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

[SpearOfReigns]

If you made the unfortunate mistake of having this be your first VN like I did its only downhill from here unfortunately.

I was exactly the opposite, back in late 2017 & early 2018 this site is full of mindless fapfest VN with little to no story, narrative or characterization. I didn't mind because I wasn't looking for anything but that. Then I saw Depraved Awakening and thought AVN could be something more. Then Acting Lessons appeared and it was the trigger that pulled into actually discussed stuff here instead of just asking "update when?" "how to unlock this scene?".

And finally, here comes BaDIK which for me is still the pinnacle of adult visual novel. Never it crossed my mind back then there would be something like Being A DIK on this site, Porn Visual Novel with AAA vibe. And I agree with your sentiment that BaDIK ruins 99% other VNs for me.

 

[Jimayo]

Nah, they’re all shit.

 

[Jimayo]

But I wasn’t joking.

So.... you're admitting to having shitty taste?

 

[shazba]

So.... you're admitting to having shitty taste?

Taste is subjective, I’m just saying your list of games is pretty shit compared to BaDIK.

Compared to BaDIK, all those games are lacking in something, either:

• Poor English,
• Lousy or non-existent music,
• Inferior graphics,
• Sub par characters,
• Reduced replayability.

and so on.

The current topic for discussion is that BaDIK is the pinnacle for this genre and it’s only downhill from here. Your list doesn’t change that.

Even CoBD, possibly the best game on your list, has limited replayability, it’s pretty boring playing it all again.

 

[seniorboop]

Disagree. There are a lot of good ones nowadays. The Deluca Family, Chasing Sunsets, Summer's Gone, Now and Then, A Mothere's Love, A.o.A, Bad Memories, Become a Rock Star, City of Broken Dreamers, Callisto, Glimpses of the Past, Halfway House, Hillside, Intertwined, Leap of Faith, Life Happened, Midlife Crisis, Pale Carnations, Powers that Be, Price of Power, Ripples, Tales from the Unending Void, The Intoxicating Flavor, WVM and Life with Mary.

I've tried at least a quarter of that list.

Respectfully, trash. WVM? This is exactly what I mean

I need a solid plot or solid lewds w/ a strong preference for both otherwise other mediums beat out the VN format.

A terrible story with good lewds = I'd rather just watch porn.
A great story with terrible lewds (or none) = I actually read books and would rather just do that.

Hopefully this convo doesn't derail the thread.

EDIT: I do want to say there are some good ones in there I would recommend though, like City of Broken Dreamers.

 

[Deleted member 4143502]

Taste is subjective, I’m just saying your list of games is pretty shit compared to BaDIK.

Compared to BaDIK, all those games are lacking in something, either:

• Poor English,
• Lousy or non-existent music,
• Inferior graphics,
• Sub par characters,
• Reduced replayability.

and so on.

The current topic for discussion is that BaDIK is the pinnacle for this genre and it’s only downhill from here. Your list doesn’t change that.

Even CoBD, possibly the best game on your list, has limited replayability, it’s pretty boring playing it all again.

Calling them all shit in comparison to BADIK is a step too far, imo.

But yeah, BADIK still better than all of those as a whole so far.

 

[LuciferPrometheus]

Taste is subjective, I’m just saying your list of games is pretty shit compared to BaDIK.

Compared to BaDIK, all those games are lacking in something, either:

• Poor English,
• Lousy or non-existent music,
• Inferior graphics,
• Sub par characters,
• Reduced replayability.

and so on.

The current topic for discussion is that BaDIK is the pinnacle for this genre and it’s only downhill from here. Your list doesn’t change that.

Even CoBD, possibly the best game on your list, has limited replayability, it’s pretty boring playing it all again.

But COBD has a better story than Badik tho. Even hillside does. BaDIK's story isn't anything special up till now. I mean the school/college setting has been done to death by now.

Also, BaDIK's MC is meh.


Of course all these are subjective.

 

[Daver]

Taste is subjective, I’m just saying your list of games is pretty shit compared to BaDIK.

Compared to BaDIK, all those games are lacking in something, either:

• Poor English,
• Lousy or non-existent music,
• Inferior graphics,
• Sub par characters,
• Reduced replayability.

and so on.

The current topic for discussion is that BaDIK is the pinnacle for this genre and it’s only downhill from here. Your list doesn’t change that.

Even CoBD, possibly the best game on your list, has limited replayability, it’s pretty boring playing it all again.

I agree and I hope in the next future renders will be even more realistic.

 

[PashafromRussia]

Can anyone recommend games that are similar to this? Really enjoyed this game preferably if its a kinda dating sim like this one. Thanks

I've played both of these and ehh.

A different type of story? Granted.
A better story? Disagree.

There is no mystery to the plot of CoBD nor Hillside; what you see is what you get and they take zero effort to obfuscate their plotlines nor archetypes. You can tell what's coming from a mile away and generally how the actors will react because of the shallow characterization.

Being a Dik is most definitely not a perfect story but it does a great job at obfuscating the narrative in a way that makes you second guess your initial impressions, hides a good bit of information through subtle character interactions (love this) and background details, keeps an expanding list of potential plotlines which allows DPC to subvert expectations, etc...

Being a Dik just does a lot right that the overwhelming majority of VN devs, in my opinion, do an awful job at.

Exactly. The game is very balanced. The plot, characters, sex are all harmoniously intertwined. Of course, this is primarily a porn game and all the plot moves work exactly as its should. We have to get sex and we get it, but the plot justifies it wonderfully. Of course, I would like to get more dirty and rough sex, such as an episode with a TV presenter from COBD, or so that the hero does not get girls so easily.

 

[EfontMan]

Artemis

Looks like Bella's sister makes an appearance in that game. You can see the death stare family resemblance.

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[Oliver Wendell Homely]

I downloaded it from steamunlocked. It said it goes up to episode 7, but it was just up to episode 4. I actually have no idea if its the steam or patreon version. Where can I look it up?

Never heard of Steam Unlocked, but my guess is that it's the Steam version of the game. You'll either need to replay the game or, as I said, wait until season 2 gets released. Episode 8 is likely to be available here in another 4 to 6 weeks. Episode 8 is also the final episode of season 2, so DPC will release it on Steam probably 4 weeks or so later. How long it will take for it to appear on a site like Steam Unlocked, I couldn't say.

 

[znar25]

Most scenes with the side girls, the HOTs, the teachers, the Strippers...

Hey...this is moving a bit too fast.

 

[Antonio Montana]

Looks like Bella's sister makes an appearance in that game. You can see the death stare family resemblance.

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You mean Alexandra Daddario?

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Bella and her do have similar features

 

[SpearOfReigns]

I found this "definitive timeline" on reddit up until Episode 7 and it's pretty interesting to see BaDIK from this perspective. idk if this is 100% accurate or not tho


"The Definitive* Being A DIK Timeline 1.0

(or: Why Episode 8 won’t end with the Halloween party and the game probably won’t continue past a semester or perhaps two)

Day 1 (Thursday): Talked to Josy in minimart break room, drove her home. Got B&R acceptance letter.

Day 2 (Friday): MC quits job, asks Josy for date.

Day 3 (Saturday): Martial arts training with Neil, date with Josy.

Day 5 (Monday): First day at college. Orientation and character meet & greets. Call with Josy.

Day 6 (Tuesday): Sage enlists MC to spy on Chad. Lunch with Maya. Leaves dorm room, meets DIKs, rooms with Maya.

Day 7 (Wednesday): MC gets guitar etc. back from Sage. Invitation to Quinn’s restaurant. Movie night with Maya.

Day 8 (Thursday): Woken up with Maya [END OF EP 1] Cumpetition ends in Jock raid.

Day 9 (Friday): Breaking into prep mansion for DIK initiation. DIK party with body shots. Night in with Maya/makeout with Sage/sex with Sarah.

Day 10 (Saturday): Visit home. Date with Josy.

Day 11 (Sunday): Return to campus. Spying in Chad and meeting Sage. Drunk ‘date’ with Bella, sleepover at Bella’s.

Day 12 (Monday): Breakfast at Bella’s. Sage’s 1st guitar lesson. Find Jill in auditorium. Start of Hell Week [END OF EP 2] Start of HOT scavenger hunt. Attacked by Chad. Sleepover at Jill’s.

Day 13 (Tuesday): Meeting the counsellor. Chad kicked from Jocks. Gay Guard Catcher. Lunch with Bella. March of the Rejects. 2nd guitar lesson with Sage. DIK Strip club visit.

Day 14 (Wednesday): Josy accepted to B&R. Library date with Jill. Gave underwear to Mona & Camilla. Jock prank. (Handjob from Jade). Breaking into Prep mansion to meet Jill. Make out with Bella. Offering to help Maya with scavenger list. Josy arrives at B&R, falling-out with Maya and Josy [END OF EP 3].

Day 15 (Thursday): Breakfast at Bella’s/HOT’s/Derek’s. Josy meets Jill. Swimming with Bella/HOT Mansion/going to strip club with Derek, Rusty and Tommy. HOT movie night.

Day 16 (Friday): Tennis date with Jill. Cathy Cluck Party. Making up with Josy and Maya. (Hooking up with Jade).

Day 17 (Saturday): Sexy car wash. DIK evaluation. [END OF EP 4] MC and Derek join the DIKs. Prep party crashing. DIK mansion trashed. Meeting with Cathy at Bella’s.

Day 18 (Sunday): Breakfast and yoga with Bella & Jill. 3rd guitar lesson with Sage. Hangout with Maya & Josy. [END OF EP 5] Begin repairing DIK mansion. Tybald blackmails Jill**.

Day 19 (Monday): Dusty meets with Cathy. Quinn is robbed. Chad breaks up with Sage.

Day 20 (Tuesday): Lunch with Maya & Josy/Sage & Quinn. Jill’s piano practice. Cleaning the DIK library/MC’s room with Bella/Maya & Josy.

Day 21 (Wednesday): Study date with Jill, Maya & Josy. D&G session. Senior home job for DIKs. Finishing Josy & Maya’s scavenger list.

Day 22 (Thursday): MC’s birthday. Returns home. Josy & Maya hand list to Aribeth.

Day 23 (Friday): Hangout with Jill/Sage. Pub with Tommy. HOT initiation. [END OF EP 6] Maya’s dad visits room.

Day 24 (Saturday): Dumpster arrives for DIK mansion. Josy moves in with HOTs.

Day 25 (Sunday): Maya has family dinner.

Day 26 (Monday): Sparring with Sage.

Day 27 - Day 29*** (Tuesday - Thursday): Library date with Maya. Jill & Tybald’s 1st date. 2nd senior home job. Hangout with Josy/Maya/Quinn.

Day 30 (Friday): Hot party.

Day 31 (Saturday): Tennis date with Jill & Tybald. Hangout at Bella’s. Night visit at Jill’s.

Day 32 (Sunday): Neil delivers furniture for DIK mansion.

Day 33 (Monday): Breakfast with DIKs. Running with Jill. Tybald’s presentation. Gym membership with Josy. Sage meets Maya [END OF EP 7].


\ Not actually definitive!*

\* Not sure if the latter 2 items happened in Ep 5 or 6, due to crapping note taking*

\** There is a clear time skip between monday and friday, with a number of events taking place without a specific mention of the day.*

---

The initial reason for me to make this timeline was to chart how far we were in the school year by the end of episode 7 and whether there was any validity in the theories that EP 8 would end with the Halloween party. Considering we're only about 4 weeks in and are thus probably in either late September or the first week of October at this point, I find it difficult to imagine EP 8 to cover much of a month to get to Halloween.

On a more serious note, I enjoyed making this timeline and am looking to expand upon it if people were interrested. I was also pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to chart out, DPC is clearly using an agenda or timeline of his own to plan the game out and make events fit within a week"

 

[Deleted member 1137152]

When new version release? Do we have a date?

 

[Deleted member 4143502]

Considering we're only about 4 weeks in and are thus probably in either late September or the first week of October at this point, I find it difficult to imagine EP 8 to cover much of a month to get to Halloween.

I don't really see it as all that unlikely, considering according to your timeline, ep7 covered 13 days. Thats half a month right there. Now that we're out of the Hell Week/Scavenger Hunt mode from the first 6 episodes, DPC isn't really beholden to sticking to a day-by-day progression. Skip some days again, and covering a month is easy.

 

[felicemastronzo]

I found this "definitive timeline" on reddit up until Episode 7 and it's pretty interesting to see BaDIK from this perspective. idk if this is 100% accurate or not tho


"The Definitive* Being A DIK Timeline 1.0

(or: Why Episode 8 won’t end with the Halloween party and the game probably won’t continue past a semester or perhaps two)

Day 1 (Thursday): Talked to Josy in minimart break room, drove her home. Got B&R acceptance letter.

Day 2 (Friday): MC quits job, asks Josy for date.

Day 3 (Saturday): Martial arts training with Neil, date with Josy.

Day 5 (Monday): First day at college. Orientation and character meet & greets. Call with Josy.

Day 6 (Tuesday): Sage enlists MC to spy on Chad. Lunch with Maya. Leaves dorm room, meets DIKs, rooms with Maya.

Day 7 (Wednesday): MC gets guitar etc. back from Sage. Invitation to Quinn’s restaurant. Movie night with Maya.

Day 8 (Thursday): Woken up with Maya [END OF EP 1] Cumpetition ends in Jock raid.

Day 9 (Friday): Breaking into prep mansion for DIK initiation. DIK party with body shots. Night in with Maya/makeout with Sage/sex with Sarah.

Day 10 (Saturday): Visit home. Date with Josy.

Day 11 (Sunday): Return to campus. Spying in Chad and meeting Sage. Drunk ‘date’ with Bella, sleepover at Bella’s.

Day 12 (Monday): Breakfast at Bella’s. Sage’s 1st guitar lesson. Find Jill in auditorium. Start of Hell Week [END OF EP 2] Start of HOT scavenger hunt. Attacked by Chad. Sleepover at Jill’s.

Day 13 (Tuesday): Meeting the counsellor. Chad kicked from Jocks. Gay Guard Catcher. Lunch with Bella. March of the Rejects. 2nd guitar lesson with Sage. DIK Strip club visit.

Day 14 (Wednesday): Josy accepted to B&R. Library date with Jill. Gave underwear to Mona & Camilla. Jock prank. (Handjob from Jade). Breaking into Prep mansion to meet Jill. Make out with Bella. Offering to help Maya with scavenger list. Josy arrives at B&R, falling-out with Maya and Josy [END OF EP 3].

Day 15 (Thursday): Breakfast at Bella’s/HOT’s/Derek’s. Josy meets Jill. Swimming with Bella/HOT Mansion/going to strip club with Derek, Rusty and Tommy. HOT movie night.

Day 16 (Friday): Tennis date with Jill. Cathy Cluck Party. Making up with Josy and Maya. (Hooking up with Jade).

Day 17 (Saturday): Sexy car wash. DIK evaluation. [END OF EP 4] MC and Derek join the DIKs. Prep party crashing. DIK mansion trashed. Meeting with Cathy at Bella’s.

Day 18 (Sunday): Breakfast and yoga with Bella & Jill. 3rd guitar lesson with Sage. Hangout with Maya & Josy. [END OF EP 5] Begin repairing DIK mansion. Tybald blackmails Jill**.

Day 19 (Monday): Dusty meets with Cathy. Quinn is robbed. Chad breaks up with Sage.

Day 20 (Tuesday): Lunch with Maya & Josy/Sage & Quinn. Jill’s piano practice. Cleaning the DIK library/MC’s room with Bella/Maya & Josy.

Day 21 (Wednesday): Study date with Jill, Maya & Josy. D&G session. Senior home job for DIKs. Finishing Josy & Maya’s scavenger list.

Day 22 (Thursday): MC’s birthday. Returns home. Josy & Maya hand list to Aribeth.

Day 23 (Friday): Hangout with Jill/Sage. Pub with Tommy. HOT initiation. [END OF EP 6] Maya’s dad visits room.

Day 24 (Saturday): Dumpster arrives for DIK mansion. Josy moves in with HOTs.

Day 25 (Sunday): Maya has family dinner.

Day 26 (Monday): Sparring with Sage.

Day 27 - Day 29*** (Tuesday - Thursday): Library date with Maya. Jill & Tybald’s 1st date. 2nd senior home job. Hangout with Josy/Maya/Quinn.

Day 30 (Friday): Hot party.

Day 31 (Saturday): Tennis date with Jill & Tybald. Hangout at Bella’s. Night visit at Jill’s.

Day 32 (Sunday): Neil delivers furniture for DIK mansion.

Day 33 (Monday): Breakfast with DIKs. Running with Jill. Tybald’s presentation. Gym membership with Josy. Sage meets Maya [END OF EP 7].


\ Not actually definitive!*

\* Not sure if the latter 2 items happened in Ep 5 or 6, due to crapping note taking*

\** There is a clear time skip between monday and friday, with a number of events taking place without a specific mention of the day.*

---

The initial reason for me to make this timeline was to chart how far we were in the school year by the end of episode 7 and whether there was any validity in the theories that EP 8 would end with the Halloween party. Considering we're only about 4 weeks in and are thus probably in either late September or the first week of October at this point, I find it difficult to imagine EP 8 to cover much of a month to get to Halloween.

On a more serious note, I enjoyed making this timeline and am looking to expand upon it if people were interrested. I was also pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to chart out, DPC is clearly using an agenda or timeline of his own to plan the game out and make events fit within a week"

in the seventh chapter there is an unidentified time jump which could be a few weeks or even a month, but otherwise it seems quite reliable.

 

[Icekatana]

If we are going for Jill look-alikes, then I'd say this gal on Twitter is closer.

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[felicemastronzo]

If we are going for Jill look-alikes, then I'd say this gal on Twitter is closer.

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I think she looks more like Troy in the dream

 

[always86]

I found this "definitive timeline" on reddit up until Episode 7 and it's pretty interesting to see BaDIK from this perspective. idk if this is 100% accurate or not tho


"The Definitive* Being A DIK Timeline 1.0

(or: Why Episode 8 won’t end with the Halloween party and the game probably won’t continue past a semester or perhaps two)

Day 1 (Thursday): Talked to Josy in minimart break room, drove her home. Got B&R acceptance letter.

Day 2 (Friday): MC quits job, asks Josy for date.

Day 3 (Saturday): Martial arts training with Neil, date with Josy.

Day 5 (Monday): First day at college. Orientation and character meet & greets. Call with Josy.

Day 6 (Tuesday): Sage enlists MC to spy on Chad. Lunch with Maya. Leaves dorm room, meets DIKs, rooms with Maya.

Day 7 (Wednesday): MC gets guitar etc. back from Sage. Invitation to Quinn’s restaurant. Movie night with Maya.

Day 8 (Thursday): Woken up with Maya [END OF EP 1] Cumpetition ends in Jock raid.

Day 9 (Friday): Breaking into prep mansion for DIK initiation. DIK party with body shots. Night in with Maya/makeout with Sage/sex with Sarah.

Day 10 (Saturday): Visit home. Date with Josy.

Day 11 (Sunday): Return to campus. Spying in Chad and meeting Sage. Drunk ‘date’ with Bella, sleepover at Bella’s.

Day 12 (Monday): Breakfast at Bella’s. Sage’s 1st guitar lesson. Find Jill in auditorium. Start of Hell Week [END OF EP 2] Start of HOT scavenger hunt. Attacked by Chad. Sleepover at Jill’s.

Day 13 (Tuesday): Meeting the counsellor. Chad kicked from Jocks. Gay Guard Catcher. Lunch with Bella. March of the Rejects. 2nd guitar lesson with Sage. DIK Strip club visit.

Day 14 (Wednesday): Josy accepted to B&R. Library date with Jill. Gave underwear to Mona & Camilla. Jock prank. (Handjob from Jade). Breaking into Prep mansion to meet Jill. Make out with Bella. Offering to help Maya with scavenger list. Josy arrives at B&R, falling-out with Maya and Josy [END OF EP 3].

Day 15 (Thursday): Breakfast at Bella’s/HOT’s/Derek’s. Josy meets Jill. Swimming with Bella/HOT Mansion/going to strip club with Derek, Rusty and Tommy. HOT movie night.

Day 16 (Friday): Tennis date with Jill. Cathy Cluck Party. Making up with Josy and Maya. (Hooking up with Jade).

Day 17 (Saturday): Sexy car wash. DIK evaluation. [END OF EP 4] MC and Derek join the DIKs. Prep party crashing. DIK mansion trashed. Meeting with Cathy at Bella’s.

Day 18 (Sunday): Breakfast and yoga with Bella & Jill. 3rd guitar lesson with Sage. Hangout with Maya & Josy. [END OF EP 5] Begin repairing DIK mansion. Tybald blackmails Jill**.

Day 19 (Monday): Dusty meets with Cathy. Quinn is robbed. Chad breaks up with Sage.

Day 20 (Tuesday): Lunch with Maya & Josy/Sage & Quinn. Jill’s piano practice. Cleaning the DIK library/MC’s room with Bella/Maya & Josy.

Day 21 (Wednesday): Study date with Jill, Maya & Josy. D&G session. Senior home job for DIKs. Finishing Josy & Maya’s scavenger list.

Day 22 (Thursday): MC’s birthday. Returns home. Josy & Maya hand list to Aribeth.

Day 23 (Friday): Hangout with Jill/Sage. Pub with Tommy. HOT initiation. [END OF EP 6] Maya’s dad visits room.

Day 24 (Saturday): Dumpster arrives for DIK mansion. Josy moves in with HOTs.

Day 25 (Sunday): Maya has family dinner.

Day 26 (Monday): Sparring with Sage.

Day 27 - Day 29*** (Tuesday - Thursday): Library date with Maya. Jill & Tybald’s 1st date. 2nd senior home job. Hangout with Josy/Maya/Quinn.

Day 30 (Friday): Hot party.

Day 31 (Saturday): Tennis date with Jill & Tybald. Hangout at Bella’s. Night visit at Jill’s.

Day 32 (Sunday): Neil delivers furniture for DIK mansion.

Day 33 (Monday): Breakfast with DIKs. Running with Jill. Tybald’s presentation. Gym membership with Josy. Sage meets Maya [END OF EP 7].


\ Not actually definitive!*

\* Not sure if the latter 2 items happened in Ep 5 or 6, due to crapping note taking*

\** There is a clear time skip between monday and friday, with a number of events taking place without a specific mention of the day.*

---

The initial reason for me to make this timeline was to chart how far we were in the school year by the end of episode 7 and whether there was any validity in the theories that EP 8 would end with the Halloween party. Considering we're only about 4 weeks in and are thus probably in either late September or the first week of October at this point, I find it difficult to imagine EP 8 to cover much of a month to get to Halloween.

On a more serious note, I enjoyed making this timeline and am looking to expand upon it if people were interrested. I was also pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to chart out, DPC is clearly using an agenda or timeline of his own to plan the game out and make events fit within a week"

Well, episode 7 covers 10 days. We know episode 8 is going to include mid terms, which you’d tend to expect around the end of October. If the game started on September 15th, 33 days later could be October 18th. Another 10 days (same as Chapter 7) gets us to the 28th.

I don’t think this is beyond the realm of possibilit, and we know he has posed a massive free roam event with 60 characters