Status update Episode 12
Happy Friday!
This week, I've worked on many different areas of the episode. I continued playing Jill's branch, adding sound effects and music to scenes, and then restarted on the Others' branch.
I'm playing through with another strategy this time: stop wherever there are gaps and fill them with planned content.
That has resulted in me working on minor free roam events, adding phone content such as chats, clucks, and phone gallery images, and on tasks like writing new dialogue and posing art for scenes that didn't have any art yet.
I've just wrapped up some work on the Party Planning mini-game. It's actually been in a playable state since the early months of episode 12's development, but the sound and the party intro screen were missing - they are done now. I also took some time to add variations to the grid, playtested, and balanced the mini-game. I found both joy and frustration in how the party planning in episode 12 was made, and that's the sweet spot I was looking for.
Right now, I'm continuing to work through the episode while playing the Others' branch, and I've stopped to create static renders for a written canon scene. I will employ this strategy for the duration of this playthrough. I'm roughly halfway through the episode.
It's a wonderful feeling to play through a very long stretch of complete content, and I'm about to reach the point where content gaps are more frequent.
The animation queue is down to 105 animations. 11 of those animations are a bit of a pain in the ass to render because they are both longer than a standard animation and render much slower. I'm having 3 of my PCs render them to get them done; the rest are working on other animations that render 4-5 times faster per frame and are shorter.
If you missed it, I posted the first cluck of episode 12 on Bluesky/Twitter this week. Clucks are also available on my Discord server, if you'd prefer that. You can look forward to more clucks in the near future.
I'm truly sorry about the current drought of previews, but it's one of those episodes. Here's something I wouldn't post as a preview, but it might help you while you wait for the next one.
Have a nice weekend
Dr PinkCake
Comments (37)
man am so excited to play episode 12,its hard to wait but wel cant do annything els but revisit some things from earlier episodes.
I love the story, I play 400+ hours on Stream, but I skip mini-games. Is my favorite game of all times.
While I would love a release date, I have been dealing with game updates for over 30 years so realize it takes time if you want quality. Take your time Doc but know that I appreciate your artistry with BADIK.
I have played Episode 10 to 11 now, great work. And of course I had to start from the start with my 3 endings :-) was alot of fun playing the whole game again. So ill wait now, untill Episode 12 is ready :-) happy gaming people
man i want new episode so bad
Please release this episode soon. Honestly, not sure how long I'll be here. Health reasons, not any self harm stuff!
🥰👍✌️
Bella extended scenes please 🙏😳
Good stuff DPC. Enjoy your weekend.
Are they playing "Go Strip"?
Jill and Bella extended scene please
Thanks for the update, and for the Maya preview. 👍❤️😊 Things are moving forward, but still much work to do.
Hi
Maya! :peepoHappy:
Thanks for the update, & have a great weekend, Dr Pink Cake.
GOOD FRIDAY MORNING 🌄🌞, DPC AND EVERYONE!!! Yeah, Other Path 🥰!!! All the ladies 🤗!!! #ThereAreNoSideGirls 🥰❤️🤗 *Nod head* Smart… smart… GENUIS 🤓!!! Can't wait for the "Party Plan 😋!!!" I LOVE GETTING THOSE HIGH SCORES 😛 (which often leads to lots of replaying… got to get those S 😂). Awesome… halfway through… keep going 👏🏻! All I hear is WE ARE GOING TO FEAST 😛🍽!!! What you make it sound like 105 animations are little 🤣… still an abundant 🥰😋! HELL TO THE YEAH 🔥🙌🏻… I MISSED IT!!!! GIVE ME ALL THE CLUCKS!!! Wait 😅… That sounds wrong 😂… I meant in DPC's game content 🤣. LOVE IT 😍🥰!!! And don't worry about the previews. I like being surprised and going in blind 😊. BUT I'LL TAKE ANYTHING I CAN GET 😛! And we have already gotten a lot 😅. "You got any sevens, Maya 😅?" As always, thanks for the Update, DPC! Keep on keeping on 😉!!! ALWAYS EXCITED AND EAGERLY WAITING FOR YOUR GAME AND READING YOUR POSTS 🙌🏻🔥!!! Love and appreciate everything! You ❤️, our BAD ladies 😍, our Maggots/Dik Brothers, our Hot Sisters, your posts 🥰, your previews/renders 😘, and your games ❤️! Always make my days better 🌈! Thank you, everyone, always, for being in my life and being a part of my routine 😉! As always, take your time working and perfecting this masterpiece 🎨🖼✨️, DPC. Keep raising 🙌🏻 the bar and standards 😉. INSPIRE EVERYONE 😛!!! WE'RE ALL WAITING EXCITEDLY ⚡️!!! ALWAYS AMPED 💪🏻 AND READY TO PLAY 😛🔥!!! Stay safe, stay blessed, and stay in PERFECT health, beautiful people! And don't forget to stay hydrated! And you're never alone ❤️🫶🏻!!! OUR AVNS AND OUR DEVS CONNECTS US ALL 🤗!!! Have an amazing and beautiful week! I'll catch you all—ON THE NEXT ONE ✌🏻😁!!!
"You're goddamn right."
Go Fish, Maya?
But she's not even wearing much to "strip" with 😅.
I'm glad the minor free-roams are still going to be included. I love getting a moment to catch my breath, reflect on things, fiddle with the phone, etc. Minor as they are, I think they play a big role in making BaD as immersive as it is and serve to ground the player in the game world.
I liked it too. Sage in MC's room or J&M with MC on the blanket. You can feel like you're inside this world and not just playing the game
The things I'd do for a Quinn preview.
Thank you for the update enjoy your weekend
Can’t wait. What’s the vision for total episodes for story? 16? At some point, would it be worth branching off trees? In other words, a version of 13 that’s Sage, one that’s Jill, etc. I can just see the size and complexity continuing to grow and be unwieldy to work on.
The answer is still similar to the last Q&A event in that regard. S4 will likely be different than prior seasons in many ways. Nothing is decided, but we're getting close to the end.
READY OR NOT HERE I CUM!!! 💦
Thanks for the update.
Looking good! Thanks for the update doc.
The road to more Sarah grows ever shorter.
I’m fine with the lack of previews. It just adds to the excitement once the episode releases! Thanks for the update, sounds like things are beginning to wrap up!
The more I play, the more I understand how much time and effort this masterpiece takes.
Dont worry about the previews Pink, this one is nice. Have a good one.
Thanks for the update. Please add a 4K version for Maya ❤️
It was a 4K version, but I added it as attachment too in case it didn't download in full resolution from Patreon.
MAYA PREVIEW TIME LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOO
No-one is cuming yet? Oh my
Maya playing with 2 different decks? CHEATING!