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I wrote and made renders and animations for the big free-roam event this week, and I have three scenes left that need art before I'm finished with the big things of it. After that, I can write code, test it, work on details, place special renders, add phone content, etc.

But I have also focused on other areas of the episode and have been writing other story scenes this week.

After these few weeks, working on something else for a while will feel good. I mainly wrote scenes for Isabella and Riona but also playtested parts of the episode.

I have posed 3657 renders so far, and next week I will start working on animations to beef up my render queue, which is now down to 13 animations.

Riona will get a cosmetic poll that starts tomorrow. Here is a teaser of the options. The winning option will be featured in episode 10.

Sign up as a DIK tier patron or above to participate.

Have a nice weekend!

Dr PinkCake

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KiLL3R

Awesome DPC have a great weekend 🙂

Kurmblog

Great stuff Doc Thanks for the (non copy paste xD) update Have a great weekend

Selinastra

Thanks for the update Doc Have a great weekend!!

sinema

Awesome!! We can’t wait to play it! Thanks, doc!

UrFriend

Those outfits look so unusual for Riona. Hella cute though

avidnarutofan#7393

Awesome stuff. The 1st or 2nd options look the best imo.

Mr Rkoon

Thanks Doc, have a nice weekend

Asoom

Tbh, outfits look fine, but her eyes seem like they have changed drastically, and not in a good way :(

UrFriend

Not sure about it, but we will see

Drako07Spyder

Thanks for the update. The 1st or 3rd outfits are looks good but leaning more on the 1st outfit.

slugger

It's the makeup. Personally I like it, I think it will just take some getting used to!

slugger

Ooh Riona getting some color to her outfit? Could this mean we'll be seeing a different side of her we aren't familiar with in episode 10? I'm excited!

Ommadawn

Thanks for the update, Doc. Very happy to see Rio getting some love! I'm already leaning towards the college blazer, she would rock it.

MCasterlion

All three of the outfits looks really good gonna be hard to choose

Lucas Santos

Thanks for the update Doc have a nice weekend

Sadie Adler

Isabella?? :isforme: 😳🙏🏻😏

Lily

The 1st and 2nd suits her well, but a change of style is good. She's always worn black before.🤔

Kudlak

Uff still lot of renders to go (if compare if others episodes). Can't wait 🤯

Anouk Jones

You are awesome. I love your game!

Joshua Dershem

I hope so, she's easily one of my favorites.

Thor von Fiddle

Going off of the 1/4 preview of each of these outfits I would vote for, 2nd from left, the blue jeans with pink and black hoodie.

RyMann88

I was just thinking the same. Either of the left two outfits look promising.

Arta

Nice one DPC. Enjoy your weekend

Thian Kallio

I love to see a bit of color on her. I am curious if this will be a part of plot where the MC notices a differance in her attire.

DicedOnions

Riona content BEST CONTENT!

Razpy von Baddy

If it's not Josy and Maya for me, it's 100% Rio

Ben Engledow

This might be a good song for some of the party songs Dr P. @aimscreenname: “Ali Ali” by Diorange

Zolomak

At first I thought #2 option was gonna be a Sad Machine top.

sinema

Doc... I hope you don't listen to a word of that long-ass nonsense review. Take it from an Emmy-winning screenwriter and professional crime writer (me)... Episode 9 is a banger and a masterclass in storytelling. Keep up the excellent work. Can't wait for episode 10.

Ladies Man

I say let the long-ass nonsense review go write his own story and make his own game the way he wants if thinks can do better. There is nothing at all wrong with season 3 at all. If it don't make sense why the characters did what they did, said what they said, acted out the way they did. Or why any of this mattered or happened in the first place, then maybe you should go and play the first 2 seasons again. Cause you clearly didn't pay any attention to the story or its characters.

Aaron D

I saw that big ol review/rant and not to be insulting, but it made me rather concerned for that persons mental state. Maybe even a lil worried for Dr. Pinkcake's safety. (I never wish to make a person feel less than or attacked but it was very unsettling to read and I certainly wish he/she the clairity to have realized whats important in life since that post) :( Jill wearing a banana costume just illustrates that she's kind of a dork imo and that isnt the end of the world. When she ditches the costume.... she's an incredibly hot dork, which is the best kind. haha

Skyangel007

New here so sorry if this comes across wrong but... I was checking the previous status updates but its not clear to me where the dev is in his development roadmap exactly. The only clue I had was in the status update in the beginning of this month but those numbers should be taken with a grain of salt according to the dev himself. So is there anybody that can tell me how far of we are from release? Because based on this month status updates it sounds to me it could take about at least 2-3 months more(?)

Skyangel007

So your saying nobody has any idea? That's really weird... most adult visual novel developers I follow either update their games around the 2 months or have at least a roadmap on where they are in the process (Timestamps developers for example). But from what I saw his previous episode was released dec 2022. So this is in development after 6 months or so without any idea of when episode 10 is gonna come out? hmm kind of disappointing + concerning imo. Even more so when you look at the quality of this game you would expect the developer to have created a schedule (think agile based methods) to follow based on the amount of work he expects to do.

Shawn T

Can you please shut up about release schedules? He works alone and Quality takes time. This is the best AVN on the market. It takes time.

Skyangel007

@Shawn T First of I lit said in my initial comment that I am new here or in other words I have no idea how DrPinkCake release schedule works. I even took the time to read through his most recent status updates before I wrote my initial comment to see if I could get a better picture without having to bother people with questions that has been ask before. But as I said his previous status updates do not provide me with any insight where he is in his overall process. The only thing I gather is that he clearly is doing stuff based on this post and the other posts showcasing his previews. And second I totally agree that this is the best AVN on the market but I am a investor (+ major fan) like yourself so I have a right to ask where the developer is in his development cycle. I am not even asking for a solid release date just insight into a overall timeline or progress of the game (without having to read all the status updates since the release of the latest episode). I mean these status updates are nice but seem to focus more on what has been done every week. So as a newcomer I am totally lost on the overall progress. But based on the comments here it seems that's just how this developer works (which I personally find weird being a developer myself. Everywhere I have worked so far we have to clarify where we are in the overall process to shareholders/investors or the person that order a web application. Which only makes sense since they gave our the company the money to make something by a certain date)

Cédrik Lavoie

Shareholders? He probably doesn't even have any. If you can't wait for his product, just move on and play something else. You ain't going to die.

Ladies Man

It's hard for him to give a exact time or even a time frame. He's a solo dev which slows down progress but it insures the game stays true to what he has envisioned and also everything is of high quality. He doesn't like to give a real time frame, probably to avoid getting peoples hopes up only to not be able to deliver. But also personal life, getting sick, installing to new pc upgrades, or worse pcs die etc. But he also just did upgrades which double his render speed so I think one thing is he always wants to make sure the pcs have a que big enough to keep them busy while he does writing code and what not. One thing have to just accept with the Doc is he keeps ya in the loop every week, and soon as he has a definitive time for a release he lets us know few weeks in advance. The wait sucks, but he has yet to disappoint, so just hang in there and be patient with him.

Flover

👆👍

Skyangel007

I adjusted the sentence you are referring to in order to clarify my meaning. Also you are putting words in my mouth as I never said I wasn't willing to wait. I'm just baffled by the fact there is no roadmap of some sort as that is a given in software development. Personally not to keen on continuing or increasing my support/investment if there is no clear roadmap. But hey that's just me.

Toxic_Tracker

This isn't meant to be rude, but a lot of what you said makes it seem like you haven't even played the game, let alone that you know about development. This isn't an AVN like most others, and that's really clear by playing it. On top of that, if you look into DPCs posts some more, you'll see that he's very committed to working on this project alone, regardless of how long that may take him. The reason why DPC doesn't give percentages in every update, is because when he sets a timeline, he likes to make sure it's set in stone. So instead of making bad promises, or rushing development, DPC explains "what" he's worked on each week, so that we (the "investors") can decide whether or not to continue investing. This is a fair process that everyone here has agreed to. That's why some of the other people are upset at your comments. It just comes off like you're saying "This isn't how I'd do it" "How much longer will it take?", even if you don't mean to be rude. Welcome to the community, and I hope you find your footing

Skyangel007

@Toxic_Tracker First of I don't think your comment is rude. The opposite, in fact, compared to most responses I have gotten so far... But I am not sure how you would draw the conclusion I have no idea about how development works. I am front-end developer and all the software companies I have worked in use some kind of agile development process like either Scrum or Kanban. This means a roadmap gets created and in my current company we have bi-weekly reviews (with our investors) regarding which Story and eventually which Epics are finished. This is pretty common within software development (at least in my experience). And I have worked in small companies with like 4-5 people and in companies of more than 40 people. They all used some kind of method in which a roadmap gets defined even if its a simple one. And I indeed understand he is committed based on his status and preview updates but I'm looking at it from a perspective of somebody that is going to invest money on a monthly basis (I was thinking on investing like 10-30 euro a month). And if I have no idea when a episode is even gonna finished I'm not gonna be investing my money into something that could go on for months before I see a return on my money. Because I could have gotten, for example, what would be considered a triple A game for 2 months of investing €30. That's at least how I am looking at it. So I will probably just stick by supporting the developer by buying the full season once it comes out.

Skyangel007

@Scott with regards to shareholders I was just using my own situation at work as an example that we have to clarify where we are in the overall process. But now in retrospective even that is probably not the best way to describe what I meant (including my comment above regarding investors). Even an investor has a stake in a company and gets a return on his money unlike a patron which is effectively what we are xD. So lets me rephrase what I meant again: As a patron I still want to have insight into the overall process so I can determine whether I want to continue or increase my funding. Because I want to know when I can expect a return on it in the form of an update (episode). I guess its because I'm looking at it more from an investors standpoint then a patron's standpoint that I feel this way and thus want to know where we are in the overall process. Sorry English isn't my first language so excuse me for my previous mistakes/misunderstandings.

Furrow

Patreon is for creative people to do creative things, and for people that like what that person creates to contribute. DPC doesn't over promise, and as such, I've never felt bad about my donation level or felt like I was promised something that I didn't get. I'm also not interested in putting pressure on someone pursuing their passion project to get it done faster. DPC has kept a lot of the lower tiers that other creators have done away with as well - I'm sure many here are like me and settle in at a lower donation level while development is going on, and temporarily upgrade for the releases. You're welcome to spend your money at whatever level you're comfortable with. I'm also sure that DPC has a roadmap, whether diagrammed out or in his mind, as his updates frequently report how many scenes he NEEDS to write still. If you've played this game you know he obviously maps things out - with all the disparate paths, it would be utter chaos if he hadn't. We have no right as patrons to demand he provide us his roadmap or even weekly updates - that's something he chooses to do, and it's much appreciated.

Arta

👌👌👌

DracoX

Man.... anyway here's what I think. DPC in fact has a roadmap laid out in plain sense.... he also quite literally tells you what you will get if you pay him this amount... he kindly asks you to invest in him he has not signed a contract with you... you are not a shareholder... it is his game... he is the CEO he is the alpha and omega.... he is the creator.... IF you are supporting him he clearly tells you what you will get for each level of support he gets, to keep doing what he is doing.... he could say nothing.... and release his game on his own time... and have those levels....

DracoX

to add to what i am saying.... he is not a company... he represents himself... the game represents him... again its his game. investers? shareholders wtf? did he sign a contract with you? no... you agree to support him yes... if you dont want too dont... and enjoy the game when it comes out.... me i have changed to different levels and down to other levels. on my own. when i want to see content i go to a higher level.... some episodes i choose not to because i want to be suprised... or dont have money at the time to see the custom content he releases

DracoX

it is rude... quite frankly... not only are you kinda smearing his work ethic which is to say to least better then any fucking lone dev... he updates you at least 2 times a month on what hes doing... if he makes himself 438290483290 times busy with trying to inform us with a road map... i rather he be working on the game then informing me... writers of quality work and development of quality requires time, energy.... why waste his time trying to sum up a exact fucking percentage he is at.... that makes it harder... takes longer for him to deal with you.... when he literally wrote what you will receive in his levels...... LET HIM WORK ON HIS FUCKING GAME. LMFAO investor.... shareholder wtf!!!!! no.....

DracoX

now enjoy the show.... excuse my language but what can i say i'm realistic and not classy.... i don't need to be... this is the real world. so please be real.