SpearOfReigns
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Lovely stuff this. DPC feeding us crazy theorists.
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He'd have to finish his to-do list and start testing by next week.
Early November seems more likely. I think he caps out on animations at typically 20 a week iirc.
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Quinn is the main antagonist, at least for now. She’s probably not the ‘real’ villain but for the time being she is involved with a lot of the bad stuff in the main story, drug dealing, prostitution, possibly the Cathy cluck and the Black mail. She is also tied to Sage, Maya and Josy. Meanwhile Tybalt fills the role of main antagonist for the Jill and arguably Bella. Bella’s could also be James. You could also argue CHAD fills the role on the Sage path.
All of the LI’s have their own story. They just have different antagonists in them.
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Feels a bit more positive this week. 5th-19th November on the cards. He has at least two weeks of animation renders left. So at the earliest that’s 22nd October, plus he’s still posing stills and SFW animations. 5th to 19th is a sound bet.You must be registered to see the links
This week I worked on several different tasks.
I've added art, code, and writing to Rooster/Chats and updated the design of the game menus (Save/Load/Preferences, etc.) to a more modern look that I intend to keep across season 1/2 and season 3 binaries.
I've written more of the missing scenes and posed static renders and a couple of SFW animations for them.
Here is the updated checklist of what's left to do:
Writing tasks that remain:
Art tasks that remain:
- Two scenes of medium length
- Code for one mini-game
- Code for previously on Being a DIK screens
- Code for episode end credits and screens
- Adding Bios for all events (I always leave this task to last)
Audio tasks that remain:
- Possibly a few SFW (safe for work) animations
- Render time for the final animation queue, currently 40 animations waiting to render
- Static renders for four scenes
- Render time for those static renders
- GUI elements for one mini-game
(I intend to work on everything above next week and should complete a lot. I will also start playtesting next week.)
- Implementing sound effects for a few scenes
- Implementing music for a few scenes
Other tasks that remain:
- Polishing the dialogue and code
- Playtesting
- Thorough testing of transferring saves between Season 2 and Season 3 (Steam and Patreon).
- Double-checking variables
- Quality control of renders/animations
- Fixing bugs that I find while testing
The episode is now bigger than episode 7 in almost every regard, and I feel that I'm getting close to having a complete episode that I can polish and test.
I don't say this often enough, but thanks for your continued support!
I'm looking forward to rewarding your patience with one hell of a season finale that will have you talking circles for months to come.
Have a nice weekend
Dr PinkCake
I think he’s talking about his own ‘alpha’ testing before he even let’s it near the beta testers.
Warscared
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why do you hate me so Shazba? we need Stephen to be Sage´s dad! If Sage is Stephen Burke daughter and the HOT president.. what are all HOT`s to each other? sisters if Stephen is Sage´s father and he fucked at least 3 of them we get NTR incest in one go, all without compromising the MC! 2nd hand incest is it more tolerable?When the mc says to Derek, "You know exactly why" I'm sure it's all about the crabs, except it's not likely you'll get crabs from kissing someone, but in Arieth's case, she's already "huba huba"ing up for the MC, so you don't really want to egg her on.
I don't know if it's cheap and lazy to do that. Considering the lengths DPC went to set the Chad/Troy/Mel triangle up, the various subtle and not so subtle scenes:
All of the above was to build the Chad, Troy, Mel and Sarah story, and it works if Mel is related to Troy and working towards what she wants for him.
- The information that Troy is an ex-Jock for unknown reasons,
- Mel or Sarah being an obvious candidate as the "side bitch" but then being on the treadmill during Chad's gym phone sex,
- This vague discussion between Mel and Sarah when Sage is kissing the mc on the lawn,
- The blackmail to Chad (that I believe may have come from Mel to force Chad's hand),
- The numerous references to Mel & Sarah liking gossip, but their seriousness when it comes to Chad's relationship,
- The flashback scene showing Chad disinterested in puppy dog Sage,
- The pre-breakup scene with Chad and Sage when she confronts his lack of interest,
- The exasperation in Chad's face during the breakup,
- Mel's unhappy reaction to the breakup scene (even though it's what she wanted),
- The Jocks chatting about Chad's pleasant demeanour since he's left he jocks and his role as president,
- Mel (and Sarah's) continuing support for Chad after the Sage breakup.
She could also be an ex-girlfriend of Troy's who realised his secret and wants to help him with it, or even just a good friend, but being a family member makes more sense considering Mel doesn't come across as a girl that gives too much of a shit about anything, but family is different.
If Mel is Troy's sister, that's not a ridiculous coincidence, it's a requirement for this story arc to work, it might not have happened if she wasn't involved.
That's very different to Tommy and Josy being step-siblings. Almost nothing in the story hinge on that, so it is just a simple fact in the game. Same goes with Tybalt being Jade's son.
With Maya and Derek, we have a lot of their past presented to us. Their relationship with their father, their trips together (including Josy), and their care towards each other. It's certainly not a lazy plot contrivance.
Your comment earlier, that it would have been better if Maya hosted the mc without the prompting of her brother, I don't agree there.
She knew him for one day, sure they hit it off, but the mc would never have asked her if he could stay with her (he wouldn't have known she had the room). Plus she loved her extra room, it wouldn't make any sense her offering it up to a guy she just met.
Derek had to call on a favour to talk her doing it. Given everything we know about her, if she just outright found out the mc was homeless and offered her space to him, it would have been criticised as unrealistic.
To me, none of the above is lazy, it's actually a well construed sequences of life events. It works because it is what it is. Take one element out and it doesn't work.
But if we start having more surprise family relationships popping up out of the woodwork, I reserve my right to scrap all this and say it's becoming bullshit.
I guess there's time to rehash the whole, "Who is Sage's dad" debate again, before episode 8 is released.
That whole Elena/Ashley parallel with MC/Sage (regarding both being comforted after a breakup) is just randomly unrelated. Girls at college being fucked over by guys. There's nothing more to it. Ashley and Derek's story is just a small side line. Sage's breakup is a huge development.
I think this link sums up all the ways that the man bun dude is Sage's dad:
And some other stuff just to further cement it:
I don' think I'd like it if Lily turned out to be a cop...
The scene that got people's minds racing was this:
Lily: "I was just looking out for Mona."Lily: "Trying to do my part as a sister and all."Lily: "But then she mentioned drugs..."Quinn: "Nope, I'm not playing your game."
and so it goes on...
Just sounds like entrapment, and Quinn is playing it off that way just to be cautious. But by the end of the scene, they're doing business. That either means Quinn is fucked, or the girls at the Pink Rose are gonna be happy. I'm thinking it's the latter, it's too early for Quinn to be fucked by anyone but the MC.
Besides if he is not then my entire theory of the MC being the natural son of Stephen Burke starts to make sense!
Hi Dalli_x!
i support this initiative, make it happen!I want to see both Sally and KRJ, at the same time, do the walk of shame from MC's room.
The development is almost complete. I think testing will take about 3 weeks or a little more, so the release in early November can be considered practically confirmed. I'm not suggesting what should happen for the game to be released in mid-November. Unless there are problems with the code and transferring saves from season 2 to season 3.
lemonfreak
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Dude, not cool. At least add parentheses to indicate you're taking my quote out of context
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DPC: I'm looking forward to rewarding your patience with one hell of a season finale that will have you talking circles for months to come.
Me:
Me:
OFT
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Audrey and Redressed. You can find the font files in the "game" folder.
Looking at my post again, I realized I forgot to give the DIK choice response. Allow me to remedy that now:
ename144
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Another week, another near complete lack of data; at least the overall tone was optimistic, even if the results are marginally worse than previously.You must be registered to see the links
This week I worked on several different tasks.
I've added art, code, and writing to Rooster/Chats and updated the design of the game menus (Save/Load/Preferences, etc.) to a more modern look that I intend to keep across season 1/2 and season 3 binaries.
I've written more of the missing scenes and posed static renders and a couple of SFW animations for them.
Here is the updated checklist of what's left to do:
Writing tasks that remain:
Art tasks that remain:
- Two scenes of medium length
- Code for one mini-game
- Code for previously on Being a DIK screens
- Code for episode end credits and screens
- Adding Bios for all events (I always leave this task to last)
Audio tasks that remain:
- Possibly a few SFW (safe for work) animations
- Render time for the final animation queue, currently 40 animations waiting to render
- Static renders for four scenes
- Render time for those static renders
- GUI elements for one mini-game
(I intend to work on everything above next week and should complete a lot. I will also start playtesting next week.)
- Implementing sound effects for a few scenes
- Implementing music for a few scenes
Other tasks that remain:
- Polishing the dialogue and code
- Playtesting
- Thorough testing of transferring saves between Season 2 and Season 3 (Steam and Patreon).
- Double-checking variables
- Quality control of renders/animations
- Fixing bugs that I find while testing
The episode is now bigger than episode 7 in almost every regard, and I feel that I'm getting close to having a complete episode that I can polish and test.
I don't say this often enough, but thanks for your continued support!
I'm looking forward to rewarding your patience with one hell of a season finale that will have you talking circles for months to come.
Have a nice weekend
Dr PinkCake
Okay, let's try to crunch the number. DPC let slip that 40 animations remain in the queue (plus potentially "a few" SFW animations, call it 40-45 total animations remaining). We know there were 72 animations in the queue on September 17, with an estimated 10-20 still to be posed. All told, this suggests DPC has rendered somewhere in the range of 42-52 animations in the last 3 weeks, an average of 15.7 animations per week. That's not quite as fast as his rate in early September, but it's above the overall average for Episode 8. Here are the charts, though in practice the difference from the last two weeks is pretty subtle.
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It's going to be a tough wait, though. DPC sure isn't shy about talking up the big season ender. He was similarly confident in Episode 7 and he delivered with that one (IMHO), so I'm willing to trust his judgement this time. But I really want my Halloween party!
godkingxerxes
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Someone going to die. I predict Tommy. Hello Vice President MC.
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Updated BigTable™ with the recent informations.
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- If you also checked the Rooster tracker, and cross with DPC starting playtesting next week; we on the good track.
- All Markers Still Green, an Halloween release is still very likely achievable.
- Trivia: as today EP6 and EP8 have the same development time with having more than the double animations count.
| Episode | Renders | Animations | Music* | Size | Release Date | Development Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 1 | 1301 | 51 | ≈1.1 GB | 07 Feb 2019 | 000 days | |
| Episode 2 | 1709 (+31%) | 77 (+51%) | ≈2.3 GB (+1.2 GB) | 04 May 2019 | 087 (2 months, 28 days |≈12 weeks) | |
| Episode 3 | 2289 (+34%) | 99 (+29%) | ≈4.1 GB (+1.8 GB) | 16 Aug 2019 | 105 (3 months, 13 days |≈15 weeks) | |
| Episode 4 | 2532 (+11%) | 134 (+35%) | ≈6.1 GB (+2.0 GB) | 10 Jan 2020 | 148 (4 months, 26 days |≈21 weeks) | |
| Episode 5 | 2456 (-3%) | 157 (+17%) | 17 (3.4K$) | ≈8.0 GB (+1.9 GB) | 29 May 2020 | 141 (4 months, 20 days |≈20 weeks) |
| Episode 6 | 3336 (+35%) | 162 (+3%) | 24 (4.8K$) | ≈11.1 GB (+3.1 GB) | 13 Nov 2020 | 169 (5 months, 16 days |≈24 weeks) |
| Episode 7 | 3723 (+12%) | 250 (+54%) | 18 (3.6K$) | ≈14.5 GB (+3.4 GB) | 23 Apr 2021 | 162 (5 months, 11 days |≈23 weeks) |
| Episode 8 | >3605 (≈97%) | >355 (+42%) | 26 (5.2K$) | >18.1 GB (+3.6 GB) | in development | 169 (5 months, 16 days |≈24 weeks) |
*199$ Premium Licensed Music
> Release Date Estimate:
Delayed Scenario: Late October 2021 (26 weeks) — Growing Scenario: Early November 2021 (28 weeks)
Thumb up to well made Casiope's DIK Walkthrough
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Unlikely. Most likely there will be a lot of sex in the game (the number of animations hint at this) and the choices made in previous chapters will give themselves.
felicemastronzo
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But I never said it was a ridiculous choice.... maybe lazy is too negative a term, let's say it's a convenient choice for DPC then.When the mc says to Derek, "You know exactly why" I'm sure it's all about the crabs, except it's not likely you'll get crabs from kissing someone, but in Arieth's case, she's already "huba huba"ing up for the MC, so you don't really want to egg her on.
I don't know if it's cheap and lazy to do that. Considering the lengths DPC went to set the Chad/Troy/Mel triangle up, the various subtle and not so subtle scenes:
All of the above was to build the Chad, Troy, Mel and Sarah story, and it works if Mel is related to Troy and working towards what she wants for him.
- The information that Troy is an ex-Jock for unknown reasons,
- Mel or Sarah being an obvious candidate as the "side bitch" but then being on the treadmill during Chad's gym phone sex,
- This vague discussion between Mel and Sarah when Sage is kissing the mc on the lawn,
- The blackmail to Chad (that I believe may have come from Mel to force Chad's hand),
- The numerous references to Mel & Sarah liking gossip, but their seriousness when it comes to Chad's relationship,
- The flashback scene showing Chad disinterested in puppy dog Sage,
- The pre-breakup scene with Chad and Sage when she confronts his lack of interest,
- The exasperation in Chad's face during the breakup,
- Mel's unhappy reaction to the breakup scene (even though it's what she wanted),
- The Jocks chatting about Chad's pleasant demeanour since he's left he jocks and his role as president,
- Mel (and Sarah's) continuing support for Chad after the Sage breakup.
She could also be an ex-girlfriend of Troy's who realised his secret and wants to help him with it, or even just a good friend, but being a family member makes more sense considering Mel doesn't come across as a girl that gives too much of a shit about anything, but family is different.
If Mel is Troy's sister, that's not a ridiculous coincidence, it's a requirement for this story arc to work, it might not have happened if she wasn't involved.
That's very different to Tommy and Josy being step-siblings. Almost nothing in the story hinge on that, so it is just a simple fact in the game. Same goes with Tybalt being Jade's son.
With Maya and Derek, we have a lot of their past presented to us. Their relationship with their father, their trips together (including Josy), and their care towards each other. It's certainly not a lazy plot contrivance.
Your comment earlier, that it would have been better if Maya hosted the mc without the prompting of her brother, I don't agree there.
She knew him for one day, sure they hit it off, but the mc would never have asked her if he could stay with her (he wouldn't have known she had the room). Plus she loved her extra room, it wouldn't make any sense her offering it up to a guy she just met.
Derek had to call on a favour to talk her doing it. Given everything we know about her, if she just outright found out the mc was homeless and offered her space to him, it would have been criticised as unrealistic.
To me, none of the above is lazy, it's actually a well construed sequences of life events. It works because it is what it is. Take one element out and it doesn't work.
in the example of Mel, if she turned out to be his ex, DPC would still have to explain it, show us something, instead if she declared to be Troy's sister this would cut out any need to explain the reason of her actions
if we really want in the case it would be ridiculous the need for DPC to overdramatize everything, with Mel having to blackmail her brother's boyfriend to leave a girl he doesn't love (obviously Troy is Chad's fuckbuddy), but this is another matter.
Is it more acceptable to you that Derek forces his sister, almost blackmailing her at least from a moral point of view, to spend the night with a boy that neither of them knows, rather than that Maya accepts to help a boy in difficulty? I would say that they are at least acceptable in the same way.
on the one hand you underline Derek's irresponsibility, on the other hand you underline Maya's good heart, everyone has his own priorities.
even in the memories of life lived I do not think it is so important the presence of Derek in the photos in the stories and the summer vacation, which would have worked in the same way whoever were the other participants
the only real function of Derek being Maya's brother is that it justifies him always lecturing MC to the point of possibly betraying his trust, which to me is a negative function, not a positive one
I don't believe it if I see it....But if we start having more surprise family relationships popping up out of the woodwork, I reserve my right to scrap all this and say it's becoming bullshit.
Icekatana
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Oh shit.
Riona, please no. There's still so much that the MC needs to teach you. Live, damn you! Live!!
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We are back with a lot of numerical information. 40 animations in queue, still in the average, so we can say that there are still 2 weeks to complete those animations, and to that add the small sfw animations and several static scenes, plus the beta testing... I'm inclined to think in November 12 or 19 as a date.You must be registered to see the links
This week I worked on several different tasks.
I've added art, code, and writing to Rooster/Chats and updated the design of the game menus (Save/Load/Preferences, etc.) to a more modern look that I intend to keep across season 1/2 and season 3 binaries.
I've written more of the missing scenes and posed static renders and a couple of SFW animations for them.
Here is the updated checklist of what's left to do:
Writing tasks that remain:
Art tasks that remain:
- Two scenes of medium length
- Code for one mini-game
- Code for previously on Being a DIK screens
- Code for episode end credits and screens
- Adding Bios for all events (I always leave this task to last)
Audio tasks that remain:
- Possibly a few SFW (safe for work) animations
- Render time for the final animation queue, currently 40 animations waiting to render
- Static renders for four scenes
- Render time for those static renders
- GUI elements for one mini-game
(I intend to work on everything above next week and should complete a lot. I will also start playtesting next week.)
- Implementing sound effects for a few scenes
- Implementing music for a few scenes
Other tasks that remain:
- Polishing the dialogue and code
- Playtesting
- Thorough testing of transferring saves between Season 2 and Season 3 (Steam and Patreon).
- Double-checking variables
- Quality control of renders/animations
- Fixing bugs that I find while testing
The episode is now bigger than episode 7 in almost every regard, and I feel that I'm getting close to having a complete episode that I can polish and test.
I don't say this often enough, but thanks for your continued support!
I'm looking forward to rewarding your patience with one hell of a season finale that will have you talking circles for months to come.
Have a nice weekend
Dr PinkCake
nyrek
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I know you guys probably went over this multiple times but I can't read through 7.5k pages
with AL in mind I can't help myself but to have ominous thoughts about the ending of the game. I know it's far and a lot of shit will happen meanwhile but still... when the game starts with "I was happy back then. we didn't have much, we... erm... we had enough. we had each other. as for now? let me tell you what happened"
in my mind, MC is writing/thinking about this from a jail cell, probably being the scapegoat for quinn's drug circle or something similar.
can anyone convince me I'm wrong so I feel better about this?
with AL in mind I can't help myself but to have ominous thoughts about the ending of the game. I know it's far and a lot of shit will happen meanwhile but still... when the game starts with "I was happy back then. we didn't have much, we... erm... we had enough. we had each other. as for now? let me tell you what happened"
in my mind, MC is writing/thinking about this from a jail cell, probably being the scapegoat for quinn's drug circle or something similar.
can anyone convince me I'm wrong so I feel better about this?
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I predict the usual cliffhanger in the last 5 minutes 'keeping us talking' for months. Considering the last 2 'cliffhangers' were obvious from a mile away, I'm not really impressed by DPC's blanket statements. Especially in view of the shoddy development of certain subplots.