Spork Episode 8: Smoothie + Delicia's Delicious Dreamland

[Ice Cream Sand Witch]

Reuploading early again to fix a game-breaking bug I discovered this evening

 

Reuploaded DDDL and Spork

 

DDDL:

-the music for Party District/City is now GlitchxCity's Levincia remix

-changed the "It's too early to go to Victory Road!" message to "There's no reason to go to Victory Road!" if you approach it since the former implies you will go there at some point while Delicia never does

 

Spork Updates:

-added sidequestguide notepad file

-started expanding the choice menus when you have more than 4 choices (the Sea Star Society vendors and the move tutor in the Sea Star Society's Pokemon Center are the ones I've done so far)

-changed Hoenn quiz question about where Glacia can sometimes be found to a question about the two kinds of bikes in Hoenn

-the music for Party City is now GlitchxCity's Levincia remix

 

Spork Fixes:

-changing Vivillon to the Icy Snow pattern no longer causes the game to crash when you enter a Pokemon Center

-the obtainablepokemon notepad file now mentions the Salandit you get from the optional Kelani battle

-Farigiraf's obtainability method is no longer blank in the obtainablepokemon notepad file

-In the first Dark Dungeon dream sequence, the Sableye has been changed to Gengar to match it being changed on Gina's team

-the snack vendor at the Sea Star Society was missing Lumiose Galettes and Shalour Sables; you can now get them there

 

A sidequest guide notepad file has been planned for years, and I'm surprised it's taken me this long to make one. It covers sidequests that aren't already covered in other notepad files. Hopefully I got all of them!

 

The reason I changed that question on the Hoenn quiz is that I felt like it was too obscure. One or two NPCs in ORAS mention that Glacia goes to the food court sometimes, but you never actually see her there yourself. In fact, IIRC she's the only League member you can't see outside of battle in ORAS's postgame.

 

To explain more about the choice menus, today I was looking at Reborn's type quiz event and learned how to make it so that more than four choices can appear on screen at once. I haven't gotten everything yet because I had to reupload early due to discovering the Vivillon crash, but here's a visual comparison: 

 

 

 

The first screenshot is how most menus in Spork are currently with RPG Maker's default four limit, and the second is how they look with all options showing at once. Changing that move tutor in the second screenshot is how I discovered the Vivillon crash. I don't know why, but when you change a Pokemon's form through an overworld event, changing the form also changes a variable in the game that matches that form's number. Icy Snow Vivillon is listed as its 6th form in Spork, and variable 6 relates to your Pokemon being placed on healing machines in Pokemon Centers. So when I entered the Pokemon Center to test this move tutor's new menu, it crashed the game because Variable 006 was "Vivillon" for me instead of a number, from when I tested changing Vivillon's form a few months ago. I did have a command to set variable 6 back to 0, but it was placed under the wrong form before. All the variables related to Vivillon will now go back to 0 after changing forms!

[Ice Cream Sand Witch]

Reuploaded DDDL and Spork

 

DDDL:

-changed Crolea's Inkay to Blipbug (nickname Saucer)

 

Spork:

-changed two Pokemon on Crolea's team: Inkay/Malamar and Onix/(Mega) Steelix are now Minior (nickname Meteor) and Dottler/(Mega) Orbeetle (nickname Saucer)

-changed Ivan's Slowking to Palafin (nickname Paladin)

-changed the Poke Ball starter item gift with Nincada to a Dusk Stone, since that's how it evolves into Shedinja as of last year after it was reported that the canon evo method wasn't working 

-Steelixite is now located at Olidroll Underground

-Bolaii Bar is now a soda parlor where you can buy Soda Pop

-after finishing the Cleanup Collaboration ranger quest, the NPC behind the counter at the Soda Parlor will be in front of the building and give you a Soda Pop as thanks

-following last reupload, I've finished expanding the choice menus for when you have more than four answer options

 

Specifically, the following menus will now show all answer options at once: move tutors, Sea Star Society vendors at the Shopping and Food sections, choosing your home region at the Tourist Info Center, helping Portal Agent Terrence decide what to order at the Battle Factory restaurant, prize vendors at the Battle Frontier, and the character simulations at Planet Spork. I was going to do the Battle Factory rental lists too, but there are so many Pokemon that they don't all fit in one text command, even with extendtext. 

 

I'd been thinking about Crolea's team changes for a while. Earlier this year, I started questioning the connection between Steelix and space. Apparently they can burrow close to the planet's core, which I'm guessing was my thought process there because its nickname was Core, but that sounds more closely related to geology than space. Orbeetle seemed like a great candidate for a space-related mega, since it looks like a UFO! As for Minior, I thought Crolea would really like them, the Violet Core Minior goes well with Crolea's dress, and Crolea gets a Comet Shard birthday present. Malamar fit the team theme perfectly fine and it was a tough decision to switch it out, but Isabelle and Peach still have one! Plus its nickname was Alien, and there's still Celesteela on Crolea's team! Ivan's was a sudden realization that Palafin would work well with his team theme, and since having a King and an Emperor might be repetitive, I switched out Slowking since I think Empoleon's more serious nature fits Ivan better. 

 

2024 felt like a weird year in terms of reupload times. I was going to say that sometimes there were larger gaps than usual between reuploads, but looking back at timestamps from older posts, it doesn't seem like it's all that different to past years. It still feels different to me for some reason though. Maybe I feel like I fumbled a bit towards the end of the year with the Serenity Seaside house stuff, which led to a few reuploads having a lot less updates than originally planned. And the past couple weeks have basically been one reupload split into three, since I needed to reupload early twice due to major bugs. I've still enjoyed working on Spork though, and I'm excited to continue making updates! Happy Holidays!   

[Ice Cream Sand Witch]

           

 

Reuploaded Spork

 

Updates:

-added flashbacks after every Gym and Elite Four battle called Memories of Ceolis, which show interactions between Ceolis and the Gym Leader or E4 you just battled

-due to timeline changes with the Memories of Ceolis, the black screen conversation between the Guardian and Ceolis that happened as you were leaving the Underwater Hotel after defeating Team Portal there has been removed

-because Aurora's Memory of Ceolis mentions the snowball tournament, Agne's final fun fact in the Data Vault has been changed (now it says the longest nap Agne's taken was six hours)

-shiny Magearna has been added (not a custom one, the canon one, it was just missing)

-at starter selection, you can now choose between Magearna's regular and Original Color forms

-if you speak to Alumia again after getting Magearna, she can now change Magearna's form

-applied the expanded choice menus to changing Pokemon forms (both overworld + NPCs and when choosing a starter that has multiple forms); I completely overlooked them last reupload

-Lucky Lenses and Ether Foundation now have the same music that plays in other shops and Nosy News

 

Fixes:

-changing Vivillon to River Pattern no longer resets the Defeated Elite Four variable if you've beaten the Champion

-choosing Unown as your starter and picking H or I no longer gives you a Furfrou instead of the Unown letter you selected

-Calyrex is now mentioned in the formchangelocations notepad file

 

The Memories of Ceolis were really fun to make! I was going for a heartwarming vibe with them, and they help flesh out some parts of the story and characters. Mainly, Ceolis's whereabouts being unknown was briefly mentioned a couple times early on, but only started being acknowledged as a serious question a lot later. I felt like Ceolis didn't have as much attention as he should have had. Some Gym Leaders also have more screen time than others, so this benefits them as well. 

 

The timeline has also changed a bit, as mentioned in the updates. I used to imagine that Ceolis was gone for at least a few decades, but now it's not nearly that long, maybe closer to years than decades. The main two details that were kept in mind for timelines:

1. The removed black screen conversation said that Agne wasn't born yet when Ceolis was last in the region. Now, Agne was born, and is mentioned in Aurora's Memory of Ceolis. At this time, Agne was a student at the Pokemon Research Institute. (Ceolis hadn't met Agne though, so Agne doesn't have a Memory of Ceolis, just the Gym Leaders and E4)
2. Draga became a Gym Leader a few months before the present. This detail hasn't changed, but Draga's Memory of Ceolis accounts for this by having Ryoko in it too. At the time of the flashback, Draga had just passed the qualification tests to be next in line when Ryoko resigns.

Even if you've already completed the game, you can still see these scenes! They happen mostly at the entrances and exits of Gyms. If you're on a new file after they've been added, you'll come across all of them naturally as you play. If you're going back to see them on a completed file, Gym Leaders who battle you outside instead of in a formal Gym might need clarifying on where to find them. Chelsea's happens by entering Bolaii Cave from Bolaii Beach, Lee's happens by going to the north gatehouse at the Fork in the Road, Mulder's is at the north of Marvelous Marsh heading to the Battle Frontier, and Angela's is just as you enter Quasar Bay from Angela's Aviary.  As for the E4's, they're all at the end of their rooms as you're heading to the next one. 

 

(fun fact about Mulder and outside Gyms, btw: Enigma gave Mulder his own Gym in the new Serafew maps coming in the future! Marvelous Marsh will still exist, and Mulder's Gym will be in the town of Serafew. It's a stadium where Mulder and his students put on wrestling matches!)

 

I hope you all enjoy the Memories of Ceolis, and happy New Year!

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Reuploaded Spork:

-Stryker, Clifford, Belinda, Belladonna, Ryoko, Anthony, and Sushi now have their own battle sprites thanks to Palletite! Clifford also has his own overworld sprite now (previously he used a Hiker overworld sprite from Rejuvenation as a placeholder)

-added specific movesets, held items, and abilities to Stryker, Clifford, Belinda, Belladonna, Ryoko, Anthony, and Sushi's teams 

-team changes: Anthony's Vikavolt is now Shedinja (nickname Mosaic), and Ryoko's Druddigon is now Dragapult (nickname Toyotama). Additionally, Stryker's Manectric, Clifford's Aggron, and Ryoko's Salamence now mega evolve, and Clifford's Aggron's nickname has been changed from Meteor to Comet (referencing Mt. Comet) 

-change to Uxie's quest where instead of battling it after answering all the Sea of Knowledge questions, you have a final exam

-added a line of dialogue to Emily at Weather Wonderland if the player is from Hoenn referencing Route 111's sandstorm and the Go-Goggles when she gives you a pair of Safety Goggles

-added missing shiny mega sprites

-added nickname assistance and wiki management to the credits

-the game now mentions when you don't need Heart Scales, coins, or ingredients for certain transactions because of your Eeveelution sign

-added expanded choice menu to Eeveelution Zodiac, the Meowth at the Game Corner, and Last Night's Dream

-Anthony and the Fisherman trainer class' Pokemon are now sent out in Net Balls

-the Pokemon Ranger trainer class' Pokemon are now sent out in Nest Balls

-the Gentleman and Lady trainer classes' Pokemon are now sent out in Luxury Balls

 

Fixes:

-the Virtual Battlefield no longer completely skips over Belladonna's battle

-the ice cream, candy, and drink vendors at the Sea Star Society no longer cost Heart Scales if you have the Vaporeon Sign

-the Sea Star Society vendors now all have the expanded choice menus for the Vaporeon Sign

 

Battle sprites for the retired Gym Leaders and Sushi has been a dream I've had for years, and thanks to Palletite, that dream is now a reality! I really love how all of them came out, and my favorite is Anthony's! His coat being based on Shedinja is the inspiration for him now having one on his team, and a little detail I think is neat is that if you look closely, the white part of the  he's holding looks like a "._." face! 

 

I'm considering adding more battles with them in the future outside of their simulated ones too. I don't know yet whether I'll add any to the main story, but definitely a postgame battle with their real selves (which would use the same teams). When you're battling the simulated versions of them, the dialogue is impersonal since it's meant to be applicable to any challenger, and while it's a look into their life stories and battle strategies, it would be nice to have a battle where they can talk to you specifically. I might give them more appearances in general too, since they could use more screen time. I changed Uxie's quest a little this reupload, and there's a few more legendaries whose quests I'm looking to change sometime in the future (mainly the smaller/less eventful ones), so maybe that's an avenue to seeing them more! 

 

There used to be a lot of shiny mega backsprites that didn't show up at all. When you mega evolved them, their sprite wouldn't be there. The likely reason is just that they were probably named incorrectly, but I didn't think of that at the time, and removed them from the game because I thought they just weren't working. I think this was around 2018. All of the shiny mega sprites should be in the game and correctly named now! 

 

Thanks again to Palletite for the trainer sprites, I hope you all like them as much as I do!

[Ice Cream Sand Witch]

                

                           

 

Reuploaded Spork

 

Updates:

-Professor Mangrove can now be battled; battle sprite made by Palletite

-new custom shiny Gastly line made by Steffi and myself 

-new custom shiny Gimmighoul line made by surfing-raichu 

-if you speak to Seamus in the Ceolis Ranger Base after completing all the ranger missions, he now gives you a Clear Amulet

-the Bulbasaur in the Forest of Feeling now wakes up after you clear all the ranger missions instead of after the 12th Gym

-added Sushi to Crolea's birthday party (with dialogue accounting for whether you've done the Sprigatito quest)

-the shiny Unown in Wonky Woods is now always the letter A when you obtain it, like it is in the trainer and overworld sprites

-the conversation when you enter Mt. Comet for the first time now has extra dialogue if the player is from Hoenn, referencing the white rock in Mossdeep City

-the conversation when you enter Dyserean Pyramid now has extra dialogue if you're from Hoenn (referencing the Battle Pyramid), Unova (referencing Relic Castle), or Paldea (saying that Raifort would probably like to explore it) in addition to the Johto and Galar dialogue it had before

-in the Yveltal quest, rather than battling Yveltal itself directly, Belinda now battles you with Yveltal

-Clifford now appears on Mt. Comet after you've given all the Pokemon Lava Cookies for the Jirachi quest 

-the NPC in the Soda Parlor who gives you a Soothe Bell is now also a move tutor for Happy Hour

-changed Belinda's A-Muk's held item from Leftovers to Sitrus Berry

-for Sushi's A-Raichu's moveset, changed Charm to Electric Terrain

-Hikers' Pokemon are now sent out in Heavy Balls

-an NPC who made a DJ Ultra Volbeats pun in Party City has had dialogue changed, since that pun is used in DJ Ultra Beats' Memory of Ceolis

-added the meaning of Chelsea's trainer class Bolaiian Punch (pun on the drink Hawaiian Punch) to the Data Vault

-updated some characters' dialogue at Crolea's birthday party:

• Professor Mangrove and the dentist's dialogue now account for whether or not you've met them before
• the Guardian has a little more dialogue where the player recognizes them from Pandora's description
• Seamus acknowledges if you've done any ranger missions
• Anthony acknowledges if you've done the cyberspace hackers quest

 

Fixes:

-at the end of the Sprigatito quest, you're no longer transferred to Alumia's Gym instead of back to the Dream Shrine if you have the Umbreon Sign

-can no longer enter Virima Library before the Tourist Info Center 

-the following moves now have the correct effects: Rototiller, Parting Shot, Noble Roar, Fairy Lock, Electrify, Powder, Happy Hour, Venom Drench, Magnetic Flux, Flying Press

-Blackwater Cave now has music

-removed white space in Sushi's sprite between her head and the arm that's holding a Poke Ball

-can no longer go behind the Unown event in Wonky Woods

-Charizard's shiny front and back sprites are now the same colors

-Mega Charizard Y's shiny sprites are now named correctly and no longer used for Mega Charizard G

-Togedemaru is now a wild encounter at the rainy area of Weather Wonderland instead of automatically obtained

 

While the characters who got sprites in the last reupload were battleable before, now a character who wasn't battled before can be battled! Thanks to Palletite for making the battle sprite, I really like the design on the lab coat and the turquoise part of the hair looks like waterfalls! Professor Mangrove is battled when you trade them the Relic Crown for the carrots; they ask to battle before you leave. Afterwards, you can speak to them again for rematches whenever you want. Professor Mangrove's team mixes some aquatic Pokemon in with a treasure theme! 

 

The shiny Gastly line matches the colors of shiny Mega Gengar. While the canon shiny Gastly looks distinct from regular Gastly, Gengar and its canon shiny are hard to tell apart. We've been working on it on and off since December, and despite having the concept in mind from the start, there were some challenges with the eyes, shading, and GMega Gengar having a lot going on with its design. I'm really happy with how they turned out, though, and it was fun to collaborate with Steffi on it!

 

As for shiny Gimmighoul and Gholdengo, someone who was playing Spork made a thread showing the shinies they made for the line, and gave approval for me to add them! Even though Spork doesn't have different party screen icons for shiny Pokemon (I'd be open to trying them for Spork's custom shinies sometime in the future!), I added the icons they made. Thanks to surfing-raichu for making these! 

 

While this reupload doesn't add any new map revamps, Enigma has made significant progress with them recently! All but one of Serafew's maps are complete. I need to update the project file with the more recent Spork updates in order for Enigma to test the events there, which I'm going to get started on tonight. I went through Serafew's maps yesterday and was amazed at how they capture the autumn atmosphere with the scenery and music! It's exciting that the day you'll be able to see the new town of Serafew is getting closer!

[Ice Cream Sand Witch]

Reuploaded to fix a game-breaking issue where Sushi's placement at Crolea's birthday party blocked the player from reaching and interacting with Wendy. I moved Sushi to the stairs where she won't be in the way of any guest or walking path. Thankfully someone happened to be close to this part of the game around the same time as the reupload so this was caught quickly. 

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Reuploaded Spork:

 

Updates:

 

-added a new batch of map revamps made by Enigma! Serafew , Marvelous Marsh, The Mudslinger Pavilion , Crimson Path, Cloud Spire , Veyle , Angela's Aviary, Clearwater Cascade , and Temple of Time

-the Teal Mask DLC Pokemon are now obtainable through regular gameplay outside of starters

-added non-virtual postgame battles for Stryker, Clifford, Belinda, Belladonna, Ryoko, and Anthony

-at the Tourist Info Center conversation, if you choose to be from Sinnoh there's now dialogue mentioning Angela, and if you choose to be from Kalos there's now dialogue mentioning DJ Ultra Beats

-there's now extra dialogue with Angela at the Gym battle if the player is from Johto or Sinnoh, and an extra line about Lunala if the player is from Alola

-Stryker now has a few lines of dialogue in the Tapu Koko quest

-changed Pink Bow item to Fairy Feather

-added Power Herb to the herb shop

-added the move Poltergeist, which is in the Inoset Island Pokemon Center move tutor's selection

-added Fairy Feather to Fezandipiti starter item gifts

-changed Snubbull's starter item gift to Pixie Plate

-added expanded choice menu to Temple of Time battle replays

-Hex Maniacs' Pokemon are now sent out in Dusk Balls

-credits file is now up to date (was missing various map tiles for Steffi, and the screen border and battle UI for Enigma)

-if you speak to Rania at her Training Gym after becoming Champion but before the Battle Frontier is ready to open, the dialogue now acknowledges this instead of still saying to come back if you become Champion

 

Fixes:

-corrected typo with Portal Agent Paige at Team Portal HQ: "You could get it at 3, or you coud get it at 300" -> You could get it at 3, or you could get it at 300

-the legendarysidequests notepad file's info on Jirachi is now up to date

-the starteritemgifts notepad file is no longer missing Poltchageist, Okidogi, Munkidori, Fezandipiti, and Ogerpon

-Arnalda, Kayla, and Meda no longer appear in Technicolor Forest before you're able to do the Terrakion quest (they appeared after becoming Champion, when the quest becomes available after the Battle Frontier opens, so they were just standing there unable to be interacted with)

-removed white space from Mega Sceptile's front sprites

-an NPC in the Ocean Coast Pokemon Center is no longer invisible

 

Before updating, make sure you're not in the old Marvelous Marsh or Angela's Aviary maps. 

 

As mentioned in a few past posts, Serafew is a completely new town, which Mulder's Gym has been moved to! After some story events in Serafew and Marvelous Marsh, you'll be able to go to the Mudslinger Pavilion, the stadium where Mulder puts on wrestling shows. 

 

If you've been here for a few years, you may remember Crimson Path. It was originally a small clearing just before the old Raila Jungle, where Belinda and Belladonna's house was, and you could get Kartana from a Cut tree. Crimson Path is now a bigger area to the north of Serafew. Like before, it has Belinda and Belladonna's house, now an optional place to visit where you can battle them in the postgame. The Battle Frontier is no longer visited in the main story. It's behind a gate in Crimson Path and opens in the postgame.

 

From the northwest end of Crimson Path, you'll meet up with Natalie, and the two of you along with Draga will travel through the Cloud Spire to another new town, Veyle, which is where Angela's Aviary is. Veyle is snowy with a Japanese-inspired aesthetic, and it also has a matcha shop with a new sidequest! There's one more new map after Angela, Clearwater Cascade. From here, you'll descend into Quasar Bay, which is where it's back to the old maps. You now get Waterfall from Draga after the Gym battle with Angela, which will allow you to travel through the waterfalls in Clearwater Cascade. 

 

The Temple of Time functions the same with the battle replays, but it got a glow-up as well. From the main office (located at Marvelous Marsh and reached through diving) you can access any of the parts you've previously unlocked from Gym battles, and the tiles around the warps match the tiles of the Gyms they're connected to! For the ones in maps not yet revamped, like the Lightning Lounge, those will be added to the new main office in the future, and I kept the warps to the original Temple of Time map in those cases in the meantime.

 

 

Enigma also did most of the new story content in Serafew and Veyle as well! I added Draga to the Cloud Spire events and updated the dialogue at Angela's Aviary, but all of the other story events (along with the Gotcha Matcha! sidequest) were created by Enigma! Many thanks to Enigma for continuing to knock it out of the park with the map revamps! There's not many left before the entire region's been done! 

[Ice Cream Sand Witch]

Reuploaded Spork with some updates and fixes on the new maps

 

Updates:

-For Angela's Aviary, Butterfree previously showed the invisible pathways again when you went down a floor and came back up. Now it also does so if you go up and come back down, as well as for ones you've cleared before if you fall down from more than one floor

-For the 2v2 Angela Gym battle, replaced Ice Beam on Emily's Frosmoth with Blizzard so that it can take advantage of Blizzard's accuracy boost in the snow

-updated Dialga's dialogue at the Temple of Time's main office to mention the portal quick travel (previously, it still had the old dialogue saying there wasn't much to do there, which is no longer true)

-Waterfall is now like Cut, Surf, Strength, and Dive where you can use the move as long as you have the HM in your inventory without needing to teach it to a Pokemon

 

Fixes:

-can no longer bypass Crolea by walking above or below her into the Serafew - Marvelous Marsh gatehouse. Walking above or below Crolea will now activate the conversation with her just as speaking to her would

-added Leafeon Sign autoheal to the underwater Marvelous Marsh map and the one with the portal to the Temple of Time main office

-added debug-enabling tree to Serafew's Pokemon Center

-can no longer walk off the top of the tree trunk in Marvelous Marsh where Bloodmoon Ursaluna appears

[Ice Cream Sand Witch]

Fixed an issue with the Google Drive link where it required you to request access in order to download. Google Drive lets you upload up to 20 versions of a file, and the latest reupload got to the max, so the link needed to be remade. I didn't know it was now requiring permission to view until I got an email notification a little while ago from someone requesting access. Thankfully, Steffi was able to provide a URL that doesn't need approval to access. Apologies for the inconvenience

[Ice Cream Sand Witch]

Another bug-fixing reupload for the new maps: 

 

-there was an automatic event to give the player Waterfall in Clearwater Cascade for those who beat Angela on the old map and hadn't progressed any further before the revamps. This could cause a crash for unknown reasons, so the automatic obtainability has been changed to an item ball in the overworld 

-Enigma updated the blue path in Veyle (the green around the corners wasn't supposed to be there) 

-one of the upper left houses in Veyle is no longer being clipped through by the tree near it

-changed the music in Veyle to normal pitch. It was pitched down for the original track Veyle was going to use, but we changed the track while the revamps were still in progress, and I forgot to change the pitch back to normal afterwards 

-fixed Alexander's beverage not changing to a coffee cup in the Thirsty Mudsdale after the story events with him, Barker, and the player 

 

Thanks to Enigma for the vigilance with finding errors on the new maps, and Vince&Sylveon for doing a video playthrough so quickly after the revamps! Thanks to those two, issues on the new maps are always found and resolved fast