Being a DIK News

This upgrade includes major changes, as the game is upgraded to 64-bit now.
Overall performance should increase, and you should encounter fewer, if any, crashes from memory errors.
Please note, there might be some issues with loading some of your save files with this patch, but hopefully, everything will work without any issues.
If you encounter an error when loading a save, try clicking ignore or rollback a few times.

• Upgraded Ren'Py version to 7.4.10
  
• Prepared Season 1 for the upcoming DLC
  
• Fixed deprecated functionality and fixed bugs due to the Ren'Py upgrade.
  
• Updated functionality for viewing special renders in the Rewards app.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Rewards app, showing an exclamation mark wrongly when reloading saves after finding special renders.
  
• Fixed a rare bug where the app description would still show after closing the phone.
  
• Fixed a bug with the new message icon in episode 2.
  
• Fixed a dialogue issue for Isabella's morning scene in episode 2.
  
• Fixed a dialogue bug with gender classes episodes 1-2.
  
• Redesigned the game menus
  
• Added a button to manually save persistent data in the Save menu; automatic saving still works as before.
  
• Fixed a bug where opening the vault unlocked vaults from other episodes.
  
• Fixed a bug where you could buy mini-game-related cheats from Derek when not playing mini-games in episode 1.
  
• Fixed a rare bug with Brawler that caused four options that resulted in a miss to show at once.
  
• Fixed a bug with the math tests that displayed the wrong grade when cheating.
  
• Corrected typos
  
• Updated the format of the guide. It should be easier to read than before.
  
• Added a Guide button to the quick menu of the game. You can access the guide using this button or the 'g' key as usual.
  

Maggot brothers and HOT sisters!

Today I can proudly announce that "Being a DIK - Season 2" and "Being a DIK: Season 2 - The complete official guide" are coming to Steam on January 6, 2022!

The second season, including episodes 5-8, is packed with:

• Close to 14000 images
  
• Over 900 animations
  
• 58 special 2D-art pieces
  
• 129 new songs
  
• 54 new Steam achievements to hunt for
  

Get ready to continue your adventure!

Wishlist and follow the DLC here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1215820/Being_a_DIK__Season_2/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1631620/Being_a_DIK_Season_2__The_complete_official_guide/

Cheers!
Dr PinkCake

Maggot brothers and HOT sisters! Are you ready to continue your adventure at B&R?

The second season, including episodes 5-8, with over 12000 images and 800 animated scenes, is on its way.

I'm working myself to the bone to pack it with even bigger episodes and more content than the first season had to offer.

Check out the store page that just launched and don't forget to follow and wishlist the DLC.
As soon as I have more news to share about this upcoming release, you will be the first ones to know.

Dr PinkCake

The development of the second season of Being a DIK just hit 75% completion.

The second season will be bigger than Season 1 and include four brand new episodes.
So far, with one episode left to develop before I can release it on Steam, 566 animated scenes and over 9700 images have been produced for the second season.
This means that Season 2 is already bigger than Season 1, so you can expect plenty of content.

Before release, there will be a store page for the DLC where you can wishlist the game.

I don't have any ETA when the Steam release is.
The timeframe depends on how the development of the final episode of the season fares.

I have uploaded a patch for Being a DIK - Season 1 to Steam.
Here are the patch notes:

• During free roam events, any progress made in phone apps will be saved when saving the game.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused a conflict between entering save names, pet names and other inputs.
  
• Any illegal characters typed for your save name will be removed immediately to avoid getting a blank save name.
  
• Lowered the volume of the intro splash screen and made its sound level controlled by the SFX channel.
  
• Set the power save option to be disabled by default to favor performance over energy settings.
  
• Updated the money system backend.
  
• Replaced the animations for the main girl episode report and updated the design.
  
• Added a presplash loading image.
  
• Added a skip 5 pages at the time button for the Save/Load screen.
  
• Disabled right-clicking the Skip button to skip to the next choice.
  
• The middle-mouse button now brings up the in-game phone and can be used to close any children menu of the phone.
  
• The quick menu will be hidden when using the phone and restored when closing the phone.
  
• The save/load menu will be hidden when using the phone and restored when closing the phone.
  
• Fixed an issue with autosaving, causing a lag spike during choices during animations.
  
• To reduce lag, autosaving is now less frequent. There's an option in the Preferences menu to remove Autosaving and thus remove lag spikes.
  
• Fixed a rare bug with Shuffle.
  
• Fixed a bug in episode 3 where Quinn's text message would cause an error if you entered and exited Jill's chat first.
  
• Corrected typos in episodes 1-4
  

Thank you for your support!

Yours,
Dr PinkCake

It's been a very weird and possibly dark year for all of us.
But even when things are dark in our lives, we should appreciate the things that aren't and find something that keeps us going.

For me, creating this game has been a way to get through 2020. It's brought me a lot of joy through all the ups and downs.

Thank you all for the support you've shown me since the release of Being a DIK - Season 1!
I'm working hard on bringing you the continuation.

Cheers to all of you maggot brothers and HOT sisters!
Merry Christmas, Happy holidays and have a wonderful new year!

Dr PinkCake