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

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AhoyEarth said:
I'm thinking something like, say, Milfy City ( ability to choose what to pursue next, move around) rather than a full blown sandbox?
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I'm going to say No, in that case. Things, so far as I can recall (I'm sure others will correct me if I am mistaken) have a pretty set-in-stone chronology, with the exception of whether or not you have one of the girls from the restaurant service you.
 
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Does this game have any sandbox elements whatsoever or is it just a straight up visual novel? I know the tag is there but it's usually not so cut and dried.
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Every release has 3 or 4 free-roam scenes. There are also several mini-games, mostly small, but there was one big one in Season 2 that lasted over several Episodes, and there is another big mini-game planned for Season 3. Mini-games can be skipped, though - but not the free roams.

Other than that, most of this game is a VN with meaningful choices.
 
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AhoyEarth said:
I'm thinking something like, say, Milfy City ( ability to choose what to pursue next, move around) rather than a full blown sandbox?
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This game is in no way like Milfy City. The free-roam aspects are self-contained. The game has a story to tell. The player is free to pursue or not pursue numerous LIs, but that's all within the framework of VN choices, not free-roam wanderings.

Besides, this developer won't abandon us... Well, at least we know he IS working on the next release that will be out later this year.
 
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Ilhares said:
No, that's what a hack does when he has no idea how to move forward with his game where he's at. If anything needs a remastering it can wait until the whole game is finished.
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Right, I would be fine with that thus ready when it will be ready in production but then I'm thinking now that there are mods everywhere, could be easily reproduced if needed with bit of help? :unsure:
 
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AhoyEarth said:
Does this game have any sandbox elements whatsoever or is it just a straight up visual novel? I know the tag is there but it's usually not so cut and dried.
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Ilhares said:
To a smaller degree. There are some free roam events, but I wouldn't really call it sandbox. It's always rather limited in scope. i.e. you're wandering around the frat house, the dorm, or the campus library.
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Well bud, my fingertips started getting calluses from coding the FreeRoam events in a few of the multiple events.
Ep5 Preps, Ep6 Library DnG, and Ep7 HOTs event come to mind. Especially that DnG event, that took way more time for me to code and consolidate than normal (to take into account all possible endings). I guess it's a matter of perspective to be fair. I mean, this ain't free roam like Fallout Vegas or Witcher but it's rather respectable for a porn VN.
 
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AhoyEarth said:
I'm thinking something like, say, Milfy City ( ability to choose what to pursue next, move around) rather than a full blown sandbox?
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The free roam events are always limited to a small location with no “travel” options. Leaving the location means ending the free roam and going back to story telling mode.

Initially the free roam location required you to click the hidden arrows (that show up when you move the cursor into the vicinity), to go from room to room, or turn around.

The navigation in these scenes is probably the worst thing about the game. For all the awesome shit the developer has achieved in the game, his free roam navigation feels like it was done by a moron. He’s acknowledged that and provided a navigation bar that improves things.

Often entering into a new room in the free roam will trigger a scene, and certain actions need to be performed before the free roam can end.

It’s still quite well done (disregarding the initial navigation), and the mix of free roam with scene triggers makes the experience quite engaging.

Probably a good comparison between the sandbox of games like Milfy City or Summertime Saga, is the free roams within this game are on a micro level. They deal with a specific event in greater detail, as opposed to bouncing around looking for an event across a world map.
 
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SanchoOpinion: These might be best described in short as "linear free roam" events. That's how I think of it tbh and how I code the mod. Much the same as UniOfProbs, Eternum, AOA, etc. It's really a linear event broken up into a facade of mini-choices that are generally minor in their result compared to the true "major choice decisions" that loom otherwise. These types of events are generally inserted to break up the monotony of a longer VNs so as not to induce boredom and (hopefully) keep the player engaged. That's my true two cents worth.
 
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Unofficial Android Port for :

Being a DIK [v0.8.2] + Scrappy's Mod

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