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

[MightbeSomeone]

So, 7th March release then, optimistically speaking. guess I better get all my saves up to date for Ep 10.

Actually, maybe you guys can help me, I'm half way through my Quinn and Maya (solo) playthroughs, but I have other potentials that I'm not convinced are required. yet.

Obviously I have the six main LI paths (Josy / Maya solo paths, and Quinn. yes Quinn is a main LI, she was just 'hidden'. you only got her by actively pursuing her, while the others kind of fall into your lap.)

Bella / Jill love triangle - Haven't played through ep10 is there unique content? is it necessary?

Sarah + Mel - I've gone maybe a third of the way through Ep10, but it doesn't seem necessary? does anything happen at the campsite with them?

Lily / Nicole / Nora - I have 'others' that I've branched off for each of them, but debating to go back and do full plays for them, or Lily at least. Maybe Nora?

Rio / Zoe - again, branched off an 'others' for Rio, but not sure either of them need their own yet.

Camilla / Jade / Cathy - Unnecessary I believe. unlikely they will have their own path. maybe Jade following the divorce?

Vixens - I only did this because I was expecting some kind of lewd scene the morning after the party, but fuck all, nothing! I think this is a dead path.

What are your thoughts? Anyone disagree ( ) with the above? Does anyone see a path I've missed?


P.S. on a separate topic, I think 'yoga girl' is going to be the 'cheat' girl. she's going to be available to fuck on every single path, and woe betide anyone who gets their dipstick wet in her.

I think she will never be seen with the mc until the final scene if you dont finish with a LI where the mc is telling her the story of his first year of college right after he proposes to her .

 

[Better Cock Spock]

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This week, I started by playing Others' and Isabella's branches. I feel very good about how the different playthroughs of the episode feel.

I've also played with a focus on mini-games and balancing the party planning mini-game. Then, I focused on replaying all the lewd scenes; although three scenes were missing animations, I could polish most of the content.

I checked that the Music app is updated with all new songs and works as intended. I also added a couple more SFX that I had missed. I continued working on Phone chats and Rooster, adding more chats, clucks, and gallery images. I believe I'm done with the phone content now.

I'm analyzing the code, flow, and choices right now. This allows me to spot well-hidden errors and oddities I have yet to encounter while playing. I've found several rare bugs resulting from nested choices and exceptions. This information also tells me which playthrough I need to test more thoroughly.

The episode is getting increasingly polished, and my lists of issues to fix between playthroughs are often very short.

The PCs are rendering nonstop, and over the last couple of weeks, I've tried to estimate their render speed and calculate how much more time is needed before they are done. It's tricky because each animation differs in speed, and I'm seeing a spread of up to 100% render time with some animations. Assuming the average render speed stays the same, the PCs should be done with the animation queue on February 7-9 at the latest. If I see that the speed changes, for the better or worse, I'll let you know.

Beta testing will commence as soon as possible after the final animation is complete. I will provide more information about that later. Next week, I will continue polishing and playing; it is the only task left on my checklist for this episode.

The final preview of episode 11 will be released sometime later this month. I think it's safe to say it's a preview you don't want to miss.

Have a nice weekend

Dr PinkCake

 

[VaderExMachina]

I wanna know something guys does DrPinkCake develop everything by himself or does he have a team. Because if he i solely by himself i don‘t get why he wouldn‘t get the much needed help. It‘s not like he isn‘t making enough money for it

 

[felicemastronzo]

Well aren't you complaining that she isn't being more feminist? What should she do? How is she not being a feminist?

but did you read the post you quoted? because it says so right there

why would I want anything?

I made a judgement that for Maya to be a feminist is a very secondary characterisation that quickly served its purpose (Jade's course).

I did not complain about anything, I made an observation about Maya's characterisation.

 

[Better Cock Spock]

Don't bother Bro, this thread has been filling up with newbies wayyy to much lol.

People who have been posting for less than a year make me sick

I can't die until march...

Can't tell if you meant "wait", or you're bemoaning the fact you're unable to die until March

Nora (her scene in EP 10 ends with a forced creampie, that will not end well lol )

Says you

Go easy Gunizz, that could have been a honest mistake.

Late march feels too pessimistic, DPC wouldn't get his own estimate that wrong.

I need it to be early March at the latest, otherwise I'll be away from my computer for the update's first week

 

[TonyMurray]

People who have been posting for less than a year make me sick

Changing the topic though, on the one hand I find it impossible to keep up with this thread at the moment... on the other hand, I don't generally feel like I'm missing much. I dread to think what it will be like after the update drops though - especially for all those who are dead set on things happening that don't end up happening!

 

[Bill_Buttlicker]

I can't die until march...

You just jinxed yourself. I'll make sure to send flowers to your funeral taking place on 2/28/25

 

[Better Cock Spock]

Changing the topic though, on the one hand I find it impossible to keep up with this thread at the moment... on the other hand, I don't generally feel like I'm missing much. I dread to think what it will be like after the update drops though - especially for all those who are dead set on things happening that don't end up happening!

Don't cry, it was a joke about myself being one of those filthy newbies

You really aren't missing much... except the fun But personally I plan on signing out of my account while I play the new update.

 

[Lagunavii]

Changing the topic though, on the one hand I find it impossible to keep up with this thread at the moment... on the other hand, I don't generally feel like I'm missing much. I dread to think what it will be like after the update drops though - especially for all those who are dead set on things happening that don't end up happening!

I can tell you what it'll be like.

Compressed When?
Anyone got a save?
Why is there no Android?
Help me my game keeps crashing
Which version do I need to download

Its going to be so fun!!

 

[Lagunavii]

Don't cry, it was a joke about myself being one of those filthy newbies

You really aren't missing much... except the fun But personally I plan on signing out of my account while I play the new update.

Dangeorus, I knew a guy obsessed with Josy who did that. Couldnt get back in...

 

[scarp1]

You're right. He could have released ep10 in November, but he released it in December to get more money from subscriptions. He'll do the same thing this year.

But if he releases it final week of Feb not everyone will pledge to the higher tiers to get it.
End of Feb release you get new subs for higher tier who then forget to cancel so get charged 1st of March again, especially with a cheeky 28th release.
Then release it to lower pledges start of March equals more subs
Releasing at the start of a month is the worst way new sub wise. Already subbed then yes start of the month but guess you need to look at his current subs over the last months to see.

 

[Better Cock Spock]

Dangeorus, I knew a guy obsessed with Josy who did that. Couldnt get back in...

I have the perfect username to choose if I can't get back in

 

[Gunizz]

I say "DEAD!"
You say "GAME!"

DEAD!

-

You say DEAD.
I say RIONA.

 

[Lagunavii]

This is the core issue, the current EPs as they are right now cannont be split up in a decent way.

The game scope has grew too much, even if you removed the "fat" like minigames & freeroams the update would still be huge if you want everyone to get a bit of content.

Otherwise you get very weird EPs where a few characters don't show up much which would be extremely unpopular.

Even if you removed the mini-games it's still 5 main girls and several Side girls worth of story to tell. you wouldn't save that much - you might as well put in the extras

breaking it down into girls, well essentially its the same story overall, just different scenes with those 5 girls and several side chicks, you'd get one happy customer and several unhappy customers who now know the story, but didn't get the girl they wanted and again its minimum 5 extra lewd scenes, maximum a bit more, you might as well put in the scenes

Even as was suggested and breaking it up by Freeroams (the one that could work logically), they don't come in the middle, they come very sporadically, he could write them more evenly, but then even with one free roam, you'd get a one half of an unsatisfying chapter, ended with a free-roam (with maybe a handful of lewds that won't please everyone) followed by a the other half that would be tail ended and heavy with lewds - there would be no real excitement for the first half.

Splitting it is not an option. even if the patrons suddenly decided 18 months is to long a time to wait and demanded it.

 

[MiltonPowers]

My January prediction is on trash bin. Look's like MiltonPowers won't play a Madame Rose path

My eyes are pretty much guaranteed safe from bleeding at this point).

(And, I'm feeling pretty good about my early March prediction.)

 

[Lagunavii]

But if he releases it final week of Feb not everyone will pledge to the higher tiers to get it.
End of Feb release you get new subs for higher tier who then forget to cancel so get charged 1st of March again, especially with a cheeky 28th release.
Then release it to lower pledges start of March equals more subs
Releasing at the start of a month is the worst way new sub wise. Already subbed then yes start of the month but guess you need to look at his current subs over the last months to see.

No, you tell them on around the 22nd Feb that its getting released on 7th Mar. The masses run and update there pledgeor even subscribe again 1st March rolls round and everybody then get charged.

And DPC has essentially double dipped maximising his income.

 

[Roger-a-Dale]

but did you read the post you quoted? because it says so right there


I did not complain about anything, I made an observation about Maya's characterisation.

Not really. You made a claim and you refuse to substantiate it. You are just vague about it. What is the feminist behaviour Maya isn't doing? What is the basis of the claim?

 

[scarp1]

Anyone who reads "Assuming the average render speed stays the same, the PCs should be done with the animation queue on February 7-9 at the latest" and thinks that a February release is even remotely possible is crazy. Firstly, per the laws of the universe, "February 7-9 at the latest" means there is no chance it finishes before February 9. February 10-11 is itself optimistic. Secondly, is the thought that by the time the animation queue is finished everything else is also going to be finished? I don't think there is any reason to believe that. I'm sure DPC will find plenty of things to add/remove/change/playtest between now and then. Thirdly, what about beta testing? Zero-shot that takes less than two weeks. I'd leave 2.5-3 weeks. Fourthly, he only releases on Fridays. Even in the non-existent world where he finishes the update in late February, do you really think he would release the update on February 28 instead of collecting another month of pledges?

March 21 feels borderline optimistic but we then get into the issue of if it takes until March 28, does he then delay until April to get more pledges or is that a bridge too far? It was clear many months ago that March was the best-case scenario and this progress report all but confirms it.

These updates have gotten far too large and unwieldy. For the love of God, split them up into parts like other devs do. At this point, the next question is does Ep. 12 take a year and half to develop?

He has said as soon as the last render has done the beta testing lot will get it. So around the 10th of Feb. So you reckon its going to take 49 days of beta testing and fixing any issues......

 

[scarp1]

No, you tell them on around the 22nd Feb that its getting released on 7th Mar. The masses run and update there pledgeor even subscribe again 1st March rolls round and everybody then get charged.

And DPC has essentially double dipped maximising his income.

True but loads of new subs late in the month equals, most not knowing you get charged on the 1st, not a month after you first join.
I was on a different patreon thing for two years, (sport thing) and you'd be surprised how many didn't know this.

Plus if he say has 10k subbing at the lowest tier, releasing end of the month they can just pay the difference to upgrade so not much different to waiting to the 1st

 

[Gunizz]

Free roams are much more complicated to project, code and debug compared to normal linear story. So cutting some in that aspect could really make development faster. But I don't think that's something DPC actually needs or aims at. When he'll publish the third season on Steam he'll make so much money he can easily forget any decrease in Patreon. Steam is now his goldmine. And just think about the boost when the game will be completed. He'll be rich even before publishing the full game.