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Well, you wouldn't be wrong about Vice looking really goofy in his swimsuit XD because here is his finished CG. I still find him wearing all that to be really entertaining XD

I will make sure to deliver on the design for Allan ;D Apparently, one other person wanted Allan to look... hot for his beach attire. Which, is the first time I think I've heard that one.

Also, if anyone is interested, here is Vice in his Beach Outfit XD And his costume is meant more for... comedic effect than anything XD I was thinking about giving one of the female characters an inner-tube, but that would be really hard to sprite. But, this is just the lineart at the moment, but, he is wearing a snorkel, flippers, and just swimming trunks. Allan on the other hand will be wearing something... more suited towards his style, and personality. It just sunk in, that I am playing a Pokemon game, where the main character is running around shirtless with a snorkel, flippers and shorts... and this can appear during certain cutscenes. Wow. Tales of Symphonia did that as well, and it made a lot of cutscenes unintentionally funny XD

Can't say I'll do that with any of the characters, since it's not really... beach like. It's one or the other The 300k words took me an entire summer to write, and revise. But at the moment, Masquerain is currently playing through the alpha to find more grammatical errors and whatnot. But, I am glad that you are hyped for the game, and I hope you enjoy playing it upon its release in the next 7 years XD JK.

Also, to those of you who care, because Marissa got a couple of complaints about her... uhm... boobs. I will be having her age and boob sizes changed. It doesn't alter the story, like at all, in terms of her age; so I can get away with both of those things pretty easily. But, just so I don't offend anyone else, Marissa will be altered according to her age. Edit: All characters gained a respective age increase, according to their appearance. Just so that way we can clear up any other possible theories about their age. But, then again, the characters' ages are only stated during skits soooooo, it won't change the story too much, if at all XD

Hey, you never know She hasn't been drawn yet, so there is always hope for her to have jean shorts. They are comfy and easy to wear, so I heard from every girl ever. I wouldn't really know

Welp, all the female characters will have some form of shorts/summer dress. Vivian I know is wearing spandex shorts. As for Allan, I have some things in mind for what I plan to do with his beach costume XD Vice on the other hand gets the hilarious outfit.

I think the breast sizes are excusable, since this is a game set in fantasy, and again, young female development like this is a thing XD I have known girls that age when I was young who had sizes around that area. But, Vivian's beach costume will be interesting. However, spoiler alert, none of the female characters will have their southern area with just a strap, since it would be very... awkward for the character backsprite. So, all the female characters will either have some kind of shorts that you would wear at the beach, or some form of beach skirt/thing. I do know that Vivian will look pretty different in her Summer Beach Costume XD And the guys are wearing clothes that are either funny, or in Allan's case, cool. So, to all of my male readers, keep it in your pants, because you won't be seeing any visible female character ass any time soon XD I had to censor it to some degree. Also, I didn't want to offend any of my female readers, and think that I am sexualizing my characters, which... I'm not.

Well, if you take a look at this, here: The boobs don't lie XD Her and Vivian have probably the largest racks out of all the female characters

Then again, when did any of the female characters in Pokemon strike you as "10-years old"? When May said that she was 10-years old in the anime, I was like "nuh-uh girl, you have a rack! Those cannot be real!" XD For all I can say in Marissa's case, is that she was, just like some girls in real life, developed early; which is actually a thing. And happens between the ages of 9 - 14, in the case of early development, and I just now realized that I am talking about this Developmental Psychology, ladies and gentleman XD

Well, rest assured the females boob sizes are indeed accurate XP (that feels so weird for me to say out loud) Once their artwork is finished, I will be having them made into sprites for costume benefits Speaking of... since I do not want to double post, because I cry everytime I do that ;w; I am going to be posting Marissa's finished Beach Attire! Yes by the way... that is indeed a costume that you can wear in-game. All 6 characters get one. Vice though is probably the funniest one XD And yes, her boobs are accurate

I cannot believe we are talking about that Don't worry, their boob sizes are indeed accurate XD I even made sure to check, as weird as it is for me to say that o.e

Costume Update So, as I've been working with the programming of a new menu screen, for the costumes, I've been commissioning more and more costume variants that can be used. For those of you who saw the main thread, there are currently 3 types of costumes 1 of which is exclusive to Vice and Vivian, while the other 2 that is in the main thread everyone can wear. And just as a reminder: Costumes does not equal Trainer Customization. If I were to allow Trainer Customization it would basically remove any and all kind of personality that these characters would have; which is a bit of a no-no for the game that I am going for. These are just that - Costumes that befit their personality, and what they want to wear. Costumes going to be available by character: Verdant Transformation Attire Vice Braving Vivian Vance Christmas Clothing Vice Braving Marissa Brennan Vivian Vance Hiro Monochroma Krista Harper Allan Monochroma Halloween Attire Vice Marissa Vivian Hiro Krista Allan Summer Beach Outfits Now this is a new one, and I am right now working on the costumes for these designs, and as of right now Marissa Brennan is the only one who has a design being worked on. The rest will be revealed later this week, however. And these sets of costumes are meant to be very... fan-servicy XD As you can probably tell why. So at the moment I am working on getting the last 2 Christmas designs for Krista and Allan finished, as well as the last 4 designs for the Halloween costumes. Then lastly I have the Summer Beach Clothing for all 6 characters. The next set of costumes that I plan on creating are Formal Attire, and then Character Achievement Costumes; which basically mean they are costumes that these characters can wear after they go through a certain side-quest involving that specific character. Those side-quests really delve deep into those characters personalities and also yield benefits towards their characterization and costumes.

*ding* That was the point XD She was loosely based off of her. But even still, their designs are very different from one another. Mainly it was just the kimono design that you see some similarities.

Rideable Pokemon! I've been working on getting character specific Rideable Pokemon for awhile now, but I haven't had the time to commission them, but thanks to a certain awesome someone, I managed to finish this project! Yes, Vice and Krista both have Gogoat's and the reason for that is because when Vice was given the choice of which one he wanted to ride, he didn't really care, so long as he had something to ride; and thus Krista gave him one of her Gogoats! This video I basically show off the Pokemon Whistle, and what it can do, which basically makes you able to Ride a specific Pokemon! It's much faster than a bike, and allows you to jump over ledges! The Pokemon that each character rides is: Vice - Gogoat (again, Vice didn't really care much when he was given the choice XD) Marissa - Zebstrika Vivian - Absol Hiro - Rapidash Krista - Gogoat Allan - Arcanine

Character Artwork Update! So, today I am going to be showing off another new character, well... technically she isn't new, but in terms of artwork she is. This is Mia Vance, otherwise known as one of the other prequel characters from Symphonic Horizon: Verdant Tales. She is Vivian's older sister, and unlike other Pokemon Trainers, she possesses a sword. Why is that you may ask? Well, the reason for her using a sword was because, aside from being something that she would use for overworld purposes, was for synchronizing training with her Greninja. In Namira Village, trainers would actively take part in training WITH their Pokemon, and Mia would use her sword as part of that training, as Greninja used it's Mist Blades. Also she used the sword quite comically in some scenes in the previous game to threaten Vaan, or other characters XD So, here she is: Also, she was the original creator of the move: Renegade Strike, as she originally taught the technique to her Greninja. What are Synchronize Battles? Basically they are normal sparring matches with the Trainer being a part of those battles, however, there are no Pokemon Techniques used in those battles against the Trainer; however weapons are allowed, and weapon like techniques, like Mist Blades are allowed. They are meant to help synchronize Trainer and Pokemon together, so that in an actual battle all hesitation, agitation, and possible disobedience is removed. The Pokemon and Trainer's emotions are harmonized and thus gives a huge advantage over the opposing Trainer. As I am sure, for those of you who read previous posts, would know that Vivian did in fact base her Verdant Clothes off of her sister's. However, some parts of her design did not perfectly resemble Mia's original clothing.

Update, again XD ​Apologies for the constant updates, but I have now finished the Tales-esque Mystic Arte-esque cut-in animation for Renegade Strike! This is exclusive only to Vivian Vance, and her Greninja. The other 5 characters have their own cut-in animations, with their own unique Verdant Arte attacks! Here is the video, enjoy! It took me freaking forever to make this, so I hope you all like it!

But wait, that's not all! Tales Animation Update! So, I've been doing some hard work with some custom programming with Luka S.J's battle system and I think you will be pretty impressed with what I managed to create. First off, let me explain what this all is. Basically, I created a custom animation for "Verdant Arte's" which is essentially a characters Signature Pokemon's Ultimate attack. Whenever you use a Verdant Arte, you get a unique, made completely custom by me, animation that has a special something at the end of the animation, for those of you who have played a Tales game and know what Mystic Artes have in them BUT, for now, I am going to show you guys a work in progress, since this isn't finished quite yet. So, here is a progress gif on how everything looks at the moment. This gif showcases Vivian's Greninja using Renegade Strike, a one-hit KO attack that never misses. Verdant Artes only have 1 PP, but they always hit, and will always land a one-hit KO. However, you can miss, if accuracy de-buffs are applied to you. Again, this animation isn't finished, as this took me all day to create, and the animation is... 110 frames at the moment, and I am not even CLOSE to done. Vivian: THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I GET SERIOUS!

Very true, I guess they can be used as a reminder to those who didn't save, as well as being there to fully heal you, out in the open areas. Update! Prologue to Awakening: Dream Tutorial The dream tutorial was an area that was inspired by the first Kingdom Hearts, and serves as a pretty basic tutorial for navigation, and control. It also adds some... very cryptic story dialogue by an ominous voice, who, I am pretty sure you know who's saying it. The dialogue that is being narrated by the ambiguous character is up for interpretation of what it really means. But, I'm sure if you look at the dialogue long enough, you can figure it out, especially once you actually start playing the game. This doesn't constitute as spoilers, since this is the prologue before the actual game happens, and the dialogue is up for your own interpretation, as well as the things that you interact with; because yes, even those objects that you interact with have meaning to the Dream Tutorial.

He is indeed way different in terms of personality, but, the only similarity between the two of them is their appearance. Which allows me to segway into something... interesting. For the past few weeks I haven't really been all too please with the first area of the game's introduction, however, I decided to add some additional scenes before the part where you actually play as Vice at Dawn Beach happens; for the sake of exposition and to better explain what in the world even XD Also, I added a tutorial area to the beginning of the game, that is pretty much inspired by the Stations of Awakening from Kingdom Hearts 1. And throughout the tutorial area you play in Vaan's costume, for... plot reasons, that will be explained as you go throughout the tutorial area. Also, in the tutorial the scenes that you see are narrated by ambiguous text, which is actually a character that you will meet later on, who is actually saying all that. I'm sure you can guess who it is, given that I already revealed most of the Verdant Tales characters to everyone Anywho, here is a gif showcasing some of the new stuff for the game: Also, yes I did change the 2nd bit of "ambiguous text" because it didn't make much sense for the context of the Save Points. Oh by the way, there are Save Points in the game now. You can still manually save your game, as you normally would, except that these save points fully heal you, in the overworld, and can be really useful whenever you are out and about training. If anyone is interested in the idea of the Save Points being the only thing you can use to save, you can let me know, because I had some plans for some other features to be added in. Okay, I know that back in August I posted about me having an abscess tooth before, right? And I'm sure you'd think that I would've learned from my mistakes and tried brushing better, yeah? Welllll... that didn't stop the already existing cavities from doing another number on me. You see, there is one tooth in my upper jaw that is a molar, which is mainly used for chewing and crushing food, as you do. That same molar is the same tooth from last August, except this time, it is completely gone, just shattered completely; which means that I am gonna have to get what remains of it, pulled. Which means, no more molar. That said, I have been brushing 3 times a day, for the past 3 months, and almost all of my teeth have been really good! Aside from that one shattered tooth which is causing me intense pain as I type this... So, tomorrow I am not gonna be working on my game, and instead gonna go into the dentists clinic for an emergency tooth pull, which is gonna be great! It actually will be, since I am gonna say "F-You" to that awful pain... So, for the most part, I've been in a lot of pain, and it's gonna be really rough the next couple of hours, until the time comes for me to go to the dentists. This, kids is what happens when you don't make it a good habit to brush when you were younger, and then decide when you are older to start brushing regularly ;w; The pain in my mouth could only be described as my screaming bloody murder, and being sent on the floor sprawling and screaming in pain, and then having to call the dentists for an emergency. Yes, it was THAT bad.

Well, for the most part, this is a fantasy Pokemon RPG XD and it's explained later why they are identical, in appearance

Character Artwork Update As reference to the character that I alluded to just a few days ago, the finished artwork for him is here! This is Vaan Cresthart, also known as Nero's twin brother. Other than that information that I stated is a spoiler, so... that's all you get on his biography XD Why he looks like Vice is also a spoiler... sooooooo, yeah. As you can tell, the design is more in-line with a Tales-esque appearance. Also, the clothes that Vaan wears is a playable costume that you can wear in-game. However, if you DON'T care about spoilers then you can watch this video: Also, I've been thinking about this for awhile now, but, I had a Symphonic Horizon Facebook Group Page made: https://www.facebook.com/groups/symphonichorizon/1719168224964464/?notif_t=group_activity