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

[iowaboy1844]

It could even be like the case of telling the dude to join chess club, which carried few a few episodes for a laugh.

But I see no reason to play through the entire thing unless you're specifically looking for something you did earlier.

agreed. But it is Dr.PinkCake we're talking about

 

[Chalk boss]

I don't like the part where he writes about replaying it from the start lol. I hope there won't be a choice that will be that crucial that you need to replay it way from the start.

Ep12 won't come out until 2026, lol. You have tons of time ahead of you, lol.

It could be something like the stealing of money in Jill's room way back in Episode 3 had a potential strain to put on the relationship many episodes later (can't remember if it's Ep. 9 or 10). When a variable sits dormant like that without being used, it can be hard to remember how to code it and wasn't checked to make sure it still worked out correctly in the current Episode where it comes into play.

Not sure if you'd have to play through the entire episode to check it (I'm not a coder, so I don't know if you change variables willy nilly in the code while playtesting to just check that one thing or not), but he is a perfectionist, so even if he could, I'm guessing he'd want the full experience to make sure something else doesn't affect it.

The first thing that comes to mind and that can affect your relationship with your girls, which happened already in the first episode, is accepting Quinn's proposal.
Probably the second is whether or not to beat up Troy.
Maybe the news that the MC is banging girls and paying them to do it could potentially upset for example Maya who hates Quinn. And then there's Sage.
Maybe the fact that you didn't fight Troy will cause Chad to become your ally.
Overall, it feels like the game is at the “gathering allies” stage, which happens in all final chapters of all games before the final battle.

 

[Lagunavii]

Look's like we will have a Valentine's release day.

Haha the optimism. Love it

 

[Roger-a-Dale]

It could even be like the case of telling the dude to join chess club, which carried few a few episodes for a laugh.

But I see no reason to play through the entire thing unless you're specifically looking for something you did earlier.

It's probably that some early game foreshadowing is about to manifest and he needs to make sure that you can't play in a way that skips the foreshadowing, yet has MC acting like it happened.

Maybe we will run into Steve when we visit Neil and those ep 1 choices matter again.

 

[Vixen ♀]

*sigh* DPC just couldn't make mc any more introvert eh?

 

[Animal95]

DPC is hardware limited.. What a shame with 14000+ patrons

 

[Lagunavii]

It's probably that some early game foreshadowing is about to manifest and he needs to make sure that you can't play in a way that skips the foreshadowing, yet has MC acting like it happened.

Maybe we will run into Steve when we visit Neil and those ep 1 choices matter again.

If this is indeed why he feels the need to replay the lot, I think it'll likely more to be in regards to the restaurant closing its doors and continuity issues there as that seems to stretch a great deal over the game...

 

[zeroidk]

DPC is hardware limited.. What a shame with 14000+ patrons

biggest issue seems to be he refuses to hire help with development. unless I'm out of the loop now. dude needs to hire some assistants like a fucking mangaka if he's so worried about the art of it lol

 

[Roger-a-Dale]

If this is indeed why he feels the need to replay the lot, I think it'll likely more to be in regards to the restaurant closing its doors and continuity issues there as that seems to stretch a great deal over the game...

Could be both. And whole lot of others on top of them. The examples aren't mutually exclusive.

 

[Blue Milk]

Didn't this mfer make a big deal before last Q&A about doing the minigames code so going forward the rest of S3 he just copy and pastes it? Is he again (shocking) bullshitting the paypigs?

I'm guessing what he means by that is either getting the minigames of Ep 12 set with new stuff, i.e. new English answers and science test as well as the next party planning and anything else that needs new levels like Brawler, or it's the first hint at a new minigame or minigames for Ep 12.

I don't think he necessarily ruled out no new minigames ever, just that Ep 11 wouldn't have any.

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

thats exactly what a Josy hater would say, smh.

I like Josy. When she’s on path of that vacuum cleaner and doesn’t get in the way.

 

[Blue Milk]

It's probably that some early game foreshadowing is about to manifest and he needs to make sure that you can't play in a way that skips the foreshadowing, yet has MC acting like it happened.

Maybe we will run into Steve when we visit Neil and those ep 1 choices matter again.

Or it could even be that DPC's written some little things for some characters, like expositional stuff, that he has to make sure he either hasn't revealed before or doesn't change something he wrote before.

 

[MightbeSomeone]

It could even be like the case of telling the dude to join chess club, which carried few a few episodes for a laugh.

But I see no reason to play through the entire thing unless you're specifically looking for something you did earlier.

My guess is to make sure his foreshadowing is done properly

 

[travelman]

Yeah, he really needs to nail the foreshadowing so that you still know what is going on when you get the reveal in the last episode that is gonna be decade away.

 

[Blue Milk]

Look's like we will have a Valentine's release day.

They'd need to complete the beta testing in less than a week for that to happen, and that ain't gonna happen.

Then he'll be the first to make 2 year old updates the new standard, lol.
Actually everything that's going on in AVN right now with release windows is his fault. It used to be considered normal to release episodes every 2-3 months. Yes, there was Icstor, but it was hated and hated by everyone. Now DPC made it standard to update once a year and most developers followed suit because they saw that he got nothing for it.
If DPC will not do anything for year and a half and two year updates, then all other authors will do the same.
Imagine waiting 2 years for the release of a new chapter of Eternum, lol. Simply because DPC is doing exactly the same thing.

I think it's a bit of a stretch to assume other devs are taking longer with updates just because "DPC does it". Like, are you really saying all these devs are just deliberately going slower, doing nothing half the time, and artificially stretching it out? Because that seems ridiculously pessimistic to me.

Some might be lazy devs, sure, but other games taking a long time have some seriously good quality to them and you can see why it takes so long. They're not doing it because it they want to take a long time, it's happening because the quality they're producing is so high and they have limited hardware capabilities but still want to produce as high a quality as they can.

 

[Roger-a-Dale]

I like Josy. When she’s on path of that vacuum cleaner and doesn’t get in the way.

My only beef with Josy is that she has no story. She was on the waiting list and got in late. That's it. Everything else is her involvement in Maya's story.

That's why I want something to happen to Tommy. There is so much potential in having Tommy hospitalised. Taylor family drama = Josy drama. Heather gets to fuck Nick (or MC) without worrying about Tommy. Vinny is a highly probable guilty party so the drug storyline would have major progress. And on top of that the DIKs need a new vice president which can only be MC.

 

[Ray_D]

Has DrPinkCake given any information about when the new episode will be released? On Patreon or anywhere else? Does anyone know?

 

[Lagunavii]

Or it could even be that DPC's written some little things for some characters, like expositional stuff, that he has to make sure he either hasn't revealed before or doesn't change something he wrote before.

But you can get that shit from the script, or his dev bible (I'm sure hes said somewhere he has one) you wouldn't need to play it to find it out. At best it's a ctrl + F at worse it an entire read through of the script.

I just get the feeling when he's talking continuity he's talking choices. He needs to ensure the choices and consequences of said choice are consistent and sound over the entire episodes

 

[mpa71]

[...] I checked the render speed of the animation queue today, and February 7-9 still stands as the completion date. Beta testing will commence shortly thereafter and beta testers have been alerted. [...]

• Release could be 14th February (434 days / 14 months, 6 days / 62 weeks projection). 86% complete.

 

[Lagunavii]

That only gives 4 days beta testing... No chance of a 14 Feb release