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

Before episode 4
The game was nice to play: fun, interesting story and good gameplay.

After episode 4
In a attempt to turn the game more like a game and less visual novel, the dev introduced a lot of mini games, keeping the old ones and adding new ones. On the beginning, it was fun...but the dev overdid it, adding them frequently, tedious, and unecessarily hard working, turning the minigames a frustating experience.
And of course the freeroam. Worse navigation system ever. After episode 4, it's a crazy experience. Much bigger places, made this a very frustating experience where you can't understand the path that you took, cant understand where you came from, and can't find the right place to go. Then, i was surprised that the dev prob. notice this, and added the "Quick travel", but only for a few places.
The story started to get boring, and with no sense dialogs. The DIKS getting more and more stupid and boring.
The magazines that are hidden around the freeroam, can now only be found if you see its pixel, literally pixels on detailed images full of objects, and they get smaller and smaller every new episode. It's ridiculous.

In short, after episode 4, the dev forgot that this should be fun to play, and not hard working. The general quality dropped a lot, (except for the renders) and i couldn't avoid but to drop the game.

It's the pinnacle of NSFW games. The story is captivating, the dialogue is very well-crafted, choices REALLY matter, the writing is truly incredible. You're completely anxious to know what's going to happen, and the plot twists are jaw-dropping.
And that's not enough, the scenes are easily among the top of the entire site.
I'm usually a bit hesitant about design when it comes to 3DCG games, but this one blew my mind, not only because of the characters' appearance but also because of each one's personality, how each one is unique, how each one has its flaws and qualities, all very well worked out.
I won't simply recommend it; I'll say this is a must-play game.

Doesn't get much better than this one. Everything about this VN is amazing. Your choices not only affect the story, they also affect how your MC speaks. There are so many paths, so many LI's to have fun with. The renders and animations are top tier. I wasn't a big fan of the minigames but fortunately you can turn them off. The music is absolutely the best and fits perfectly to each scene. I highly recommend this.

Imho I didn't really like Acting Lessons, However this VN is just INSANELY good. Great writing, Great MC & his background, great memorable characters & their backgrounds, great writings, pretty fun minigames & stuffs also the rooster thing & side contents are truly good. It's just a flawless VN so far I've tried, hands down.

Being a DIK is way more than just a spicy college game — it’s a full-blown emotional ride . You start off thinking it’s all about parties, hookups, and frat life , but then boom — you’re hit with real friendships, deep backstories, and choices that actually matter . The characters feel alive (hello, Sage & Bella ), the writing is witty and heartfelt, and the game balances humor, drama, and romance like a pro . Honestly, you laugh, you thirst, you feel — it’s chaos and connection in the best way possible .

This game is fun all over the place, you can even choose to do the mini games or play without it. Although I know that the minigames can help you make money to unlock many scenes you wouldn't be able to see, still without them there's a lot to be seen.
The game itself has the best use of these very over used models. But you can see how each of them were lovingly put together, possibly the best use of these kind of models you see exaggerated in most other games.
The story and it's rammifications are very well played, with some weird dev choices here and there.
Played it many times to try out all the paths you can take with the so many different options it has.
Fantastic game I'd definitely some day Patron, once I get a decent job that allows me to repay in kind.

Best adult game I've ever played, immersive game, very good story, excellent images and animations, the characters are striking, the gameplay is addictive, remarkable soundtrack, your decisions change the story, every choice matters, in short it's a 10/10.

TL;DR
Amazing VN so far (Season 3).
Overwhleming amount of choices, gorgeous girls, very good scene animation, a amazing soundtrack and a surprisngly deep plot.

Some more words (may contain light spoilers):
The game starts kinda simple with only a hand full of mechaniks and a manageable amount of side content like minigames. But it gets bigger and bigger over time. Some stuff gets cut out again later, but i guess you can still call it to much at times. There are curently 4 main branches. Wich are the main girls as well as a "free" branch. Choices matter a lot and you can look out yourself pretty early on on some content, so prepare for more than one playthrough if you wanna see everything.
Whats amazing is, that the branches not only determine wich girls you can fuck, but also from what perspective you experience the main plotline. That huge load of content allone makes this VN kinda unique in this bubble as far as im aware.
If you are in search for a VN with lots of choices and lots of side content, search no further. Just give this one a try.

PS. i might sound kinda overpraising here. Sorry about that. I have some criticism about the game, but that are things others have pointed out way better than i could and its also kinda overshadowed by how much i like the game.

This VN is just simply amazing. There is not one thing that you can call bad in this game. Renders, length, story, free roams, number of choices, girl variety. Everything is simply great. Sure you can criticize small things based on your personal preferences, but there's no denying that this is just pure quality.

Those small things for me maybe are that the story gets a bit dark for a porn game and that the sex scenes stay a bit on the vanilla side for me. Sure there is plenty of anal and a bit of BDSM, but nothing really kinky.
But these are just my personal preferences and don't diminish the quality of the game.

I'd never thought I'd get as emotionally invested in a porn game as I did with this, with the dark elements of the story and a few choices that can really hurt as this isn't a harem game.

The characters are so well written and diverse in their personas, I got attached to a lot of them (here is me wishing again that this were a harem game ).

The only thing left to say is thank you to the dev and please keep this ongoing.

Great story and writing in general. Probably best on this site? Love the characters and the protagonist. Great renders even if some of the models are kinda ridiculous. Sex scenes are very dull however: very little interactivity as your choices seem to barely ever matter and half the time the girl doesn't even cum. Sex scenes feel like generic, performative porno scenes.

That was the game tha impressed me in terms of what a adult vn game can be, is my first review btw, i dunno how the development is going and how hard/long is to do all of that alone, but i sugest a remake of the first episodes at some point, i have a impression that the game gets much better in terms of quality in the last episodes, i believe that the initial episodes are cool, but with a rework of some scenes this will be so much better!

Awesome work btw!

The best game ever on this site, the story is incredible, I won't even waste my time talking about the quality of the game that surpasses many AAA games, I'm serious, congratulations to the developers !

Well, It's just the absolute undisputed #1 AVN in the world. It was my introduction to the world of AVN's, and even after having played many since then, it's still the undisputed goat.

The best LI's in any AVN
The visuals just get better and better every season. (looking forward to the inevitable remaster I assume we're going to get at some point... )
Incredible writing.
Brilliant music.
It even has minigames that CAN lowkey get rather addicting...or they can if you're me at least


Deserves above 5* honestly

I'll give it last star if it ever gets sound effects as good as Eternum, mainly the adult scenes. But the writing is good and hits the feels at times. Played through all the girls and has me definitely waiting for updates.

Officially AMAZING!!!!! Never find a visual novel game that really good like this :')
Im really sure the developer put all of his heart to this game, it has both good image/video quality and good storyline.. Every scene are interesting.

when the quality is top-notch, people start to get annoyed with the smallest things. I can't deny DrPinkCake set the high standard himself. There's no other VN that comes close to Being a DIK, a total benchmark for the genre. Great world-building, especially the characters, any side girl in the story has the potential to be a LI of its own (alr, maybe except Madame lol). I appreciate the work put in this VN and am just thankful for the experience.

Awesome game, I'm loving S3 just as much as any other season. it has slowed down a little and that's fine in my view.

as of now I have only played the solo path and I'm glad DPC has given some extra screen time to characters like Lily, Leona, Tara etc.

a shame about Camila however, at the start of s3 it seemed like she'd become more important for MC but aside from MC himself stating every once in a while that he considers her a close friend nothing major has really happened.
Also, giving that much attention to minor characters like Tara would require a ton of work but I do hope that at least Lily will eventually become a vanilla gf for MC in the solo path...

...or maybe even a "main" girl with her own path, as a real addition to the big 4

the only critical point for me is the fact that MC barely talks with the DIKs. I can probably count the conversations (longer than 2 sentences) MC has had with Rusty on 1 hand, with Tommy on mayybe 2 hands, and with just about everybody else bar Derek on 3 fingers.

Thank you for the great game.

The absolute golden standard when it comes to AVN's. Even though for me the first couple of seasons were better than the current one, the quality of the story and characters still make this the best AVN and an easy 5 stars

The game is better than Hollywood.

It has everything, incredible characters, every single character has their own problems and they all seem alive and I love every single one of them.

Comedy at its best, there's always something to laugh about, thanks Derek.

The dark side of the game is also very excitingly written.

The visual art of the game is incredible, the 2D hand painted artwork alone is first class, as are the animations and environment in the game and with each update DrPinkCake outdoes itself.

The music is so well chosen, you'd think it was produced for the game.

And finally, the erotica, simply top. There is everything, just fucking, out of love or also funny.

In short, it's perfect.

This is, quite simply, the pinnacle of visual novel gaming to date. I genuinely hope Dr. Pink Cake maintains this exceptional level of quality — and that his next project lives up to, or even surpasses, this masterpiece.