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

felicemastronzo said:

Cheap feminism, for a characterization then really never used. Because other than being a lesbian and taking the equality class, Maya has never expressed this feminism of hers

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Chalk boss said:

The episode can be divided by freeroam. The freeroam is always in the middle of the game. This was the case in ep8 and ep10. It logically divides the game into two parts.
So if for example ep12 is so big that DPC can't make it in a year, he can split it by freeroam.
But I don't think that's going to happen anyway. He'll made poll and a lot of people will vote to release the whole episode.

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Roger-a-Dale said:

It's kind of the point that Maya is an actual feminist while Wendy, Dany etc. are just a different type of wrong. I suppose you could have Maya biting Dany's head off when she is being a cunt to Jamie, but the relationship needs to progress a bit further. At this time Maya isn't close enough to the other DIKs to intervene like that. If she gets into a fight over MC or Derek she has a personal bias and Dany (or whoever) can just ignore her.

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felicemastronzo said:

It is one thing to nom be a feminazi, but Maya does not even have with mc any conversation that makes us perceive her as a feminist. In the end it only serves to justify her taking Jade's class, and that's it.

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John Ness said:

I also bet on 14 February. I think DPC is trying to create an illusion of overdelivering.
Everyone will expecting a release on February 21st or 28th. But he will release it on the 14th.

He could have done it earlier if he wanted, but of course he doesn’t want to.
Next week he will start working on the next episode, the same thing he did at the end of the previous development cycle.

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Roger-a-Dale said:

So what would you have her do?

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felicemastronzo said:

Do you know how a characterization works? Here it doesn't work just by saying that a character is something, but by making it clear by how they behave. Otherwise it's just "cosmetic." Normally if you talk to a girl several times you can tell.

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John Ness said:

I also bet on 14 February. I think DPC is trying to create an illusion of overdelivering.
Everyone will expecting a release on February 21st or 28th. But he will release it on the 14th.

He could have done it earlier if he wanted, but of course he doesn’t want to.
Next week he will start working on the next episode, the same thing he did at the end of the previous development cycle.

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Roger-a-Dale said:

So you yourself don't know what you want from her?

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Xisorr said:

So, 7th March release then, optimistically speaking. guess I better get all my saves up to date for Ep 10.

Actually, maybe you guys can help me, I'm half way through my Quinn and Maya (solo) playthroughs, but I have other potentials that I'm not convinced are required. yet.

Obviously I have the six main LI paths (Josy / Maya solo paths, and Quinn. yes Quinn is a main LI, she was just 'hidden'. you only got her by actively pursuing her, while the others kind of fall into your lap.)

Bella / Jill love triangle - Haven't played through ep10 is there unique content? is it necessary?

Sarah + Mel - I've gone maybe a third of the way through Ep10, but it doesn't seem necessary? does anything happen at the campsite with them?

Lily / Nicole / Nora - I have 'others' that I've branched off for each of them, but debating to go back and do full plays for them, or Lily at least. Maybe Nora?

Rio / Zoe - again, branched off an 'others' for Rio, but not sure either of them need their own yet.

Camilla / Jade / Cathy - Unnecessary I believe. unlikely they will have their own path. maybe Jade following the divorce?

Vixens - I only did this because I was expecting some kind of lewd scene the morning after the party, but fuck all, nothing! I think this is a dead path.

What are your thoughts? Anyone disagree ( ) with the above? Does anyone see a path I've missed?


P.S. on a separate topic, I think 'yoga girl' is going to be the 'cheat' girl. she's going to be available to fuck on every single path, and woe betide anyone who gets their dipstick wet in her.

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felicemastronzo said:

why would I want anything?

I made a judgement that for Maya to be a feminist is a very secondary characterisation that quickly served its purpose (Jade's course).

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Xisorr said:

So, 7th March release then, optimistically speaking. guess I better get all my saves up to date for Ep 10.

Actually, maybe you guys can help me, I'm half way through my Quinn and Maya (solo) playthroughs, but I have other potentials that I'm not convinced are required. yet.

Obviously I have the six main LI paths (Josy / Maya solo paths, and Quinn. yes Quinn is a main LI, she was just 'hidden'. you only got her by actively pursuing her, while the others kind of fall into your lap.)

Bella / Jill love triangle - Haven't played through ep10 is there unique content? is it necessary?

Sarah + Mel - I've gone maybe a third of the way through Ep10, but it doesn't seem necessary? does anything happen at the campsite with them?

Lily / Nicole / Nora - I have 'others' that I've branched off for each of them, but debating to go back and do full plays for them, or Lily at least. Maybe Nora?

Rio / Zoe - again, branched off an 'others' for Rio, but not sure either of them need their own yet.

Camilla / Jade / Cathy - Unnecessary I believe. unlikely they will have their own path. maybe Jade following the divorce?

Vixens - I only did this because I was expecting some kind of lewd scene the morning after the party, but fuck all, nothing! I think this is a dead path.

What are your thoughts? Anyone disagree ( ) with the above? Does anyone see a path I've missed?


P.S. on a separate topic, I think 'yoga girl' is going to be the 'cheat' girl. she's going to be available to fuck on every single path, and woe betide anyone who gets their dipstick wet in her.

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LizaS said:

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This week, I started by playing Others' and Isabella's branches. I feel very good about how the different playthroughs of the episode feel.

I've also played with a focus on mini-games and balancing the party planning mini-game. Then, I focused on replaying all the lewd scenes; although three scenes were missing animations, I could polish most of the content.

I checked that the Music app is updated with all new songs and works as intended. I also added a couple more SFX that I had missed. I continued working on Phone chats and Rooster, adding more chats, clucks, and gallery images. I believe I'm done with the phone content now.

I'm analyzing the code, flow, and choices right now. This allows me to spot well-hidden errors and oddities I have yet to encounter while playing. I've found several rare bugs resulting from nested choices and exceptions. This information also tells me which playthrough I need to test more thoroughly.

The episode is getting increasingly polished, and my lists of issues to fix between playthroughs are often very short.

The PCs are rendering nonstop, and over the last couple of weeks, I've tried to estimate their render speed and calculate how much more time is needed before they are done. It's tricky because each animation differs in speed, and I'm seeing a spread of up to 100% render time with some animations. Assuming the average render speed stays the same, the PCs should be done with the animation queue on February 7-9 at the latest. If I see that the speed changes, for the better or worse, I'll let you know.

Beta testing will commence as soon as possible after the final animation is complete. I will provide more information about that later. Next week, I will continue polishing and playing; it is the only task left on my checklist for this episode.

The final preview of episode 11 will be released sometime later this month. I think it's safe to say it's a preview you don't want to miss.

Have a nice weekend

Dr PinkCake

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4Ragnar said:

I wanna know something guys does DrPinkCake develop everything by himself or does he have a team. Because if he i solely by himself i don‘t get why he wouldn‘t get the much needed help. It‘s not like he isn‘t making enough money for it

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Roger-a-Dale said:

Well aren't you complaining that she isn't being more feminist? What should she do? How is she not being a feminist?

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felicemastronzo said:

why would I want anything?

I made a judgement that for Maya to be a feminist is a very secondary characterisation that quickly served its purpose (Jade's course).

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KaiserST said:

Don't bother Bro, this thread has been filling up with newbies wayyy to much lol.

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KaiserST said:

I can't die until march...

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KaiserST said:

Nora (her scene in EP 10 ends with a forced creampie, that will not end well lol )

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KaiserST said:

Go easy Gunizz, that could have been a honest mistake.

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KaiserST said:

Late march feels too pessimistic, DPC wouldn't get his own estimate that wrong.

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Better Cock Spock said:

People who have been posting for less than a year make me sick

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KaiserST said:

I can't die until march...

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