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

[BeingADikDik]

I am in the midst of a principled MC playthrough. His principles are simple:

1) Girls that cheat on significant others to be with you, will cheat on you.
-Josy, Maya, Sage, Jade, ... possibly in future Arieth, vixens (?), cafeteria girl

2) Girls that are prostitutes, will prostitute themselves with others.
-Quinn, Riona, Camila, Sarah, Melanie, Nicole, Rose, Sandy, Lily, Madame Rose

3) Stay away from girls that do recreational drugs. Drugs are bad, mmmkay.
-Zoey, Heather, Tania, Elena

That leaves slim pickings:
Jill, Bella (?), Cathy, Nora (?), Mona (?), Becky (?) ... possibly in future KRJ, Sally (?), Brandi (?), various Swyper girls (?).

Two routes primarily for the principled CHICK: Jill and maybe Bella
One highly restricted 'others' route primarily for the principled neutral / DIK: Cathy, Nora, Mona, Becky, ...

Conclusion: BADIK needs more lewdable characters that are neither cheaters, prostitutes, nor drug users.

Thank you for listening to my TEDx talk.

 

[Heyesey]

Disagree. She's only trustworthy towards her goals. The MC is nothing but a means to an end, just like she said stripping was for her college education. She wants to be popular and connected, which is why she wants to roll with the MC now, because he's made a bit of a reputation for himself. I'm sure that it being a rep among the prostitutes and drug dealers has nothing to do with it, of course. I mean, Lily woulnd't try to insinuate herself into that, would she?

Sure. Totally trustworthy...

I don't have proof yet, granted. I could easily be wrong. But as of now, that's what I think.

 

[shazba]

If you give an average performance then you bet you're going to be told it's 2 out of 5 performance.

Shouldn’t average be 2.5?

You know what they say about averages… half the guys in the world would be worse than that.

I am in the midst of a principled MC playthrough. His principles are simple:

1) Girls that cheat on significant others to be with you, will cheat on you.
-Josy, Maya, Sage, Jade, ... possibly in future vixens (?), cafeteria girl

2) Girls that are prostitutes, will prostitute themselves with others.
-Quinn, Riona, Camila, Sarah, Melanie, Nicole, Rose, Sandy, Lily, Madame Rose

3) Stay away from girls that do recreational drugs. Drugs are bad, mmmkay.
-Zoey, Heather, Tania, Elena

That leaves slim pickings:
Jill, Bella (?), Cathy, Nora (?), Mona (?), Becky (?) ... possibly in future KRJ, Sally (?), Arieth, Brandi (?), various Swyper girls (?).

Two routes primarily for the principled CHICK: Jill and maybe Bella
One highly restricted 'others' route primarily for the principled neutral / DIK: Cathy, Nora, Mona, Becky, ...

Conclusion: BADIK needs more lewdable characters that are neither cheaters, prostitutes, nor drug users.

Thank you for listening to my TEDx talk.

You put Arieth in the non-cheaters basket!? Arieth!? There’s like photographic evidence of her fucking half the DIKs! She’s the reason for the feud between the DIKs and the Alphas!

 

[BeingADikDik]

Shouldn’t average be 2.5?

ou know what they say about averages… half the guys in the world would be worse than that.



Youbput Arieth in the non-cheaters basket!? Arieth!? There’s like photographic evidence of her fucking half the DIKs! She’s the reason for the feud between the DIKs and the Alphas!

Fuck Dawe, but yeah I'll fix that

 

[lipe2410]

I am in the midst of a principled MC playthrough. His principles are simple:

1) Girls that cheat on significant others to be with you, will cheat on you.
-Josy, Maya, Sage, Jade, ... possibly in future vixens (?), cafeteria girl

2) Girls that are prostitutes, will prostitute themselves with others.
-Quinn, Riona, Camila, Sarah, Melanie, Nicole, Rose, Sandy, Lily, Madame Rose

3) Stay away from girls that do recreational drugs. Drugs are bad, mmmkay.
-Zoey, Heather, Tania, Elena

That leaves slim pickings:
Jill, Bella (?), Cathy, Nora (?), Mona (?), Becky (?) ... possibly in future KRJ, Sally (?), Arieth, Brandi (?), various Swyper girls (?).

Two routes primarily for the principled CHICK: Jill and maybe Bella
One highly restricted 'others' route primarily for the principled neutral / DIK: Cathy, Nora, Mona, Becky, ...

Conclusion: BADIK needs more lewdable characters that are neither cheaters, prostitutes, nor drug users.

Thank you for listening to my TEDx talk.

 

[BeingADikDik]

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I feel judged! I need a safe space!

 

[Sasanid]

Music is gone, game is ruined. Fuck the copyright holders, and everyone involved. Quite literally only provided them free publicity to tens of thousands of people, but I guess that just wasn't enough

Game is ruined because of a couple songs ?

Come on...

 

[gene/eous/lyneous]

Game is ruined because of a couple songs ?

Come on...

The songs were an integral aspect to the game, in terms of pacing and mood intention implementation. Their removal will greatly hinder the game in the future. My usage of ruined was a tad-bit hyberpolic, but I still feel it has, and will substantially impact the quality of Being a DIK.

 

[gene/eous/lyneous]

Did other artists request for their music to be taken off? Didn't that band only have like 3 or 4 of their songs in the game?

I was a tad-bit hyperbolic.

 

[travelman]

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Now that's my mommy! LFG

Also, what is it with some music missing? Can anyone link to examples that are gone now?

 

[nyrek]

Now that's my mommy! LFG

Also, what is it with some music missing? Can anyone link to examples that are gone now?

the whatthey'recalled prophets something
title song, the one when you start the game. that one is gone with 8.3 patch

 

[AchedCroissant]

I am in the midst of a principled MC playthrough. His principles are simple:

1) Girls that cheat on significant others to be with you, will cheat on you.
-Josy, Maya, Sage, Jade, ... possibly in future Arieth, vixens (?), cafeteria girl

2) Girls that are prostitutes, will prostitute themselves with others.
-Quinn, Riona, Camila, Sarah, Melanie, Nicole, Rose, Sandy, Lily, Madame Rose

3) Stay away from girls that do recreational drugs. Drugs are bad, mmmkay.
-Zoey, Heather, Tania, Elena

That leaves slim pickings:
Jill, Bella (?), Cathy, Nora (?), Mona (?), Becky (?) ... possibly in future KRJ, Sally (?), Brandi (?), various Swyper girls (?).

Two routes primarily for the principled CHICK: Jill and maybe Bella
One highly restricted 'others' route primarily for the principled neutral / DIK: Cathy, Nora, Mona, Becky, ...

Conclusion: BADIK needs more lewdable characters that are neither cheaters, prostitutes, nor drug users.

Thank you for listening to my TEDx talk.

 

[Herbert1]

This game badly needs a harem path(not actually a harem more like not having to make the choice between the girls). It leads you on and then abruptly makes you choose between the different girls which is just a massive buzzkill. It wouldn't even be hard to make - it's something even a modder should be able to do. All that has to be done is removing the path lock.

And before anyone tells you it's not realistic let me remind you it's also not realistic that a guy fucks a dozen people at the same time and four of them are friends. No one plays this game because they want realism.

 

[Green Isosceles]

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They already have the only one you need.

 

[ffive]

This game badly needs a harem path(not actually a harem more like not having to make the choice between the girls). It leads you on and then abruptly makes you choose between the different girls which is just a massive buzzkill.

It doesn't lead you on, at no point it promises you any sort of harem route. Having shared "common route" which eventually splits into individual path(s) for the girl you pick is a very common approach to VNs. Though admittedly this is more common for Japanese games than the Western take on the subject.

 

[Herbert1]

It doesn't lead you on, at no point it promises you any sort of harem route. Having shared "common route" which eventually splits into individual path(s) for the girl you pick is a very common approach to VNs. Though admittedly this is more common for Japanese games than the Western take on the subject.

The common route is a harem route(again not actually a harem but I don't have a better term for it). Even with the individual routes it's still a harem(you get what I mean) because they don't impede each other with a few exceptions(some make sense, others don't). It just feels like a way for the dev to artificially extend playtime so he has more time between updates which I get but also considering the purpose of a game is to be enjoyable this is an impediment.

EDIT: Let people have a choice is all I'm saying so you don't force them to make a choice they don't want to make.

 

[Oliver Wendell Homely]

And before anyone tells you it's not realistic let me remind you it's also not realistic that a guy fucks a dozen people at the same time and four of them are friends. No one plays this game because they want realism.

It may not be very realistic, but for me a harem route would just make it ridiculous. Some of the drama of "Being a DIK" stems from the MC's growing feelings of guilt and doubt as his number of sexual partners/romantic interests expands. Having to choose among several very compelling love interests is part of what makes this story so compelling, in my view. There are a few harem games I've enjoyed, but only because it's porn fantasy cranked up to 11. I can't think of a harem game that made me really connect with any of the characters on a genuinely emotional level. Look at the whole Josy-Maya-MC situation from the first season. In a harem game that whole story would be moot because regardless of Josy's and Maya's feelings, they would become part of the MC's harem in the end. It just doesn't fit this kind of game.

 

[lipe2410]

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I wanted to be a Saudi prince so i would pay 10 millions dollars just to DPC add a branch where MC spend all his nights in Pink Rose having fun with the wholesome ladys there.

 

[Mesmerizet]

This game badly needs a harem path(not actually a harem more like not having to make the choice between the girls). It leads you on and then abruptly makes you choose between the different girls which is just a massive buzzkill. It wouldn't even be hard to make - it's something even a modder should be able to do. All that has to be done is removing the path lock.

And before anyone tells you it's not realistic let me remind you it's also not realistic that a guy fucks a dozen people at the same time and four of them are friends. No one plays this game because they want realism.

Yup, I was hoping that we could have Harem path but apparently we need to select a primary LI (choices are between Jill, Bella, Sage, Maya/Josy, and Quinn right?)

 

[jaw1986baby]

I wanted to be a Saudi prince so i would pay 10 millions dollars just to DPC add a branch where MC spend all his nights in Pink Rose having fun with the wholesome ladys there.

It would be far, far cheaper to go to Vegas in real life. More women as well since there would not be RAM limitations