MandiiNinetails Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Super excited for the next update, anyone heard any word on if trading may be implemented in the next build? love the game way to go all devs keep up the good job ^.^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seki108 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 2 hours ago, MandiiNinetails said: anyone heard any word on if trading may be implemented in the next build? Unless Jan's stance has changed, I've heard that he isn't considering trading until the game is nearer completion, if at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadeStrider Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Will we able to revisit Blacksteeple in a future version? As I've probably mentioned before, this place gives me Shadow Moses vibes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nave Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 18 minutes ago, ShadeStrider said: Will we able to revisit Blacksteeple in a future version? As I've probably mentioned before, this place gives me Shadow Moses vibes. Spoiler Well theres another castle there, so we maybe need to revisit that place again later in the plot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadeStrider Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 13 hours ago, Mytic27 said: Reveal hidden contents Well theres another castle there, so we maybe need to revisit that place again later in the plot Makes sense. Anyway, V10 is coming, so I want you all to start thinking about the "Quiz" Sidequest in the Kristilline Help Center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Mods Dreamy Posted January 22, 2018 Global Mods Share Posted January 22, 2018 4 hours ago, ShadeStrider said: Makes sense. Anyway, V9 is coming, so I want you all to start thinking about the "Quiz" Sidequest in the Kristilline Help Center. To me, the two things that this tells us is that A; Madame X's identity is a big deal, and B; Cosmia and Comet are affiliated with Team Xen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nave Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 6 hours ago, ShadeStrider said: Makes sense. Anyway, V9 is coming, so I want you all to start thinking about the "Quiz" Sidequest in the Kristilline Help Center. Do you mean V10 and by the way, how'd you get that cutscene? I've finished V9 and all the sidequest but i haven't got that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seki108 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 48 minutes ago, Mytic27 said: Do you mean V10 and by the way, how'd you get that cutscene? I've finished V9 and all the sidequest but i haven't got that one It was at the end of one of the Help Center quests in the town that was iced over, if I am remembering correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadeStrider Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 4 hours ago, DreamblitzX said: To me, the two things that this tells us is that A; Madame X's identity is a big deal, and B; Cosmia and Comet are affiliated with Team Xen The First fact goes without saying. The Second one is actually really important information, that wasn't given to us in V9. 2 hours ago, seki108 said: It was at the end of one of the Help Center quests in the town that was iced over, if I am remembering correctly. The Help Center quest was called "Quiz" and it involves you taking a Quiz, suprisingly, where you answer 3 trivia questions. After doing so, you are rewarded with this cutscene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veterans Azeria Posted January 22, 2018 Veterans Share Posted January 22, 2018 So like....what about a new Pause Menu? Spoiler Wait what's that? Spoiler Oh yes it is. Thanks to the wonderful help of one of the new members of the dev team that is not I, we've ended up being able to implement achievements into the game. Cool little nifty function isn't it? Quote "But Azery, what's it do?" I'm glad you asked! Yes I know no one did but screw it I wanna exposition away. You can obtain achievements by doing just about everything you can, ranging from mundane every minute things such as walking around and battling a wild Pokemon, to more thrilling opportunities such as buying items and building a monopoly in the Aevium region! God bless the player's financial genius, right? No? OK, tough crowd... Doing these tasks will result in you completing a stage of said achievement; there's often a few of each, so completing them all might take a while. By completing a stage you'll end up earning AP: Ability PowerAchievement Points! You can check these by heading over to the Chrisola Casino, and obtaining an Achievement Card from one of the lovely people there: Spoiler Now you say, what do I get for working my butt off for these things? Well my friend, that brings me to my last point: Spoiler By talking to this lady over here, you can exchange your AP for various prizes. Could be little nice stuff like this: Spoiler Could even be some of those remaining EV rooms cards! Spoiler As for your Grand Prizes...well, I'm not here to give you everything. But believe me, the grand prizes are well worth the time put in. So get out there and hunt for those achievements! Maybe even more might be added in the future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nave Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 21 minutes ago, Azeria said: So like....what about a new Pause Menu? Hide contents Wait what's that? Hide contents Oh yes it is. Thanks to the wonderful help of one of the new members of the dev team that is not I, we've ended up being able to implement achievements into the game. Cool little nifty function isn't it? I'm glad you asked! Yes I know no one did but screw it I wanna exposition away. You can obtain achievements by doing just about everything you can, ranging from mundane every minute things such as walking around and battling a wild Pokemon, to more thrilling opportunities such as buying items and building a monopoly in the Aevium region! God bless the player's financial genius, right? No? OK, tough crowd... Doing these tasks will result in you completing a stage of said achievement; there's often a few of each, so completing them all might take a while. By completing a stage you'll end up earning AP: Ability PowerAchievement Points! You can check these by heading over to the Chrisola Casino, and obtaining an Achievement Card from one of the lovely people there: Hide contents Now you say, what do I get for working my butt off for these things? Well my friend, that brings me to my last point: Hide contents By talking to this lady over here, you can exchange your AP for various prizes. Could be little nice stuff like this: Hide contents Could even be some of those remaining EV rooms cards! Hide contents As for your Grand Prizes...well, I'm not here to give you everything. But believe me, the grand prizes are well worth the time put in. So get out there and hunt for those achievements! Maybe even more might be added in the future! Ok, you made me really hyped right now for V10 Great Job! 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walpurgis Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 12 minutes ago, Azeria said: So like....what about a new Pause Menu? Hide contents Wait what's that? Hide contents Oh yes it is. Thanks to the wonderful help of one of the new members of the dev team that is not I, we've ended up being able to implement achievements into the game. Cool little nifty function isn't it? I'm glad you asked! Yes I know no one did but screw it I wanna exposition away. You can obtain achievements by doing just about everything you can, ranging from mundane every minute things such as walking around and battling a wild Pokemon, to more thrilling opportunities such as buying items and building a monopoly in the Aevium region! God bless the player's financial genius, right? No? OK, tough crowd... Doing these tasks will result in you completing a stage of said achievement; there's often a few of each, so completing them all might take a while. By completing a stage you'll end up earning AP: Ability PowerAchievement Points! You can check these by heading over to the Chrisola Casino, and obtaining an Achievement Card from one of the lovely people there: Hide contents Now you say, what do I get for working my butt off for these things? Well my friend, that brings me to my last point: Hide contents By talking to this lady over here, you can exchange your AP for various prizes. Could be little nice stuff like this: Hide contents Could even be some of those remaining EV rooms cards! Hide contents As for your Grand Prizes...well, I'm not here to give you everything. But believe me, the grand prizes are well worth the time put in. So get out there and hunt for those achievements! Maybe even more might be added in the future! It's almost unbelievable that this is the same game it was when I started playing back in V5, it just keeps getting better and more polished with every single release. I can't wait to play V10, I'll probably start a new playthrough (yet again) and I'm sure I'll enjoy it at least as much as the first time (yet again). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomikson Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 42 minutes ago, Azeria said: So like....what about a new Pause Menu? Hide contents Wait what's that? Hide contents Oh yes it is. Thanks to the wonderful help of one of the new members of the dev team that is not I, we've ended up being able to implement achievements into the game. Cool little nifty function isn't it? I'm glad you asked! Yes I know no one did but screw it I wanna exposition away. You can obtain achievements by doing just about everything you can, ranging from mundane every minute things such as walking around and battling a wild Pokemon, to more thrilling opportunities such as buying items and building a monopoly in the Aevium region! God bless the player's financial genius, right? No? OK, tough crowd... Doing these tasks will result in you completing a stage of said achievement; there's often a few of each, so completing them all might take a while. By completing a stage you'll end up earning AP: Ability PowerAchievement Points! You can check these by heading over to the Chrisola Casino, and obtaining an Achievement Card from one of the lovely people there: Reveal hidden contents Now you say, what do I get for working my butt off for these things? Well my friend, that brings me to my last point: Reveal hidden contents By talking to this lady over here, you can exchange your AP for various prizes. Could be little nice stuff like this: Reveal hidden contents Could even be some of those remaining EV rooms cards! Reveal hidden contents As for your Grand Prizes...well, I'm not here to give you everything. But believe me, the grand prizes are well worth the time put in. So get out there and hunt for those achievements! Maybe even more might be added in the future! in the first image though its blurry i can still see a battlefield, let me guess its a fairy type gym? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verlanto Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 5 minutes ago, tomikson said: in the first image though its blurry i can still see a battlefield, let me guess its a fairy type gym? its crawli's gym Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 5 hours ago, Azeria said: As for your Grand Prizes...well, I'm not here to give you everything. But believe me, the grand prizes are well worth the time put in. So get out there and hunt for those achievements! Maybe even more might be added in the future! I guess I'm going to be Mr. Negative here (at this point that's what I'm famous for) and bring up a strange piece of criticism. First off adding the concept of achievements in the game is a really good idea and a very nice feature. My gripe is actually about taking a step beyond and doing something with them. Just hear me out for a minute because this will take time to explain: So back in the older console gen days, games didn't have achievements. They had something we like to call collectibles which some got ridiculously hard to get and collect (sometimes from superbosses). What did these items do? Nothing. Yes, nothing at all. Sometimes they had a function, but their purpose is merely proof of success. And it's really cool to brag talk about how you beat a difficult superboss. Now let's jump into the achievements era. Achievements overall serve no purpose in games. That's a cold hard fact. Sure Xbox sometimes gave points or whatever but they are completely worthless. So why on Earth do we like them? Simple enough, it's fun to complete them and it's a cool shiny thing to show off. You don't have to do them but admittedly it is kind of fun to complete the harder ones just for the heck of it (I don't go out of the way to do them). It's a nifty concept and since it holds no significant value you don't feel pressured to complete them. If you haven't figured it out, you will in a minute. So for doing these things we get points in which we can exchange for items exclusively for a shop. In a sense, you are forcing people to use and work for a system with the original intention of being a mere little collectible (achievements are that). Most of those items aren't the end of the world so I wouldn't be griping about it. But then the statement that there are super good things in it. Basically, you're forcing people to use this system. While in a sense it is optional, people like me who don't aim for getting achievements now are being forced to do so since we like collecting items. You'd also have to be very conservative with your points and not use them if there's a finite number. I'm not really sure on that point though. And that is all. If you want the tl;dr version: Why give a purpose to something built around not serving a purpose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Mods Dreamy Posted January 23, 2018 Global Mods Share Posted January 23, 2018 In a way, it's not that dissimilar to the credits in Desolation. I would like it if everything useful in the shop had another way to get it though, so it was just an alternate method of getting things, potentially earlier by putting extra work in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrixai Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Nice update! Hype is real! Siked for next version! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenjous Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Quote As for your Grand Prizes...well, I'm not here to give you everything. But believe me, the grand prizes are well worth the time put in. So get out there and hunt for those achievements! Maybe even more might be added in the future! If the grand prizes are anything like the iv stones from insurgence the rejuvenation instantly becomes the best pokemon fan game for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardevoir4president Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Regarding achievements i have three questions. The first is whether or not players who played before version 10 and completed something considered an achievement in version 10 will get the rewards for it. If we need to replay the game to get all the achievements we missed up to the end of version 9's content it will be a deal breaker for me :/ Secondly i wanted to ask if the super special achievement point prizes will be exclusive Pokemon and items that can only be gained this way? I personally do not like that idea but since i am a completionist i will pursue it anyway. Finally, is it possible to fail an achievement ? for example if the achievement was to defeat 'x' gym leader with one Pokemon or on the first attempt etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developers Jan Posted January 23, 2018 Author Developers Share Posted January 23, 2018 Quote Regarding achievements i have three questions. The first is whether or not players who played before version 10 and completed something considered an achievement in version 10 will get the rewards for it. If we need to replay the game to get all the achievements we missed up to the end of version 9's content it will be a deal breaker for me :/ Secondly i wanted to ask if the super special achievement point prizes will be exclusive Pokemon and items that can only be gained this way? I personally do not like that idea but since i am a completionist i will pursue it anyway. Finally, is it possible to fail an achievement ? for example if the achievement was to defeat 'x' gym leader with one Pokemon or on the first attempt etc. 1.) There are no missable achievements. 2.) Pokemon aren't prizes, and never will be. There will be exclusive items, however. Achievements aren't the only way to rack up AP, but that's an explanation for a different time. 3.) It is not possible to fail an achievement. All the achievements can be completed at -any- point in the game. Quote And that is all. If you want the tl;dr version: Why give a purpose to something built around not serving a purpose? You could ask the same question in reverse. Why give something with no purpose? The amount of pressure you put is completely on yourself. No one is chaining you down to complete them, especially when there will be other ways of racking up AP. Achievements are just one way. Technically, that's new information, but it's still relevant. Plus, the system can be tinkered and improved on as new versions come out. So if there are any rough spots (Which I'm sure there will be) we can smooth them out. It's all a WIP. But, really, we can go in circles with this one so I'm just going to leave it at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynamo Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 These updates seriously look awesome Looking forward to V10! I wonder if it will contain the finished GDC at least... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRS swag Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Soo Jan is alive and not broken like Ame and her status updates. Poor thing . Looks like V10 will be fun even after the main storyline coz there is the "stamps" to collect (the GDC mart currency) and with this new achievement system, it will be alive even after story is completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 49 minutes ago, Jan said: 1.) There are no missable achievements. 2.) Pokemon aren't prizes, and never will be. There will be exclusive items, however. Achievements aren't the only way to rack up AP, but that's an explanation for a different time. 3.) It is not possible to fail an achievement. All the achievements can be completed at -any- point in the game. Number 2 kind of helps relieve a lot of my concerns. It's a relief seeing mons not be a prize in this especially given the whole Jackpot starter situation (and to a degree the slot machine). Also kind of bummed there aren't missable achievements. I kind of wanted one called "Not even death can kill me" for defeating Madame X in Blacksteeple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadeStrider Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 2 hours ago, Commander said: Number 2 kind of helps relieve a lot of my concerns. It's a relief seeing mons not be a prize in this especially given the whole Jackpot starter situation (and to a degree the slot machine). Also kind of bummed there aren't missable achievements. I kind of wanted one called "Not even death can kill me" for defeating Madame X in Blacksteeple. I mean, I went through the effort of defeating her. Might as well get acknowledged. Also "not even death can kill me"? That sounds like something on the TV tropes wiki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Mods Dreamy Posted January 23, 2018 Global Mods Share Posted January 23, 2018 11 minutes ago, ShadeStrider said: I mean, I went through the effort of defeating her. Might as well get acknowledged. Also "not even death can kill me"? That sounds like something on the TV tropes wiki. I mean Yveltal is literally the pokemon of death. So is the ??? bar in the main post for achievements then? or something else... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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