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

[Moni23]

It's weird... Zoey is quite interesting girl, but at the same time I can't force myself to do even 1 playthrough for her.. What is the general opinion of her as relationship for MC, most people go for it or abstain?

For obvious reasons, Zoey will never approach MG's popularity. But that doesn't matter to me. I only enjoy the game when I'm on my way back to Zoey.

 

[Roger-a-Dale]

I have never played that, I might have to check it out.
Also, I may have to designate you to write round 2…

Not a game. There's an anime called Highschool of the Dead commonly referred to as H.O.T.D. A group of highschool students trying to survive a zombie apocalypse. It's pretty heavily sexual without actually crossing the line. It would be the definition of "ecchi" if it didn't constantly swing to gory horror.

It would be the trashiest trash if it didn't get two things absolutely right:

1) While the group is initially unarmed the undead are blind and can be avoided if you are quiet. It is both enough to give our heroes a bit of hope and the basis for some seriously intense moments. It's exactly the kind of advantage that is easy to exploit when you get used to it, but it's also understandable that the vast majority of world population didn't survive long enough to do so. Zombies always have the element of surprise.

2) One glaring weakness of the "harem" type of romcom anime and manga is that the girl who is going to win is obvious as hell and the only way the story can keep going is by making the male protagonist dumb as fuck. In H.O.T.D. the girl who would otherwise be the obvious winner is given the massive disadvantage of having broken the male lead's heart. It evens out the playing field. And since it's an apocalypse the actual harem ending is also legitimately on the table.

Sadly the death of the original author put an end to what would have been an awesome part of the past two decades.

Nevertheless, you can perhaps see how BADIK + zombies would make me think of it.

 

[Vega101]

If I had time and energy to invent an ongoing campaign game on here, it might look like this:

A mysterious and deadly infection has broken out. The infected are becoming increasingly aggressive and violent.

You and your father Neil, a fighter whose strength equals your own, are unexpectedly temporarily separated. You are determined to find and rejoin your father. Together, the father & son duo would be formidable, apart, you are in serious need of food, weapons, supplies, and fighting support.

You stumble upon a college campus, there are several survivors huddled around the pavilion. Nearby, shadowy figures are milling about in the distance slowly gathering in strength.

Out of the corner of your eyes, you see the shadow mass inching closer. They suddenly lunge at the survivors.

You are in desperate need of weapons and supplies, but first you must attempt to save the survivors with only your fists, feet, and fast reflexes.

You can save 5, but 1 is lost.

Steve- a convenience store employee, seemingly harmless, but obnoxious. His bad attitude is his only known strength.

Josy- Steve’s co-worker. Small in size, showing a roguish tendency, a potential spitfire.

Derek- a chronically shirtless new student, a ne’er-do-well, but well meaning jester.

Maya- Derek’s twin sister. An introvert, her quiet determination may hide a secret strength.

Cathy- One of the college instructors. Her mature knowledge and guidance might come in handy.

Dawe- A dim witted jock. His potential strength is spoiled by his stupidity.

Who will you save and who will die? In… round 1 of-

The ZombiDIK Apocalypse

I'm getting rid of Derek right away. He's a walking trouble. A madman, not a genius.

This guy wouldn't even wear armor in a zombie apocalypse.
He'll break important equipment and not tell anyone, like he did with the fire extinguisher.
He'll probably be more preoccupied with Katie than with survival. And he'll get drunk, too.

 

[felicemastronzo]

I'm getting rid of Derek right away. He's a walking trouble. A madman, not a genius.

This guy wouldn't even wear armor in a zombie apocalypse.
He'll break important equipment and not tell anyone, like he did with the fire extinguisher.
He'll probably be more preoccupied with Katie than with survival. And he'll get drunk, too.
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That outgoing person who you enjoy when you meet them but whose number you wouldn't even save in your contacts.

 

[Bootyman92]

My theory about what's behind Bella's closed door.

Translated through a translator. I hope you understand the text. I haven't seen this theory anywhere on the forums. I'll be glad if you disprove it.

A. There's a herbs lab behind the closed door.
B. James Roberts was accused of the deaths of sister Jill and Quinn's father, so he escaped and is hiding from the police and gangsters.
C. My thoughts on the game's ending and how small details aren't just added to a game.

A. What hints did I see in the game about this:
1) Fact 1. Bella smoked weed in college and generally behaved promiscuously during her years.
2) Fact 2. Bella has a garden and many plants at home (more than 17). She knows how to care for them.

3) When Bella brings Tremolo home drunk, she went down to that very room at night to do some chores (water the plants).
4) When Tremolo was looking under the door, I thought I saw a purple light there.
5) If you look at the books in Bella's house, you'll see several chemistry textbooks, one biology book, and one book with a Breaking Bad reference. There are NO other textbooks.
6) Bella is a librarian, so she has access to unusual university books, like ones on growing things.
7) There are a couple of questionable objects in Bella's garage. You can even click on them, and they'll give you comments. (So this isn't just for decoration.)
8) At the dorm party, Tommy and Nick discuss how he asked Jimmy to grow some weed.
9) Jill knows what's behind this room and here ASHAMED to tell you. Bella gets ANGRY when a drunk Tremolo tries to open this room.
10) What could scare Maya and Tremolo when they see what's inside in 11 episode? The nursery room isn't scary.

B. After Quinn rats out the gangsters' hideout and they're put away, James returns, as we see in preview №4 and №5.

James was framed or accused of the deaths of Lana (Jill's sister) and Quinn's father, Rox. (They died from a single delivery of the powder.)
Jonathan says he was poisoned. It's possible Buddy could have framed Rox on purpose, but he managed to sell Lana a dose. There's a motive for this—he took over his "business."
After that, James fled town (so no one knows where he disappeared to, not even the police or Bella herself).
Because of Bella's husband's accusations of Jill's sister's death, they met. For example, in court. They knew each other BEFORE Jill started college.
Jill forgave Bella because she said James was innocent. She believed him because she was naive.
Even though they are BEST FRIENDS, Jill's parents DO NOT SPEAK to Bella. Bella celebrated New Year's alone for two years, not with her family.

C. How I envision the game ending:
The final boss is Vinnie and Buddy. When James returns, all of this is revealed. Through Tremolo, Quinn or Jill learns all of this, depending on DIK/CHICK. And they develop a plan for revenge. For example, with Quinn, an aggressive approach. Or through connections with Jill.
Lily, Rusty, Tommy, and James might help.

In general, consider why the plot focuses so much on this topic. So far, in episodes 2-11, this topic only concerns Quinn and Jill.
Jill plans to create a company around this topic.
Tommy and Lily are buying.
Nick, Heather, Elena, John boy, Jacob, Gina, everyone from Pink Rose, all use drugs.
Tremolo attends chemistry classes.
This even appears in the party planning minigame. There are other, smaller hints, too; look for them yourself.

 

[Roger-a-Dale]

I'm getting rid of Derek right away. He's a walking trouble. A madman, not a genius.

This guy wouldn't even wear armor in a zombie apocalypse.
He'll break important equipment and not tell anyone, like he did with the fire extinguisher.
He'll probably be more preoccupied with Katie than with survival. And he'll get drunk, too.
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That outgoing person who you enjoy when you meet them but whose number you wouldn't even save in your contacts.

Derek does know how to pull his weight when it's time to get serious. He might not be useful in combat, but he has value for group morale. He is a long step above Dawe and Steve. And if nothing else as Maya's twin-brother letting him die just means letting her die soon after..

Dawe might be combat useful, but he will constantly challenge your leadership and pick fights with everybody. He is a bully and the whole group is batter off without him. He is a waste of food, water, space and oxygen. And that is true even when the world isn't ending. It's more like the apocalypse provides a wonderful legitimate excuse to stop letting him live.

Steve isn't quite as bad as Dawe, but he is the kind of asshole who will kill you in your sleep because he can't stand being inferior to you.

The worst Derek might do is get bitten and try to hide it until he turns and has to be killed, but that's true about most people so it's hardly fair to single him out for it.

 

[felicemastronzo]

Derek does know how to pull his weight when it's time to get serious. He might not be useful in combat, but he has value for group morale. He is a long step above Dawe and Steve. And if nothing else as Maya's twin-brother letting him die just means letting her die soon after..

Dawe might be combat useful, but he will constantly challenge your leadership and pick fights with everybody. He is a bully and the whole group is batter off without him. He is a waste of food, water, space and oxygen. And that is true even when the world isn't ending. It's more like the apocalypse provides a wonderful legitimate excuse to stop letting him live.

Steve isn't quite as bad as Dawe, but he is the kind of asshole who will kill you in your sleep because he can't stand being inferior to you.

The worst Derek might do is get bitten and try to hide it until he turns and has to be killed, but that's true about most people so it's hardly fair to single him out for it.

I've never denied that he's funny.

I disagree with Dawe, who seems to me to be quite loyal to his president, who is not his best friend, however.

 

[Krytax123]

So i think i figured Bella's secret room out, considering the "connection" between quinn's dad and lana and jill and bella ... its save to assume that bella is secretly a druglord and buddys supplier. The room is just the entrance to her underground drug lab, the boots the mc saw were from one of her underpaid workers.

James is cooking down there chained like Jesse in breaking bad.

 

[Roger-a-Dale]

I've never denied that he's funny.

I disagree with Dawe, who seems to me to be quite loyal to his president, who is not his best friend, however.

People Dawe gets along with are the exception not the rule. By nature he is a bully. Even if you manage to tame him he is going to be an asshole to everyone else especially the girls. Eventually you will have to side against him or be hated by the group. Dawe's loyalty to Chad is a poor argument as Chad until very recently was just as bad a bully if not an even worse one. Against all evidence Chad does tell Sage that Dawe "really is a nice guy"

If we want to have a dimwitted jock that the group might get along with it should be Anthony. In that case my first sacrifice would definitely be Steve. Anthony's bullying is him going along with bad influences. It's a treatable condition.

 

[felicemastronzo]

People Dawe gets along with are the exception not the rule. By nature he is a bully. Even if you manage to tame him he is going to be an asshole to everyone else especially the girls. Eventually you will have to side against him or be hated by the group. Dawe's loyalty to Chad is a poor argument as Chad until very recently was just as bad a bully if not an even worse one. Against all evidence Chad does tell Sage that Dawe "really is a nice guy"

If we want to have a dimwitted jock that the group might get along with it should be Anthony. In that case my first sacrifice would definitely be Steve. Anthony's bullying is him going along with bad influences. It's a treatable condition.

But that's not what we were talking about.

Dawe is a bully like his friends; if he weren't, he would have other friends.

Better Antony who then fucks your girlfriend?

 

[Josh M Spicer]

Better Antony who then fucks your girlfriend?

Didn't Anthony just fuck Ashley who, for all intents and purposes, was single at the time?

 

[Roger-a-Dale]

But that's not what we were talking about.

Dawe is a bully like his friends; if he weren't, he would have other friends.

Better Antony who then fucks your girlfriend?

You might not have been talking about it, but I most definitely was. Dawe is one way or another trouble and only trouble. There is no worth to him in the long run. Dawe isn't just a bully because his friends are bullies the way Anthony is. He starts fights even when his friends aren't there. He is never going to learn better.

Anthony has the flaw of not keeping his hands off your slutty girlfriend? The problem is the slutty part. Dawe doesn't keep his hands off because of loyalty. He keeps his hands off because Arieth is the only girl slutty enough to give him the time of day.

 

[felicemastronzo]

Didn't Anthony just fuck Ashley who, for all intents and purposes, was single at the time?

No, before he fucked Arieth while she was Dawe's girlfriend

 

[stubzy123]

$5 Bella
$5 Sage
$3 Jade
$1 Cathy
$1 Becky

 

[Darkwen]

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Why everything is forced about this girl, I don't want to study with your lame ass

I want to study her over and over and over and over some more OMJ i love her
Alady Alady

 

[treechild1]

Well… my save reconstruction has hit its crossroads. I feel like a shitheel. But, I’m ready for Season 3 (with mini-games). Yay, me!

“This love is losing altitude
We're going down with no parachute
It's too turbulent, we're doomed
It's got me screaming
Mayday, Mayday, Mayday
It's got me crying
Mayday, Mayday, Mayday”

 

[Bootyman92]

I hope Episode 12 has fresh faces for the Others Path lewd scenes.
Elena and Heather need follow-ups.
It's about time for Sally.

I want to close the chapter on all the Side-Girls trying to pull a MG and trap my MC into a relationship he's not ready for.

No no no, Nicole, I've already put an end to things there.
MC is too young to be a papa.

I want to roll Lily, stop catching feelings, if not, roll into a cave somewhere.
Sarah, Melanie, Rio, Cammy... Tired of you gals.
Quinn can cry in a corner all episode about how she screwed over Rio, for all I care.

I've set my sights on the Dorm girls and nerd gals now.
Heck, I'll even take the feminists.
Give me the Burger Queen for a hilarious lewd.

I just want fresh faces on my Others Path and not watered-down SG-MG hybrids!
Others path is for a non-committal conqueror fuckboy!
I hope next episode has Elena and Heather follow-ups, and then only fresh faces for the lewds.

 

[treechild1]

Not a game. There's an anime called Highschool of the Dead commonly referred to as H.O.T.D. A group of highschool students trying to survive a zombie apocalypse. It's pretty heavily sexual without actually crossing the line. It would be the definition of "ecchi" if it didn't constantly swing to gory horror.

It would be the trashiest trash if it didn't get two things absolutely right:

1) While the group is initially unarmed the undead are blind and can be avoided if you are quiet. It is both enough to give our heroes a bit of hope and the basis for some seriously intense moments. It's exactly the kind of advantage that is easy to exploit when you get used to it, but it's also understandable that the vast majority of world population didn't survive long enough to do so. Zombies always have the element of surprise.

2) One glaring weakness of the "harem" type of romcom anime and manga is that the girl who is going to win is obvious as hell and the only way the story can keep going is by making the male protagonist dumb as fuck. In H.O.T.D. the girl who would otherwise be the obvious winner is given the massive disadvantage of having broken the male lead's heart. It evens out the playing field. And since it's an apocalypse the actual harem ending is also legitimately on the table.

Sadly the death of the original author put an end to what would have been an awesome part of the past two decades.

Nevertheless, you can perhaps see how BADIK + zombies would make me think of it.

Sorry, I didn’t catch the H.O.T.D. reference, (I just ran with a BaDIK zombie scenario).
I remember watching a few episodes of the anime years ago. Life must have interfered as I don’t recall finishing it. Sad news about its author, I wasn’t aware of that.

 

[d2dacameron]

Well… my save reconstruction has hit its crossroads. I feel like a shitheel. But, I’m ready for Season 3 (with mini-games). Yay, me!

Probably gonna do that either over Christmas or next summer.

My season 1+2 saves are tainted by the dreaded "footjob glitch" and my saves are modded so I'd have issues when episode 12 comes out.

Will do a full clean reinstall and play through everything again...

 

[treechild1]

How can I block Bella's path?

Give some lovin’ to Cathy when you take her home!
edit: Was it something I said?
I thought it was sound advice…