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

[Better Cock Spock]

You misunderstand me... ...sex with Bella is the hottest there is in the game.

But 40 years later, it's no fun having a wife who's that much older than you are.

Bella is timeless

Even if she weren't, the important thing is the love

 

[Blue Milk]

Alright lets be clear I never said most of this. I just guaranteed the throuple failing and Zoey/Josy/Maya highest % success rate. It is a theoretical thought exercise assuming these relationships take place in a real world setting. A branching story with 100% happy endings is pretty boring too. I find the possibility of failure and drama exciting. Depend on how a bad ending occurs it can still be entertaining and enjoyable. The Throuple was never a real relationship I can hunt down all the pieces of dialogue that foreshadow its end, but meh. It is more about the ride and how you ended up there than the end point itself. Think outside the box. Like the crash and burn of being with Jade and Sage will be a fun one for sure. Don't take it so personally. I mean you no harm. I just disagree.

Success or failure can come from your choices and drama can be worked through and overcome, it doesn't have to mean railroaded bad endings where your choices never mattered and what was advertised is unattainable by default. This is a branching story where your choices will determine whether you get the good/happy ending or not. To say it will have "100% happy endings" is like the opposite end of the spectrum to this where a branching story gives you only happy endings regardless of choices made, but that will not be the case. The "happy ending" is simply one branch among many but isn't a whole tree with no branches on it. Also, even within those "happy endings" where what makes it happy is that you made it out with the girl(s) of your choice, there can still be elements of drama, tragedy, or just something bittersweet involving them and other characters and plotpoints connected to them so it isn't all flowers and rainbows where everyone came out unscathed, and again, your choices can determine much of that.

If you "find the possibility of failure and drama exciting", fine, go for it, make choices to maximise it, but it by no means needs to be the default state for anything, especially in a game that is clearly packed with many branching choices that can determine a plethora of different endings from the ostensibly good ending with the girl(s) you want to the downright dark ending where things go horribly wrong and tragedy ensues.

 

[GibboBtw]

Alright lets be clear I never said most of this. I just guaranteed the throuple failing and Zoey/Josy/Maya highest % success rate.

Oh really? Well by your own admission you said the Throuple will fail, so 2/5.

They may have an "ending" but if it will be happily ever after or not is unlikely in my opinion.

^ In a post talking about Bella being "unlikely" to have a happy ever after, 3/5.

the bigger problem is if she will alter her future plans to be with the MC or not. I feel there is a good chance A lot of these relationship either have fail states or won't work out in the post credits roll.

^ In a post talking about Sage and Jill having "fail states" and "having a good chance they won't work out in the post credits roll", 5/5.

Is this not you claiming they're all going to most likely fail either in game, or later on like I said?

It is a theoretical thought exercise assuming these relationships take place in a real world setting. A branching story with 100% happy endings is pretty boring too. I find the possibility of failure and drama exciting. Depend on how a bad ending occurs it can still be entertaining and enjoyable. The Throuple was never a real relationship I can hunt down all the pieces of dialogue that foreshadow its end, but meh. It is more about the ride and how you ended up there than the end point itself. Think outside the box. Like the crash and burn of being with Jade and Sage will be a fun one for sure. Don't take it so personally. I mean you no harm. I just disagree.

Well, first of all I should probably inform you that this is an AVN. Not relationships that are set in the "real fucking world." It's a porn novel...

If it were set in the real world you might be onto something, sure. But this is essentially a rom-com with porn in it. So it's pretty safe to assume, that whoever the player goes for, they're going to be able to get her, 100% guaranteed. Or otherwise, WHAT'S THE POINT...

As for your thing of "The Throuple was never a real relationship." That just makes no sense. They're clearly all together and in a Throuple. If you mean they're not a real relationship because of the doubters and people who are adverse to them. They're clearly just supposed to be something for them to overcome together in a story sense...It's not that complicated. I'm not sure how you seem to never have seen the

">PERSON 1| You can't do that, IT WON'T WORK!!! >PERSON 2| Yes, I can, and it will. >PERSON 1| omg...they did it..." trope before. It's pretty basic shit dude. AVNs aren't just about the journey either. It's rather nice and expected that in the few AVNs that we actually have seen finished. To give the MC in them a happy ending with his chosen LI/ LIs.

See Chasing Sunsets, Between Two Worlds, Leap of Faith or City of Broken Dreamers for some examples.

 

[shazba jnr]

Hey, even Josy take it like a champ, when Becky being a rookie and make fish eye
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He used lube with Josy because he didn't want her to suffer (too much). With Becky her went in dry, suffering was the goal.

Well, first of all I should probably inform you that this is an AVN. Not relationships that are set in the "real fucking world." It's a porn novel...

Yeah, how I look at the girls in the game vs how I'd seem them if they were in the real world:

In game:

• Bella: A sexual beast just waiting to erupt, her sex scenes are raw, carnal enjoyment. Totally worth the effort.
• Quinn: I want to break down that hostile exterior and make her putty in the mc's hands. I'm prepared for the fallout.
• Maya: She can be fun when she's not stressing out, and who wouldn't want a lesbian conversion as a notch on their belt?
• Jill: Sweet, naïve young Jill, looking to be schooled in the ways of pleasure by a patient guy. I'm willing.
• Sage: She's great entertainment, and the sex is so much fun (just how it should be). What's not to like?
• Josy: Perfect Josy, the epitome of the girl next door. I would never pass this girl up.

In real life:

• Bella: Fuck that, angry old cunt, not worth the effort!
• Quinn: Fuck that, psycho bitch, not worth the risk!
• Maya: Fuck that, self absorbed, baggage ridden, damsel in distress, not worth the drama!
• Jill: Fuck that, stupid rich bitch with no idea how the world works, not worth the headache!
• Sage: Fuck that, hung-up-on-some-other-dude, angry, vindictive psycho with emotional problems, not worth the castration!
• Josy: Fucking perfect!

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

He used lube with Josy because he didn't want her to suffer (too much). With Becky her went in dry, suffering was the goal.

Well deserved

 

[Bill_Buttlicker]

Somebody recently said that they don't think the Bella path will work out in the long term...

Suggesting that there wouldn't be a possible good ending with a main girl seems wild to me

Doesn't matter who you choose to go after. DPC will make sure every ending will be the same in that the girl you love dies. The only difference is that each girl will meet their end in a different way. For example - during another sparring match with Sage the MC accidentally breaks her neck with a judo chop and gets arrested for manslaughter. The end

 

[Better Cock Spock]

Doesn't matter who you choose to go after. DPC will make sure every ending will be the same in that the girl you love dies. The only difference is that each girl will meet their end in a different way. For example - during another sparring match with Sage the MC accidentally breaks her neck with a judo chop and gets arrested for manslaughter. The end

My girls die of natural causes, extreme old age after a lifetime of happiness

 

[Bill_Buttlicker]

My girls die of natural causes, extreme old age after a lifetime of happiness

Bella gets a new job at the state library and suffers a natural death when she is crushed by a 50-foot bookshelf that topples over with hundreds of books. MC gets arrested when he's found trying to fondle her boobs in the wreckage

 

[Better Cock Spock]

Bella gets a new job at the state library and suffers a natural death when she is crushed by a 50-foot bookshelf that topples over with hundreds of books. MC gets arrested when he's found trying to fondle her boobs in the wreckage

 

[maxthruster]

DPC's "history" was one game and one game only. One instance of something happening is hardly enough to say it's a pattern in his storytelling. You wouldn't look at a movie like Jaws and say that all Steve Spielberg films were going to be like that. Good storytellers don't keep going back to the well and doing the same things over and over again. They might reuse some elements, but they'll craft a different story with them that has different outcomes, and in this case that different outcome can be a throuple that actually can work out.

As far as I'm concerned, DPC didn't make this a branch to be with 2 girls only for it not to work out. Imagine if any other MG branch didn't work out no matter what you did. Yes, there's only one girl you're with on that branch, but it's still a main branch and so it's expected you will get an ending with the girl. By the same token, the Josy and Maya branch is one where you're in a relationship with both of them. If you make choices that favour one over the other too heavily then I think you should expect something to happen whereby the throuple doesn't work out because of that, but if you've not done that and made other choices throughout that could be positive and beneficial for the relationship then I do believe it will result in an ending with both because that's what the branch is ostensibly for.

Just as the Sage, Bella, and Jill branches are for those girls respectively, the Josy and Maya branch is ultimately for both as that's what you're supposed to be getting into it for. So if the other MG branches get their endings then so too should there be an ending with Josy and Maya together. Otherwise DPC needn't have even bothered having this branch if he's just not going to fulfill what it's meant to be.

Jesus, you're rather negative aren't you? So you think the Throuple is doomed and will give you a bad ending regardless of what you do. And will force you to pick only one of them, that you "could" have a happy ending with. You also think the Bella relationship is doomed due to age gap and will most probably give a bad ending. AND NOW, both Jill and Sage have a good chance of failing as well according to you, due to different life goals and the such...

So in your mind, every single MG path is either doomed, or just doomed but later on this time. (A part from a solo JoMay that is.)

Why would he have even given you all these options for LIs though, if he was just going to do what you seemingly think he will do, and fail them all? And also how the fuck would that be a satisfying conclusion to anybody, and not result in a lot of pissed off people?

I fully expect the player to have a rather high chance of locking down any of the paths they choose (including the Throuple), or otherwise what would be the point in being shown it. I don't think the players are just going to be given the middle finger, and be told "No, this path was a dud you idiot. Better luck picking next time!" Because that would be stupid af in an AVN...

To be fair, while I don't think the other guy's pessimism is warranted I do think if any dev is willing to give a huge middle finger to genre expectations it's DPC. He already does it pretty regularly and continues to include elements many of his players hate simply because they fit his vision of the game, not because they build to the "best" narrative. And in some ways, that willingness to go outside the box and do what no one else does is part of what makes this game so great, but it can also be infuriating at times. See the sudden erectile dysfunction last episode, the puzzle box, or every discussion ever about minigames.

I can totally see some of the relationships simply not working out. The throuple does seem pretty doomed, and while with most devs I would expect some tightrope walk to get that perfect outcome I don't think any conversation about it will ever escape the shadow of the house fire. Bella's route is obviously a ticking time bomb, Sage is leaving at the end of the year, and Jill has her own shit going on. That isn't to say they'll all fail - in any other game I'd expect success to be the default for each - but I can see any one of them ending on a "just friends" note.

Of course, we still have a whole nother season ahead of us to solve some of this drama and further strengthen our relationships, so I think a lot of this stuff will go away once we're closer to the finish line. I don't think most of the routes are doomed to fail, and it could very well be that none of them are. I could see them ending up as super specific win conditions, but knowing how unhinged some people in this forum are I would dread the reaction if any of them are forced bad ends. But I can't quite shake the idea that at least one of these relationships just isn't meant to work out, no matter what.

 

[katzenstreu]

Bella gets a new job at the state library and suffers a natural death when she is crushed by a 50-foot bookshelf that topples over with hundreds of books. MC gets arrested when he's found trying to fondle her boobs in the wreckage

 

[M1Rockstar]

To be fair, while I don't think the other guy's pessimism is warranted I do think if any dev is willing to give a huge middle finger to genre expectations it's DPC. He already does it pretty regularly and continues to include elements many of his players hate simply because they fit his vision of the game, not because they build to the "best" narrative. And in some ways, that willingness to go outside the box and do what no one else does is part of what makes this game so great, but it can also be infuriating at times. See the sudden erectile dysfunction last episode, the puzzle box, or every discussion ever about minigames.

I can totally see some of the relationships simply not working out. The throuple does seem pretty doomed, and while with most devs I would expect some tightrope walk to get that perfect outcome I don't think any conversation about it will ever escape the shadow of the house fire. Bella's route is obviously a ticking time bomb, Sage is leaving at the end of the year, and Jill has her own shit going on. That isn't to say they'll all fail - in any other game I'd expect success to be the default for each - but I can see any one of them ending on a "just friends" note.

Of course, we still have a whole nother season ahead of us to solve some of this drama and further strengthen our relationships, so I think a lot of this stuff will go away once we're closer to the finish line. I don't think most of the routes are doomed to fail, and it could very well be that none of them are. I could see them ending up as super specific win conditions, but knowing how unhinged some people in this forum are I would dread the reaction if any of them are forced bad ends. But I can't quite shake the idea that at least one of these relationships just isn't meant to work out, no matter what.

Well, of course, many people are starting to go crazy, updates come out about once a year or a year and a half, and some people have been following BADIK since 2019.

 

[dacris69]

Anyone know some pics with real life Quinn lookalikes? Something like this

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anyone know the model name on suicidegirls, trying to find her again

 

[demonking69:(]

anyone has any update log
or
any news on the update

 

[shazba jnr]

To be fair, while I don't think the other guy's pessimism is warranted I do think if any dev is willing to give a huge middle finger to genre expectations it's DPC. He already does it pretty regularly and continues to include elements many of his players hate simply because they fit his vision of the game, not because they build to the "best" narrative. And in some ways, that willingness to go outside the box and do what no one else does is part of what makes this game so great, but it can also be infuriating at times. See the sudden erectile dysfunction last episode, the puzzle box, or every discussion ever about minigames.

I can totally see some of the relationships simply not working out. The throuple does seem pretty doomed, and while with most devs I would expect some tightrope walk to get that perfect outcome I don't think any conversation about it will ever escape the shadow of the house fire. Bella's route is obviously a ticking time bomb, Sage is leaving at the end of the year, and Jill has her own shit going on. That isn't to say they'll all fail - in any other game I'd expect success to be the default for each - but I can see any one of them ending on a "just friends" note.

Of course, we still have a whole nother season ahead of us to solve some of this drama and further strengthen our relationships, so I think a lot of this stuff will go away once we're closer to the finish line. I don't think most of the routes are doomed to fail, and it could very well be that none of them are. I could see them ending up as super specific win conditions, but knowing how unhinged some people in this forum are I would dread the reaction if any of them are forced bad ends. But I can't quite shake the idea that at least one of these relationships just isn't meant to work out, no matter what.

Well, of course, many people are starting to go crazy, updates come out about once a year or a year and a half, and some people have been following BADIK since 2019.

It's one thing to cleverly subvert expectations, it's another thing to create a game in a genre that's all about "getting the girl(s)" and then after 10 years of development, not deliver the girl(s)...

DPC got so much hate and death threats and all that shit for the AL controversy, and that game was delivered in a year. If, after 10 years, Bella axe murders everyone in the last episode and the mc is just left sitting alone with his dick in his hand...

...Ok, that would be pretty funny.

 

[M1Rockstar]

It's one thing to cleverly subvert expectations, it's another thing to create a game in a genre that's all about "getting the girl(s)" and then after 10 years of development, not deliver the girl(s)...

DPC got so much hate and death threats and all that shit for the AL controversy, and that game was delivered in a year. If, after 10 years, Bella axe murders everyone in the last episode and the mc is just left sitting alone with his dick in his hand...

...Ok, that would be pretty funny.

Acting Lessons? Can you tell me about this situation?
It's just that I haven't played this game, I prefer sandbox games on RPGM or Unity, and BADIK is the second "pure" VN that I liked (the first was Away From Home)

 

[EEMNHMQI]

anyone has any update log
or
any news on the update

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I've been writing dialogue for the big free roam event every single day this week. I thought I would be able to complete the dialogue and start working on art, but there's been too much to write about. And the free roam event grew as I wrote, and I included more scenes. Who would have thought that would happen?

It's tough to give you a picture of how much writing there is for this free roam event. Comparing the calls to images in the code with that of the Christmas party in episode 11, I estimate the writing would need ~2900 renders at the moment, making it roughly 30% bigger. But I'm not done with it yet. I'm getting close, though. As you can see, this event will be a major part of the episode.

I have written 76 events out of 82 planned - event count isn't set in stone -, meaning I'm 90-95% done with the dialogue for the free roam event.

I haven't written any code for the free roam event navigation yet, but that's fun and fast to code. I'll knock that out in 1-2 days of work alongside making the art for the environment renders.

This morning, I only had 10 animations in the render queue. So, today I pushed the stop button on writing dialogue mid-flow and started posing animations. I will pose animations to increase the queue a bit, then I will write the rest of the events and go back and forth to create the art. With the environments, characters, and dialogue done, posing the free roam event will be straightforward.

Poll news
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During my years on Patreon, I've had many polls, but none as close as the one that ended today. In fact, it had a different outcome yesterday, and this morning, only 14 votes separated two of the options (a patron in the $30 tier has 11 votes, with the voting power that comes with the tiers accounted for).

When the poll ended, the difference between options 1 and 3 was less than 1%, with option 3 in a marginal favor. For the first time ever, I have decided to include two winning poll options in episode 12. Hopefully, that pleases the vast majority of you. You'll discover how it's implemented when you play.

Thanks for voting!

Have a nice weekend

Dr PinkCake

By the way: they are published every Friday, so if you were looking for upcoming or past status updates there's that.

 

[Mravac Kid]

anyone know the model name on suicidegirls, trying to find her again

Image search seems to imply her name is Vitoria.

 

[maxthruster]

Acting Lessons? Can you tell me about this situation?
It's just that I haven't played this game, I prefer sandbox games on RPGM or Unity, and BADIK is the second "pure" VN that I liked (the first was Away From Home)

I'd recommend looking it up in its own thread, since it's OT here, but you'll figure it pretty quickly why that game is infamous. And while I'd like to believe DPC has learned from the public response to that shitshow and gone a different road here... well, the Christmas party scene and the puzzle box, among other things, have really made me doubt again that he is committed to actual payoffs.

 

[M1Rockstar]

I'd recommend looking it up in its own thread, since it's OT here, but you'll figure it pretty quickly why that game is infamous. And while I'd like to believe DPC has learned from the public response to that shitshow and gone a different road here... well, the Christmas party scene and the puzzle box, among other things, have really made me doubt again that he is committed to actual payoffs.

Because of these threats and messages, DPC closed its Discord?