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

[ChipLecsap]

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There's no status update this week because I'm dealing with a case of identity theft, which is halting development.
A user on

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is impersonating me and selling my games illegally under the name "drpinkcakegame".
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, you might have downloaded malware. Those versions aren't mine. I'd recommend you delete what you bought, demand a refund, and report the game to staff on

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I'm trying to reach

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about this, but they are acting very slow, and the whole situation has given me insomnia and is making me feel deflated and disgusted to the point that I'm not fit to work.
You can help me by reporting drpinkcakegame on

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for copyright infringement, theft, and fraud.
My apologies to anyone who bought the game from

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thinking it was the real deal. What saddens me the most is how this scammer is fooling honest customers/players/fans with a cracked product and fake communication pretending to be me.
My games are only allowed for resale on Patreon, Steam, and

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with the handle "DrPinkCake".
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Anything else that uses my name or product names is fake, not endorsed, and/or doesn't come from me.
Thanks for your support and understanding. I'll bring you development news again when this matter has been sorted. Hopefully, sooner than later.
Dr PinkCake

Okay Lostanddamned. I know you like to mess with DPC, and you love Trolling, but I think you went to far this time, Thanks to you now, we have to wait even more. Thanks homie


Joke aside, fuck that person who did it

 

[Sasanid]

*rolls eyes*

Whatever.

Whine some more.

 

[gamingdevil800]

DPC has been absent from Discord ever since. I guess I see why now.

Fucking pirates.

Technically speaking we're all pirates as well

 

[Sasanid]

Technically speaking we're all pirates as well
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[Geralt From Rivia]

October? DPC takes ~9 months in between releases, this wasn't coming out until November-December. I don't care that the last release was the Interlude, he probably went out of his way to make sure he didn't work on anything for episode 9.

Because I'm reached my reaction limit for today - I can't give you a facepalm.
The interlude was the last episode - 6 months had passed since. This is an objective reality.
Episode 9 is almost ready - we received regular weekly progress reports - mostly animations remained. You would know this if you followed the thread. We also have preview renders that show that the work is in progress.
We also have a group of analysts here. which, based on available data, predict the release for October-November.
Your verbal diarrhea makes no sense.

 

[Oliver Wendell Homely]

You do realize that this is a pirate site?

I dont have that big of a problem with pirates... well, i am here for a reason.

But stealing something and than resell it (and he is doing it for a higher price too), is on a complete other level.

DPC had a hard time dealing with the fact that sites like F95 are existing and that he cant do a thing about it that his game will be out here and on other sites for free... but he mangaed somehow, and to be fair... without F95 his game wouldnt be even close that sucessful for sure.

But as i think DPC is, i have a real hard time to imagine that he can deal with scamming like this in any way. But he has to if this game should go on... but yeah, dont see that.

Obviously, DPC would surely prefer every player of BaD to buy the game on Steam, GOG, or be a patron. Having said that, while this is a pirate site and many people here play the game for free, having someone else sell your game is more galling because it means those players were willing and able to pay money for the game but the money went to someone who did absolutely nothing. That would piss me off a lot more than F95, too. DPC is a bit of a victim of his own success and discovering that whenever a lot of money is involved, there will always be someone trying to steal from you. Hopefully, he'll learn to cope more effectively, as unfortunately this problem will never go away completely. I mean, look at what has happened to the music, film, game, and porn video businesses. They ALL deal with piracy constantly and have for many years. It's simply a part of doing business anymore.

 

[Oliver Wendell Homely]

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Not all of us. Many of us are patrons. I'm here for the community, sad as that is to admit.

 

[dacris69]

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There's no status update this week because I'm dealing with a case of identity theft, which is halting development.
A user on

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is impersonating me and selling my games illegally under the name "drpinkcakegame".
If you bought the game on

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, you might have downloaded malware. Those versions aren't mine. I'd recommend you delete what you bought, demand a refund, and report the game to staff on

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.
I'm trying to reach

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about this, but they are acting very slow, and the whole situation has given me insomnia and is making me feel deflated and disgusted to the point that I'm not fit to work.
You can help me by reporting drpinkcakegame on

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for copyright infringement, theft, and fraud.
My apologies to anyone who bought the game from

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thinking it was the real deal. What saddens me the most is how this scammer is fooling honest customers/players/fans with a cracked product and fake communication pretending to be me.
My games are only allowed for resale on Patreon, Steam, and

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with the handle "DrPinkCake".
My only social media outlet is

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My only discord server is

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Anything else that uses my name or product names is fake, not endorsed, and/or doesn't come from me.
Thanks for your support and understanding. I'll bring you development news again when this matter has been sorted. Hopefully, sooner than later.
Dr PinkCake

meh, another excuse to milk some more

 

[ffive]

I mean why putting that announcement behind a 1$ paywall?

        dpc "A dollar earned is a dollar earned. That's what my dad taught me."
        pa "Smart man."

 

[inevitableandinfinity8]

Yes Maya is a part of it, Josy loves both and has a strong fear of being left alone. Josy still loves the MC more then anyone else. Keep in mind she is the Only girl that cry's at losing MC(to this point), Sage is perfectly happy just being friends yes that's still love but not as deep as Josy's

Here we go again . . .
does she cry when mc said to derek he is move on . . . where does her felling go . . . in derek ass ( That is all I am trying to say sage loved chad even after most situation were against her ) Sage fight for chad knowing it's losing battle.
It's all about give me everything and will see if there is a hope.

"THAT IS WHY ELDER SAID LOVE WHO LOVES YOU MORE NOT YOU LOVE MORE"

 

[Darkwen]

verbal diarrhea

That maybe the best thing I have read hear other then diarrhea shit

 

[Dankmemer]

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There's no status update this week because I'm dealing with a case of identity theft, which is halting development.
A user on

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is impersonating me and selling my games illegally under the name "drpinkcakegame".
If you bought the game on

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, you might have downloaded malware. Those versions aren't mine. I'd recommend you delete what you bought, demand a refund, and report the game to staff on

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.
I'm trying to reach

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about this, but they are acting very slow, and the whole situation has given me insomnia and is making me feel deflated and disgusted to the point that I'm not fit to work.
You can help me by reporting drpinkcakegame on

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for copyright infringement, theft, and fraud.
My apologies to anyone who bought the game from

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thinking it was the real deal. What saddens me the most is how this scammer is fooling honest customers/players/fans with a cracked product and fake communication pretending to be me.
My games are only allowed for resale on Patreon, Steam, and

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with the handle "DrPinkCake".
My only social media outlet is

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My only discord server is

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Anything else that uses my name or product names is fake, not endorsed, and/or doesn't come from me.
Thanks for your support and understanding. I'll bring you development news again when this matter has been sorted. Hopefully, sooner than later.
Dr PinkCake

Man, 1 year between episodes more and more likely, its worth it but fuck me
i hope he sorts it out but its hardly a big deal

 

[Redd23]

I mean why putting that announcement behind a 1$ paywall?
We can't even spam itch.io mail support with it or report anything with a proof to backup; it don't even give awareness to other potential victims..

my guess is that he didnt want to advertise this to non-paying supporters, you know how paranoid he is when it comes to money (not that I blame him xd)

 

[Sasanid]

Not all of us. Many of us are patrons. I'm here for the community, sad as that is to admit.

Same thing for me, actually, I'm here for how invested people are in the game.

But I know we're not in the majority, I wouldn't know any of the games I play (and I support 5 of those artists in Patreon, no expensive hobbies, helps) if I didn't get them here beforehand.

Now, people getting it for free, that's publicity for DPC, he knows that, what I think angers him, is people making money on his name. That's a POS move, and I understand him.

 

[Hahn1900]

Obviously, DPC would surely prefer every player of BaD to buy the game on Steam, GOG, or be a patron. Having said that, while this is a pirate site and many people here play the game for free, having someone else sell your game is more galling because it means those players were willing and able to pay money for the game but the money went to someone who did absolutely nothing. That would piss me off a lot more than F95, too. DPC is a bit of a victim of his own success and discovering that whenever a lot of money is involved, there will always be someone trying to steal from you. Hopefully, he'll learn to cope more effectively, as unfortunately this problem will never go away completely. I mean, look at what has happened to the music, film, game, and porn video businesses. They ALL deal with piracy constantly and have for many years. It's simply a part of doing business anymore.

Absolutely agree, and that is exactly what i tried to say too... (well my english and phrasing is just not that good)

In the end, DPC has to find a way to live with the piracy thing, and i think he did, cause the game development didnt stop so far... and his game can be downloaded for free all over the place, just google it.

But i think he will have a MUCH harder time to accept the scamming. to get your game stolen and than resold is an issue that would bother anyone way more than just the piracy thing.

And like i "know" DPC, i have a hard time picturing him dealing with this... well lets hope for the best. But its VERY naive to think this scamming will stop...

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

Technically speaking we're all pirates as well
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Not all. I bought both seasons from Steam.

 

[Sasanid]

Just took a look on itch.io and I think the links have been deleted.

Everything should be fine now.

 

[Vixen ♀]

That was quickest u-turn I've ever seen, urm- thanks to Our Community?

 

[dalli_x]

Yes, we're told many times she's the MC's BFF. But again, what we're shown falls a bit short of that: she insisted the MC do whatever she wanted and he indulged her. She didn't spend much time thinking about the MC (with the exception of one particular part of his anatomy); as I said, even at the end of the Interlude the MC came second to her previously estranged mom.

Now I'm not saying that's an unrealistic relationship, nor even that it's a "bad" one. What I'm saying is that it's difficult to treat that relationship with any importance when we've seen the MC forge much stronger friendships with the LIs (and a few side-girls) in just a couple months. Not only are those relationships much more dynamic, we got to see them *onscreen* over the course of ~3 [real world] years, whereas Zoey's lukewarm friendship was crammed into an hour long digression.

Again, this doesn't mean Zoey is a bad character by any means, but I think it's definitely setting her up to fail. The way her return was framed requires that she have a huge impact on the MC's mindset, but for most players her return will be much less weighty. That's a terrible situation to be in.

We don't know what the relationship between Zoey and the MC was like after the first two months. She may have been at the same point as it is with the people at B&R currently. But then Zoey still spent about 3 years more time with the MC than anyone else.

Interlude shows several important aspects of the relationship between Zoey and the MC. The MC was more introverted at 15 and Zoey got him to open up more. On the other hand, Zoey was a wild girl, which the MC tamed. Furthermore, the two have developed a familiarity with each other that no other person has with the MC. Zoey and the MC can tell what the other person is thinking just by looking at them.

Examples. Zoey says to the MC that when he does that with his mouth, he always tries to play something tricky on his guitar. The "do it" is so ingrained in Zoey that she even says it to Bret in the bar. She was thinking about the MC at that moment because it wouldn't have happened otherwise.

Now when I take those examples and compare them to the characters on B&R, no one comes close to that familiarity. And that is exactly what will cause jealousy among the new LI and friends. It doesn't matter if the MC fucks Zoey because Zoey is closest to the MC on a mental level.

 

[Ottoeight]

Just a reminder to you "facepalmers": I'm not unhappy because He GOT MAD. I'm unhappy because he halted the game's development.