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

[Boristhecleaner]

I really enjoyed the mini games it forced me to stop rage clicking to the next sex scene or decision.

 

[Sage Slave]

Can I play Interlude with only saves from season 2 or do I still need to download the whole game of season 2?

 

[shazba]

I can understand everything, but how did you keep yourself from beating Tybalt? Oh that scene! I can press the repeat button endlessly.
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And getting revenge on the nerds with Derek is one of the funniest scenes in the game.

On my first time playing the scene, I punched the shit outta Tybalt's face. Replayed it a bunch of times and then pretty much got it out of my system.

He's a turd of a guy, no doubt, but when it comes to that scene, the mc has broken into his home and completely disrupted a fairly important fund raiser.

The mc had no right to be there, definitely had no right to fuck the party up, and Tybalt was in his rights to try to have him removed.

Sure Tybalt said some mean things, and gave the mc a little slap, but to break his face felt mean.

In hindsight after episode 8, there's no need to do anything to Tybalt, his own existence is punishment enough for him. Jill destroyed him, his own preps loathe him, he's constantly mocked on Rooster, and he has a tiny dick.

So no, I don't punch him in the face anymore.

Absolutley disagree.

Yeah there are some things i can do better "without" but most of them add just a huge part to the feeling of a whole college-dik-life.

It would feel completely different without the pink rose, the phone is essential, cause well... dude its collegelife, do you know anybody between 18-25 years old not attached to the phone? I dont.

I dont like Zoe and her comeback, but for what DPC obviously planned with her, the interlude was necessary. Its clear that she will be the main character aside from the MC, as LI or not... if you decide that she will not be his LI anymore, than at least best friend. And maybe, its a big big big hope of mine... we can make a couple out of derek and Zoe... that would be awesome (but yeah i already see the NTR whining ahead) and overall, the intelrude was good made, and we at least got some insight in this relationship with the MC, what is a benefit as itself.

Yeah i could do without the interlude too, could have been cut short and implemented in episode 9... but cut it all out would be no good...

The minigames i like overall pretty much, yeah playing brwaler hundred times and so on gets a little bit annoying the longer the game goes, but well, after one playthorugh you can easily turn them off without missing anything anymore... but would there be no minigame at all, this game would feel rather incomplete... it has the whole package, and everything in good quality. Cut something out completely and it would be not the same...

Of course these things are extra stuff DPC has to made, but lets face it, he is calling it out himself, he need sometimes just a little distraction from the ongoing making arts and 08/15 code. So i think its a good way if he likes coding something different, that he put in minigames, and as we see in his dev-updates he really likes these kind of things from time to time, to get his mind off other things. Would he stop doing these things, i bet making this game would be only a shore at some point, and he will burn out faster. We dont want that...

Besides, i dont think the minigames (doesnt matter which) are that time consuming to make. They are pretty simple, Would say, they add a maximum of 1-2 weeks development time for each epsiode... the code itself not even a day. Coded minigames like this myself with c++ for about 20 years ago (made a tetris copy and such for a school-project)... its really easy and by far not that time consuming as you think.

For DPC these things are kinda a "break" i think.

Same goes for the girls-cast... writing years and years only for a couple of girls could be way to boring in the long run... so he creats diversion and distraction a lot, but look up all the other games out there... which concentrate only on 2-3 girls, sometime only on 1... after a while you can really SEE how the dev gets exhausted and bored with his own game... and at the end, if these games get an end, it will be rushed cause the dev just want to get over with it.

To create diversion and distraction is not only a way to make the game "bigger" but a way to stay interested in making it too...

Do i whish the updates would come out faster and some stuff i think is not necessary will be cut short? Yeah!!

But if i think another time about it... all the stuff is not only for us to play, its for DPC to make and distract himself too. If this means, this stuff is necessary to keep him working, that iam happy about it...

DPC is kinda seeking stuff he just WANTS to create and not "has to create" to stay interested... and stuff like the pink rose girls, minigames, music, and all those little things, seems to keep him energized.

I was wants against this stuff too, and i think there are way to many girls in the games and he should focus on less girls... but i just playing the game again and just notice how good all these little things add up and making the whole experience way better. And of course i notice... they were made cause DPC wants to make them, and thats the main reason i think.

Just another example, i LOVE Red Dead Redemption 2 so much... but lets face it, 80% of the game is filled just with little "sidestuff" like feeding the horse, pet it, cleaning weapons, and on and on and on... but man it adds some pretty nice immersion i dont want to miss, its about a whole experience. not everybody likes that, or would prefer a short and fast paced tension building story... but yeah, i think DPC loves these kind of things too and wants to create them.

Loved your nuanced reply, to me, while many things were not necessary in the game, it would otherwise drop it down to one of the many other more generic title out there. The main girls and the main story are the core, the side girls and side stuff are what brings life to the core. Anytime there's a free roam, I can't wait to see the new rooster posts and I can comment on it, same thing with the contacts. Why ? Because it makes the game feel alive.

Depth of side stuff, to me, is just necessary to strengthen the core and make it believable, to make it so it doesn't get forgotten easily. There's a reason this game has affected so many people, and it's not only because of its great storyline or character arcs, it's because of the whole spectrum.

The way I see it, take anyone aspect of the game and there's someone out there whining about how they don't like it, so if you remove everything that someone doesn't like you're left with nothing.

 

[Hahn1900]

ok iam just playing a new playthrough, and now i have this weird render counter in the top left corner of the screen... never had it before, anybody knows how to turn it off? its a little annoying.



*edit* after a cinematic scene its gone now... but weird anyways.

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

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Fuck Tybalt. My MC only exists to cuck him.

I'm not a fan of Jill, well, I don't like her for various reasons. But to make Tybalt a cuck and see how he cries against the background of Jill and MC kissing ... Totally worth it, so I made a separate save for Jill's path.

 

[Mamonetti]

Last news a have about the story is probably the scene when the MC finds out who Sage actually is and now this Interlude shows multiple characters I can't recognize (haven't played it). Who are they? Is this some sort of spin-off? Because I don't see the MC in the OP's banner.

Regards

 

[Sasanid]

Last news a have about the story is probably the scene when the MC finds out who Sage actually is and now this Interlude shows multiple characters I can't recognize (haven't played it). Who are they? Is this some sort of spin-off? Because I don't see the MC in the OP's banner.

Regards

It's not about the MC, it's a short story about MCs former best friend/first girlfriend. She was mentioned in the early parts of the game, and is in the bios since the beginning. She may be integral to the ending of the game. The Interlude is short, you'll see for yourself, that bit of story is essential.

 

[Hahn1900]

during my current playthrough, i made up my mind about the pregnancy test and whats behind Bellas door and what the issue is about her marriage.

And they all are the same thing. and connected.

the pregnancy test is not something present, its a flashback... Bella was pregnant once.

She already has made a room for the upcoming child, but than lost it during miscarriage i think... her husband could not stand how Bella acted after that (it can drive a woman crazy of course) and left her with the promise "to come back after a while" cause he had to deal with this shit by himself... maybe lied to just get away from her. Jill doesnt know that for sure, cause its not something you talk about easily, and Bella is not an open book... maybe they even didnt know each other during that time, cause its already over 3 years ago.

Bella hides the "babyroom" and cant let go of that time... but deep down she knows that her husband might never come back and she needs help to get over all this and is still in grief.

this way it would solve 3 questions at once. Maybe the most elegant and easiest way to deal with these three questions with just one simple answer. 3 flies with one stone so to speak. And like this DPC could easily get three huge "mysteries" solved in one go... as there is already more than enough on the plate, and even more so if every little thing has to be dealt with little by little.

Will stick to that until we know for sure or until we know more...

Iam sure this theory was already multiple times mentioned in this thread, but never saw it, and lets face it, its just impossible to read everything here.

 

[znar25]

Do I like waiting almost a year (or even possibly a year) between useful updates? No.

But as usual, the latest DPC report shows progress and of course confidence of where he is at with the project.

A game which I do love.

 

[znar25]

You'll will piss off Madame's fans
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EP9 Madame falls head over heels with MC. She even shows up at his door, in a conservative summer dress, looking down at the ground, scuffing her shoe and asking if he wants to join her for an ice cream and walk in the park. You heard it here first.

This can go all the way to the very last frame of the very last episode with a happy ending (not that kind).... Roll credits. "Thanks for playing Being a DIK".

Yup. Madame can get it!

 

[znar25]

Need a special mod which does the following.

Each and everytime MC bangs one of the girls.... at the moment of truth she yells out...."Ohhhhh...... Mag....nar!!!!!!!!!"

 

[dalli_x]

Considering it's DPC, and while it may actually be a real threesome (like real real with an inhibited Maya and all), the rift between Josy and Maya is apparent in episode 8, because of the MC, Josy is totally enamored with him, and Maya pretty much totally trust him, a man, for the first time in her life.

I think that from the beginning, this couple was a real one, albeit a first try for both, but doomed to fail, they love each other, but I think it's more because of their insecurities than anything else. Josy didn't have any problems falling for MC right from the start, and Maya learned to trust men with him. Could totally be the downfall of that 'throuple' (which I never personally saw as a viable possibility to begin with), not because they don't love each other anymore, but more because they don't need that 'state of survival couple' thing they have going on anymore. Again, not saying it will assuredly break that thing, but drama is incoming for sure, at least for me.

In fact, I think, with Zoey coming back, that episode 9 will abound with awkward situations and drama for the MC and the situation he chose at the end of Episode 8, and since, like in my chick playthrough, I had to turn down 3 situations, things could get ugly, I'm sure it'll be the same for those who chose a DIK path.

I think you are very wrong.

Since I don't want to write down all the scenes (and there are many) for comparison, I'll prove you wrong with the official guide. DPC writes in it that each branch is for one person. Ergo, DPC considers Josy's and Maya's branch as one person (I have written this many times). But you can select Josy and Maya as players of the MC only if the MC is in their relationship. So the throuple will exist.

Now this is not to say that there won't be drama or more problems. A relationship of 3 like this needs to be worked on and maintained.

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[Sasanid]

I think you are very wrong.

Since I don't want to write down all the scenes (and there are many) for comparison, I'll prove you wrong with the official guide. DPC writes in it that each branch is for one person. Ergo, DPC considers Josy's branch and Maya's branch as one person (I have written this many times). But you can select Josy and Maya as players of the MC only if the MC is in their relationship. So the throuple will exist.

Now this is not to say that there won't be drama or more problems. A relationship of 3 like this needs to be worked on and maintained.

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That 'throuple' may be the plan. I just can't see it work, there will be a third wheel. On a couple of occasions, you can choose to be either with Josy or Maya, I somehow think it'll come into play in the end, someone will feel singled out. Thanks for that guidelines by the way, didn't read it. I'm personally open to the possibility DPC can change path lines, though.

Now of course it's all speculation, and my personal opinion obviously taints my point of view, I may totally be wrong, and honestly, I hope I'll be cause I don't want either of them to be sad, they both deserve happiness.

Man, do you realize how much speculation there is on that thread, about a game (a great one), and the possible psychological repercussions of choices we may or may not make ? Can't wait for Episode 9...

 

[imzahai]

Man, do you realize how much speculation there is on that thread, about a game (a great one), and the possible psychological repercussions of choices we may or may not make ? Can't wait for Episode 9...

around 9800+ posts worth i'd say.
the throuple i was in irl phased me out of it after about 3 months, about 7 years later the ladies were still together when i ran into them. so i would agree throuple probably won't last because of Maya's issues getting the better of her is an easy story to write; without fire even.
Sage branch won't last or rather has about the same chances of lasting as Bella branch or a relationship with Envy [and those are my 3 fav ladies in the game]
but how does a broke ass guy years younger than any of the three measure up in the long-term for anything other than a purely physical relationship 2 years down the road. now if MCs financial situation changes [as in before end of college...& Bella's biological clock starts pressuring her.... they may 'make it work'
same with nicole i suppose if we are ok with being an insta-daddy to a child who is HOW old? Our finances must change, she isn't going to be able to stay a stripper for much longer.... and do you really want her to,; what is happening in the VIP every night you aren't there...
and super-mega-hot Sage, who mostly has her shyte together in regards to school.... yeah she is gone if she finds out you banged her mom regardless of how well you did, also comes from a Very different social station.
so that means we become a bouncer at the pink rose and hook up with Lily in the long term in 3 years?
or actually focus on School eventually and become an engineer?


some o you sick fucks say Nah we will be the madame's fuckboy [i just threw up a little in my mouth]

 

[hakuna-matata]

Is there a variable to change the DIK status?

 

[imzahai]

Is there a variable to change the DIK status?

the mod on the OP

 

[myukimo]

Is there a variable to change the DIK status?

Yes with cheats, but that will create errors in chapter 9. In summary I do not recommend you save a save with cheats so that later there are no people crying for supposed errors that they themselves have created.
You can have a clean save with Scrappy mod but this mod has a flaw remember not to have sex with sara if you have rejected Quinn's offer or your save data will already be corrupted.

 

[Hahn1900]

Is there a variable to change the DIK status?

serious advise, dont do it, not with mods or cheats, it will fuck up your savegame for the future... just dont...

make a new playthrough, youll need multiple playthroughs anyway if you want to experience everything. And yeah if youre not up for that, this game isnt for you anyways...

 

[hakuna-matata]

the mod on the OP

I don't want to use a mod.

 

[myukimo]

serious advise, dont do it, not with mods or cheats, it will fuck up your savegame for the future... just dont...

make a new playthrough, youll need multiple playthroughs anyway if you want to experience everything. And yeah if youre not up for that, this game isnt for you anyways...

This is the best option since the game was created with that intention. The only way to get all of Jacob's paintings is to play more than once.