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

[Holy Bacchus]

I think DPC will keep the game real enough that some things won't be possible. My question is when do the choices start mattering? Up til now it seems like no matter what the MC does everything is copacetic.

If he does it like AL then he'll let you do as much as you want for the majority of the game and it will just be near the end where the hammer may fall and decisions need to be made.

anyone hav a specific date and hour when this shit releasing,no other game is updating cuz they wait for this one to fade off

No.

So, we're just supposed to guess if the choices the MC makes have a major impact, a minor one, or no impact whatsoever on future events. In that case, I demand a third option for every choice:

"Fucked If I Know"

That's how it was with AL. Decisions that seemed totally inconsequential and just seemed like the kinds of things you could do in any other adult game turned out to be hugely impactful in determining whether you got an ending with a LI or not.

 

[InfiniteIgnorance]

If he does it like AL then he'll let you do as much as you want for the majority of the game and it will just be near the end where the hammer may fall and decisions need to be made.

That's how it was with AL. Decisions that seemed totally inconsequential and just seemed like the kinds of things you could do in any other adult game turned out to be hugely impactful in determining whether you got an ending with a LI or not.

I recently downloaded AL but have not played it, as you can undoubtedly tell. I kind of suspected that was how DPC operates.

 

[Casmyr]

I recently downloaded AL but have not played it, as you can undoubtedly tell. I kind of suspected that was how DPC operates.

I bought acting lessons on steam but the mc is old af and I can't vibe with him.

 

[InfiniteIgnorance]

I bought acting lessons on steam but the mc is old af and I can't vibe with him.

How old is "old as fuck?" Asking for a friend.

 

[felicemastronzo]

That's how it was with AL. Decisions that seemed totally inconsequential and just seemed like the kinds of things you could do in any other adult game turned out to be hugely impactful in determining whether you got an ending with a LI or not.

What decisions are you referring to?

Apart from the one the next day with Ana, they all seem pretty explicit to me.

 

[Casmyr]

How old is "old as fuck?" Asking for a friend.

25 n over. Ugh millenials

 

[InfiniteIgnorance]

25 n over. Ugh millenials

Well, even though there are a shitload of us old fuckers playing these games in real life, it does seem to be unpopular to make the game characters older than 21. I get the sense DPC is an old fucker himself and he doesn't necessarily relate to the youth of 2021. Some of the stereotypes and references he uses are dated.

 

[Holy Bacchus]

What decisions are you referring to?

Apart from the one the next day with Ana, they all seem pretty explicit to me.

Basically any decision that involved you doing anything with another female character during and after the trip to the cabin. Sleeping around was his downfall even though he was not yet in a committed relationship with any of them.

 

[InfiniteIgnorance]

That's exactly why, even though I've never played AL, I question every decision I can make as a player for my MC. The devil is in the details, as the saying goes.

One bad decision may very well be the end of a path in real life but it makes for shitty games.

 

[felicemastronzo]

Basically any decision that involved you doing anything with another female character during and after the trip to the cabin. Sleeping around was his downfall even though he was not yet in a committed relationship with any of them.

ah,ok, but I wouldn't say they are unexpected consequences...

when you are at the cabin for the game you are already bound to Meghan, regardless of what you think as a player

and some betrayals are actually a requirement to get to some LIs

while there are choices that seem important and instead are practically useless (killing Melissa's stepfather for example...)

 

[InfiniteIgnorance]

Here's the II Guide To MC character development:

Can he fuck her?
Did he fuck her?
Will he fuck her?
Is he a fucker?

Everything in the game should revolve around answering these important questions.

Someone DPC won't ban is welcome to pass this knowledge along.

 

[DaBigD]

when i pplayed AL i noticed a few changes between the first few chapters and the last few chapters. the player inputs over time went from many choices, to almost non existant choices, he started off with decision makeing ganeplay choices, but towards then end, the last few chapters were like watching a movie. nothing for the player to do. but overall its a good story, albeit dark and moody in someplaces. run it play it. then pick the smurf path.(my favotrite path)

 

[AchedCroissant]

What would be the % of the people who saved Megan in AL, would it reach 5%?

 

[Holy Bacchus]

What would be the % of the people who saved Megan in AL, would it reach 5%?

Even though they're fictional, I still feel somewhat bad saying this, but I didn't want to save Megan if it meant just getting her alone. Melissa was better and the 2 of them together would have been great, but Megan solo was not an appealing prospect.

That's what makes M&J so different in this game; both are great, in my view, and although I do prefer Maya, it's like a 55/45 split in terms of favourability, whereas with Melissa and Megan it would probably be more of a 90/10 split.

 

[gamingdevil800]

Can he fuck her?
Did he fuck her?
Will he fuck her?
Is he a fucker?

Duh

 

[DaBigD]

What would be the % of the people who saved Megan in AL, would it reach 5%?

in my first runthru i went with megan, then started over with melissa, and finished with, melissa choice,but rejected her for smurf, or something like that'

melissa was loveable creature but scared to share feelings, megan was cute af, but simply more interesting in acting than a relationship, smurf seemed to be the inbetween choice for me. all three had baggage. pick your baggage an roll with it in your best friends "blackmobile"

 

[Cedo0099]

I begin to be restless i need my trimestral BaDick so hard

I love that game, my number 1 way above the rest of the field

 

[Alfagrem]

ah,ok, but I wouldn't say they are unexpected consequences...

when you are at the cabin for the game you are already bound to Meghan, regardless of what you think as a player

You're bound to that person from the very start of the game, you just didn't know it.

I wasn't into either of the two girls you have to make the big choice over and I'd of been quite happy to not invite a total stranger into my house and get involved in her tedious life (although I would of missed out on Smurf) and instead ended up with Nursey.

I know we all have different tastes in the LI's we pursue but I don't particularly enjoy having to grind through scenes with a character because my MC is 'forced' into pursuit for no other reason then the author tells me that I love her. For that reason AL was a major grind for me but in DiK the only path making no sense to me that I have to double-click through is the Jill path.

 

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This thread takes too much energy to follow. It's like a part-time job to read all of the posts. I find myself skipping multiple pages each time I visit, which is a shame. There are a lot of very good posts here... just too many posts overall.

 

[DaBigD]

yeah theres a few games out there where your bound to a primary girl, and they seemed forced in that respect, which is why they become controversial or not liked. but most of those forced games eventually allow you to reject her for others. just have to wade thru the being forced parts.