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

[The Senior Perv]

the HOT and DIK sorority/fraternity literally exist in both games. thats why it was such an easy and logical assumption to make that they would be in the same universe

Mmmm that's all? We already know the DIKs and HOTs existed in Acting Lessons because DPC wanted BaDIK to be a prequel (I think I made a mistake in the past post and said BaDIK was the sequel when it was the other way around) but he scrapped the idea to mix both games.

If that's the best "proof" people have to create a DPCverse or however you want to call it, then it's not a good one. As long as DrPinkCake himself doesn't state both of his games are of the same universe (like MrDots does with his games), then that theory doesn't have anything strong to sustain it. You can believe it if you want but that doesn't make it real.

 

[AchedCroissant]

the HOT and DIK sorority/fraternity literally exist in both games. thats why it was such an easy and logical assumption to make that they would be in the same universe

And the DPC business is being hurting in both universes?

 

[Ilhares]

Mmmm that's all? We already know the DIKs and HOTs existed in Acting Lessons because DPC wanted BaDIK to be a prequel (I think I made a mistake in the past post and said BaDIK was the sequel when it was the other way around) but he scrapped the idea to mix both games.

If that's the best "proof" people have to create a DPCverse or however you want to call it, then it's not a good one. As long as DrPinkCake himself doesn't state both of his games are of the same universe (like MrDots does with his games), then that theory doesn't have anything strong to sustain it. You can believe it if you want but that doesn't make it real.

I never said they were the same universe. I said they were separate, because of the timeline issue. The only real beef DPC had initially was that he liked the ubiquitous smartphone usage, and it wouldn't work to use a smartphone in BaDIK because it's supposed to be the prequel to AL. The DIKs were founded a good bit before AL came along.

Hence why some of the very same characters may exist in both games, but they aren't necessarily the same people.

 

[SomboSteel]

Mmmm that's all? We already know the DIKs and HOTs existed in Acting Lessons because DPC wanted BaDIK to be a prequel (I think I made a mistake in the past post and said BaDIK was the sequel when it was the other way around) but he scrapped the idea to mix both games.

If that's the best "proof" people have to create a DPCverse or however you want to call it, then it's not a good one. As long as DrPinkCake himself doesn't state both of his games are of the same universe (like MrDots does with his games), then that theory doesn't have anything strong to sustain it. You can believe it if you want but that doesn't make it real.

im not sure if i agree with that reasoning, but you can think whatever you want at the end of the day.

in his first game ever DPC name drops the DIK frat and shows off the HOTs uniforms. and then in literally his very next game he has it take place at a university with a DIK frat and HOT sorority.... if you exclude the fact that he had to specifically point out in a Q&A outside of the game itself that the two games arent connected in anyway, there is literally no reason to not believe they would be in the same universe.

its like if i invented Batman/Bruce Wayne in my first game, and then in my second game i had it take place at Wayne University but the joke is on you cause why would they be in the same universe lol? its less logical that the games arent connected IMO

 

[ChipLecsap]

its like if i invented Batman/Bruce Wayne in my first game, and then in my second game i had it take place at Wayne University but the joke is on you cause why would they be in the same universe lol? its less logical that the games arent connected IMO

Actually, I would immediately, assume it's an alternate universe, Earth-2 or something.

Those who played Al, first, should know very well that, the 2 game is in a separated universe, since I assume they at least follow the Developer's "career", so they are aware of the things.

and Those who played Badik first, should have more than 1 brain cell, to realize they can't be connected for timeline reasons. so it's come to the fact of individual folks ignorance

 

[SomboSteel]

I already said that DPC pointed out in a Q&A that both games aren't connected, but if you wanna keep believing in they're still connected it's ok. At least your theory is more interesting than others I have seen in this forum.

i feel like you might be missing my point. pretend that DPC never said in a random Q&A that the games arent connected.

pretend that never happened and play AL and then BaDIK. can you then tell my any reason to assume they ARENT in the same universe? what information would you take from either game that makes it an impossibility for a shared universe? the simple fact that the frats exists in both games (and the DIKs when mentioned in AL are hinted at being pretty wild and crazy like in BaDIK). unless im missing something crucial, it seems like there is obviously more evidence that they are in the same universe as opposed to any evidence in either game that proves they arent.

if you explicitly take away what DPC said since it's lore he establishes outside of the games themselves, and acknowledge that most people who play these games on Steam and arent patrons or pirates would likely never read any DPC Q&As; most people who play this legitimately would very likely assume its a story set in the same universe because there really isnt any specific reason not to.

 

[Mehr7ad]

as far as i know there is no really good working android version, brandy made one (or better said, he tried), but it was buggy as hell if iam not wrong... dont remember exactly, but i think it was removed than, and its not on his patreon page anymore too.

Some might correct me here... but yeah i think thats about it for a android version...

Yeah it's true it was a little buggy but I managed to end season 1 and 2 and now I need to find the season 3 lol

 

[SomboSteel]

Actually, I would immediately, assume it's an alternate universe, Earth-2 or something.

Those who played Al, first, should know very well that, the 2 game is in a separated universe, since I assume they at least follow the Developer's "career", so they are aware of the things.

and Those who played Badik first, should have more than 1 brain cell, to realize they can't be connected for timeline reasons. so it's come to the fact of individual folks ignorance

yeah, as far as comic book stuff sure you could easily assume alternate universes. but these arent comic book stories lol. and maybe my memory is just foggy at this point, but what are the timeline reasons you are talking about? why couldnt somebody just assume these take place simultaneously like an anthology, merely covering a different age/demographic of characters?

 

[bxchun]

It's true. There is a redhead, that when you go out partying with Tommy to celebrate her birthday you think the first time she is Leah, but when you advance the story you see her again and then you see that she is not Leah. This redhead only appears in three images in the entire game. But who is she really?

I've read a long time ago that she was supposed to be Heidi from 'Daughter for Dessert' as a kind of homage to the developer of the game that passed away. Have no idea if any of this is true though.

 

[ChipLecsap]

yeah, as far as comic book stuff sure you could easily assume alternate universes. but these arent comic book stories lol. and maybe my memory is just foggy at this point, but what are the timeline reasons you are talking about? why couldnt somebody just assume these take place simultaneously like an anthology, merely covering a different age/demographic of characters?

Because both game, take place in the "modern age", but one MC is above 40, while the other is 18. Badik should take place at least 20 years, before AL. and that's not what happening. This alone should be enough , for anyone to guess, they probably not connected to each other.
or at least make people use their brain, and think that something not right here .

 

[SomboSteel]

Because both game, take place in the "modern age", but one MC is above 40, while the other is 18. Badik should take place at least 20 years, before AL. and that's not what happening. This alone should be enough , for anyone to guess, they probably not connected to each other.
or at least make people use their brain, and think that something not right here .

idk maybe im just confused or missing something, but why cant they both be taking place in the modern age with characters that are differently aged? why do they have to be 20 years apart? they dont have to be sequels or prequels, but if you take away any mentions of dates/years in the games themselves why cant they just be taking place at roughly the same time in the same universe?

 

[godkingxerxes]

idk maybe im just confused or missing something, but why cant they both be taking place in the modern age with characters that are differently aged? why do they have to be 20 years apart? they dont have to be sequels or prequels, but if you take away any mentions of dates/years in the games themselves why cant they just be taking place at roughly the same time in the same universe?

Rusty started the DIKs.

Though it's entirely possible he got the name from a previous fraternity that was on campus that was forced to close due to sheer crazy.

 

[Traitus]

idk maybe im just confused or missing something, but why cant they both be taking place in the modern age with characters that are differently aged? why do they have to be 20 years apart? they dont have to be sequels or prequels, but if you take away any mentions of dates/years in the games themselves why cant they just be taking place at roughly the same time in the same universe?

It was stated by DPC that his intencion was for them to share the same world but scraped the idea pretty early.

 

[ChipLecsap]

idk maybe im just confused or missing something, but why cant they both be taking place in the modern age with characters that are differently aged? why do they have to be 20 years apart? they dont have to be sequels or prequels, but if you take away any mentions of dates/years in the games themselves why cant they just be taking place at roughly the same time in the same universe?

so you wanna keep the Dik and the Hots mention, but you wanna take away the time itself.?!
They might can share the same universe in a very far stretched idea. In which case, the Badik , Dik fraternity and Hot sorority is not the same as was in the Al.
but this is a very very very far stretched idea. It's Dalix multiplied by one million

 

[SomboSteel]

Rusty started the DIKs.

Though it's entirely possible he got the name from a previous fraternity that was on campus that was forced to close due to sheer crazy.

hmm. thanks for the clarification. i had always assumed that it was meant that he founded this iteration of the DIKs

 

[SomboSteel]

so you wanna keep the Dik and the Hots mention, but you wanna take away the time itself.?!
They might can share the same universe in a very far stretched idea. In which case, the Badik , Dik fraternity and Hot sorority is not the same as was in the Al.
but this is a very very very far stretched idea. It's Dalix multiplied by one million

i mean, are the specific dates/months/years stated in either game crucial for their stories? i cant remember how the specific dates are integral for either narrative. i dont think it's too crazy to just assume both of these games take place from like 2010-2020, the specifics are irrelevant as of now. but maybe thats just me?

 

[ChipLecsap]

i mean, are the specific dates/months/years stated in either game crucial for their stories? i cant remember how the specific dates are integral for either narrative. i dont think it's too crazy to just assume both of these games take place from like 2010-2020, the specifics are irrelevant as of now. but maybe thats just me?

I think Maya's calendar, showing our Time, the 2020-2022. So it's our present days.
AL MC's is about 40 years old, when he was 20, the time he should be in the Dik fraternity were in 2000. But the fraternity in Burgmeister & Royce was recently created, I think 2 Year before MC joined.
So the AL MC and liam can't be part of this one, and I don't remember either if he mentioned which college they were in.

so either they were in a different college, that somehow have the same Dik and Hots stuff existed.
or it's a different universe.

 

[SomboSteel]

I think Maya's calendar, showing our Time, the 2020-2022. So it's our present days.
AL MC's is about 40 years old, when he was 20, the time he should be in the Dik fraternity were in 2000. But the fraternity in Burgmeister & Royce was recently created, I think 2 Year before MC joined.
So the AL MC and liam can't be part of this one, and I don't remember either if he mentioned which college they were in.

so either they were in a different college, that somehow have the same Dik and Hots stuff existed.
or it's a different universe.

i get that. but does it actually matter what Maya's calendar says? would the entire universe of BaDIK implode if the calendar in game was actually a mistake and its supposed to say its 2019? or even 2023?? what if it was supposed to say 2030?

unless DPC plans on using the exact year to make some kind of jab at a particular person/event which was relevant during that specific time, i dont think it actually matters what the "official" year is. and with that line of thought, its pretty easy to accept that these two games are essentially an anthology series focusing on different stories within the same universe. both games are contemporary with the with 20-teens and beyond, the specifics at this point in time arent relevant to anything for either story and to be honest i never expect them to be.

maybe im technically wrong, and if so then so be it. i dont really care that much about all this. but most people who would play both of these games on Steam that arent patrons or pirates would basically make the same assumptions i did in this post. there are no disclaimers in game specifically stating the two games are unconnected. most people playing that arent like us here on this forum wont be scanning every single detail of every scene looking for connections or lack of connections, more so if we count people who will only play this when the whole thing is actually 100% finished and wont have to wait months between episodes.

so even if DPC says in some random interview that the games are in no way connected and never shall be in the same universe, the majority of people who buy and play this game will not know that and will likely assume the opposite. so what is really canon then, what the creator says even if its meaningless or what the majority of people will believe on their own even if its wrong? its an interesting question

 

[Darkwen]

Actually, I would immediately, assume it's an alternate universe, Earth-2 or something.

Those who played Al, first, should know very well that, the 2 game is in a separated universe, since I assume they at least follow the Developer's "career", so they are aware of the things.

and Those who played Badik first, should have more than 1 brain cell, to realize they can't be connected for timeline reasons. so it's come to the fact of individual folks ignorance

So its like the old Star wars EU with the first 6 movies or as i like to say the good ones. I would compare it to the sequel trilogy But that would not be unfair to AL

 

[Kellermann]

• Great hair

Bro, I know you like Zoey so your judgement of great hair is already questionable, but MC in BaDIK? Great hair? No. It doesn't even look good on Rose. The first hairstyle was the most ridiculous style I've witnessed on an MC since the Jessie Eisenberg curly fro in TFTUV. BaDIK MC also has the most bizarre sine wave neckline. How in the hell does that happen? He must be inbred. Bella apparently cleaned that shit up and it does look better after the cut, but now it looks too much like Tommy. Bella apparently dyed it darker as well. Tommy and MC are morphing into the same person. Same hair, same downward slant eyebrows, same bitchiness. At least Tommy doesn't have MC's glassy grey corpse eyes.

I doubt this game will have any MMF content as his core audience is too weak and would cry NTR even though it isn't. There won't be any content involving other guys having sex with girls the MC has had or if it happens it will be off screen.

He has already shown two dudes making out and sexy talking each other. Not much of a leap to the devil's threesome. And as long as the ball sacks don't touch, then you're good.

At the very least JB wants to watch. That scene with the JB and Elena at dorm party shows they both want it to happen. Burke watches the MC on video balls deep in Jade and I still think someone (Burke, Vinny, or one of the DIKs, etc) was watching MC getting his knob polished by Bella in DIK house library. Voyeurism is definitely a DPC kink in this game, so I think he just might give players the option to have JB watch from the cuck corner.

What about the one from the Zoey preview?

I can't really remember it. Trying to remember a Zoey preview is like trying to remember an ant that I stepped on when I was 5. I'm sure it happened, but not important enough for me to commit it to the temporal lobe brain file. All I recall is MC doing Tommy's tell, I think (hand on neck?)