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

[citizenofncc]

Despite the fact that I'm also Sage fan... we must analize ep.7 ... I'm starting to think that Sage is using MC to get to Maya & Josy, because of her conversation with Quinn that she has more girls then her. Also the fact that DIKs have Lily in the HOT sorority, Quinn has Tommy - but not anymore, that's why Sage wants her mole (MC). The invitation to the HOTs party wasn't because she magically forgot about Chad, but because to be sure that DIKs will not invite The Pink Rose girls for the Helloween party. Maybe she is starting to see MC as something more then a fuck buddy after he was taking care of her when she was sick, but the main reason of the invitation was the Helloween party, nothing more... I hope that ep.8 will reveal the truth when we decide to tell or not to tell about Chad&Troy affair and drop the cards on the table for Sage.

 

[asgardtipar2]

Despite the fact that I'm also Sage fan... we must analize ep.7 ... I'm starting to think that Sage is using MC to get to Maya & Josy, because of her conversation with Quinn that she has more girls then her. Also the fact that DIKs have Lily in the HOT sorority, Quinn has Tommy - but not anymore, that's why Sage wants her mole (MC). The invitation to the HOTs party wasn't because she magically forgot about Chad, but because to be sure that DIKs will not invite The Pink Rose girls for the Helloween party. Maybe she is starting to see MC as something more then a fuck buddy after he was taking care of her when she was sick, but the main reason of the invitation was the Helloween party, nothing more... I hope that ep.8 will reveal the truth when we decide to tell or not to tell about Chad&Troy affair and drop the cards on the table for Sage.

I don't think so, she was messing with MC long before MAYA was even in the picture. Remember ep 5 when Mel and Sarah are discussing how close MC and Sage are. I think she went from thinking about MC as a fuck toy, to relieve herself of frustrations to actually caring about him.

 

[asgardtipar2]

AYOOOO WHAT THE FUCK IS ALL THIS JILL SLANDER. I WILL NOT ALLOW IT, I read somewhere despite not being fucked by MC what else does she have? Well for starters she gen cares about MC, and tries to look out for him, whether he wants it or not, she is extremely loyal, even to the point of puting MC's wellbeing in front of her own happiness and such. She is also really kind to everyone around her(I guess her naivity comes in play here, as she tries too find the best in everyone). People are saying she has no depth and she is just stupid naive... Like bro, her sister who she loved very much, was banished and eventually killed(or died idk) at a very young age(Jill's age). She is closed of in some sense.. Except to MC, she opens up to him, and clings to him, desperately trying to hold on to him, in order not to lose him like she did with sister. Another thing with her is that she is super rich and MC does not know about that for a large portion of the game and she knows he is hella poor, so you know she gets a +, for never using MC for any purpose(Sage used MC to spy on Chad which led him to a lot of shit, and later on she cheated on Chad with him, Quinn is just batshit crazy, M&J are hot mess, they themselves dont know what the fuck they want.. And Bella.. We'll see.

P.S
WHY IS EVERYONE SAYING BELLA HAS A TORTURE ROOM AND THAT SHE IS SK??? WHAT? HAS THERE BEEN A CRUMB OF EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THAT THEORY. I also think the locked room is a baby room, that she lost.

 

[BeingADikDik]

AYOOOO WHAT THE FUCK IS ALL THIS JILL SLANDER. I WILL NOT ALLOW IT, I read somewhere despite not being fucked by MC what else does she have? Well for starters she gen cares about MC, and tries to look out for him, whether he wants it or not, she is extremely loyal, even to the point of puting MC's wellbeing in front of her own happiness and such. She is also really kind to everyone around her(I guess her naivity comes in play here, as she tries too find the best in everyone). People are saying she has no depth and she is just stupid naive... Like bro, her sister who she loved very much, was banished and eventually killed(or died idk) at a very young age(Jill's age). She is closed of in some sense.. Except to MC, she opens up to him, and clings to him, desperately trying to hold on to him, in order not to lose him like she did with sister. Another thing with her is that she is super rich and MC does not know about that for a large portion of the game and she knows he is hella poor, so you know she gets a +, for never using MC for any purpose(Sage used MC to spy on Chad which led him to a lot of shit, and later on she cheated on Chad with him, Quinn is just batshit crazy, M&J are hot mess, they themselves dont know what the fuck they want.. And Bella.. We'll see.

P.S
WHY IS EVERYONE SAYING BELLA HAS A TORTURE ROOM AND THAT SHE IS SK??? WHAT? HAS THERE BEEN A CRUMB OF EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THAT THEORY. I also think the locked room is a baby room, that she lost.

Jill ugly. No snoo-snoo.

Jade make happy. Big-big snoo.

 

[citizenofncc]

I don't think so, she was messing with MC long before MAYA was even in the picture. Remember ep 5 when Mel and Sarah are discussing how close MC and Sage are. I think she went from thinking about MC as a fuck toy, to relieve herself of frustrations to actually caring about him.

yeah, that's correct but I also remember the conversation in the pool that she hates to lose, and tries to cheat
remember when she told that she hates when someone abandons her,
remember that she tells MC she bottle up her problems, because she can't speak openly to her parents and her friends.
the first reaction when Lily told her that Chad is on the party was to ask for a drink and to know who invited him...
and what about her reaction when she saw him leaving the party...
if we have to be honest MC have more quality time with Josy on her path on that party... With Sage was more of a business/pleasure meeting....

 

[goldenrule91]

Hahaha! Oh, you were serious?

I guess that she wasn't fucking MC's brains out while still dating Chad, granted it's optional for the player, but that's how it will usually go if the player is on her path. She also gets a little unhinged when she stalks Chad and ropes MC into helping her find out who he's cheating with.

Like all of the girls, Sage has her faults too. A whole lot of people ignore them though and I get that. I like her pretty well and I think she's an interesting character. I wasn't terribly fond of her writing if MC is on her path in episode 7 though.

I'm with you there on the last part, Sage is my main LI choice (until Quinn LI confirmed soon ) and I was a bit confused that players not on her path in ep 7 could just jump on... with arguably better writing for their relationship. I'm tossing up restarting my main save to not fuck buddy Sage and choose her in ep 7 for the better progression.

Hard disagree on Sage not being loyal tho, I'd say she's too loyal, even as late as ep 7 at the party she looks sad when Chad leaves but he doesn't even glance at her. In flashbacks we see Chad and Sage together and she's hanging off him, she promises him that the HOTs will only party with the jocks, she did everything for him and got betrayed. People always say she's cheating on Chad by being with the MC and all that, but you gotta remember that practically the first thing we learn about Sage and Chad's relationship is that she found panties in his bag and he made up some bullshit excuse about it. From Chad's POV, the relationship is over, he was only keeping up appearances while banging Troy. It's not cheating if the other person ain't playing, and Chad was 99% out the door by the time we meet Sage.

 

[asgardtipar2]

yeah, that's correct but I also remember the conversation in the pool that she hates to lose, and tries to cheat
remember when she told that she hates when someone abandons her,
remember that she tells MC she bottle up her problems, because she can't speak openly to her parents and her friends.
the first reaction when Lily told her that Chad is on the party was to ask for a drink and to know who invited him...
and what about her reaction when she saw him leaving the party...
if we have to be honest MC have more quality time with Josy on her path on that party... With Sage was more of a business/pleasure meeting....

True, all true... But have in mind that she is a person that she is. She is very competitive and just got out of rel with Chad and did not get a closure, and still resents that she does not know who was Chad fucking. It's natural. Also a thing to have in mind is how you get on her good side. In the beginning you have to have DIK affinity, while later not. She is growing as a person.

 

[sorco2003]

P.S
WHY IS EVERYONE SAYING BELLA HAS A TORTURE ROOM AND THAT SHE IS SK??? WHAT? HAS THERE BEEN A CRUMB OF EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THAT THEORY. I also think the locked room is a baby room, that she lost.

There is as much evidence for the torture room as there is for the nursery....

 

[asgardtipar2]

There is as much evidence for the torture room as there is for the nursery....

I know, I never said its nursery... But a lot of people are talking up this dark Bella stuff.. and it got me wondering did I miss something?

 

[ename144]

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This week I took a break from writing and worked on art.

I've been buying new assets needed for the episode, setting up some scenes, tried to learn new things, posing animations, and more.

Setting up scenes before producing art is usually very time-consuming.

What I mean by "setting up a scene" is all the work I need to do to prepare an environment for rendering.

The work includes adding the environment, objects, models, lighting, etc.

A scene can look something like this when it's ready to render (lighting not shown) and after it's rendered and gone through post-processing.

Setting up a scene can take anything from 5 minutes to a few hours.

And once that's done, changing poses on the models, modifying camera settings, etc., to queue up renders is relatively quick for me.

Yesterday, I spent quite some time experimenting with makeup for Sage, which is a part of setting up a scene.

I tried out different combinations to see if I liked something new.

Here's a quick render of it; please note that the actual render is not used in the game it's just for this status update.

Sometimes, the time is spent on trying on clothes, retexturing or modifying assets.

Plenty of time goes into these details for every model and environment in the game.

Setting up a scene is a fun and pivotal part of the game development that brings a lot of value. But at the same time, I can feel like nothing's getting done when I'm doing this.

There's so much time spent on activities that a render or animation count can't represent, and that's why I wrote this status update this way - to give you all some insight into this part of the game development.

Other than that, PCs are currently rendering animations, and I will wait until I have something considerable to report regarding render/animation count.

I aim to post the first preview of episode 8 before the end of the month.

Poll news
Today, a cosmetic poll for Sage ended, and this option was the winner.

A new cosmetic poll for Josy will start soon.

Have a nice weekend!

Dr PinkCake

Okay, at this point I feel like DPC is avoiding numbers just to spite me, personally. It's to the point where if he does post the first preview I can at least mark 1 on the static render plot. I'm having real withdrawals here!

What else is there to comment on? Oh, I definitely prefer the new makeup look for Sage, so let's hope that sticks around.

I would not say this scene shows Dawe is okay.... Just shows he's human, he misses hanging out with his pal Anthony but at the same time he has no problem to talk down Ashley... (Ash this, Ash that, ash tray, ash hat)
Sure you can blame it on his frustration but it doesn't change the fact he's a selfish jealous man that doesn't care for his pal's happiness or choices...

The fight the Alpha's choice seems a bit off though, i can understand the reasoning for fighting them is DIK, not fighting them is CHICK, but "i'm not supposed to use my fighting skils this way"?!
You are outnumbered 3 to 1 and the Jocks are between you and the way out.... Dawe (on floor atm) and Chad may come from behind at some time.... If there's any time it is allowed to use your skills it is now

I've complained about that scene before. I think it's caught between the need to work in a fight with Dawe, the need to showcase a Major Decision, and the need to have the MC injured so Sage can tend to him in the following scene. Unfortunately, it doesn't do any of those well (especially the Major Decision aspect which is a mess) resulting in very confusing situation.

Spoiler: Feelings for Maya and Josy

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Just because Josy got friend-path content in this Episode doesn't mean Maya won't get friend content in the future. We just don't know. So my advice is to go with whichever girl you'd prefer to have feelings for. If it winds up leading somewhere you don't like you can always go back and change it, but you might as well stick with your favorite choice until then.

I really like the close-up of Sage, which is not at all in the classic DPC style.

From the rest I understand that the next chapter is so far away that it's useless to talk about it.

the references to the new setting are so vague that it's hard to even make predictions (Jill's concert? Bella's torture room? Maya's sexual reassignment camp?)

I'm not sure the new setting is as exciting as you think. DPC's example was the MC's room, which was just a new take on an existing room. So this may just be the changeover from summer to autumn, or even day to night.

Admittedly, I'm not familiar with the art rendering process, so I have no idea how often setting up needs to be done. But it sounded like a semi-routine thing the way DPC described it.

 

[sorco2003]

I know, I never said its nursery... But a lot of people are talking up this dark Bella stuff.. and it got me wondering did I miss something?

Baby room=nursery
you wrote that you think is the room of the baby she lost... I'm just saying there is as much evidence for that as there is for the torture room. Zero

 

[asgardtipar2]

Baby room=nursery
you wrote that you think is the room of the baby she lost... I'm just saying there is as much evidence for that as there is for the torture room. Zero

Dude I know there is no evidence for nursery, btw I know what nursery is. I am just saying that people are really talking up the torture room and I am wondering where did that come from lol.

 

[sorco2003]

I'm with you there on the last part, Sage is my main LI choice (until Quinn LI confirmed soon ) and I was a bit confused that players not on her path in ep 7 could just jump on... with arguably better writing for their relationship. I'm tossing up restarting my main save to not fuck buddy Sage and choose her in ep 7 for the better progression.

Hard disagree on Sage not being loyal tho, I'd say she's too loyal, even as late as ep 7 at the party she looks sad when Chad leaves but he doesn't even glance at her. In flashbacks we see Chad and Sage together and she's hanging off him, she promises him that the HOTs will only party with the jocks, she did everything for him and got betrayed. People always say she's cheating on Chad by being with the MC and all that, but you gotta remember that practically the first thing we learn about Sage and Chad's relationship is that she found panties in his bag and he made up some bullshit excuse about it. From Chad's POV, the relationship is over, he was only keeping up appearances while banging Troy. It's not cheating if the other person ain't playing, and Chad was 99% out the door by the time we meet Sage.

I would agree if it were not a justification for an action that is a fact, she cheated Chad, it is the very definition of cheating. That doesn't take away that it was because of the circumstances and that with the MC it would be different, but for that you have to wait.

 

[sorco2003]

Dude I know there is no evidence for nursery, btw I know what nursery is. I am just saying that people are really talking up the torture room and I am wondering where did that come from lol.

It's more than simple, it was just a crazy theory that someone launched and it stuck. Just like aunt Jill was, Jill futa,the axe murderer etc etc etc etc.

 

[asgardtipar2]

It's more than simple, it was just a crazy theory that someone launched and it stuck. Just like aunt Jill was, Jill futa,the axe murderer etc etc etc etc.

ayo ayo pause... What? hahaahhaha Futa jill? AUNT Jill? Cause they thought that MCs mom was the sis of Jill? AXE MURDERED?? What is with the murdering, has there been a single killing in this UNIVERSE so far.

 

[goldenrule91]

I would agree if it were not a justification for an action that is a fact, she cheated Chad, it is the very definition of cheating. That doesn't take away that it was because of the circumstances and that with the MC it would be different, but for that you have to wait.

To cheat on someone, they gotta care about you cheating on them. The people in a relationship set the terms on what's cheating, for example some couples are in an open relationship so it ain't cheating if they bang other people. Chad didn't set any terms for what his and Sage's relationship was, because he didn't care, he only pretended to care while he was out getting some of that Troy booty

 

[sorco2003]

To cheat on someone, they gotta care about you cheating on them. The people in a relationship set the terms on what's cheating, for example some couples are in an open relationship so it ain't cheating if they bang other people. Chad didn't set any terms for what his and Sage's relationship was, because he didn't care, he only pretended to care while he was out getting some of that Troy booty

And since the terms were clear, Sage's first thought was that it's okay, because Chad is cheating on her too.
If that's not cheating, neither is Chad.

 

[Alfagrem]

I have to be honest, in one of my first posts here in this thread I also defined Maya as a toxic friendship (and I wasn't referring to her night time appearance...). I said it as an exaggeration. I was referring in particular to how even in situations where in theory she was on the wrong side she always managed to find herself in the role of the one to be consoled.

two situations in particular:
1) the evening after the grinding, when she waits for Mc in her room to explain/apologize about the incident, first MC practically has to get every single word out of her and at the end she ends up venting on him for her family problems...
2) when she runs away after the reconciliation between Josy and her father, she is there for Josy but even in this situation she turns the situation around so that it becomes another moment when she can vent about her problems

toxic was surely an exaggerated term, but we can't deny that Maya represents a person who's really hard to be around, for everybody, for Mc, for Josy and also for Derek, as she herself admits in the end with Mc in the library in the sixth chapter, he met her in her worst moment but he still decided not to run away

then personally from chapter 6 onwards I started to appreciate her, she still has a long way to go though (and I would be grateful if she would stop explaining how loans work in Duckburg).

now I would probably, out of interest, put it in second place behind Sage

Between the Library scene and her dad turning up she was actually pretty chill and fin to hang around with. Otherwise you have to be really into her as she requires a level of emotional investment that as a college freshman with many other options, my MC isn't into that.

I've no doubt that if I somehow resolved all her current problems she'd somehow end up with another batch of them.

 

[goldenrule91]

And since the terms were clear, Sage's first thought was that it's okay, because Chad is cheating on her too.
If that's not cheating, neither is Chad.

Chad cheated on Sage cuz she cared about it. Sage can't cheat on Chad cuz he doesn't care. To Chad, their relationship was already over way before Sage and MC even meet, it was probably over when he discovered he was gay, even before he started banging Troy. For Sage tho, the relationship didn't end, in fact I'm not even sure whether she thinks it's over in ep 7. Nevertheless, no matter what Sage did while she was in that fake relationship, whether she banged the MC or the entire DIK frat, she was incapable of cheating. You can't cheat on someone who doesn't care.

 

[Zamastro]

P.S
WHY IS EVERYONE SAYING BELLA HAS A TORTURE ROOM AND THAT SHE IS SK??? WHAT? HAS THERE BEEN A CRUMB OF EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THAT THEORY. I also think the locked room is a baby room, that she lost.

Some people high af. Don't mind that. Also some people acting like Bella is not LI while some SGs are LI lmao. Torture room or killer theories are just.. Again.. Dumb.
Days ago someone write that '' Bella is not in love with MC, she just using MC for sexual thing. '' While ur fav girl using MC As a what? Lover? What can u expect from these guys who write that shit. They need to read and play carefully.
I really can't wait when DPC gonna nuke this killer-crazy theories people using for Bella.
If there will be any killer ( which i don't think so ) its not going to be Bella or Jill. It will be Side character. Such as Jocks or Side girls.
Im also def. sure DPC laughing those people who thinks Bella is a killer.
'' Oh look there's an axe in Bella's garage she's def %100 killer '' Even some people says that shit, lmao. Like bro, i also have axe in my garage.

Bella is not a killer, she's don't have schizophrenia or someshit. But what we all know there will be twist about her husband. I expect him to come, Date between Bella and MC.

I also think the locked room is a baby room, that she lost.

Yeah this probably. Her bathroom already sus af. The stepping stool and low mirror in the bathroom are obviously for a child.