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

[StultusAnglicus]

MC was sure about his choice, that was the whole point.

You really think that ridiculously flip-floppy MC wasn't gonna have any more existential crisis' about where he's pitching his tent post? (Even if Zoey never returned). I know you're smarter than that.

Zoey -snip- isnt coming back to just be friends with him lol

Of course not, she thinks he is her magical true love, these guys are barely adults and have veeery little experience of how real life works. But like I said in my first post on this, it's just gonna be sad for them both, MC has moved on, she is too late; of course he will still have some feelings - they were best friends once. But that doesn't mean MC will have to suddenly weep for some lost love, his choosing his LI might make him able to understand that what he felt for her wasnt the love as he thought. And it will be sad for her to realise she is too late, she will always have that 'what if' in her life now. A bit of tragedy is long overdue on DPC's wheel of misfortune drama, he hasnt played it since the opening with the MC's mother being DOA to the game. *EDIT* I just remembered Jills sister too. still it's been a few chapters *EDIT*

how is it not his problem? -snip- his game and his story.

I think this is just a point we will never fully understand each other on imo the branches have gone quite nicely, but then I'm biased to my favourite LI as I'm sure we all are!
-Josy/Maya Story, This one isn't really my cup of tea, harem has never really done much for me, It's also the weakest in my opinion... Magic penis turning lesbians straight aside, it all seems a weird competition for MC's D... it does feel the least loved by DPC.
-Sage story line, was all fine to me (although I'll admit her sudden desire to get fucked by Quinn seemed a bit left field, then again she also apparently has a thing for public sex too so maybe she is a little more kinky than we all first thought).
-Jill story... It does exactly what a full chick story line with a very vanilla girl should. Overly dramatic declarations of falling in love after like 2 dates? Shit is straight out of some kind of teen romance novel.
-Bella story, I have lots of questions and story lines left that keep me coming back (Honestly I SERIOUSLY cannot wait to see MC's dad react to his son dating someone twice his age ), I also live my life in fear of the day I understand what was meant by "But if i had known the real reasons to her tears, and her persona, I wouldnt have kissed her that night, I would have called out for help."

TLDR for this last bit - Yeh, I guess some LI's get more love than others from DPC.

 

[SomboSteel]

You really think that ridiculously flip-floppy MC wasn't gonna have any more existential crisis' about where he's pitching his tent post? (Even if Zoey never returned). I know you're smarter than that.

the last thing I’ll say is that it actually was entirely possible to make a story where MC didn’t flip flop after the Crossroads decision. Zoey coming back guarantees that as an impossibility.

 

[Lostanddamned]

-Bella story, I have lots of questions and story lines left that keep me coming back (Honestly I SERIOUSLY cannot wait to see MC's dad react to his son dating someone twice his age ), I also live my life in fear of the day I understand what was meant by "But if i had known the real reasons to her tears, and her persona, I wouldnt have kissed her that night, I would have called out for help."

Inb4 Neil turns into Eric from Big Brother and starts seducing your chosen LI and you can do nothing about it.

 

[diegao]

Can someone tell me how can i delect the last save you do in S2 to import on S3 on android??

 

[PashafromRussia]

I think we're all wrong with the perception of Zoey. I think its main and main reason for existence is that Pink couldn't cope with time management and spent three months fiddling with the digital release of season 2. I think he originally planned a small backstory for her as the backstory of the Brotherhood of Diks in episode 5, but he realized that he would not have time to release two episodes and therefore decided to release the backstory as a separate mini-episode.

 

[Cricco]

Good news: we get a lot of useful numbers! Bad news: we're still missing some important ones, and the uncertainty remains high. But let's not look gift numbers in the mouth!

DPC has created somewhere in excess of 700 static renders in the last 10 weeks, an average of more than 70 statics per week; overall, he's averaged ~109 statics per week since the Interlude launched. No new word on animations, but he had a total of 95 three weeks ago. We also know he completed at least 9 new ones last week, which is on par with our latest estimate of his overall animation render rate (8.6/week).

We now learn that he has completed 35-45% of the total statics and 40-60% of the total animations (these are obviously estimates, of course). For static renders the calculation is relatively simple: if we arbitrarily assume the current count is 1520, that gives us a target static render total between 3378 and 4343 - call it 3860 statics. For animations it's hazier: we could be anywhere between 104-122 animations (possibly even more), which gives us between 173-305 animations as a target. We'll call that 240, but it's a very variable 240. We can also smoosh the animation and static render percentages together to get an approximate completion percentage of ~45% (37-53%); that's an extremely speculative number since it's not clear the two should be given equal weight, but let's just go with it for now.

Throw all those numbers on are charts, scrape off the cobwebs, and what do we get?

Spoiler: Charts Are Back, Baby!

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If we go strictly by the static and animation charts, the game would probably release in early October: technically the statics would take until late January, but there's every reason to think the rate will increase substantially when DPC focuses on them. But that's the average case. If we take the optimistic view (3378 statics, 173 animations), DPC could finish the animations by late July and the statics around mid August; that's probably a late August release in practice (since there'd be less time to pick up the slack in static renders), but still a fairly rosy scenario. If we take the pessimistic view (4343 static, 305 animations), we're now looking at early November to complete the animations (and somewhere between that and February to complete the statics). That probably works out to a late November release.

So overall I'd say these numbers generally confirm what we've already been thinking: the release window is somewhere between mid-August and the start of December. Personally, I feel slightly more optimistic this week since it does sound like DPC is still on course for a smaller animation count than Episode 8. That suggests that he's been at least somewhat successful in preventing Episode 9 from snowballing out of control which is the biggest risk to the timetable (both now and going forward). So I'd say the main takeaway is that we're making good progress and DPC does seem to have a finish line in mind now, but we're still at least a couple months out.

Mmmm.

If we go strictly by the static and animation charts, the game would probably release in early October: technically the statics would take until late January, but there's every reason to think the rate will increase substantially when DPC focuses on them. But that's the average case. If we take the optimistic view (3378 statics, 173 animations), DPC could finish the animations by late July and the statics around mid August; that's probably a late August release in practice (since there'd be less time to pick up the slack in static renders), but still a fairly rosy scenario. If we take the pessimistic view (4343 static, 305 animations), we're now looking at early November to complete the animations (and somewhere between that and February to complete the statics). That probably works out to a late November release.

Mmmm.

If we go strictly by the static and animation charts, the game would probably release in early October:

Mmmm.

So, basically, in other words, what i believe you're implying is, if i'm not mistaken, that we're looking at 1 year between EP8 and EP9, all because of that trashass inked smurf Zoey.

Mmmm.

I'm glad.

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[BorgiaBou]

I am telling you now, most of us will be dead before this game is completed.

Let's just hope the dev will not be the one... just saiyn'

 

[wolfpackjac3]

this is the first adult game that i read every single word, the story is so rich and i think im in love with maya

These two statements diametrically oppose each other.. "read every single word", "in love with maya"... cannot compute! Just playing, I don't want to Li preference shame. Ha in reality though, after her last leaked render I think I am in love too.

 

[PashafromRussia]

These two statements diametrically oppose each other.. "read every single word", "in love with maya"... cannot compute! Just playing, I don't want to Li preference shame. Ha in reality though, after her last leaked render I think I am in love too.

Maya of the first season is one of the brightest girls of the series. She is nice, friendly and not so annoying. When Josie arrived and this terrible credit issue was revealed, Maya's rating collapsed to Madame's level. I don't understand at all what Pink was thinking when he created this storyline. In the reddit, in the discord Maya is one of the most unloved girls in the community.

 

[wolfpackjac3]

Maya of the first season is one of the brightest girls of the series. She is nice, friendly and not so annoying. When Josie arrived and this terrible credit issue was revealed, Maya's rating collapsed to Madame's level. I don't understand at all what Pink was thinking when he created this storyline. In the reddit, in the discord Maya is one of the most unloved girls in the community.

I think she could redeem herself if she would toughen up and stop playing the victim. I remember my first playthrough, thinking she was going to be my top pick, and then getting annoyed at how she seems to be the only college student who thinks life should be free somehow. Even her whining about being mislead went on too long and put her in last place for me. I imagine this and more is how a lot of people felt. I wish the option to reject her outright was more apparent and not just a throuple copout

 

[Pendrell]

In reply to speculation on Patreon about a release near Halloween...

 

[ChipLecsap]

the last thing I’ll say is that it actually was entirely possible to make a story where MC didn’t flip flop after the Crossroads decision. Zoey coming back guarantees that as an impossibility.

. While I won't deny, that zoey arrival might shake a bit MC feelings, I dont think he will second guess his current relationship if he has any.
It will be in the hand of the players like always, and they are the one who gonna choose to go for it. And then complaining about it here..
No matter whos path their on , most people won't reject a possible sex scene, and they will complain if they can't get it, and they complain if they get it, but it has a consequence, it's just the same old circile..

I myself guilty about this too, so I know what I'm talking about..

 

[ChipLecsap]

In reply to speculation on Patreon about a release near Halloween...

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That's a relief, not that I was expecting differently

 

[Train of Thought]

1- Religion has no place here. We are literally the members of a Den of Inequity
2- DPC is responsible for every single facet of his game, by choice. For those who think this is going to go more than a couple more chapters, do you really think he would start resolving some of the relationships here in chapter 8 if there are going to be 20? Exactly. He wouldn't. This particular story will be ending within a few more updates. 10 is my bet for the final, but for sure by 12. He can not keep up this pace. Plus he wants to do other things. So what are you going to do with the soon to hit ending???? Cry? Please, WE ARE REPROBATES. We nut and move on.
3- Look, Pink is not good at some aspects of this. He is brilliant at others. Visually he is hard to beat. Story...... not so much. So why get bent out of shape about the Jade/Stephen/Sage thing???? Just accept it as a stupid way of writing, and go on. It is always going to smell, look, and taste bad. Just gut it up and swallow!

Peace
PS
Quinn is NOT a love interest!

You never fail to entertain us Arigon
Please never stop

 

[Olsens.M]

You never fail to entertain us Arigon
Please never stop

does this guy knows how to do the math? we got chapter 8 by now. with 10 more updates it is gonna be 18 chapters. 18 to 20 doesn't make much of a difference and 10 updates from now is more updates than what we had so far or the same amount if you count christmas special and Zoey interlude. So if he is trying to say DPC won't do anymore chapters and is going to finish his game soon but at the same time he is saying DPC is just halfway from what he has planned, this guy must be tripping really bad.
if he delivers 10 more updates than now it is even more than I expect because I was only expecting 16 chapters. After all, DPC has told he was half way already.

 

[PashafromRussia]

In reply to speculation on Patreon about a release near Halloween...

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That's a relief, not that I was expecting differently

Halloween is the fucking 31st of October. There is a widespread opinion in reddit about the release on Halloween, and given that people from discord are active users of reddit (f95 is considered too toxic for DPC snowflakes), it is not surprising that these conversations have reached DPC.

 

[Lostanddamned]

That's a relief, not that I was expecting differently

Meanwhile DPC: If I had to speculate on a release date, I'd have to say December 2022 seems to be the most accurate release date.

 

[sixart]

if he delivers 10 more updates

What he actually meant ( or claims ?! ) was the games END at EP10 which would meant 2 more to go ( next in around October and a final one later... ) or he's now going for 12 episodes ( as in EP12 THE END ! ) which would be 4 updates...

However it is bullshit

 

[dalli_x]

Yeah, I posted this theory after I played the update and everyone thought it was ridiculous (except ChipLecsap, who thought it was the most amazing thing ever).

The thing that leads me to believe it's true is - Bella's boss doesn't acknowledge James at all. Sure their conversation was inappropriate, but Bella's boss acts like James isn't even there. Which leads me to believe she caught Bella talking to herself and sent her home so she can relax and get her bearings.

Also, the guy with the glasses watching them outside is odd. He's in sharp focus and like in the middle of the scene and his reactions to Bella (and James) is headscratching. It's like he's also watching Bella talking to herself and thinking "WTF is she doing?"

I'm with you bro. I posted a few times about that topic after you did and you're right, the vast majority were incensed at even the possibility of the theory.

I've had enough now and will quickly get this Imaginary Husband James theory out of the way.

The MC is looking at Isabella and James' wedding photo in EP5. Ergo, James can't just be an imaginary husband, because otherwise the MC couldn't see him either.

Just accept that Isabella is no longer a virgin and James will come back.

 

[DarkKiller]

I've had enough now and will quickly get this Imaginary Husband James theory out of the way.

The MC is looking at Isabella and James' wedding photo in EP5. Ergo, James can't just be an imaginary husband, because otherwise the MC couldn't see him either.

Just accept that Isabella is no longer a virgin and James will come back.

I agreed with you until you said he'll come back. I'll only believe that when I see it.
DPC didn't even had the balls to show him and Bella being cosy with each other when they supposedly were happily married, and Bella clearly still has feelings for him. Seeing as DPC avoids even the slightest hint of NTR like the plague, I just can't see it happen, at least for now as the story stands. Perhaps it'll make sense when we learn what the fuck went down between him and Bella.