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

[shazba]

Maya is my number #1 too, but if DPC make me choose between two LIs again i will kill myself and leave 13 voice record tapes and all 13 will have DPC's name.

This sounds like a cool TV series idea!

I can understand your view on the underdog, but almost all plotlines are now a dime a dozen, not just the underdog. I'm not sure what's better.

• The Fallen Hero?
• The Outcast?
• Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy meets dog, magaclawe wets himself?

I think we're at the point in narrative art history that a truly unique plot that resembles no existing trope is extraordinarily rare (like that last one in the list ).

But I'm with you, in that I feel despite his shortcomings, DPC is an overall good writer. He manages to make almost every storyline entertaining to me.

I also firmly believe that the ones posting how horrible a writer he is are either trolling or deluding themselves. If he were truly so horrible, they wouldn't be playing the game episode after episode. And if they were in it only for the faps, they would just unren the game and look at the stills and movies.

The funny thing is, people (in general, not necessarily here) say they want something new, but when they get something new they complain that it "doesn't know what it wants to be". I hate that phase from critics. They want something new but they want it to conform to what they know.

The truth is, we feel comfortable with what we know, we embrace it. The pioneer of anything new gets shunned, until enough of that new shit is around people are able to look back and say, "It was ahead of its time!"

BaDIK is popular, I think, because it takes what we know and love and does it well: College, girls, alcohol, sex, friends, and scary librarians.

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.

I think the mc transitioning from a shy guy to what he is now is fine. I think the naked streak from the HOTs as well as the CUMPetition definitely make an impact on him. I wouldn't call that bad writing, it was exactly the hook that suckered so many people into the game for so long.

 

[Darkwen]

I've been working on scenes with Camila, Josy, Jill, Maya, Sage, Isabella, and Quinn.

First time I read it has scenes with Camila and Josy, Isabella and Quinn

 

[mpa71]

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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.

​

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.

 

[Laport Deminis]

I've been working on scenes on a sex scene with Camila, Josy, Jill, Maya, Sage, Isabella, and Quinn.

That's it. Now it's perfect.

 

[BigBlueDude]

It's the other way around. People love Josy and want Maya out of it. Either this or the throuple.

Am I a freak then? I would prefer MC to be on a solo Maya path. Ive been mainlining the throuple because of Maya but it felt like it didnt pay off enough during season 2 (as compared to all other characters which got a lot of good fleshing out which I did enjoy immensely) Josy is just too bland for me to pair up with the MC even though shes really lovely and easygoing, also shes consistently shafted regarding story which is not doing her any favors in my book.

So I think my main play with be Neutral Bella instead of neutral Throuple. This will mess up my saves though with a bunch of overlapping content compared to the three other saves i run to get all content (huge dik Quinn, giga dik manwhore Sage for ultimate drama, omega chick Bella+Jill). I really dislike the idea of single LI pursuits and dont do them.

Maya Bella and Quinn are the most interesting storylines to me. I care the most about them.

 

[Kellermann]

Am I a freak then? I would prefer MC to be on a solo Maya path. Ive been mainlining the throuple because of Maya but it felt like it didnt pay off enough during season 2 (as compared to all other characters which got a lot of good fleshing out which I did enjoy immensely) Josy is just too bland for me to pair up with the MC even though shes really lovely and easygoing, also shes consistently shafted regarding story which is not doing her any favors in my book.

So I think my main play with be Neutral Bella instead of neutral Throuple. This will mess up my saves though with a bunch of overlapping content compared to the three other saves i run to get all content (huge dik Quinn, giga dik manwhore Sage for ultimate drama, omega chick Bella+Jill). I really dislike the idea of single LI pursuits and dont do them.

Maya Bella and Quinn are the most interesting storylines to me. I care the most about them.

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.

 

[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.

​

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