Amethyst

i mean. if you sent me the outfit. i would do it. i would so do it. i would probably wear it all the time. anyway im here to post selfies and make cat noises and im all out of cat noises.

Not sick leave. Just sick slow as heck. Updated the thread though since I did finally finish Lapis. I also owe y'all this.

hi. sorry for dropping off the face of the planet but yeah basically that ^ . i am still having to pick up hours and shifts at work because we're understaffed ... that was only supposed to last a couple weeks but then more things happened. regardless of that, my absence has been due to health problems resurging. it's not as bad as it was in october-- i can still type and stuff at least, so that's nice, but I've really been trying to take some time and get this sorted for good so that it's not an issue again or if it is i can then say 'its not as bad as it was in march'. so there's only been minimal progress to speak of. i appreciate the sentiment, but as it is, i've closed donations for the time being. given the sudden drop off in work, i don't feel that it's fair to continue accepting them. if and when i'm able to get back into it, i'll consider re-opening them. the story is much the same with patreon, since it's been suggested a number of times before. it's true that i would have a lot more time to work on the project if i were able to make enough to live on through something like that, but feasibility aside, i especially would not want to run a monthly gig during the current scenario, or even through the past three or so months where i have had to work on it more sparingly than in the past. it might be an option for the future, but definitely not during E16's development. frankly right now the best thing you all can do to help is just be patient with me. i need to learn to do the same.

Hi. This doesn't need to be a thing, so let's start over. Take a deep breath. From the top now: The policy isn't changing. We've gotten away from enforcing it consistently. We're getting back to that. This topic was just a reminder. Make the best of your jokes-- but let them be glancing, light, and not so frequent that it's a main theme of conversation-- as it has been. These are our rules, but back channels are a free-for-all. They're quiet, but they're the anarchist's option. We suggest the Abyss for this particular flavor of anarchy. Take it or leave it. That's the kind of community this has always been. That's not changing. It's also not open for debate. As such, neither will this topic be. If you feel personally attacked by a reminder like this, please consider how greatly you must think of yourself to believe that a policy on a site of thousands of people was directed solely at you. Otherwise I invite you to stay, sit, have a cup of whatever your cup of tea is, and watch to see just how bad this isn't.

please rethink your life choices

but that's okay, because dumdums are delicious. especially blue raspberry. if it's not blue raspberry, you're wrong.

are those gonna increase the strain on my toaster laptop? Honestly, yeah, probably. However my thought... and desperate hope... is that when I get to doing that kind of mapping, lag won't be an issue anyway because 1) I have never had to deal with latent overworld lag in RPG Maker before, except with Essentials. I don't know if it's because of bad coding or just -more- coding (base Essentials has about 10x as much code as base RPG Maker scripts), and 2) Starlight will be made on a newer version of RPG Maker, which runs on a newer version of the RGSS scripting languge. The newer versions are reputably more stable and scalable. Yep! Though don't expect much from them. The grass and flowers are mostly decorative, and while I haven't worked out exactly what's gonna go in each ward, it will at the very least cover events that can no longer be gotten. For instance, we'll probably have wild Skitty in Coral since the Skitty event goes poof. But, we'll see. Most of the new Pokemon availability in this episode will be coming from sidequests rather than encounters. My present thought is no, because it will seem more out of place to have level 70 bidoof, firstly, existing, and secondly running around in this previously low level area, than it will to just have the levels stay the same as before. Besides, that would be a safety hazard to the people. Don't worry, you may not see him again, but he's in a better place now. ...As in he moved to a new house. The old one was structurally unsound. "STRUCTURALLY UNSOUND" So firstly I hope everyone is well aware that I am now dead inside. Anyway, official statements on Gen 7: Yes, it will be incorporated. However, I'm 100% not doing anything related to Gen 7 until those games are released. The good news is we're in a much better place to implement Gen 7 than we were for Gen 6 for a few reasons: Sprites are scary but I have high hopes that I won't have to handle them like I have before. Can't say why for now, but it's nothing dramatic. We have an actual scripting team unlike before, and I'm personally much more competent/comfortable with coding than I was back then. We are currently (mostly) up to date. Before, only content up to Gen 3 was updated, with Gens 4/5 scattered in. We now have everything through 6. The Essentials community itself is also up to date, as a fall-back. The most recent Essentials features Gen 6 code thanks to a user project. I suspect a similar project will pop up to get gen 7 in. This wasn't something that happened back in the day. We already have a framework here of how the community can help with gathering/formatting data to put into the project, and I think we've got some surviving veterans from the process too. However, there are a couple things this time that will be more inconvenient than last: Field Effects will need to be updated for new moves, abilities and mechanics. This is going to be a particular pain because of the Field App graphics I spent forever of this dev cycle making. Since we're managing animations now too, it's a whole new array of moves to animate. There's more content in the game that will need to be adjusted for availability. There are more gyms, trainers, areas, TMs, events/sidequests than there were when Gen 6 hit. So it's still a pain. Further, I might deliberately hold off on implementing it until the final episode anyway. I mentioned this before but development times have taken so long, not because the new content is difficult, (excepting E16 in which everything takes forever), but because I'm making so many changes to the existing content. Since realizing this I'm actively trying to refrain from being too perfectionistic with preexisting content. I think postponing Gen 7 changes until the end of development will help me not have to constantly go back and change old stuff-- I can do it all in one fell swoop later. The exception to that will be if there happens to be a new Pokemon or Mega that works out as an ace for an upcoming leader. For example with Ciel: Altaria was always her ace and I was going to have a hell of a time making it powerful, but then there was a Mega and all of my problems were solved. So like if there happens to be a Mega Dragonite then I'll have to add Gen 7 sometime before Saphira's battle. But maybe that won't be a good thing for you all. Oh well.

this is a joke, right? like this account was just made for the dank memes, right? Mde's response above is correct (my actual working number was 235 plus or minus some commons). The animation team will keep working even past this number to get a head start on E17's animations, but it's probable that only these completed 235 will be released with E16 (and as a separate pack for other creators to use). It's not so much a knack as it is experience. I've mentioned this before, but I've worked with RPG Maker for a lot of years and back when I was more active in the RM community I was both a frequent participant and judge of weekly mapping contests on a number of sites. This is old hat for me. As a tangent, I -do- really enjoy mapping, but with Reborn I'm actually working pretty far below my actual capability. Part of this is just because some areas are not particularly inspired (for instance most of the early game, and smaller/generic caves), but mostly because I'm keeping to the gen 3 style. One thing I'm looking forward to with Starlight is getting back into panoramic mapping and being able to use customized light effects/fogs, negative space, and the whole bit. Finished Coral tonight after tossing half of it into the chipper and starting from scratch, but I'm happy with the result. Three to go. Lapis is up next.

Minor errors like passability only take a second to fix (admittedly WTC is a little more finnicky, but in general) so that's not the kind of stuff Marcello does anyway. He takes on the more significant errors like, you know, sucker punch. again. so if it's broken this time, blame him!!! That said, Inuki has your snark on the minor errors covered: Release dates are just a social construct. Finished Onyx today, mostly. The last part I can't do until I do Coral. Started on Coral. Who'd have guessed. My time/updating is going to get a bit spotty again over the next couple weeks because I'm having to pick up shifts at my job.

I am going to pull back on the bass because I think it rendered a bit louder than I wanted it to. Probably because I had the fry effect in the original jammed so far up oops. Anyway tonight's animation is Moonlight, background by yours truly and put together by Koyo. That said, Koyo unfortunately won't be able to stick around to keep on with the animation team, so Mde and Smeargle are the stars of the show from here out.

There's not really reason for sakura trees to be in Reborn, especially in the city. As it is the trees are being transplanted from Jasper/Beryl, so they would have had to have been there. Yesterday I did some more on Onyx, mostly with recoloring stuff and remapping the ward. Onyx was already in pretty good shape tbh so there wasn't a whole lot to do there but I'm still playing with colors, and will have to rebuild the stairway/rooftop. also this

ended up not really feeling the stream tonight, but maybe tomorrow instead. who knows. i sure don't. in any case, finished out obsidia today (both north and central) as well as all alleys + sweet co interior, also resprited the trainers school for onyx. so that's next.

I thought I was being clever with a title like that but actually I'm pretty sure it's going to inspire some sort of pokebestiality slashfic so uhh whoops. Anyhow here's a quick note about two changes in forum moderation coming to a website near you. Dark Desire, already moderating the server and Gaming General section, will also be taking over the Victory Road section. Aaaaand everyone's favorite little furry electrodent is newly joining the staff in moderating the Bug Reporting forums! which means if you have problems, bug him, not me. just kidding, post a topic in the right place like a responsible citizen. uh well my text editor seems to have glitched and i can't actually get this strikethrough offa me now... so that's good.... but we're going to make this an abrupt end to the announcement but thank both of you for your supporting the community!

My twitch is here: http://www.twitch.tv/amethystblack Tonight is a classic Fire Blast, again from mde. ...and, I guess by association, Thunder Wave/paralysis too. -.- Paralysis mine, Thunder Wave Inuki's. I think it was Inuki anyway... can't remember...

I really sort of inherently don't favor legendaries, but it's cute. If it weren't legendary I'd be all about it. Fairy type is best type after all. That's not Reborn. We're not about that. And even if we were, it wouldn't have come so late in the game. She was a little off-kilter. She got busted for having hazardous materials in her home. Turns out she's the kind of lady you see on 'Hoarders'. Her living room was piled to the ceiling with junk, and just a very small path to walk through-- and that's just what we could see through the front door. Apparently deeper inside was much worse. See gen VII questions. Just Budew. The rest of the line is great, I'm totally a fan.

beryl was the one i didn't have to do, since it was done in advance a long time ago Poison Fang comes from mde, and despite not caring much for the move, it is one of my favorite animations overall.

Resprited all Obsidia buildings and cleaned the maps. Still have to figure out color balance though. Also added a unique graphic (to the pre-existing city that is) for Silph/the Department Store. Next I can start remapping them. animations tomorrow night or burn me at the stake

Most city-based events will no longer be a thing, but availability shouldn't change in the end one way or another. I'm pretty sure most of the event Pokemon in the city are available outside of it by now, so they can safely be erased. Anything else will either be preserved or get a new event. Entire city + apophyll + azurine and honestly that's not even counting stuff I want to do for sidequests, but I probably won't worry about -that- until I actually get to making them. I ain't addin' anything until we have a game to base it off of. *secretly cries about it* Finished Peridot today among a few other things, started copying new tiles over to Obsidia. Tomorrow will be respriting the buildings similar to last week. Wanted to start on that tonight but I ended up not getting as much done or streaming due to medical appointment + not feeling physically up to it. So hopefully dev stream next week instead. Lord knows there's plenty to work on for it.