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

[Geralt From Rivia]

Updated BigTable™ with the recent informations.
HalfWay!

• Since the last status update, the Renders queue probably growth by about 300.
• It's blurry but we probably had 10 animations and 200 renders done that week.
• That time, in a pessimism scenario, it's surely half done with the release.
• Estimate as wide as 32 weeks - 38 weeks. Mid October - End November.

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EP​	Renders​	Animations​	Music*​	Size (GB)​	Release​	Development Time​	Ratio*​	R/D​	A/D​	sA/D​
EP1	1301	51 (3:29)	—	≈1.1	07 Feb 2019​	— days	—​	—​	—​	—​
EP2	1709 (+31%)	77 (3:36) (+26)	—	≈2.3 (+1.2)	04 May 2019​	087 (2 months, 28 days |≈12 weeks)	22.1​	19.6​	0.89​	2.48​
EP3	2289 (+34%)	99 (4:42) (+22)	—	≈4.1 (+1.8)	16 Aug 2019​	105 (3 months, 13 days |≈15 weeks)	24.5​	21.8​	0.94​	2.69​
EP4	2532 (+11%)	134 (7:57) (+35)	—	≈6.1 (+2.0)	10 Jan 2020​	148 (4 months, 26 days |≈21 weeks)	20.3​	17.1​	0.91​	3.22​
EP5	2456 (-3%)	157 (8:35) (+23)	17 (3.4K$)	≈8.0 (+1.9)	29 May 2020​	141 (4 months, 20 days |≈20 weeks)	21.1​	17.4​	1.11​	3.65​
EP6	3336 (+35%)	162 (8:33) (+5)	24 (4.8K$)	≈11.1 (+3.1)	13 Nov 2020​	169 (5 months, 16 days |≈24 weeks)	22.8​	19.7​	0.96​	3.04​
EP7	3723 (+12%)	250 (18:14) (+88)	18 (3.6K$)	≈14.5 (+3.4)	23 Apr 2021​	162 (5 months, 11 days |≈23 weeks)	29.7​	23.0​	1.54​	6.75​
EP8	4158 (+12%)	358 (26:21) (+108)	34 (6.8K$)	≈19.5 (+5.0)	19 Nov 2021​	211 (6 months, 28 days |≈30 weeks)	27.2​	19.7​	1.70​	7.49​
EPI	794	36 (4:36)	19 (3.8K$)	≈2.6 (new)	4 Mar 2022​	105 (3 months, 13 days |≈15 weeks)	10.1​	7.6​	0.34​	2.53​
EP9	≈2000 (<2500)	≈160 (195)	—	—	in development​	133 (4 months, 11 days |≈19 weeks)	—​	16.8	1.27​	—​

Complete Table with the help of Holy Bacchus† original post — Being a DIK in development since 3 years, 5 months, 8 day (41 months / 179 weeks / 1,254 days / 30,096 hours)
* 199$ Premium Licensed Music ; Total: 22,288$ — Ratio values exclude EPI ; Ratio: (Renders/Days + SecondsAnimations/Days) [Average: 24.0 ; Last Two: 28.5 (+19%)]
Renders/Days [Average: 19.8 ; Last Two: 21.3 (+8%)] — Animations/Days [Average: 1.15 ; Last Two: 1.62 (+41%)] — SecondsAnimations/Days [Average: 4.19 ; Last Two: 7.12 (+69%)]

Thumb up to well made Casiope DIK Walkthrough.

Thanks as always for the great work you do!
An interesting observation. Episode 1 has 1301 renders and 51 animations. Takes up 1.1 GB
Interlude has 794 renders, 36 animations. There is much less content, but Interlude weighs 2.6GB.
And it's understandable why (not just because of the music of all 8 episodes in the Interlude menu player). The leap in graphics quality is huge - it's like two games from different generations of gaming systems. The interlude is graphically very cool. It doesn't surprise me that the animations in Episode 9 are slower - their weight and quality will likely be higher than what we've seen before. It looks like the DPC will have to buy an entire mining farm for rendering in order to do it faster.

I'll add some personal thoughts. I don't think we're halfway there. Probably 60-70% If he is already talking about testing, I think most of it is already done and many parts of the game represent the whole picture.

 

[zeroidk]

Bro for a second I thought he was talk about the release, got a little heart attack there, but its nie reading that hes making good progress.

I mean it's probably going to be releasing closer to October than not given the guy that has been tracking all the progress here and it being a Halloween episode. We prob have a good ~2.5 months to go at the least. Even after all the rendering still in queue DPC needs to catch up play testing/corrections/mini-game stuff as he said.

 

[felicemastronzo]

No, it just means it only took one post to bring all of the Maya stans out of the woodwork and back into the light. The hibernating bears have emerged after a long, very cold winter. The floodgates have been opened all because of one post from a bro with balls of iron.

they had been rather abstinent for a while, not even repeatedly remembering the times when she was "the most hated" had moved anything


you are a benefactor, not the hero we deserve, but the one we needed

 

[Ir0n Ma1den]

Half way means that the update will come out around october-novembar??

 

[Matt2012021]

have no hate for any of the ladies but one zoey hoping when we meet her there is a option to just keep on walking by never looking back maya for sure in my top 3 with sage and jill

 

[stp23]

best game ever

 

[Cabin Fever]

Relax, DPC isn't going to force you to be with Zoey and dump your chosen girl from episode 8. He didn't do it with Anna from Acting Lessons, much less in BaDIK.

I'm not saying it will or won't happen, but it always amuses me when people take a single precedence as confirmation that things will or will not happen. A single instance isn't even a trend. And there is this little concept called "doing things differently".

I mean, if DPC isn't free to do things differently and BADIK has to follow AL's precedence, then we all should be wondering which house will catch on fire and who we should be saving.

 

[Cabin Fever]

I think there will be an option to be with Zoey no matter what path you are on. However it would be against the rest of the game (I agree we should not use AL as a guide) to force you onto a path. You're not forced to go for the throuple, not forced to pursue any girl, every girl has been a choice (LI, friend or acquaintance) so far, no reason for DPC to change that midgame.

I think it's pretty obvious that Zoey is going to be a new alternative choice regardless of whichever path one has chosen at the end of season 2. Think about it. If we have at least 2 more seasons to go but we are already locked in to a certain LI's path, it really limits the story.

 

[fapioramos]

i want to try this but my internet was not made for this... ill play this when i have better internet...

 

[Koloooiak]

What the fuck, this was awesome to play Thanks for this Banger

 

[7inn]

i want to try this but my internet was not made for this... ill play this when i have better internet...

Oh, I envy you if you haven't played the game yet! Trust me it's worth every second of downloading.

 

[walker188]

But it is an underdog story. Or it WAS, rather. S1 and the whole premise was all about that. Suddenly, by the end of S2 it's almost come to its conclusion. In other words, the approach isn't consistent at all and DPC isn't a good writer. Either it was his plan all along or it has been changed in the process, doesn't matter. Any possible tension regarding the MC is gone now. Luckily, this game has other, much more appealing aspects such as humour, cool animation and stuff.

It doesn't HAVE to come to its conclusion. Not all tension in a medium needs to come from an underdog triumphing over a superior foe. Take Arkane from Netflix.

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[The Senior Perv]

I'm not saying it will or won't happen, but it always amuses me when people take a single precedence as confirmation that things will or will not happen. A single instance isn't even a trend. And there is this little concept called "doing things differently".

I mean, if DPC isn't free to do things differently and BADIK has to follow AL's precedence, then we all should be wondering which house will catch on fire and who we should be saving.

Maybe because if DPC "forces us" to be with Zoey the fans will riot, especially after the big decision from past episode? It doesn't really matter to me... DPC can use Zoey either as another potential love interest, a problem for Tremolo's relationships, or just as a friend.

Oh, and you don't have to use AL as some kind of walkthrough for BaDIK. I just mention it because DPC never forces you to stay with one girl. You don't like Jill? Don't pursue her. No Quinn? Then just ignore her. You prefer the throuple? Then go for them.

 

[fapioramos]

Oh, I envy you if you haven't played the game yet! Trust me it's worth every second of downloading.

haha i will

 

[CHAD-MAN]

• Zoey the blue-haired, inappropriately timed, complete waste of development resources, Interlude star that nobody asked for (except me and the croissant).

I don’t get the sense that people hate on each other for their chosen LI.

We debate the pros and cons, heavily insult these pixelated bitches, but really, there’s no shaming going on here.

Personally I like them all, but Bella I find the least enjoyable (but I do wanna know her secrets).

Just found it in myself to play the Interlude, and I am not you're if you're serious or not, but yeah, doing this honestly made episode 9 go into delay more than it should, and it was already gonna be the most dev time we've ever got before. I do understand its point, especially in a solo path in much need of drama now that most stuff got locked. It could be interesting and Chloe Price... I mean Zoey, can have some nice moments to make the MC doubt its own choices.

The reason why I dont think will work as it should its because... well, although she's playable you can only shape Zoey so much. Unlike the MC she's her own character and I dont think will matter much that she has feelings for the MC...

...unless she goes nutjob like Leah after being rejected. Oof, I am already having a bad feeling about this.

PS: I also curious why Sage was acting mad towards the MC at the end of the interlude. Maybe Jade nuclear bomb dropped she's been messing with the MC? Fuck me I should had not played this thing, now I want episode 9 sooo freaking bad.

 

[NewTricks]

Just found it in myself to play the Interlude, and I am not you're if you're serious or not, but yeah, doing this honestly made episode 9 go into delay more than it should, and it was already gonna be the most dev time we've ever got before. I do understand its point, especially in a solo path in much need of drama now that most stuff got locked. It could be interesting and Chloe Price... I mean Zoey, can have some nice moments to make the MC doubt its own choices.

The reason why I dont think will work as it should its because... well, although she's playable you can only shape Zoey so much. Unlike the MC she's her own character and I dont think will matter much that she has feelings for the MC...

...unless she goes nutjob like Leah after being rejected. Oof, I am already having a bad feeling about this.

PS: I also curious why Sage was acting mad towards the MC at the end of the interlude. Maybe Jade nuclear bomb dropped she's been messing with the MC? Fuck me I should had not played this thing, now I want episode 9 sooo freaking bad.

Leah? We don't say that name here

 

[CHAD-MAN]

I don't think we are really in disagreement. Maya was popular in the beginning until the big reveal. After that, her popularity dropped off (for various reasons) and many true Maya fans disappeared into the shadow realm. It's cool that they are coming back into the light now. Maybe the OP and I have given them courage to return. You're right, not all heroes wear capes...I'm a hero too now
I haven't seen this much Maya love since season 1.

To be honest, that reveal felt waaay to forced and sloppy way to bring Josy into the fold when she was pretty much irrelevant since episode 1. Especially since they became a joint package I stopped caring, and the fact you cant at least fight for a Maya alone path bothers me to no end. I still somehow hoped but... after the branching its just... no. I am sorry, but I dont want the tri-relationship. Sadly this is how DPC designed this convo but us solo shippers got screwed.

Maybe because if DPC "forces us" to be with Zoey the fans will riot, especially after the big decision from past episode? It doesn't really matter to me... DPC can use Zoey either as another potential love interest, a problem for Tremolo's relationships, or just as a friend.

That will never happen. This is a choice based game, and Zoey is clearly here to be yeat another contender OR a way to had drama to solo paths. Old flames can realistically be a good drama plot, but DPC will never force us back into Zoey.

But I do hope going solo path doesnt mean you cant cheat and have a bad ending if caught, like sleeping with Jill's friends for instance. Otherwise the solo path is waaay too boring in a game like this. You can go pure/good ending but at lest there should be the temptation. But I trust DPC knows what he's doing.

 

[Kellermann]

Maybe because if DPC "forces us" to be with Zoey the fans will riot, especially after the big decision from past episode? It doesn't really matter to me... DPC can use Zoey either as another potential love interest, a problem for Tremolo's relationships, or just as a friend.

Oh, and you don't have to use AL as some kind of walkthrough for BaDIK. I just mention it because DPC never forces you to stay with one girl. You don't like Jill? Don't pursue her. No Quinn? Then just ignore her. You prefer the throuple? Then go for them.

I think players will be forced to be with Zoey...at least for a while. Just like DPC forced us to be with each of the main girls...for a while. I remember not wanting to have to go on dates with Jill and yet there I was, playing fucking tennis and whatnot.

Some things just have to happen for the narrative and Zoey meddling in your established relationship will be one of them. I'm still not quite sure how DPC is going to get Zoey to hang out at B&R enough to meddle in MC affairs (no pun intended), but rest assured she will be there and will be attached to your hip for at least an episode or two trying her hardest to get you to cheat before you can cut her loose. Or at least reduce the amount of time you are compelled to spend with her.

 

[horndog2991]

will there be a potencial ending with Bella ( the librarian)?

 

[NewTricks]

Just found it in myself to play the Interlude, and I am not you're if you're serious or not, but yeah, doing this honestly made episode 9 go into delay more than it should, and it was already gonna be the most dev time we've ever got before. I do understand its point, especially in a solo path in much need of drama now that most stuff got locked. It could be interesting and Chloe Price... I mean Zoey, can have some nice moments to make the MC doubt its own choices.

The reason why I dont think will work as it should its because... well, although she's playable you can only shape Zoey so much. Unlike the MC she's her own character and I dont think will matter much that she has feelings for the MC...

...unless she goes nutjob like Leah after being rejected. Oof, I am already having a bad feeling about this.

PS: I also curious why Sage was acting mad towards the MC at the end of the interlude. Maybe Jade nuclear bomb dropped she's been messing with the MC? Fuck me I should had not played this thing, now I want episode 9 sooo freaking bad.

Leah? We don't say that name here