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

[hysepReC]

The MC's attitude in breaking up with Isabella in episode 8 after being so insistent on her to the point of sharing sexual moments together is simply deplorable.

I felt like the MC had taken advantage of Bella's situation and had some fun and then dismissed her like it was nothing.

One of the lowest and filthiest actions that the player and the MC can perform during the game is to follow Isabella's route knowing that he won't choose her in episode 8. Such a person needs to be very heartless...

It's no worse than leading Jill on and dumping her for Bella... and Bella isn't exactly innocent either, fooling around with her best friend's crush behind her back is a very shitty thing to do.

 

[The Glorious LIME]

How many runs have you had in total? And do you play with or without mini-games?

I usually play without mini-games, because it's faster that way. I currently have four separate runs for the main girls:

Josy/Maya (chick)

Bella (chick)

Jill (chick)

Sage (DIK)


And two other sets of saves for the other branches (these with minigames enabled). One of them is from the beginning of the game. I play a massive DIK and go for Quinn. Then, at the end of episode 8, I decided to start a second set of save games also for Quinn, starting from the last major choice (studying the answers vs. flushing the papers), but this time I flushed the papers and ended up getting permanent Neutral affinity. This way, I have two separate sets of saves for Quinn (DIK and neutral). And so far I haven't found any significant difference between being neutral or DIK with her during episode 9.

I should probably start a new game for Rio at least. But for this one I'll go back to playing without minigames to spend less time to complete the run.

And I don't know what to do with Lily and other girls. She interests me less than other girls. But maybe she ends up bringing something interesting to the story when on her route.

And when a branch for Zoey gets available, I'll also keep separate saves for her.

Seeing how we have lots of time between updates, I play all the routes, on multiple affinities.
I like spotting differences and such things. I'm one of those cursed people that have to unlock/see 100% of the content.
And you get these subtle changes in reactions and dialogues and so on.

First game was with minigames, the rest were with them turned off.

Even tho I'm online here often(I work 12+ hour shifts, sitting in front of 3 screens so I use one for Discord and F95 to keep my sanity intact xD), I don't play much games in general. It usually takes time to pass content in multiple affinities, but I'm ready for the next update always. And seeing how I fire up games or AVNs at night when the wife and kid are asleep and I play for an hour or two maybe tops, it's a slow process but gives me content to play and relax my mind a bit.

Ep9 just made the process very easy since once you pass it, you can get through the episode rather fast.

But overall to answer your question in a simple manner:
1. Sage - both
2. Jill - Chick
3. Bella - both, wanted to see how she reacts to more of a bad boy type. Not DIK with her choices since she's a CHICK type, but through MC being a DIK overall in the game.
4. Josy & Maya - both, prefer more DIKish, since I tailor it to kinky Josy. Couldn't care less about Maya(but I still played Chick for Maya too...Commitment, haha).
5. Quinn - DIK (I'm not Dalli, I don't believe in Saint MC saving Quinn)
6. Rio - Neutral to DIK
7. Man Whore - Massive DIK (no MG, only SG and Strippers) - Now called Other's Route officially.
8. Massive DIK - as the name implies, it's basically a tailored affinity run for maximum emotional damage of MG's. Man Whore but with added hurting of everyone's feelings when dumping them for Other's route or Bella/Jill.
9. Virgin run - Massive Chick that rejects everything except what the game forces on you.
10. Zoey - To be determined, but I will play both opposites affinities for MC/Zoey and double DIK.

 

[saynotoNTR]

It's no worse than leading Jill on and dumping her for Bella... and Bella isn't exactly innocent either, fooling around with her best friend's crush behind her back is a very shitty thing to do.

Yes, it's worse. Jill has never had a love life and therefore has no trauma. Bella, on the other hand, has numerous traumas and the MC's attitude in breaking up with her in episode 8 may or will cause her to close herself off even more from the world.

 

[saynotoNTR]

Lol, a year of waiting for the next iteration of a fantastic game will make a man do crazy things.

This game's updates are relatively large and the DPC works alone. Do you understand that only one person is responsible for creating this game? A single person to code the game, create renders, create animations, create the main storyline, create storyline for the main girls and side girls routes, create and write all the dialogues present in the game... I said it once and I will again, creating 6-8 month updates for a game of this magnitude is totally understandable.

 

[Lightaces]

Is your first post intended to badmouth the DPC? You've got some balls, son.

Just somebody trolling. Best ignored.

 

[saynotoNTR]

9. Virgin run - Massive Chick that rejects everything except what the game forces on you.

I never heard about "Virgin run"... It's time to create a save where MC is a thot slayer.

 

[The Glorious LIME]

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I never heard about "Virgin run"... It's time to create a save where MC is a thot slayer.

Imagine a run where Derek has more sex than the MC

 

[saynotoNTR]

Imagine a run where Derek has more sex than the MC

Damn... I felt like JamJam now... I was extracting the zip file of the game to create/play a "Virgin run" save, but after reading your comment I even canceled the program.

 

[The Glorious LIME]

Damn... I felt like JamJam now... I was extracting the zip file of the game to create/play a "Virgin run" save, but after reading your comment I even canceled the program.

The idea has been planted, you'll do it at some point when you're hella bored

 

[The Glorious LIME]

My virgin run was totally accidental, I helped Sage on a blind Jill run.

Then accidentally killed the virgin run by fucking Cam on the dancefloor in ep 9.

Ah yes, that magical 6th episode when Jill's popularity went down the toilet.

 

[Wizard_Shiryuu]

Imagine a run where Derek has more sex than the MC

The old teacher and Wendy. I'd rather stay virgin

Ah yes, that magical 6th episode when Jill's popularity went down the toilet.

Did that choice hurt Jill that much?

 

[Lethal Flourish]

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[Lethal Flourish]

You know the boredom has hit when people are talking about not having a wank on a porn site .

Nice pfp

 

[saynotoNTR]

Did that choice hurt Jill that much?

I haven't seen the fan reaction firsthand, but it's not surprising. Jill's worst moment in the game is in episode 6.

You know the boredom has hit when people are talking about not having a wank on a porn site .

There is a stereotype about us members of this forum. Most of us play adult games to replicate our success with women in real life in a computer game. We don't masturbate all day and cry in the bathroom at the end of the day, you know?

 

[kinkstargames]

Nice and hot!

 

[Cervixpunch]

I haven't seen the fan reaction firsthand, but it's not surprising. Jill's worst moment in the game is in episode 6.



There is a stereotype about us members of this forum. Most of us play adult games to replicate our success with women in real life in a computer game. We don't masturbate all day and cry in the bathroom at the end of the day, you know?

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Speak for yourself it wasn't paint that coated that room white I worked hard on it.

 

[SomboSteel]

Meh, I understand that he chooses to work alone. I can understand him not wanting anyone to mess with the writing, but he doesn’t have to do it all alone. Like I said, I was just curious as to the general consensus of what the community felt was an appropriate timeframe before it turns from completely understandable to milking it.

at least among the posters of this forum, there seems to be a relatively even split between the two groups. there are those who think he is taking too long, being too indulgent on what he keeps adding to each subsequent episode, and is probably coming as close as he can to "milking it" considering how much money he make (and especially since there are ways to use that money to expedite his work speed). and there are those who are happy waiting for the high quality product DPC will eventually put out some time down the line.

if its mainly validation that you want for your own perspective, you can rest easy knowing you arent alone in thinking DPC should/could pick up the pace a bit and keep himself on a shorter leash when it comes to his creative need to bloat every episode with superfluous stuff instead of sticking to the narrative

 

[dalli_x]

Probably the LI will spend the holiday with MC and Neil then. MC must have spent all the past holidays with Neil, he won't want to miss out on this one too... and it's still an excuse for Neil to meet the LI that MC chose...

I think to myself, since the hints have been piling up since EP8, that the MC will get to know the family of his chosen LIs and vice versa. In addition, there is the possibility that the parents themselves could get to know each other as well.

Neil is just another person at the dinner table.

Speculative example:
Pete and Monica are hosting a Christmas dinner. They plan with Tommy, Heather, Josy, and the MC. 6 people. However, Tommy wants to save his relationship with Heather and agrees to spend Christmas with Heather at her parents' house. This frees up 2 seats at the Taylor family dinner table. Neil and Maya can come.

The situation with Maya still gets interesting. If Patrick gives in on Maya's tuition because she has a boyfriend, it will probably be so Maya can spend Christmas with the MC and Neil. Patrick would support that because, after all, Derek is with his family for Christmas and Patrick can use that to make sure that Maya's relationship with the MC is solidified. If Patrick doesn't relent with the tuition and Maya forces her tuition with the help of the Royce lawyer, there will be a rift between Maya and her father. Sage has already mentioned in EP9 that Maya will be more rebellious. Then Maya will also spend Christmas with MC and Neil because she doesn't want to go to her family. These are two different paths that lead to the same result.

The same makes them translate to about every LI.

 

[Oliver Wendell Homely]

Well thank you for not only the response, but for actually answering the question. It really was simply a question. I wasn’t trying to rock the boat, but I can see that for some people you aren’t allowed to criticize even the great DPC. To me, I don’t see how it’s unreasonable to question someone possibly milking updates when they are making anywhere from $360,000 to $1.1 Mill a year. I’d take 3 years to finish a season too if I was making that kind of money.

For me discussions about the story and other elements are all legit questions, but when the topic turns to DPC's approach to work and development times, it all just becomes pointless. DPC has been unwavering on this point from the start: he'll never hire anyone on and he'll develop the game as he sees fit, period. His patrons have a choice: support him or don't. He does polls each episode giving patrons a chance to make some cosmetic choices, but otherwise DPC doesn't want or ask for feedback. If you're a patron of his and you find that attitude insufferable, stop being a patron. If you're pirating the game here, your opinion on milking is irrelevant, since you're actually milking DPC, not the other way around.

I mean, I pay Netflix, HBO, and a whole bunch of other platforms money every month and I occasionally disagree with the direction they take with some of their shows and wish the shows I like would get produced faster, but never have I thought that because I pay a subscription that this somehow gives me control over how they work. If I don't like one of their shows, I stop watching it. If I feel like the service is not good value for money, I stop subscribing.

It's possible that DPC's slow development times and constant efforts to create new minigames and other elements that don't progress the core story will erode interest in the game and, eventually, DPC's bottom line. If/when that happens, he'll feel incentivized to reevaluate his approach, maybe. It certainly won't happen because people who are stealing the game accuse him of milking.

 

[osculim]

Quick question. I have never played the game. Let me just see if I get it straight there are two files version s1and2 and then 3. Do I install them as seperate directories and then import the save from 1and2 into 3 after I completed the game or do I merge the two directories ?