Status update Episode 9

It will be a short update today, as it's hard to convey the progress from this week's work.

I've been consumed working on dialogue, animations, and coding all week.

I'm currently working on putting the new and big mini-game I mentioned a few updates back into episode 9. I also made a comprehensive and interactive tutorial for it.

PCs are all busy rendering animations now, so I have time free to work more on writing, which I will spend next week on.

I'll make sure to post a fresh preview of episode 9 this weekend.

**Poll news**

I've been ordering more 2D art for episode 9, and I feel it's your turn to have a say in who you want to see some 2D art of.

Tomorrow, there will be a poll for 2D art, and the winner gets one 2D wallpaper (Nude/Clothed combination) and one 2D animation included in episode 9.

To make the poll a bit more interesting, I'll include some extra options to vote on.

It would be extra fun if the poll included side girls this time.

Sign up as a DIK tier ($10) patron to participate in the poll.

Have a nice weekend

Dr PinkCake

Status update Episode 9

I hope everyone's excited about the weekend. To kick it off, I have an announcement to make.

I've been working on a side project lately since last year's survey showed me who you wanted to see more of.

And today, I can proudly announce a new project named Being a Dawe, with a story centered around the jocks' struggle on campus.

You'll see some familiar lovable faces like Dawe, Chad, and Anthony, and not to mention popular girls like Arieth and background character #2.

There will also be a new character named April, last name Fools.

Haha, I hope I got some of you with that, but I doubt it.

**Development news**

This week I worked mainly on static renders. I've focused on Josy/Maya, Others, and Jill branches. Sage and Bella already got similar treatment before this.

The current progress is \~800 static renders and 40 animations.

We're still very early on in development, yet ironically we have surpassed the produced content of the Interlude now.

I've almost reached a point where I will focus on free-roam events and lewd scenes for several weeks. I have many, oh so many, planned animations to pose. So, I hope you'll be ok with hearing me ramble about that for a while.

But first, I will isolate myself and write as much dialogue as possible this next week. I need more written material to continue creating art.

**Poll news**

Josy was the winner in the last week's poll. She will receive a Special render set in episode 9.

She hasn't gotten a Special render set since Episode 1, so I'm very excited about making a new one for her; it's been long overdue, and I will do my best.

Have a nice weekend

Dr PinkCake

Status update Episode 9

This week I've been doing bits of everything, letting my motivation decide what to do each day. It's been a fun week, and it went by too fast.

I've been working on content for all major branches and while branching isn't new for me, branching at this scale is different work than usual. It requires plenty of planning to move everything nicely along the main story. I can already tell how this update will be something special because of this. The thought that you can play the same episode at least five times and have different experiences makes me very excited.

I have a steady production of animations and static renders at the moment, and I estimate that I've written close to 30% of the episode story. The workflow is good, so I'll keep on working as usual.

**Poll news**

In last week's poll, the winning two options were "Blowjob" and "Titjob". I'll design a lewd scene with these options in mind for an unknown girl who hasn't had a lewd scene with the main character yet and include it in episode 9.

The next poll will be a Special Render poll, where you will decide which main girl gets featured in a Special render set in episode 9.

You might have noticed how the Rewards screen looks slimmer than it did in Season 1-2, with the addition

Now is a good time to explain what this means for Season 3.

There will be eight special render sets in Season 3, and I want every main girl to have one set each. Patrons will decide the other three girls. You will also decide the order of the main girls' Special render sets for the episodes.

For episode 9, there will be two main girls featured. And for episodes 10-12, there will be one main girl and one unknown girl each, per episode. Since Sage just got a Special render set in episode 8, she's not included in the polls for episode 9.

The special render polls for episode 9 will be Poll #1: Josy vs. Maya and Poll #2: Bella vs. Jill. The winners get a set in episode 9 each. The first poll will be live tomorrow.

Have a nice weekend

Dr PinkCake

Status update Episode 9

# Being a DIK - Season 3: Interlude



It's a limited offer on Patreon to get the base Season 3 game that you can patch with new episodes in the future. After episode 9 is released, only patches will be available in the Mini DIK tier, and the Season 3 base game will be available from the DIK tier.

You can continue Season 3 using Steam, GOG, and Patreon saves from the end of Season 2.

# Development news

This week I mostly spent on creating art and writing dialogue.

Based on last week's survey, it's clear that you want a poll in the lewd scene area first, so I've designed a poll that will be live tomorrow for the $10+ tiers.

Last week I talked about the episode 9 development, and today I wanted to say some words about development that reaches far beyond episode 9, which I need to start working on right now.

No story content will be spoiled in this post, but there will be minor spoilers for an upcoming mini-game, so you shouldn't read further if you want to avoid that. If you're ok with looking at previews for the upcoming episode, you should be ok with reading further.

When you create a game like Being a DIK, you need to have it planned. But some things you can't plan for, and sometimes plans change and get updated as the game develops. The creation process gives birth to new things you didn't plan for with time.

For me, mini-games grow organically as the game develops. As a perfect example, for Season 2, I knew what the storyline would be, but the actual mansion mini-game wasn't planned until before episode 5 development started.

To see if it would work and fit Season 2 gameplay, I created the entire mini-game ahead of time and simulated the rounds so it would make sense even when the rounds were spread out through episodes 6-8. I could spot potential issues by isolating the mini-game and playtesting it early. It also allowed me to balance the mini-game, ensuring that players could complete it during Season 2.

From a developer standpoint, this meant that the mini-game and the truckload of work that came with it were completed when episode 6 was released. Only small touches, bug fixes, and some synchronization with free-roams were needed after this during the development of episodes 7-8.

This entire concept of developing a feature ahead of time is something I will apply again but to something new and fresh. Meaning that the code I write during episode 9 development will have to work for future episodes and the planned duration.

This might sound like I will be spending a long time creating a new mini-game, but since I'm part human and part machine, I've already finished \~90% of it. And to me, it's the most fun, challenging, and intricate mini-game I'll probably create for this game... Probably... I fucking love creating these things.

I'm aiming to set up the framework for the mini-game so that development after episode 9 will be a breeze in this area. The mini-game will be about something the game has hinted at during episodes 7-8, namely party planning.

I'm still polishing and balancing the mini-game, but I'm confident that any player who likes thinking, planning, and strategy will enjoy it. The choices and how you play the mini-game will also shape your game in different and exciting ways.

For non-mini-game players, there will be choices instead of the mini-game, allowing for similar outcomes.

While I'd love to show you the main mini-game GUI, I don't feel comfortable doing that due to spoilers and design. I will, however, show you the perk screen, which in itself might not say much about the mini-game, but it can give insight into how versatile your strategies will be this time around.

The perks and the design are subject to change as this mini-game is still a work-in-progress.

Something I wish I did more of with the mansion mini-game was the perk system; it's something I enjoy a lot in RPGs and character building.

So, this time around, I spent time designing a perk system that offers versatility in how you approach the mini-game. I won't spoil more than this, but I hope you look forward to the future of the series in this regard because I sure do.

Thanks for reading! Have a nice weekend!

Dr PinkCake

Status update Episode 9

**Post-release status**

The release went smoothly, so I've been able to work on episode 9 this week. I will release any changes to the Interlude in the form of bug fixes and typos together with episode 9 (v0.9.0). I will release the walkthrough for the Interlude later this month.

It should come as no surprise that the development of episode 9 will take more time than the Interlude. It's going to be a full-fledged episode, and I'm unsure about the size of it.

As I've mentioned before, I'm trying to limit the episode size a tad, and I chose the episode I've been looking forward to a lot to do it with - which is a challenge.

Ever since day one of this project, I've wanted to create the Halloween episode, and I'm euphoric right now as I'm doing it. I've been going over my old notes for the episode, laughing at jokes I forgot that I wrote years ago, and smiling at events that I know will be in the episode. I'm looking forward to making this episode as grand as I've pictured it.

There are two distinct and quite lengthy areas to discuss to bring you up to speed on the progress so far. One is regarding development that is just about episode 9, and the other is about development that goes far beyond episode 9 but needs to start now.

To avoid making this post too long, I've decided to split this topic in half, talk about the first half today, and leave the second half for next week's post. Today, I'm going to talk about the episode 9 development only.

**Episode 9 development**

After episode 8, we've ended up with some major branches, as you can tell.

Branching is always something I enjoy creating, and it's among the trickier things to accomplish with this type of game. Everything needs to make sense, no matter which branch you're playing, and to make it interesting; the branches need to be different and show how choice can matter.

For every render, animation, line of code, and piece of content you put in a branch, you take away from the perceived episode length for all other branches. To get the feeling that you're playing a long episode, you need to put in much more effort than when you create something more linear, e.g., the Interlude.

When I started episode 9 development, the first thing I did was write the shell for it. I know how to start the episode, I know how to end the episode, and I've mapped out many key events in between.

After that, I add more and more events along the way while constantly balancing the content put into the branches I've created. For instance, Sage's branch must get approximately the same amount of unique scenes and content as Isabella or any other branch. Striving for this balance gives the best experience for every player.

After the episode shell is made, I plan the lewd events and parts of the needed animations. I need to stay efficient, so I often start working on animations early. That ensures that I utilize my PCs to the max.

As soon as animations are rendering, I start writing the episode. I start posing static renders and preparing characters for different scenes if I need a break.

That is the basic start-up flow of development for me and just about the current progress.

I've posed two animations over 1 minute long each during these last weeks. It's unfair to call them two animations because they collectively consist of 26 animations. Not only that, they have already been rendered and put in the game and synchronized to new music. I can confidently say that I've never been more proud of any animation work than both of these animations. When playing, they give a cinematic feeling, and I can't wait to show you what they are.

I've almost finished posing animations for the first lewd scene of the episode. For those who wished for more lewd scenes in the Interlude, you'll be happy to know that there will be plenty of it in episode 9. It's been tough limiting the plans in this area, but I had to draw a line somewhere.

Aside from writing and posing animations, I've been preparing close to 50-60 characters for the episode. There will be some cosmetic polls in the future, but sadly most of the Halloween costumes are planned, so I won't be able to give you the freedom to choose Halloween costumes for many girls, or it would mess up my writing and the episode story.

I've prepared the environments for the first free-roam and even rendered and processed them. Free-roams usually take the most time to create out of everything, so it feels extra good that there's a chunk of progress made here already.

I've also worked on mini-games, and this is where I will stop the status update today and leave it to be discussed in next week's post.

The progress in numbers is roughly 200 static renders and 8 animations. Moreover, I've written more dialogue and code than the Interlude has already.

My goals in the near future are to continue posing animations and writing. I want to post previews and polls for episode 9 as well.

The full-time development on episode 9 has officially started.

Episode Interlude - Final Preview

Status update Episode Interlude

We are getting closer to the release.

Animations for the Interlude are complete, and beta testing and proofreading will start partly today.

The biggest task during beta testing is to test the save transfer system used to import your Season 1/2 games (Patreon/Steam/GOG).

I wish to work out any kinks before a public release, hoping this will go smoothly.

This release marks the foundation that Season 3 will be built upon, meaning that testing is important and challenging even though the Interlude is shorter than previous episodes.

I'll be able to announce a release date after testing has started and I've gotten a feel for the workload.

It's been different working on the Interlude compared to a standard episode of Being a DIK. I've gotten used to making big episodes that making something shorter felt like a break.

I'm extremely pleased with the content I've produced for it and I've been able to explore completely new things, exclusive to the Interlude. The storytelling has felt natural and even though it's different it still belongs in the game. Creating this actually brought me back to the days of Acting Lessons when episodes were primarily focused on story and emotions.

I can't wait to release it, and I hope you will be as excited about it as I am.

Aside from doing the finishing touches of the Interlude, I've been working on episode 9 this week as well. I've been planning the episode, writing some base structure, and working on art and animations.

I will focus on beta testing in the upcoming week.

Have a nice weekend

Dr PinkCake

WiAB Chapter 2 - Bibi Log #4.5

Hello,

Sorry for being one day late, but I had to fix the most annoying bug I have encountered yet.

Back during Chapter 3.5 of Summer's Gone I encountered this bug for the first time. I'm suddenly unable to send a certain character to Zbrush. It then says that Daz is unable to find a working ZBrush install.

I can send any other character to it except for this cursed one. I don't know what causes this bug but in SG's case, it was Nia during the basketball game, and gladly, I had lots of previous scenes with her where she was still fine.

This time though, Katie was cursed and apparently through every single render I did with her besides the original duf that I used in the first render.

But I've made so many changes to her after that, that I had to rebuild her again...

Sorry for that little rant but damn did it infuriate me. You set up an entire environment, the posing, etc., and when you want to apply the last touch by sculpting the clothes... The actor refuses to work.

Anyways, I spent the majority of the last two days building our girl Katie back up and now she's back to being a cutie that I can send to Zbrush.

I will make this one here a Bibi Log as I now can't show what I wanted to show.

Work has been as good as it's never been before. At the end of this month, I'll give some numbers to show how incredibly productive this month has been.

The update is now more than half done and yeah... Now I've gotta do some animations.

A point I wanted to discuss was my approach to lewd scenes. I will go into it with the actual Dev Log using the correct renders and videos to describe/showcase what I'm doing.

Here are some visuals to the animations that I'm going to do next.

"Let's get banned from the gym."

Ocean

Status update & Patron milestone reward - Part 13

PCs have been rendering animations this week, and the speed is decent.

As I've mentioned before, I've been exploring SFW animations more than usual, but I've also tried utilizing a different kind of animation type that I've done a few times during lewd scenes in the past. I'm talking about animations where the camera cuts between different angles, making it more cinematic than looping. I found it very fun making animations this way, especially SFW animations.

Sometimes I string together 3-4 animations in a single animation. I will be moving more towards this animation type in the future, too. It won't replace the standard looping type, but it's something I want to explore more because I see potential in making interesting animations with it.

The Interlude will have 36 animations, and it's plenty more than that since several include 2-4 animations in one. So, the animation count from now on might feel less, but what's on paper won't do it justice. After all, it's just numbers, and the feeling when playing is what matters.

I estimate the remaining render time to be somewhere in between 1-2 weeks. Testers and proofreader have been notified, so beta testing and proofreading will start as soon as the animations finish, and I've tested them in-game.

I have polished and playtested the game this week, and I'm feeling happy with the Interlude as a whole. The release date is leaning towards early March at the moment.

Since there is waiting time now, even for me, I'm going to go ahead and start working on episode 9 because I frankly can't wait to get started on it. I have a lot of writing and planning to do. The Interlude will, of course, take priority when I can work more on it.

The .zip file for the Interlude, the first installment of Season 3, will be approximately 2.5-2.7 GB. You will be able to download it using a free MEGA account this time, which is great.

The preliminary changelog for the first modest release of Season 3 is the following:

**-- Changelog Interlude --**

Added the Interlude that includes

* 793 renders
* 36 animations
* 2 2D-art pieces
* 2 2D-art animations
* 19 songs
* 18 sound effects

Here are the remaining wallpapers for the Josy and Maya order. Enjoy!

Full resolution versions are attached to the Post
Next week, I'll give you the final part of this series, which is the remaining three pages of the comic book and some of the art that I used to create it.

Have a nice weekend!

Dr PinkCake

Patron milestone reward - Part 12 (NSFW)

Part twelve of the Patron milestone reward series. Just two parts are remaining.

4k and Full HD versions of the custom renders are attached to this post below.

Enjoy!

Status update & Patron milestone celebration - Part 11

It was a productive week. I have finished posing all art and completed most coding tasks as well.

What remains now is waiting for animations to render, polishing, and playtesting. 

After that, I can send the game to my team of testers and proofreader.

Render times shouldn't be too bad, I hope, but time will tell. 

Testing is hopefully smooth this time, too, since it's a smaller episode than usual.

The biggest task will be testing that the save transfer system is robust for Steam/GOG/Patreon versions so that any player with Season 2 can continue playing without issues.

Next week I will work on those remaining tasks while waiting on animations to render.

I can't promise a February release yet, so wait until the release date is set if you're pledging to get the update. It's either February or March, though.

**Patreon milestone celebration**

Today, I'll give you the final renders of the Quinn and Sally order. Due to the NSFW nature, download the high-resolution versions from the attachments below.

Three parts remain in the custom render series.

Have a nice weekend

Dr PinkCake

SG Chapter 4 - Dev Log #8

Hello,
Today, It's gonna be a rather short Dev Log.

Good progress has been made in the last couple of days. I had some small natural lows here and there but that's just because of the lack of real-life social interactions.

Germany's increasing its regulations over the past few weeks. I now also count as not vaccinated again.

And while Germany already had the highest energy prices in the world. They now got increased again (With 2022).

I now have to pay 325€ a month. Which is around 365$. Just insane.

But thanks to you supporters it's nothing to worry about.

Alright, time for some visual stimulation.

One thing I can say about the DnD session that really eats a lot of time is the environment.

When I'm done with the Tabletop session, I will have built more environments than all the Chapters have combined.

And the good news. They will only be used once. (;

It'll be worth it, though.

Same as in the last Logs, I'm super limited by what I can
"Yearning for you."
4k Res attached for download.

I've come up with a really crazy idea about my lighting. I have to test some theories and see how Daz responds to them.

I tried updating to Daz 4.16 Beta but fuck that. It doesn't support a lot of things I need and I don't need to make my life harder.

The render count is somewhere above 1150 or so. (Not including animations obv.)
I'll see you in two weeks and I think I will be able to talk a little about a % then. The update is getting closer to the finish line.

Ocean
:)

Episode Interlude - Preview #5

Обновление статуса и награда за веху покровителя - Часть 10
На этой неделе я работал над искусством и меню/графическим интерфейсом.

Я закончил с добавлением музыки/звуковых эффектов. Кодирование тоже набирает обороты, осталось кое-что сделать. На предстоящей неделе я буду тратить время на работу над анимацией. Я не уверен, сколько еще мне нужно для этого обновления; в конце концов, это обновление, ориентированное на историю, но создание анимации-это большая задача, которая остается.

Я добиваюсь хорошего прогресса в интерлюдии и скоро начну оттачивать и тестировать игру. После этого начнется обычный цикл бета-тестирования и вычитки. Будучи эпизодом меньшего размера, мы надеемся, что он будет немного быстрее, чем обычно, но есть кое-что новое, что тестировщики могут попробовать и сломать.

Награда веха покровителя
С этого момента и до тех пор, пока это не будет сделано, я буду ускорять награду за празднование вехи Покровителя.

Итак, что я буду делать, так это публиковать оставшиеся рендеры для каждого заказа с каждой публикацией, которую я делаю.
После сегодняшнего дня будет еще четыре части.

Загрузите версии с полным разрешением из вложений ниже.

Наслаждайтесь и хорошо проведите выходные!

Доктор ПинкКейк

Status update & Patron milestone reward - Part 9

I'm checking in to let you know it's starting to turn around for the better with the covid.

For the last three days, I've been having intermittent 40C/104F fever, and today it's the first day without fever.

I'm drained of energy, but I feel that I'm getting better. I'll try working again in another day or two.

Before I got sick, I worked on art this week, mainly static renders. The render count for the interlude is close to 700 at the moment.

I have a handful of scenes left to pose renders for, and I have animation work left to do.

I also have coding and GUI design left. I hope I can make more progress this upcoming week.

For the patron milestone celebration, I'll give you the first two pages of the comic book and one art piece from it.

Download the pages and high-resolution versions of the render from the attachments below.

Enjoy!

Have a nice weekend

Dr PinkCake

Patron milestone reward - Part 8

I have some bad news; I tested positive for covid today (Omikron variant).

I need to rest and can't work as usual this week. PCs are rendering animations, though, so there's still progress being made, thankfully.

I hope I will feel better soon and be back at it. I'm feeling ok, given the circumstances.

Aside from that, it's time for part eight of the Patron milestone reward.

As usual, download the 4k and full HD versions in the attachments below. I made an ultrawide version of this wallpaper too. Enjoy!

Love

Dr PinkCake

[Full HD]

Patron milestone reward - Part 7 (NSFW)

Part seven of the Patron milestone reward series.

4k and Full HD versions of the custom render are attached to this post below.

Enjoy!

[Full HD]

JAM Studio - Sit On The Crown… эта песня ?…………..

ProRogue,
А что насчёт Венди? Если эта она…. Ахаха: было бы забавно! Всё-таки у Автора: жена феминистка)

ProRogue, То есть ты считаешь что с беременной девушкой змутить нельзя ? И отношения не смогут развиваться по сюжету…. Автор делает главу ее истории: и расскажет почему она решила вернуться! Думаю нет смысла гадать! Все своим чередом увидим) Может это даже будет Хизер

SilverTail,
Согласен с тобой что это кто-то из HOT… ( Так же, думаю это Зоя)