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

[felicemastronzo]

I still think it's OK for the mc to get worried when he finds out who Sage's parents are, for all potential paths leading to that point.

He did come on very strong with the "Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck." reaction at the end of ep 8, but as has been dissected many times now, that reaction has been reduced based on the path that lead the mc to that spot.

The different scenarios:

1) MC rejected Jade from the beginning:

You may believe this is a non issue scenario here. And yes, the mc hasn't done anything to be ashamed of.​

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All he's done is reject an extremely forward Jade, who has literally sexually assaulted him twice (once in the cafeteria when she grabs his cock through his clothes, and the other with her foot at the back of the gender studies lecture hall).​

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When he turned her down, she threatened him:​

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Jade: "You should spend the time left in this class reading and be quiet..."​

Jade: "That way I might not fail you..."​

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And that's what he did. The next time they even acknowledge each other is when he finished the class:​

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Jade: "Fuckface. Pass. Next."​

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All the other students she chats with them, even mulling over whether to fail Derek with the consequences of him repeating, but she can't get rid of the mc fast enough.​

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Her actions have made their dynamic extremely awkward, I mean he could press charges for real if he wanted to, so him coming along with the girls to ask for monetary help for Maya, who knows how she would see that, or how he would think she would see that.​

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2) MC is fucking Sage and Jade:

We all know why this is awkward, so it doesn't require further discussion.​

3) MC dumped Jade in ep 8:

Jade was really pissed. This scenario requires no further discussion.​

4) MC is still in a relationship with Jade:

The only other scenario is he's never been intimate with Sage, but he's been fucking Jade. Jade really likes the mc, so he's not gonna have any drama with her, but he's gonna be sitting there with her daughter and her husband with the knowledge that he's fucking with their family. I think it's reason to be very uncomfortable.​

So really, given all those potential thoughts going through the mc's mind. I don't find it being far fetched at all that he panics when he finds out.

being, those listed by you, 4 profoundly different scenarios how can they have exactly the same reaction? and having decided to choose the maximum reaction, that becomes "average" completely exaggerated, a WTF moment


that was such an obvious exaggeration that DPC himself had to remedy it already in the interlude, where, finally MC reacts differently depending on his situation.

probably DPC wanted to press the pedal because it was the close of the season, but the result was quite alienating.

Oh man it's simple why some characters don't disclose everything about themselves. Because they don't want to.

- Maya had to trust the MC first, not only because she is introverted, but also because she has made the experience in her past that certain truths should remain hidden, because otherwise she harms herself with it.
- Sage wants to stand on her own feet, ergo it would be counterproductive for Sage if everyone knew that Sage is the adopted daughter of the Burkes. On the one hand she is a member of the Burke family, but on the other hand she is not 100% Burke because she was adopted. I even assume that Tybalt makes Sage feel this, because he is at least a 50% Burke, if he is the biological son of Jade.
- Jill is slandering her last name herself because she wants to meet normal people and not only snobs.

These are only 3 different reasons why the characters in the game don't want to reveal everything. To be honest, this is even realistic writing from DPC because he includes the characters' pschye.

you didn't follow the reasoning

whatever Sage's motives were for keeping her family hidden, they are motivations that by the time she asks Mc to accompany her simply no longer make sense.

and not telling her at that point is either very stupid, or very selfish. indeed the more she wanted to hide it from him before, the more she should reveal it to him at that moment

Sage is worried that the meeting might go badly, and involving MC in an argument with two college professors is a risk he must be aware of, it cannot be a surprise

 

[Lostanddamned]

Lmao that came out of nowhere. I've heard worse suggestions, though, tbh. I'd be down, just for lolz and reactions. Didn't she want to try out things?

Why did you change the Bianca profile picture?

 

[ChipLecsap]

Yay numbers. Are we Happy ename144 ?

 

[sorco2003]

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This week I worked on static renders, a bit of coding/writing, and environment renders for one of the bigger free roam events of the episode.

Some scenes have been pretty complex to create due to the number of characters and details in them. I've completed a long scene with ~160 renders in it and some shorter scenes.

Somewhere over 1500 renders are fully produced. A rough estimate is that it puts image art at 35-45% completion.

Regarding animations, I've almost finished work on 8 lewd scenes, with more to come. I need to work on another lewd scene soon to build up the animation render queue.

It's hard to estimate how many animations are left to pose, but a gut feeling tells me we're somewhere along 40-60% completion with animations.

All writing/coding/phone content should be somewhere >80% complete.

Music/sound effects are ~20-30% complete.

I wish I could give a better estimate than this, but it's impossible, and guesses only make for disappointment. I don't want to limit my freedom during development by promising things too early. It would cause bad stress for me, and the best episodes are made when I'm enjoying what I do.

All-in-all, steady progress is being made.

This weekend, a new 2D poll will be live, with some side girls candidates for wallpaper and animation. Sign up as a +$10 patron to participate.

Have a nice weekend

Dr PinkCake

A lot of great numbers this week!!!! With this, the specialists in this thread will be able to give us a better picture of what lies ahead.
Overall it gives the feeling that DPC is not even half way through the job yet. And depending on the amount of animations to come and the average for a week, August may still be an (optimistic) option.

 

[Train of Thought]

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This week I worked on static renders, a bit of coding/writing, and environment renders for one of the bigger free roam events of the episode.

Some scenes have been pretty complex to create due to the number of characters and details in them. I've completed a long scene with ~160 renders in it and some shorter scenes.

Somewhere over 1500 renders are fully produced. A rough estimate is that it puts image art at 35-45% completion.

Regarding animations, I've almost finished work on 8 lewd scenes, with more to come. I need to work on another lewd scene soon to build up the animation render queue.

It's hard to estimate how many animations are left to pose, but a gut feeling tells me we're somewhere along 40-60% completion with animations.

All writing/coding/phone content should be somewhere >80% complete.

Music/sound effects are ~20-30% complete.

I wish I could give a better estimate than this, but it's impossible, and guesses only make for disappointment. I don't want to limit my freedom during development by promising things too early. It would cause bad stress for me, and the best episodes are made when I'm enjoying what I do.

All-in-all, steady progress is being made.

This weekend, a new 2D poll will be live, with some side girls candidates for wallpaper and animation. Sign up as a +$10 patron to participate.

Have a nice weekend

Dr PinkCake

We got numbers AND estimates? Woooow, I sure hope that the impatient people on this thread are satisfied now and won't make any premature conclusions

 

[Darkwen]

We got numbers AND estimates? Woooow, I sure hope that the impatient people on this thread are satisfied now and won't make any premature conclusions

 

[felicemastronzo]

We got numbers AND estimates? Woooow, I sure hope that the impatient people on this thread are satisfied now and won't make any premature conclusions

not particularly optimistic numbers....

 

[AchedCroissant]

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This week I worked on static renders, a bit of coding/writing, and environment renders for one of the bigger free roam events of the episode.

Some scenes have been pretty complex to create due to the number of characters and details in them. I've completed a long scene with ~160 renders in it and some shorter scenes.

Somewhere over 1500 renders are fully produced. A rough estimate is that it puts image art at 35-45% completion.

Regarding animations, I've almost finished work on 8 lewd scenes, with more to come. I need to work on another lewd scene soon to build up the animation render queue.

It's hard to estimate how many animations are left to pose, but a gut feeling tells me we're somewhere along 40-60% completion with animations.

All writing/coding/phone content should be somewhere >80% complete.

Music/sound effects are ~20-30% complete.

I wish I could give a better estimate than this, but it's impossible, and guesses only make for disappointment. I don't want to limit my freedom during development by promising things too early. It would cause bad stress for me, and the best episodes are made when I'm enjoying what I do.

All-in-all, steady progress is being made.

This weekend, a new 2D poll will be live, with some side girls candidates for wallpaper and animation. Sign up as a +$10 patron to participate.

Have a nice weekend

Dr PinkCake

Since DPC published Zoey's preview, these numbers don't matter to me anymore.

 

[OFT]

I meant to crank this out yesterday, but work was too hectic.

So, Happy Belated Birthday, shazba!





Even your girl is celebrating:





She needed a bona fide dance floor, so I stuck her on Tommy's. If it wasn't such a pain in the ass, I would have added Anthony in there with her because let's face it - the boy got moves. Besides, you would have deserved a little NTR, even if it's Platonic, for abandoning her sig. I don't know who she is, but I like her. And she made it easy to spot your posts (for reading, not for skipping ).

 

[lipe2410]

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This week I worked on static renders, a bit of coding/writing, and environment renders for one of the bigger free roam events of the episode.

Some scenes have been pretty complex to create due to the number of characters and details in them. I've completed a long scene with ~160 renders in it and some shorter scenes.

Somewhere over 1500 renders are fully produced. A rough estimate is that it puts image art at 35-45% completion.

Regarding animations, I've almost finished work on 8 lewd scenes, with more to come. I need to work on another lewd scene soon to build up the animation render queue.

It's hard to estimate how many animations are left to pose, but a gut feeling tells me we're somewhere along 40-60% completion with animations.

All writing/coding/phone content should be somewhere >80% complete.

Music/sound effects are ~20-30% complete.

I wish I could give a better estimate than this, but it's impossible, and guesses only make for disappointment. I don't want to limit my freedom during development by promising things too early. It would cause bad stress for me, and the best episodes are made when I'm enjoying what I do.

All-in-all, steady progress is being made.

This weekend, a new 2D poll will be live, with some side girls candidates for wallpaper and animation. Sign up as a +$10 patron to participate.

Have a nice weekend

Dr PinkCake

September-October is my guess with these %

 

[PashafromRussia]

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This week I worked on static renders, a bit of coding/writing, and environment renders for one of the bigger free roam events of the episode.

Some scenes have been pretty complex to create due to the number of characters and details in them. I've completed a long scene with ~160 renders in it and some shorter scenes.

Somewhere over 1500 renders are fully produced. A rough estimate is that it puts image art at 35-45% completion.

Regarding animations, I've almost finished work on 8 lewd scenes, with more to come. I need to work on another lewd scene soon to build up the animation render queue.

It's hard to estimate how many animations are left to pose, but a gut feeling tells me we're somewhere along 40-60% completion with animations.

All writing/coding/phone content should be somewhere >80% complete.

Music/sound effects are ~20-30% complete.

I wish I could give a better estimate than this, but it's impossible, and guesses only make for disappointment. I don't want to limit my freedom during development by promising things too early. It would cause bad stress for me, and the best episodes are made when I'm enjoying what I do.

All-in-all, steady progress is being made.

This weekend, a new 2D poll will be live, with some side girls candidates for wallpaper and animation. Sign up as a +$10 patron to participate.

Have a nice weekend

Dr PinkCake

 

[PashafromRussia]

not particularly optimistic numbers....

He has done half of the update or is close to it judging by the numbers. Considering that he started working on episode 9 in March, and it's already June, September becomes the most likely month of release. But he has completed the animation by 60%, there is a lot of manual work in it, which means at some stage he will only be engaged in the production of renders, then the end of August is also likely.

 

[sixart]

Let's drink to the..... let's drink !

 

[Lostanddamned]

not particularly optimistic numbers....

Felice should I what I did at the last progress update again?

 

[Lostanddamned]

Let's drink to the..... let's drink ! View attachment 1862836

Not with that weak shit. This small aperitif is all we need:



Just a mouthwash.

 

[dalli_x]

I almost forgot about that. Josy says in EP4 that she should have followed Maya's example and gone to college more often during high school.

The question I have is why did Maya attend college so often?

I suspect so that I could have found Josy and Maya's mothers. Nora and the gym receptionist.

Nora: Matches Josy in terms of personality. But I can imagine why Josy didn't go to college as much during her high school years. We know Josy doesn't like her birth mother either, and her new boyfriend even more so. In the EP9 preview of Nora, we see that Nora is not married. So she can have a boyfriend that Josy doesn't like. But who do we meet when the MC takes Josy to the gym? Nora. Did Josy secretly introduce her boyfriend, the MC, to her mother? But Josy didn't just introduce the MC to her mom, she introduced him to her younger brother, and I don't mean her stepbrother Tommy. Caleb. Caleb is very aggressive towards Tommy in EP5 and the reason is simple. Josy hates Tommy. But in the gym, Caleb is aggressive towards the MC. Also, at one point in the Rooster, Caleb writes that the MC should watch out and that he is watching him. Typical behavior of a brother worried about his sister. Even Derek said that to the MC when he went to Maya in EP2.

Receptionist: Maya's birth mother. Yes, you read that right. Derek and Maya also have a sister. Maya angrily told the MC in EP2 that she was not the daughter Patrick wanted. She said daughter, ergo Patrick has another daughter, divorced once and got custody of Derek and Maya because you shouldn't separate twins even if they are identical. No idea who Derek and Maya's sister might be. I just hope they are not too similar. My speculation is Misha. We learn that Maya was on campus a lot during high school and that Maya plays sports when she is stuck. The receptionist has a similar figure for a woman in her forties as 19-year-old Maya. So it would be understandable if Maya goes to college a lot. I've also always wondered how Maya knows Chad. We learn this from Maya's reaction after Chad's attack on the MC. She used to go to her mom's gym a lot in college and work out. Of course she knows who Chad is. And not only that. She's also met the HOTs and vice versa. Now it makes sense that Maya could tell the MC in EP1 that the HOTs are bitches and that Quinn already knew Maya.

But what is really crucial is the receptionist's reaction when the MC comes into the gym with Josy. She's rude, and Josy says so. What if Josy doesn't know Maya's birth mother? We know that Maya can be very secretive. But if Maya has told her birth mother about the MC or she also knows who it is, the reaction is understandable because the MC is special to Maya.

Damn!!! During the role play of Maya and the MC, the MC played a receptionist.

 

[felicemastronzo]

He has done half of the update or is close to it judging by the numbers. Considering that he started working on episode 9 in March, and it's already June, September becomes the most likely month of release. But he has completed the animation by 60%, there is a lot of manual work in it, which means at some stage he will only be engaged in the production of renders, then the end of August is also likely.

less than half the work, in some cases much less

I would cross out August and the optimistic estimate moves to September.

 

[TrainHardnett]

I meant to crank this out yesterday, but work was too hectic.

So, Happy Belated Birthday, shazba!


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Even your girl is celebrating:


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She needed a bona fide dance floor, so I stuck her on Tommy's. If it wasn't such a pain in the ass, I would have added Anthony in there with her because let's face it - the boy got moves. Besides, you would have deserved a little NTR, even if it's Platonic, for abandoning her sig. I don't know who she is, but I like her. And she made it easy to spot your posts (for reading, not for skipping ).

Wait there is someone out there who is uncultured enough to not know who Yoko Littner is? Or Gurren Lagann?

 

[sixart]

Not with that weak shit. This small aperitif is all we need:

I would advise not to underestimate that " weak shit " Seems to me you have no real experience with sake

 

[Cabin Fever]

A lot of great numbers this week!!!! With this, the specialists in this thread will be able to give us a better picture of what lies ahead.
Overall it gives the feeling that DPC is not even half way through the job yet. And depending on the amount of animations to come and the average for a week, August may still be an (optimistic) option.

It's been 3 months plus a week since the Interlude and DPC isn't even half way through development. August, even if you are thinking the very last day, is less than 3 months away. Thinking we'll have an August release isn't just optimistic, it's blindly optimistic bordering on delusional.