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

[SteveyP]

Madame Removed when?

When enough people pledge to his new $500 tier

 

[Decent-Win]

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Every year around this time, I review my Patreon page and make changes to my tiers. This year, I have no changes to any tiers below $75, but I've made a tough decision regarding the $75, $100, and $150 tiers.

If you're not pledging or planning to pledge those tiers, there's no relevant information below.

I have decided to discontinue the monthly Custom render reward starting January 2023. This means that the orders requested in November will be created and posted in December, and that will be the end of this reward.

The changes will be reflected as follows:

DIK Vice President (and above)

• Added: This is an additional support tier for those who would like to contribute extra.
• Rewards from previous tiers
• Removed: Access to recent Custom renders
• Removed: Each month, participate in entering suggestions for custom renders. 4 out of all entries are handpicked and produced for the following month. There's a chance that the produced renders will appear in the game.
• DIK Vice President role on the DrPinkCake Discord server.

To further explain my reasoning behind this decision, creating 12-16 high-quality renders per month has become a considerable task.

Creating new environments for one-time use, buying assets, posing the renders, rendering, and distribution are eating up 7-10% of development time every month.

36 months of custom orders have yielded 513 unique custom renders, meaning I have way more than enough Custom renders to last the remaining Pack Quests of Being a DIK.

Going forward, I want to put that time back into game development.

I hope that those affected understand my reasoning behind this decision.

I understand if any Vice President or DIK President tier 1/2 would now want to lower their pledge unless you feel you still want to contribute extra to the game development.

The final chance to order Custom renders for December is

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t; I'll treat this last order with even more respect than usual. If you're sitting on ideas that are too good not to be made, throw them in there now. Since it's the last time, you may submit more than one request.

Thank you to everyone who has submitted an order in these tiers during these last three years, and I hope you have enjoyed the custom renders.

All the best

Dr PinkCake

This is good this should speed up production by at least several weeks in the future unless he decides to put that 10% into making even longer animations.

 

[znar25]

Since this is an interlude, i'd say it's probably better if you try it now. This way when episode 9 comes out you won't be tempted to rush through the interlude just so you can pick up the main story again.

But really, if it is no big deal, the CNRL button works well.

 

[znar25]

I've always dreamed of building a drug dealing empire in a video game.

Two opportunities for mini-games missed.

 

[shazba]

shazba, more like DPC's hypeman

You should see the special renders he pays me in. Might explain the delays in development actually...

come on... come on...

now the details would be the gimmicks around which the plot revolves and instead the substance would be a few more renders (which 50% of the players will notice to be optimistic) that try to make the scene more realistic?

DPC certainly has the merit of taking the trouble to give tangible implication to choices that are many times even minor

but all this effort at realism is pretty much thwarted if WTF is the first thought that comes to mind when faced with a scene that is supposed to be dramatic...


And know that DPC hates you and you disgust him.

This is a you problem.

It's down you your inability to get over a dude saying "fuck" three times whether it's because he's about to meet a teacher who has molested him in the past, or whether he has fucked a mom and daughter duo. It may comes as a surprise to you, but "fuck" is a very versatile word. I should know, I'm an expert at using it.

 

[comte bonfim]

As someone who's tatted up irl I'd do the same lol. But imagine having to create an alternative render for each scene Tromolo is in(which is like 80% of the renders) just for minor aesthetics. It would be cool but a waste of time.

Same, and yeah, I get that it would be a lot of hassle to do so but still, IMAGINE. xD That'd be fuckin' amazing.

 

[Naxer]

This is good this should speed up production by at least several weeks in the future unless he decides to put that 10% into making even longer animation of Madame.

Fixed.

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

Two opportunities for mini-games missed.

DLC: Being a Quinn.

 

[felicemastronzo]

You should see the special renders he pays me in. Might explain the delays in development actually...


This is a you problem.

It's down you your inability to get over a dude saying "fuck" three times whether it's because he's about to meet a teacher who has molested him in the past, or whether he has fucked a mom and daughter duo. It may comes as a surprise to you, but "fuck" is a very versatile word. I should know, I'm an expert at using it.

That the protagonist is an absolute wimp is certainly not a strong point of the game.

But the problem with that scene, as I have explained several times, is not the reaction but that it is identical in every situation.

 

[nyrek]

DLC: Being a Quinn.

5am wake up, form a line
proceed to the mess hall along with other prisoners
...

 

[NebulousShooter]

Neah, the most clear cut example of laziness in the history is by having only one version of the ep8 ending, cmon, be honest for a second here. I will give a pass to argue about anything you want but this is objectively a bad call on his part, one that he tried to course correct a few months too late.

Which makes me wonder wtf are his beta testers doing, are they not allowed to give input, or are too preoccupied cleaning his keister?

 

[BigBlueDude]

An interesting update. Leads you to speculate doesnt it! Is it real or is it mere stopgap measure by DPC? Now I strongly suspect that he is not happy about how delayed this release have become (supposedly late december, realisticly january) and decided to blame it on the most devoted patreons instead of his own dev habits of going overboard. Why have these pledges become an issue now when they have not been one in the past?

Im... conflicted. Im glad that he is doing something to attempt to cut down development time but this is also a cause of concern because he is clearly pushing at a productivity ceiling as time is running away from him and then punishing his most loyal patrons.

 

[BorgiaBou]

To further explain my reasoning behind this decision, creating 12-16 high-quality renders per month has become a considerable task.

Creating new environments for one-time use, buying assets, posing the renders, rendering, and distribution are eating up 7-10% of development time every month.

Haha here you go guys the excuse why development is slow...

 

[Ilhares]

Haha here you go guys the excuse why development is slow...

Clearly it's hus fault for not finding a way to work those assets into the core game, making it a worthwhile investment.

 

[shazba]

That the protagonist is an absolute wimp is certainly not a strong point of the game.

But the problem with that scene, as I have explained several times, is not the reaction but that it is identical in every situation.

I know you've explained it several times, you go on and on about it like a broken record. There are hours and hours of things to talk about in this game, some great, some less so, but you are so fixated on 3 little words.

What's wrong with him reacting the same?. If I stub my toe, I go, "Fuck!". If I forget my mobile and have to turn the car around and get it, I go, "Fuck!". If a car rear ends me while I'm waiting to turn a corner, I go, "Fuck!" If I go outside the lines in the BaDIK drinking game for the third time in a row, I go, "Fuck!"

See what I mean about the versitility of that one word? Now the mc, like many people, is more dramatic than me, so when he's panicking, he goes, "Fuck. Fuck. Fuck." regardless of the severity of the situation. Big. Fucking. Deal. Get the fuck over it. "Fuck!"

 

[LiuXuande]

An interesting update. Leads you to speculate doesnt it! Is it real or is it mere stopgap measure by DPC? Now I strongly suspect that he is not happy about how delayed this release have become (supposedly late december, realisticly january) and decided to blame it on the most devoted patreons instead of his own dev habits of going overboard. Why have these pledges become an issue now when they have not been one in the past?

Im... conflicted. Im glad that he is doing something to attempt to cut down development time but this is also a cause of concern because he is clearly pushing at a productivity ceiling as time is running away from him and then punishing his most loyal patrons.

DPC is just doing what all of us would do in his place. Taking it slow.

He realized that after more than a year with no new update on the main series, he is still making the same amount of money each month. Why would he make an update each 6 months when he can have the same amount of money each year and maybe even more?

Stop thinking he is spending months on animations that lasted a few seconds. I can all assure you that if he lost a significative amount of patreons/money after 6 months with no new update, we would already have the update. It didn't happen and it will reflect on the time between each update from now on.

 

[dalli_x]

I found out the reason why Tommy never fucked Quinn and never will fuck Quinn.

Spoiler: Screenshots

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[felicemastronzo]

I know you've explained it several times, you go on and on about it like a broken record. There are hours and hours of things to talk about in this game, some great, some less so, but you are so fixated on 3 little words.

What's wrong with him reacting the same?. If I stub my toe, I go, "Fuck!". If I forget my mobile and have to turn the car around and get it, I go, "Fuck!". If a car rear ends me while I'm waiting to turn a corner, I go, "Fuck!" If I go outside the lines in the BaDIK drinking game for the third time in a row, I go, "Fuck!"

See what I mean about the versitility of that one word? Now the mc, like many people, is more dramatic than me, so when he's panicking, he goes, "Fuck. Fuck. Fuck." regardless of the severity of the situation. Big. Fucking. Deal. Get the fuck over it. "Fuck!"

Now you've shut me up.... Wow

 

[FapAnimePro]

Today is one year since the release of Episode 8.
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hopefully we finish this game before 2025

 

[FapAnimePro]

damn, i'm jealous of my grandsons. they will play the full game without waiting

and i dont even have sons yet

you better start making them then