[local bastard opens AMA thread]

3 hours ago, Crimson_Mc_Black said:

Whats the funnest and worst sprits you ever had to work on

Most fun one? Hands down Ryland's fucked up VS portrait from V12. Made that one entirely from scratch and had SO much fun working on it. I don't draw stuff like that very often, but I enjoy drawing creepy stuff from time to time!

 

The least fun? god damn eternatus for the Gen 8 addition in v13, aaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[local bastard opens AMA thread]

10 hours ago, Anti-loser said:

Picture yourself in April 18 2015 or when you’ve become a recent member. Like I’m gonna assume that most of us made our accounts just to play Reborn. 

And now back to present you, a welcome member of this community 

If you were to write a message to yourself 5 years back to the past 

What would you spoil and what would you share ?

 

I'd probably only tell myself which people I initially associated with but ended up being troublesome LOL, that's it. Everything else just kinda came naturally which I feel like it's best that it happened as such.

[local bastard opens AMA thread]

On 1/23/2020 at 11:37 PM, Crimson_Mc_Black said:

On a scale of 1 to fuck this, how hard would it be to animate the pokemon sprites like in gen 5 for Rejuvenation?

 

fuck this, in all capital letters and with six million exclamation marks. like hell i'm gonna do that LOL, that's just too much work... not to mention the fact that it lags the game real hard

 

On 1/28/2020 at 1:14 AM, Jericho said:

How did your last flower parade float go? What's in store for next year on that same front?

What is your natural hair color? How often do you have to get it touched up?

What do you like most about the Netherlands?

What do you dislike the most about the Netherlands?

Is your brother still taped to the ceiling?

1) 2nd place + 1st public's choice award + Plume of excellence for the manner in which the actors on the float were integrated into the environment, so I'd say pretty well! I actually have a presentation tomorrow evening for the workgroup to properly explain the new design for the upcoming year, so I'll be designing again this year, and probably the year after this still as well!

 

2) Dark blonde! I haven't had my natural hair color since I was like... 11-12 years old, though. My mom used blonde spray on my hair to lighten it a little bit before I started actively dyeing it in 2014, and I've had the red hair since late 2014 - early 2015. I dye my hair every 3-5 months or so!

 

3) It's generally pretty peaceful??? Not a whole lot happens here. I don't care much for the country itself as much as I simply love the town I live in, because of its community and me feeling I'm actually able to be a part of it somehow

 

4) There's unfortunately, despite the peace, a relatively large amount of people who are xenophobic, lol... People tend to hate immigrants.

 

5) yeah

[All official art for Rejuvenation [V13.5 ARTWORK UPDATE 2]]

New character art for Melia (1st appearance), Ren (1st appearance), Venam (1st appearance), Zetta, Nim, Aelita (1st appearance), Keta and Madelis along with icons has been added!

[V13 Discussion Thread]

Soooo... It's finally time to show the full versions off of the character art for Rejuvenation's early game characters! As most of you are probably well aware, a good couple of these characters have different appearances/outfits later in the game, but I will be drawing art for those as well. For the time being, here's the plot-relevant characters up to Carotos mountain -- Melia (1st appearance), Ren (1st appearance), Venam (1st appearance), Zetta, Nim, Aelita (1st appearance), Keta and Madelis!

 

 

...Yes, I forgot Eli and Sharon. And Amanda. Eli & Sharon will be included in the next batch though!! And Amanda I'll be keeping for West Gearen characters for.... Reasons you can probably all appreciate. :]

*cough* her battle right before erick's battle catching me off guard every fucking time *cough cough couGH COUGH*

 

Either way, all of the individual transparent character artworks can be found in the Official art thread! There's also a bunch of icons I made of the new art that you can use if you want in that thread as well, so feel free to check it out 

[V13 Discussion Thread]

2 minutes ago, RoyChaos said:

... (Having hatred towards Nim for what she will become)

bruh you can quit it with the "..." stuff now, everyone's already moved past it except you lol

[V13 Discussion Thread]

hello yes i have actually done something gen 8 related this week outside of the character art and that's making the got dam bone snake's -- aka Eternatus -- hell backsprite. i already did the front sprite back in December but i kept putting it OFF because iiiiiiiiiii knew this sprite was going to give me pain and guess what! it sure fucking did.

 

jesus christ almighty i am DEAD but anyways take these. u'll be seeing these in game at some point. when? i do not know!!!!!!

 

i actually really don't know LOL so don't read into it pls, but i had to make them anyways because of the gen 8 project so u'll get to see them in the graphics folder at the very least!!!!!!

 

Spoiler

 

also u know im frustrated when i decide to write forum posts in the same way i normally talk on discord. this sprite can eat big stinky doodoo for all i care >:^(

[V13 Discussion Thread]

2 hours ago, Dex said:

Someone needs to give Keta a sandwich or five desperately.

 

All of them look great I gotta say. 

 

18 hours ago, Corruptedchris said:

wow I never knew how bad Keta looked health wise and now I feel even worse for the guy.

 

Yep! His VS portrait in-game actually has been changed slightly as well to match his official art better, as I felt it's more visible what a sorry state the poor guy actually is in like this. The differences between his normal and his spirit portrait are much more clear now, too! I've put a comparison in the spoilers.

 

Spoiler

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New:

 

 

[V13 Discussion Thread]

But wait! There's more!

 

[V13 Discussion Thread]

Taking a short break from Gen 8 spriting to work on something else that's probably a little overdue.... 

 

[V13 Discussion Thread]

As I explained on discord, our current consensus on the matter is that only base Gen 8 is set to be included with V13. We haven't settled on what we'll do with the DLC additions yet in the sense of whether we're adding those in a patch or in V14. so we can't make any promises on that field yet!

[local bastard opens AMA thread]

On 1/6/2020 at 8:46 PM, Gengar768 said:

Do you like musicals if so which ones 

if you don't like musicals then whats you favourite artist?

I don't really care much for musicals, but my favourite artists are Kensington and Coldplay!

[I'm upsetti spaghetti]

Tip: If you have Photoshop, open up your tilesets in there and copy in those swatches you have in an empty spot on the tileset, then merge it with the layer the tileset is on. Grab the bucket tool, turn off anti-aliasing and contiguous mode, then color all those swatches you have pure black. Et voila! You'll have all of the outlines turned completely black in one go without having to do everything manually. Don't forget to remove the swatches later on though, lol.

 

I'm not sure if there's equivalents of this in other programs, but it's extremely useful to recolor stuff so I'd recommend finding a program that supports such a function.

[V13 Discussion Thread]

13 hours ago, kithas said:

I wonder if there are any crests still to be discovered, even if I think I remember Jan saying the opposite? 

Dunno where you got this information from, but I doubt anyone's said anything of this sort, so there's no real reason to believe there's not gonna be more crests. I'm not really too sure on the details myself either though, lol.... But I doubt this is the last you'll see of them.

[League Card Showcase!]

yayayayaya

[V13 Discussion Thread]

This week is a rather plentiful week of updates, isn't it? Well I've got one last thing to show off for now! But before we get to what's being added, let's introduce you all to someone!

 

Some of you might remember this character being on some of Gearen's billboards in older versions of the game + you've also probably met her mother Jolene in the game by now, but I'd like you to meet Volta!

 

 

In the older versions of Rejuvenation, she was the electric type gym leader, who would go on to retire and be replaced by Erick, who then still played a significantly smaller role than he does now. In the current version of the game she was a gym leader that acted as the stand-in for Saki, but now Erick has taken over her spot as gym leader as she went off to GDC to become a news reporter... Basically reducing her to a character that's only been mentioned once or twice. 

 

But now you're probably wondering, why haven't we seen more of her yet if she's still somewhat relevant? Well, I'm here to answer that question! In V13, we're adding a hints system that is accessible through the TV's you find in houses. This system is meant to help you find your way around if you're lost on as of where to go next, which is particularly useful when you haven't played in a while and you have no clue where you left off... And Volta will be the one appearing on TV to tell you all about the latest scoops and happenings that will put you back on track! And to go with this new hints system, she got a fresh new look to go along with it as well.

 

Meet our new Volta!

 

Next time you get lost in the game just find the most nearby TV, and Volta will be there to tell you all about the latest happenings so you can find your way back to where you need to go! We hope you will appreciate the addition of the hints system. It's going to be a bit of work to write them all out considering how long the game itself is, but we hope it'll help some of you in the future!

 

Don't expect these V13 content updates to be this frequent by the way, as this post is about something for which the graphics were finished a few months ago already. Updates in regards to new V13 content will probably remain scarce for a while until we're done with Gen 8 implementation (unless Jan wants to post something about it whenever he feels like it LOL), so please be patient with us for a little while longer as we try to get all of that sorted out first!

 

Oh, and I completely forgot to mention it in my previous post... but Happy New Year from everyone in the Rejuv dev team! Let's all hope for another great year!  

[local bastard opens AMA thread]

5 hours ago, smeargletail said:

1.do you have a favorite book or book series?

2.do you have any favorite artist or a artist that inspires you?

Are we friends?

1) Mmmmm not really. I do like most of Dan Brown's books, thought! Just that I'm more of a fanfic reader than anything else sdghfjsdfsvbdgns

2) There's a good couple of artists that inspire me! A couple of my friends, but also some other artists that I simply follow on twitter. I'd recommend checking out Jenna Brown's, Loish's, ExTrident's and Hitofutarai's artwork, those are some of my favourites!!

 

3 hours ago, Maqqy said:

I've actually stumbled upon your soundcloud account and you really have a great voice. Not to mention you also do remixes. Did you ever consider pursuing music/singing as a career? 

I have, actually! If I ever somehow end up not being able to draw anymore, I'll probably consider pursuing music and particularly digital production as a career path. I still want to take vocal lessons again at some point as well.

[local bastard opens AMA thread]

7 hours ago, Felix~ said:

How are you?

 

Do you understand that if this bandwagon wagons harder, the responsibility is on your head?

Good!

 

and absolutely, i take full responsibility and i regret absolutely nothing

[local bastard opens AMA thread]

10 hours ago, Raion said:

What do you enjoy more, making mugshots or making trainer graphics?

Mugshots! Trainer sprites are fine but I find enjoyment in doing larger sprites since it's easier to draw facial expressions, which I really like doing.

 

9 hours ago, SilverAngelus said:

Hi Zumi! I got some questions:

1) Is there any inspiration behind the name Zumi? 

2) What Pokemon fan games do you really like other than Rejuv, Reborn, and Deso?

3) What's your favorite food?

 

1) it's actually derived from an old OC I had back in 2011, which I then turned into an username I had for a while (Zumidesu), and people started calling me Zumi because of it. The nickname stuck, so I'm still using it now!
2) .........................................would it be bad to say i havent even played any fangames outside of rejuv and reborn...................

3) Curry madras!!!

 

4 hours ago, andracass said:

you say you're zumi but like how fast do you go

like..... 600 fast

[local bastard opens AMA thread]

4 hours ago, Swampellow said:

Bird?

owl

 

1 hour ago, Chrixai said:

How long have you been interested in gaming/art development, what was the first game you’ve ever played and how was your New Year?? :]

1) for about 6 years now! working on rejuv actually helped me realize i want to do visual art for games as a job and helped me make a career path choice!
2) bruh that's asking me to dig up the depths of my memory which is already like swiss cheese -- full of holes............... but i think it was a game boy color jungle book game??? it was either that, pokemon blue or a bugs life on the n64

3) good!!! i celebrated it over at my friend's place and it was v fun

[local bastard opens AMA thread]

7 minutes ago, lolokxd said:

What is your favorite Pokemon to use in Rejuvenation?

Ampharos! Next to that, while I don't think these two are my favourite mons, the combination of Sylveon and Primarina has also served me incredibly well in my current playthrough. Crobat is also always a solid mon to have on your team in Rejuv, and I also like using Golisopod!

 

8 minutes ago, Azzie said:

Zumiii ♥
What's an art project this past year that you've had the most fun with/enjoyed the most? 

 

100% the flower parade this past year! It was my first year actually helping designing a float, and I probably couldn't have asked for a better debut with 2nd place, the 1st public's choice award and a plume for excellence in concealing actors on the float LOL

 

I designed it along with my brother and two other guys from the workgroup! Have some pics and a video in the spoiler!!! It looks better in motion tbh uwu

Spoiler

 

 

8 minutes ago, Tacos said:

Favorite kind of tree?

Maple trees are nice!!!! They have super nice colors in the autumn and I'm a sucker for bright autumn colors

 

8 minutes ago, Abyssreaper99 said:

I got two questions:

 

1) What is your favourite moment with tree?

 

2) What is the strangest cause of an argument/debate you've ever had?

1) 

 

2) Someone mentioned that they put ice cubes in their milk on my discord and it ended up in the Great Milk Discourse of 2019 because it got WAY out of hand and the entire server was just yelling at each other (i'm on team "don't fuckin put ice cubes in your milk you heathen, put your milk in the fridge instead" by the way)

 

[local bastard opens AMA thread]

im feeling mildly chaotic and apparently there was an AMA trend in august i missed so i'm uhhhhhhhhh 4 months late but hi i'm zumi, i'm a reborn discord mod + main artist for Rejuvenation and here's my Ask Me Anything™ thread

 

i was gonna put guidelines on how far i'm going with answering but i'll just think of what i'll answer and what i won't go into detail about on the go so fuck it. lets go gamers

[V13 Discussion Thread]

We're slowly chipping away at Gen 8 addition! The most work remains with spriting at the moment -- we could wait for other people to do all of the front sprites, but since it slows down overall development and re-balancing of the game, I've been doing some work for it. myself Here's a couple of sprites for Morgrem and Grimmsnarl I did today!

 

 

My goal for the time being is to do at least five sprites every week so the spriting progress will start keeping a steady pace, since it's been a little hiccup-y lately with the holidays. It's time to get into the swing of things! I'll be showing off more front sprites in the case people from the dev team have done them from scratch as quite a couple of the ones we're using are made by people outside of our dev team... And I doubt backsprites are interesting to show off lol.

 

Either way, please be patient with us as we're working on this slowly but steadily!

[V13 Discussion Thread]

By the way! I mentioned this on Discord, but to those who have done my NPC's sidequest and found the advanced dex reward subpar for the work they put into it, and to those who haven't done it because they felt the reward would be subpar, surprise! In V13, this quest will be rewarded with another thing, but in the long run, so not immediately after completing it (or if you already have, as soon as you load up V13. Even then!). You'll have to wait a bit to be able to obtain the other reward, but it'll be worth it!

 

Very, very worth it.

:^).

[Who Is Your Favorite Gym Leader in Pokémon Sword and Shield?]

14 hours ago, SilverAngelus said:

And my favorite theme from SwSh is DEFO Piers' theme. Would you ever do a remix of it?

trust me i've tried. it's really, really hard and i don't think i could ever do it justice LOL, the original is just way too good