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

[Darkwen]

She only reacts to you if you've been with her before.

So only if you made an mistake

 

[treechild1]

9. By the end of the game, Tremolo will have a scene (in the gallery) with Karen Rebecca Johnson. 53% of voters said NO (15Y/17N)

Oh, ye, of little faith! May the Divine Quinn have mercy on you. For I sure don’t!

 

[Better Cock Spock]

So only if you made an mistake

 

[HOBGTG]

I think I may have found an oversight. Despite spending more time and having slightly more rp with Maya on Balanced Throuple Path, I was always ended up with Josy's lakeside date.

However. If Maya has more than 6 rp instead of 5 ( Idk why 6 ) MC spends his time with Maya. If it's 5, despite Maya having 5 more Rp than Josy and 1 more date than her, Mc spends his time with Josy.

RpJosy 55 + RPMaya 60 + More date with Maya = Josy's date

RpJosy 55 + RPMaya 61 + More date with Maya = Maya's date

 

[grarg]

Unless it means DPC spends the time he would have spent doing the delegated tasks overseeing the new person.

Brooks's Law ("Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.") is another example where hiring someone fails to speed things up, though it probably doesn't apply to BaDIK (yet).

1. Story, creative direction, tech, etc., is all up to DPC. Thus, there is no "too many cooks in the kitchen" problem, or "not using the right tool for for the job problem". As he's been doing this for years, he has his pipeline; he just needs to outsource it, for whatever bottleneck he has; e.g. rendering. The only issue reported was when Daz3D updated, but he seems to have fixed that.

2a. He is building everything. If rendering is the main block or bottleneck, then he can outsource those machines/remote connect, and pay by the hour or by delivered asset, or hire someone to use their box as a render farm. This would barely cost 1k a month on 4 animations if charged by a remote rendering farm (1 animation = $3/h * for a 3 week render = $216 * 4 animations = $864).

2b. Even if he gives tasks to others to fill in the blanks (e.g. pathing, dialogue, screens, 60 fps rendering, make mini games, do menial tasks, etc.), it frees up his time to do other tasks he would do tomorrow. This can be easily broken down into stages of a chapter, put in a spreadsheets, and shared as each path and their assets are completed and assigned to said hired workers/machines. (I would imagine he do the skeleton/pathing first, then get him and others to make screens next, more complex like animations and music last, etc.)

3. Ren'Py is a glorified PowerPoint, and not a complicated gaming engine. It was designed for multiple people to build on the same project. There's no "ramp up" period. You'd hire experienced Ren'Py or Daz3D'er, or rent a render farm. More complicated if they have to code a mini game, sure. But then you just dump it in into the next frame and off it runs. No one's going to be stepping on each other's toes, as multiple system files and assets can be used, and don't have to overlap each others files. Better still, use a version-controlled system like GIT to ensure all branches are compatible to master.

And assets are mostly just images and music. He can buy all the new licensed music and put finishing touches on stuff, which he does later anyway with QA or beta testers.

This cuts off probably 1/3rd of the time, at the least.

Here's a rundown of what time can be saved a month.

Role Outsourced
Time Saved (Est.)
Why It Saves Time

Art (CGs)
80–200+ hours
-Posing and editing assets is extremely time-consuming. But server farms can run 24/7. 1 guy working 20 hours a week part time could do this.

Music & SFX
10–15 hours
-Finding the right music tracks and buying them takes effort. Though this didn't seem like a big order last chapter, with lots of reused tracks. Cost of licensing is the same. SFX seems limited in BAD.

Writing/Editing
0–40+ hours
-Dialogue, branching paths, and proofreading can be a full-time job, but we assume he does all this himself, or editors catch typos in beta, perhaps for free. A builder can do a branching skeleton with dummy images and speed things up, similar to keyframing a scene, so playable paths can run.

Programming/Scripting
20–80 hours
-Especially helpful if you can do basic logic in Python or want advanced features. The party planner is about all we need and expect, so this would be pretty straightforward with existing code. We assume DPC would be focusing on this part the most.

UI/UX Design
8–40 hours
-Custom menus, transitions, and polish add up fast, but most of the GUI is done.

tl;dr

Of course hiring someone would speed things up.

 

[Better Cock Spock]

I think I may have found an oversight. Despite spending more time and having slightly more rp with Maya on Balanced Throuple Path, I was always ended up with Josy's lakeside date.

However. If Maya has more than 6 rp instead of 5 ( Idk why 6 ) MC spends his time with Maya. If it's 5, despite Maya having 5 more Rp than Josy and 1 more date than her, Mc spends his time with Josy.

RpJosy 55 + RPMaya 60 + More date with Maya = Josy's date

RpJosy 55 + RPMaya 61 + More date with Maya = Maya's date

If the lewds are balanced, the Episode 11 date is determined by a RP ratio, not just straight points.
RPmaya/74.0 & RPjosy/67.0

That one point makes the smallest amount of difference.

 

[funkymonkeyjedi]

Of course hiring someone would speed things up.

I won't bother writing up an entire essay, and just say this in reply to the above:
"For anyone else other than DPC, sure. But not for an obsessive power trippin' control freak."

 

[Ass Fan]

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It's hard not to make a mistake with so much ass and breasts

 

[HOBGTG]

If the lewds are balanced, the Episode 11 date is determined by a RP ratio, not just straight points.
RPmaya/74.0 & RPjosy/67.0

That one point makes the smallest amount of difference.

That's one of the issues, onwards from ep9, I only spend my time with Maya. I was spending more time with her also was trying to balance the rp between both MG.

When Mc and the girls talk about how many times they have been with Mc, I always get the same result which is " same amount of time spent -- 3 rp for both MG ".

The beauty of this path is, it's really tricky and challenging. Feels like, If the player makes one mistake it could be over.

 

[EEMNHMQI]

God, Anthony's stupidity never ceases to amuse me




Like, he feels like he has to explain it to someone because he can't fathom nicknames

 

[BadassDolphin]

God, Anthony's stupidity never ceases to amuse me

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Like, he feels like he has to explain it to someone because he can't fathom nicknames

He's explaining it to Arieth

 

[EEMNHMQI]

He's explaining it to Arieth

That's what I meant: he has to explain it to someone, be it Arieth or whomever, because it seems like he wouldn't get it either

 

[DIKHammer]

God, Anthony's stupidity never ceases to amuse me

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Like, he feels like he has to explain it to someone because he can't fathom nicknames

 

[EEMNHMQI]

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Well... Not everyone is a rock scientist

 

[stupidlogichater]

If the lewds are balanced, the Episode 11 date is determined by a RP ratio, not just straight points.
RPmaya/74.0 & RPjosy/67.0

That one point makes the smallest amount of difference.

if i only totally focus on maya and ignore josy , will i get maya on lakeside for the date?????

 

[legend_shon]

Btw with 9mo/update speed we would be 3mo away from 13ep
ch9(9mo) by content doesnt lag behind 11(15mo), if not surpass. (+ more non-gallery and flirt scenes).
Besides needless 60fps, that 7113 ch11 doesnt nearly feel like +40% for 5037 ch9. It only felt like he added +1 body/face/arm movement as additional render to existed 2. I dont understand that when even on adored mg Sage he spend only 3 precipitous renders on renowned ILY facial scene

 

[bonerland]

I wish I was better with all of this. Is there any way to turn off the mini games for S3 if I enabled them for S1 & S2?

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[treechild1]

1. +. Ofc
2. Hell NO! With things dpc did with heather(EMPTY ch10(1 dialogue)-11 + bj seems to be on the dead arc now(titty touch for 1.5ch), elena - EMPTY ch10(1 ass slap?)-11(JB's scene), Sally - EMPTY ch10. At least Bianca had a proper ep with 6 flirty scenes.
10. +. dont mind either for a Sandy, or Sandy +1.

Btw with 9mo/update speed we would be 3mo away from 13ep
ch9(9mo) by content doesnt lag behind 11(15mo), if not surpass. (+ more non-gallery and flirt scenes).
Besides needless 60fps, that 7113 ch11 doesnt nearly feel like +40% for 5037 ch9. It only felt like he added +1 body/face/arm movement as additional render to existed 2. I dont understand that when even on adored mg Sage he spend only 3 precipitous renders on renowned ILY facial scene

Brother, I appreciate your fire and passion. I don’t understand what in hades you are saying anymore, but I hear you.
I feel your disappointment and appreciate your cautious optimism. Beyond that… wut? What are you trying to tell us?
Are you simply saying you think DPC will drag things out as long as he can or that you have hopes for more lewd with those girls you mentioned? Or both?
And, yes, DPC is taking a lot of time for disappointing reasons and no, that is not likely to change. We surely will all wait longer than we like and many of us will probably continue to be disappointed for one reason or another. Too many expectations and DPC has proven it’s all in his own hands. It’s his baby. For better or for worse.

 

[Landuard]

Its time for poll #4! As always thank you for contributing and I hope you have fun with it!

Please answer each question/statement with YES/NO (Maybe/IDK answers will not be included in the final results).

As with the last poll, I have provided accompanying screenshots to (hopefully!) give you some more context before providing your answers.

4. Against all odds, Dawe is the father of Arieth's baby.

Spoiler: Q4 Context

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4. It has to be true, because will be funny af

 

[Better Cock Spock]

if i only totally focus on maya and ignore josy , will i get maya on lakeside for the date?????

No, you get ice skating with Maya a vastly superior date!