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

[Lagunavii]

If we are as close to the end as folks think. There will not be too much more time to focus on just lily. I don't think DPC is going to overcomplicate her path much more. A simple variable gonna determine her path in the end

Exactly the point Ive been saying all day and why we need that episode count answered in the Q&A.

It isn't just Lily people are hoping for these complicated paths, I've seen Mel and Sarah mentioned today and obviously us two ourselves have talked about Bianca.

Ultimately these are at the end of the day side chicks a simple distraction or jeapordy to the main girls and there may be not enough time than a simple, we wanted different things, ended as friends or similar. People hoping for an epic resolution with these girls could be setting themselves up for disapointment.

 

[Lagunavii]

Ok, I think i have most of that covered. By "played the game" you mean beer pong right, but why are you saying at HOTs?
By talking to Camila, I assume you have to tell her that you want a roommate, that's probably where I fucked up.

Thanks for answering btw.

Because he's referring to the game of twister not pong.

 

[4Zero9Zero]

Did mine with Chick Affinity it had Zoey, Josy, Jill, Lily, Nicole. What's the upper limit for Devoted?

I'm not too sure to be honest, what does your bio say?

 

[Riaman]

I'm not too sure to be honest, what does your bio say?

Devoted, I think for Romantic you need to be 3.

Only Zoey gets virgin.

 

[ename144]

Not really random. If youre playing a mc who's all about morals and condemns rusty having an "affair" with a girl in a relationship it would be kinda weird for tremolo to go full on cheating himself afterwards

That's the idea, but I don't think it works well in practice. First and most obviously, because hypocrisy is very much a thing. Second, because the game has massive blindspots when it comes to interpolating the MC's actions into mindset. I've ranted more than once about how a CHICK MC with a minimal bodycount is way more interested in sex than he is in making the throuple work. Chasing Bella and Jill simultaneously didn't bother the MC in slightest... until the concert, when suddenly he does an about face and decides it's a massive issue even if he's only pursuing one of them! And of course there's the debacle of the Episode 8 cliffhanger not bothering to differentiate an MC who fucked Jade and leaked the tape from one who never looked at Jade or Sage twice.

Basically, I think DPC has tunnel vision when it comes to interpreting the MC's actions, and the results are at least as likely to be counterintuitive and frustrating as they are to be fun and engaging.

So why do people hate the Madame so much genuinely curious?

Madame has a lot going against her. The basic problems are obvious: she's expensive for underwhelming actions, she has no connection to the story, and her body type might not appeal to some people. But there's also the issue of how you unlock her.

You need to win the CUM-petition, and choose to work at the Pink Rose rather than the nursing home in Episode 7; both of those are pretty likely to happen on a DIK run. The catch is that you also need to keep the VIP Pass in Episode 6 rather than sell it to fund the mansion repairs, which feels like a dick move (not the good kind!) at that point in the story.

But it gets worse. If you have minigames turned on, you can offset keeping the pass by earning more money and the problem is limited to the MC looking kind of greedy. If, however, minigames are off then unlocking Madame Rose will also automatically fail the repair efforts, forcing Rusty to sell his car. That's a pretty high price to pay for a hooker with delusions of grandeur.

 

[hsaIV]

I fucking HATE the math minigame!

 

[BobBobb]

huh... I flirted fully with Bianca & Bella and I still got both Jill scenes...

eh, I'm guessing the points will come into play next episode and I'll need to backtrack... yay... more dumbshit minigames u_u

It's in the code, i tried to understand the TC mechanic better so i started looking into it. Maybe the flirting you did is not labelled as TC or you don't have the points. So far the TC mechanic is more "second guessing" your relationship locking you out of romantic options rather than breaking it apart. Strictly speaking you can't get many scenes from others or "cheat" if you are on some MG path.

 

[Yellowie The Goldie]

I fucking HATE the math minigame!

Could be worse, could be the FISHING MINIGAME

 

[Tobimange]

hello guys i finished Season 3 Interlude + Episode 11, is there any other update after this?

 

[4Zero9Zero]

Exactly the point Ive been saying all day and why we need that episode count answered in the Q&A.

It isn't just Lily people are hoping for these complicated paths, I've seen Mel and Sarah mentioned today and obviously us two ourselves have talked about Bianca.

Ultimately these are at the end of the day side chicks a simple distraction or jeapordy to the main girls and there may be not enough time than a simple, we wanted different things, ended as friends or similar. People hoping for an epic resolution with these girls could be setting themselves up for disapointment.

Regarding Mel and Sarah, I think with the addition of the kissing has made it seem like more could happen, Mel in particular I thought was a bit more intimate
In the bios the usual deal with them is We fucked and that's about the limit, now with 11 he says this about Mel


the addition of the kissing and it being nice is causing theory overdrive

Like you said I doubt there will be some super lovely ending for them
but as a Mel enjoyer, I want to believe

 

[Lagunavii]

The addition of the kissing and it being nice is causing theory overdrive

Like you said I doubt there will be some super lovely ending for them
but as a Mel enjoyer, I want to believe

We could really get pedantic here. Though if I did I'd be here ranting for some time.

At the end of the day I don't want to piss on anyone's cheerios. But we have to get realistic there are some girls who will simply lead to disapointment for fans, wether that's because they don't get an ending, or the ending feels rushed or the endings not what expected

I said it before until we are told otherwise we have at worse 3 episodes left and at best 5 and there's a good chance a number of them are just going to play on rails tying up all the choices we've made previously.

It's time to accept your favourite girl might not get an ending and be pleasantly surprised if she does rather than expect the ending and be disapointed when she doesnt.

 

[Joshua Sanders]

This is likely the best option to be fair as you say it's gonna hit her like a ton of bricks and she'll need to deal with it it...

The other two options just real highlight that the pair want different things so again something she'll have to deal with.

My point is that the Lily path is really not as clear cut as people think.

Lets be honest here. All women wants a partner (I would say wants a man, but that if the gender study girls saw this, I'd get a backlash) to love them. Some women, due to their lives, they put in their mind that they are ok with a open relationship, but they are not. Lets take Lily as an example. She wants someone to call them hers. But she knows her line of work and she knows how hard would be to get someone to be hers. So the guy she has a crush on she asks if they wanna "roll with her". When you tell her you just want to have sex from time to time, she rejects you. That is clear she wants more than that, as she said, she wants some commitment. She wants to have what any other woman wants, because she is a woman after all.
She wants to be special for someone. Everyone has a heart beating in their chest, it is good to have fun but at some point in our lives we will want to settle down.
Lily then gets what she wants. Her crush is rolling with her. She can brag at the HoT's thanksgiving party that she is rolling (together) with someone, even making Quinn jealous intentionally, if you are in her path aswell.
And when she finally gets something that she thinks she doesn't deserve because of her profession, a guy who wants to take thing more serious, she won't even believe that she is being fair to you if she accepts that. There is a lot going on in there.

 

[SWRD]

Watch out Rusy! That isn't Micha!

 

[osculim]

Exactly the point Ive been saying all day and why we need that episode count answered in the Q&A.

It isn't just Lily people are hoping for these complicated paths, I've seen Mel and Sarah mentioned today and obviously us two ourselves have talked about Bianca.

Ultimately these are at the end of the day side chicks a simple distraction or jeapordy to the main girls and there may be not enough time than a simple, we wanted different things, ended as friends or similar. People hoping for an epic resolution with these girls could be setting themselves up for disapointment.

Yeah No way Sarah and Mel getting any full paths.

 

[osculim]

Could be worse, could be the FISHING MINIGAME

Just set that ft_repo to like something ridiculous and you will have more that enough fish even if like 12 of em die at a time

 

[Joshua Sanders]

We could really get pedantic here. Though if I did I'd be here ranting for some time.

At the end of the day I don't want to piss on anyone's cheerios. But we have to get realistic there are some girls who will simply lead to disapointment for fans, wether that's because they don't get an ending, or the ending feels rushed or the endings not what expected

I said it before until we are told otherwise we have at worse 3 episodes left and at best 5 and there's a good chance a number of them are just going to play on rails tying up all the choices we've made previously.

It's time to accept your favourite girl might not get an ending and be pleasantly surprised if she does rather than expect the ending and be disapointed when she doesnt.

This is what I think aswell. Reason why, he filling it with minigames and taking over a year to release an episode plays a big part in the disappointment. Because we know some of these girls may never get an ending, and you play the game for practically 10 years to get nothing with someone he teased you over all along, will be a big turn off to many. lol.

I saw many people bitching about AL, in my opinion, without a good reason, because even with the bad stuff, I liked it a lot. and I didn't even end up with the girl I wanted in my only run and I accepted that. Never tried to play again and change the outcome, yet I thought it was really amazing game.

With this one I have different view because of the time people spend and waste, waiting for a new update and get some scenes or progression with a LI they like. It will feel like wasting years of your life dedicating to this game lol.

 

[Lagunavii]

Yeah No way Sarah and Mel getting any full paths.

In all honesty I don't think Bianca is, you'll nail her, maybe a few times and I'm all for it. Jill or Bella will find out. You'll be kicked to the kerb.

 

[4Zero9Zero]

We could really get pedantic here. Though if I did I'd be here ranting for some time.

At the end of the day I don't want to piss on anyone's cheerios. But we have to get realistic there are some girls who will simply lead to disapointment for fans, wether that's because they don't get an ending, or the ending feels rushed or the endings not what expected

I said it before until we are told otherwise we have at worse 3 episodes left and at best 5 and there's a good chance a number of them are just going to play on rails tying up all the choices we've made previously.

It's time to accept your favourite girl might not get an ending and be pleasantly surprised if she does rather than expect the ending and be disapointed when she doesnt.

Yeah I'm in agreement, i'd say the only locks are MG's and maybe a few on the text list at Halloween

 

[NebulousShooter]

It's in the code, i tried to understand the TC mechanic better so i started looking into it. Maybe the flirting you did is not labelled as TC or you don't have the points. So far the TC mechanic is more "second guessing" your relationship locking you out of romantic options rather than breaking it apart. Strictly speaking you can't get many scenes from others or "cheat" if you are on some MG path.

Thats why the system so far for me goes from underwhelming to frustrating. I like choices and educated guesses on the consequences, but so far the cheating seems to be the MC selectively activating his consciousness and cockblocking himself from content, while in the rest of the game having no dilemma if what he is doing is right, or wrong.

Feels as believable and forced as him not being able to fuck both Mel and Sarah, while constantly banging 5+ hoes a party.

 

[f96zonetrooper]

Ok, I think i have most of that covered. By "played the game" you mean beer pong right, but why are you saying at HOTs?
By talking to Camila, I assume you have to tell her that you want a roommate, that's probably where I fucked up.

Thanks for answering btw.

No, I meant the dots game they play near the HOT swimming pool : Sage, Camila and mc. Heather dials.