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

[jtc]

Game is ruined because of a couple songs ?

Come on...

Right. I mute every Renpy game before playing it.

 

[Herbert1]

At the time you're making the decision then you haven't actually been dating anyone, you've been seeing all or a proportion of them. And yes having multiple sexual partners while not being in an exclusive relationship is common.

It's also worth noting that the only LI who would accept the current situation going forward would be Sage who is happy to be fuckbuddys. The throuple, Jill and Bella would have soon begun to put pressure on Fuckface to commit to them anyway, Fuckface knows this and is preemptively making the decision which will gain him points with his chosen LI and avoid future conflict in the next couple of episodes.

At the time you make the decision you've been doing quite a bit more than just seeing a lot of the characters. And a dozen different people who all know each other is not ''a few''. Personally the fact that Bella is even a route makes no logical sense to me considering she knows you're dating Jill as well and yet seems to have no problems with it makes no sense but I'll take it cuz she's hot.

 

[Herbert1]

Bella has a problem with herself dating Fuckface, that's why she tries to push him towards Jill. She's worried that she's betraying James, she's worried about the age difference and she's worried about her position at the college. That's why if Fuckface does choose her over Jill she's finally convinced to let loose with Fuckface despite all her misgivings because if Fuckface does choose her over the attractive rich girl much closer to his own age he must be serious about her.

I never really saw any thought given to Jill by Bella. Her problems always seemed to be related to James, age difference and her job. Bella would never realistically fuck Fuckface if Fuckface was dating Jill.

 

[Herbert1]

Do they fuck before commits to a relationship with Bella? So at that stage he's no longer dating Jill. Although not telling Jill first was a bit of a shit move by Fuckface.

Bella literally blows him or at least starts to while Jill is in the other room. I don't think Fuckface and Jill were quite dating at that point but Bella was fully aware of Jill's feelings about MC. And she expressed no concerns about that.

 

[ffive]

The thing is not everyone has the time to go through every route of a 20GB game

That's too bad, but then they could always opt for wasting less time posting on the forums how the game should accommodate them and actually spend that time playing the game instead..?

(this may sound cold, but believe me, i get the time constraints and having a backlog that grows faster than you can chew through it. Ultimately a much better solution is to learn to let things go; play the route(s) you like, and move on. There's zero gain from wasting time on parts and routes you don't enjoy, just so you can tell yourself you've "completed" the game)

 

[Herbert1]

That's too bad, but then they could always opt for wasting less time posting on the forums how the game should accommodate them and actually spend that time playing the game instead..?

(this may sound cold, but believe me, i get the time constraints and having a backlog that grows faster than you can chew through it. Ultimately a much better solution is to learn to let things go; play the route(s) you like, and move on. There's zero gain from wasting time on parts and routes you don't enjoy, just so you can tell yourself you've "completed" the game)

You underestimate the drive of a completionist, especially considering all the routes are good.

 

[BeingADikDik]

You underestimate the drive of a completionist, especially considering all the routes are good.

Arieth + Madame Rose throuple path, go!

 

[Herbert1]

Isn't that incident the prompt for her to get the guilty feeling regarding James and all her other doubts? It's at that point she decides to not proactively do anything else with Fuckface, from then until ep 8 when Fuckface commits to her exclusively it's Fuckface doing all the chasing and Bella's trying to push Jill and Fuckface together because she thinks that will be best for all f them.

She always has the guilty feelings about James, though not in this incident. I never saw Bella try to push Jilla and MC together and certainly not because of her own guilt. Bellas view on MC has always been, at least in my view, more about the fact that MC is a good guy while she fucking hates Tybalt.

 

[Herbert1]

Arieth + Madame Rose throuple path, go!

Arieth would be fucking awesome especially considering MC would get crabs which would make quite the funny scenes in game

 

[ffive]

You underestimate the drive of a completionist, especially considering all the routes are good.

It's not that much of a drive if one is looking for shortcuts to get what they want.

Also, i think you're underestimating the amount of work it'd require to have things done your way. Some of the game events are mutually exclusive, and the story may rely on that to determine outcome(s). It's not just the matter of "removing the locks" but also adapting the code to, up to now, non-existent possibility that these locks are no longer present.

 

[ffive]

My personal gripe with the ending of ep 8 is that choosing others cuts off Sage as a fuckbuddy, she makes it clear that she's happy with that status and for me there was no reason to relegate her to friend status if you weren't ready to commit to her.

Sage's path is bit weird in general to me in that it's basically forced on you without any question. Like, the MC just decides for himself to throw a hissy fit he wants to be more than fuckbuddies, and through the entire scene i was sitting there and going "uhh you know, i was actually fine with this arrangement; where's my option to just keep it this way."

 

[Herbert1]

It's not that much of a drive if one is looking for shortcuts to get what they want.

Also, i think you're underestimating the amount of work it'd require to have things done your way. Some of the game events are mutually exclusive, and the story may rely on that to determine outcome(s). It's not just the matter of "removing the locks" but also adapting the code to, up to now, non-existent possibility that these locks are no longer present.

A completionist doesn't care how he does it, only just he does it.

Also I know now how much work it'd take. I already talked to Sancho about it and I did indeed underestimate how convoluted the script for this game is. It's not that hard for the dev to do it, pretty sure there's a whole team behind the game after all. It's just grunt work. Some problems might indeed arise later on in the game depending on how the dev chooses to advance the story but at that point(if he chooses to make a harem route) he can adapt the code going forward plus he can just make an event later on(preferably towards the end) making you choose between the girls instead of making it so abrupt.

 

[Herbert1]

My personal gripe with the ending of ep 8 is that choosing others cuts off Sage as a fuckbuddy, she makes it clear that she's happy with that status and for me there was no reason to relegate her to friend status if you weren't ready to commit to her.

As I said earlier the fact that the MC is a 19 year old and makes choices not even 50 year old would make is insane.

 

[Herbert1]

Sage's path is bit weird in general to me in that it's basically forced on you without any question. Like, the MC just decides for himself to throw a hissy fit he wants to be more than fuckbuddies, and through the entire scene i was sitting there and going "uhh you know, i was actually fine with this arrangement; where's my option to just keep it this way."

I don't even know why MC was mad about Maya and Josie being together. It seemed awesome to me.

 

[ffive]

pretty sure there's a whole team behind the game after all

It's literally one guy. That's the most crazy part about this game. :v

 

[Herbert1]

It's literally one guy. That's the most crazy part about this game. :v

He's a madman if he's doing all this by himself. He's making a very healthy amount of money.

 

[Cabin Fever]

It's not that hard for the dev to do it, pretty sure there's a whole team behind the game after all.

Pretty sure? Based on what? DPC has said time and again he doesn't have a team, and will never have a team. He doesn't write the music, and there's a hired gun for the 2D art. And there are beta-testers. But that's about it. DPC does all the rest himself. Are you calling DPC a liar?

 

[Herbert1]

Pretty sure? Based on what? DPC has said time and again he doesn't have a team, and will never have a team. He doesn't write the music, and there's a hired gun for the 2D art. And there are beta-testers. But that's about it. DPC does all the rest himself. Are you calling DPC a liar?

Excuse me for having a life and not researching every word or statement by the dev..

 

[Herbert1]

The game is a one person job, DPC refuses to work with a team. He's deliberately set the game up that to see all the scenes you need multiple playthroughs, it's actually set up pretty quickly in that way, albeit with renders rather than whole scenes: you can only see certain things as a CHICK or a DIK, you can't see everything in the first two episodes no matter what your affinity.

For example you can only ask Sage about her g-string if you're a DIK and you can only check Maya out in her dorm if you're a CHICK. There's also a choice on the Josy date that can't be got through neutral, you have to be one or the other.

It's a shame the common sense choices make you a DIK. To become a Chick you have to go out of your way to be one.

 

[Cabin Fever]

Excuse me for having a life and not researching every word or statement by the dev..

Ah the old "having a life" excuse when being called out on making wild assumptions with no basis of fact. Carry on then.

If you don't know, don't make a "pretty sure" statement.