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

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varpep said:
I deleted the video from my phone. If Jade accidentally tattles, I'll just pull a Bill Clinton :sneaky:
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well, better that, than a Biden :p
*insert stammering and rambling Biden GIF here cause im too stupid to di it myself*

i actually hope she finds out though.. and gets over it in a Sage way.. she's too precious to not be upfront with (y)
 
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I am sure it has been asked a lot, so sorry for this, but has Dr Pink said if he has a plan on how to shorten dev times? I think he delivers a lot with these updates, I have seen projects that have been going since 2019 but that have not delivered half of this.... but the last update was in 2023, pretty much 1 year and a half since the last one, won't he hire someone?
 
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septacycell said:
I am sure it has been asked a lot, so sorry for this, but has Dr Pink said if he has a plan on how to shorten dev times? I think he delivers a lot with these updates, I have seen projects that have been going since 2019 but that have not delivered half of this.... but the last update was in 2023, pretty much 1 year and a half since the last one, won't he hire someone?
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He's not going to hire anyone, for a multitude of reasons. As for the updates coming out faster...
The publishing period between episodes varies, with an inclination to extend. Should we expect it to grow even more, or was it situational, and we should expect the next episode sooner?
It certainly has increased, as have the included content. Episode 8 was a big one. Being the season finale, I wanted to squeeze in what I had planned for it, so I didn't let the episode size bother me during development, but I get that it was a long wait for it.
When it comes to faster releases, you're damned if you do, and you're damned if you don't. Waiting time and included content goes hand in hand. You cannot expect a short development time without being disappointed by the lack of content, vice versa.
I don't want the episode size to grow more, but I won't stop myself if it has to for some reason. The Interlude being a small episode, is very good for me. I think it will help me dial it back a notch in time for episode 9. Either that or you can use this quote in the future to laugh at me.
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This is from his 2022 Q&A. And these are from 2024.
LizaS said:
I know you take your time for the creation of a new episode that you need and the results prove that it is the right way. But i must admit that roundabout one year between episode 9 and 10 was a long wait for me. Do you think about strategies to shorten this time without pressuring yourself?
I always try to optimize my workflow, but I can't work more or faster than I already do. I'm working at full capacity, and this is what it will be like until the game is completed.

I can't create the same quality episodes without cutting content or rushing the development, and I don't want that. The long development times don't bother me. Making games of this quality takes time and even back when I made Acting Lessons and released one episode per month, some players wanted me to put out episodes even faster - it's ridiculous when you think about it.

At first, from a developer's point of view, it makes you feel like you never will be good enough. Despite working on and thinking about the game all day, there is somehow a way for you to work harder. But with time, I realized that impatience is the players' problem to solve, not mine, and it shouldn't be allowed to cause me stress, so it doesn't.

It is a long time to wait, but games are made by humans who have their own lives on top of work, and that gets lost when you're waiting for a product. I'm guilty of doing that, too, with games that I am excited about. I don't think about the people creating the games, how hard they are working, or what they are going through; I only want to play their games. It's something worth reflecting on, but it can be hard to relate to if you're not working in this business or under a lot of pressure. I can only recommend finding ways to fill your days so that the wait time doesn't feel too long. Find more things to do that you love, and time will pass faster.
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LizaS said:
Will the good hardware performance you've come across help you speed up the finalization of season 3? Thank you.
Every new generation of hardware brings a bump in content, quality and speed. The current bottleneck in my game development is a split between manual work and animation render times. Take the recent generation of RTX4090 GPU cards as an example. They gave me slightly more than double the render speed compared to RTX3090. When that happens, my animation queue depletes faster, and PCs end up idling as I can't keep up with manual work.

How do I solve this problem? I bump the quality of animations so that they take longer to render to balance the manual work. This keeps the bottleneck balanced between hardware and manual labor and, at the same time, increases the quality and content of the game. My recent choice for improving the quality was to create animations @60fps (frames per second) instead of @ 30fps. It takes double the time to render these animations, but remember that the upgrade to RTX4090 gave me more than double the render power. This results in similar render times but with a great improvement in quality. I'm sure that the next generation of cards will bring similar possibilities in increasing the quality of the art. But, importantly, they won't help me solve the time needed for me to produce art files manually - and that is the true bottleneck that can only be solved by employing artists, which I've been clear about since day one that I never will do because I love to work on this project alone.
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He doesn't want to go any slower.
NebulousShooter said:
I forgot, did he ever talk about why the brawler never follows the right triggers, is a joke reference to some other game?
You pick kick and the punch animation plays, Initially I thought thats a bug he never got around to fix, but its the same way for the new brawler If I remember right. :unsure:
Same way you pick hard and it does no extra dmg, or even less than normal. Pick high and sometimes its a low blow. etc. It happens often enough that I wonder if its done on purpose.
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I've noticed that too, the names feel meaningless as to what render will play.
 
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Chillout1984 said:
That is just 1 interpretation of what he said. Quite a few other people just believe he meant that he wouldn't kill a main girl again. If that was indeed what he meant and not just "A" love interest, then Riona still has green light to be killed.
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all is up on what he said. LI or MG. i think he knows the difference between them.
 
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iamcomming said:
all is up on what he said. LI or MG. i think he knows the difference between them.
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We'll see what he meant by it. I'm trying to find the specific Q&A where he said it, but unfortunately so far without luck. So far I've read the yearly Q&A sessions from 2021, 22, 23 and 24. That won't stop me from searching though.
 
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Znar26 said:
All guess work on my part. The path where you:
1, do not select Jill;
2, yet, help her at the recital;
3, Bianca sees this and knows who you are;
4, You see Bianca and Jill at the DiKs Halloween party;
5, Bianca says she knows who you are;
6, after you leave, Bianca says how hot you are in person; shocking Jill.

From that, I wonder if there are other possible ways to get with Bianca in the future. I do not know, but it sounds possible.

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I did it like you wrote here but I didn't get it.
 
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For some reason, my saves from season 1-2 do not appear when I try to import them to season 3... Could someone help me with this ?
 
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I was replaying the game and saw that Quinn lies to Tommy when he confronts her about partying with the Preps. She says Riona was smoking for free and that's why she needed the extra money. But where did it really go, did Quinn put it in her own pocket?
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alex13_zen said:
I was replaying the game and saw that Quinn lies to Tommy when he confronts her about partying with the Preps. She says Riona was smoking for free and that's why she needed the extra money. But where did it really go, did Quinn put it in her own pocket?
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The assumption is that Quinn is developing some bad habits, and is using more than she should, but nothing is confirmed. ... and yes, she was also robbed, and it could very well be that's the shortfall she's blaming on Rio, but that was just supposed to be the profits from that one drop.
 
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