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

[ReadyGame01]

I think the discussion surrounding Quinn's decision to accept help or not based on the players affinity is quite interesting. Its understandable why people are frustrated that affinity ends up being the deciding factor and not the choices made. But as a counterpoint I would argue that affinity is a measure of what the players nature is at that point, and regardless of the choices you make your nature is always something that people will judge you for. In this case the characters nature reflects the opposite of what Quinn is looking for and that is why she refuses help. She is more likely to trust you if your nature matches her, as it would in real life as well. At the end of the day regardless of how friendly you are with people, you will always gravitate and trust those whose ideals match your own, whatever they might be.

 

[Arigon]

To be fair this is going to be 90% of Bella fans once her drama starts to unfold.

100% Fact my friend!
We will have to start a new forum page just so we can all get drunk and make shit posts.... a lot.... daily....fuck I will need a lot bigger drinking budget. My wife will not be pleased

 

[Kellermann]

And fair warning to all my beloved haters, if DPC fucks this up with Bella like he did in AL with various LI, My Meltdown will be Epic, Biblical and Really eclipse everything else I have ever posted.

Lol. I have to say that although I don't share most of your opinions regarding DPC's writing, I still derived a great deal of enjoyment seeing your pre-episode 6 critics eat a big helping of crow after they played 6 and posted. Rarely have I seen such an outright vindication.

 

[MrStrike]

Can someone link a torrent link or a GDrive link for uncompressed full game? Every other site has download limits

 

[aarbei23]

guys i need some Being a DIK wallpapers for my phone
Sage especially

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[TrainHardnett]

So finished up the "speedrun" with the main focus on the HOTs girls and some slightly different choices. Like not doing anything lewd with Jill but just enough RP to be friendly, completely ignoring M&J, not sleeping with Jade and her husband doesn't have the tape.

Conclusion, still ended up with the Neutral affinity, even heavier on Sage path, did slightly better and saved more money in the mansion mini game (its nice that you don't have to redo the search for the renders if you found them already, saves so much time), not doing lewd things with Jill makes it so she doesn't even show up at the end. (her card says we are friends)

I also noticing the thing with swiper and the girl on it, it gets denied no matter what you pick and says deleted user. Is it a bug or something to be explored in the future.

 

[Kellermann]

I got you covered!

Nice!

 

[tro911]

On Episode 7, I am stuck trying to assign people for the second task and can not progress. What am I missing to move the game forward

 

[aarbei23]

I also noticing the thing with swiper and the girl on it, it gets denied no matter what you pick and says deleted user. Is it a bug or something to be explored in the future.

I thought the 'deleted user' refers to Cathy.

On Episode 7, I am stuck trying to assign people for the second task and can not progress. What am I missing to move the game forward

Try to scroll down in the right menu to select Nick?

 

[TrainHardnett]

I thought the 'deleted user' refers to Cathy.

Could be, but I am talking about that blonde. Clicking swiping up gives a broken heart thingy as if you swiped down.

 

[jjzoey007]

What if Burke is somehow involved in James' disappearance ? Now that would seem like a DPC worthy story twist.

 

[tro911]

I thought the 'deleted user' refers to Cathy.


Try to scroll down in the right menu to select Nick?

Thank you for showing me the way, I had not even seen the scroll bar.

 

[murphy88]

Go with her, not Sage, when you have the choice.

And when can I make that decision? The day after my birthday I can call sage and ask for help, but Jill doesn't congratulate me or contact me in any way...

 

[aarbei23]

Could be, but I am talking about that blonde. Clicking swiping up gives a broken heart thingy as if you swiped down.

That's the cat-fishing whale (i.e. the ugly chick that uses her friends' pictures). My guess is you can't talk to her if you already made fun of her the last time.

 

[TrainHardnett]

That's the cat-fishing whale (i.e. the ugly chick that uses her friends' pictures). My guess is you can't talk to her if you already made fun of her the last time.

Oh you mean that one from earlier episodes with the fat chick behind her friend but this time only her friend because people smelled something fishy with the other one?

And when can I make that decision? The day after my birthday I can call sage and ask for help, but Jill doesn't congratulate me or contact me in any way...

If you have enough points with her and are on her path she will show up and you have to make a choice.

 

[Tserriednich'sNen]

I can't wait until Bella finds out about Tybalts blackmail. Zero chance she lets that slimy creep come between Jill and MC. I'm sure she has more than one way of dealing with him

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[Kellermann]

That's the cat-fishing whale (i.e. the ugly chick that uses her friends' pictures). My guess is you can't talk to her if you already made fun of her the last time.

I really wanted that chunky monkey for my trophy case. Just slap the fat and ride the wave in.

 

[ename144]

So, I've been thinking a lot about the ending of this episode and how it would seem to set us up for a major confrontation with Maya's Dad in the next episode, and whilst that is very likely, I feel like it could go in one of several different ways.

1. The MC is waylayed by somebody and isn't with M&J when they enter the room.
   • This would certainly fit DPC's overly dramatic moments because those 2 walking in together would obviously be very bad for Maya and could cause some serious repurcussions, like her Dad forcing her to leave the college and go home with him to get her away from Josy.
2. Maya goes ahead of the MC and Josy and enters the room first.
   • If Maya enters first and calls out, "Dad!", it would allow for Josy to be able to hold back from entering and either the MC stays with her and there could perhaps be a choice to stay outside or enter the room, and this might be followed by a choice to either confront her Dad or pretend to be her boyfriend.
3. All 3 enter the room at the same time.
   • Similar to the previous one only this time the Dad will see Josy and start to become enraged, again leading to a possible choice to either confront the Dad or pretend to be Maya's boyfriend.
4. Maya's Dad isn't in the room when they return.
   • This is another thing I think could be possible because of what it could mean for later and how it would fit DPC's penchant for shocking drama. We know he has a key and can get in any time he wants, but they don't, so if he's not in the room and ended up leaving because he couldn't find her, it means he could come back at an even more inconvenient time, say, when Josy and Maya are in bed together. This could cause her Dad to fly completely off the handle and maybe even drag Maya out and take her home to get her away from Josy.

Right now I really can't say which one I feel is more likely, but 2 & 3 are the kind of thing you might see in a rom-com type movie and I feel like this game largely doesn't have that tone anymore, so 1 & 4 are possibly more likely as they're much more dramatic and more emotionally impactful, which seems to be DPC's bread and butter.

What do you guys think?

I doubt it will be 1. It's very unlikely anything so important would come up on the walk back to their dorm, but more importantly it wouldn't really change anything; Maya is either going to have a confrontation with her father now, or not. If the MC isn't there for it he will just have to be filled in later, so I see no point to diverting him.

So the real question is if there will be a confrontation or not. I think that will depend on how close we are to the end game. If Maya is caught with Josy, her dad would pretty much have to take drastic action, something like dragging Maya out of college. I could see that happening; Episode 6 put a lot of focus on Maya, so if she was missing for most of Episode 7 the difference would be stark. It would also give Josy a chance to stand on her own for a bit. That could be useful for an eventual solo route, or just to develop her further than just being Maya's girlfriend. I can see some advantages to this approach (from a narrative perspective; don't hurt Maya!).

Still, that can only last so long. I doubt Maya'd be sidelined for more than an Episode, and I'm not sure there would be too many obstacles left to stand in the way of romancing her after that. So this seems like it could only happen if we're closer to then end than we thought.

It's also possible her father would instead carry through on his threat and terminate her loans (however that is supposed to work). That could put us in a position of having to scramble to find some way to help Maya, possibly using the $5000 as a partial payment. This seems like a more workable crisis for the mid-game. The MC can buy time to keep Maya in the picture (or not), but the final resolution is still a ways off. The question then is what happens for those who don't help Maya. Perhaps she drops out like above? Or just abandons Josy (much like Jill abandoned the MC)?

Alternatively, Maya won't have a confrontation with her dad just yet. Instead we'll get a taste of what's to come: a near miss, or Josy manages to hide in time so we get more threats and the uneasy sense the other shoe is waiting to drop. This is the most mid-game friendly, option, but it's a bit of an anticlimax. Yes, there are a bunch of other dramatic reveals for Episode 7 to deal with (Mona, Burke, Cathy, and all the older ones still awaiting resolution), but it will leave us more or less the same place we've always been with Maya despite all the buildup.

Tough call, but I guess I would go with 3, 2, then 4. I think some sort of near miss is the most likely, followed by a real crisis or heated confrontation. The dramatic irony of the characters not realizing he was there is a distant third place, IMHO.

But I reserve the right to change my mind once we learn anything about the new episode!

 

[Jackie123]

So Mona is getting kicked out of college because she didnt wanted to serve professor burke? or am i getting something wrong, bc the person that walked away from the college at the end with the suitcases must have been mona then...

 

[Jackie123]

And also i cant be the ONLY one who think that Nick from the Diks is really sus.... like his room is the only one untouched in the mansion. he always stays alone in the background with his mind off... like kinda regretting or feeling bad for something idk..