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

[tlarsen]

Not only you.

I mostly wait for Jill too. And how will the situation with that stupid stalker, Tybalt, work out.

What would I give that this creep Tybalt would leave Jill in peace.. It really pisses me off when he stalk Jill.
Maybe there are also funny situations with him. But over time it starts to annoy me. Very much.
On the rooster, he stalk her, asks about everything. When we are in public with Jill, he must also show up..

What do we have to do so that creep Tybalt finally accepts that Jill is not interested in him? ..

Jill is definitely my number 2 fave love that girl tho sadly i don't see us getting rid of him not for a while at leastas long as he has some kind of power/influence around the School/college he will stay and bug her

 

[tlarsen]

I can't wait


I'm hoping we have another night like this with her alone, and maybe i'm not asking too much but the first time with Bella should be a proper night and not something spontaneous

100% agree idk maybe a dinner or something you know just the Mc and her no interruptions but we also have the whole Maya money thing going on which might be the main focus of next episode

 

[SenkuIshigami]

I'm curious if there will be any action with Cathy in ep.7. I don't know about you guys, but somehow I became more attached to her than to Jade.

I think it’s likely. I see MC trying to convince her to come back. (Or Jill/Bella might).

And I also noticed in episode 4 we had a Jade scene, Episode 5 - Cathy scene, Episode 6 - Jade, so Episode 7 will likely have Cathy.

 

[Kellermann]

Maya money thing...might be the main focus of next episode

When I die and go to hell, this is what I imagine it will be.

 

[Qmil679]

I think it’s likely. I see MC trying to convince her to come back. (Or Jill/Bella might).

And I also noticed in episode 4 we had a Jade scene, Episode 5 - Cathy scene, Episode 6 - Jade, so Episode 7 will likely have Cathy.

I even forgot there was a scene with Jade in ep 6. Mainly I play "chick", I almost always choose Josy/Maya than one scene with Jade.

I need to see this scene because I don't think I've seen it yet.

 

[lemonfreak]

guys, i unlocked all the videos and pictures with the cheats .. how do i lock them, i would like to replay it clean .. i tried to move the saves but they remain unlocked anyway .. advice?

You need to delete both sets of saves. Go to (C)\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Renpy and delete the BeingaDik folder. AppData is hidden by default; type it into the address bar.

 

[Tserriednich'sNen]

100% agree idk maybe a dinner or something you know just the Mc and her no interruptions but we also have the whole Maya money thing going on which might be the main focus of next episode

I wonder how the whole Maya's dad situation will branch out (if at all) for those who aren't with M&J vs those who are.

 

[felicemastronzo]

100% agree idk maybe a dinner or something you know just the Mc and her no interruptions but we also have the whole Maya money thing going on which might be the main focus of next episode

if they find Maya's father in the room it will be a problem they will have to deal with, but I don't think they can solve him (MC's $ 5,000 is two doses of Quinn, don't take a tuition)

I wonder how the whole Maya's dad situation will branch out (if at all) for those who aren't with M&J vs those who are.

in exactly the same way, eventually without thanksgiving sex

 

[Tserriednich'sNen]

in exactly the same way, eventually without thanksgiving sex

With how forced their drama is I figured as much.

 

[Kellermann]

What I'd like to see for ep. 7 I'm not asking for much. Just some basic story progression. Subplots from season 1 moving towards a conclusion. Sage happy and healthy again. Same with Derek. A sexy scene or two with the girl of your choice and just some general fun. That's all. Oh and another encounter with KRJ for the delight of our best-loved Italian.

 

[grandal wow]

I need to know how the controls are used when fighting I'm playing on my cell phone

 

[Holy Bacchus]

Just looked around the thread and found that a lot of people think Josy is going to the HOTs.

I mean the bed that Mona had occupied in the dorm.
If you are on the Maya / Josie path you can also go to the MC.

And frankly, Josy would be heartless to go to the HOTs considering Maya's relationship with the HOTs.

I know there is a preview of where Josy is in the HOT pool. But that doesn't mean she's moving to the HOTs.

Josy might not have any other choice but to stay with the HOTs if it means keeping her from being discovered by Maya's Dad.

I've theorised that Maya's Dad won't find out about Josy because a CPD (Convenient Plot Device) will stop her from going in the room and allow her to hide until he's gone. Knowing that Maya's Dad can come back into her room at any time, it will be decided among the 3 that Josy should stay with the HOTs to avoid discovery, hence the preview of her in their pool.

It won't be an ideal situation and Maya and Josy may not like it, but it would be necessary for the time being.

I don't think it is her last year of school. She is already working on her thesis - which she was doing in the library. That means she plans to do a masters, no? So she is year 4 planning for year 5 or years 5&6 as I understand it.

Dissertation, not thesis. There is a difference between the two, although it can sometimes be quite muddled, but generally a speaking a dissertation is done at the end of a bachelor's/undergraduate degree and a thesis is done as part of a Master's degree which comes after the bachelor's/undergraduate degree.

Also, getting your bachelor's/undergraduate degree doesn't mean you have to do a Master's degree or even have to do it at the same college/university, particularly if they don't offer such a course. From how Sage speaks in Ep 4, it would seem that she's not going to do a Master's degree as she talks about how she'll be done after this current academic year.

I could see a jump in between season 2 and 3 to move the story along. If it is 16-20 episodes then we will need to have new conflicts and characters. The easiest way to accomplish this would be to have a jump in the timeline with some details added in through introductions and flashbacks.

I doubt we're going to see any particularly long time jumps in this game, at least not long enough to move the story by months or years at a time. We might skip a few days or maybe a week, but that's probably about it.

Also, we don't necessarily need new characters and conflicts just because of the potential episode length. Most TV shows tend to have the same conflicts and main story threads continue throughout their whole 20+ episode season, they just move them along gradually throughout the season whilst throwing in several side stories to pad it out.

Whereas it's long been my belief that the story will only cover the MC's first semester and end around Christmas. I base on the number of planned episodes and the amount of time which has past in the previous episodes.

Will this be the winter of our discontent?

I could imagine the DPC adding a few time jumps at the end. But only when all the problems and the drama are resolved would it tear the story apart.

For an epilogue like in AL, we're likely to get some big time jumps. It could just be that it will jump to the graudation at the end of the 4 years or it will jump to 5, 10, or 20 years after college is finished, or maybe it could be both; graduation, then a jump to 10 years in the future.

Both Maya and Josy earned their spot in the HOTs, though by cheating, if Maya decides to leave because she was stupid enough to believe that she'll get 10s of thousands of dollars given to her upon entry, why should Josy punish herself?

Quinn rigged the rules of the game against Maya, so her and Josy "cheating" was fair game, as was them using the Arieth loophole to get around Quinn.

 

[Ilhares]

Since the MC is a keen martial artist I would think he jump at the chance to paint a fence, point or otherwise.

Oh, please. He doesn't care about the fence, but he's after all kinds of Up/Down and side-to-side.

guys, i unlocked all the videos and pictures with the cheats .. how do i lock them, i would like to replay it clean .. i tried to move the saves but they remain unlocked anyway .. advice?

If you're on a Windows machine, open up file explorer. Manually change the directory to %appdata%\RenPy. In there you'll find the backup folders for all your RenPy games. Nuke the BeingaDIK folder.

 

[grandal wow]

Josy might not have any other choice but to stay with the HOTs if it means keeping her from being discovered by Maya's Dad.

I've theorised that Maya's Dad won't find out about Josy because a CPD (Convenient Plot Device) will stop her from going in the room and allow her to hide until he's gone. Knowing that Maya's Dad can come back into her room at any time, it will be decided among the 3 that Josy should stay with the HOTs to avoid discovery, hence the preview of her in their pool.

It won't be an ideal situation and Maya and Josy may not like it, but it would be necessary for the time being.



Dissertation, not thesis. There is a difference between the two, although it can sometimes be quite muddled, but generally a speaking a dissertation is done at the end of a bachelor's/undergraduate degree and a thesis is done as part of a Master's degree which comes after the bachelor's/undergraduate degree.

Also, getting your bachelor's/undergraduate degree doesn't mean you have to do a Master's degree or even have to do it at the same college/university, particularly if they don't offer such a course. From how Sage speaks in Ep 4, it would seem that she's not going to do a Master's degree as she talks about how she'll be done after this current academic year.



I doubt we're going to see any particularly long time jumps in this game, at least not long enough to move the story by months or years at a time. We might skip a few days or maybe a week, but that's probably about it.

Also, we don't necessarily need new characters and conflicts just because of the potential episode length. Most TV shows tend to have the same conflicts and main story threads continue throughout their whole 20+ episode season, they just move them along gradually throughout the season whilst throwing in several side stories to pad it out.



Will this be the winter of our discontent?



For an epilogue like in AL, we're likely to get some big time jumps. It could just be that it will jump to the graudation at the end of the 4 years or it will jump to 5, 10, or 20 years after college is finished, or maybe it could be both; graduation, then a jump to 10 years in the future.



Quinn rigged the rules of the game against Maya, so her and Josy "cheating" was fair game, as was them using the Arieth loophole to get around Quinn.

I need to know how the controls are used when fighting I'm playing on my cell phone

 

[Lostanddamned]

I wonder how the whole Maya's dad situation will branch out (if at all) for those who aren't with M&J vs those who are.

I think MC will have to deal with the situation even if he's not involved with them, which means it will be another forced M&J scene. Although a thing worse than that would be if MC just gave away his money to Maya without having the option to choose (I know it will not help her get through college, but maybe it will be a solution for the time being) or even worse - Quinn.

 

[Matt2012021]

i think my number 1 thing i'm looking forward to is what happens with jill

 

[moxyy]

I think MC will have to deal with the situation even if he's not involved with them, which means it will be another forced M&J scene. Although a thing worse than that would be if MC just gave away his money to Maya without having the option to choose (I know it will not help her get through college, but maybe it will be a solution for the time being) or even worse - Quinn.

I honestly wouldn't mind if MC gave his money to Maya if that would be of some help to her, i just want to see her settled and move on with her life and yes this might not solve her every problem but at least it will help her

 

[ChipLecsap]

3 time now I read the "Forced" word, You know me too well, to know I can't let this just go

When you develop a game like Being a DIK and need many branches, the most important part is to have a backbone story. No matter what choices the player makes, which girl the player goes for, the main story is always there to carry the game forward. That way, branching becomes manageable, and you can plan whatever structure you want for the branches. It’s not necessarily just an arc going from A to B; you can have multiple outcomes for it, as long as you plan to take care of the outcomes when you’re done with the branch.

One good way to end branching is to store its outcome as a variable and use it later to affect the story. It’s an easy way to introduce a system where choice matters, and it allows you to kill branches without making the player feel they did something for nothing, as the choice is respected later on in the game.

The balance of it comes naturally to me; I try to include characters in the story, even if the player has no romantic interest in them.

 

[felicemastronzo]

With how forced their drama is I figured as much.

at best there will be a choice that if we are in the trouple will be mandatory, otherwise optional (such as deciding whether or not to accompany Josy to the visit of her father)

3 time now I read the "Forced" word, You know me too well, to know I can't let this just go

that Mc is involved is perfectly legitimate, in the end the game leaves us no choice but to be in the trouple or in any case be their friend (possibly having feelings for one of the two).

however, it is necessary to see what this involvement will lead to. in that case it could be a very forced choice (fake boyfriend?), which then is part of the DPC plot changes very little

for now that choices matter remains fundamentally a mirage, a wish

 

[ChipLecsap]

at best there will be a choice that if we are in the trouple will be mandatory, otherwise optional (such as deciding whether or not to accompany Josy to the visit of her father)



that Mc is involved is perfectly legitimate, in the end the game leaves us no choice but to be in the trouple or in any case be their friend (possibly having feelings for one of the two).

however, it is necessary to see what this involvement will lead to. in that case it could be a very forced choice (fake boyfriend?), which then is part of the DPC plot changes very little

for now that choices matter remains fundamentally a mirage, a wish

I don't really believe the pose as the "fake boyfriend" theory, although it could give a possibility to those who said, that they are still having feelings toward one of the girl, we have to consider the peoples who said, they don't have any feeling toward them, and they moved on.

I honestly don't think there will be any confrontation with the Father yet. As they walk toward the house or the room they spot him from distance, They hide from him, and Maya gets the confirmation that his dad spying on her. Not knowing when He will show up next, the best solution, if Josy move out, therefore Josy goes to Hots. and Maybe Mona moving in with Maya, the 2 who are probably not gonna be part of the Hots.
This also bring us the possibility of Josy and Maya distancing from each other, do to the fact that Josy is part of the Hots, and who know what else. She seems to be making friends easily, and there is still her relationship with Jill. which is terrifying .
This is the only way for Josy to grow separately from Maya, and be her own person.