Ice Cream Sand Witch

Reuploaded DDDL and Spork: DDDL: -added color mush PC to the Party District/City Pokemon Center SPORK UPDATES: -new custom shinies: custom shiny Litwick line made by me (with feedback and revamped Chandelure from Cinna) two different custom shiny Budew lines made by me custom shiny Torchic line (Torchic front sprite made by Punkeev, the rest made by me) custom shiny Trubbish line made by me second revamp for shiny Articuno by Punkeev custom shiny Mega Malamar made by Punkeev -Nova VS sprite made by Palletite (the hand pose is custom!) -the Litwick that appears in the story is now named Beri and is the new custom shiny -added three new Nova events: one at Wonky Woods as you're leaving after the story events (you can still activate this on an older save if you're past Wonky Woods), one in the Contest Hall lobby, and she's also been added to Crolea's birthday party -changed the Umbreon Sign's main ability: it now activates "Stealth Mode", which allows you to bypass most regular Trainers (more details further down the post). The hide and seek visibility is now part of the Espeon Sign instead -Spork Art Gallery updates: added the Isaac + Ampharos and Quinn art that Punkeev commissioned from Nym; art is now displayed on statues that Punkeev made (you still interact with them for the full images); and there's a new room for Punkeev's Sporktober doodles -Punkeev added two new skin tones for Cyclists -Belinda now acknowledges Beri at Crolea's birthday party if you speak to her after Felicia brings Beri out -Windows XP, color mush, and blue screen PCs made by Punkeev -changed Draga's trainer class to Fledgling -interacting with one of Isaac's ducks now makes a squeaky sound effect -reduced the size of the Contest Hall lobby -team changes: Strawberry: Lurantis -> shiny Chandelure (nickname StrawberryKing) Belinda: A-Muk -> Shiori Novella shiny Roserade Belladonna's Roserade is now the IRyS shiny Peach: Mega changed from Gallade to Malamar Lemon: Cofagrigus -> shiny Gorebyss (nickname Light) Portal Agent Robert's Garbodor is now shiny -added a warning note not to battle Mother's + Father's Day Meowstic with only 1 Pokemon, as it'll crash the game -removed the message about not having fonts installed, because it was happening even to players who do have them installed SPORK FIXES: -the Bombirdier you get wasn't shiny if you met Isaac before doing the quest; it's now shiny both if you haven't or have met Isaac -removed white space from Cosmog's backsprite between its crest and right ear There's so much to talk about this time, so hopefully I can summarize it all well enough! Starting with the shinies: Litwick line: I saw an image of strawberry tarts someone made that looked like Litwick, and then saw a couple people made fanart of them, which inspired me to make a shiny line based on them! Thanks to Cinna for offering feedback and updating the Chandelure's front sprite as an example! The eyes and lines along the glass are more readable now, and the shading is more detailed! Also, thanks to Punkeev for naming Beri! It's strange that I never even gave the Litwick a name before Budew lines: They're based on two Hololive VTubers, IRyS and Shiori Novella! Just like Roselia and Roserade have two different-colored roses, IRyS has two different-colored eyes, and Shiori has two hair colors. IRyS was the original idea, and later I realized Shiori would also work for the two colors concept. While Roserade isn't a Dark-type, I thought Belinda and Belladonna having the two different Roserade shinies was too adorable to not do. (plus, Belinda is retired, and throwing off opponents with something unexpected is her style anyway) Articuno: Punkeev wasn't feeling the inverted color one either, so she made a new one again. We worked together on deciding a theme. This one is based on Qingque from Honkai: Star Rail, specifically her Origami Bird from the minigame. It's my favorite shiny Articuno so far! Trubbish line: These ones are also HSR-inspired. The main bodies have the colors of the Trash Cake, while the colorful bits of debris are based on some of the other Critter Pick creations (ex: the pink and blue ones shown on Trubbish above are from the March 7th one). Mega Malamar: As mentioned before, it continues the line's theme. Inkay has the original Splatoon main colors, Malamar has the Splatoon 2 main colors, and Mega Malamar has the Splatoon 3 main colors! Punkeev added a cool gradient at the top! Torchic line: Isaac has this Torchic, named Water Chicken, in DDDL, which is from an inside reference. I decided to continue the whole line as shinies! Stealth Mode: I had trouble thinking of something for the Umbreon Sign when I originally made the Eeveelution Zodiac, and making the hide and seek locations visible is very similar to the Espeon Sign showing invisible items. Recently I thought of "Stealth Mode", which shows as Halves appearing in front of Trainers, blocking their line of sight and allowing you to avoid them unless you intentionally talk to them. This does not include Trainers in Gyms, Team Portal agents, Wonky Woods, the Vitamin Factory, or the Rap Battle House. Basically, areas where I thought being able to bypass the Trainers there would detract from the story or vibes. Nova: I had so much fun writing her, especially when you first meet her in Wonky Woods! For that event, you might notice that she's wearing a black dress at first, then her sprite becomes the shiny Gothitelle dress when Robin appears. The first idea for her design had a black dress, and I thought it'd be neat to have both in game. Before you arrived at Wonky Woods, she was having an Absol vs Absol sparring match with Agne. You meet her on your way out and there's a silly conversation with a Galarian Ponyta, along with Nova's entire Pokemon team introducing her to you. PCs: The color mush ones are used in Pokemon Centers and Alumia's Gym, the blue screen ones are at the tournament lobby in the Sea Star Society and Planet Spork, and the Windows XP ones are used in every other area that has a PC. Along with the duck sound effects, these were originally in Punkeev's own game she's making for fun, and I wanted to add them to Spork! Thanks to Punkeev for so much new art this upload, and to Palletite for Nova's VS sprite! They say that April showers bring May flowers. It's now May, and Spork has new shiny flowers!

Reuploaded: -Isaac's overworld sprites in Delicia's Return to Dreamland now match trainer and VS sprites (is in the post above!) -custom shiny Litwick line made by me (with feedback and revamped Chandelure from Cinna) -two different custom shiny Budew lines made by me -custom shiny Mega Malamar made by Punkeev -Nova VS sprite made by Palletite -changed Draga's trainer class to Fledgling -team changes: Strawberry: Lurantis -> shiny Chandelure (nickname StrawberryKing) Belinda: A-Muk -> Shiori Novella shiny Roserade Belladonna's Roserade is now the IRyS shiny Lemon: Cofagrigus -> shiny Gorebyss (nickname Light)

Did some testing and it turns out it's more specific than that. It doesn't happen with double battles against one trainer; if you only have one Pokemon for those, the game will just make it a single battle instead. Mother's Day and Father's Day Meowstic being 1 vs 2 with no partner is set up differently than any other double battle in the game, and it's that combination that causes the crash. I looked at all the script sections mentioned in the error message. The one with pbStartBattleCore is the message "Opponent trainer must be only one person in single battles". This is just the text that displays for the error. And for the Sky + Inverse Battles, I couldn't understand what was related there. The pbStartBattle one is probably the part that needs to be changed. I took out what I thought could be the most relevant part (about party length), but removing it caused an error. Until I get better at reading the scripts, I probably shouldn't mess with this too much on my own, so I think I have two options for now. I could make them two separate single battles, or I could add a warning note about not attempting them with 1 Pokemon.

Here are the three Crystal Caverns puzzle solutions. I think this is the first one you're at, but I can't tell 100%, so I'll post all of them just in case: Also, there's a puzzleguide notepad file you can consult if you need puzzle help! The solutions for the Crystal Caverns puzzles are in there too

It's likely the same will happen trying to battle Orange or Carol (or Felicia at Mt. Comet) with one Pokemon, then, as they're also double battles without a partner. Interesting timing, Enigma had actually mentioned this to me a few days ago and asked if I could ask the Reborn team about how they got around this. They said that they just don't have the part of the script that crashes if the player enters a double battle with one Pokemon. So I'll see if I can find and remove that part of the script soon.

Isaac with Ampharos and Quinn by Nym!

Thanks, fixed for next reupload! I've attached the fixed backsprite to the post if you want it now, and also included the shiny as the white space was on both of them.

Reuploaded with fixes: -Jim no longer has an extra Staraptor; has been changed to the intended Farigiraf -the Elite Four now have battle music -the opponent Delicia's VS sprite at the True Arena now faces the player Delicia's VS sprite

For Jim, it was the Farigiraf, yes. I must have not been thinking clearly and added another Staraptor to his team instead of just giving his existing one the Staraptite. For the Elite Four, it seems that I changed their theme to the newer one in the trainertypes file, but forgot to actually add the new music to the Audio folder. I'll create a new trainer class for the Delicia at the True Arena so the VS sprite for the opponent Delicia can face the player Delicia Isaac's base VS sprite is Falkner, and it seems that Falkner is facing the opposite direction of Isaac: For this one, I'll ask Punkeev if the intent was to change direction. Thanks for all the bugs you've reported, you were very thorough with finding and documenting them! I'll start on fixing these and then do another reupload for Delicia's Return to Dreamland.

Very early Spork reupload to fix an issue where you couldn't get the Starminite if you chose the Vaporeon Sign Updates: -custom shiny Scorbunny line made by me -changed Nova's Key Stone item to Mega Ribbon Fixes: -the Starminite is now available at the Mega Stone vendor if you have the Vaporeon Sign -when changing Deoxys forms with the meteorites at Area S1, there's no longer a chance that they'll say "-1" changed form instead of Deoxys -the Paldea arena at the Battle Factory now has the factory battle background like the other arenas -the Planet Spork simulation categories with four trainers now have a "Nevermind" option in order to opt out like all the others The shiny Scorbunny line are based on Waraby, which from what I've read was a scrapped starter! I don't know whether Waraby would eventually become repurposed into Scorbunny, or if they're two separate ideas, but I've seen fanart of them together and I thought it would be cute to have the shiny fire bunnies be like the water bunny! Thanks to Marianito for all the bug reports recently, they've been very helpful! The earlier than planned reupload could be fitting since the shiny bunnies get to debut in April, when Easter is! So Spork has been visited by the Easter Bunny!

Reuploaded: -changed Nova's Key Stone item to Mega Ribbon -changed Ashley's Key Stone item to Mega Tutu; seems like I forgot to give Ashley her Key Stone from Spork in Return to Dreamland before

Interestingly, I tested it just now and only got it the first time I changed form, from Normal to Defense Form. After that, even when I used a rock for a form it was already in, it displayed the name correctly. Very mysterious. But I just realized I could just change the stored variable to have it say Deoxys, since Deoxys is the only Pokemon to have this form-changing method.

Thank you for all of these reports! That's strange for the rocks, since they all look the same in the event pages aside from which form they change. For where the -1 is, they have this: I believe \v[1] is a variable that stores the name of the Pokemon. If it correctly stores the others, I wonder why this one is an exception. The only possibility that's immediately coming to mind: Was Deoxys already in the form that the rock changes it to? For the idol outfits, there are certain player activities that don't have sprite sheets for them yet (I believe surfing, surfing while fishing, and biking are the ones missing, going off a glance in the Graphics folder). I think that Palletite may have made them just with performances in mind, and didn't imagine I'd have them as full-time outfits. However, it's been brought up and they're a future project! It seems like I forgot to add the Starminite for the Vaporeon Sign The Sea Star Society shops have two event pages. One for regular buying, which does have the Starminite, and one for the Vaporeon Sign which doesn't need to purchase with Heart Scales. I'll probably want to do a reupload soon to fix this, since that means if you have the Vaporeon Sign, you can't get the Starminite at all I'll set the battle background for the Paldea Factory! I may have forgotten that I changed the others from the default to the factory background The four options are a relic from before I knew how to expand the menu to show more choices. I kept them at the time because they showed all the options on the screen, but hadn't considered that for Planet Spork, there wouldn't be an opt out option for the battles, so I'll go back and update those. That one is just Isabelle's shenanigans, yeah. The stones that Angela gives you are just decorative. I'm not sure what kind I could make from the descriptions, but I do think it would be really neat if they did effects!

Reuploaded DDDL and Spork DDDL: -Punkeev updated Isaac's DDDL trainer sprite to match overworld and VS sprites (is the one in Punkeev's post above!) Spork Updates: -Nova's design is finalized (trainer sprite made by Palletite) and she can be battled at the Contest Hall after becoming Champion -new custom shiny Bombirdier made by Punkeev -new shiny Mega Victreebel made by me that matches the rest of our shiny Bellsprout line -revamped shiny Articuno made by Punkeev -finished the icons for all of Spork's custom shinies (includes the ones added this reupload) -added Spork Art Gallery in South Virima City -the Bombirdier you get in the quest is now shiny -Seamus team changes: Victreebel is now shiny and his Mega, and Venusaur changed to Shaymin Sky (nickname Siobhan) -ZA Mega Evolutions now have their canon abilities (all the ones I was able to script) -added Dragonize ability -added a Milotic musical performance at Dyserean Oasis -the Battle Tower trainers' teams now have set moves, abilities, items, and natures (formulated by Vince&Sylveon), as well as nickname themes -added cameos for the Battle Tower trainers across the maps -Toxtricitite is now given by listening to Eva's song at Party City and donating any of the listed amounts -Punkeev added a third skin tone for Hikers and female Tourists -all Pokemon that can be male or female now have a 50/50 chance (meaning for example, instead of having a higher chance of getting a male Eevee than a female Eevee, there's now an equal chance of getting either) -new clown sprite made by Punkeev -the berry and herb shops in Aliora City now have more imaginative names: the berry shop is called Tropius Trove, and the herb shop is called Pure Powder -Isaac's favorite color mentioned in the Data Vault changed to slate blue at Punkeev's request -added some new NPCs and trainers for the new skin tones -added text to the photo frame in the Contest Hall lobby Spork Fixes: -Burn Up and Double Shock now have a single selected target instead of hitting everyone on the field -the waterfall in Mt. Comet can no longer be surfed through without using the HM -the Fruit Squad's overworld sprites now show again at Victory Road for the 7 battle gauntlet -part of a tree no longer clips through a house in Veyle -can no longer walk through the building behind the Contest Hall -added missing Mega Meowstic icon -the tmandtutorlocationlist notepad file no longer mentions the removed Legendary Quizzes -Isaac is no longer missing from the postgamerematches notepad file You might remember Nova being mentioned as the next in line Dark-type Gym Leader, and also from the Chi-Yu quest. She now makes her battling debut in Spork! In the postgame, you can find doppelgangers of Nova (her Zoroark) at each contest stage, and then you can battle her! Nova was planned for earlier in the year (she was originally going to be in 2 reuploads ago), but I was struggling a bit with the head ribbons in the rough draft, as they ended up looking more like horns or cat ears when I tried. Thankfully, Palletite stepped in and offered assistance, updating the entire design! Nova's dress is based on Spork's shiny Gothitelle! While a postgame battle and an appearance in one Legendary quest still isn't much for screentime, I'd like to add her to more places over time just like I've done with Isaac across reuploads. Enigma also has an idea for Nova when Victory Road is revamped in the future! It's thanks to Enigma's idea that we're expanding on Nova! I've seen a few other fangames have galleries where they showcase art people have made of their characters and settings, and I've wanted to add one to Spork for a while! The Spork Art Gallery is in South Virima City, in the building that was the name-changing office a long time ago before I learned that using it to change your name was erasing players' progress. It doesn't cover every single piece of art made of Spork, as I didn't want to add anything without artists' permission. The first room is commissions and drawing requests that various artists have done for us, along with Punkeev's Ashley drawing. The second room is for Vince&Sylveon and Yoru91, who've both made a lot of art. If you've made anything you'd like me to add there, please let me know! You can also let me know if there's something you no longer want there, or if you've changed your name and need me to update it in the picture credit. Punkeev made the shiny Bombirdier using the same technique for Carol's Gym tiles! At first Punkeev's idea was to save this shiny for Pride Month in June, but then realized that it could work for Autism Acceptance Month in April too, as the autism spectrum symbol is infinity with rainbow colors: We do have a new idea for a Pride Month shiny; 2 of them, in fact! For April, happy Autism Acceptance Month! Punkeev made a shiny Articuno for Spork last year, and recently wanted to redo it. Punkeev's message for the new shiny Articuno: "I wasn't entirely happy with this sprite. So, I revamped it. I did another trick: Invert Color. Which came out a surprising green! A certain battle effect can cause the Articuno to look how it previously did with a glow. Please enjoy!" A handful of new Megas in ZA belong to lines that have custom shinies in Spork. Before now, I only did Mega Meowstic's, but we haven't forgotten about the others! Mega Victreebel follows the Sprout Tower coloring and patterns of the rest of our shiny Bellsprout line, with the mouth now being gold like the pillar at the very top of the tower. Punkeev and I have also been chipping away at a shiny Mega Malamar that will continue the line's theme by having Splatoon 3 colors! Just like Seamus, Peach's Mega will change to Malamar when it's ready. I thought the custom shiny icons would be done a few per reupload like I mentioned before, but I ended up finishing all of them since they weren't as difficult as I imagined they'd be! Some of them took more time than others, but the only ones that were so hard that I didn't enjoy making them were the Abra line. I'm not sure if the technique used to make their battle sprites back in 2019 is still available in modern Paint versions, but I did my best at manually recreating the patterns. This reupload is the one I've had the most fun with so far this year! I always like making Spork livelier and more colorful! Thanks to Punkeev and Palletite for the new sprites (and Uma's nicknames) and Vince&Sylveon for the Battle Tower team details!

Reuploaded: Updates: -added Nova to the game -Punkeev updated Isaac's Return to Dreamland trainer sprite to match overworld and VS sprites (is the one in the post above!) -new shiny Mega Victreebel made by me that matches the rest of our shiny Bellsprout line -Seamus team changes: Victreebel is now shiny and his Mega, and Venusaur changed to Shaymin Sky (nickname Siobhan) -ZA Mega Evolutions now have their canon abilities (all the ones I was able to script) Fixes: -Double Shock and Burn Up now have a single selected target instead of hitting everyone on the field