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

[Hrist Valkyrie]

There is already enough content in the game for a shocking twist for the players without the need for something dark to happen.

1) The Bella situation
2) The Quinn situation with her providers for the drugs or with Tommy
3) Chad's blackmailer
4) The a-hole that put Cathy's picture on rooster ( fanning the flames of war between tri-alphas and diks)
5) Sage's family.
6) MC's letter about his mom
7) Maya's father
8) Jade's family ( Tybalt is creepy stalker acting like a child obsessed with Jill, there is more to her husband's infidelity (to make Mona run away and drop the prostitution thing)
9) Every relationship the MC has with girls ( look at the Maya/Josy situation) , especially the ones with the teachers.

Without going the dark route there is more than enough to give the players a lot of unease.
Let's not forget that everyone has his own sensibility to things.
Perfect example would be 9), if something bad happen with a girl one doesn't really care, it may not affect them the same way than for a girl they actually do care.

The Maya/Josie arc, I could relate to Mc and Jade because, been there, live that and I would not have reacting the way I did when I played it (very well) if I had played that part back then.

With how the story is written there are plenty of ways to relate to the characters (betrayal, bullying, loss a parent , new changes etc ...) and can affect us badly ( or not ) hence the warning at the start of the game.

I think some people are reading too much into it.

 

[BenMeiffert]

but the warning at the beginning

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Is this a preview from D&G party ?

 

[felicemastronzo]

There is already enough content in the game for a shocking twist for the players without the need for something dark to happen.

1) The Bella situation
2) The Quinn situation with her providers for the drugs or with Tommy
3) Chad's blackmailer
4) The a-hole that put Cathy's picture on rooster ( fanning the flames of war between tri-alphas and diks)
5) Sage's family.
6) MC's letter about his mom
7) Maya's father
8) Jade's family ( Tybalt is creepy stalker acting like a child obsessed with Jill, there is more to her husband's infidelity (to make Mona run away and drop the prostitution thing)
9) Every relationship the MC has with girls ( look at the Maya/Josy situation) , especially the ones with the teachers.

Without going the dark route there is more than enough to give the players a lot of unease.
Let's not forget that everyone has his own sensibility to things.
Perfect example would be 9), if something bad happen with a girl one doesn't really care, it may not affect them the same way than for a girl they actually do care.

The Maya/Josie arc, I could relate to Mc and Jade because, been there, live that and I would not have reacting the way I did when I played it (very well) if I had played that part back then.

With how the story is written there are plenty of ways to relate to the characters (betrayal, bullying, loss a parent , new changes etc ...) and can affect us badly ( or not ) hence the warning at the start of the game.

I think some people are reading too much into it.

the first two points are the main suspects of a heavily dramatic turn...

 

[rahkshi01]

Ok I checked the tags for this and I am somewhat worried by what I don't see. Please tell me that there is the possibility of a harem route. You can't possibly give me a group of such hot girls and expect me to not want them all or even worse reject one of them!!! That is just criminal!!!

 

[felicemastronzo]

Ok I checked the tags for this and I am somewhat worried by what I don't see. Please tell me that there is the possibility of a harem route. You can't possibly give me a group of such hot girls and expect me to not want them all or even worse reject one of them!!! That is just criminal!!!

sorry, no harem here ...

there will probably be the possibility of being with 2 girls at the same time, but nothing more crowded

 

[rahkshi01]

sorry, no harem here ...

there will probably be the possibility of being with 2 girls at the same time, but nothing more crowded

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!! HOW!!!! THIS IS INHUMANE!!! How can you give me this especially that pic with all the girls lying down and expect me not to make a harem!?!?! Why do this!?!?!? Please tell me that there is some small glimmer of hope that the dev would even consider it. Anything else is just unimaginable.

 

[felicemastronzo]

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!! HOW!!!! THIS IS INHUMANE!!! How can you give me this especially that pic with all the girls lying down and expect me not to make a harem!?!?! Why do this!?!?!? Please tell me that there is some small glimmer of hope that the dev would even consider it. Anything else is just unimaginable.

hope is the last to die...

but I wouldn't hold my breath

 

[crabsinthekitchen]

Ok I checked the tags for this and I am somewhat worried by what I don't see. Please tell me that there is the possibility of a harem route. You can't possibly give me a group of such hot girls and expect me to not want them all or even worse reject one of them!!! That is just criminal!!!

you don't have to be in a relationship with a girl to fuck her so harem is not necessary

 

[rahkshi01]

hope is the last to die...

but I wouldn't hold my breath

I cannot believe this well I will just wait and see how it pans out. I haven't tried it yet so I am not as emotionally invested as I would have been otherwise. That being said if the dev ever said he plans a harem route to please those who want to go that route I will try it in a heartbeat.

 

[rahkshi01]

you don't have to be in a relationship with a girl to fuck her so harem is not necessary

Probably but I like to have all the girls to myself as in a relationship with them. I might be greedy I know but this just screams to me make a harem.

 

[IkarusWestwood]

I cannot believe this well I will just wait and see how it pans out. I haven't tried it yet so I am not as emotionally invested as I would have been otherwise. That being said if the dev ever said he plans a harem route to please those who want to go that route I will try it in a heartbeat.

Some girls imply that they don't want to share if you enter into a relationship with them in the future. The closest thing to a harem is a polyamorous relationship with M&J.

 

[helagertane]

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!! HOW!!!! THIS IS INHUMANE!!! How can you give me this especially that pic with all the girls lying down and expect me not to make a harem!?!?! Why do this!?!?!? Please tell me that there is some small glimmer of hope that the dev would even consider it. Anything else is just unimaginable.

Not sure if trolling...

 

[rahkshi01]

Not sure if trolling...

I am not sure if you are being serious, trying to pick a fight or just can't read.

 

[Thicboifitboi]

Android port?

 

[Hrist Valkyrie]

the first two points are the main suspects of a heavily dramatic turn...

I agree, that doesn't mean it will be dark though.
It can be really dramatic and sad but not compulsory dark.

 

[fdstephanie]

new episode come out fasterrrr, plz

 

[Holy Bacchus]

I don't know DPC personally, so maybe he really is just making games to torture players at the end (hey, we all have our fetishes) but I seriously doubt this game will end with the same grimdark manner as AL. For one thing AL was way, way darker from the beginning of the game (the MC almost get killed and one of the love interest is getting physically abused). Nothing in BaDIK has risen beyond the level of melodrama so far IMO.

I'm not saying the ending of AL didn't come out of left field or was darker than even those plot points listed above merrited, but if you look back at the AL thread people were predicting that it would end badly way before the fire update. The signs were there. I don't think you can say the same about BaDIK in good faith given what's happened in the story so far*.

Also, and admittedly this is a bit of a meta reason, but everyone is on the look out for the shock ending now. The same magic trick isn't as effective twice and I doubt DPC wants to be considered a hack.

There could very well be a sad ending for BaDIK in some of the paths but I really do think it will be consistent with the game at large.

*I reserve the right to completely disavow this comment if it turns out Bella is hiding bodies behing the locked door in the next update.

Signs of a dark twist exist in this game too and there are characters who, whether deliberately or inadvertently, could bring about the demise of another character.

Quinn is the most obvious choice as her actions could catch someone in a potentially literal crossfire or it could happen to her. Maya's Dad is someone who could potentially harm either her or Josy if he is extreme enough in his bigotry that he would rather murder either one than see his daughter be gay. Tommy also has the potential to go a bit psycho as well as he's an impulsive drug addict whose world is somewhat crumbling around him as his way of life with the DIKs is changing in a way he doesn't like and he feels Quinn has "betrayed" him, so he could go a bit off-the-rails in a way that leads to tragic results.

Ultimately, I hope nothing fatal will befall any character in this game, but there are some signs that things could go very bad.

I completely understand where you are coming from with the criticism and I pretty much I agree that for the story we were being told everything happened suddenly, however I felt that AL did some things right with the dark parts. Sometimes, or rather often, we don't see the dark shit coming in our lives. People die unexpectedly without a chance to mend fences or someone else takes an argument too far.

In the end I felt like the darkness at the end of AL was too much, it piled up too many horrible things and ruined the overall narrative of the game, and, the worst part is it tainted the memories people have of the game. When people talk about the game the focus is on the dark ending. I don't know that I've heard anyone else talk about a single aspect of the game other than the darkness and how it was too dark.

My hope for this game is that DPC has learned from AL and will write a story that isn't as dark but has some gray moments. And that we get enough light moments that people will remember the game for versus whatever twists are coming. Essentially a balanced narrative that perhaps tilts towards the light a bit more. Especially considering how dark our real world is now.

Well, as I said, if they don't feel they have anything to learn, then they could very well go in this direction again if it's what they want to do. It would be something of a "one-trick-pony" move to do this and that's why I'd hope they won't do it again, but it is still something of a possibility.

 

[Noor Oneal]

It feels like a eternity, When will the episode arrive.

 

[Holy Bacchus]

Android port?

The last one was broken and nobody has made another one.

Maybe try again after ep 6 has released.

new episode come out fasterrrr, plz

It feels like a eternity, When will the episode arrive.

Whining about how long it's taken isn't going to make it release any quicker.

 

[Noor Oneal]

The last one was broken and nobody has made another one.

Maybe try again after ep 6 has released.




Whining about how long it's taken is going to make it release any quicker.

And keeping the feeling inside won't make me feel better.