Status update Episode 9
This week I ended up spending on writing and posing all the animations for a fairly big lewd scene. I'm up to 6 completed lewd scenes in terms of animations, with more to come. I tried a few new techniques and made a couple of animations I cannot wait to see produced.
Several animations were longer than usual, one of which took me a full day to pose and ended up being 42 seconds long. I'm trying to make new kinds of animations, pushing myself, and exploring to learn.
I now have a big queue with 44 animations waiting to render. Due to the length of the animations, I estimate that queue alone frees up close to 4-6 weeks to do other activities while rendering at max capacity.
I will stop working on art for now and write dialogue next week. My next goal is to have enough dialogue written to be able to work continuously on static renders for a long time.
May is around the corner, and I'll post the Special render poll for Jill vs. Bella to decide who gets a special render set in episode 9. I also hope to post a cosmetic poll sometime in May, but I've yet to decide which girl gets the honor for this special Halloween episode.
Have a nice weekend
Dr PinkCake
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Or telling Josy, Maya, Sage, Jill and Bella that your old high school girlfriend has come back into the picture . . . brutal reality of late teens, early 20s, those days before your heart fucking withers.
I think the only thing that I am not looking forward to is telling Josy and Maya about the Jill relationship. I'm sure DPC will hit us with some strong emotion in that one.
Same, lol
I have mixed feelings about the mini games... I enjoyed the mansion repair and most of the others (could do with less words to unscramble), but I really got tired of the free roams. Just too many of them.
Just because you don't like free roams, doesn't mean you speak for everyone. Good thing is DPC will create the game he wants, regardless of what anyone says.
If you're going to turn off minigames then why advocate for less minigames? If anything, there should be more for the people that like them. Advocating for less when yours are off is just ruining it for the rest of us.
Agreed
Agreed bigbeat
Love your work but ease up on the mini games. Spend all your time getting the base game out. I've played 1-8 with minigames and without and without is far, far superior.
A master at story telling that en captures you and leaves you wanting to find out what happens next. Being a dik is an experience not a game and Doc i wish you all the success, your writing is amazing and you can tell its not lazy and well thought out. amazing job. ~ a random guy that appreciates your hard work.
I cannot tell you how much I look forward to the next chapter,
I'm not a programmer, just a boring guy, so thank you for all your work.
Just reading that and seeing how long those render times are, is mindblowing to me
Yes. Render times are ridiculously long if you want to make renders/animations of my quality. Animations are the time sink. For example, that 42-second long animation I mentioned needs the same time as rendering 1260 static renders (normal pictures in the game).
Awesome work DPC. Keep it up, but don't forget to take those breaks as well. :P Wish I could help with some part of the process, but you already have a proofreader and it sounds like you have lots of computer resources, so I guess I'll stick to giving you money. :P
Take your time :) quality is more important instead of quantity :)
Sooooo... anyone else thinking about Leah making an appearance? This should be the same Halloween party she mentioned in Acting Lessons. Should be a fun lewd scene and a little fucked up. I wonder if Jonas/Liam will make an appearance as well
The discord has a command about that: Acting Lessons and Being A DIK are two separate games without any connection. Being A DIK was originally intended to be a prequel to Acting Lessons, but the idea was scrapped since it would force Dr PinkCake to write the story in a certain way. You can still see common names in Being A DIK, that were mentioned in Acting Lessons, i.e. DIKs, HOTs, Roy = Troy.
I have many a saves from season 2 to use for this. So with waiting 4-6 weeks to render the scenes, we talking a possible July or June release?
I'm not done posing animations. 4-6 weeks for the current queue. More time is needed for everything else that remains.
If turns into a 70s/80s slasher mystery then cool as for the girls. This time around i am more Jill or Sage. Oh and i hate Tommy and are we ever going to get to prank Quinn?
I've been waiting for that since episode 2
So are we gonna turn this into a college slasher thing? Well as long as there is lots of gratuitous sex I'm sure it'll work lol
Jill all the way for me, even in the Cosmetic poll!! And thank you sir for the amazing work your doing for this game.
Keep up the awesome work Doc.. you're great
Man, I hate clowns
Keep on working my friend. I am SO looking forward to the next installment!
If everyone is in costume, will Tommy even know what I am getting up to with Josy? 😂
gimmi josy maya :)
It is going to be a scary night at the DIKs mansion.
Love your work DPC, I am Soo happy I found BaD which lead me here and to Acting Lessons. Keep up the amazing work, I truly appreciate all the hard work you have put into these games.
You already succeed to create a marvelous pool of unique woman characters, really we canot have all? :-) In such case Jill is my choice. We need more angels around
I'd have to go with Jill
With that kind of a close-up, it has to be Derek.
Coulrophobia...
Nice costume! Yeah tonymack is probably right. That's the kind of costume Tommy would've wear.
Halloween BABY!!!!
Thank you for everything you do, DPC. I finished seasons 1 & 2 yesterday and Being a DIK is now in my top 3 games of all time. When all is said and done, it'll most likely be my favorite ever. Quinn stole my heart... LOL. Much continued success and I'm proud to follow you on this journey. <3
DPC is the best! Also very excited to see what season 3 brings!
Season 3 is going to be next level! Have a great weekend!
Jill VS Bella, good lord, the war to end all wars. 🤣
Jill will always get my vote 😂
Fantastic. Exciting news Gonna guess that's Tommy
IM SO HYPED FOR THE NEXT SEASON!
First!