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

[Holy Bacchus]

I thought Acting Lessons was very promising. Despite the furore about the big choice my main issues were with how on the rails it was after that. So i'm keeping my fingers crossed that the final mile of DIK is not of the same pattern

Being "on rails" isn't something these games and VNs can really avoid because there generally has to be some level of a connective throughline. So while there may be options in what relationship(s) you can get involved in that determines who you end up with, these will just provide variety in an otherwise linear story.

What devs can do, however, is make certain things avoidable which is what the fundamental issue with AL was because we were all forced into that house fire and stalker Leah stuff, but if that had been avoidable through making different choices then perhaps the consensus of that game would have been better. This is where I hope DPC will do better, that if there is something tragic that could befall any of the main characters, that we can avoid it this time by making certain choices rather than be forced into it. I don't mind if the story follows a similar track, like getting roped into dealing with and ultimately dismantling Quinn's operation, so long as we have the option to not let something bad happen to a character and to the MC.

When I saw how many new pages the thread got since the last time I logged on my eyes lit up because I thought it had something to do with the weekly update. My imagination ran wild with the possibilities. What could it be? Is it a new preview that finally settles what the purpose of D&G will be in EP6? Did DPC release an animation to showcase that new posing method mentioned in a previous update? Did he just give an actual release date perhaps?

Nah, it's just some self-proclaimed investigator who couldn't find a clue if it was duct-taped to his forehead armed with the natural talent of pissing everyone off with his condescending and arrogant attitude.

Brilliant.

 

[crabsinthekitchen]

ultimately dismantling Quinn's operation

am I the only one who kinda wants a bad ending where MC takes over Quinn's business?

 

[Holy Bacchus]

am I the only one who kinda wants a bad ending where MC takes over Quinn's business?

Yes.

 

[flippityflop]

am I the only one who kinda wants a bad ending where MC takes over Quinn's business?

Take over? No.
Become her partner in crime and rule over the entire campus with an iron fist? Umm... yes?
But then again, I think Quinn is graduating at the end of the year. Wouldn't be as fun with her out of the picture. So, yeah, pass.

 

[Wizard_Shiryuu]

 

[Traitus]

am I the only one who kinda wants a bad ending where MC takes over Quinn's business?

That sounds like one of the good endings of Bible Black.

 

[Holy Bacchus]

Take over? No.
Become her partner in crime and rule over the entire campus with an iron fist? Umm... yes?
But then again, I think Quinn is graduating at the end of the year. Wouldn't be as fun with her out of the picture. So, yeah, pass.

I think Quinn's got one more year left, but she'll either be in jail or have done a 180 by the end of the game so there will be no more drugs and prostitution coming from the HOTs.

 

[AchedCroissant]

This game also lacks a "corruption" tag, so that's a pretty big giveway that we won't see it happen.

 

[crabsinthekitchen]

Take over? No.
Become her partner in crime and rule over the entire campus with an iron fist? Umm... yes?
But then again, doesn't Quinn graduate at the end of the year? Doesn't sound as fun. So yeah, pass.

Sage is graduating, Quinn was her daughter so she came at least a year later, she's not graduating yet

 

[flippityflop]

I think Quinn's got one more year left, but she'll either be in jail or have done a 180 by the end of the game so there will be no more drugs and prostitution coming from the HOTs.

We will save her and set her on the path of virtue and righteousness with... with our love and our 11 inch dick!

 

[xsssssssss]

I think Quinn's got one more year left, but she'll either be in jail or have done a 180 by the end of the game so there will be no more drugs and prostitution coming from the HOTs.

I don't necessarily want it to be that black and white. I think prostitution is rather a house of cards so helping Quinn find a safe way out of that is something i can get behind. college life is rife with drug use so i don't necessarily see why that has to be exposed/she has to abandon drugs completely. If the dealer ends up being some major antagonist with an ulterior agenda there may be rationale in ending him i suppose.

 

[Holy Bacchus]

I don't necessarily want it to be that black and white. I think prostitution is rather a house of cards so helping Quinn find a safe way out of that is something i can get behind. college life is rife with drug use so i don't necessarily see why that has to be exposed/she has to abandon drugs completely. If the dealer ends up being some major antagonist with an ulterior agenda there may be rationale in that.

She won't necessarily stop using drugs, a little bit of pot never hurt anyone, but if there is a redemption path (which I hope there is) then her days of selling drugs and girls should be over.

 

[xsssssssss]

She won't necessarily stop using drugs, a little bit of pot never hurt anyone, but if there is a redemption path (which I hope there is) then her days of selling drugs and girls should be over.

Why is it ok to smoke pot but not to sell pot? That's an odd logic.

 

[Holy Bacchus]

Why is it ok to smoke pot but not to sell pot? That's an odd logic.

Because drug dealing is a greater crime under the law than drug using, and I'd expect a redemption path to see her cast aside her role as a dealer.

 

[felicemastronzo]

She won't necessarily stop using drugs, a little bit of pot never hurt anyone, but if there is a redemption path (which I hope there is) then her days of selling drugs and girls should be over.

that's right, it's impossible for Quinn to continue her drug trade

I think there are 3 possibilities:
- Quinn ends badly, in jail or worse, so she almost disappears from the game
- Quinn gets clean with the help of MC and others, and at least partially redeems herself
- Quinn comes out badly, loses the business, but without serious and public consequences, in this case she could even more become Mc's nemesis, if she saw him as the culprit

 

[Holy Bacchus]

that's right, it's impossible for Quinn to continue her drug trade

I think there are 3 possibilities:
- Quinn ends badly, in jail or worse, so she almost disappears from the game
- Quinn gets clean with the help of MC and others, and at least partially redeems herself
- Quinn comes out badly, loses the business, but without serious and public consequences, in this case she could even more become Mc's nemesis, if she saw him as the culprit

I like the 2nd option.

 

[felicemastronzo]

I like the 2nd option.

me too

the game could also include more than one

the first doesn't bring much extra work in the end

the second, however, would almost involve Quinn's promotion to LIs, at least functionally

there could also be a middle ground between the first and third options, with Quinn seemingly out of the picture, but still plotting against MC or college in general

 

[xsssssssss]

Because drug dealing is a greater crime under the law than drug using, and I'd expect a redemption path to see her cast aside her role as a dealer.

Well i'd then i'd prefer a a reining in path, rather than redemption as i don't that sort of twisted moralising.

 

[Rinbael]

She won't necessarily stop using drugs, a little bit of pot never hurt anyone, but if there is a redemption path (which I hope there is) then her days of selling drugs and girls should be over.

Quinn doesn't just smoke pot though. She uses intravenous drugs as well which are way more serious and much harder to get clean from especially if it is something like heroine.

 

[xsssssssss]

I don't see Quinn disappearing from the game unless its right at the end. Being on the banner would make me think she isn't just a flash in the pan character to be discarded relatively early in the story. I hope there's 2 paths one adversial(chick) and one mitigating(Dik). She hasn't yet been shown to be an addict so unless that's the case i'd see no reason for her to get clean anymore than the MC should become teetotal.