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

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Lagunavii

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jd8097619 said:
So yes, DPC replying that his financial support numbers are growing, given that's the only metric available to demonstrate growing support, is a relevant response.
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It is sort of a nul.argument though. DPC responded to someone saying that people will lose faith by saying "no they won't look at my Patreon numbers" despite the fact he's done it at a time when those numbers are going to be inflated given there has just been a major release

It's a bit of an arrogant response. He's basically saying the numbers don't show people loosing faith in me despite the fact that thanks to the release they may be exaggerated somewhat... In other words in doesn't matter if the numbers go down or not there's still sucker willing to pay however long it takes.
 
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hi huys, is there somehwere i can see the complete solution to this annoying math test? i never seem to get the same questions so i keep forget the right answers...
 
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Darkdevil66 said:
There's no intended canon route in the game. I feel that would be insulting to any player who prefers another route, and I never considered one branch better than the other. There are simply different ways to experience the game. That said, I think every player will have a route they feel is canon for themselves. I will probably have a route that I prefer slightly more than the other, too. Time will tell which one that is, but I wouldn't impose what I like more on players by calling it canon.
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Would you look at that, so alternate universes, welp that wraps up there is no canon route!! :D thank you!!
 
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Lagunavii said:
It is sort of a nul.argument though. DPC responded to someone saying that people will lose faith by saying "no they won't look at my Patreon numbers" despite the fact he's done it at a time when those numbers are going to be inflated given there has just been a major release

It's a bit of an arrogant response. He's basically saying the numbers don't show people loosing faith in me despite the fact that thanks to the release they may be exaggerated somewhat... In other words in doesn't matter if the numbers go down or not there's still sucker willing to pay however long it takes.
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If there were other metrics on show or if they'd boasted about the pure financial metrics then sure, but saying how many patreon subscribers you have when that's the only reliable metric that exists to demonstrate that more and more people are actively supporting the game is fair play here.

Even when the numbers inevitably drop next month due to the release window passing it'll still be an upwards trend.

I think I'm just really bored of seeing the same angry posters whining endlessly year after year about "stupid simps being milked" when everything about the development of BaDIK is the opposite of that. The actual production of renders has remained consistent as seen in mpa71's BigTable, the obvious growth in quality visually is plain as day, and there's been no typical BS moves like remastering old chapters before finishing the game or sudden delays and months of radio silence to deliver episodes that are the same length/detail as prior ones but suddenly taking months longer to put together.

I don't agree with all of DPC's choices with the game (60fps animations, the rather aimless nature of the Interlude etc) but I definitely can't say that they're not clearly deeply invested in creating the best possible AVN as they see it.
 
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How to reduce DIK stats i was trying Jill rout bu i'm always end with Massive DIK stats i'm just choose what i will do in real life but always end with Massive DIK
 
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Fuck I should have asked him about the pregnant characters or future plans on some characters getting pregnant, but hey my question is in the Q & A :D
 
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It's an arrogant answer, but the painful truth is that he won't change anything, even if he has good financials. Why change anything if, despite astronomically long waits for updates, he's experiencing growth? It's a market, you know you need to change if your investors are unhappy and your stock is falling - yes, I've compared Patreon to the stock exchange many times, they're pretty similar.
It’s cynical, but take this answer as: I won’t change anything as long as everything is fine with my business.


This one made me laugh, lol :LOL:
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FalconLover420 said:
Would you look at that, so alternate universes, welp that wraps up there is no canon route!! :D thank you!!
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I'm more curious on what his preferred route is, cause you know full well there's going to be people who say "this is DPC's favourite this is the proper way" despite him declaring otherwise.
 
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Geralt From Rivia said:
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It's an arrogant answer, but the painful truth is that he won't change anything, even if he has good financials. Why change anything if, despite astronomically long waits for updates, he's experiencing growth? It's a market, you know you need to change if your investors are unhappy and your stock is falling - yes, I've compared Patreon to the stock exchange many times, they're pretty similar.
It’s cynical, but take this answer as: I won’t change anything as long as everything is fine with my business.


This one made me laugh, lol :LOL:
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Then again, the value of a $ isn't really consistent. Sometimes it seems to be worth 1, sometimes 10 and other times 100 just to name a couple...

Lagunavii said:
I'm more curious on what his preferred route is, cause you know full well there's going to be people who say "this is DPC's favourite this is the proper way" despite him declaring otherwise.
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Just like with the other favorite/preferred questions, he will probably give a non-answer to that. DPC should go into politics!
 
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Lagunavii said:
I'm more curious on what his preferred route is, cause you know full well there's going to be people who say "this is DPC's favourite this is the proper way" despite him declaring otherwise.
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Same here, it probably is going to be a fucked run knowing him LOL

I will be bookmarking this quote to use it on people trying to establish a canon route :D
 
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Geralt From Rivia said:
It's an arrogant answer, but the painful truth is that he won't change anything, even if he has good financials. Why change anything if, despite astronomically long waits for updates, he's experiencing growth? It's a market, you know you need to change if your investors are unhappy and your stock is falling - yes, I've compared Patreon to the stock exchange many times, they're pretty similar.
It’s cynical, but take this answer as: I won’t change anything as long as everything is fine with my business.
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You're assuming a lot of things here that honestly I don't think would be the case. If DPC hadn't seen "growth" in supporters maybe we'd get episodes quicker but we just likely wouldn't have seen the computational-power related improvements that the growth funded (i.e. better GPUs for better quality renders etc).

Frankly out of almost all the AVN projects on the go on this site, this one is probably the one that'd still get completed even if the patreon popped at this point. For all their faults DPC is extremely committed to their "vision" and wanting to complete it.
 
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raider_manhc said:
hi huys, is there somehwere i can see the complete solution to this annoying math test? i never seem to get the same questions so i keep forget the right answers...
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take a look at this.
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Lagunavii

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jd8097619 said:
If there were other metrics on show or if they'd boasted about the pure financial metrics then sure, but saying how many patreon subscribers you have when that's the only reliable metric that exists to demonstrate that more and more people are actively supporting the game is fair play here.

Even when the numbers inevitably drop next month due to the release window passing it'll still be an upwards trend.

I think I'm just really bored of seeing the same angry posters whining endlessly year after year about "stupid simps being milked" when everything about the development of BaDIK is the opposite of that. The actual production of renders has remained consistent as seen in mpa71's BigTable, the obvious growth in quality visually is plain as day, and there's been no typical BS moves like remastering old chapters before finishing the game or sudden delays and months of radio silence to deliver episodes that are the same length/detail as prior ones but suddenly taking months longer to put together.

I don't agree with all of DPC's choices with the game (60fps animations, the rather aimless nature of the Interlude etc) but I definitely can't say that they're not clearly deeply invested in creating the best possible AVN as they see it.
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No I'm not getting into the fact that he's milking it or anything like that. I'm just saying the fact when someone questioned him about people loosing faith, his response was look at my 20,000 subscribers does that look like faith loss is a bit arrogant, esp given thst number would be somewhat exagerated

There are simply better ways to answer that question that would reinforce people's faith than pulling out a humble brag like my numbers don't show declining faith in fact they are this high at the moment
 
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