dalli_x

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The picnic is an artifact moment, mc tells about his mother death, he does that with every li, but with Jill it is so important!!!
That's weird to me too. The MC, if Sage's fuckbuddy and/or is on Jill's path, can tell either of them at the respective hang out what his feelings are on his birthday. In contrast, Josy, Maya, and Isabella do not have the opportunity to hear that from the MC at any time. This implies to me so that either Fuckbuddy Sage or Jill, are preferred to all other LI's.

However, you can balance all the LI's in that no LI gets to hear about these very personal feelings about their birthday.

In the official Walkthrought there is also something strange regarding the birthday. In EP5, after the MC has spent the night at Isabella's, the MC can call his father in the Freeroam event, who informs the MC about his birthday. So far too good. But in the Walkthrought it is not pointed out for the MC to text with his father and this is strange in that DPC writes in his Walkthrought exactly who the MC should communicate with via cell phone and/or Rooster. The joke is, even if the MC doesn't call Neil and thus forgets his own birthday, Arieth wishes the MC Happy Birthday.

The MC's birthday and knowing about his personal feelings on that day, seem to have a wider meaning for BaDIK. Now when I think of the story of Derek while shopping in EP8, where Becky sends a birthday greeting as an icebreaker to one of the two brothers, Rick or Paulie, I wonder if Arieth's Happy birthday was the same and if it was, how does Arieth know when the MC's birthday is?
 
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Oliver Wendell Homely

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Embrace the fact that we're entering into 8-9 month per update cycle now. Gone are the 6 months per update.

Episode 9 - September 2022
Episode 10 - June 2023
Episide 11 - March 2024
Episode 12 - December 2024
Yes, but look at the quality of these newer episodes. More animations, longer animations, higher-quality renders, action-packed free roams, and engaging minigames. If DPC decided to just slap some writing and some stills together, he could probably bang out a new episode in about 6 weeks or so, but then it wouldn't be the most popular AVN title anymore.

I'm as excited and eager for the next episode as the next guy, but if we really like the BaDIK experience, then we need to develop some patience and let DPC do what he needs to do.

It also never ceases to irritate me when folks complain about delays here on this pirate site, anyway. It's one thing for patrons to complain--after all, we (I'm one of them) are the ones shelling out money month after month--but all most people on F95 have to do is just bide their time and wait.
 

Geralt From Rivia

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Three three year span is meaningless since that started from 0. Here are the last two years.

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Each release has resulted in a spike greater than the release before.

And the current state is still greater than the April release last year.

It looks like the Interlude caused a minor hump, not a spike, but that was to be expected (who would subscribe just for that?)

Currently we're in the slump between releases.

Wait until the next release to be able to make a better assessment.
I agree, I don't see any disaster here. Since the release of Episode 6, some people subscribe to Patreon for a month to get a legal version of the game, then cancel the subscription until the next episode. Episode 8 was such a boom because it's the end of the season and now the DPC has plateaued. With the release of episode 9, there will be another leap.
 
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Geralt From Rivia

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Embrace the fact that we're entering into 8-9 month per update cycle now. Gone are the 6 months per update.

Episode 9 - September 2022
Episode 10 - June 2023
Episide 11 - March 2024
Episode 12 - December 2024
And now if you cancel the Interlude, as well as the time to prepare the Season 2 release in Steam, and also the Christmas holidays, then you get the same 6 months.
 
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Darkwen

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There wasn't even a plateau: just started plummeting.

No need for more words.

Once again, I hope DrPinkCake realized he needs to release shorter and faster updates: for his own sake, for the game's sake, for the players' sake.
You have a very odd definition of plummeting because looking these number it is a Very Slow drop off and some times goes Up by definition this is the Opposite of plummeting. Which leads me to my point
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Cabin Fever

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Yes, but look at the quality of these newer episodes. More animations, longer animations, higher-quality renders, action-packed free roams, and engaging minigames. If DPC decided to just slap some writing and some stills together, he could probably bang out a new episode in about 6 weeks or so, but then it wouldn't be the most popular AVN title anymore.

I'm as excited and eager for the next episode as the next guy, but if we really like the BaDIK experience, then we need to develop some patience and let DPC do what he needs to do.

It also never ceases to irritate me when folks complain about delays here on this pirate site, anyway. It's one thing for patrons to complain--after all, we (I'm one of them) are the ones shelling out money month after month--but all most people on F95 have to do is just bide their time and wait.
I don't see anybody disputing the fact that the releases are jam-packed. What's being discussed is that the release time is becoming too long BECAUSE they are too jam-packed. It's getting perilously close to being too much of a good thing. As I said before, recent episodes could easily have been split in more or less equal halves and come out more or less twice as frequent without too much effort.
 

Arigon

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DPC is raking in cash. He takes his time. He does wonderful renders and animation. Great music. I do not particularly like the story and his writing needs help, but the rest is amazing. I do not feel I wasted my money when I bought the steam releases. I do not regret doing Patreon for a while. I don't regret getting banned here a few times. I don't regret expressing my opinion.......I only regret that I didn't screenshot him losing his shit on me when I pointed out some story errors..
Peace
 
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shazba

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I don't see anybody disputing the fact that the releases are jam-packed. What's being discussed is that the release time is becoming too long BECAUSE they are too jam-packed. It's getting perilously close to being too much of a good thing. As I said before, recent episodes could easily have been split in more or less equal halves and come out more or less twice as frequent without too much effort.
My suggestion for you is, hold out for the next episode. I can't help you before then. But when it comes out, just play for one hour, then save and close the game. Then the next month, play for another hour. Then close the game and so on.

There you go. You'll get your short updates every month.

But if you can cope with waiting two months between episodes, then play 2 hours each 2 months.

It's so amazing, you can actually control how much of the update you can play, and then you never need to complain about waiting again!

Everyone else can just play the game when it comes out as intended. That way everyone wins.
 
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Kazanovaromeo

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Hey! I recently finished Acting Lessons and wanted to let you know that I started crying. This game is incredible, yet it tore me apart. How could you do it? How? :(
Hey dear TheLauraEWilson, I do not like Acting Lessons, I Love it , I adore it , or if you know stronger word , you started crying but it breaks my heart when I have to choose to save one of two innocent girls and leave the other to die of course you know I play it 3 separate times to save each one of them. :cry: :cry: :cry:
 
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Ottoeight

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And now if you cancel the Interlude, as well as the time to prepare the Season 2 release in Steam, and also the Christmas holidays, then you get the same 6 months.
You forgot Easter holidays, midsummer's day, the day his dog will snatch his HD and bury it in the garden, the days he will get sick, the imperative new Interlude spin-offs (Madame's new adventures; Magnar's D&G stories; and so on), next Xmas holiday.
 
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sixart

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Why is everybody sooo worked up on an already known intel that the releases come in approximately 6 months interval ?!? :unsure: And what really takes the biscuit is that the vast majority doesn't even pay a fucking cent for it ?! :eek::sneaky: If you all know that much better than DPC why don't you all create your own game which will be superior to this one in all aspect plus since you all are horndogs why doncha set the release dates biweekly ?! 2a9061a80882d8105b0d6066798e81fe.gif :unsure: Or better yet daily... or hourly !!!!! :oops::rolleyes:
 

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Even if time between updates keep increase and even if DPC been losing patron, this game still have way more chance to reach the finish line than 99% of the western AVNs currently in development.
 

Cabin Fever

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My suggestion for you is, hold out for the next episode. I can't help you before then. But when it comes out, just play for one hour, then save and close the game. Then the next month, play for another hour. Then close the game and so on.

There you go. You'll get your short updates every month.

But if you can cope with waiting two months between episodes, then play 2 hours each 2 months.

It's so amazing, you can actually control how much of the update you can play, and then you never need to complain about waiting again!
Now why would I do that to torture myself? If the release takes too long to come out but I still haven't lose interest, I'll play it the normal way like any sane person would do. If it's been too long and I lose interest, I move on. It's not the end of the world for me or DPC. Your suggestion has got to be one of the silliest way to play the game.
 

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Embrace the fact that we're entering into 8-9 month per update cycle now. Gone are the 6 months per update.

Episode 9 - September 2022
Episode 10 - June 2023
Episide 11 - March 2024
Episode 12 - December 2024
Dang, I've never seen such a truthful and factual statement make me sad and laugh at the same time.
I guess truth does hurt. :HideThePain:

Yes, but look at the quality of these newer episodes. More animations, longer animations, higher-quality renders, action-packed free roams, and engaging minigames. If DPC decided to just slap some writing and some stills together, he could probably bang out a new episode in about 6 weeks or so, but then it wouldn't be the most popular AVN title anymore.
This is true. The quality in episode 8 and the Interlude is so f-ing high.
I think DPC should take this as a turning point in his strategy because producing quality renders in high quantity isn't sustainable.

I've told this to other developers who has REALLY HIGH quality renders but insists on keeping the quantity of them high as well. I've told them, you always have to sacrifice something. You cannot do both at the same time. It's one or the other.

One of the devs I had a talk with, sacrificed overall content and the length of playing time because of this. So their latest update had like a lot of renders in high quality but had 5-10 mins. of playing time.
It was awful.
 
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