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~ Excerpts from Patreon ~ ~ The Secrets of Ayrith! ~ Welcome back to our monthly development blog! with your host, me! the postman!! However Caz wrote this post so it'll be from his perspective It's safe to say that things are going quite well, so I will keep this brief. Exploration as a means to uncover secrets... I've been quite busy this month working on the main story of the episode, whilst touching up bits of existing story already in E6. It's been a long process, but it's very rewarding. E5 trialled mixing exploration and hidden lore with developments in the main story, and I very pleased how that panned out. As a result, I've decided to take this to the next level in E6. I want environmental storytelling/secrets to be one of the key features in future episodes of Desolation... and exploration should heavily reward this. Of course, to make this more ingrained in the game, tidbits of information aren't always lying around for the taking... What has this meant in terms of development? Well... everything has become a lot more open, and the episode is far less linear from an exploration point of view. Taking this approach = more maps, more dialogue, more events, and thus... more dev time. These maps may not be immediately obvious, as some areas teeming with knowledge require some modicum of thought to discover and explore, so keep this in mind when you're exploring the depths of Cellia East, the Dreamscape, and beyond. Furthermore, this episode aims to open things up from a writing perspective. Concepts that were only touched on in prior episodes, are going to be greatly expanded upon as those around you fight for power. In E6, it becomes increasingly apparent that there is a mystery to be solved in the Ayrith Region, and if you manage to piece together the information hidden throughout the world, you may solve it before your adversaries... So - keep your eyes peeled when you explore during this episode... who knows what you may find? Good characters require good music... Oh, what's this - Darius has created a composition for Shiv, and completed several versions to be used in E6? And Caz is posting one of those versions here on Patreon? Yes. Darius has spent some time working on a theme for Shiv that reflects his mysterious nature on your first meeting, yet also illustrates that whether he is beneficent or maleficent is not entirely clear to begin with... >>>>> ~ Shiv's Theme ~ <<<<< you can click on the hyperlink above to listen to the track! Give it a listen! and let us know what you think. As I stated before, there are several versions of the theme that will be used in different scenarios dealing with varying emotions. This is an approach we will likely take for most character themes! Cheers to Darius for bringing this to our ears! ~ Secret screenshot showing that no one will ever be free from sewer maps ~ Ruby's Plastic Surgery Clinic! Some of you may be wondering what Ruby's been up to lately... Yes, Ruby has started working part-time as a plastic surgeon in order to fund E6. Kudos to her for this work. Here are some of her lucky customers! with before and after photos attached: Nova Hardy Shiv These are just some of the characters she has been working on behind the scenes! Yes... Ruby is a perfectionist who only wants us to see the best of her characters. Everyone should give her a shoutout for being so dedicated to these characters we know and love :) ~ She also made a new logo for Perfection evolution for those interested ~ In conclusion - things are going well for us. The main story continues to be worked on, and with things coming together, we're optimized about testing being on the eventual horizon. This has been a long journey, and the most ambitious episode we've created. I look forward to seeing your guys' reactions to playing it in the future. Once again, thanks for the support! We couldn't do this without you! Cheers, Caz

~ Excerpts from Patreon ~ ~ A Brief Intermission... ~ Hey everyone! Just a really short update this month. Of course, the majority of the team have been playing Legends: Arceus so there's a bit of an intermission! Next month there will be more to say, I'm sure. So apologies in advance, but this update is very short. To summarise in one sentence, things are progressing pretty well. We can't show off all that much, since everyone has been working on spoilers (i.e. Ruby completing the new cover art). It's one of those months where everyone comes together and shrugs when we try to figure out what to show off. ~ Random NPC 1 of Cellia Dockside ~ The majority of this month has been dedicated to scripting. Firstly, Cass has been working on an enormous scripting project that will a) Completely overhaul the game, and b) Completely overhaul how the game is developed in the future from a scripting perspective. This is a massive undertaking and is taking up the majority of development time, but it will certainly pay off in the long term. More details will emerge on this as things progress. One issue with this is that a large number of scripts aren't exactly working as expected, and this will take some time to completely resolve, and this is where our attention currently lies. ~ Random NPC 2 of Cellia Dockside, yes you can play basketball in the game ~ Otherwise, it has more or less been progress as usual. I continue to work on the main story, and things are panning out quite well. We are still on track for our planned release, and we're definitely in more of a grinding period now, so take that as you will. Again, once this scripting buzz is over, we will have more to show. It's certainly been a busy month. ~ A snippet of the map for Arcanius Island, Desolations newest area to explore ~ Again, my apologies that there hasn't been much to discuss or show off in this update. We've been trying pretty hard to get this episode through this engine update, and I really appreciate you guys for being patient with us. We'll go into scripting changes in future updates, and in terms of other content, next month will be pretty interesting! Until then, enjoy PLA, and stop in for Games' Night on our Discord sometime (yes we have a Discord! no not just reborn Exclusive to those who pledge to us on Patreon)! Until next time, Caz ~ Moving on from the Patreon post ~ hi, its me, your local Postman, hijacking the end of this dev blog update. Caz has been quite busy lately so I decided to write up this dev blog today for him! So... since you all have been very good and very supportive, I have a little present for you all! A little exclusive from Ep6 that I just wanted to share with you all!! Just gonna spoiler tag this incase you wish to not be spoiled haha... So? pretty good gift am I right?? I'm known to deliver the best of presents!?! Hope you enjoyed the little sneak peek of what's to come! And on that note, I'm signing off. Until next month folks. Cheers, Posty

Lil late but I'll just chuck a few nominations up there cause why the heck not. 6. K-K-K-Kawaii - @crimsoncrim (you cute ass binch ) 20. Hippest Himbo - @Caz (you gotta take my crown boss) 23. Most in need of a Hug - @yume @Ruby Red <3 25. Celebrity Pet Superstar - @crimsoncrim absolutely criminal that Raja has not been nominated, we love the shrimp... 32. Most likely to take over the world - @Ruby Red :SmugDouma2:

Hi Deso Dev here! Here to answer a few of your questions. 1) There will be a total of 12 gyms in the game, we are currently on 7 like the 5.1 thread states. 2) We have a rough estimate of how many episodes there will be, but we cannot disclose that since as you mention, it may change throughout development. 3) Currently Level Cap is 70! 4) For a "done experience" uhhh maybe like 60ish% done? There's a lot of content up to 20+ hrs for you to enjoy. 5) We have answered this but yes Gen 8 will be coming to Episode 6 And to answer the most important question... Cass is not the leading developer for Desolation, the leading developer is a nice ole guy called Caz. So with that in mind, development is and has been ongoing since the release of Episode 5, we have a Development Blog linked here which showcases a good amount of our development since the end of Episode 5. Hopefully that has answered all your questions! Feel free to ask anymore if you have any.

Hi Deso Dev here! Firstly sorry to hear that you have been having a hard time with the first gym leader, the game utilises Field Effects like Pokemon Reborn and Rejuvenation (If you have ever played them games, they are actually a bit more difficult than Desolation) meaning that if you have never played around them before, then walking into an important battle for the first time on a specific field might feel quite challenging. That being said, regarding Connor, like the others here have mentioned, there are a few options you can use to get round his team and field. The concept of the battle is for him to set up a field effect and sun which is in his favour and overall gives him the advantage, moves such as Water Sport comes quite handy here which is why there are Pokemon like Poliwag and Buizel available early also the flying bugs like Butterfree etc actually do well considering they can remove the field. His team is actually pretty balanced out regarding "drugs" lol and with the right strategy or just straight up brute force, you can defeat him in a reasonable fashion. I hope that you are eventually able to defeat him and continue on with the story! I will admit one thing though, if you do continue make sure you pick up one of the two electric types available before the second gym, that is the only gym in the game that even I can say is not balanced and I regret everything, its being adjusted in EP6, apologies in advance.

it's literally right below this thread in "The Manor"

The Finale And with this final Doc Update, I can announce that the Shiny Project is Officially Complete! wOOOOOOO Celebration!! wOOOOOO I just wanted to take this moment to say.. THANK YOU ALL! FOR ALL THE SUBMISSIONS!! Honestly this has been a great community project to work on, having over 1000+ responses over the course of 10 months has been incredible, so again thank you all for all the hard work, look out for these new Shinies in EP6! One last thing.. The Silvally Project is still going on, so if you wanna give Khrona a hand please do then check out the thread >HERE< Til Next time Y'all, Cheers once again Posty~

Doc has been updated! We only have 9 Shinies left and then the Community Project will be complete! These Pokemon are as follow: - Rolycoly Line - Galarian Mr. Mime Line - The Galarian Fossils We are literally on the final stretch y'all, lets finish this Posty

End of Week Update Doc has been updated! We're getting closer and closer to being done! Just a bunch more Gen 8 Pokemon and some Regional Variants! Cheers Posty

Generation Update - THE FINALE Hey y'all! Doc has been updated As the totally not crossed out title says, We have completed Gen 7.. Well not exactly, however one thing for sure is that we will be moving onto Generation 8! Okay lemme explain, So the project over the past few weeks have been a bit dead, which is fair considering the final Pokemon that needed Shinies, So we have gone through and sorted out the final Pokemon. This update is to let you know that from now on all Submissions should be from Generation 8! Besides from a few exceptions, Those being the A-Geodude Line and Silvally, any other Shinies will be rejected, The Silvally Project is still going on here so if you want to contribute to that please go to the thread! This is now the final stretch, We're nearly done! Lets get it y'all Cheers Posty

~ Wallpapers... Wallpapers Everywhere ~ So... Wallpapers, yes Wallpapers, we all love a good ole wallpaper, you most definitely have one on your desktop right now! you and your cheeky little anime wallpaper from the latest Attack on Titan Episode it was a banger i will say. Wallpapers give us all life, they are something pretty we are met with when we look at our desktop background or like our mobile phones. "But Posty, why are you talking about Wallpapers" Well little Timmy, lemme tell you Today the Desolation Team would like to give you all some FREE and extremely COOL custom Wallpapers!! Yes that's right, you, yes you right there, can have an OFFICIAL CUSTOM DESOLATION WALLPAPER! So let me show you what we have to give to you :) FIRSTLY, I present what I call "Holy heck I do love me some flowers" Such a beautiful wallpaper, Ruby chose this one.. and I can see why! it really fits her sort of aesthetic, god I wish I had a wallpaper like this, but now I do!! Secondly, this wallpaper I would like to call "Bricks.. so many fudging Bricks" The amount of Bricks in this wallpaper oh HOT DAMN, the colour really brings this wallpaper to life, Crim does have a eye for such incredible wallpaper I must say wait is this even a wallpaper Thirdly, quite frankly my FAVOURITE wallpaper of them all, I present to you the "Basic af but damn that's hot" Sometimes plain and simple is the way to go, Caz I must say this is a Divine choice of wallpaper, it really just makes you think of the smaller things in life.. and the less detailed, truly breathtaking. And Finally, our final wallpaper, provided by myself.. I present to you.. "ULTIMATE SWIRLAGE" OH BOY WHERE DO I BEGIN, DO YOU EVEN SEE THOSE SWIRLS? Its the type of Wallpaper that well, as Ruby put it, you would want to make dents in using your nails.. you can see a small swirl and a BIG BOI SWIRL, such beauty in the form of Swirls.. But sadly, that's all the Wallpaper we have to give to you.. for now, I hope you all can appreciate and cherish the wallpaperage we have provided you today! Until Next Time~ Posty

Update time y'all! Sorry for the delay in this update but the doc has been updated! Just a reminder before we move onto Gen 8, we really want to make sure the Silvally Project is completed, so if you want to give a helping with that, please check out the project thread linked above in the previous post! Cheers Posty

Generation Update! Aloha y'all, so firstly the doc has been updated! and with this update we have completed Generation 6! woooo that didn't take long at all lol. So get your swimming gear on, this means that we are moving onto Generation 7! Therefore all submissions need to be from Gen 7 otherwise they will be rejected. Also this will be including the Alolan Forms and ofc the Silvallies, which that project can be found > here < We are on the final 2 Generations which is crazy, once again thank you all for the work Posty

oh my god an early update holy moly Doc has been updated! we're actually very close to finishing up Gen 6 already hot damn, just a few more to go and we can move on! Also just a little note we have had over 1000+ submissions since the start of this project which is absolutely ridiculous, cheers for all the support and the work y'all! Posty

"we're running out of shinies" Update! Well this is still a thing lol, hi all! Apologies for the long delay! I've been mainly focusing on Uni since I'm in the midst of my final year project so as you can imagine, its been a bit hectic. On top of that I'll be honest we haven't had a lot of submissions lately which does tend to happen near the end of each Gen. However we prevail and today I am pleased to announce that with the latest doc updated, we have completed Generation 5! This means that we can now move onto Generation 6, therefore all submissions from now on should only be from this Generation otherwise they will be rejected! Cheers for all the hard work y'all! Keep it coming~ Posty

Weeker Updater Doc has been updated! We are very close to completing Generation 5! The final stretch til we can move onto finishing up Generation 6. Cheers! Posty

Weekly Update Doc has been updated! nothing more to say, keep up with the good work y'all Cheers Posty

~ The Long Awaited.. Character Poll Results! ~ Howdy Folks! So this has been long overdue.. whoops, we have been busy with development and other January blues that this was left for a good while, until now! So without further ado, the Winner of the Desolation Favourite Character Poll is... With a whooping 69 nice votes! How did you lot even manage to get the funny number god dammit. Anyways in 2nd, 3rd and 4th place we have... Wow what a line-up of characters! Thanks again for everyone who voted! we had a total of 327 votes~ maybe we will do something with this information in the future? who knows! For now, look out for upcoming updates involving the Development of Episode 6! We are very excited for what we have planned :) That's it for now! stay safe out there and wear a mask! Cheers Posty

Update Time babyyyyy Doc has been updated! As per usual we get an influx of submissions once we move to the next Generation so we gotta keep on top of it, loving the work coming in y'all! Also could Felcatty chuck me a dm sometime please Cheers Posty

oh my bloody god i cant believe i forgot this existed (GENERATION UPDATE!) Hiya y'all, apologies for the delay with this update, it has been one hell of a stressful week I won't go into details. But as the title suggests, we have completed Generation 4! besides... Arceus.. Essentially we will be moving onto Generation 5 so all submissions from here on out should be from Generation 5 and are currently not completed on the Doc, However Arceus and its wonderful 18 different forms and backsprites are still available and are needing to be completed! Can't wait to see what you all get up to involving Gen 5.. and Arceus.. fucking Arceus why are you like this Cheers and stay safe! Posty

these updates are always so bloody inconsistent LOL Doc has been updated! We only need 8 more Shinies til we can tackle the beast known as Generation 5 Just a small update, nothing more than that, have a good one Cheers Posty

Who knows! This is very much so spoiler territory so you'll have to wait and see Also just a word of warning, please don't use this thread as a discussion place, this as you know is directed towards the devs for questions about development and other stuff. If you wanna have further discussions, please make a thread and talk in the Discussions section in the club! Thanks.

oh my god these updates arent even consistent anymore, im just doing it whenever Doc has been updated! We only have 13 more Shinies to complete til we can move onto Generation 5! Keep up the grind y'all, The team and I have been loving going through your Shinies <3 Two things, one could pyrromanis chuck me a dm when you get the chance! Two, just a reminder that we have the Silvally Shiny Project going on, so if you wanna give us a hand with that please do so! Anyways Cheers y'all Posty

Back on the Grind Hope everyone had a good and safe New Years! Doc has been updated! It's always nice to see an influx of responses the moment we move onto the next Generation, we're really making a bunch of progress now, keep it up everyone! One last thing, could Whippyberry please dm me That's all folks, cheers! Posty

We did it Gamers. Doc has been updated and.. with the final few submissions we have finally completed Generation 3! and even before the New Year! Good work everyone So you know what this means.. we can finally move onto Generation 4! All submissions from now on should only be Pokemon from Gen 4, I can't wait to see what y'all get up to next! Cheers y'all and have a Happy New Year! Posty