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

[ChipLecsap]

OMJ ydalAALady

 

[maxthruster]

now that is a silly take.

Josy and Maya could have broken up when Josy arrived instead they immediately make up an kiss, folks even were mad at them for kissing if MC decided to remain friend with them.

they could break up after the Hots ceremony when Josy joined but maya did not , instead nothing happened, in fact, if MC part of their relationship, He even help them to get laid with each other.

During halloween, they argue a bit, and MC can tell Josy he thinking about her but all it does, is either nothing or give you that point that prevent you to say I love you to Sage .

but somehow they did not break up , then the infamous episode 11 where Josy Raped MC in her pillow fort because she put on a blue lingerie, had such an amazing folow up, that MC and Josy not even talked in the next episode .
But she had , may be for the first time in a long time had an honest heart to heart conversation with Maya

Yeah break up is written all over it

You're just repeating the same argument over and over again: "it didn't happen before, so it won't happen now." It's a ridiculous argument.

Bella's husband has had three years to come home, but hasn't; therefore he never will.

Quinn has yet to face any serious consequences for her many shady dealings, despite a number of them blowing up in her face; therefore, she'll only ever face abstract ones like other people getting hurt.

MC has yet to discover anything truly noteworthy in his mother's diary despite reading it for several updates; therefore there's nothing in there at all.

Sage has yet to discover that Tremolo (possibly) slept with her mother despite her parents having a very loud argument about it; therefore it will never be revealed.

Caleb has yet to challenge us to a rematch despite numerous near confrontations; therefore he will only spend the rest of the game glaring from afar.

You see how this line of thinking can be extrapolated? Granted, it's entirely possible one or more of these plotlines will fizzle out, but the setup exists for a reason; even if the eventual payoff ends up being weirdly resolved or underwhelming, they're still going somewhere.

 

[klas182]

I don't think Season 3 is all that much darker really. Everything that kicked off in S3 was already there in S1&2, just not the focus.

If you are on the slut route, encourage others to eat mushrooms and agree to participate on fighting competion, then it is possible...

 

[treechild1]

OMJ ydalAALady

Are you… yodeling?

 

[Darkwen]

Are you… yodeling?

it Alady backward just trying to keep things interesting around here

 

[BigTTiger]

Are you… yodeling?

Nah more like he's having a seizure

 

[maxthruster]

Are you… yodeling?

It's his sex noise.

 

[hakuna-matata]

He probably has enough ego to believe he can compete with GTA

It's getting AAA development time. It has to compete with those AAA games!!

 

[ChipLecsap]

You're just repeating the same argument over and over again: "it didn't happen before, so it won't happen now." It's a ridiculous argument.

Bella's husband has had three years to come home, but hasn't; therefore he never will.

Quinn has yet to face any serious consequences for her many shady dealings, despite a number of them blowing up in her face; therefore, she'll only ever face abstract ones like other people getting hurt.

MC has yet to discover anything truly noteworthy in his mother's diary despite reading it for several updates; therefore there's nothing in there at all.

Sage has yet to discover that Tremolo (possibly) slept with her mother despite her parents having a very loud argument about it; therefore it will never be revealed.

Caleb has yet to challenge us to a rematch despite numerous near confrontations; therefore he will only spend the rest of the game glaring from afar.

You see how this line of thinking can be extrapolated? Granted, it's entirely possible one or more of these plotlines will fizzle out, but the setup exists for a reason; even if the eventual payoff ends up being weirdly resolved or underwhelming, they're still going somewhere.

you listed a bunch of various enterly diferent plotlines, but have you considered that may be the plotline of Josy and Maya are not about them breaking up but having a bumpy road and how they navigate it, and that is what we are witnessing ?

and if we part of their relationship we might influence it. ?

Also some of the comperation you use is not even entirely fair, I never slept with Sage's mother therefore to me I have nothing to wait there to be " revealed " . .

But honestly I totally lost interest in this conversation, let's move on .

 

[hakuna-matata]

Bella's husband has had three years to come home, but hasn't; therefore he never will.

Bella's husband is going to show up when MC proclaims his love. End of chapter 12 - Cliffhanger.

 

[maxthruster]

you listed a bunch of various enterly diferent plotlines, but have you considered that may be the plotline of Josy and Maya are not about them breaking up but having a bumpy road and how they navigate it, and that is what we are witnessing ?

As others have pointed out, if there was no possibility of them breaking up there would be no need for the player to split time and attention among them when on their route.

 

[Darkwen]

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I've worked on art all week. I started by posing a 92-second-long cutscene animation, split across 29 animation files. That gave the animation queue a nice bump, and I continued working on art by posing static renders and more animations.

I've been working on both normal scenes and the big free roam event scenes. I've made some environment renders used for navigating the free roam and coded those environments, too.

I will be working on scenes in the free roam event in the upcoming weeks. Of those, I have 81 scenes left to create, which includes some scenes that only have partial or no writing - the majority is written. As mentioned last week, I estimated the static render count for the free roam event to be around 2900. I also need to pose animations for any lewd scenes that fall under the umbrella of the free roam event. I'll keep you updated on this progress weekly.

There are still scenes left to create outside the free roam event, but getting through this section now will be a big step forward for the episode's overall development. In terms of art, I'm 10-15% done with the free roam event.

281 static renders and 43 animations are in the render queue.

I'll have a fresh preview for you soon.

Have a nice weekend

Dr PinkCake

92 second cut scene ... fuck
yay preview scene

 

[ChipLecsap]

As others have pointed out, if there was no possibility of them breaking up there would be no need for the player to split time and attention among them when on their route.

You know, you jumped in to the conversation without even knowing what you respond to, no problem, happens with all of us, it's a very dull conversation have been talked so many time its really boring.

What I was talking about is a non Josy/Maya path where you are not on their relationship..

 

[maxthruster]

You know, you jumped in to the conversation without even knowing what you respond to, no problem, happens with all of us, it's a very dull conversation have been talked so many time its really boring.

What I was talking about is a non Josy/Maya path where you are not on their relationship..

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And you can still influence these things when not on their route. See Josy's pillow fort.

 

[Blue Milk]

I've read the last few pages, and I'll give you my opinion. I think, as someone who denied Josy and Maya all the playthroughs, I can be unbiased.
In my playthrough, Josy and Maya's relationship looks very bad. Since the end of episode 6, I don't remember any moments where they interacted well.

Considering you just said you haven't played their route then obviously you haven't seen much of them because of that very factor. If you're on their route, however, there are several examples of good moments with just the 2 of them and also with the MC.

They constantly argue and have secrets from each other.

None of this is really all that unusual or untypical for any relationship. What matters is how you deal with and overcome these things.

Josy clearly thinks more about the MC than about Maya, and she openly admits that she doesn't feel happy.

Firstly, Josy is hyper smitten with the MC and it's primarily motivated by an idealised romance in her head because she looks at this as being an easier relationship with less drama, which it would be. But this is all because of the pressure and dramas of her current relationship that she's projecting this idealism onto him. It's textbook alienation of affection, where someone who feels like they aren't getting much from their current relationship projects feelings onto someone who they think would, but this is not always something that can't be overcome.

This feeling that things are falling apart with Maya is the reason for her unhappiness, not that she's unhappy being with Maya, it's just that it's not going as smoothly as she would like. She's also been holding back a lot of herself and bottling things up because she doesn't want to burden Maya with her issues as she goes through hers and that's not been healthy for her.

Maya is getting closer to Sage, and she seems to be more comfortable with her than with Josy.

Because sometimes it's easier to be with people who aren't part of your dramas. It's why you get the, oftentimes true, stereotype of the Dads who go out to a bar rather than stay at home and deal with the issues there, because it's easier to feel more comfortable and relaxed around others who aren't part of it.

The MC acts as a glue that holds them together. However, this is also a problem. If you need glue, it means that something is broken.

Lately I've taken a different stance on this and I don't think he's glue keeping them together, I think he's like a missing piece in their puzzle, namely that he sort of filled the void that each of them had left in each other when they were forced to be apart. They were missing companionship, affection, and reassurance, all of which he offered, and so he filled that slot for each of them. Their feelings for him have since developed further by being in this relationship, but I feel he's still somewhat occupying that slot, which is why should Josy & Maya get back to where they once were with each other as they said they wanted, he wouldn't simply be a missing piece but a key and equal part of their relationship.

Off-path though, because they don't have that missing piece things are a bit more frayed, but I feel the same applies that finding their way back to each other would have them refill that missing piece with each other.

The MC can do a lot to keep the throuple together, but he cannot make Josy love Maya, and he cannot make Maya love Josy. The moment where they count the number of times the MC has been with each of them is significant. If they trusted each other, they would not care about this.

That wasn't anything to do with lack of trust or like they were trying to compete with each other. They're both a bit drunk and also delirious from the sex and they just start talking about it casually and the MC can even tell them it doesn't matter.

However, I'm not sure if accepting the throuple and ignoring one of the girls is a good idea. It is possible that dally_x is right, and such players will be left alone.

On this, I agree. I feel like it's a trap because when you get in this relationship you're supposed to be getting into it for both of them because that's what this is all about. If the girls realise you prioritised one far more than the other then they may not react well to that, and if they reconcile by default then they may come to the conclusion that his heart wasn't in it for both and he's the one left out in the cold.

If you see it that way, fine. But I think that if they have problems in their relationship without the MC (which is pretty obvious that they do), then those problems won't go away when he's with them. Josy and Maya's feelings for each other are something that the MC can't influence.

Their main problem always was that Patrick found out and it forced them to be apart because of his ultimatum to Maya. That coupled with the stress of dealing with finding a way out of the predicament caused them to drift apart as they focused more on this than each other. With the major obstacle out of the way they can now refocus on each other as they expressed they wanted to do in Ep 11.

it doesn't prove Patrick had already given his ultimatum

It does because it literally lines up with what Maya said, "He fooled me into co-signing my student loan and afterward he gave me the ultimatum that I couldn't see Josy ever again." So Josy saying, "Why does this feel exactly like it did before summer?", is because this ultimatum was given before summer and it's what caused their issues.

 

[Hahn1900]

I don't think Season 3 is all that much darker really. Everything that kicked off in S3 was already there in S1&2, just not the focus.

"darker" is the wrong word i think... "heavier" is more accurate? Which is only natural cause many plots are nearing their ends and the focus lies more on those "heavier" plots, while in season 1 and 2 they were only in the background.

The friction between the DIKs and others is now in the open too, the friction and conflicts were always there, but only on the "surface" not that openly like they are now.

That Season 3 will be a bit on the "heavier" side was made very clear with the ending of episode 9 though... i mean... vinny pulling agun was setting the bar on a new hight.

All the bigger problems where only "hidden" so far, Maya and Derek never talked about the family issues, that Patrick is a prick was pretty much all of it... but not how far it went and why. And you can copy that to pretty much every plot... all was "brewing" on the surface, but not much more... revealing everything and bring it to a conclusion is of course a little heavier than before... But i wouldnt say "darker".

I mean, everything reaches its "peak" now, so everything seems to be heavier, more serious and all that... but so far nothing real dark happened that was not forseeable. Even the Rio-"Torture". I mean... we are talking about criminal drug dealers... there are no peaches and butterflys in that business. That it will get violent at some point was no question.

There are other things that will happen, maybe in the next episode already that will be pretty "dark" but there is no way around them anyways. Most likely the death of Maya and Dereks mother for example... is that a "dark" thing though? Or just sad tragic of life? I would they the latter.

DPC started most of the things that are happening now already in the first episodes, so the tone for the future was already set. It was crystal clear that it will not be hellweek-fun the whole game. The weight only shifted a bit.

Same goes for the relationships with all the girls... they all developed from "flirting" to now even "love", so not only fun anymore, but serious feelings are involved too... like in the J&M scene in ep5... from "no string attached" to VERY serious feelings, no flirting with others allowed included. (there will be consequences for cheating, thats for sure)

So yeah, everything is reaching its peak, and that comes with a more serious tone alltogether.

Keeping that in mind iam really amazed how DPC is capable of to still deliver very lighthearted and funny stuff in the game at this point while all this serious shit is going on... sometimes it feels a little off, but overall the balance he can keep in the game between fun and heavy times is really nice.

 

[Adamxero]

92 second Madame cut scene coming

 

[Darkwen]

It does because it literally lines up with what Maya said, "He fooled me into co-signing my student loan and afterward he gave me the ultimatum that I couldn't see Josy ever again." So Josy saying, "Why does this feel exactly like it did before summer?", is because this ultimatum was given before summer and it's what caused their issues.

How can it literally line up when Maya never said when she signed and when Patrick gave the ultimatum to her. Josy said why does it feel the way it did before summer but don't mean the ultimatum has already been given you might assume it has but that doesn't might it true and we don't know how far back Josy means she just said before summer. It very lazy to blame Patrick he isn't the reason they have grown apart it much deeper then that

 

[El_Magnifico]

Bella's husband is going to show up when MC proclaims his love. End of chapter 12 - Cliffhanger.

Two Bella cliffhangers in a row ? Nah, I still think he will do a bigger dick move, like Vinny coming out of nowhere in the middle of a party and shooting someone. Of course you don't see who caught the bullet

 

[Emea7]

It’s difficult to judge season 3 since it is still incomplete. Serious question though, how many of you prefer the fun/ lighter tone of Seasons 1&2 and how many of you prefer the darker drama / moodier tone of season 3?
(Me? I enjoyed the earlier seasons, so far).

Honestly, season 1 tone was my favorite, whenever i decide to start a new save it's the part i'm most interested in playing.