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

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You underestimate the drive of a completionist, especially considering all the routes are good.

It's not that much of a drive if one is looking for shortcuts to get what they want.

Also, i think you're underestimating the amount of work it'd require to have things done your way. Some of the game events are mutually exclusive, and the story may rely on that to determine outcome(s). It's not just the matter of "removing the locks" but also adapting the code to, up to now, non-existent possibility that these locks are no longer present.

 

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My personal gripe with the ending of ep 8 is that choosing others cuts off Sage as a fuckbuddy, she makes it clear that she's happy with that status and for me there was no reason to relegate her to friend status if you weren't ready to commit to her.

Sage's path is bit weird in general to me in that it's basically forced on you without any question. Like, the MC just decides for himself to throw a hissy fit he wants to be more than fuckbuddies, and through the entire scene i was sitting there and going "uhh you know, i was actually fine with this arrangement; where's my option to just keep it this way."

 

[Herbert1]

It's not that much of a drive if one is looking for shortcuts to get what they want.

Also, i think you're underestimating the amount of work it'd require to have things done your way. Some of the game events are mutually exclusive, and the story may rely on that to determine outcome(s). It's not just the matter of "removing the locks" but also adapting the code to, up to now, non-existent possibility that these locks are no longer present.

A completionist doesn't care how he does it, only just he does it.

Also I know now how much work it'd take. I already talked to Sancho about it and I did indeed underestimate how convoluted the script for this game is. It's not that hard for the dev to do it, pretty sure there's a whole team behind the game after all. It's just grunt work. Some problems might indeed arise later on in the game depending on how the dev chooses to advance the story but at that point(if he chooses to make a harem route) he can adapt the code going forward plus he can just make an event later on(preferably towards the end) making you choose between the girls instead of making it so abrupt.

 

[Herbert1]

My personal gripe with the ending of ep 8 is that choosing others cuts off Sage as a fuckbuddy, she makes it clear that she's happy with that status and for me there was no reason to relegate her to friend status if you weren't ready to commit to her.

As I said earlier the fact that the MC is a 19 year old and makes choices not even 50 year old would make is insane.

 

[Herbert1]

Sage's path is bit weird in general to me in that it's basically forced on you without any question. Like, the MC just decides for himself to throw a hissy fit he wants to be more than fuckbuddies, and through the entire scene i was sitting there and going "uhh you know, i was actually fine with this arrangement; where's my option to just keep it this way."

I don't even know why MC was mad about Maya and Josie being together. It seemed awesome to me.

 

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pretty sure there's a whole team behind the game after all

It's literally one guy. That's the most crazy part about this game. :v

 

[Herbert1]

It's literally one guy. That's the most crazy part about this game. :v

He's a madman if he's doing all this by himself. He's making a very healthy amount of money.

 

[Cabin Fever]

It's not that hard for the dev to do it, pretty sure there's a whole team behind the game after all.

Pretty sure? Based on what? DPC has said time and again he doesn't have a team, and will never have a team. He doesn't write the music, and there's a hired gun for the 2D art. And there are beta-testers. But that's about it. DPC does all the rest himself. Are you calling DPC a liar?

 

[Herbert1]

Pretty sure? Based on what? DPC has said time and again he doesn't have a team, and will never have a team. He doesn't write the music, and there's a hired gun for the 2D art. And there are beta-testers. But that's about it. DPC does all the rest himself. Are you calling DPC a liar?

Excuse me for having a life and not researching every word or statement by the dev..

 

[Herbert1]

The game is a one person job, DPC refuses to work with a team. He's deliberately set the game up that to see all the scenes you need multiple playthroughs, it's actually set up pretty quickly in that way, albeit with renders rather than whole scenes: you can only see certain things as a CHICK or a DIK, you can't see everything in the first two episodes no matter what your affinity.

For example you can only ask Sage about her g-string if you're a DIK and you can only check Maya out in her dorm if you're a CHICK. There's also a choice on the Josy date that can't be got through neutral, you have to be one or the other.

It's a shame the common sense choices make you a DIK. To become a Chick you have to go out of your way to be one.

 

[Cabin Fever]

Excuse me for having a life and not researching every word or statement by the dev..

Ah the old "having a life" excuse when being called out on making wild assumptions with no basis of fact. Carry on then.

If you don't know, don't make a "pretty sure" statement.

 

[Herbert1]

Ah the old "having a life" excuse when being called out on making wild assumptions with no basis of fact. Carry on then.

If you don't know, don't make a "pretty sure" statement.

Except it's not a wild assumption. It's a 20GB game with some of the best writing and art I've ever seen in a porn game. Lesser games have dev teams - it only makes sense this one does too. And you weren't just calling me out - you went full incel there earlier.

 

[Heyesey]

You underestimate the drive of a completionist, especially considering all the routes are good.

A completioniist doesn't whinge about not being able to do everything in a single run. They'd be trying to COMPLETE the game, not cheat.

 

[Herbert1]

A completioniist doesn't whinge about not being able to do everything in a single run. They'd be trying to COMPLETE the game, not cheat.

You've obviously never met a completionist in your life then.

 

[Heyesey]

You've obviously never met a completionist in your life then.

Apart from myself and several hundred other gamers I know, no... but that's beside the point. Cheating is by *definition* not being a completionist. You haven't finished it, you've cheated.

 

[Toohat]

If the two of you could stop waving your fedoras aggressively at each other, we could get back to the matter at hand. When is the next chapter coming!?!?

 

[RonWeasleyJr]

Has there been any hint as to what MC did after he returned to Maya's room after the first Pink Rose visit?

In her letter, Maya writes that she hopes MC doesn't remember what he did.

 

[RonWeasleyJr]

Question: If you are on the Sage path, but don't sleep with her after the movie night, does MC still nail her at the prep party on Tybalt's bed?

 

[Pendrell]

Has there been any hint as to what MC did after he returned to Maya's room after the first Pink Rose visit?

In her letter, Maya writes that she hopes MC doesn't remember what he did.

No, not so far.

Question: If you are on the Sage path, but don't sleep with her after the movie night, does MC still nail her at the prep party on Tybalt's bed?

Yes. The prep party scene is only dependent on being Sage's FB. You can refuse her after movie night but remain on that path.

 

[Redd23]

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