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

[Lagunavii]

No future game planned atm

Course there is no game after this - As he said further up, once hes done, he is going back to season 1&2 to add QoL stuff and update renders, obviously once these improvements are added season 3 & 4 will look outdated so he will need to change them too. Hes going to be on this game for years to come!

 

[Orgitas]

I kinda admire the dickhead side of DPC. I like that he sticks to his vision and doesn't let the fans decide, otherwise we end up with rags like Our Red String.

This new interview had me chuckling quite a lot.Being a Dik, indeed.

Still, already looking forward to ep12. Save my soul.

 

[d2dacameron]

I've been thinking that 16 episodes was too long anyway, seems like most of the major story threads will be adressed in episode 12. I think 14 sounds like a good amount imo based on where we are at currently.

 

[Chalk boss]

Course there is no game after this - As he said further up, once hes done, he is going back to season 1&2 to add QoL stuff and update renders, obviously once these improvements are added season 3 & 4 will look outdated so he will need to change them too. Hes going to be on this game for years to come!

And I think there will be quite a few changes to the first season and he's marketing it as essentially a remake.
There will be rather a lot more animations and scenes, there will be new mini-games, etc.
I don't think he'll be able to give up on this game, which has brought him so much money and fame.
After the remake he might do something like “10 Years Later” or a sequel where the main character will be Tremolo's son.
It all depends on how old he is now.

 

[Lagunavii]

And I think there will be quite a few changes to the first season and he's marketing it as essentially a remake.
There will be rather a lot more animations and scenes, there will be new mini-games, etc.
I don't think he'll be able to give up on this game, which has brought him so much money and fame.
After the remake he might do something like “10 Years Later” or a sequel where the main character will be Tremolo's son.
It all depends on how old he is now.

Absolutely, we are going to get a shelf-stacking minigame for episode one, likely some added choices here and there that won't mean anything until episode 13, though if he really wants to go all out he could perhaps try to give Josy a decent personality in the earlier episodes. The point is, he's found his Magnum Opus and he will chase perfection on that project for years to come, whereas I don't think he will ever touch the characters again outside of Being a Dik, he will find ways to milk this for more than its worth, chasing that perfection that doesn't exsit

 

[Better Cock Spock]

I kinda admire the dickhead side of DPC. I like that he sticks to his vision and doesn't let the fans decide, otherwise we end up with rags like Our Red String.

This is what we get when DPC sticks to his vision and ignores all criticism

 

[Zda13]

He does have the perfect time going for him at the moment. Taking 12+ months to make an episode gives him at least another 2 years of patrons to pay him and then another like 4 years or something crazy if he decides to drag out the remake/remaster of the earlier seasons.

As long as he doesn't completely fuck the endings up he'll be coasting for a while.

 

[Chillout1984]

"So, maybe Arieth is one of those students. Or maybe she's a genius, and it's yet to be revealed."

Arieth is the big boss behind everything confirmed?

 

[El_Magnifico]

I've never seen you so angry, Spock.

I only get angry when there's extenuating circumstances, like needing to break free from hippy love spores or going through the pon farr. But DPC is a rather large cunt Not surprising though

 

[Better Cock Spock]

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That's an alternate Spock, he doesn't count. Neither does Peck, it's Nimoy or nothing

Besides, I'd only genuinely get angry if he absolutely fucks up with the stupid locked room, or ruins Cinderella before things even get started.

 

[Lagunavii]

That's an alternate Spock, he doesn't count. Neither does Peck, it's Nimoy or nothing

Hang on, I can understand Quinto not counting, but isn't Peck technically playing a younger Nimoy?

 

[Better Cock Spock]

Hang on, I can understand Quinto not counting, but isn't Peck technically playing a younger Nimoy?

I said what I said.

 

[Zda13]

That's an alternate Spock, he doesn't count. Neither does Peck, it's Nimoy or nothing

Besides, I'd only genuinely get angry if he absolutely fucks up with the stupid locked room, or ruins Cinderella before things even get started.

Watch it be stuff from her OMG days or something

 

[PereFourreAss]

Even though it's taken 15 months to release one episode, I've felt immense support from my patrons, with very few complaints throughout the development cycle.

"There's very few complaints because I've banned those"

 

[Lagunavii]

I said what I said.
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Actually I get you cause Paul Wesley can go and fuck off!

 

[Cunt Cockula]

Is there some kind of hyper-super guide to this torture? I've really tried so many paths that even I've forgotten where I am. Yes, the one thing missing is the solo scene with Sage in episode 11, that's all I know, but that doesn't make it 100%.

 

[hakuna-matata]

As known, Season 4 will be the final season. However, Season 4 will most likely be different than earlier seasons. It's hard to say how many episodes remain, as I haven't decided how I will release the endings yet. I have some ambitious plans for all that, but it's something that will have to grow as the final season is under development. For that reason, I can't say a final count of episodes, like 13, 14, 15... As you probably can tell from episode 11, bigger and bigger questions are getting answers, and fewer new questions are being asked. That's the hallmark of bringing it all home and tying the knot on the stories. It makes me sad to say we're nearing the end of the game, but we are. So, let's savor it together and take it one episode at a time.

I don't agree with that at all. When writing this, I'm the top 29th Patreon creator on the entire platform, all categories – that's the highest I've ever been. And I just reached an all-time high in patron count, too - just 112 patrons shy of 20,000 patrons. I'm not seeing any decline in interest or a loss of faith – I'd say it's the opposite. Even though it's taken 15 months to release one episode, I've felt immense support from my patrons, with very few complaints throughout the development cycle.

I get that it's a long time to wait, but the content you get with each release matches the waiting time. Episode 11 was comparable in size to the entirety of Season 1. In terms of content, it was the biggest release for me and probably in the history of AVN.
The longer development time per episode is the result of the game reaching its end stages, and the story is branching out even more. With every episode, I need to put extra work and consideration into all the branches that I create. And even after I do that, you'll notice that not every character gets the spotlight. That's the beauty and the curse of the branching.
I won't release something I'm not happy with, and I've always been transparent about the development process. The rest of the game will take a long time to develop. Players should expect this; I don't hide that fact.
My workflow is as optimized as it gets by now, but I'm constantly looking for ways to improve the speed of everything I do. Ultimately, there's no getting around the fact that manual work is a bottleneck.

What an arrogant answer.
Player: "Why is an AVN taking longer to develop than a AAA game?
DPC: "I have over 20 000 Patreons"
Player: "It's been 3 years since the last episode and 20 years in overall development. My grandchildren are graduating college next year."
DPC: "No one has complained so far"
Player: "That's because you've banned them all."

 

[Chillout1984]

What an arrogant answer.
Player: "Why is an AVN taking longer to develop than a AAA game?
DPC: "I have over 20 000 Patreons"
Player: "It's been 3 years since the last episode. My grandchildren are graduating college next year."
DPC: "No one has complained so far"
Player: "That's because you've banned them all."

 

[ryanevi]

Is there some kind of hyper-super guide to this torture? I've really tried so many paths that even I've forgotten where I am. Yes, the one thing missing is the solo scene with Sage in episode 11, that's all I know, but that doesn't make it 100%.
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100% is gonna be next to impossible without mods or changing variables around in some way.
There are many scenes with slight differences depending on things like affinity or status or if you chose to say one thing 3 episodes ago or if you talked to person Y before person X during a free-roam etc etc.

 

[Vill3m]

I love it when a character makes players split into different camps for different reasons. I enjoy reading those discussions.

Keep it down with your waifu wars, people! Then DPC can stop doom scrolling on F95 and give us new episodes faster

Sometimes, I create lewd scenes on the fly

Yeah, at the end of the day BaDIK is still a porn game full of gratuitous scenes with minimal buildup and a sequence of standard animations to tap through, which unfortunately don't add much to the story. It's one of the few areas DPC could improve but his enthusiasm doesn't shine through in most lewd scenes and sadly he's afraid to outsource more tasks which he lacks motivation or skill for.

I'm not sure what you mean by this because Zoey hasn't changed at all. Look at episode 3, when she was introduced, and you'll see that it's the same model - although with worse lighting and render quality.

Nice that DPC put an early end to this debate. It's been hard to convince doubters that it's just his improved 3D graphics skills that makes the characters seem different compared to earlier scenes. It's also due to different outfits. Some fit tighter around the body, some have larger gaps, some designs bring out certain features and hide others. Same with Zoey. Her panty party lingerie design enhances her wide hips even further and due to the top's loose fit in some places, her bust seems larger than it actually is.

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