Dylanrockin

Well, for all of you: what do you want as a whole? I want to try and get a demo out, but the thought of there not being enough game to play is always lingering on my mind. I've been not releasing my game, mainly because I want to make something that looks like it was made specifically for my game; in terms of mapping, characterization, and story. Something that you guys could play and think that everything that you see is non-traditional, and takes no cues from other games, besides itself. To be unique and original on it's own terms, and for people to recognize that. It wouldn't be so hard for me, if my constant ocd for perfectionism wasn't a thing. And what good is giving other people a chance to work alongside me, if a good portion of those people who tried doing that before were always out for themselves. After that kind of thing happens, you stop trusting a lot of people who are willing to help, and it's hard for me to want to accept help from anyone, given past circumstances. Besides, I openly stated a couple times before if anyone was willing to help, and I even went to the length of asking back on Pokecommunity (which asking there, in itself, is a bad idea), and even here, and no one was really willing to offer any help. So, at that point, I just gave up searching and I now take matters into my own hands, because if you want something done right: you do it yourself. Well, at the end of the day: Any liquid-up hillbilly with a keyboard and mouse could do exactly what I've done, at the zoo. And as much as I want to release my game, I want to release something that could be deemed worthy of a demo, and in my eyes that's hard to achieve. And when you have constant time constraints, among other depressing life factors to deal with, it's just not looking all too likely. But, to everyone reading this, I'm going to try and push out more work... But chances are, I won't have much inspiration to work with, or even manage to get working right.

Okay, this is a bit of a semi-serious update, and this is mainly because of some thoughts that I've been having as of late. So, far I've been really disappointed in myself, in terms of multiple things, involving my game: Mainly the lack of skills that I have, in comparison to others, when it comes to custom tiles and other things like it. My mapping skills have gone down the tube, and are no longer even relevant at this point. And because of that, it just now dawned on me that I haven't been trying nearly as hard as I could with my game, and that... has kind of depressed me as of late. Because of that, and my inability to adapt, I've been starting to lose a lot of motivation for my game, and I am now starting lose interest in continuing the project as a whole. I feel like I've lost my edge, and honestly, what I wanna know is: What exactly is it that you guys like about my game, that has already been done in others? Besides, I know some devs. out there would love for that to happen.

I didn't. At least I hope I didn't XD But, the bewbs never lie. Also, here is a little montage of things to expect in future parts of the game There is no dialogue, but you can all take your guess as to what is happening. Also, here is another skit video! Because, it's been forever since I last posted one XD

Well, they are tight jean shorts, so you can just imagine that they kind of hold themselves up I mean, suspension of disbelief is a thing But, in this version of her swim suit, it actually has a pretty stylish belt Okay, so now Vivian's official swim suit is now finished, and to be honest... I really freaking love this design! I wasn't intending for it to look this cool, actually ;A;

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That's just how it goes, when it comes down to going from sketch ---> full art, but she's just meant to be looking at something/someone in the image curiously. Again, that's just because the image is compressed, this a jpg version of the image, so it's been shrunk down, and compressed so it's just because of the file format and change of resolution. I have the full png version, with the correct resolution, but for when I post this stuff, it has to be the jpg versions.

I dunno, it depends, because at the moment, I don't know what my artist will do, since I haven't heard back from her today. And yes, I am changing THAT specific shade of blue, because it is pretty... not that good. But it will look like Hilda levels of blue, in terms of her shorts. Besides, I think that Vivian with traditional colored jean shorts seems pretty cool, and its a unique take on her personality.

Well, I plan on having her be set to the usual blue jeans look, because I that's what I think when it comes down to going to the beach ;P The current color is going to be changed, mainly because it just seems very odd for her. But, at least she has her black coat-thing on. And I wasn't really planning on having her with the heels, and I didn't really notice until now. Although, that might not be changed since it's not really that big of a deal, since they are kinda similar looking, and it's stylish and original for her design.

So, here is the last of the Summer Beach Costumes, with the best saved for last! This is Vivian in her Beach Costume! And before anyone mentions it, yes, I know her shorts are too teal colored, they will be changed tomorrow XD As for now, the next costumes that will be coming around are the Pirate costumes, that will be drawn by a different artist.

The color scheme will definitely fit her, and fanart you say? Intrigue me you have XD I am curious what the scene could be for you to do for it.

Sooooo, here is a little sneak preview of Vivian's Beach Attire, coming soon, to a forum near you ;D I know Masquerain will, hopefully, like this. This is the last of the character artwork for the costumes, and for Vivian this is her lineart for her beach attire: Yes, she is in-fact wearing a full piece swimming suit under her blue jean shorts And, just so I can clear this up, before any boob talk comes around, those boobs are accurate to her age - she is 16. Now that that boob talk has been cast aside, I won't be posting anything new in regards to character art for awhile, since I'm gonna be more busy working on my game as a whole, as well as programming in new stuff for the game.

Just a little progress update so far on the progress of my work. So far, I spent all night working on several scenes as well as some new optional boss fights that will prove to tear your hair out, since... even I had trouble fighting them ;w; But, so far, I created several new item types as well as creating several more skits to the game. The new item types and what they do are listed below: New EV Enhancing Items Strength Beyond Strength - Increases Attack EV's to their highest level. Basically, it increases it up to 252. These items are incredibly rare, and cannot be purchased by any means. All EV Enhancing items that bring a certain stat up to 252. Costumes Now, costumes are interesting in that, they are Key Items that you have to use, and once you use them, they change you into whichever costume you chose. They are unlocked through specific events throughout the game, and those very same events can be quite humorous, and they often times delve into some interesting conversations. The costumes that are currently available are: Summer Beach Clothes - Marissa, and Vice only at the moment. Halloween Attire - Currently only have Vice and Hiro Verdant Attire - Vice exclusive

You'll be getting Viv next week possibly uwu

She lives in the UK, so perhaps arrangements could be made XD Also, here's some more artwork for Hiro in all of her amazingness. To which, I actually like how colorful she is with her beach attire ^^ it does bring out the whole relaxing at the beach sort of thing together, I think.

I just thought I'd post this, but a close friend of mine made needle felted plushies of two of my characters from my game They are plushies of Hiro and Vice *cough* OTP XD I love my plushies uwu As a casual aside from all the cuteness, I am right now working on several complex events in the game, and hopefully after these events are complete, I can then delve into another session of Beta Testing the game.

Well, for starters. The jumping mechanics kind of explain themselves in-game, but, how they work is determined on one of two things. Forget whatever it was that I posted in the main thread, I was an idiot and didn't edit it XD 1. You have to play as Marissa, and not anyone else, otherwise the jump will not work. 2. If you see a glowing orb like this near a ledge or otherwise impassable obstacle, all you have to do is walk towards it and Marissa will auto-jump to it's location. Depending on the terrain layout, you will be prompted to change where you will be jumping towards, or what you want to jump at. The explanation for this in-game is due to the fact that Marissa has much greater acrobatic abilities than all the other characters, which allows her to navigate otherwise impossible terrain, like stalagmites, wet rock surfaces and other things that most, non-athletic, people would end up getting injured by. Much like with chain-jumps as you see below would, realistically, require a lot more precision and focus to traverse; also stamina, that's a thing you have to keep in mind. And yes, it is directional based, so if you're surfing and try to approach the orb, no you will not auto-jump. It's dependent on the direction from which the character approaches the orb, so any and all bugs that people may think to happen have already been preemptively fixed.

Personally, for me, I don't care about having my game being well known, since that isn't what I envision my game going for. But, for the most part, I prefer working alone, and I tend to choose select people to help me, given my introverted and very "lone wolf" nature - as cliche as that may sound. I work alone on my project, and to the two people that I have at the moment who do sprites and testing, I give them my greatest thanks for helping me out so far. Other than that, I am happy with how my game is, and I don't mind it having a small, cozy community that isn't large, or focused on large amounts of PR to function. Much like Reborn is, it's a nice, warm and cozy community that I bond quite happily with, and isn't PR driven. But the game will be released when I deem it ready - I am a perfectionist, and I will accept nothing short of perfection from my work; no matter how long it may take. Every micro/nano-frame can be, and will be to my liking.

Well, what can I say, if it's a Pokemon game that is expected to have plot, I have to make sure the characters have a decent, albeit unfinished, character bio that delves into their personalities XD I am guilty of not updating the main thread's bio, because #lazy, but meh, I have a game to make, not form a wiki on a forum website Well, I wanted to make Hiro look and feel very different, since that is essentially what the costumes are for, after all XD But, I'm gonna have to see how Vivian fairs with that hair-style, since I kinda want her to look like she is at the beach, which most of the time it's either hair up in a pony-tail or hair down, and not like a japanese princess, which she totally is given her heritage, but that seems like something she would have up if she were to wear formal attire

tl;dr and all that shiz. But, hey, if you're into like character bio's and shiz, then I can see some people actually reading it. But, when you come to see stuff about my game, long walls of text are to be expected XD I go all out on the tl;dr shtuff uwu #proudofmywallsoftext

She does, but it's mostly because of the absence of pig-tails XD Also, she doesn't have a cape, or her Keeper of Time attire But, then again, I kinda like the way she looks, in her swimsuit. And pfft, I openly said it, in the main thread

Indeed it is ^^ these characters, for all intents and purposes, are like my children, and I like to give them as much attention as necessary uwu That's a weird way of putting it, but that's kind of how it feels tbh :V Anywho, here is a lineart for Hiro, who... by the way... is going to be getting a piece of that Vice, just sayin' XD And Hiro looks so different without her pig-tails, but hey, the costumes do bring about unique changes to their appearances, so this is to be expected ;D Even Vivian might be getting her hair down, perhaps; still thinking about it tbh.