VN Ren'Py Being a DIK [v0.11.1] [DrPinkCake]

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felicemastronzo

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shazba said:
People often conflate the "plot" with "writing".

BaDIK's plot is borderline forgettable, but the writing is fantastic.

I've never, in my life, read a book twice. Once I've read a book, the twists and turns laid out for me, while the book may be memorable, I won't go back and read it again.

Other acclaimed stories here (CoBD being the immediate one to come to mind), I replayed it from the beginning after the last release, and it was a chore. I knew where the story was going, and the plot was initially interesting, but the execution was significantly lacking. Sure the graphics are good, but the dialogue is hackneyed, the scenes are boring, and I find the sex scenes to be very uninspired.

BaDIK, on the other hand:

Reliving the mc's day to day experience at college, making out with Josy, catching up with the gang, pissing Bella off, playing mind games with Quinn, flirting with Mel and Sarah, getting on Heather's nerves, hanging out at the HOTs (because he's a snowflake), headbutting Jill in the eye with a dildo, getting Nicole to sign his cock, playing footsies under the table with Jill, DnG, spanking Sally's ass, twice, hanging out with 4 naked girls in the sauna, thrashing Jill at tennis, "accidentally" groping Jill after tennis, fucking Quinn on the roof, drinking fuck loads of beer, fucking Riona on the balcony, serving Champagne a la Dick to the girls in the sauna (you know you loved it Heather), drinking tequilas with Lily without any salt, painting the fence, doing yoga, repairing the mansion, DnG, putting wieners on Sage's head, hanging out with Nicole at the bar, fucking the shit outta Nicole and Sandy, getting high with Quinn, rolling with Lily, watching Becky puke her guts up, sharing with Riona and Cammy, getting caught fucking Sage by Riona and Quinn, destroying Tybalt in tennis, working out with Josy, cleaning up at the Pink Rose, struggling to choose between Lily and Nicole, throwing piss into the back of Derek's head, helping Sage with her bucket list, finally fucking Jill...

That shit I can read again and again.

DPC knows how to fucking write.
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replayability/readability is a genre issue that has little to do with the quality of the writing (for better or worse)

the more emotional a narrative is, the easier it is to replay to relive. it is much easier to rewatch with pleasure a comic film that we enjoyed than a thriller (a genre par excellence based on plot)
the more central the plot the harder it is to relive the same emotions, because a perfect twist only works the first time, once you know who kaiser soza is it's not like you can pretend you don't know

there are telenovelas that go on for decades telling the same story with the same characters just by changing the order and I don't think anyone would extol their quality of writing

to stay in the genre of BADIK, most AVNs are pretty tiring to go through even just the first time, but all of the ones that spend effort on making connections with their characters (few but not very few) you more than gladly replay.
writing in an exciting way is definitely a quality, making the characters interesting also, and BADIK has them

you don't like COBD, just in general, I don't see the oddity that you don't like replaying it....
 
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If there is a Sage's flashback, it can be interesting because of Tybalt. Was he also adopted ? If he was, who was the first one or perhaps both at the same time ? If Sage was first, did they decide to adopt another one because Sage didn't want to be spoiled or in contrary because Tybalt seem to have been spoiled, they wanted another child (Sage) where they didn't do the same mistakes like Tybalt.
 
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Kamuisaki said:
If there is a Sage's flashback, it can be interesting because of Tybalt. Was he also adopted ? If he was, who was the first one or perhaps both at the same time ? If Sage was first, did they decide to adopt another one because Sage didn't want to be spoiled or in contrary because Tybalt seem to have been spoiled, they wanted another child (Sage) where they didn't do the same mistakes like Tybalt.
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I believe he is adopted as well. Jade mentions she is unable to have kids if you go down her path, or something like this. I don't go there but others have mentioned this. He also says he comes from poverty, whatever he means by that considering he thinks Bella is poor.

The Burkes' wealth clearly affirmed Tybalt's ego, whereas it instilled gratitude in Sage, for sure.
 
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Bendover885 said:
To be fair, Sage is the only LI not to have a backstory flashback scene. I imagine if DPC were to give her one, it seems like a fitting place after Chapter 8's ending. I mean, even Quinn got one, Rusty and Tommy.
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What are you talking about? We had a Sage flashback. We saw her with her even worse-colored hair when she was starting out at B&R. ;)
 
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This will be a short and sweet update.

Since last Friday, I have posed ~300 renders and 19 animations.

130 animations are fully produced, and I have 22 animations in the render queue; the total when the current work is finished is thus 152 animations.

I have just started work on a branching solo lewd scene, and I will spend next week animating it and making any renders needed for it. I expect to finish all animations from that scene and continue working on static renders before next Friday.

Poll news
In this week's 2D art poll, the results of the tiered polls were split.

After tallying the votes, the winning combination was

  • Girl: Lily
  • Position: Her on top
  • Environment: Beach
I'll order a 2D wallpaper and a 2D animation and include them in episode 9.

Have a nice weekend

Dr PinkCake
 
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shazba

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N7 said:
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This will be a short and sweet update.

Since last Friday, I have posed ~300 renders and 19 animations.

130 animations are fully produced, and I have 22 animations in the render queue; the total when the current work is finished is thus 152 animations.

I have just started work on a branching solo lewd scene, and I will spend next week animating it and making any renders needed for it. I expect to finish all animations from that scene and continue working on static renders before next Friday.

Poll news
In this week's 2D art poll, the results of the tiered polls were split.

After tallying the votes, the winning combination was

  • Girl: Lily
  • Position: Her on top
  • Environment: Beach
I'll order a 2D wallpaper and a 2D animation and include them in episode 9.

Have a nice weekend

Dr PinkCake
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Yay Lily! :p
 
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Bendover885 said:
To be fair, Sage is the only LI not to have a backstory flashback scene. I imagine if DPC were to give her one, it seems like a fitting place after Chapter 8's ending. I mean, even Quinn got one, Rusty and Tommy.
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N7 said:
I have just started work on a branching solo lewd scene
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WTF?

I hope he's talking about something along the lines of female autocunnilingus, and not some bristlehead perv whacking it while watching a video of his wife polishing the MC's pole.


EDIT: After re-reading that update, I see he's probably talking about solo girl paths and not an actual solo lewd scene. I stand by my comment regardless.
 
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N7 said:
I have just started work on a branching solo lewd scene
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I wonder what it could be? :unsure: A choice between several girls available for sex as in episode 7 (sex with Sage blocks sex with Lily) or just one girl can have several sex options as in sex with Riona and Camila? I bet he's taken up posing for Halloween sex scenes.
 
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Ilhares said:
What are you talking about? We had a Sage flashback. We saw her with her even worse-colored hair when she was starting out at B&R. ;)
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The Chapter 8-9 transition probably will mirror the 3-4 transition: big shocking cliffhanger, followed by a flashback that fills in the details.

Also, really? That's the big Sage flashback, when every other LI backstory took more than a few renders as part of a larger backstory of 2 major supporting characters?
 
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