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

[ProxyGist]

Do you know what's really strange about the Christmas animation from the beginning of EP9? Someone comes out of the locked room in Isabella's house. The table is set for several people, but no one is there. Just the one person who comes out of this room. Where are all the other people?

I would imagine so that one person is James who has come home. He then finds the house like this. But something happened before that and everyone left in a hurry.

It's actually quite simple.
1) Either one of the guests got so sick that guest fell on the table and knocked it over, so everyone went to the hospital and didn't even close the door
2) Either there was some sort of altercation between the guests and they got into a fight.
If we're talking about the second option, first, there should be some common negative event between all the guests that will make them fight regardless of the branch and the choices made ( restaurant/not restaurant).
Secondly, if we're talking about Bella's Christmas dinner with Tremolo and all his girlfriends, it's hard to imagine what kind of event would make Sage and Josy fight, for example. We're talking about a scene that's going to happen regardless of the choices made and the branches. That's why the second option seems unlikely to me.
And besides, this scene could refer to Bella's past, not the present. Bella and James' baby got sick or they had a fight at Christmas dinner. And the guest was, like, Vinnie.

 

[dalli_x]

TL;DR.

Give us a synopsis.

I now know who Josy and Maya faked this HOTs task of messing around with a DIK with. With Elena, she definitely gets the DIK jacket from JB. In EP9, Elena asked the MC if she sounded like a guy. We also find out in a Rooster Cluck that Elena and JB use sex toys. A strap-on dildo may have made the deception more realistic.

The only question is whether the MC will believe Maya and/or Josy. That's why Maya says again at the end of EP9 to trust the MC.

 

[funkymonkeyjedi]

Do you know what's really strange about the Christmas animation from the beginning of EP9? Someone comes out of the locked room in Isabella's house. The table is set for several people, but no one is there. Just the one person who comes out of this room. Where are all the other people?

I would imagine so that one person is James who has come home. He then finds the house like this. But something happened before that and everyone left in a hurry.

Actually, I think it's a scene from Bella's past. With of course, James and with possibly the explanations to why he left.

 

[ProxyGist]

I'd imagine it would be in Ep10.
I mean let's just consider the title for a second, "The Calm before the Snow". We can only assume DPC is being somewhat literal with the naming referring to "Calm before a storm". I'd imagine that Episode 10 would have more to do with Path progression. So I would expect things to take a direction of solidifying chosen paths with family gatherings and so on.

So Considering this title meaning something along the lines of a "calm respite" giving everyone a false sense of normality in the MC's and LI's lives before next Episode 11 with a possible title like "Full Frontal Shitsunami Facial" where everything just derails for everyone.

This was hinted at as early as the end of ep8. MC says in the end that everyone thought they were in for a good time, but they were all wrong.
I've already expressed some skepticism about a "dark twist" from DPС, which if anything will be extremely controversial from a plot point of view.
The most obvious concern is ludonarrative dissonance. The main theme of the season will be parties and MC will be planning parties every fucking episode. Now imagine: you're quietly planning parties knowing that there's free tuition drama going on nearby, your girlfriend isn't happy with you, Tommy wants to leave the fraternity, etc. If there is drama, it will be strictly local and compressed in time so that the player can plan parties and get laid at it.
So I imagine there will be a lot of plot assumptions in future episodes.

 

[ProxyGist]

Welp, the 01/12 release is a no go...

I swear it must be a bunch of minigames bugs messing up the beta.

If this game wasnt this good I wouldn't bother...

Unless he announces a release date today or tomorrow, then yes, the update probably won't drop until December 8.
But that was expected due to the fact that he made a lot of changes to the code due to minigames and redesigned interface.

 

[helltotheyep]

Welp, the 01/12 release is a no go...

I swear it must be a bunch of minigames bugs messing up the beta.

If this game wasnt this good I wouldn't bother...

i'm using this time to prepare all saves i have

 

[Dark Silence]

i'm using this time to prepare all saves i have

Mine have been ready. I only have 2. Rio and a Zoey.

 

[always86]

Welp, the 01/12 release is a no go...

I swear it must be a bunch of minigames bugs messing up the beta.

If this game wasnt this good I wouldn't bother...

He announced episode 7 Friday 16th April for a release on the 23rd. So while he does normally give more than a weeks notice, he has given as little as 7 days before.

 

[helltotheyep]

Mine have been ready. I only have 2. Rio and a Zoey.

picky picky i have a save for each path, so 5.

 

[Dark Silence]

picky picky i have a save for each path, so 5.

 

[felicemastronzo]

I'd imagine it would be in Ep10.
I mean let's just consider the title for a second, "The Calm before the Snow". We can only assume DPC is being somewhat literal with the naming referring to "Calm before a storm". I'd imagine that Episode 10 would have more to do with Path progression. So I would expect things to take a direction of solidifying chosen paths with family gatherings and so on.

So Considering this title meaning something along the lines of a "calm respite" giving everyone a false sense of normality in the MC's and LI's lives before next Episode 11 with a possible title like "Full Frontal Shitsunami Facial" where everything just derails for everyone.

considering the structure of all the chapters, each of them was calm before the storm (the final twist), which often proved to be a storm in a glass of water.

in my opinion it will be like the sixth, add some premise to the story, start the backbone plot of the third season (as Tybalt's blackmail was for the second)

there are likely to be 2 scenes that are potentially very important to the story: the visit to Maya's house and the acquaintance with Jill's family. and neither of these seems to me to be a potential carrier of true "canon" drama

 

[felicemastronzo]

Knowing DPC I expect a hell of a cliffhanger this time.

What Patrick's arrival at BR was like.

much smoke and little fire

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

It is entirely possible that DPC will make an announcement this Friday, with a release date set for December 1st. In any case, whether a week is longer or a week less doesn't make a difference.

 

[Wizard_Shiryuu]

picky picky i have a save for each path, so 5.

That's not each path . The Others path branches a whole lot last episode.

Knowing DPC I expect a hell of a cliffhanger this time.

With the episode being called Calm Before The Storm? It's going to be a big one.

 

[Blueray]

Any news if the new Update is coming out this year?

 

[Wizard_Shiryuu]

Any news if the new Update is coming out this year?

He confirmed a December release, but no date for now.

 

[1000Spiders]

Any news if the new Update is coming out this year?

Nope. The entire last page is definitely not full of posts discussing precisely that. Sorry bud.

 

[helltotheyep]

That's not each path . The Others path branches a whole lot last episode.


With the episode being called Calm Before The Storm? It's going to be a big one.

yeah with that i saved just before the ending. i saw all of them but i don't want Sarah

 

[Ray_D]

I love zoey's hair
It's short and she dyed it blue
How fucking sexy is that

And she has nose and mouth piercings
Is she trying to make my penis explode?

There are three things that always turn me on
Girls with short hair
Girls who dye their hair unconventional colours
And girls with nose or mouth piercings

And Zoey has all of those the sexy babe

zoey looks like a girl who never had a positive father figure in her life..

 

[Ray_D]

With the episode being called Calm Before The Storm? It's going to be a big one.

it's actually called calm before the snow. because he couldn't put the name calm before the storm like a normal person, but you know DPC likes to do that kind of thing.