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I hope the end of 2024 is treating you well. Amidst work, I've had a couple of nice days off celebrating Christmas.

This week, I added music to all remaining scenes and will have to analyze if more is needed in some areas. At the moment, 42 new songs have been added to episode 11. Sound effects still need more work, but not a lot.

I added the lewd events of episode 11 to the Stats app and will ensure that it works while playing.

I've played through the episode three times this week. I played Others, Josy & Maya, and Sage branches and noted what to fix. I'm encountering fewer issues with every playthrough and making good progress with the polishing.

Josy & Maya's branch needs some more work in one area in particular, but it feels good other than that. I have only played one variation of the Others branch so far, and it also felt good. I will have to play through more variations to get a different feel for it later. I finished playing Sage's branch today, and I need to play more variations of this branch as well.

To take a break from playing the episode, I'm parsing the dialogue to tighten and correct it. I've parsed about 100 pages of a 400-page Word document and will continue until I finish before I start playing the episode again.

Next week, I will play through Isabella's branch and likely revisit Others and Sage branches with new variations.

All my systems work on animations, except when I must re-render static renders to fix something. Four different lewd scenes are rendering across the PCs, and the render speed varies from scene to scene. Some of the animations rendered this week were longer than others, ranging from 4 to 15 seconds. At this time, it's tricky to predict how many animations will be rendered weekly.

55 animations remain in the queue; unless I miscounted, there should be 392 animations in total for episode 11.

Have a great end to 2024, and I'll see you in 2025.

Thank you for being so supportive during this challenging year.

Love

Dr PinkCake

Comments

Just Random Man

Have a nice end of the year, DrPinkCake!!!

Cam Kelley

The music is one of my pleasantly surprising favorite things that came out of experiencing this game. 42 new songs sounds great! Cannot wait Doc. Merry Christmas and happy New Year!

T-Rex4

🖤

Richard Doelker

Dr you’re the GOAT. I am so grateful for all the updates you share with us and I can tell you I am so waiting for your end result which I know is going to be amazing. Have a wonderful weekend and happy new year!!!

Snips51

Happy new year doc we will see you next year

Lucas Santos

Thanks for the update Doc and happy new year too you too 💪💪

Artem pupsik

Thanks for the update and happy new year 🎄

Malathus

Awesome as always Doc. Glad you took some down time for the holidays and hope it helps with a recharge.

Alex

Happy new year, amazing work on the music. In already epic game the music is over the top awesome. I play the music from season 3 load screen almost every day. Thanks so much for that alot of games have crap music or nothing so I played that in the background

Calhoun28

Thank you for the update Doc and happy holidays 😊

Jonathan Hang

Happy to hear your Christmas 🎅☃️🎄🎁 went awesomely!!! Thanks for the update! I can't wait to play all the paths (just like how you're doing right now 😁). Happy New Year 🎆🎇🎊🎉!!!! See you in 2025, Doc… Wishing you, and everyone, all the joy and happiness in the world 😉✌🏻!!!

Bray

Happy Christmas season to everyone and thank you Dr for the update! So excited to return to the best AVN out there

Sam Gamer

Thanks for the update doc,have a very happy new year 2025 ahead

Demis Bandini

Thanks Doc for the news. Happy new year sincerely!

R2D2TS

Thanks for the update and may the season bring good to all.

Shad0w45

I can just imagine the NASA super computer Doc has in their house, solely dedicated to the rendering of busty gingers, stacked brunettes, and sexy blondes.😂

Tim Anderson

Happy New Years Dr PInk, keep kicking ass in 2025, and we will all be here for the ride.

Tom W

Happy new year. And looking forward to what you have in-store for us.

Lilatentakel

Hello Doc, I'm glad you had a few peaceful days. I hope you had a good time over the Christmas holidays, even with the loss. It's only been two months since my sister died and we used the holidays as a family to think about her a lot and share the many good memories of her. I see that you still have a bit of work to do. Just the time you need to fine-tune it shows how big this episode will be. Other developers would make 2-3 episodes out of it. So I would like to thank you very much for your hard work. Can you do me a favor when you play through Sage Branch again: give her my greetings and tell her we'll meet again soon. You are also welcome to give her a kiss...you can decide where 😉 I wish you and everyone else a good start to 2025 and stay healthy 🍾🥳

JEH

Hi Thanks for the update. I wish you a happy new year. :)

Arta

Good stuff DPC. Happy new year 🎊

Nightpopcorn456

Happy holidays and a happy new year to you Doctor.

JustMarkee

Merry Xmas and a happy new year doc!!! Looking forward to the update!

bigberd

im in episode 7 of ...idk if this is season 1 or 2, and I cant wait to catch up.

Jacek Wiśniewski

Happy New Year Doc and thanks for everything. Did I read it correctly, 400 page document for one episode? It's like a book, damn

ErosMallan

ep 1-4 is season 1 ep 5-8 is season 2 and season 3 will consist of ep 9-12

Chairman

#isabella

Heraclivs

Thanks!

Scott

Enjoy what's left of 2024 Doc, keep the fond memories and ditch the bad ones, I hope your 2025 finds you and your family happy, healthy and living to the fullest. As always, thanks for your update and enjoy your weekend. I'm glad you had a great Christmas with family and friends. The update sounds great so far. Happy new year to all here. Best wishes for health and happiness.

derrick211000

It popped up on steam! Cant wait love this story!

Craigbk1976

Wow amazing stuff

Scott

Sage's branch has a couple different options. I'm guessing, what girls we want to take to bed with us.

Dušan Smrček

Woooooow!!! Awesome again. Jose and Maya wohoooooo!!!

Ethan Driver

Is there a Josy only route?

Beyond Hope

My first post and it sounds like things are progressing well with the next season. Looking forward to its release. I can tell it's going to be a good one. I made a comment on the Patreon subscription intro page regarding a separate branch that gave MC the option to walk away from Josy/Maya completely after the bombshell reveal, creating more emotional drama throughout the 2nd season and allowing for a reconciliation towards the end. MC has been hurt before, doubt he'd be happy with still being friends with two girls who have hurt him deeply again. Or perhaps that's just me being vindictive. Is it too late to add something like that ? ;)

Malathus

Do we mean Josy? Jose sounds like an Alpha Chad might date

Malathus

I too would like separate Josy and Maya options. They fight so much when together even at "good" times.

Julian Miranovič Štefanič

Happy new year to everyone. And to Doc thank you for your hard work we all look forward to your posts and updates and the actual chapter releas date. Have a great new year and may it bring you happiness and make you content.

Nordwolf

Or some more subtle differences like Haunted Mansion or Scary Stories at Halloween with Sage. One of both definitely was the better choice :-D

Nordwolf

I bet sooner or later such an option could unfold depending on choices in the past. We can stay friends and tell Derek, MC still has feelings for one or the other. We can tell Josy MC thinks about them together all the time. We even already had the possibility to tell Maya we still have feelings for her although we are not together (for Josy I didn't encounter that yet; but I have one combination of choices open for a replay where I think it could work). All that being said... there were numerous pointers till now that seem to lead in such a direction. But keeping Acting Lessons in mind, I only can hope it will end in a good way this time!!!

jack halenbeck

hope you had a good time off for christmas and enjoyed yourself and the same for new year, thanks for all your hard work on this wonderful game. I am so hyped to play the new chapter when its available. well worth the wait

Scott

There seems to be the possibility on the others branch if you play your cards right. I may be mistaken but it sure looks like it will be possible.

Damon Tarel

Does Quinn officially have her own path yet or is she still bundled in with the others?

John Craig

Happy New Year Doc. Excited for the new episode!

John Craig

Id love it, I wouldn't count it out just yet. If you already have access to Episode 10, if you look in the rewards section of the gallery you will notice I believe 2 blacked out sections. They could be anyone....

Malathus

Just saying....that may lead to "different options" with Sage...IE...happy with you or using the kickboxing you taught her on your nuts.

Malathus

Josy is more overt about it than Maya but if you have a Chick disposition you can talk to Maya about still having feelings for her and she freaks a bit but settles down to admit she does too, So I would say the groundwork is definitely there to end up with one or the other

Nordwolf

Right... I have one playthrough with both and finally decided for Sage. And I also didn't keep Jade a secret. She is going to be inflamed with rage. Maybe both will gang up on me together... I am a bit afraid to continue this savegame. Will definitely not be one of the first ones :-D

Nordwolf

It will be way more than a year until the season is finished and will be released on Steam / GOG. A complete episode is waiting to be created until that happens ;-)

Malathus

Now if this was Fetish Locator you would get a Mom/Daughter threesome, but thinking Doc won't go THAT route, as that game is just semi-deviant

Goncalo Mendes

dude its been almost 1 year since episode 10, what is taking you so long

Malathus

You do realize the story gets more complex as you go right? Branches expand and more options become available for the story to follow. It will be done when its done. This isn't some AAA rush job to just slap trash out the door. This is art :) Let Doc do his work and enjoy it when it's ready.

Rinzler52

AHHH i cant wait to play the new EP. Ik riona isnt a relationship option (WISH IT WAS) but im so curious on how the MC will rescue her. Keep up the great work doc as always !

Malathus

They kinda set her up for connection with MC, but that also is a red flag for some of us who played Acting Lessons :)

Scott

It's coming. Sooner rather than later. He's polishing now.

C000Gi

is there a rough ETA on Episode 11? I see a lot of updates, but no dates

Malathus

When it is done. Don't mean to sound flippant, but I would rather it be DONE, than slapped out before Doc is ready because some are getting antsy. Have patience, Do another playthrough or 50, and know Ep 11 will be polished and more great storytelling

Agigagiblah

Please don't let it be like acting lessons......Not sure i could handle Bae #2 being killed.

Will-the-Scotsman

Wondering if Sage and Jill routes show them meeting Neil? For some reason I want to see how that scene would play out. Playful and funny or would Neil be happy but thoughtful about MC mum? Both girls' reaction to the meet would be interesting too.

Scott

A Quinn path is currently in Others only. I see a lot of potential for her being a main, I mean, she could have been from the start, and I would play the hell out it if there was.

Scott

To this day I have not ever finished with a Chick affinity. I have too much fun being bad I guess.

Scott

I mean I could see those being possible discussions but would DPC dedicate a major choice to it? I can think of a few girls I would like to get with Sage in a threesome with.

SHREDDER1876

Happy New Year DrPinkCake :-)

DA Smurf

Happy new year, Doc!

Truebilly

Were you a patreon member the whole year? Because you would know the answer to that if you were but if I had to guess just a one and done type deal. There are plenty of devs out there that pump out incomplete garbage and half baked episodes with shit stories. Go back and look at any of the 52 updates and you will see exactly "whats taking so long". Probably just one of those devs that's jealous of the docs killer work .

JEH

Happy New year, Doc :-)

Targonis

I won't just repeat what Malathus said(which would be a DIK move). Now, look at what was posted with this last update, only one playthrough of the Others branch, and THAT will require at least ten runs to check different combinations out going into episode 11. While that is going on, more testing, polishing, bug fixing. I'm going to guess another month or so before it's done, maybe longer, maybe shorter. The rendering still takes time, and will go on while the testing and corrections are being worked on. DPC would never set an estimate when testing is still ongoing, and most just won't bother to speculate because it's almost guaranteed to be wrong. The big thing is, if you find a mistake in a render or an animation, it has to be corrected, and THAT won't necessarily be trivial. Look at the numbers given for the render queue, once those go to zero, it means that replacing of renders/animations will be pretty much done. I don't think it will go to 0 and then back up very often, because many of this fixes at this stage won't require render work.

Targonis

Have you actually read the weekly status updates for the past year and are still asking what is taking so long? This isn't Steam where you don't have access to the weekly updates to get an idea what is going on.

Targonis

Since this is your first post, welcome. If you haven't gone on the Discord, I strongly suggest it(very active community). One thing I learned when I first went Patreon(this was the first project I supported) is that there is a plan for the overall story, so if something is set, then no player choice is going to change it. The entire MC with the relationships with the main and secondary women will not change the main storyline or those events that are planned to happen no matter what. Variations may come in, but the events themselves are pretty much set in stone. Unfortunately, that means that certain things that annoy many/most of us won't change. The MC is going to stay somewhat close to the mains, because they are central to the overall story. On the positive side, with the level of branching already in the game when it comes to individual relationships, if the main story could also branch, it would take that much longer to develop each episode from that point, because MAIN storyline events that are set in stone would no longer be locked in.

Targonis

I'm sorry for your loss...I hope you are able to distract yourself during this difficult time. The majority of these type of games don't set the episodes up as cleanly, so they meander all over the place. For those games, the episodes themselves don't really have a beginning, middle, or end, and you just get more content without the feeling of the game actually going somewhere. That is why BAD stands out, because every single episode feels like it was planned out the way a TV show or movie would be, and every season is planned out as well, with the episodes fitting into that plan.

Targonis

AMD Threadripper or dual EPYC with 96 cores per CPU might do well if the rendering is being handled by the CPU and not just using GPU power for the rendering. Full open loop liquid cooling as well would be sweet, but it also takes a bit of effort to set up an open loop cooler in the first place, which would take away time from development.

Nordwolf

To me it feels as if there is one branch for Quinn since the beginning, one for Lily since she joined, and I even would say a branch for Rio and Nicole is opening up. For Camila and Jade I am unsure, yet. I don't care if it all is named "Others". Sure, you are not exclusively with one of them, but if you don't play as a total male slut (yeah, yeah, I have those playthroughs, too), you can experience a relationship building up with those girls, too. Real "side girls" in my opinion are Sarah, Mel, Cathy, Sandy, etc.

Malathus

As old game dev friends of mine used to put it. RSN Real Soon Now is about as accurate as you are going to get. Whos definition of "Soon" is always subjective. :)

Malathus

I fully agree Agi. Rio is one of the characters that we have actually seen have the most development "behind the scenes". Sitting on the wall eating chocolate and worrying about classes. Fighting with Quinn for very valid reasons. Learning chess moves from Quinn. Being reassured by Camila that she should be in school since she HAS managed to pass all of her classes, despite Quinn undermining her confidence. Talks with MC that can lead to fun gamer dates (and an ugly ass plushie!). I certainly want to be able to continue that (but Leap of Faith and Acting Lessons kinda scarred me :)) and after her last scene going back and seeing all of the times that panel van was around....

Malathus

Is why I do yearly support....this is how much I can afford to try and help fund Doc. I'm not paying for just a game, Im helping support a dev that I have faith in. He got my Bioware/Bethesda/Blizzard money for 2024 since I lost faith in those devs

Malathus

Thats kind of rough with Quinn though since her "restaurant" kind of encourages manwhore

Malathus

I do find it interesting that the more the story branches the more the Central 5+Derek become a solid group up to this point. They all know each other, and after communication works out some misunderstandings seem to all be on solid group ground.

Malathus

Only 2 of the LI are really impacted. Maya and Jill kinda require your "girliness" to trust you enough to open up. Both are totally understandable considering their backstories. Bella and Josy on the other hand open up as Chick but can stray Neutral or even DiK, just as Quinn requires DiK (pun intended) but will allow for Neutral if you get beyond a certain point. Most of my playthroughs do end up being Neutral partially because I don't have Derek's fascination with dildos.

Malathus

Maya and Josy both bring up Sage in a 4some discussion if you are on their path so who knows.

Johnny

I paid for one month at the end of December. Why did you take my money twice??? How does this work?

BarkingBlade

you get charged at the 1st of every month if you just joined it took money for December when you joined and January because it's the 1st and Happy New year

Nordwolf

You can still get her "branch" without "eating at her restaurant".

C000Gi

So, a whole bunch of words for saying you don't know. I'm not even stressing him to hurry up. I just dont need a weekly update for a game that comes out in 10 years. Thanks for being an asshole though, helpful.

Zanthos

I don't think anyone was being an asshole. The game will be out in a matter of months not years, and most of us like seeing the progress being made in the weekly updates. If you don't want to read them, you don't need to. Once a release date has been set, it will be the title of the next update. So if that's all you want, just ignore the rest of the updates until then.

Malathus

I'm just point out its very "girly" of her. Says she won't get mad if you do something but gets mad when you do :) Kinda like her texting you about not calling her the next day after insisting she doesn't do sleepovers.

C000Gi

I disagree. Malathus responded for apparently the sole purpose of telling me to shut up. Toxic communities come in many forms, and white knighting a developer you will never meet is certainly a.... "move". Regarding the updates, you're right. Ive cancelled my patreon and will check back in 5 years for season 3.

Malathus

I apologize that you took it that way. I was disagreeing that Doc needed to speed up his process, but was by no means telling you to "shut up". In fact I was suggesting you do additional playthroughs. In fact I invite you to provide information on why you feel that Doc should abbreviate his process to put out content before it is ready in his mind. Its called a dialog, someone disagreeing with you doesn't mean they want the conversation to end.

Dystopiock

For the record, Patreon manages the billing process, not DrPinkCake. If there's ever an issue, you need to reach out to them.

Targonis

What you don't see is that the "main girls" are all central to the story, no matter what choices you make along the way. Quinn will never be a "main", because not every MC will have a chance with her, and for the rest, she isn't a big part in the life of the MC. Others...you aren't ready to commit to a single girl/woman, so you are having fun. JM, Sage, Bella, and Jill as a choice means you are no longer just looking to jump everything that moves.

Targonis

You haven't been around for very long if you haven't seen people asking for a date and getting that sort of response. Honestly, I've been here on the Patreon since episode 9 dropped, and people asking "when" show up, we respond, and the person asking the question doesn't like that an official date will not be given before the new episode is actually ready. One thing that is really difficult to predict is how long it takes to fix problems when they are found. A render issue, yea, that's fairly direct, but PROBLEMS can sometimes take weeks to fix, if not longer. This isn't one of the linear AVNs where there is no complexity to the game. What is needed to get a given scene can be, "you need to have done this, this, this, AND, you can't have done that other thing". If that sort of problem is found where the save shows you fit those requirements but you still don't get the scene, how long will it take to fix it? So, those like myself who have been around for "a while" just look forward to the next episode, but we don't ask a question we already know the answer to. Watch the render queue go down, and the, "what still needs to be done" list shrink from week to week, because that will give you a better idea of what is going on than any estimates.

Targonis

That makes sense, since friends of friends can turn into your own friends after a while.

ScottFaeScotland

Is This the last episode in the season? Also is this the last season of Being a DIK?

Nordwolf

Season 3 will consist of episodes 9-12 and season 4 will be the last one. If there will be four episodes again, we will see.

Malathus

It should be noted however that despite GoG and Steam only updating at the full season you can DL each episode from Patreon if you have the DL files for the full game.

Malathus

I haven't been around that long myself with DPC, but have seen other games in development get the same treatment (and sadly been part of it) so now I just appreciate the updates when they come and wait. Doc doesn't have to give us the weekly updates that he does, and personally I appreciate them greatly. Gives me a sense of progress. I appreciate the perspective Targonis. I do fully understand the desire to have the content "NOW", but also understand that is unreasonable if we want quality. As my finances allow I will continue to support DPC as well as a couple other AVN games on Patreon. I value my entertainment its not some "white knight" situation.

C000Gi

To be clear you were disagreeing with a point i didnt make.

Truebilly

I don't understand people get mad if there is a date and it's missed, if there are bugs when playing early release, and now if a guy works hard all the time with honestly not a lot of vacation, plus gives very precise details of every little thing he did all week. Still not enough. Probably 1-2 months dude. If I had to guess you would have it for first week or so of February. Its just a guess though.

Scott

No, this will be 11, one more in this season 3, Then Doc said there will be a fourth season of four episodes. But we will have to see how long he makes the episodes before we can tell for sure.