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6 hours ago, Magus543 said:
Sure, though like sometimes when chatting with other forum members topics can go off topic. I just like talking to people. But yeah i understand recommending Pokemon Insurgence and musing about Genesect can derail a bit.
Gen 8 updates are hype though, i can't wait to teach my TOTALLY NOT MODDED IN HYDREIGON nasty plot. Though now my poor TOTALLY NOT MODDED IN MIMIKYU is nerfed now.
Yep, legally acquired pokemon, nothing to see here dev team.
Speaking off, i guess Toxitricity will be Venam's new signature, not Seviper? Venam had like a small scene with Seviper in GDC, i guess Toxitricity will replace him.
While Toxtricity is perfect for Venam theme wise, I think Seviper captures Venam's personality more. Besides, it's just too iconic at this point haha. For me at least.
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30 minutes ago, RoyChaos said:
I hope I don't get stuck by new changes when I'm going to play V13. I don't know where to go and I almost get stuck about continuing the story because of these differences between old version and new version who are at 100%. I might need someone doing a walkthrough in this game when released.
If you follow the instructions (I always give on the release thread) you have nothing to worry about.
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6 hours ago, Magus543 said:
Apparently older versions had like an IV improving or something, hope the next version has it back because it was glitched. We could use it.
Perhaps.
2 hours ago, blackmewtwo200 said:Are we gonna have the celebi offering thing back just back.
Probably not.
31 minutes ago, Magus543 said:Speaking off, is no one else concerned that Cera has a Groudon? Like sure it went down like a joke thanks to the cave, but it is capable of doing a lot of damage in story. Then again, Angie wants to be Mr. Freeze and freeze all of Aevium for some reason, so i don't think Groudon would be helpful, and Cera was pissed at it last time, so off to become the Rift.
I mean it's a lot more scarier than Angie's Regice. Regice is like one of the worst Legendaries ever. I doubt even a Rift transformation can save it.
No one is concerned because Cera abandoned the Groudon. She no longer has it.
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8 hours ago, RoyChaos said:
I ALREADY KNOW! Because when it comes to new Generation Pokemons, that's the reason of why V13 is huge. But it doesn't matter so I will be patient. I don't blame you for that.
It's part of the reason, but you're wrong. We'll see when v13 drops :]
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9 hours ago, Mytic27 said:
janchroma is jonochrome, yes?
Nope, but he's an old friend of mine!
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1 hour ago, Destiny305 said:
is there going to be a v13 or not
nah.
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7 hours ago, Wolf5002 said:
I am kinda of scared of the multiple endings, because in my 1 save slot (where I have all the 14 gym badges) I might'v screwed up the friendship with Melia and Erin, because:
1. Melia and Erin don't trust me, because of Melia discovering about me being The Interceptor and also her saying about me not trusting me for one bit, and losing a friendship point with Erin *(insert sad violin)* and you might ask: ''Wolf, what the hell did you do to make Melia not trust you one bit?'' well see reason 2.
2. When I restarted my game and started anew, I was still in V10 and played through the game until I was stopped when I tried to catch a shiny Buneary. I didn't know there was a V11 and V12 and so I missed so many events that were changed when the game updated, for example new friendship points that I didn't know. So I unknowingly lost points with Melia and a lots of people.
Short version of this, I probably will regret not being a good friend to Melia and Erin in my 1 save file, but thank god there more save files and we will see what will happen future with the endings. And thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Oh and by the way, keep up the good work Jan and Zumi!
I wouldn't worry too much. There will be a way to gain lots of points in V13.
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~A nice stroll through the forest~
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Most Likely to Die First in a Killing Game
Most Likely To Really Be Ferdinand von Aegir
Most Likely to Start a Religious Cult
The Hippest Himbo Award
Most Likely To Be Madame X
The Profile Picture Perfection Award
I can't nominate myself, and I think that's a crime because I, without a doubt, had the freshest avatars all year
Most Helpful Content Creator AwardMost Likely to Be Three Komalas in a Trench Coat
The Smelliest Auth Award
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Merry Christmas everyone!
It's very cold here... Wonder what's up?
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If you were curious about the new route theme for Route 4... Be curious no longer!
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3 hours ago, ArcaneArceus said:
Will XP candies push Pokémon over the players‘ level cap?
It won't. Only Rare Candies can.
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3 minutes ago, Paperblade said:
Are the pokemon that made it through Dexit going to be able to obtain moves they can only get through TM in SwSh? Examples being new Nasty Plot mons
If not through TM, then Tutor. Either way, they're getting their new moves. :]
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I have no plans to add TR's. TM's will stay the same.
The entire game (SWSH) was built around raids and getting TR's by spamming raids with friends or what have you.
Since Rejuv is not built around raids, the system of TR's and the shortening of movesets for certain Pokemon should not, and will not apply here.
Adding old tms to new Pokemon is a brand new conversation, though. One that I am not too sure on myself.
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Never worry about grinding or picking up new team members ever again :].
P.S. You guys are free to talk here now. Go nuts.
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Just vibing.
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Excerpt from Patreon:
SpoilerIf you've been keeping up with Generation 8, you might've heard or seen stuff about the new Wild Area. If you're unfamiliar with this, the Wild Area is a big and wide open space that has a variety of Pokemon based on location, and weather.
Wild Area:
The Reservoir:
What is the Reservoir? It's a giant and wide open area that expands over time. Route 4 never had a good design because at the time, I had no idea what to do with it.
One of the only areas that wasn't planned out at all. You can tell that much from just playing through it. So I transformed it into something with substance,
A place you can actually do things in.
What's different?
Well, for one, the place is absolutely massive. One of the largest areas in the game, actually. The path to Akuwa Town is short and simple, but once you start exploring,
a whole new world is opened up to you. I don't want to show the entire map, but here's a little bit of context on how big this map is:
This small snip-it is only about 1/8th of the place.
It's pretty empty right now as most of it isn't even evented, however, I have a lot of plans for this place.
What are the benefits of being here?
Nothing is set in stone as this is pretty early on, but, this is what I have in mind:Everything in the Reservoir has scaling:
- Levels
- Exp growth
- IV's
- Shiny Rate
- Money Gain
Knowing all this is great and all, but how exactly will they scale? As of right now, the plan is to have playtime influence scalings. Although that is the plan, I am aware of how easily this can be abused.
One could just afk on a new file and run into level 80 mons without even facing Valarie. I have a few ideas to prevent this, but I shall share those at another point.
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Hey, so it's been a while and I realize there hasn't been many updates on what's going on, so I'm writing this up to shed some light. A sort of mini Q&A.
Why is development slower than usual?
- TL:DR, I've been in a pretty poor spot health-wise, which has resulted in me barely working on the game. Motivation and energy are very low right now so it's hard to do more than one or two events a day.
I'm trying to do as much as I can, but I ask that you be patient with me during this cycle. I'll get back into the groove of things sooner or later.Why is this thread locked?
- I don't necessarily like this thread being locked, but based off previous threads eventually turning into nothing but off-topic conversations, posts that say nothing but "x% hype!!", and the occasional impatient user asking why such and such isn't out yet,
I've decided that this is the best course of action, at least for now. It also makes archiving and viewing posts much easier.
Even if development is slow, don't you have something to show?
- So, you're right, I do have things to show, and I will admit, a downside to this thread being locked is that I don't have a reason to check it unless significant progress has been made, and as such a lot of the juicier updates are posted on my Patreon. I've neglected this thread quite a bit, and that's why I'm writing up this post right now. I have to make more of a conscious effort to update the public whenever I can. Soooooo, from now on, one week after a post has been made on Patreon, I will then update everyone on here.
I have exciting things to share with you, but I don't want to just text dump after doing this mini Q&A... So I'll leave you with this.
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22 hours ago, reaper. said:
why are we even getting gen 8 in this update? we don't even have the full roster and by the time swsh comes out, development would be halfway complete.
No one knows how long it will take to finish an episode but me. I decided to do it this version because I know what I'm up against in future versions. This version is the best time to do it. That's just it.
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On 7/15/2019 at 9:39 PM, Seehan said:
Love you
You have to go to the Police Station now. The quest will continue from there :]
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49 minutes ago, Wolfox said:
Just a little ethical tip:never say you "fixed" someone's art. Kinda makes you come off as a dick
Nah it's fine, they didn't mean it like this. The issue is that I redid Absol's front sprite and didn't do the backsprite so it's inconsistent. Everything is a-ok!
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Spoiler6 hours ago, Harryp said:
1. Was the Amanda we meet supposed to be a robot from the start of development. Jan seems to be writing as he goes (it has to be a pain to update the past content to fit the current narrative.)
- Ren's character was written terribly assumably joining team xen because we saved his town it sounded quite geniune, but he apparently joined to save melia but why didn't ren just leave team xen when he found out she was alive. We meet ren when we are looking for crawli but that's the last time we meet him until v11 where he is a VERY important character. The MC and the cast should have had more interactions with him between the gap.
2. Are we going to actually battle flora seriously? We fought Ryland who was controlled by flora, she even says that ryland's Pokemon were disappointing. Bladestar had a terrible defeat they got destroyed in the judicial district off screen, the mechanical rayquaza also vanquished dozens of them. They took the limelight for a while just to be slaughtered.
3. Is the ANA side quest going into the main story? It is a amazing sidequest with unique content.
4. How are you going to distribute mega stones and z-crystals? Sidequests, some in the main story?
5. How are hard is it going to be sprite all the gen 8 Pokemon from scratch add abilities, move sets and implement them into old and new areas. Are you going to add additional gen 8 features as well?
6. Was Pokemon rejuvenation intentionaly made to give off an anime feel? It just gives off the feeling, with charcter interactions and such implying the latter, same with the story and the format of the game ("arcs"). Many people are also asking for romance. We get our starter 1 hour into the game and there are many segments were its just story with there being an apparent lack of gameplay, the game also contains tons of text (also before battles your screwed if you lose, for example ryland battle if you lose you have to spam a).
Thank you very much for creating this amazing, and innovative game it provides a unique view on the Pokemon world an experience the main series could not emulate. The sprites, art, story are all fantastic.
What is every developers favorite part of Pokemon rejuvenation?
1.) Mm, I actually haven't been writing as I go since V6 (Which is Amber's Gym). I have a loooong txt file on my desktop that has the story completely written out, and I've been going from there. Updating past areas never change the narrative. All I do when revamping an area is taking that part of the story, improving it, but never ever changing the base line of it. Ren did not join Team Xen as an act of revenge on the player. When you go into Wispy Ruins, you see Crescent stop him to chat, after that he's brought to her domain which is shown in V11. He says it quite clearly that he would never join until it meant reviving a friend. But yeah I agree that he probably should've shown up more, there just wasn't much space for him to exist until v11. From V5 he's off to GDC, and it takes 4 versions to get there, the next one deals with other issues, and then v11. Part of the reason why I think it feels like he was gone for so long was the wait between versions. Now if you play the game through it doesn't actually take that long. Oh well, knowledge for future games!
-Leaving a criminal organization on a whim sounds nice, but even irl if you just left there would be dire consequences. Usually with you ending up dead.
-There are quite a few hints on Amanda being "dubious", Visually and in text. in game Jan mentions that Amanda has disappeared for 3 weeks without contact and mentions her new hat as she has never been seen with one before. In the OG build mentioned before, she was just a double agent. In current rejuv she's an android because I like being extra and pushing the boundaries xd.
2.) Yes
3.) Sort of.
4.) They're already being distributed.
5.) Not necessarily difficult, but tedious and time consuming.
6.) Nah, I just like animating sprites. I like being extra and flexxing-- It just sorta turned into whatever it is now.
My favorite part is mapping the areas and improving :]
3 hours ago, nhehvnukl said:V is more of an affiliate than an Admin. She's doing her own thing. Other than Flora, Jenkel.
2 hours ago, SilverAngelus said:Not all of these questions are v12 spoilers, but I'll just put them all in one spoiler tag anyway ._.
1) What is it about the Xenpurgis that scares Flora so much?
2) Why is the Xen HQ the same building as Rejuvenation co.? I almost thought Madame X was Nastasia’s mom when I first saw that xD (I know she isn’t
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3) Erin, Allen, and Alice pretty much have the same blonder hair color, but Melia’s hair appears a bit more darker blonde color. Is there a reason for that?
4) I never really understood how/why the two Kanons were different. Do you mind explaining this?
5) During the events of the Pyramid, Allen fought the Bladestar Admin’s robot (that his mom spent her life savings on
). I won that fight, so I was wondering what would have happened if he had lost.
6) Is Adrienn (from Reborn) the new Fairy type Gym leader of Aevium? If Aya can become a replacement for Venam, then I don’t see why Adrienn wouldn’t be able to be a fairy leader in Aevium, even if temporary.
7) It took like eight hours for the coalition (Nastasia, the MC + co.) to get to Zone Zero with Nastasia’s airship from GDC, iirc. Yet how did Melia and Erick/Madelis get to the Pyramid from West Gearen so quickly?
8 ) Did Melia lose to Tuff Puff? o_o
9) Not really a question, I just want to say that I find Huey calling Hazuki "Haduken" (back at the tournament) to be hilarious
(for no good reason lol)
I’m sorry for this many questions. I hope you have fun answering them at least
1.) You'll see.
2.) You'll see! x2
3.) Just to differentiate a bit. Allen and Alice have brighter blonde hair, Erin's a bit darker, and Melia's the middle ground.
4.)There's only one! But it's fine if you're confused. The "why" hasn't been shown yet, but soon!
5.)You just lose rep points. That fight was more of me practicing, honestly. lol.
6.)Adrienn's too busy with the city reconstruction to also double as a leader. The Fairy Leader is someone you've met!
7.)It took so long because they had to make it through by foot while looking for the Rift. Once the rift is handled, it's ez pz to get through. Shouldn't take long at all.
8.) She did.
9.) Huey's special
2 hours ago, D3ltaDragon117 said:So, a more story related question this time. What's going on with the tournament? Will us and the characters who haven't been eliminated continue to participate in it in future versions, or was it cancelled due to Bladestar's attack?
The tournament's still on!
1 hour ago, Commander said:This is a Jan question: If you had to basically restart working on Rejuvenation from scratch, what would be the number one thing you'd trash, rewrite, or wipe from the existence of humanity? Basically, I'm just asking if there's anything you'd want to do completely differently if it were possible.
But for the rest of the devs: What's your favorite sidequest in the game and why?
Good question. One thing I don't like, and it's probably an unpopular opinion, but for this particular game I wish I didn't do Gyms. Of course I did them because it was the easy thing to fall under, but yeah. I don't really regret it, they just get in the way sometimes and break the flow. I'd rather just put an end of chapter boss or something. I'd probably also redo the whole layout of the first island too. You can just tell it was constructed without any rhyme or reason. Conversely it's my favorite island so /shrug.
1 hour ago, Pannaca said:I just want to say how much I love this game and I would like to thank y'all for working on it! This is the best fangame i've played so far and???idk i just love it and aaa!!!!
Now, just for fun: how would you describe the MC's voice?
Since Ren pointed out the MC's voice was different than the usual when we got possessed by probably Adrest (I know possessed may not be the best word to describe it but i'm dumb)
Not sure if it's describable. I'd probably just leave that up for headcanoning. Glad you enjoy it
56 minutes ago, Tj simmons said:Before this thread closes I really want to know if in later Versions Aelita, Telsa, and Amber will realize that they are family or will their family tree be spoked upon in later Versions because Ever since WLL and the whole Aelita being Taelia and Vivian Reincarnated, it jus has been bugging me like FOREVER and will family ties be spoken upon also in later Versions ?
Yes.
55 minutes ago, XxSilentWinterxX said:I have a few questions.
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2. What was your favorite event Pokemon to script in so far? (Type: Null, Fennekin, etc.)
3. If there's any amusing moments in Rejuvenation, which ones are they and why?
4. Was there any characters you originally planned on putting in the game and then scrapped or redesigned completely?
1.) Cleffa is in jail because she is part of the Yakuza. She has committed tax fraud, money laundering and Grand Theft Pokemon. She has been Caught and Detained and she will never be free again to roam the streets.... probably.
2.) Espurr/Growlithe. I stayed up all night doing Espurr's because I had so much fun making it!
3.) My favorite scene is when the gang on Terajuma realize they have to walk through the jungle after the teleporter randomly dies on them. They all have a mental breakdown in unison.
4.) All the characters are in the game except one and her name is Darcy. She was supposed to be Volta's assistant but Volta's role was changed quite a bit anyway so her existence kinda went in the trash. I could bring her back for a future sidequest! Ryland was redesigned completely. Before he was mostly how Flora is now. I changed him because having one Flora is enough.
Other notable mentions from the OG build:
-Damien was also much more of a jerk and physically tried to hurt you for info.
-Amber never improved.
-Reina had a personality similar to Shelly. Meek and shy. She also wasn't a twin.
-Ren never got his redemption.
-Valarie and Adam both never appeared after disappearing from Route 7.
-Neved was just greedy and didnt have a daughter.
-Angie was never freed.
-Beth was a main character.
-Geara was fine after Valor.
-Aelita was stabbed instead of going comatose.
44 minutes ago, DanelerH said:That's for the reply. I have a couple of more relevant questions.
When Karen performed her spell improperly, her mind was damaged. If Karen bathes in the Spring of Rejuvenation, would it heal her damaged mind? If not, it is because it's too much damage for the spring to heal or is it because the spring only works on the body, rather than the mind?
The spring only heals someone physically, not mentally. Karen would have to do a lot more to go back to normal. She had medication for it but after taking iti for so long her body became immune to its effects.
37 minutes ago, GreatNinja said:What exactly is the connection between Dr. Jenkel and Flora? We never really saw how they worked together, we only saw them together a couple of times.
He was a friend of Flora's father, William. After William died, Jenkel owed it to his friend to help Flora out with whatever she wanted.
long post owo
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10 hours ago, Joy said:
I ran into the same issue. It only happened if I handed over the Magma Stone and entered Valor Mountain through Crawli's gym. No bug if you keep the Magma Stone. I recorded a small clip of the bug.
Also note that going up the ladder triggers the Jenner cutscene and the player still enters through the front. In V11, there was no cutscene and you enter into a cavern with Venam before climbing up behind surfer guy.8 hours ago, MiserablePileOfSecrets said:I, uh, I wanted to do some sidequests before hopping on the ship and I can't get back to the tournament place to continue the plot.
*Edit - It appears to be an issue with the latest patch as i switched my data folder to the original v12 and was able to get to the tournament station
Repatching should fix this issue. Sorry about that.
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