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

[Laport Deminis]

Who is the first character who started the Being a DIK story?

I want to answer this question, but I can’t at this time. I’d be willing to answer it when the game is complete.

If i am not mistaken this suggests that there is a character more central to the story than it seems at a first glance. Otherwise he could simple answered the question. Since he didint seems he didnt want to make a spoiler.

I'm in no hurry to finish this game; my main priority is that it's finished in the way I want. When I leave B&R behind me, I want to do so without wishing that I could have done more. That's why it's hard to say that the game will be this many episodes or that many seasons. The public information is 10-20 episodes and coming this far into the project; I think that it’s an estimation that still holds, but, right now, it’s leaning to be in the 14-20 episode range.

So we re not even in the midle of the story. It s to be expected that the current events will not have inmediate and significat repercusions that could change the Status Quo.

I've noticed quite a shift in tone and overall atmosphere between Acting Lessons and Being a DIK. What inspired that shift from Acting Lessons to Being A DIK?

I like many different genres, and I wanted to create something different with the new game. The college genre is a personal favorite of mine when it comes to movies, and I knew that I could come up with a lot of fun material for it, so I went for it.

The story of Acting Lessons is a very personal story, steeped in life experience, which got pretty dark. I wanted Being a DIK to lean more on comedy, so scrapping the idea of making Being a DIK the prequel of Acting Lessons seemed like a natural choice. I think that it was the single most important decision of my career as a developer so far.

This could only apply to the first moments of the story and not to the end. However Acting Lessons also had some comedy and happy moments and yet DPC accept that there is a shift on the tone. Perhaps BaDik is less dramatic than AL.

 

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Very good, Thank you for sharing. lots of good things there, well, the things i like to hear.

 

[Casmyr]

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Thank you for sharing

Doing another playthrough right, and DPC is in Sweden I think but im on episode 3 and MC tells Jill that he can't afford the hospital. Is he throwing shade at the land of the free?

 

[Kellermann]

The MC is already beating himself up over being with several other girls after telling Jill he's falling for her and automatically turns down the threesome with Nicole and Sandy, and it feels as though this game is going to start forcing players into monogamous relationships within the next few episodes with potentially 10 more episodes to go. If that happens, it could be quite boring from a lewd scene perspective, but on the flip side, to be able to still have lots of girls at the same time for the majority of the episodes without being tied down would seem odd given how they seem to be progressing fairly quickly towards monogamous commitment.

Exactly. As soon as I saw DPC saying this will be longer than expected, I thought...how?? I just don't understand how DPC can have that much more story to tell in BaDIK. I mean I'm happy for more content, don't get me wrong, but once you narrow down the LIs to one chosen girl (or possibly two in the case of M&J) so early in the story, what's left to do over the course of several more seasons in a college porn game? If DPC doesn't allow for a harem, then it basically goes from fun, manwhorish hijinks to boring married life for a dozen more episodes.

 

[Malicre]

Exactly. As soon as I saw DPC saying this will be longer than expected, I thought...how?? I just don't understand how DPC can have that much more story to tell in BaDIK. I mean I'm happy for more content, don't get me wrong, but once you narrow down the LIs to one chosen girl (or possibly two in the case of M&J) so early in the story, what's left to do over the course of several more seasons in a college porn game? If DPC doesn't allow for a harem, then it basically goes from fun, manwhorish hijinks to boring married life for a dozen more episodes.

I'm still waiting for the episode where i get to marry Jade, piss on tybalt (literally) and get burke arrested all at the same time.

 

[godkingxerxes]

Lol oh no, he definitely will make an appearance, there's a reason DPC left that thread open instead of out right saying he was dead, thats an easy way to inject drama into the game.

If you are not on the Bella path, his return means nothing, if he even returns to begin with.

And the longer it takes for him to show up the more removed Bella might be from the MC.

It's like the Maya situation, if you aren't on her path you don't care about the drama with her daddy, I've played Mass Effect 30 times, I'm done with daddy drama. All I want from her daddy to drive a wedge between her and Josy so MC can swoop in and get with Jose.

 

[Holy Bacchus]

Exactly. As soon as I saw DPC saying this will be longer than expected, I thought...how?? I just don't understand how DPC can have that much more story to tell in BaDIK. I mean I'm happy for more content, don't get me wrong, but once you narrow down the LIs to one chosen girl (or possibly two in the case of M&J) so early in the story, what's left to do over the course of several more seasons in a college porn game? If DPC doesn't allow for a harem, then it basically goes from fun, manwhorish hijinks to boring married life for a dozen more episodes.

It feels like he'd have to slow things way the fuck down, either by having each episode take up one whole in-game week but limit the interactions with all main LIs to just once or twice in that week, or make each episode just a couple of days and focus most of the content, particularly lewd content, on a couple of them.

If this game continues at its current pace, you'd expect him to be in an official relationship with Jill by the end of ep 7 or 8 which means no more Sage, Maya, Josy, Camila, Riona, Jade, Nicole, or anyone else except possibly Bella if those storylines continue to stay intertwined. Unless, the MC can continue doing things behind her back like in AL, but I'd wager most people prefer to play the field without consequence until at least 3/4 of the way through the game or close to the end.

 

[Malicre]

It feels like he'd have to slow things way the fuck down, either by having each episode take up one whole in-game week but limit the interactions with all main LIs to just once or twice in that week, or make each episode just a couple of days and focus most of the content, particularly lewd content, on a couple of them.

If this game continues at its current pace, you'd expect him to be in an official relationship with Jill by the end of ep 7 or 8 which means no more Sage, Maya, Josy, Camila, Riona, Jade, Nicole, or anyone else except possibly Bella if those storylines continue to stay intertwined. Unless, the MC can continue doing things behind her back like in AL, but I'd wager most people prefer to play the field without consequence until at least 3/4 of the way through the game or close to the end.

I mean technically he could fix the issue by opening up more routes via side chicks but i'm not sure how that would go over with the majority of fans. Like u said, Quinn, Jade, Riona, Nicole, Camila could all technically get a route if DPC wanted to prolong the game.

More LI's = more time needed to flesh out the story.

 

[Shades19]

Here's some interesting quotes from DPC:

• "Don't fight piracy. It will happen regardless and it's the number one reason you will get patrons in the early days. The only difference your stance on it will make, is the perception of you as a developer. I'm not saying that you should tell people to explicitly download the game for free, but don't be hostile towards those who do. There are many who are using this site to scout for developers to support and many who never would give developers a single penny. You can't change that."
• "Learn to shrug off insults. You will be called a lot of things regardless of what you do. Get yourself a thick skin and don't feed the hate by replying to the haters. Listen to the constructive criticism, that feedback comes from people that matter to you."
• "On that last point, develop the game the way you want to do it. Not in the way that your players want you to. I can't stress the importance of this enough. If you cave to player demands/wishes you may end up making a game that you don't enjoy."

Obviously he's not talking about bastards selling his game illegally, but effectively sites like this one. That was 2 years ago.

Yes, I am quite aware of this shit and obviously he has not been consistent at it for two years. In hindsight, the perspective has taken for a toss obviously when it pertains to constructive criticism which he himself has been berated for not falling to expectations of his own rules, before.

 

[travelman]

right now, it’s leaning to be in the 14-20 episode range.

Holy moly, I don't know how and I can't even imagine how long it will take, but that's interesting.

 

[Casmyr]

Holy moly, I don't know how and I can't even imagine how long it will take, but that's interesting.

5 years from now we'll still be debating the same theories with both old and new faces on page 17k

 

[Malicre]

It's like the Maya situation, if you aren't on her path you don't care about the drama with her daddy, I've played Mass Effect 30 times, I'm done with daddy drama. All I want from her daddy to drive a wedge between her and Josy so MC can swoop in and get with Jose.

Actually you're wrong about that. Even if you ignore Maya/Josy for 99% of the game your still forced into the encounter with her dad and there's no way around it, hell its one of the few cannonical events that happen in the game for EVERYONE regardless of what paths/routes your on.

 

[felicemastronzo]

Exactly. As soon as I saw DPC saying this will be longer than expected, I thought...how?? I just don't understand how DPC can have that much more story to tell in BaDIK. I mean I'm happy for more content, don't get me wrong, but once you narrow down the LIs to one chosen girl (or possibly two in the case of M&J) so early in the story, what's left to do over the course of several more seasons in a college porn game? If DPC doesn't allow for a harem, then it basically goes from fun, manwhorish hijinks to boring married life for a dozen more episodes.

I don't see it that way.

indeed in my opinion it is after having conquered her (Jill or any other LI) that the beauty of the story could begin.

I give stupid and trivial examples just to give the idea.

MC chooses Sage, and with her he cleans and rebuilds the HOTs both as an image, after the scandals, and as a group. or together they rebuild a healthy relationship with her family

Mc chooses Jill, there is all the social gap to overcome, Neil who has to face the ghosts of the past of a relationship dortely conditioned by the fact that Lynette's family has never accepted "a poor man" among them, could even go so far as to oppose to the report making Mc.

there is so much to say after "the first night"


if anything, I am more concerned about what Holy Bacchus says, the idea of playing the last 7-8 chapters (in view of the 20 total) in a regime of complete fidelity promises to be a very boring path



on the first character I would say that I aim at 80% on Maya, 10% Sage and 10% Quinn

 

[Kellermann]

MC chooses Sage

Say no more.

 

[Malicre]

on the first character I would say that I aim at 80% on Maya, 10% Sage and 10% Quinn

Funny enough there's a 99% chance my MC will end up alone unless DPC shocks us with some endings with the side chicks.

 

[felicemastronzo]

Say no more.

do you want to tell me?

I speak of the other LIs only because I am for democracy

 

[Warscared]

12-18 hours per day, dude this is insane

not when you do what you love! i clocked in 2 days around 20 hours and the minimum for that week was 12 hours ! with an average of 14 hours a week for that month, if you do what you love you wont work a single day in your life! yes i´m no longer 20 somethings and once you hit a certain age you need longer to recover! once you hit a few milestones there´s plenty of previleges that you acquire and well run companies know the right incentives to reward you properly! been shown that small rewards scatered trough out time makes more productive workers!

as for if the game is going to have 20 episodes i´m calling it out right now there will be one episode for each main LI so from the 15th onward you get an update for each path possible and ofc the last one for the man whore path! I´m still so going to go and replay ep5 refuse all sex except Sage and start my Harem route where i become the king of the hot`s Sarah eyes heather tits Quinn ass all mine!

I wonder if it can be considered multiple personalities having 120 saves ?

 

[Holy Bacchus]

Holy moly, I don't know how and I can't even imagine how long it will take, but that's interesting.

Well, based on current dev times and provided they don't get longer, you're looking at the completion of a 20 episode game by around late 2026, or early to mid 2027.

Actually you're wrong about that. Even if you ignore Maya/Josy for 99% of the game your still forced into the encounter with her dad and there's no way around it, hell its one of the few cannonical events that happen in the game for EVERYONE regardless of what paths/routes your on.

From the Q&A, "I try to include characters in the story, even if the player has no romantic interest in them."

So, yeah, that's why they're here to stay.

Funny enough there's a 99% chance my MC will end up alone unless DPC shocks us with some endings with the side chicks.

Quinn is probably the only side girl who might have a secret ending if you don't end up with any main LIs but hit specific flags with her.

 

[armion82]

Well, based on current dev times and provided they don't get longer, you're looking at the completion of a 20 episode game by around late 2026, or early to mid 2027.



From the Q&A, "I try to include characters in the story, even if the player has no romantic interest in them."

So, yeah, that's why they're here to stay.



Quinn is probably the only side girl who might have a secret ending if you don't end up with any main LIs but hit specific flags with her.

Still better than one other game that we probably will wait 2026/2027 for the sex with another male
And 2030+ for the final version.

 

[felicemastronzo]

Still better than one other game that we probably will wait 2026/2027 for the sex with another male
And 2030+ for the final version.

I am still waiting for the second date with the Dual Family mother ....