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I do think it's more likely to be a new character (maybe the "Raw Evil" shadow). From what we know about her, I think Crescent doesn't believe in the prophecies and is trying to prevent us from getting involved in them (she said the future isn't set in stone no matter how many times people try to carve it). Although we've only seen her going after Team Xen and not the Arceus cult, I don't think she'd like the Arceus cult any more than she does Team Xen. I think she's on her own side. I mentioned before in a theory thread I did she seems like a "Chaotic Good" character.

I think Madame X and Gardevoir's only connection would be that they're enemies. Kanon attacked Gardevoir after saying the masked woman told him those people would bring destruction to the world. So I don't believe that Madame X and Gardevoir are working together, or that Gardevoir is Madame X's Pokemon. If I had to guess at Gardevoir's trainer, I'd say either a new character or Crescent, seeing as Crescent is able to talk through her Gothitelle and seems to be a Psychic-type trainer. Or maybe she's able to speak the same way Braixen is, through Blakeory technology. I agree about Madame X trying multiple times to stop the catastrophe. Assuming the locked building in Kugearen is hers since she takes the journal away from us when we're about to read the savior's name, she also mentioned an old guy setting up a disaster. The light and shadow prophecies can be found in two different places: the Hidden Library and Kristolica Palace (the name of the mansion in the sewers). At Blacksteeple Castle, there's also a statue that goes into detail about the shadow prophecy specifically, mentioning what each shadow represents (Raw Evil, Betrayal, Obsession, and Greed).

@having one Pokemon: she does now, but until V7 or V8 she actually had a full team of 6: Yveltal, Volcarona, Goodra, Hydreigon, Garchomp, and Salamence. I do think Madame X is an endgame opponent, but I'm also not sure if she's the final villain. In the intro she asks how many times they plan on making the little girl (Maria) suffer, and she told Kanon Vitus/Indriad's cult would bring the destruction of the world. So while she's done a lot of bad stuff, it seems like there's worse than her. Though I have hard time envisioning Vitus/Indriad being stronger than Madame X. Going by the way he tells Anathea that he heard Pokemon were dangerous, it kind of sounds like he doesn't have Pokemon at all. Since he seems like just a pawn to the Gardevoir, I'm guessing the final battle against the Arceus cult won't be against him. Maybe it'll be against the Gardevoir, or its trainer if it has one. Also, something I just realized is that according to Kanon Madame X said she could only rescue either him or Salamence, but she has a Salamence on her team. It may just be coincidence, but what if she lied and that Salamence is Kanon's? . o .

Waterfall isn't available yet. The only field move TM/HM in the current version is Rock Smash.

See this convo and this convo for info about Pokemon with three possible abilities. Basically, third abilities can only be found in the wild (10% chance IIRC), and you need to send me your save file for me to give the Espurr Own Tempo, since I'm not sure how to make hidden abilities appear as normally as regular abilities.

Yeah, levels at which Gen 1-6 Pokemon learn moves still goes by ORAS. I did add new moves to those that gained them in Gen 7 (ex: Bellossom now learns Quiver Dance), but for the levels where moves are learned I kept them the same since that's over 700 to go through and check and adding the Gen 7 moves, abilities, and Pokemon + changing TM data already burned me out x . x

Caz also said starting February he'd be working two jobs as well as going to university just to be able to eat food, so he'd have less time to work on it. It's probably best not to expect it to come out this year considering Caz will be kept busy a lot by his personal life.

You can battle Hardy if you do Garrett's missions with pursuing the rogue branch of Black Foxes. If you forgive Nova and read the secret diary, when in Aurora's dimension at the second dialogue choice (not the one where she asks what a hero is, but the one after) you'll get an extra option "She saved Shiv's life". Then Aurora will stop revenging against Nova, saying it's not her place to deal justice.

I'd rather be trapped in a castle with cake than be trapped in a castle without cake. I don't approve of trapping people in castles to begin with, but having cake is better than not having cake. Actually, Aurora does mention him. She says something along the lines of "Poor Keegan...he didn't deserve any of this". Although I don't remember which diary it was in. It might have been the one you need the archives key to access.

I've responded to the level cap suggestion before in the thread: "I've been against using a level cap for Spork since before development started. I also don't think I should include one after an episode of the game has already released, as this could punish players who started before the level cap was implemented if they have Pokemon that would end up being above the level cap. This happened to me in another fangame called Full Moon, which added a level cap after 6 episodes (8 gyms) in. My Pokemon were in the mid-70s when the level cap was added, while the level cap for the 8th gym was either 60 or 65 (I don't remember which). If I ever did decide to include a level cap, I would make it optional." In addition to what's mentioned there, I don't know how to implement in a level cap to begin with (again, though, it's not something that's planned to be added).

The re-re-upload of ep 3 which fixes the Talonflame error is now complete. The download link in the first post will lead to it. this also fixes an issue I learned about while getting a screenshot for steamdevelopment of where to find Tinder Forest, where flying to Premoggin Softlands would take you to a mountaintop in the area instead of the Pokemon Center, leaving the player stuck. This happened because when setting the healing spot for Premoggin Softlands, I mixed up the x and y coordinates. So it's probably in everyone's best interests to download the recent re-upload.

That was the last one for episode 2. Episode 3, which was released yesterday, goes to the 10th gym.

This temple. The path east of where the temple is in this picture leads to the entrance of Tinder Forest. This is after Classic Park.

If you're on the last gym, you would've went to the canyon earlier. It's where Jim was in front of the temple. The entrance to the forest is to the east of that part of the canyon.

Tinder Forest is reached from Premoggin Canyon. Also don't donwload the recent re-upload, I just tried opening it to show a screenshot of where Tinder Forest is and got an error resulting from me forgetting to capitalize Talonflame's entire name when listing it as Fletchinder's evolution. Fixing now. Again, I'll let you know when the re-upload is complete.

I forgot to mention, but it may also be worth noting that in every city/town/place that has a Gym Leader, one of the TVs in that city/town/place has an interview with that leader. Jim's interview is in one of the hotel rooms. Specifically, the room to the right of the player's room. @steamdevelopment Ep 3 has been re-uploaded with the Fletchinder issue fixed; the link in the OP leads to the re-upload

An NPC in the Battle Mall sells them. There's also one in a rock in Halloween Hideout. (sorry for double post, I don't know how to edit quotes into posts)

You'll meet Jim later on during episode 3 content, where you'll find out more about him. Every gym leader and Elite Four will appear outside their gym/the league at some point in the game. With some this happens before battling them, and with some this happens after. (there are two as of ep 3 who haven't yet had an appearance outside their gym battle, and some who've already had outside appearances who will appear more in future episodes)

Scyther can be found in Tinder Forest. There's a notepad file in the game folder called "obtainablepokemon" that lists the locations of every Pokemon that's available outside the starter event.

This NPC at Bolaii Beach sells all the evolution stones: There's also a Water Stone available from a specific sidequest where you interact with Aliora City's fountain and get the Fountain Pen, then bring it to the little girl in Ciansoa City who says "I'm looking for a fountain pen!" She'll give you a Water Stone in exchange for the fountain pen. As for Fletchinder, looking at pokemon.txt in the PBS files, it seems like Talonflame isn't listed as its evolution for some reason...I've fixed that and am in the process of re-uploading now.

No, there's no level cap.

As of Essentials v16.2 I believe several moves of the same type share an animation. Either way they're getting replaced with Reborn's custom animations later.

Snivy was never intended for ep 3. The Pheromosa event isn't ready since SPB doesn't have Internet back yet. It'll probably be in a re-upload or added retroactively in ep 4.

Episode 3 is now out! Three more gyms are added, so the game now goes up to the 10th gym. Additionally: CHANGES AND UPDATES: -Bunnelby Burrows is now a Mystery Dungeon. -There are now NPCs who can give you a specific item in return for providing ingredients. Currently there are two: one in Cianosa Cafe who can make Berry Juice, and one in Olidroll's Candy Shop who can make Rare Candy -Gen 7 Pokemon have been added to the game. There's a notepad file called "gen7movesandabilities" in the download folder that lists which new moves and abilities are currently in the game and functional. -Pokemon obtainability list and marble location list have been updated for episode 3. I also added a TM location list. -False Fortunes sidequest continues in episode 3, with one more doable. The newest one is in episode 3 content. There will be re-uploads of episode 3 in the future. Some things I want to try doing include adding a randomizer mode and putting in Reborn's new move animations. Additionally, Palletite mentioned wanting to improve on some sprites like Felicia and Crolea in the future. There will also of course be Legend Mode, but SPB does not have Internet back yet, so I can't say when that is. My last contact with her was on Saturday (it was a 1 hour free Internet trial). I hope you enjoy the episode

I once had a dream that Nova had been my caretaker since I was born, but I started to pick up on odd mannerisms and I let her know. She slowly started to show a more twisted side of herself before trapping me in a castle dungeon. She still fed me cake every day, though. I somehow ended up in a boss gauntlet of 100 battles (physical fights, not Pokemon battles) and Nova was every 10th. Every time she'd get a few new attacks. My weapon was balloons shaped like small dogs/pickles. At the end she had a way to take one of my balloons for herself when it popped. Also she was extremely small and floated, and she said she was 60 years old.