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dalli are you going balls deep into girls and then blaming them?The alternative did not seem reasonable for my MC.![]()
dalli are you going balls deep into girls and then blaming them?The alternative did not seem reasonable for my MC.![]()
Of course. The women just can't control themselves.dalli are you going balls deep into girls and then blaming them?![]()
Very wise. Agreed, its always good to expect bad stuff to temper ones expectations and the disappointment wont hurt as bad when the content is much worse or downright awful. If its very good or good content you come away happyI am sure that episode 9 will be the most controversial of all. Before that, the most controversial episodes were 5 and 8, but I think 9 will surpass them all. Why? Just because of the branching. He will just get confused, one branch will contradict another, he will change the characters of the characters for specific purposes. I am looking forward to the new episode, but I am already internally ready to see a large number of inconsistencies and contradictions.
So much this. For one thing theres endless amounts of content out there, its easier to drop new stuff and enjoy games/books/movies whatever that you already consumed rather than take a chance at new stuff, especially if it doesn't capture you instantly.It would be a weird choice, since his main focus besides writing the story itself has been improving the animations and quality of the renders. Most of it would be pointless in a mainstream VN, since you're not expected to get that there except for some special bits.
Meanwhile, he can't do a game that isn't a VN with this quality since he works alone, and it'd be insane amounts of works for a single person.
Plus, if DPC is focusing on maximized earnings, he has two options: found an Indy studio and expand, and then go mainstream, or keep where he is and making tons of money. He found his niche, he earns incredibly well and is still slowly expanding.
Changing genres would be a significant risk, and for what? To write a non porn VN in a bloated and mostly dead market? And not to mention that his style, Realistic 3D isn't what mainstream VNs are, since those are almost always japanese or Japanese inspired, both visually and plot wise.
This isn't the early 2000s where things like Fate Stay exploded and created a mainstream franchise. People have much higher expectations and there's a lot of good to mediocre products there.
This reminds me of 2 stories:
Worm's author, Wildblow. One of the first niche internet authors to get really big from Patreon and his writings. His first story was wildly successful considering the predecessors. After finishing Worm, Wildbow decided to change genres from Superhero to a weird Horror/Fantasyesque story. It tanked and now he's back to writing a Worm sequel.
The entire Nostalgia Critic/That Guy with Glasses attempt at killing off the NC character and creating and directing a more mainstream humor show. It imploded quickly, made him lose a ton of money and he had to go back to critique videos to salvage his paycheck.
Well, ONE of them has really bad taste, who is supposed to take the heat?dalli are you going balls deep into girls and then blaming them?![]()
We could have also been treated to Zoey flashbacks throughout S1 and S2 so as to not need one big exposition dump to justify her presence, but then again that would have needed this whole thing not to be a retcon for cheap dramaThat's assuming none of the content in the interlude would be needed in Ep9. But that's not really the case. Even if there's no interlude, most of the interlude would still need to be produced for explaining Zoey's return and whoever else is coming from the west coast chasing after her. So there's really not much if any time saved.
There is no official V8 update and never was. You can search the thread for an unofficial fan-made patch, but that's all on you. I suggest grabbing the torrent and getting the full magilla.i want link for v8 update only i have v7 help plzz
It's really not a retcon, though. You're just getting more of the story than you initially did as MC related his past to Bella, and then some details about her that MC doesn't know.We could have also been treated to Zoey flashbacks throughout S1 and S2 so as to not need one big exposition dump to justify her presence, but then again that would have needed this whole thing not to be a retcon for cheap drama![]()
20 gb it alot i already have 14 gb tell v 7There is no official V8 update and never was. You can search the thread for an unofficial fan-made patch, but that's all on you. I suggest grabbing the torrent and getting the full magilla.
Make sure you create life insurance... and do not fuck it up20 gb it alot i already have 14 gb tell v 7![]()
I did support DPC though for about a year and sung his praises whenever I could, until I decided I didn't like how he operates and stopped.Interesting. You accuse someone of being wrong, but your argument is total bullshit.
If the fans didn't support DPC, DPC wouldn't be able to develop BaDIK full time because he would have to work a "normal" job to support his family. As a result, up to 10 hours a day would go to his "normal" job, which certainly wouldn't lead to shorter update times.
On the subject of employees
DPC can no longer hire employees and form them into a team. He should have done that before BaDIK was launched to ensure consistent quality. But he simply didn't have the money for it at that time and would have had to make large investments for a project whose success on this scale was not foreseeable, certainly not after AL's shitstorm.
Now DPC has the money to hire staff, but bringing those staff to his quality line would not work, as each person is different and different creative impressions would go into BaDIK, with the risk of losing the authenticity of the previous game. To prevent this, DPC would spend much more time on corrections, which would lead to longer update times.
DPC has already let it be known that it already has ideas for a game based on BaDIK. It would make sense for DPC to hire people and form a team before he starts producing a new game, because that team would establish a common level of quality that would apply from start to finish.
My personal thoughts
The people who don't support DPC financially, in my eyes, don't even have the right to complain about the way DPC operates. They are consuming his product without his permission and should be happy that they can get updates at all.
Many here in the thread are decent people who enjoy the game, appreciate DPC's work, and have stimulating discussions and debates about the game's content. That actually shows me that DPC has done everything right so far, because otherwise this thread wouldn't have reached this size.
These decent people are why I like this thread and am here regularly.
Yes I know that I am dalli_x.![]()
Ep1 of Badik was launched on feb 2019 just before the pandemic, at that point DPC had 600 patreons. Althought this seems nothing today the truth is everyone had smaller numbers back than than they have today. You can have funchecking the numbers here:Wait, so before pandemic, he wasn't at 10k patreon or atleast close to that (like 5k)? I thought what made him popular was Acting Lessons?
Nice to have you support DPC once.I did support DPC though for about a year and sung his praises whenever I could, until I decided I didn't like how he operates and stopped.
Each person may and should express his opinion, so I have my PERSONAL THOUGHTS PRESENTED. I have even written about it, that it is my personal opinion. Do you want to forbid me my personal opinion now?And even if they didn't it's a free world, people are allowed to have an opinion on things.
I didn't write so you said (I read it, not heard it) that people shouldn't support DPC. I wonder where you read that in my response to your post.Also you are mistaken, I never said people should not support him(as I supported him myself for a time)I said not many people spoke up as he kept extending the development time from update to update.
You're wrong. We should blame ourselves, i.e. people who supported him as he drew out the release dates further and further.
As far as I know when I cancelled my pledge he was still working alone and I think he still is, with the amount of money he is making he can upgrade his equipment to no end, or hire people to render for him, write the code and so many other things to shorten the development time, but he doesn't.
Because we love BAD.
You should not insult anyone. This is a sign of weakness and the absence of arguments.And those who did were harassed by jackasses like you, who think people shouldn't criticize what they enjoy.
Slowly introduce employees to his work ethic? We want the updates faster, not slower. Besides, you even agree with me on this point, that it would not make sense for DPC to hire employees at this time, because it would take too long to bring them to its quality line. Exactly what I wrote, not what I said.And he most certainly can hire employees and bring them up to speed on his work ethic slowly, to ensure quality isn't lost.
It's a pity that you don't want to respond to my argument and show me where I misunderstood you.I could go on a deep dive on your arguments and explain where you misunderstood me, but as I made a general statement about how I personally felt, I'm not going to.
When your asshole goes wild, you should pay a visit to Chad and Troy.Dude, i'm here regularly. You're a 40 year old Timmy who writes in green and smileys, with 4k posts to his name.
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Sorry, too much time in rpgcodex makes my assholery go wild. I promise i'm a Timmy too![]()
Yep, like 600 patrons in 2019 is equal to like 6k patrons in 2022. Because Patreon still isn't that much of a household name before in 2019.Ep1 of Badik was launched on feb 2019 just before the pandemic, at that point DPC had 600 patreons. Althought this seems nothing today the truth is everyone had smaller numbers back than than they have today. You can have funchecking the numbers here:
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As my comment was very broad it can easily be misunderstood.It's a pity that you don't want to respond to my argument and show me where I misunderstood you.![]()
This is my opinion about this issue.As my comment was very broad it can easily be misunderstood.
He could easily hire people to write the code for him, there are many talented people who can do that and much better than DPC. By doing that he can focus on improving his script and render quality, that alone would not only decrease development time but also increase the quality. As a programmer myself it would not take me more than a few days to understand his code. A week tops.
As for the support thing. I never said monetary support, I meant like you are doing. At the start I defended him as well, no matter what anyone said, when I should have criticized some things, but didn't.
As for monetary support, these devs bill people monthly even though they don't release monthly updates. So am of the opinion that people should only support for a certain amount and no more.
Support comes in many ways. I wrote a general comment, not a review, so stop bugging me with technical issues it is annoying.
Learn to read between the lines, you'll be happier that way.
So 26 (lengthy) animations are gonna take two weeks?I still have 26 animations in the queue, and with most of them being fairly long, I think I have at least two more weeks before the queue finishes.
Programming is not only "writing a story", but also creating mini-games, programming the code of free roams and much more. Programming does take up a smaller part of his work, but he could easily shift the work of creating mini-games to someone else. As I have already said, writing code for mini-games being studied in any basic programming course.This is my opinion about this issue.
Here is a random piece of the code:
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The green part (most of it) it's part of the story script, the rest is the actual code.
Personally, I don't want anyone but DPC to write the story script. Some may disagree, but for me he is a great writer (for this place) and his writing it's what it makes the game good. Most importantly I don't see how DPC would want to see someone writing his story for himself.
Personally I dont see how anyone would making this kind of games would want to give the writing of the story to a different guy. It's your story, your vision, the writing should be the most important part for the creator. If it's not, then you clearly don't care for your own story. Like Icstor for example or even Darkcoockie were the story is completely secondary.
With that clear out...
How it's going to win time that someone write the code for you if hald the "code" it's actually story writing and the other half it's game design and visual design? How it's going to win time ifboth things are mixxed up to a point that one or two lines of code are next to one or two lines of writing?.
Can you imagine trying to give your script to a coder so he can write the code? You will need to add a note every one or two lines and say "Put this image here, put this music there". It's more easy to directly write the code!.
Besides the code itself it's quite a mechanic thing. In this example out of 11 lines of actual code (I mean no story script), 9 off them are the practically the same. When you write story, you don't write like if everything were in your head from the get go, you write one line or two, maybe 3 4, 5... andf then you stop to think. At some point you get blocked, and need some time before continue. All this free times you simple go ahead and write the code since it's a mechanic thing who doesn't demand creativity. You don't get blocked couse it's the same 4 or 5 commands that you need to repeat once and again and again.
And yes, not all the code its like that. But 80%, 90% it is like that. And he seems to personally enjoy the other 10,20.
Honestely taking into account how Badik is, what we like about it, and how DPC is, the only thing i see could actually speed things up are more artirt, no more coders. More coders works for games who demands more complicate codes (less story script intense) or were the story it's a generic pretext to deliver porn.