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

[Geralt From Rivia]

and do you think this change of hairstyle had any impact on the character's success?

Personally, I love the visual upgrades the game went through before it became absurd this development cycle. 60 FPS, just why.

 

[Your step dad]

Actually, it is a huge leap of logic to that. Tremolo doesn't have the same context that the player has. All he's seen is Mona storming out of that room followed by Cammy and an insulted Burke. If you're on a full CHIK path that would be all that he sees. There may be a little more context as full DIK since you know that Cammy is a prostitute and Mona is her best friend, but you've had no contact with Mona other than the underwear quest and her drunk at a DIK party and in class. You may also know that Burke is cheating on Jade from her conversations if you've chosen to get into the Jade relationship. No one knows that Mona lost her scholarship except maybe Quinn and Quinn doen't care. Player knowledge does not equal character knowledge. I can't personally play guitar nor would I be able to do what passes for mathematics in that universe based on those tests. (Seriously, it's not algebra, trig nor calculus. It's fucking pattern recognition. Good luck being an engineer.)

Plus she comes out of a room in the prep house, not Burke's office, a party where there are a lot of sugar daddies and horny young people.

On top of that Camilla works for Quinn not for Burke and to know that you have to be a DIK and accept Quinn's prostitution services to understand that she wants to do the same with Maya, except that Quinn understands that Maya won't do it , so Quinn tells her that there was never any question of paying for her schooling if she joined the hots, and then only much later when Sage wants to help Maya we learn that she can obtain subsidies thanks to Sage's father for pay for his schooling, and then with the player's view (no tremolo) we understand that Burke uses his power to obtain sexual favors.

The only ones who may know but nothing is sure are Sage, Tybalt and Jade, if one day they went through Burke's things (but I imagine he uses a password on his computer), or the victim Mona but who until proven otherwise does not speak to anyone,
neither tremolo nor even the player has seen these scenes.

 

[Pax Draconis]

and do you think this change of hairstyle had any impact on the character's success?

I still think you're conflating the 3rd person omniscient scenes with the scenes that Tremolo has actually been present for. There's a lot of HOTs scenes or Quinn and her minion scenes that he's nowhere around where the Burke information is given to the player.

 

[felicemastronzo]

Personally, I love the visual upgrades the game went through before it became absurd this development cycle. 60 FPS, just why.

okay, but they are nuances, you like a character because of what she does or doesn't do, not because she changed her hairstyle.

if they changed Jill's hairstyle would it change anything? okay, it would be a little more realistic, but that's the character.

just like the 60 fps: either you liked it before or nothing changes

 

[Your step dad]

I'm the biggest DiK you'll ever meet. Never went Chick or Neitral. Not my thing and yes, Tremolo has gotten a bit more info when it comes to the girls and their pimp. So, even if he had the IQ of a potato he could figure it out. Might take him a month of wrenching his brain, but he'd figure it out.

Man, I play massive DIK, stop thinking you're the only one, I think there are more players who play DIk than CHICK.

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

okay, but they are nuances, you like a character because of what she does or doesn't do, not because she changed her hairstyle.

if they changed Jill's hairstyle would it change anything? okay, it would be a little more realistic, but that's the character.

just like the 60 fps: either you liked it before or nothing changes

Come on felice, we are talking about the visual component of the game, this has nothing to do with the reasons “Why we like this or that character”.

Good visuals are a pleasant addition to a good game

 

[Your step dad]

I still think you're conflating the 3rd person omniscient scenes with the scenes that Tremolo has actually been present for. There's a lot of HOTs scenes or Quinn and her minion scenes that he's nowhere around where the Burke information is given to the player.

you replied to the wrong message XD

But I think like you he confuses what tremolo sees and what the player or all the other characters see, he does what we call HRP (I hope in English it means the same thing)

 

[Dark Silence]

Man, I play massive DIK, stop thinking you're the only one, I think there are more players who play DIk than CHICK.

I see now. You're looking for a reason to get defensive. Because I never once said anything about being the only one. So, stop reading into my words.

 

[Dolorem0317]

I think people pick on Jill too much
I'm not the biggest Jill fan
But I can tell she is a really sweet girl
She is just a bit naive

Coming from you, I'll take that advice with a grain of salt.

when it come from Joshy you'll need a pallet of it.

 

[felicemastronzo]

Come on felice, we are talking about the visual component of the game, this has nothing to do with the reasons “Why we like this or that character”.

And then I'll say again: from an aesthetic point of view, does it seem to you that hair is Maya's problem?

if DPC wants to improve it aesthetically it has more problems to deal with. otherwise WOW!!! just like the 60 fps

 

[Your step dad]

I see now. You're looking for a reason to get defensive. Because I never once said anything about being the only one. So, stop reading into my words.

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You said that...

 

[Dark Silence]

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You said that...

And? How tf does that interpret to "I'm the only one"? It doesn't. So, stop looking for reasons to get defensive.

 

[Pax Draconis]

you replied to the wrong message XD

But I think like you he confuses what tremolo sees and what the player or all the other characters see, he does what we call HRP (I hope in English it means the same thing)

Hematome retro-placentaire? A blow to the head?

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

And then I'll say again: from an aesthetic point of view, does it seem to you that hair is Maya's problem?

if DPC wants to improve it aesthetically it has more problems to deal with. otherwise WOW!!! just like the 60 fps

Missed your first reply, too many alerts. Skin, of course, is her main problem aesthetically, outdated hair is a secondary one.
It can also be replaced, after all, daz is like LEGO. The main thing is to find something similar.

 

[ProxyGist]

and do you think this change of hairstyle had any impact on the character's success?

There's nothing special or interesting about Lily as a character, she's just another copy of Quinn. She acts like Quinn, talks like Quinn.
But it's pointless to talk about any complex types in a regular teen drama, which this novel is.
Lily as a character is exciting and she handles the role perfectly and everything else is just like a bonus.

 

[Ray_D]

i'll see you in November or something.

 

[ffive]

Dude, that's Farrah Fawcett's hairstyle from the 1970s. That uneven layered blow-out bullshit is ugly.

Opinions, etc. Personally, i thought while Maya's hair was a bit silly, it's also (awkwardly) cute and suits her personality. The "upgrade" is a complete downgrade in this regard -- it's still silly, maybe even more so, but at the same time completely bland.

 

[paulphoenix]

Okay, well, I never encountered this before, so I can't help. if reloading and doing it again does not help, then I don't know what to say.
are you using some kind of mod, or cheat or something? , that may can cause some issue, I don't know. What I know is DPC won't answer to you because he no longer visit this place

no no cheat or mods, i play normal unmodified game.

 

[Pax Draconis]

And then I'll say again: from an aesthetic point of view, does it seem to you that hair is Maya's problem?

if DPC wants to improve it aesthetically it has more problems to deal with. otherwise WOW!!! just like the 60 fps

Missed your first reply, too many alerts. Skin, of course, is her main problem aesthetically, outdated hair is a secondary one.
It can also be replaced, after all, daz is like LEGO. The main thing is to find something similar.

Gentlemen, I'll weigh in here. I think it's several purely subjective things that I personally find aesthetically off-putting about Maya. I have to agree with Geralt about skin and hair but more than that is the incongruity of the hairstyle with the facial structure. Maya's chin is too strong and cheekbones too high for that particular hairstyle to look good. If those features were softened/lowered she would look much better IMO.
Examples:

Disclaimer this is an AI image of Maya using Stable Diffusion from user WaffleAbyss

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

Gentlemen, I'll weigh in here. I think it's several purely subjective things that I personally find aesthetically off-putting about Maya. I have to agree with Geralt about skin and hair but more than that is the incongruity of the hairstyle with the facial structure. Maya's chin is too strong and cheekbones too high for that particular hairstyle to look good. If those features were softened/lowered she would look much better IMO.
Examples: View attachment 2975476 View attachment 2975478

Disclaimer this is an AI image of Maya using Stable Diffusion from user WaffleAbyss

I look at this AI Maya, I seem to see a pretty girl, but something repels me. Somethin wrong. As if on a subconscious level. Uncanny Valley, hello?