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

[saynotoNTR]

Nah, I've explained it before:

- Lynn has (almost) the same hairstyle as Lynette
- Lynette said to Neil that only her friends call her Lynn
- It's way more likely for a mother to die of childbirth when giving birth to twins (or more) than a single child
- To keep Lynette's memory alive they named her daughter Lynn, but because Neil was poor and unliked by Lynette's family, he was forced to only raise 1 child and he chose for MC

It's a stretch, but a common soap opera thrope.

None of this explains why Grandpa didn't want to contact MC. I'm not bullshitting you, just making a point. You're cool dude.

 

[Chillout1984]

None of this explains why Grandpa didn't want to contact MC. I'm not bullshitting you, just making a point. You're cool dude.

He's an elitist and has a grudge against MC for being the death of his daughter.

 

[Lagunavii]

He's an elitist and has a grudge against MC for being the death of his daughter.

Well that's very Tywin Lannister....

 

[4Zero9Zero]

I still can't believe I have Bella on a DIK pt lol

Are you DIK enough to not water her plants or paint her fence though
Surely you wouldn't blast the pancakes on High heat?

 

[saynotoNTR]

He's an elitist and has a grudge against MC for being the death of his daughter.

Okay... that makes some sense. Maybe that's why Neil has legal problems? Grandpa forbids Neil from seeing his daughter? But why has Neil never told MC about him having a sister? I prefer to believe that MC is an only child, though.

 

[TheOneAnnOnly]

In the Q&A, did anyone ask whether the next chapter will take as long as the last one?

 

[Toohat]

Sweet jesus.....anyone have a "pure" sage save? Dont wanna go through it all again

 

[Chillout1984]

Okay... that makes some sense. Maybe that's why Neil has legal problems? Grandpa forbids Neil from seeing his daughter? But why has Neil never told MC about him having a sister? I prefer to believe that MC is an only child, though.

I agree on that last one. There could be any number of reasons why Neil would never tell, especially if the threat comes from someone with money and power.

The two I can currently think of are:
- Neil and grandpa made some kind of deal that could be pretty nasty when not honored.
- It was just to painful for him to tell and being reminded of losing 2 precious lifes to him at the same time.

 

[ZenoMod]

In the Q&A, did anyone ask whether the next chapter will take as long as the last one?

I think that all his former patrons who could have dared asking that have already banned since at least one year...

 

[Great asshole XD]

am i the only one who choosed being friends with josy but wanting her still? then i just keep advancing the game until i see scenes where she puts facial expressions of sadness and jelousy when she sees the MC with another girl, and in the interactions between her and the mc when i choose to play the card "i still think about you"?? i played this game so many times that i find this things amusing, i love the love story with josy, i think it is the best writed story of a LI

 

[osculim]

Cool! How does it work? Do I need to put the script in the folder only when I'm going to play EP.11 or can I put the script in the game folder even if I'm still playing EP.10? I'm asking because I want to know if the script only works in EP.11 or if it automatically opens the cube in EP.10;

Just put it in the /game folder. In ep10 click on the box and close. And in ep11 click and close and will be open

 

[Blue Milk]

I rather have 4 regular episodes and then an additional 2 epilogues then 2 regular and 2 epilogues

We're probably getting 3 "regular" episodes and then a big story conclusion episode and an epilogue episode. But it will still take about 6-7 years to get there, so plenty of time yet

In the Q&A, did anyone ask whether the next chapter will take as long as the last one?

Q&A isn't out yet, but I'm sure someone will ask about dev time again. Whether he answers it is the question, but don't look for him to give a definitive timeframe or to even commit to making it any quicker.

 

[Lagunavii]

Okay... that makes some sense. Maybe that's why Neil has legal problems? Grandpa forbids Neil from seeing his daughter? But why has Neil never told MC about him having a sister? I prefer to believe that MC is an only child, though.

This is my problem with the theory. Neil absolutely dotes on MC and whether he could afford it or not there's not a chance he's not fighting for both children, still Gramps comes from money so it might have been enough to scare him as if the courts would have deemed it necessary for the grandparents to raise the sister, the brother would have had to go too and he might have preferred the chance with one rather than none - I Still think the theory is far fetched though

 

[Lagunavii]

We're probably getting 3 "regular" episodes and then a big story conclusion episode and an epilogue episode. But it will still take about 6-7 years to get there, so plenty of time yet

My Guess would be 2 regular episodes and then into the ending (which will take us to the 14 he says he definitely needs) with him splitting the ending down as needed (which could push us to the 16 he also predicted)

 

[Lagunavii]

Sweet jesus.....anyone have a "pure" sage save? Dont wanna go through it all again

Download URM and just change the variable that's causing you trouble

 

[Kodek]

Nah, I've explained it before:

- Lynn has (almost) the same hairstyle as Lynette
- Lynette said to Neil that only her friends call her Lynn
- It's way more likely for a mother to die of childbirth when giving birth to twins (or more) than a single child
- To keep Lynette's memory alive they named her daughter Lynn, but because Neil was poor and unliked by Lynette's family, he was forced to only raise 1 child and he chose for MC

It's a stretch, but a common soap opera thrope.

I've been exposed to Dali too much to actually be weirded by this. Go nuts.

If that is the case I'm sure we will find out, but not through the diary. I think it's more likely that MC finds out when he searches for his mother information on the internet and in the archives, especially on Sage's path when you're going to look for information on her family.

This can actually be the very ending of Lynette's diary. Like there's a fight between her and her dad and she goes on and adds at the very ending: "Now I'm going to be Lynette Miller and I will fully give up the name Burgemeister" or something. It actually fits.

 

[felicemastronzo]

It wasn't counterproductive to Maya's character. The thing about the loan situation is that it was being portrayed as this much bigger thing than it actually was because it was coming from Maya's perspective. Seeing a situation from the outside looking in gives a much different viewpoint then that of when you're the one stuck on the inside. Being the one trapped on the inside always make it seem like the thing is bigger and worse than what it really is, which is where Maya's perspective is coming from. Also Maya doesn't do herself any favours because she deals with everything by not dealing with it and instead internalizes everything that she's going through. Not just the loan being used to manipulate her, but dealing with her mom's chronic illness and the ever increasing strain it has put on her parents marriage, also with how that leads her father to be abusive towards her and Derek. By keeping everything inside she's burdening herself further and adding more to the hopelessness that she feels she is in with the entirety of the situation. While Maya has both Derek and Josy to help give some support to her throughout everything, it's not enough because both of them are stuck in it too to various degrees. It isn't until Maya starts to open up to MC and Sage that things start to get better for her. As more things come out and as Jill and Bella get brought in, Maya is able to unburden herself more and more. It gets to the point that regardless if you get the contracts or not; Maya has this support group around her now that she can turn to and rely on, no longer needing to internalize everything that she's been dealing with.

Yeah the whole thing is long and drawn out, but it isn't counterproductive for Maya's journey and growth.

that was not my point, it was not a judgement on how Maya behaved in that situation.

the reasons why the loan storyline was counterproductive for Maya are essentially 2

if the story involving a character is dragged out for too long and becomes boring, eventually the character becomes boring too. then also because of DPC, who in my opinion adjusted the shot as he went along to solve the credibility problems he was creating, the problem became bigger and bigger until it seemed unbridgeable.

Secondly, especially the way it ended they all made fools of themselves, Maya first but also the others, for months (of play) behind a problem that in the end wasn't there. Maya and Josy practically from the beginning, MC when he was made a participant, but also Sage and then Jill and Bella who despite knowing that Maya doesn't have a loan in her name, because she can't have it (something that many players have said from the beginning, years and years ago), still needed to read the contract to establish it.

and in the end it was all a bluff. to make matters even worse, even having found out about it is actually basically pointless, Patrick wouldn't do anything now anyway, Maya wouldn't even need the student loan. they just had to deal with Patrick. and instead they all embarked on a meaningless odissey, first the scavenger hunt (where they were supposed to give Maya the tuition fee for going through, not even always correctly but also cheating, stupid tests), then accepting Sage's help, then going after another tuition without giving Burke any real motivation other than that his daughter asked him to, etc etc...

This certainly did not benefit Maya's character

 

[4Zero9Zero]

am i the only one who choosed being friends with josy but wanting her still? then i just keep advancing the game until i see scenes where she puts facial expressions of sadness and jelousy when she sees the MC with another girl, and in the interactions between her and the mc when i choose to play the card "i still think about you"?? i played this game so many times that i find this things amusing, i love the love story with josy, i think it is the best writed story of a LI

Yeah an others Josy play through is a massive slow burn where you can see MC and Josy keep showing signs of affection towards each other
You get multiple lines of text that you wouldn't normally get if you didn't tell Derek you still had feelings for her in 5

little flirt scenes here and there where you know they want each other, good stuff

 

[ffive]

Nah, I've explained it before:

- Lynn has (almost) the same hairstyle as Lynette
- Lynette said to Neil that only her friends call her Lynn
- It's way more likely for a mother to die of childbirth when giving birth to twins (or more) than a single child
- To keep Lynette's memory alive they named her daughter Lynn, but because Neil was poor and unliked by Lynette's family, he was forced to only raise 1 child and he chose for MC

It's a stretch, but a common soap opera thrope.

This is only a soap opera trope for characters which the audience gives any sort of damn about, having seen them long enough to develop some sort of attachment.

But having a dramatic reveal that MC is actually related to literally who? that's a big fat nothingburger.

I mean,

"Omg, Fuckface and Lynn are twins!"
"Lynn who? And why would i even care?"

Like, i literally don't even know who you are talking about. There isn't even any Lynn in the game that'd get entry in MC's phone.

Even DPC knows better than think this would be some sort of interesting plot point.

 

[Chillout1984]

This is only a soap opera trope for characters which the audience gives any sort of damn about, having seen them long enough to develop some sort of attachment.

But having a dramatic reveal that MC is actually related to literally who? that's a big fat nothingburger.

I mean,

"Omg, Fuckface and Lynn are twins!"
"Lynn who? And why would i even care?"

Like, i literally don't even know who you are talking about. There isn't even any Lynn in the game that'd get entry in MC's phone.

Even DPC knows better than think this would be some sort of interesting plot point.

Lynn is Derek's ex which we can see the episode 4 opening.

She (or at least someone who looks eerily like her) also comes across Zoey in the interlude in San Diego.

She also seems pretty popular among the fan base.