X% Hype!!! [E18 Dev Discussion Thread]

[vava4429]

99% so close yet so far '-' Everyone who is hype as f* for this episode raise your hand

 

[Rising Emperor]

The Hype is Real.

[vava4429]

I'm even more excited than when i see a hot guy on the street ... oops shouldn't have said that '-'

[Tacos]

Just going to throw in the obligatory reminder that I tend to do for each new episode.  Keep in mind that once we reach 100%, there are still things to be done before the community release of E18.  First begins the period of alpha testing that will be performed by Ame's $5 and higher Patreon supporters and developers.  Following that will be the Beta testing which will be done by Developers, Staff, previous members of the Nightclub, and the previously mentioned Patreon supporters (I think).  This will take some time.  I cannot give you a guaranteed ETA of when these periods will finish.  The most I can tell you is that they will most definitely last weeks, and perhaps a month or longer.  Ame and a few of the developers have already made it clear that the intentions of these tests are to take note of and resolve all bugs before being released to the community.  There is no way to know how many bugs will be present, so there is no way to know exactly how long this will take.  Older users are well aware of it at this point, but there are always new users before each episode who aren't aware of these testing periods, so this is more for them.  And finally, Happy Hype friends!

[kithas]

Well, even when there's still testing to be done, I'm glad we're near the end  What are you more excited about EP18?

[Tringus]

I'm most excited for the story.  We'll be seeing almost all of the characters again, fighting either at least one or the rest of the PULSES before Arcrus, and we'll be getting several Pokemon I've been waiting for.

[ShadeStrider]

Now it's 99.8571428571 percent done. 

 

I really need to complete my run.

 

And now, we wait for Alpha and Beta testing to be done.

 

At least Ame isn't Final Fantasy XVing it.

[Burningocean2012]

99% reached!Really great stuff.

[vava4429]

I just wish that by some way Taka will still be alive, I cried so much when he died after i spend so much time alone with him in the desert . #GiveMeTakaBack

[ShadeStrider]

35 minutes ago, vava4429 said:

I just wish that by some way Taka will still be alive, I cried so much when he died after i spend so much time alone with him in the desert . #GiveMeTakaBack

Should have taken the Zekrom path. Taka would be alive, and Amaria wouldn't try to murder you. You wouldn't get your romantic time in the Desert with him (You're gay, aren't you?), but at least he'd be alive. To take the Zekrom path, choose to battle Taka in the water treatment center.

 

 

I did both paths. I like the Reshiram path more because it's more tragic and haunting. 

 

 

I still feel guilty about the whole Amaria/Titania relationship ruined, even though it ultimately wasn't really our fault. Especially if you didn't actually read the diary. Since V16, I never read the diary.

[uberle]

Let's see...

99%

The only part not at 100...

......

The Misc. Updates

Which isn't real

So......

Technicalities. 

[Monochrome_Complex]

I'm excited because 2 of my favorite leaders, Hardy and sapphira are gonna get a big role this time.

 

er I think.

 

Also the new PULSE mon. Was a bit sad we didn't get one last episode. There's PULSE Mime, PULSE Clawitzer, and PULSE something else(hypno maybe? Jigglypuff?) that's causing the sleep spell in Agate.

[vava4429]

2 hours ago, ShadeStrider said:

Should have taken the Zekrom path. Taka would be alive, and Amaria wouldn't try to murder you. You wouldn't get your romantic time in the Desert with him (You're gay, aren't you?), but at least he'd be alive. To take the Zekrom path, choose to battle Taka in the water treatment center.

 

 

I did both paths. I like the Reshiram path more because it's more tragic and haunting. 

 

 

I still feel guilty about the whole Amaria/Titania relationship ruined, even though it ultimately wasn't really our fault. Especially if you didn't actually read the diary. Since V16, I never read the diary.

I always read the diary (MC,couple-breaker since EP16) and i've already done both paths but i'm not even sure we can consider him alive in zekrom's as we don't see him anymore (if i'm not mistaken).

[vava4429]

35 minutes ago, Monochrome_Complex said:

I'm excited because 2 of my favorite leaders, Hardy and sapphira are gonna get a big role this time.

 

er I think.

 

Also the new PULSE mon. Was a bit sad we didn't get one last episode. There's PULSE Mime, PULSE Clawitzer, and PULSE something else(hypno maybe? Jigglypuff?) that's causing the sleep spell in Agate.

Pulse Jigglypuff XD, so frightening ... And then last Pulse and final boss of the game, the great and the unique Pulse-Magikarp with his famous Pulse-splash.

[Abyssreaper99]

99%, nice! Which leader do you think G. Gardevoir will interview this episode/ Here are the ones that are left:

• Noel
• Ciel
• Shelly (I think)
• Saphira (You can't count the news reel she was in talking about the Labradorra situation)

1 hour ago, vava4429 said:

I always read the diary (MC,couple-breaker since EP16) and i've already done both paths but i'm not even sure we can consider him alive in zekrom's as we don't see him anymore (if i'm not mistaken).

We've still got the meteor bases within the Carnelia part of Reborn yet so I wouldn't rule out Taka being alive in the Zekrom path. Taka is too important of a character to just go "By the way, he died off screen". I think he probably would go up to Agate to meet up with Zero or something.

[vava4429]

Can we maybe kill Fern soon, just thinking about him gives me nightmare now. And i also hope we'll see more of Cal, maybe Victoria will forgive him?

I was also wandering if Laura won't come back in the E4 because there is still Flower Garden Field and no one in my mind who could use it.

[Abyssreaper99]

4 minutes ago, vava4429 said:

Can we maybe kill Fern soon, just thinking about him gives me nightmare now. And i also hope we'll see more of Cal, maybe Victoria will forgive him?

I was also wandering if Laura won't come back in the E4 because there is still Flower Garden Field and no one in my mind who could use it.

Fern won't die, the only people are those who died irl so no more deaths for main characters (maybe the MC temporarily if the Void-kissed title is to go by). Taka was an exception since Meteor members were created by people, not based off of irl people.

[vava4429]

Just now, Abyssreaper99 said:

Fern won't die, the only people are those who died irl so no more deaths for main characters (maybe the MC temporarily if the Void-kissed title is to go by). Taka was an exception since Meteor members were created by people, not based off of irl people.

So sad, both for Taka and for Fern survival, at least i hope Florinia will give him a good spanking; same goes for Bennett and Sierra.

[Abyssreaper99]

Just now, vava4429 said:

So sad, both for Taka and for Fern survival, at least i hope Florinia will give him a good spanking; same goes for Bennett and Sierra.

Serra will, it's shown that she's on her way to deal with him in Gardevoir's interview with her when she demands her to be taken to Bennett. If Gardevoir was there when Serra is telling Bennett off, she'd probably stir the pot a bit.

[vava4429]

2 minutes ago, Abyssreaper99 said:

Serra will, it's shown that she's on her way to deal with him in Gardevoir's interview with her when she demands her to be taken to Bennett. If Gardevoir was there when Serra is telling Bennett off, she'd probably stir the pot a bit.

Well, we'll see what happen when the episode get released; it will always be great. On this note I'm going to sleep and maybe when I wake up we'll have reach the 100%.

[Commander]

4 hours ago, ShadeStrider said:

At least Ame isn't Final Fantasy XVing it.

Uhhhh....that's not a term and if it was she is doing that as she has been delivering and giving access to an unfinished game for many years. I know the game is the game known for being the unfinished one but at least they are adding and polishing it as many games before don't even get that luxury such as Xenogears. Games do get rushed or budget cuts and it can hurt them so badly. It's really hard to tell but often times you can see stuff in games and it puzzle you why it's even there. It's usually do to this. Like in FFXV Ame has gone back and added stuff to previous areas though not much story wise actually. Just small things an added sidequests.

 

37 minutes ago, vava4429 said:

I always read the diary (MC,couple-breaker since EP16) and i've already done both paths but i'm not even sure we can consider him alive in zekrom's as we don't see him anymore (if i'm not mistaken).

Taka will disappear even if you shift from the Reshiram to the Zekrom path by not taking him with you. Ame says that he probably died of dehydration. He is alive in the Zekrom path and still with Meteor if you fought him. I think he may even make an appearance in this episode. Hard to tell because there's so many other unresolved story branches which we are very likely to see play out.

 

17 minutes ago, Abyssreaper99 said:

Fern won't die, the only people are those who died irl so no more deaths for main characters (maybe the MC temporarily if the Void-kissed title is to go by). Taka was an exception since Meteor members were created by people, not based off of irl people.

Tell that to Ame

 

5 hours ago, Tacos said:

Just going to throw in the obligatory reminder that I tend to do for each new episode.  Keep in mind that once we reach 100%, there are still things to be done before the community release of E18.

Gonna end this on the most important note. Ame works hard to build these episodes so please be patient while you wait for it and please don't pester any of the devs nor the alpha/beta testers about it. It's hard to keep spoilers from slipping and especially for two months straight. I'm not saying it will take that long but the almighty coding deities may place a curse on Marcello in which he can only program things to work after 3 attempts and singing Despacito but only with Wahs. But for those super anxious, testing has always taken over a month so it's best to let that sink in now while we wait.

[Abyssreaper99]

1 minute ago, Commander said:

Gonna end this on the most important note. Ame works hard to build these episodes so please be patient while you wait for it and please don't pester any of the devs nor the alpha/beta testers about it. It's hard to keep spoilers in and especially for two months straight. I'm not saying it will take that long but the almighty coding deities may place a curse on Marcello in which he can only program things to work after 3 attempts and singing Despacito but only with Wahs. But for those super anxious, testing has always taken over a month so it's best to let that sink in now while we wait.

As an expansion on this, when the episode does release there will be a SPOILER lock for around a month. This is to ensure everyone can play the episode whilst being able to avoid spoilers. So to those of you who weren't around until long after the SPOILER lock ended for E17, just make sure to be vague in titles of topics and put (SPOILER) in the title somewhere. Also use the spoiler tag (the black eye icon) when you're talking about stuff that was in E18 when released during this SPOILER lock. That also means no statuses about content until the SPOILER lock is over. I think Ame or one of the dev team will mention when it's over when the time comes.

 

An example scenario would be if Taka also died in the Zekrom path in E18. If you wished to discuss it in a topic, you could put as a title "(SPOILERS) Not here too". 

[T.O.W.A.N.]

Gonna call it,

 

- When we get to Agate, we're going to meet Zero there. In an effort to try to bring back Eve and Lumi, Zero uses the PULSE machine on himself. Turning him into something that came out of David Cronenberg's nightmares. 

 

- Hardy and Saphira's teams are going to be OP. Now is the time to prepare. 

 

- We're going to have one final battle against Fern in Labradorra city. When we beat him, he has the most epic emotional breakdown after constantly losing to someone that he deems inferior.

 

- In E19, theres going to be an Infinity War reference during the final battle against mega/primal/pulse/ultra-instinct Arceus. 

Edited July 9, 2018 by T.O.W.A.N.
More stuff.

[Guest Relinquished]

4 hours ago, uberle said:

Let's see...

99%

The only part not at 100...

......

The Misc. Updates

Which isn't real

So......

Technicalities. 

• Misc Updates
  as usual, the throw-away category. this is used for any changes to the existing game, which i have a small handful planned for but due to deliberately shifting focus and limiting revisions for the sake of forward progress, should not be very much. the rest of this goes to bug fixing. 
  AKA fixing the AI we broke six parts earlier.
  whee.

This 1% will take some time...

[kithas]

5 hours ago, T.O.W.A.N. said:

Gonna call it,

 

- When we get to Agate, we're going to meet Zero there. In an effort to try to bring back Eve and Lumi, Zero uses the PULSE machine on himself. Turning him into something that came out of David Cronenberg's nightmares. 

 

- Hardy and Saphira's teams are going to be OP. Now is the time to prepare. 

 

- We're going to have one final battle against Fern in Labradorra city. When we beat him, he has the most epic emotional breakdown after constantly losing to someone that he deems inferior.

 

- In E19, theres going to be an Infinity War reference during the final battle against mega/primal/pulse/ultra-instinct Arceus. 

I think we'll be able to clear the map (if only, victory rd onwards will be left) and end with Team Meteor but the last PULSE mon will be left to EP19, Meteor!Arces.