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

[FalconLover420]

oh god march release!! SAGE IM ABOUT TO LOSE GALLONS

 

[NebulousShooter]

That way the lower levels will try to raise their levels to play in February. Patreon will write off the money immediately for the subscription.

now this is actually evil enough to make sense to me

 

[NebulousShooter]

oh god march release!! SAGE IM ABOUT TO LOSE GALLONS

Sage is the best!

 

[MiltonPowers]

I think you are overly pessimistic about this one. For Riona the something going on moment is in episode 10. The hard to get behaviour and the date happen after the moment you are fixated on. Everything before that is barely more emotional than what you get with Sarah, Mel and Camila. It's in the FWB stage. The other five all have had something that went beyond that. Quinn has gotten to broccoli. Lily has suggested rolling. Jade has been a thing for a whole season. Nicole and Nora achieved a more serious mood through their Swyper conversations.

Riona was "nothing going on" in ep 9, but by the end of ep 10 that description is out of date.

It's not pessimism, it's curiosity. I'm not suggesting that this proves or means Riona is a goner. (I believe she is fine).

I really don't think you can separate Riona's relationship to Tremolo as any different to those others at that very point in time. None of them are past FWB stage either. Lily has had a few flippant remarks about rolling, but hasn't even asked yet. Nora has never even got to even asking for a date, Jade is just a quick fuck for both sides, there is no relationship, and Nicole is just a quickie in the club (and maybe a threesome with Sandy, if you take the id). All of them, like Riona, are just FWB.

If she was left out because they hadn't reached that point in the relationship, then the others should have been to.

She was either left out accidently or purposely. I have no idea which. I'm leaning towards just left out of the coding, but I'm a curious fella.

 

[Lagunavii]

He said himself that it's more profitable for him to release the game at the end of the month. I didn't say that.
He can announce the release of the game for high levels in February and for lower levels in March.
That way the lower levels will try to raise their levels to play in February. Patreon will write off the money immediately for the subscription.
Then the customer will pay a second time at the beginning of the next month. So it's a double benefit.
But it means nothing. For me, it's 50/50. It could come out in February or March.

Ive been saying something similar, but arguing the March release based on this - if he announced on 22nd Feb that its going to drop on 08th March, some people, not all will run to patreon, up the pledge to the higher tier or start to pledge and get charged in the process. March rolls around and they get charged again. Announcing in one month but releasing in the next, certainly gives him the opportunity to Double Dip on pledges,

 

[treechild1]

Her name is Rio and she da-... sits stoically on a blanket by the sand!

 

[Roger-a-Dale]

It's not pessimism, it's curiosity. I'm not suggesting that this proves or means Riona is a goner. (I believe she is fine).

I really don't think you can separate Riona's relationship to Tremolo as any different to those others at that very point in time. None of them are past FWB stage either. Lily has had a few flippant remarks about rolling, but hasn't even asked yet. Nora has never even got to even asking for a date, Jade is just a quick fuck for both sides, there is no relationship, and Nicole is just a quickie in the club (and maybe a threesome with Sandy, if you take the id). All of them, like Riona, are just FWB.

If she was left out because they hadn't reached that point in the relationship, then the others should have been to.

She was either left out accidently or purposely. I have no idea which. I'm leaning towards just left out of the coding, but I'm a curious fella.

It could be accidental but I'd say it's still justified to draw the line with Riona on the other side. It is the others path so they're all less serious than the main girls, but they have "something". They are friends with a possibility of more than the sexual benefits. All five have at least hinted at something more serious. Riona has not crossed the line during that moment. The earliest moment that Riona hints at more would be the conversation later in ep 9.

Basically the girls are divided to three categories. There are those who have a serious relationship status, which are main girls only at the start of season 3. Then there are those who are nothing more than fuck buddies. In between is a category of "might become more". Riona is the only one out of those six girls who hasn't upgraded at the time of that conversation between MC and Derek.

 

[MiltonPowers]

It could be accidental but I'd say it's still justified to draw the line with Riona on the other side. It is the others path so they're all less serious than the main girls, but they have "something". They are friends with a possibility of more than the sexual benefits. All five have at least hinted at something more serious. Riona has not crossed the line during that moment. The earliest moment that Riona hints at more would be the conversation later in ep 9.

Basically the girls are divided to three categories. There are those who have a serious relationship status, which are main girls only at the start of season 3. Then there are those who are nothing more than fuck buddies. In between is a category of "might become more". Riona is the only one out of those six girls who hasn't upgraded at the time of that conversation between MC and Derek.

We'll have to agree to disagree on this one. I find that text message exchange to be as far a step down a relationship path with her, as much as the others and you don't. That's cool.

I've always divided the girls into 3 categories to. Main Girls, Side Girls (Lily, Quinn, Riona, Nicole, Zoey, and maybe Nora??), and then Other Girls.

I think what threw me was I have always (since around Ep 8) seen Riona as more of a chance to a path and an ending than Nora and Jade, so to see Jade and Nora listed and not Riona caused me great pause to ponder.

 

[SBS233]

It has been a long long while,Damn,Finally!Please be Feb!

 

[KristopheH]

Final Status update Episode 11

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We have finally reached the final status update for episode 11. Two days ago, the PCs finished rendering the animations, and shortly thereafter, I continued to prepare the beta builds.

Beta testing

Beta testing started yesterday, and the testers are digging into the episode. They have plenty of work ahead of them.
I've seen many newcomers ask, and to clarify, my beta tests are always private with my trusted team of testers, and it's not something available from my Patreon tiers. It's the final step before release that I carry out to bring you a more polished experience.

I've played the episode a lot, and I'm at the point where it's hard for me to spot issues on my own - my brain feels like mush. That's where the testers excel—they bring fresh eyes that will find things I missed.
I'm fixing everything that gets reported, and testers have a checklist to work through during beta testing. Everything on that list needs a tick before testing is complete, and testing will be allowed to take as long as needed. How much time is needed varies from episode to episode.

Release date announcement

My next communication with you will be the release date announcement. After I get a good sense of how much needs to be fixed during beta testing, I will announce it.
Love

Dr PinkCake

 

[iamcomming]

if i remember correctly, you guys said, ep10 beta testing was 1 week. ep9 was 3 week.
i think the two extra week was because ep9 is a free-roam/new mini-games bugs.

we know we have at least 2 big free-roam and 1 not that big in ep11... but the episode is bigger. so maybe circa 2 week beta testing looks?

this update already let me down. xmas update must to be at xmas.

 

[MiltonPowers]

if i remember correctly, you guys said, ep10 beta testing was 1 week. ep9 was 3 week.
i think the two extra week was because ep9 is a free-roam/new mini-games bugs.

we know we have at least 2 big free-roam and 1 not that big in ep11... but the episode is bigger. so maybe circa 2 week beta testing looks?

this update already let me down. xmas update must to be at xmas.

Did you leave your Christmas decorations up?

If not, you have about 3-4 weeks to get them all back up again.

Then it will feel like Christmas when you play.

 

[amineab]

So. Last time, he announced the game's release date as early as the week after the beta announcement was released.
So, if we assume that the beta testing will be successful, it will take at least 2 weeks for the game to be released on February 21.
If three weeks, that's the last day of the month, February 28.
And there is a pessimistic option - March 7.
I have a feeling that the game will be released in February. Releasing the game at the end of the month may force low subscriptions to increase at the end of the month and immediately pay at the beginning of the next month. That's a double profit.

So if he releases the game in February, we can safely assume that he is a milker.

 

[Chillout1984]

So. Last time, he announced the game's release date as early as the week after the beta announcement was released.
So, if we assume that the beta testing will be successful, it will take at least 2 weeks for the game to be released on February 21.
If three weeks, that's the last day of the month, February 28.
And there is a pessimistic option - March 7.
I have a feeling that the game will be released in February. Releasing the game at the end of the month may force low subscriptions to increase at the end of the month and immediately pay at the beginning of the next month. That's a double profit.

But has DPC also tested the game a lot himself (as he says he did now) last time before released his beta version to the beta testers? The more he tested it himself this time, the less time his betatesters will probably need to find the majority of remaining (if any) game breaking bugs that are left.

 

[RPDL]

Hell yeah!

 

[bonerland]

if i remember correctly, you guys said, ep10 beta testing was 1 week. ep9 was 3 week.
i think the two extra week was because ep9 is a free-roam/new mini-games bugs.

we know we have at least 2 big free-roam and 1 not that big in ep11... but the episode is bigger. so maybe circa 2 week beta testing looks?

this update already let me down. xmas update must to be at xmas.

Episode 11 ends just before Christmas, DPC realizes that 18 months was too long a wait, so he delivers episode 12 in December this year where the DiK’s Christmas and New Year’s Party take place. Expect plenty of romantic surprises in whatever main girl path you choose for the parties, and plenty of epic freaky sex on The Others paths. Count it, book it, done.

 

[treechild1]

Episode 11 ends just before Christmas, DPC realizes that 18 months was too long a wait, so he delivers episode 12 in December this year where the DiK’s Christmas and New Year’s Party take place. Expect plenty of romantic surprises in whatever main girl path you choose for the parties, and plenty of epic freaky sex on The Others paths. Count it, book it, done.

That's a nice fant- ahem, prediction of the future. You deserve a cookie or a muffin. *Warning- you can only choose one. Decision is permanent and cannot be changed later.*

 

[Chalk boss]

Actually a lot of things are supposed to happen in ep11, even if we don't take into account the drama with Riona, Maya and Sage.
1) Back in ep10, there was talk of important winter exams. If the player fails them, will he be expelled from college?
2) We've seen the Christmas previews. We saw Jill skiing ( hello, skiing mini-game). That means we'll catch both Christmas and New Year's Eve and winter break. Or do we? Maybe, in the world of BAD, winter break starts well before Christmas, let's say December 20. And then we don't catch New Year's Eve and only Christmas. If we have Christmas and New Year's, does that mean we'll have two mini party planning games? Or will DIKs only have one party?
3) Will there be an event from the 3rd season teaser at Bella's house in this episode? Or will it be a cliffhanger?

 

[Jayfcsp]

Lily prepare yourself, the king is returning to his queen!

 

[soprano31]

the king is returning to his queen!