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

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Here's an attempt at a status update to give you some stats as I wanted for Friday.
Work completed:

• 3652 renders (3569 produced and 83 in the render queue)
• 211 animations (201 animations produced, 10 in the render queue)
• 22 songs

Work that remains:

• 8 scenes left to write
• 50 scenes left to pose art for (~1000 more static renders)
• 3-4 lewd scenes to make animations for (<100 animations)
• Make some missing GUI for the new mini-game.
• Write some code needed for other mini-games.
• Add music (almost done)
• Add SFX (almost done)
• Rooster (90% done)
• Other phone content (Phone chats/Calls, Bios, Stats, Pack Quest, Vault)
• Collectibles (special renders/2D art/scenes) - Only testing remains
• Playtest and polish
• Verify bug fixes from the Interlude.

Overall completion:
My best shot at estimating a completion % right now is:
Static renders: 79%
Animations: 70% (based on animation count, not duration. The longest animations are almost done, so this number should increase faster from now on.)
Writing/Coding: 95%
Render and animation numbers are based on a target of ~4652 renders and 300 animations; subject to change if needed.
The writing/coding percentage is my gut feeling.
Further insight:
Lately, I've done most of Rooster, the main menu art, Jill's special render set, and placement of magazines/unlockables. These tasks require a lot from me, and I'm happy I'm close to done with all of them.
Long animations have been rendering for the last month, and I haven't been animating a lot which is why this count isn't much bigger than the last report I did.
The longest animation I've done to date has almost been completely rendered. It's currently 1 minute 16 seconds (2281 renders) long. It needs a few more hundreds of renders before PCs are freed up for other animations; this should happen before next Friday.
Threesome animations are still in the render queue and have been there for the last two months. They take a very long time to render but are worth it.
I will have a split focus on renders and animations in the upcoming weeks.
I hope you had a nice weekend! I'm still a bit tired, but I've rested and am fit to work again.
Thanks again for your amazing support. I couldn't ask for a better community.

Dr PinkCake

"Hey boss, how are you..? I wanted to talk to you about my upcoming vacation... Yeah...i'm gonna have to postpone them to December".

 

[BeingADikDik]

Josy's arc begins when we learn that her dad and stepmom met only because she was dating Tommy.

 

[nyrek]

YEss but can you blame me i mean look at her
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this one works for me just fine too

 

[ChipLecsap]

Given how scared Josy is of being left alone, maybe her arc triggers when you decide to go for other girl in Ep.8

And by arc i mean stabbing spree.

 

[NebulousShooter]

I want a scene in ep. 9 where MC is taking the Vixens to his room , then Becky see them and ask if she can join. Then MC answer: "cool people only".

In your face, bitch.

 

[mightybored]

Suggestion for a render: Jade and/or Quinn with MC on Tybalt's bed. It would be funny if Tybalt's bed got more action than he ever will.

 

[dalli_x]

Josy's arc begins when we learn that her dad and stepmom met only because she was dating Tommy.

Unlikely, because Pete and Monica have been married for a long time. This can be read in EP2. So Josy was too young for that in the eyes of DPC.

 

[mightybored]

Plus, can't you call Tommy out for maybe being attracted to Josy and he flat out denies it?

 

[ffive]

You can and he does, but Tommy is also full of shit so it doesn't exactly mean much :v

 

[mightybored]

You can and he does, but Tommy is also full of shit so it doesn't exactly mean much :v

The trick is does Tommy use his tell when he says it, which I don't think he does.

 

[shazba]

The trick is does Tommy use his tell when he says it, which I don't think he does.

I'm pretty sure the Tommy/Josy relationship is exactly what it looks like:

• Josy hates Tommy because he's a raging asshole.
• Tommy hates Josy because she ratted him out for using her nail polish to get high, and possibly other stories of him being a dickhead and Josy telling her parents.
• Tommy doesn't want Josy in the HOTs because he can't enjoy himself if he's worried she's gonna tell their parents more shit.
• Josy doesn't stand for Tommy's shit, that's why she just marches up to him and kicks him in the balls for hurting her snowflake friend.

Anything sexual construed from their relationship is entirely due to the lack of incest in this game causing people to have withdrawals.

 

[ChipLecsap]

I was and still am convinced that Josy will get her drama. In EP3 she so says she makes or has made mistakes and there are some unanswered questions with Josy. Two examples.

- How did she get the college acceptance so suddenly? This has a bitter taste to it because Quinn was on the phone with Josy in EP2.

- In EP2, the MC asked Josy if that was her bed. Josy replies that is her parents' bed and their bed is too small for both of them. The MC thinks to himself, that's strange. To me, this suggests that it's an excuse by Josy because she didn't want to let the MC into her room. But why? I'm assuming that Josy went to the MC's school her senior year of high school. She could have been secretly stalking the MC and have pictures of him in her room that she doesn't want the MC to see. One thing is very strange. Maya said in EP6 that Josy has no problems meeting other people and making friends. But they work with the MC for 2 months and only just before the MC leaves for college do they start talking.

Why stalk? Zoey was still there when Josy got into the MC's school because Zoey and the MC didn't have sex until the MC was 18. We know the MC's birthday is 1-2 moante after school starts. Ergo, Josy probably knew so Zoey and the MC were together. Josy had no choice but to stalk the MC.

We entered to the Hardcore Drugs territory, guys. This is no joke

 

[Blades1138]

It’s mind boggling that you can’t accept that the parts of the game that do not appeal to your interests aren’t necessarily "padding".

Sorry, that's not it. It's fine if you like the padding, but arguing that it's something different doesn't make sense. DnG brings NOTHING to the table plot-wise or even in characterization. It's only there to provide more 'content' without furthering the plot whatsoever.

 

[ChipLecsap]

Sorry, that's not it. It's fine if you like the padding, but arguing that it's something different doesn't make sense. DnG brings NOTHING to the table plot-wise or even in characterization. It's only there to provide more 'content' without furthering the plot whatsoever.

Well, it does give you 1 RP point with Maya and Jill, you never now if that 1 point will be important or not. Also, the interactions with Sally can be considered as foreplay.

 

[ffive]

DnG brings NOTHING to the table plot-wise or even in characterization.

It's a bonding event for characters who otherwise might've interacted little (Maya and Jill, Sally and the main gang, etc). With extra porn you can access even when not on particular character's route. In a porn game.

Of all things to complain, this one is particularly silly.

 

[shazba]

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What can I say? I dunno, Becky does it for me. It might be the fringe. I had a girlfriend in high school (yes, before any of you stalkers ask, it was that girl...) who had the same kinda fringe. I just like it.

Plus literally less than a month ago, my wife made a similar comment to Becky's about which of the twin's birthday it was (can't remember exactly what my wife said, but I remember laughing my ass off at the time and thinking of Becky).

So that pretty much cements it.

Sorry, that's not it. It's fine if you like the padding, but arguing that it's something different doesn't make sense. DnG brings NOTHING to the table plot-wise or even in characterization. It's only there to provide more 'content' without furthering the plot whatsoever.

I dunno, there is the entire relationship between Sally and the mc that is mostly built through playing DnG. It's the one major thing that links the mc and the Scooby gang to the nerds.

There are plenty of other things in the game that have nothing to do with "the story". Like:

• Any discussions with anyone over Swyper.
• The entire relationship between the mc and Nicole, I mean she's a completely peripheral character, she doesn't tie in with anything of importance.
• What about Jamie's garden, how meaningless to the plot is that?
• Also, playing spin the bottle at the DIKs mansion, was that integral to where the mc's headed?
• Then there's pretty much every sex scene between the mc and girls like Camila, Mona, Melanie or Sarah, or even girls who are seem more important to some plot elements like Riona or Lily. The mc doesn't need to have sex with them for the story to progress.
• What about all of Derek's foolish antics?

Are you gonna say that all of that is just "padding"? Doesn't it actually add to the experience of the game? I mean, it's a story, but it's also a game, to be played for enjoyment.

So where do you draw the line? Strip out all the comedy, all the side sex, all the minigames, all the side characters, and just steamroll straight to the end of a probably very petty story?

I get that some people don't care to see the mc imagining having sex with people as opposed to him actually having sex with them, but so what? Some people don't care to interact with Quinn, other's can't stand Maya.

What's the "plot" anyway? Boy goes to college. Boy meets new friends, has fun and fucks girls. Boy helps out some of the girls he fucks.

 

[ffive]

What's the "plot" anyway? Boy goes to college. Boy meets new friends, has fun and fucks girls. Boy helps out some of the girls he fucks.

Imagine if "Ice King Fuckface and Snow Queen Bella rule the world together" secret DnG ending turns out to be foreshadowing for the main plot.

 

[ScottyLQ]

I'll just keep holding on to my hopes of a Heather scene...

 

[felicemastronzo]

What can I say? I dunno, Becky does it for me. It might be the fringe. I had a girlfriend in high school (yes, before any of you stalkers ask, it was that girl...) who had the same kinda fringe. I just like it.

Plus literally less than a month ago, my wife made a similar comment to Becky's about which of the twin's birthday it was (can't remember exactly what my wife said, but I remember laughing my ass off at the time and thinking of Becky).

So that pretty much cements it.


I dunno, there is the entire relationship between Sally and the mc that is mostly built through playing DnG. It's the one major thing that links the mc and the Scooby gang to the nerds.

There are plenty of other things in the game that have nothing to do with "the story". Like:

• Any discussions with anyone over Swyper.
• The entire relationship between the mc and Nicole, I mean she's a completely peripheral character, she doesn't tie in with anything of importance.
• What about Jamie's garden, how meaningless to the plot is that?
• Also, playing spin the bottle at the DIKs mansion, was that integral to where the mc's headed?
• Then there's pretty much every sex scene between the mc and girls like Camila, Mona, Melanie or Sarah, or even girls who are seem more important to some plot elements like Riona or Lily. The mc doesn't need to have sex with them for the story to progress.
• What about all of Derek's foolish antics?

Are you gonna say that all of that is just "padding"? Doesn't it actually add to the experience of the game? I mean, it's a story, but it's also a game, to be played for enjoyment.

So where do you draw the line? Strip out all the comedy, all the side sex, all the minigames, all the side characters, and just steamroll straight to the end of a probably very petty story?

I get that some people don't care to see the mc imagining having sex with people as opposed to him actually having sex with them, but so what? Some people don't care to interact with Quinn, other's can't stand Maya.

What's the "plot" anyway? Boy goes to college. Boy meets new friends, has fun and fucks girls. Boy helps out some of the girls he fucks.

But let's try to talk honestly.

Badik in order not to be a continuous series of sexual scenes needs to be interspersed with scenes of normal life in which we get to know the various characters

Jam Jam's passion for gardening tells us something about him, and in how much space? very few minutes of play, the same as a chat about more and less.
talking to Swyper's girls proved extremely meaningful with Nora, Cathe and Nicole, indirectly helpful with Rusty's new girlfriend, funny as usual with Arieth, for now the only chat that is an end in itself is the one with the party girl, whom it is not yet certain we won't meet again.

it doesn't seem to me that D&G really changes anything in the relationships of the participants, even in the relationships with the nerds there are no special references to "this bonding experience" and no choice we make during the game changes anything afterwards. it's purely a distraction, like the minigames are. with the difference being that it's mandatory and in MC's condition, that he could have sex with anyone in that room, objectively a huge waste of time (and but pancakes at Bella's house!!!!)

if the tenth chapter were entirely a science lesson by Nora, with explanations and exercises, it would be perfectly in the "story" of a boy in college but would remain a huge filler

 

[Ilhares]

the MC still hasn't actually told them he wants to be exclusive!

A perfect time to have Zoey show up first, making a window for him to get back together with her without violating the constraints of other relationships.

Quinn fucking the random guy while the MC looks at her with teary eyes and Quinn says "You thought you were special? So lame are you? lol"

Random guy is about to become the meat in an unexpected threesome sandwich if she does that. Fuckface must assert his dominance.

I'd prefer one with regular throuple and Becky hearing this from Maya...

Screw that. I want it to happen during the Halloween party and Becky walks in on it. MC drilling Maya fullbore from behind while she's got her head planted between Josy's legs.

Suggestion for a render: Jade and/or Quinn with MC on Tybalt's bed. It would be funny if Tybalt's bed got more action than he ever will.

Already banged Sage on his bed, hard to get more degrading than that. If you wanted to be cruel, you'd open his drawer and slice the watermelon he has hidden.