burnout" thing. I think a person who enjoys what he or she does, would never burnout. Worst-case, someone who enjoys what they're doing tend to burnout later than someone who doesn't.

About the "juggling" of the 70 characters argument, if you just look at the bios (app in the phone) you could see half of them are like background characters. Literally.
I'm not even talking about a character like Riona or even Elena, because they are important and are side-characters. I'm talking about characters who have 0-2 lines in a span of 8 episodes. If you remember the nerd that Thiccsabella shouts to in the library before the MC comes to talk to her, that guy counts. Dude has like 1 line in the game. He is in the bios and is counted and included in the 70 characters.
DPC wouldn't worry about creating a character arc about the cafeteria girl, 'cause she's just a background character.
So please, he only has like at max 40 characters to juggle and only some of 'em would need character arcs and development if need be or if he chooses to do so.
As others have said, all the main story plot points have an outline, start to finish, it has been worked out, it's been outlined. It's fine.

DPC said in the past that maybe this goes up to 16-20 episodes, I think that's too long though, 12 is a safe bet. But I would say 16 episodes and then it would end there. Maybe an epilogue and nothing more. Just wishful thinking.