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Status update Episode 7
🕑 Added 2020-11-20 10:29:32 +0000 UTC
Lengthy post incoming. It's spoiler-free.
Please, don't post spoilers in the comment section. Many haven't played the latest episode yet.
General information
For you who have played the update, I hope you enjoyed it! It feels great to finally be able to release episode 6 to you.
A warm thank you to everyone for reporting bugs/typos that slipped through to release! It truly helps to improve the game. There was a patch (v0.6.1) for fixing some minor issues with the initial release, but nothing was game-breaking. Since the patch, multiple new typos and minor issues have been reported, but I'm waiting to see if anything worth patching comes up. If not, any additional changes will be included in the next major update (v0.7.0) instead.
Many of you are asking for an updated walkthrough and it will be available sometime after the $5 tier has gotten access to the patch.
For those of you in the $5 tier, or planning to pledge to get the patch, please note that the patch requires the Patreon base game to play the update. If you don't have Patreon version v0.5.0/v0.5.1/v0.5.2, you won't be able to patch your game. The Steam version does not work with the patch.
After every tier has gotten access to the game, new polls will start for episode 7. But I do have a new type of poll for you starting this weekend.
Episode 7 news
Development on episode 7 started during beta testing. The progress so far is:
575 static renders and 23 animations completed. The animation queue has an additional 19 animations waiting to render.
I've written about 30% of the content compared to Episode 6. I've yet to decide the scope of the episode. I'll keep you updated as always.
9000 patrons = Upgraded hardware
During release, I reached 9000 patrons. It's a huge milestone and I couldn't take time to celebrate it until recently. Thank you so much for your contribution!
Since I reached 9000 patrons I decided to do something big for the game and was very lucky to do so considering the circulating supply of GPUs.
All thanks to you, I've upgraded my hardware to the next-gen of GPU cards and I'm ecstatic about the gain in render speed.
I've measured up to a 173% increase in render times per PC. I see how my static render queue gets obliterated overnight and it's simply amazing. This will likely shift the bottleneck from rendering to manual labor. But to fully use the power of the new cards, I will use this gain to increase the overall render quality and animation length in future updates.
I will make sure that every main girl gets at least one extra-long animation in episode 7. You deserve it!
These cards have opened up new possibilities for me and for the game.
This wouldn't have been possible without your support and I'm happy to take any risks of this investment for all of you.
I've yet to see how this will impact my development cycle, but I can already tell it's going to be a fantastic improvement of the content in the game.
Once again, thank you!
2021 Patreon changes
With the new year, I will carry out some changes to the Patreon tiers, to improve the value for you as well as making my work easier.
Starting 2021, custom render orders will be selected from submissions from patrons in the unlimited $75 tier. Each month, there will be a post for the $75 tier where you can submit your wish for a custom render order.
At the end of each month, I will handpick 4 orders from this post to produce and publish them next month. Please note that there's no guarantee that your submission will get picked. However, the benefits of this are that more patrons will have a chance of getting an order made, I will have work waiting for me on day one each month and the custom renders will have a bigger variety.
The drawback of this is, of course, that the President patrons will lose the benefit they pledged for and it's not been a decision I've made lightly. But a lot of things have changed during the year I've been producing custom renders. My Patreon page has grown with ~7000 patrons since and it's clear that there are many out there who are waiting and deserve a chance to see their dream render come true.
I've been in contact with Patreon, to make sure that the tier reward is ok to do, and they have given me a green light for it.
I hope this will excite you about 2021 as much as it excites me.
I'll be posting the first post where you can submit your ideas in December, and President tier patrons will have their final custom render order in December as well.
Starting December, the President tier will be unlocked to become unlimited and it will, for the moment being, only exist as a tier for patrons wanting to show additional support.
I will open a tier for $150 as an additional support tier, too, since I've had patrons wanting to donate this amount and Patreon's current tier reward system doesn't allow for them to see the posts without having a proper tier.
Furthermore, I will be removing the Acting Lessons Lewd render sets rewards from the $15 and $75 tiers. When I offered them as rewards, I was being optimistic about the time I have available for extra activities. It feels bad to put a reward in a tier when it's not something that happens that frequently. I might still get around to producing these sets in the future, but I want to put that extra energy into the Being a DIK development.
To sum up, these are the tier changes, starting January 1st, 2021, at the latest.
$15 tier:
- Removed reward: Access to small lewd sets of characters from Acting Lessons, 3 weeks after release.
$75 tier:
- Removed reward: 3 weeks early access to small lewd render sets of characters from Acting Lessons
- New reward: Each month, participate in entering suggestions for custom renders. 4 out of all entries are handpicked and produced for the following month.
$100 tier:
- Removed reward: You can order one render per month from Being A DIK or Acting Lessons.
- Tier becomes an Additional support tier, with all rewards from lower tiers.
- DIK President Discord role
$150 tier (New tier):
- An additional support tier, with all rewards from lower tiers.
- DIK President II Discord role
I'll be posting the first preview of episode 7 before the end of the month.
Best regards, have a nice weekend, a huge thanks for the support during the release, and thank you for reading!
Dr PinkCake
Comments
Seeker
Congrats on the hardware upgrades! The new GPU's are a big step up in pure processing power.
Cadson
I want a scene with Heather too
Remplier
A long animation for each main girl sounds like excellent news! Awesome to hear about the faster render times, too.
this episode made me very anxious for the next episode, I can't wait to see the long animations of the characters haha, best game of the genre and the story is just fabulous
Every main girl you say.... that includes Quinn... right? :D
I am waiting for the next update :)
Jayden
My gf once had a runny nose and I treated it... didn't get the same result MC did for that scene :(
Gritty1983
I think Heather's 'prudishness' is one of the funniest things in the game. The way she freaks out in her encounters with the MC are priceless imo
Gritty1983
me too! I finally found a character i love as much as i loved Melissa in AL
Arctic Alpha
I'm among the minority that has sweets for Quinn.
EmwunGarand
Heather better get that buttfucking treatment that MC's ex fiancee did in Acting Lessons. lol
Joseph Mentes
Loved the depth of individual story lines in ep6 prob my favorite episode yet. I just wish Quinn would come on as a main girl im in love with her character the more the game goes on. Also can't wait to maybe have some fun with Heather lol
I got them all except first scene of episode 6. Any hints that don't qualify as a spoiler here?
DogCat
I unlocked all the scenes of episode 6! great job DrPinkCake. looking forward to episode 7.
DrPinkCake
It's in the status update: "Many of you are asking for an updated walkthrough and it will be available sometime after the $5 tier has gotten access to the patch. "
Tommy
Hello gang loving the new patch so far thank you @DrPinkCake, I was wondering if there is a guide for ep 6 or if ur in the process of doing one bc i did the playthrough twice now and im still missing a few things.
DrPinkCake
Haha, yes. That was a similar thing, I believe that's when I bought my second 1080 Ti and upgraded from 720p to fullHD for the first time.
Mike Jarvis
> But to fully use the power of the new cards, I will use this gain to increase the overall render quality and animation length in future updates. This reminds me of when the main character in Acting Lessons "put his contacts in". :)
Sadie Adler
Woah Jill! 🙏🏻😳
DrPinkCake
Absolutely! Animations for every girl that gets lewd scenes and sometimes even SFW animations will benefit from the new cards, not just the main girls.
Bryan Wong
DrPC is def one of my fav game developers out there
Patrick
great job on esp 6 looking forward to seeing what happens next
Ardor
So happy to read work on Episode 7 has already made progress. 6 has wetted my appetite for what comes next and the thought of the new hardware increasing development speed for the animations, etc. is good news indeed. Longer animations for the main girls will definitely be a welcome thing as well. Maybe we'll even get some for the side girls if it fits in at some point.
Just finished 2nd playthrough of EP6, really starting to see the cracks appearing in the "perfect college lifestyle" vaneer. I can tell your going to some dark places in the next couple of eps.
Jill Valentine
Thanks for the update DrPinkCake 🖤
Aj
Great job, enjoying the game quite a bit. Keep up the great work!
Mellee
i just wanted to say thanks DPC for making me fail math hahahahaha got a brotha really out here studying hahahahah
Takamusan
Damm, just got ep 5 and 6 last week. The character development of Queen is amazing. I did not expect to feel that much for her. My heart is falling for Nicole but i don't think she'll ever be a main character...
Hey DPC, out of curiosity, which cards did you upgrade to?
Resef8604
Hey Doc, have you thought about moving or starting a "locals" community? I heard that you get a bigger percentage of money from pledges than you do from patreon.
Arcadian Comics
So happy to hear of your success! That's well deserved for your work and vision. If you ever want to feature a scene in a comic shop, let me know, I'll send you pics and info for the best jokes to use.
Jdog
First things first, when does Jill get the high hard one? also for people with Mac issues there are two files that needed to be converted using the chmod command in the terminal. one in the main file then the identical file in the lib folder. Awesome Work DR.
Qayen
Still praying and trying to manifest Quinn somehow becoming a main girl along with the other 5 lol.
Will Tran
Thank you DrPinkCake for your fantastic work. I am glad to see that the new graphic cards are helping the game development. (Thanks Ndivia). Would you consider making and selling BaDIK merch? I’m pretty sure I will not hesitate to spend more than $100 on the DIK jacket
As per the guide for season 1 (ep 1-4) she is a side girl. Not sure if this has changed over time.
Fernando
thanks to god news about ep 7, i'm still shaken by the end of ep 6, CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE 9000 PATREONS, YOU DESERVE EACH OF THEM AND MANY MORE, thanks for all this work, DrPinkCake. You are the best
CaseyJones
Holy crap! You are already started the next update 😀 this episode was amazing, so much content and every character got a lot of attention! You are always blasting through my (high) expectations! Thank you so much for the game, story and characters - and your work!
Sebastian Carneiro
Hi! I'm a new Patron and just wanted to congratulate you for such an amazing product you are developing. Is really outstanding what you and the community of Patrons have achieved. Thank you for such an amazing display of talent and hard work. Keep it up!
I am little bit confused is Quinn main chracter or side charater
DrPinkCake
I checked this just now. It looks fine on my end.
inpax
I think I found a bug. I got the Isabella scene, and later in Jacob's art shop isabella's picture level 1 was blocked and instead Jill's (I didn't get a scene with her) was available. Seems like a mixup in the flags, otherwise great chapter and hope to see more
Just wanted to say thank you and good work! Ep6 is awesome! Here's to an amazing ep7!
AsianBradz
How did you get your hands on multiple next gen gpus?! Please pass on this knowledge to the rest of us peasants so that we may witness the glory of next gen pc gaming! Regardless, I'm happy to hear this great news! I'm salivating for episode 7 already... :(
tezster
It's great that you reinvest your funds back into your work. I can only imagine what your electricity bill is like 😜
Johnnathan
Congratulations!!! Really well done on ep 6. Can't wait for more
Phillip
Kick me sideways! 0.7 update details already, I love this guy.
9000 — huge number, hope you will take 10k soon ;)
Julian Harper
Grats on the 9000 patreons, it's so well deserved, and it's great that the new card has made such a big difference!
Episode 6 is amazing! Can’t wait for ep7! Well done!
TShaw17
Wow This much work already done ? Great news to hear. Congratulations again !
Del
Great to hear you got the new cards. Picked up a 3090 myself. Beast of a thing. Looking forward to seeing what you produce with it moving forward given less of a memory limitation for scenes. I've always wondered with your work, do you use IRAY rendering through Daz or are you now using Octane? Just curious. But keep up the good work mate. :-)
Messè
Thanks for your hard work and I hope you will get the most out of your new investments! <3 Take care and keep up the good work, as always!
DrPinkCake
Full-speed. Keeping old ones as backups for the moment being.
dAAAMN313
Are you using all of the new cards or did you keep some of them as backups?
JohnFive
Very excited for what you have in store for episode 7. Loved episode 6. Envy's render set is incredible. I wish I could download few of those in 4k for wallpapers.
Gritty1983
Dr. Pink I never commented you directly but i wanted to take this chance to do so. I discovered your work on Steam in August and played both Acting Lessons and Being and Dik. I never played a AVN before that and fell in love with your work instantly. Your work is second to none and discovering it was the highlight of this chaotic year. I will be a supporter of you for life. Amazing work in episode 6 and congrats on your new hardware!
Sadie Adler
Great news as always :) So happy to be a part of this, you go DrPinkCake! :givebella: 😳🙏🏻
Bradley Bristow-Stagg
Don't worry doing the same at $10
Beast of Bray
Wow. Just released an episode and already deep into 7. I'm impressed. You rock!
Matt
Fantastic, so happy to hear Ep7 is alrady in progress, Ep6 was awesome, keep up the good work DPC :)
Me being a $1 tier crying lol
