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

SomboSteel said:

i just think the underlined part is kinda funny because we waited a year IRL for just this episode, of course people want things to actually progress at a semi-reasonable rate haha. if i can keep my interest in this game, i dont look forward to having grandkids by the time its a finished story lol

he made (arguably) better content at a faster rate in the past, with less free time and less money to devote to it. that means something, if you ask me...

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I will agree with what you say. We already had the interlude, that didn't contribute much to the story towards MC. Didn't move forward, didn't progress. Episode 9 was the same. had no progression. Even the "after party", that usually he adds some rooster posts and stuff, we didn't have that either, the episode just ended abruptly. The party was fun to play as was the minigame. And I like both features on being a dik. But as a VN player, the thing I like the most is the story progression and I agree with you. I got 1 year older and mc life in this update after a year only moved forward 1 day lol.
Even all the hype and cliffhanger he created with that Dinner at the burke's ended up being nothing.
Reason why there is no way I will be a subscriber paying monthly to someone in things like this. I can buy the full content of his game on steam, but paying monthly to end up getting disappointed after a year as subscriber that sucks.

im trapped in a loop after ruste got rejected by a girl, it repeats the same scene of jill in a banana costume taking to her sister

does anyone know how to get from task va to derek's locker

Josemiguel123456 said:

im trapped in a loop after ruste got rejected by a girl, it repeats the same scene of jill in a banana costume taking to her sister

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your using a modded save and it BROKE yes it happens and yes thats why u your in that loop.

visuais noveis said:

does anyone know how to get from task va to derek's locker

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if u mean dareks closet thats his room its the event with sally in there.

JiraiyaSennin said:

At the end of that scene, open the console and try with:
jump ep9_diks_ph2_mains2_event_label

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how do i open the console?

Does anyone have a better strategy?

haunsa said:

if u mean dareks closet thats his room its the event with sally in there.

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after doing the 3 tasks he asks to go to derek's room, but nothing happens

OPINION, nothing more. The interlude was Meh.... i get that it introduced characters that'll play into future updates, but we could have just introduced them in episode 9 and played the "interlude" and what not as a separate prequel or something...It just delayed what people wanted.... More bella, more Josy or sage or whoever your girl is. Now we get episode 9. everyone on the website (myself included) got excited seeing there was an update....... with essentially one sex scene (and possibilities of blowjobs and such from secondary characters.) something like 5,000 pics or whatever PC said..... and like 12 of those is a sex scene. I get you're telling a story. previous stories have been awesome.... but DIK has gone off the rails a little bit and we need to get it back on track. Just explore the stories and give your fans what they want..... K.I.S.S. it.... "Keep It Simple Stupid".... you'll thank me later.

visuais noveis said:

after doing the 3 tasks he asks to go to derek's room, but nothing happens

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if your using a modded save its broken if not sally should be in there for you to talk to and push story forward.

This update made me even more confused about sage .Like so shes cool with u fucking all the hots ? So i shouldnt be worried about buying the restaurant anymore ? And can i have made out with riona no problem or is she a threesomes only type ? Also that means we get closer to a hots orgy on a sage route ?

Chillz said:

Does anyone have a better strategy?
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You could probably swap the keg+cup for speaker+music, which will result in no change in Jacob's needs, but you will fullfill another of Derek's wishes (2 speakers) and save some money. Note, fulfilling only 2 objectives causes a DIK to lose some happiness, so it might be better to aim for 3+ for everyone, instead of 4 for some at the cost of 2 for others.

Geralt_From_Rivia said:

Damn, looks like I'm in the minority who liked Episode 9.
I can't call it the best, it doesn't come close to the mind-blowing Ep.7 and 8, but it's just good. Just a different feeling, a different experience.
It looks like the DPC is experimenting with different mechanics and decided to make a giant party with 70% free roam. This episode was meant to be relaxing fun in Being a DIK canon, but DPC didn't take that there is a group that doesn't like free roams, mini-games and wants the story to continue as soon as possible.
It would be nice to do a poll on Episode 9 and see the average opinion.

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It's not the content itself annoyed me .... when people waited for so long 4 an update they have certain expecations like plot advancing , characters development , etc ; and this ep falls short on both of them XD

Chillz said:

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It's randomized every time, so it's not a perfect strategy every playthrough.

haunsa said:

u know what makes it sadder thats the bis board for getting the x8 and its modded to hell.

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That's interesting. And do you know when it's determined which board you get? Because I seem to get the same one all the time.

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If you fullfill 3 need from each dik you will get a S ranking.

fute8848 said:

It's not the content itself annoyed me .... when people waited for so long 4 an update they have certain expecations like plot advancing , characters development , etc ; and this ep falls short on both of them XD

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After a year of waiting DPC could send every player a real hooker to blow them and they'd still complain her knees were too sharp.

BeingADikDik said:

The issue is ambition. Two things to consider:

1) Technical quality and attention to detail. It's easy to get spoiled, but there's so much work evident in these renders and animations that it's mind boggling that one person can produce all this content.

2) So many characters on screen! This update was dominated by large party scenes with 10 or more characters in foreground and background. This makes it extremely challenging from a computational standpoint. Updates featuring scenes with fewer characters would likely feel 'longer', because it would be so much easier to render simple scenes.

So, there was a noticeable tradeoff in development time to meet these goals and to make it 'feel' like a party. I think DPC succeeded in his goal. Whether that was worthwhile appears to be contentious among the players.

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that makes sense, and i hope people dont think my criticism is leveled at the technical quality and attention to detail. i agree that on many levels, DPC is leagues ahead of most of the rest of the market for these types of games/stories.

but a lot of it (to me) comes down to the fact that this dude has enough money to literally start his own legit company and have a small workforce of people underneath him doing his bidding to his exact specifications in a timely manner. he chooses to be a one man crew and i will 1000% criticize his choice to do so when it leads to insane wait periods to what amounts to filler content regarding the backbone of this game (the narrative)

im not saying he is milking shit, he hit the jackpot and what real reason does he have to rock the boat? but adding in these truly pointless animations was a bad call. they were uneccessary bloat and should have been time spent on moving forward the story and certain key character arcs. Maya's tuition "problem" should have been handled this episode and should NOT have to be brought up yet again in the future. that is at least 1 major thing that this episode should have crossed off the list; there are many other things just lingering on each new update that need to be addressed if he is gonna keep adding more drama for the future.

DPC seems to be like a Lucas or Kojima type who does a lot better when somebody is around to keep him in check and focused on the end goal, instead of getting lost on a new detour every other time he sits down to work.

Geralt_From_Rivia said:

The episodes are just huge, plus a visual upgrade, which is why the waiting time has grown so much. It seems that this is a disease of all non-linear VNs - they grow in size due to the increase in the probabilities of events. Think of it as a multiverse, where every potential choice creates a new reality.
Yes, it's a problem, I agree. She has a solution, for example, more powerful hardware, I have already talked about this many times.
But no matter what happens, I remain interested in the project, despite the many dramatic things in real life that detract from it. Should a person be distracted by something positive?
I read various arguments of the dissatisfied. Someone complains that there are no sex scenes with Vixens (girls from the hostel).
Someone does not like mini-games and free-roams, someone does not like that there is not enough continuation of the story. And someone is furious about the quest room (actually it's easy).
For example, I do not like that there are few scenes from LI on Episode. Only 2-3, I would like more. But I understand that it is impossible, it would make the episode even more huge.
A very diverse and demanding audience. It's impossible to please everyone.

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fair points all around. but if he cant keep his own ideas focused on the end game, each episode will be bigger and more bloated than the one before it. and the bigger and more complex each episode is, the higher chance that a larger number of people will experience something to find fault in/criticize/be upset about.

the story and characters are core to this game's popularity and success. i dont think that is debatable, tbh. and if he keeps stalling the story and limiting character arcs/interaction, then over time more and more people will be dissatisfied. nobody boots this game up ONLY for the free roams and mini-games and random animations outside of the lewd stuff. those are merely extra things and should not be such a major focus for him, IMO

danieldam said:

This update made me even more confused about sage .Like so shes cool with u fucking all the hots ? So i shouldnt be worried about buying the restaurant anymore ? And can i have made out with riona no problem or is she a threesomes only type ? Also that means we get closer to a hots orgy on a sage route ?

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Man, I wish I knew how open Sage is (only done Sage only route of chapter 9 so far).

Rejected advances of all other girls, and it was kind of sad (especially Riona). If she's open for Tremolo to have fun with HOTs, oh boy...

Tremonia said:

What are you refering to? There is no hexagram above your avatar. You don't even have an avatar. Trolling much?

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It wasn't a hexagram, it was a Star of David. That and snow decor has been randomly appearing in the forum tonight.