VN - Ren'Py - Being a DIK [v0.11.1] [DrPinkCake]

Oh look, he's doing the thing where he's acting edgy by not giving a super popular VN a 5-star rating!

Anyways... Cringy jokes aside, there is a lot of potential with this VN, but much like Mass Effect 2 there is a hyper fixation on introducing new characters, and new LIs in some cases. To avoid derailing into a tangent I'll post my full thoughts in a "good" and "bad" list.

Good

• Each LI is given some kind of background and character arc that slowly develops over the span of each chapter.
• The dev seems to at least listen to some feedback (or something along those lines) as there are vast improvements to gameplay with each new chapter (i.e. navmap for sandbox sections).
• Vastly improved textures in later chapters (goodbye glassy eyes...).
• Interesting mini-games via an in-game phone.
• Good quality animations (aside from the first season being mediocre).
• Ample amount of lewd content fairly early on.
• Lots of varied content each update.
• Seamless implementation of UI elements, such as the MC's phone.
• Varied and unique soundtrack with a built in music player (this honestly was my favorite aspect).

Bad

• Lack of any coherent overarching plot.
• Railroading the audience into play the larger "mini-games" in order to achieve the "best" outcome.
• Convoluted sandbox sections that lacked any type of navmap in the earlier chapters.
• Contrivance of railroading the player into a monogamous relationships for three (3) of the main LIs (if you're going to go this route, at least pace it out better rather than having it "feel" like some last minute decision...).
• Anti-cheat/Anti-tamper code. Seriously dude, it's an AVN built in Ren'Py that has a dev console override, stop breaking people's saves.
• Blatant favoritism with the writing for ALL of Jill's content.
• Hardly any consequences for favoring DIK/CHICK decisions (choosing "DIK" closes Jill's route as a "primary" consequence...).
• Overabundance of side characters introduced each chapter, many of which aren't seen again for quite awhile.

Summary
I'll try to keep this section short to tie together my thoughts...

BaDIK has built a cult-like following with an iron-grip on the AVN genre. While most people will point to Doki Doki Literature club as the pioneer of VN's, BaDIK can be credited with bring in a much larger audience the niche AVN genre.

However, the high praise for the game stems from very similar reasoning that most BioWare fans claim ME2 was the pinnacle of the ME trilogy: the character arcs are incredibly well-written. DPC doesn't seem to have any clear idea on which direction the plot is going, much less what it even is in the first place. After the initial allure of pursuing specific LIs wears of I'm left wondering, "What's the point of this story anyways?".

A more egregious action is the apparent focus on adding MORE characters despite the game already have one of the largest casts in the AVN space as it stands. There have been moments where a side character comes back chapters later and I'm left surprised as to who they are despite the MC clearly remembering them in detail. The cast of side LIs is also made redundant because you're locked in to a specific path in Chapter 8, which blocks ALL lewd content with EVERY OTHER CHARACTER.



Considering how profitable this AVN is for DPC I honestly doubt he'll do anything to improve the overall story. However, like all good things in life must come to an end, so too will DPC's insane income if no real change occurs. I could always be wrong of course, but we've seen titans fall before, and DPC is not a god amongst men.

I played this game since the start. so enough content to keep my interest.
For me a really good game with really nice renders, great story twists and fun I Love this game, and look forward to each update that comes.

I do think this is the best game on the site, to bad the updates are slow going.
But, quality is HIGH!

This actually the Best AVN in most way
And have the number 1 sex scene and animated scene in AVN history
The character is loveable and the college vibes are really cool!
I love this game a lot

Pros
- My girl SAGEEEE! I love her like a lot!! she always make me smile
- This game have the best character design
- One of the best story in AVN history in real and unrealistic ways
- Minigame is kinda fun though
- Not a lot of AVN make me love male character but DIK are family and "Family Comes First" I like all of them (Tommy is Tommy Shelby)
- This game have the best animated and sex scene ,this is number 1#, This is top tier and it's really a FAP Material Devs know how to capture it
- Choice do a lot matter and it's fun
- Cheat mods are cool too
- Derek is a best of the best friend I really love him
- Jocks seems kinda bad at first but not at all later
- Quinn sex scene is DAMMM and Sage too both Quin and Sage have the best sex scene in all AVN
- The Tybalt got revenge hahaha that's funny

Cons
- Burke << Please get rid of this disgusting guy
- Many female character are too consume to the past love and I really hate the part that mention there old love a lot
- Why Jade still sticking with burke?
- Burke with Cathy? Cathy is smarter than that and Burke is ugly hell
- Burke with student? if student is one of the LI or even Riona, Mona or Quinn this will be really disgusting

My opinion only for the first episode (couldn't force myself to play more than that):
Can't believe this game has so many 5-star reviews, if it was on a different site I'd say it was voted up by bots or something. Heavy spoilers for Ep. 1 ahead.
Before I start complaining about the specifics, a quick general review : the 3D renders are very good, the music is good, the gameplay is mostly a VN with some annoying minigames and point-and-click style segments.
You get warned at the very beginning that this game might make you feel angry. I've naively assumed that meant unfair situations or the antagonists being real dicks (diks). Nope. What infuriated me was the MC. At every step he behaves like an insane person and because the EP. 1 is pure railroading (I went back and replayed with the opposite choices, got the exact same result) all the "choices" are just meaningless options that don't change anything.
The MC knows martial arts, can play a guitar, is good looking (some people even compare him to a jock) and he says he's used to being bullied!? After getting led-on by a girl he had a crush on she reveals that she has a boyfriend and that what she did hanging out with MC was wrong; MC continues to try and get together with her like nothing happened. After arguing with some jocks the MC is given a wedgie by one of them and just accepts it, like any person with some martial training would. MC's treasured guitar gets stolen from his room and all he does is tell the receptionist that he had a "falling out" with his roommate, without reporting the theft to the campus security or the police. Even if the MC beats up the roommate for letting someone steal the guitar, the MC is the one to leave and look for a new place to stay instead of kicking out the shitty roommate. When caught stealing panties from the girl dorm, the trained fighter MC gets overpowered and thrown out naked by two girls. Later, after being tasered, kidnapped and assaulted for the initiation for the frat-house that tricked and humiliated the MC, he just accepts it and joins the fraternity!?
So far the only LIs in the game are the girls MC interacted the least so they didn't fuck him over yet. One LI led him on even though she "has a boyfriend", another LI makes the MC do her some favors after learning that she's been given some of his stolen things, and the third LI rapes, tasers and helps kidnap the MC in his sleep (if you don't think that's rape, consider the situation where a guy gets on top of a sleeping girl, grinds on her, and tasers her when she starts to do anything; just because the sexes are swapped, doesn't make it less of a rape).
After the first episode the most appealing LI options are the rich girl who pities the MC and the librarian who seems to hate him. I guess there would be other girls later on, but if this is any indication of how they're written, I'll pass.
I suppose this game has some appeal for players with a humiliation fetish, just didn't expect such a game have a 4+ star rating. That, or people just skip all dialog to look at the renders.

Great game. One of the few games out here that isn't about a hung hero with some bogus mind control powers or a demon friend. The story is pretty good, mainly thanks to the characters. It makes you want to play it and it's actually fun AND sexy at the same time. Minigames are skippable from the get-go go so that is a big plus, no mandatory grinding minigames for money, etc.
One of the top games on this site, and my personal favorite when it comes to 3DCG.

I'll start my review with a general feeling from playing this game: it's pretty fucking good. And i say that after playing at least a half hundred AVNs, so my standards for a good AVN are high. BaDIK was actually the very first AVN i've played and was the reason i got hooked up to AVNs.

Story:
A bit slow at the beginning but picks up the pace rather quick and stays fun and entertaining, unlike some titles that start out great but losing in quality after a couple of updates. It's a basic college drama, but wrapped up in an interesting form. The choices are actually matter here, and i especially like that some of them will bite you in the ass way, way later. For example, getting in an affair with a certain teacher and then gettings close to a certain girl which turns out to be the teacher's relative. You can guess pretty well how this can backfire. I feel like there's a greater mystery involving drugs and drug dealers, the glimpses of which you can witness throughout the game, specifically interacting with Quinn. The most obvious one is at the end of the current version, which i won't spoil here.

I liked how the game handles your general attitude without overdoing it. DIK or Chick, it's not game-changing but some interactions are clearly made to match your DIK or Chick affinity, like flipping off Jocks after the fight with a big dude, and just walking away after the same fight if you're Chick. Some characters can comment on your affinity, like when Bella is talking to Sage. Sage says that MC is a great guy and Bella says: - "Are we talking about the same person?" (DIK) or "I see" (Chick). You're getting pretty mean dialogue lines if you're a DIK, while Chick is nicer to people (i guess, i'm a DIK all the way and only played DIK routes cause i'm kind of an ass myself xd). Humor in this game is great, i'm not an easy person to get laughing but some jokes were right up my alley.

Graphics, animations, performance, sound:
Are great, all of them. I don't know if the game was reworked at some point (pretty sure it was not), but even the first builds were awesome. Hell, even some 2022+ released games suck ass in comparison to the beginning of the s1. The only thing that might be annoying is occasional lag spikes during auto saves, but it's tolerable. Sex scenes are top tier, one of the best in the AVN industry, and gets better and better with each update.
I don't play AVNs with sound but first time i've played BaDIK i've been playing with it, and it's great. Added some tracks in my playlist.

Gameplay:
Is good. Mini-games are fun, free-roam can be a bit annoying at times but it gets better with the fast-travel implementation, which is not available until like s1ep5 or so. Some management here and there, which i find rather annoying and tedious most of the times, mostly because it's done bad. Not the case here, i even liked the party management in s2. Some mini-games have funny consequences, like aiming the ball at Tybalt (fucking bitch) and knocking his teeth out. I genuinely laughed doing that. Excuse me if that part wasn't a part of a mini-game, it's been some time since i played s1 so i don't remember everything.

Characters:
Are interesting, almost all of them.
One of the best MCs i've seen so far. Not creepy fuck but actually thinking human being. He's not perfect in any way, has a footlong dick (of course) and a dumbass at times, but he's being reasonable, admits his mistakes (most of them anyway) and you can shape his behavior quite a bit.
Sage is my personal favorite, she's fucking great. Easygoing and fun, supportive when necessary, sexy, smart and... well fuck, she's a perfect girlfriend, especially for a DIK affinity. She likes bad boys. And a redhead, love me some redheads.
Bella is my second fav, the Ice Queen. Kinda has a stick up her ass but getting close to her is an interesting experience. That kind of a woman is a partner for life. She's extremely smart, attentive and actually kind to people she cares about.
Side girls are also pretty damn great. Lily, Nicole, Rio (my favorite side girl), Cammy, Quinn (second fav), Sandy. They all fun in their own ways and get enough screen time so the solo path is actually enjoyable. Unfortunately some side girls are getting tossed away, Cathy for example. I liked her really. More than i liked Jade tbh.
The not-so-fun girls are Josy-Maya and Jill. They're just too vanilla for my taste, nothing really special about them, which isn't bad, just not for me.
I kinda wish that there was an option to avoid Josy and Maya but they're quite important for the story even if not on their path, so i'm not complaining. What i didn't like about Maya is her using MC, dry humping him and knocking him out with a fucking taser. C'mon dude, that shit ain't cool, imagine if roles were reversed, a guy knocking out a girl with a taser after dry humping her. Really creepy shit. I know she was kinda forced to do that but damn girl, use your fucking brain for once. MC is not a saint either, dating and possibly fucking a girl (Josy) knowing she kinda has someone already but this horse crap Maya pulled off is too much.
As for Jill... well, i've got nothing to say really, she's just too vanilla. And going behind MC's back telling that he was bullied when MC didn't ask her for it is not cool. She clearly doesn't know a phrase "The road to hell is paved with good intentions".
All the DIKs are cool dudes, i don't even have anyone i dislike, not even Tommy. He's a dick ofc, but he's funny. Derek is like a goofy brother, i like him, good friend altho with a loosy mouth when drunk.

Conclusion:
Great, cool, fun, awesome and excellent. Give it a go if you haven't already (heretic). Honestly 5/5 in my book, and while nothing is perfect, this one is as close to being perfect as possible. The only downside is a long ass wait for another update, but i rather wait a year for a juicy refined update than getting half-assed 200-500 render long pieces every few months.

this game is one of the best game on here i would think so after playing acting lesson i had to check the next game by you i really love your work I hope you continue with your work I know you work hard been waiting almost a year for next update and I'm just exited to see what come next

I tried almost every AVN games, this is the best one so far.

Yes, the dev may be took too long to release each of episodes but:
"A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad".

December release incoming.
Brace yourself Maggots!

never made a review and though I would never do 1.
For me adult games where always just a way for me to jerk off to some pretty lady and maybe catch a bit of the story but man this game made me really invested in the story and even after I got into a relationship I still wanted to play this game even if its just for the story. Even if I would try really hard I could not find a single bad thing about this game.

there is not a single VN that is in the same level as this game, truly a masterpiece. Amazing visuals, each episode getting better, incredibly and engaging story, charismatic characters. I've been playing it since episode 3(?) i think and for sure the best vn I ever played

I hate what this game did to me. Now everytime i play a game i say "Its good but its not BaD."

Visuals 10/10
Gameplay 10/10
Story 10000/10

Its hard to find anything bad about this game. Its the perfect game.

The only downside of this game is the long wait for updates. But by the amount and quality of the content comming out its easy forgiven.

Im not saying anything about the story in my review because i want people to go in blind and just enjoy the ride.

Keep it up PinkCake.

Have a good one. And lads, take a break from fapping once in a while.

This game is massive. There is so much you can do, from the gameplay to the choices you get to make. There are so many choices you can make with many of them affecting how people view you and your overall personality. Additionally, there's free roam events where you get to explore the building. On top of that, there's texting, social media, dating app, mini games, etc. It will definitely take some time to complete. That doesn't even scratch the surface of what the developer has added. There's entire game systems in this game as well.

The story is very long, so you'll get to enjoy the game longer. A lot of the choices you make affects things in the future, whether it is small or big. The paths with each of the girls is very extensive and there's even a solo path. Choices you make in Episode 1 can affect Episode 6, for example. Also, the story is very engaging to me. I'm always left with a "dang it, now I have to wait a couple months to see what happens next - I need to know what happens next".

The renders are high quality and there's a lot of animated renders in there as well that doesn't just stop at looking a girl up and down.

As for the adult content: The sex scenes have many different choices that you can make, with angles and positions. Because of the college theme of this game, you can't go too far without a potential option to sex someone up. Additionally, there is a lot of random nudity in this game. You'll be carrying a girl just to help her out and her breast will be randomly hanging out.

The affinity system is pretty nice and actually extends past choices. Even some of the dialogue is different. I went back and changed my affinity so I can see the outcome of a certain choice and was treated to different dialog in a completely unrelated scene. This attention to detail is also what helps make this game replayable.

Overall, this is one of my favorite visual novel games. The replayability is very high, there's so much to do, so many choices to make, and a fun, engaging story. Honestly, with how much you can do and how different things can turn out, it could easily be argued that calling it a visual novel is very reductive.

I would never have thought that a game from this genre would make me think about my life, about my actions, about the reasons for where I ended up now (everything is very bad).

I play computer games for about 20 years, if not more. No game even came close to giving such a number of emotions, from grief to laughter, from crying to tears of happiness. As the game progressed, I began to notice that even static pictures are not so static (as if the brain was completing the drawing what I see, well, or I'm already going crazy). During this game, I never jerked off even though I came to this genre primarily for this. After the last scene in episode 8 (with Jill, around episode 2 I started acting the way I would like to behave in real life) I decided it was time to stop watching porn. This addiction can be compared to alcohol, smoking and drugs and I don’t need it anymore.

For me personally, this is not just a game, but art. I can't believe that one person can do this (in a good way).

Story: 10/10
Sound: 10/10 (It turns out that songs by not particularly unknown artists can be at the level of a trend, some even surpass them.
Playability: 8/10 (Free roams and finding renders becomes boring at some point, especially when one location needs to be rechecked more than once during one big event)
Amount of content: 10/10 (I want more, but I know that it will affect the quality)
Writing: 10/10 (I am not strong in English, but I almost always manage to understand the meaning of what is written since there is not much slang. It's very easy to read and feels completely immersive.
Animations: Starting from 7 ending with 10 (Gradually playing the game, the progression in animations and their quality is visible to the naked eye)

I hope my review will not be deleted due to a lot of feelings. I read the review rules after writing them, and then started evaluating aspects of the game according to the rules I just don't want to use Backspace button anymore after I opened my soul.

Thanks for reading my thoughts (ramblings) and sorry in advance for my English.

There is no other game like this. This is my first vn that I have played and no game can beat this now. Dialogue are excellent, music is great and animations get better with each uptade. Best written porn game, that's all folks.

This game is such a perfection, the storytelling, characters, design, visual style, everything in this game is perfect as it is, Pink Cake this man makes me happy everytime he releases the episode, I swear you will find character that you will like or, the character you want route with. So yeah i definitely recommend this VN to try at least if you're new to this genre.

The pinnacle of these games. Incredible models, incredible storytelling, fun but skippable games/mini-games, and a decent soundtrack to boot. The only negative is that it will ruin your ability to enjoy other games as much.

I had my eye on this game for a while, and although at first I was about to drop it, the story hooked me.

THE GOOD
Although the plot is similar to many "the typical protagonist goes to college and fucks everything" games. This story hooks you with its characters, there are very good stories and the characters have quite unique personalities that differentiate them from each other. Even the male characters themselves are different from each other. The atmosphere, the plot, everything is very well written and constructed. Applause to the creator for doing a job that shows that he took the trouble to create something that made sense. On the other hand, I really like the rendering of the real characters, they are very well done, if I had to say a top I would say Isabella, Jill, Sage.

THE BAD... or not?
There are certain things that I don't like or that could be improved and that is that there are some characters that last a while without seeing each other or that are abandoned for a long time. The story is slow at first but then becomes fun and entertaining. I don't want to say much more because I really don't find that many bad things here but I must say that the relationship I liked the least is the one between the protagonist and Maya and the other, in fact Maya is the one I like the least.

Today, I played until version 0.9.1 . I recommend the game to enjoy a good story and especially some good scenes. There are stories that you may not like and there will be others that you do, but just for the fact that it is well written and well modeled, it is worth playing.

Summary (SCORE: 9)
o Character Design/Visual: 10/10
o Background music/sound: 10/10
o Plot: 8/10
o Animation: 9/10
o +18 Scenes: 9/10
o Gameplay: 8/10
o Interface: 10/10

Excellent game. Its writing is amazing for the genre, many interesting characters, dialogue that's actually mostly worth reading. The music is great and really gives an extra dimension to many scenes.

BaDIK has some of the best branching I've ever experienced and multiple playthroughs are definitely necessary, but the quality of the game is such that you'll most likely want to do that anyway.

The sex is hot, but fairly vanilla, it's not a kinky game. I think more of this game as an RPG with very advanced romancing options. The sex feels like it isn't really the main focus of the game, it just accentuates the story very well.

Lots of content already, but new content is moving at a glacial pace. Be prepared to leave the game behind for at least a year or so before coming back, if you want new stuff to experience.

Amazing graphics and amazing animations and great storyline!!! Great character personalities, the characters themselves look awesome! Always new and different content here and the replay ability in this game is amazing so many different character paths to follow and so many scenes to watch. I definitely recommend trying this game. All in all 10/10 in my books cant wait to see more.

Being a DIK Season 1 is a well-written dating simulator game with engaging characters and a variety of minigames. The game is set in a college town and follows the story of a freshman student named Alex as he tries to navigate his way through college life, relationships, and sex.

One of the things that I liked most about Being a DIK is the story. It is well-written and engaging, and it is full of twists and turns. The game also gives you a lot of choice in how you want to play it. You can be a nice guy, a jerk, or something in between. Your choices will have a real impact on the story and the relationships that you develop with the other characters.

The characters in Being a DIK are also very well-developed. They are all believable and relatable, and their relationships with each other are complex and interesting. I especially liked the character of Sage, Alex's best friend. She is intelligent, funny, and supportive. However, she also has a dark secret that she is hiding from Alex. When Alex finds out her secret, it puts a strain on their friendship.

In addition to the story mode, Being a DIK also has a variety of minigames that you can play. The minigames are a fun way to break up the story mode and earn some extra money and items. Some of the minigames are more challenging than others, but they are all fun and rewarding.

Overall, I thought Being a DIK Season 1 was a great dating simulator game. It has a well-written story, well-developed characters, fun and challenging minigames, and good graphics. I would definitely recommend it to other fans of dating simulator games.

Here are some specific things that I liked about the game:

• The story is full of twists and turns, and there are a number of different endings that you can get, depending on the choices you make.
• The characters are all well-developed and believable, and their relationships with each other are complex and interesting.
• The game gives you a lot of choice in how you want to play it. You can be a nice guy, a jerk, or something in between.
• The minigames are fun and challenging.
• The graphics are very good. The characters are all well-drawn and the backgrounds are detailed.

Here are a few things that could have been improved:

• Some of the minigames were a bit too easy.
• The game could have used a bit more variety in the sex scenes.

Overall, I thought Being a DIK Season 1 was a great dating simulator game. I would definitely recommend it to other fans of dating simulator games.