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

Great game, the renders are amazing and there a good story for those who enjoy it. There also options, two main paths to follow and minigames (which I am not a big fan of but a walkthrough and option to skip minigames is available). In essence, it's a high quality game and I love the characters, especially Jill, Bella and the gender studies prof. Hoping for more content with these characters and femdom in future releases.

I'm simply in love with this game.
I usually don't pay much attention to the story, but here I read everything and I'm so in the story in general and characters's story, they are well written and renders are lovely ! So far I can only suggest you to play it !

One of the best adult game I ever play.
The renders are amazing, as the animation, the adventure is horny and romantic as I like, girls are all differents, all sex are presents, the mini games are fun...
What to say, it's juste a marvelous work !

Beautiful girls and very unique characters - their design is done with a lot of love. Even if some are pretty crazy, they are all somehow lovely

There also are very nice animations, not only during sex scenes, the game looks really alive thanks to it.

The story is good, one of the few erotic games I actually read everything that happens

This is one of the best, if not THE best, games on this entire site. The college setting, Greek life aspects, and the beautiful women make this a truly amazing experience. While the animated sex scenes are also stunning, the incredible story also keeps me coming back. Dr Pink Cake's previous game, Acting Lessons, was a work of art within itself, but this game definitely puts him over the top as one of the best developers out there. This game is a favorite of mine and just had to leave a review because of how well-made it is. I recommend that every user at least give it a try. You won't regret it!

This best vn so far. Acting lessons was very good and because of that i expected lot of this game, but its way more amazing than i ever could think of. Story is just perfect, i love character and renders, even animations is very good. I think this game has something for everyone.

Simply amazing. Amazing renders, a lot of content and a very unique story, I will not spoil. Background music is top, the game is perfect for both categories of players (those who like the story, and those who want to go straight to the "dirty" part). Must be played!

I highly recommend this.

So much fun - this title is (so far) one of the best I've tried, if not the best. Did I say it is fun?! All that content, most impressive and for me they key-word is fun, I laughed so much playing this!
I've read a couple of the reviews and yes, they know (perhaps) what they are talking about, I'm not a game designer, nor a game programmer. But this is a "free" game for you to try so you can decide your self. If the next update is like this one was (excellent) - I'll find some money to support them with.

All good things to you all.

I'm not a talkative member, but it's a while I'm around, and I've played my share of games: it's the first time I need to give my 2 cents. A part the new combat system introduced with the v3, it's the best game ever tried on this forum so far.

this is currently one of the top games. strong storyline and hot girls! the resolution is very high and the girls look so authentic. cant wait for more - keep up the good work, Dr Pinkcake! i like Isabella and Jill the most : )

I won't drag this out in long sentences and into a gloryfied analysis of the game, you'll have to explore the game yourself - and you really should!

The game itself is mostly a visual novel, but you get to chose some key elements and the story and the characters are awesome - especially the friendship between the MC and Derek is awesome. So much humor is put into the game, which makes this game not only a game in which you impatiently wait for sex scenes, but where you also get into the actual plot of the game and the funny and akward moments of it.

The dev behind this game has done a great job with the renders, the plot and the narrative.

I can't give it less than top character.
Really a game worth trying and I can't wait to see what's next XD

I truly love this game! This review will be for version 0.3.0

If you liked Acting Lessons, you will enjoy this game. It's not perfect and I will go into things that could use some improvements later. However, let's start with the good things!

1. Beautiful renders. This game has one of the prettiest renders that you will see in any adult game. The women are all very attractive and realistic. The sex scenes are also very well done.

2. Story. The story is very enjoyable and the characters are very believable. Most characters have multiple sides to them as well. Sure, the story in general is a little cheesy and not every character has had time to shine, but there is still more to come! There are some nice twists in the story as well and I always wondered what would happen next.

3. Gameplay. If you're looking for a true sandbox game, this game won't be for you. Being a Dik is a very linear game. It does have some more open moments, but even then the options are limited. That being said, if you are into visual novels with some light RPG elements, give this one a try!

4. Details. This game has a lot of hidden details. From apps on your phone that update, to little fun text conversations and even hidden pictures. There is a lot of hidden things in this game and it's wonderful!

5. Music. For the most part, the music is very good and will get you right into the scenes. Only some tracks are a little annoying (see below).

6. Replay value. During the game you will have to make certain choices. These choices will basically affect a morality meter. You can be a DIK (basically a mean douchebag) or a CHICK (a nice, polite guy). These choices will make you want to experiment with different playthroughs to see which results you'll get.

The bad/suggested improvements:

1. Certain music tracks. So some music tracks are very annoying. Pretty much all the music tracks with vocals are quite cringy and cheesy. They sound like the typical songs that cheesy college bands will create, usually with a lead singer who's name is "Josh".

2. Free roam should be expanded. During certain moments in the story you will have the ability to explore a little bit. This is fun, but also very limited. You can check your phone during these moments, use some apps and explore a very limited amount of your environment. It would be fun if there was more stuff to find during these moments.

3. Certain characters can be annoying. As with every linear video game, certain characters will be fun, and others will be annoying. In the game you will encounter a character who is very much a party animal. While this character does have some funny moments, he isn't one of my favorites. Granted, over time he shows more serious sides of himself, but I feel he's featured a little bit too much.

Overall, this game is a definite 5/5 for me. It's one of the best games you'll find. Unfortunately, it's not finished yet, but this is a title I will follow closely!

Very, very good game with a ton of different (at least to me) mechanics and such to make it unique.
The story, thus far, is top notch. Not the typical storyline on here. Let's be real, a good 75-80% of the games on here are seemingly a remake of the others. Even to the point that the models are identical. Not a problem in this game!

The models are some of the best quality models I have seen on here. Period.

I am looking very forward to sitting down and playing the final version. Although I may just live in the library and say fuck college... if you know what I mean. (I WILL melt that ice and make her mine, damn it.)

After version 0.3 - wow! Amazing graphics and animations. Even the dialogues, which are not the most important thing if we're honest , are very good and even made me laugh a couple of times. Truly excellent game!

I consider myself now rather experienced reagrding VN-s and games in general.
Acting Lessons was rather good, but it seemed like a "testrun" compared to this one. The depicted characters have so much personality, so much depth, it is really one of a kind. And it is not just the renders. Some renders(like Isabella) are really breathtakingly beautiful. Other ones not so much, like Jill. Nevertheless, due to all of the characters having complex personalites, the effect of those renders isjust a nice to have. I mean I find Jill's not so well done, I have seen her modell elsewhere already, but still, due to her personality I have to say she is one of my favourites, a real lady with class. This shows quite well, that it is the writing and the distinct personalities, which give life to the whole "construct". I am rather intrigued how the story will turn out and if it will have a more tragis tone like Acting Lessons had...Hopefully not.

I am really enjoying this game: it has a story (in both being a DIK and being a CHIK paths - I've not tried the neutral path and as I like this game so much, I'm saving that path for a rainy day (that's Brit speak for saving something for a special time) and some excellent fap scenes (Quinn I think I might love and hate you…)

I feel a connection with the characters in the game which is very rare as I play some adult games for similar reason that I go to porn sites.

So I highly recommend this game – it is my favourite on f95 – and I have played over 100 games so far so have a reasonable sample size J

Looking through some of the reviews makes me wonder how much of the game the reviewers have played.

Drako: I have found the DIK and CHIK paths to give some very different scenes (library with Isabella in episode 3 for example)

Alfred the Fallen: the MC is not a trained MMA fighter – his father taught him to fight and given his father was learning how to fight himself, I’m surprised that the MC has the levels of fighting skills he sometimes shows. (Have a read of the books by Tom Wood about a professional assassin called Victor for a character who has training and is also totally ruthless in how he fights)

Alfred the Fallen: I have had a sex scene with Maya that was anything but shallow (episode 3) and was definitely not a dream. I found it very moving.

I really want to give a nice review for this game which is amazing, but I want to give a female perspective of the game which maybe is more rare here?

First, I really appreciate that the male character is at least decent looking (he's not super hot to me, but he's good looking enough to want to fuck if his personality and confidence interested me) and can stand up for himself. I am tired of always seeing these pathetic looking male characters that I wouldn't want to touch with a ten foot pole, so thank you for letting me play as a decent male!

Second, the girls. I can identify with one of them very much in myself and a lot of my friends with many of the others so it's a lot of fun for me to see characters that are different both in looks and personality. They are fleshed out with great motivations and background so far! The renders are really amazing, and the animations are great too!

I know I am not going to get as emotionally invested in the girls because I could only really likely get totally into and/or love a male while I look as the females as kind of "fuck buddies" like Sage phrased it. So, I probably won't care what happens as much to the girls but I bet most people will get totally invested in these girls even emotionally!

The plot isn't perfect to me, but the writing is good and really makes you want to see what happens next, always the sign of a good story!

Play this game! Thank you to the dev for making the rare game that I can enjoy playing a male

this game is so overrated , it is a good game not a great game or a masterpiece , the renders are the best thing high quality whith hot models (most of them ) average story not impressive , poor game play the story is the same whether you choose being a dick or a chick no big consequence of your actions or multi paths which is confusing , some models are forced on the mc like maya even that i like many others more then her , i was expecting way more then a good renders with all the hype on this game .

(v0.3.0)

The game has very high production quality when it comes to graphics and music, but it is rather disappointing once you get past the surface due to the weak story and pathetic main character.

The player character is supposed to be a trained MMA fighter, but he gets wedgied at school like a nerd in an 80's movie and he later breaks down and cries in front of the hot librarian. So humiliation is big part of the game, no matter what you choose. There is even a scene where a heroin junkie tries to rape you and the only way to avoid it is by being force fed a used condom. The whole MMA fighting aspect of the game doesn't really fit well anywhere. There are a couple of story related fights where you automatically lose, even if you win the minigame, because the author needs the player to lose in order to setup his story. So I don't know why they even bother to put that illusion of control in there when what you choose clearly doesn't matter. This is an ongoing issue with many choices in the game, not something isolated with fights.

As for the fighting minigame itself, it's currently way too hard for me to beat on the easy setting. It might have been possible if the arrows were colour coded, or if the game wasn't completely stacked against you, but as it stands now I had to mod the game to put an extra half a second on all the timers to make it a challenge instead of it being straight up bullshit. You can earn and spend money in the various minigames, as well as during the actual game itself, but the system is severely hampered by the fact that you can't have more than five $'s at once. So if you invest into fighting skills and earning money through perfect test scores, most of that extra money you earn will be lost if you aren't spending it right away. Of course, if you do spend it, you run the risk of not having enough for scenes in the actual game where it is required at times.

There is a morality system (of sorts) in the game but you still don't have a whole lot of control over the player character because the author needs him to do certain things in order to set up the plot twists he has planned out. So the player character is always going to be smitten with the main girls, even if you don't like them. None of the five main girls are decent romance options because they are all either using you, lying to you, reject you for someone else, or break your trust in a big way. So there isn't any romance in the game yet, and the future isn't looking to hot either. At this point, the only romance I would be interested in seeing is one with Cathy, but that's a long shot as she is just a side character.

The girls all look good (some much more so than others), but the sex scenes are shallow because they are devoid of any deeper feelings. The majority of the sex scenes in the game are either with whores that you paid for or they are only dream sequences. Those scenes are all smoothly animated, but many of those animations are awkward and unnatural. The regular character dialogue is quite good, but the overall story is very weak and the melodramatic internal monologues are horrifyingly terrible. Seriously, the one about doors at the end of chapter three reads like something a twelve year old emo kid would think is deep.

All things considered, there are issues with every aspect of this very superficial game.

I started this game thinking its just another porn game but i was so wrong.This game does eerything right the animations,the story the characters are simply perfect.The story provides many twists that make the waiting between releases unbereable.Just try this game and let dr pink cake amaze you with their talent.In my honest opinion its the best vn game out there