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On 3/27/2020 at 12:12 PM, _v.sri4 said:

May I dare to suggest a random abilities option as well? That would make a randomized run well and truly bonkers.

next year's april fool's joke: ultimate random.

abilities? random.
pokemon? random.
trainers? random.
map connections? random.
button inputs? random. 
sprite displays? random.

audio output? random.

we'll also randomize a pixel distortion so it looks like one of those grainy TV screens from back in the day

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here! 

also added this to the post

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19 minutes ago, Mindlack said:

Also, did you remember to ban modifier values that aren't coprime to the total number of Pokemon or moves?

yes

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7 hours ago, Dreamblitz said:

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so, first of all, right now the randomizer only affects pokemon and moves, and they affect each on a 1 to 1 basis: if mudkip is randomized to mewtwo, mudkip is always mewtwo. the same thing goes for moves. to make this work, the randomizer guy pops out three numbers. one is the base number, and two are the modifiers. the base number is what determines where you start; the modifiers determine the order of the mons/moves that come after that.

for example, if i get 5 as a base and 2 as a modifier, then bulbasaur would become charmeleon, ivysaur would become squirtle, venusaur would become blastoise, and so on. when the total hits 805, the counter loops back around. moves basically work the same way.

 

The Ol' Caesar cipher razzle dazzle eh? very nice.

omg you're right

i actually did not realize i did that

this is so much more boring now

7 hours ago, VividGrey said:

Oh this is gonna be so broken and I'm all for it. What about event pokemon? Will those be random and will the sprites be altered as well? Cause if I see a man chasing a god damn Rayquaza I'd probably die laughing.

they won't, unfortunately-

 

4 hours ago, UmbraWitch01 said:

Is the shift unique for each pokemon? E.g. if bulbasaur gets a shift of 2 to venusaur, does that make wartortle also get a shift of 2 to charmander?

it's not- the shift is the same for all of them

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1 hour ago, KITd said:

So there will be 3 difficulty modes in the future ?

yes

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1 minute ago, baldr said:

Umm... would it be possible to get an 18.2.1 / 18.3 update with this and maybe the difficulty levels? The AI update kinda made me want to replay reborn again but I really like doubles so I kinda don't wanna play it without this.

depends on how much i want ame to commit die

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1 hour ago, Ezlo Farcarver said:

I'm REALLY looking forward to 19. So much stuff, it's gonna revamp everything.

who's ready for a five year testing period

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2 hours ago, Commander said:

Do you want me to give you the Redux doc because at this point we both kind of did the same thing? But on that subject...

 

Give Julia a stunfisk. That thing alone cause more hell than even a Heliolisk. Give them the true meaning of ragequiting.

i'm not really planning to change teams a whole lot; partially because it preserves a kind of in-game "canon", partially because rebuilding teams would be a huge amount of extra work, and partially because y'all are out there doing your thing and i don't want to encroach on that.

 

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also, new chart update!

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6 hours ago, Lorisaur said:

I've started nothing, personally. It's just my cousin. He is 9 and he watches the anime. He says that the next season of the anime will be about reborn.

 

And also, in gen9 budew will be removed from the game again

you mean, of course, gen 173

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2 hours ago, Anjuna said:

Love love love the regular updates. I remember when I played reborn back in 2016; the information drought caused me to drop it till I revisited in in 2019. The story hit me like a storm: Huh?! Who's this chick with the funky hair again? And what's her deal with me?

 

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That seems to describe atleast 90% of the reborn cast...

 

 

Anyway, was wondering if you'd be adding any features to make grinding a biiiit more fun, atleast late-game. Grand hall trainers are a passable substitute, but they aren't the most efficient, as the highest yielders (Beau and Zack) require a 4-5 man team to beat. I know people have suggested the audino trainers from Rejuve, but maybe you aren't too keen on those? 

 

One of the most fun parts of reborn to me is the fact that, due to the pokemon limitations, you're obligated to make interesting and innovative team choices in order to outplay difficult battles and gym leaders, and thus, a static team of 6 may not always ensure you get through the game. Maybe incentivize the player to have a fluid team by making raising/EV training a bit easier? 

hard maybe for late game, probably yes for postgame. battle tower's gotta have some kind of prizes.

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5 hours ago, Cadmium48 said:

... Are there really no major battles between Luna and Samson?

Huh.

Could've sworn there was something.

same

2 hours ago, Lua said:

"Some people find it too easy"

I have mad respect for those people, but I'm also absolutely terrified of them. Not quite as much as I am of people doing Nuzlockes, but it's close. My main method of playing this game is ridiculous amounts of cotton candy but hey it works

 

I'm curious about Lite mode, might actually try a lite version of a Nuzlocke with that. And then probably cry a lot but it's Reborn. Thanks for all your hard work♥

my general guideline for lite is that it should be more nuzlockable

 

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update! fixed some omissions and added notes for meteor bases and followers

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3 hours ago, bloo123 said:

out of my own morbid curiosity, how would reborn dark mode stand up to mods like memeborn in regards to difficulty? also can you alternate between difficulties during a playthrough or is it set at the start of a run?

uhhhhh idk?

i don't actually play difficulty mods, so that'll probably be worked out in testing?

er, well, i guess i did intense rejuv.

idk?

frankly, reborn dark is still somewhat limited because i'm not designing the teams based on the difficulty but rather the difficulty based on the team

but there's some gray area there.

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Just now, SilverAngelus said:

Why is that Dittoceus shiny? Is it a change for e19?

i mean it'd sure be cool right

but no; when i first put it in, the transparency was messed up, and it just kinda....took on the colors of the background

i didn't feel like fixing it, so i just put in the shiny

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9 hours ago, Thiazzi said:

I like this blitz of devblog posts. Always a good idea to keep the hype up.

i feel kinda bad about it since we're still far from a release.......................

 

4 hours ago, Dave9 said:

you said it yourself, this is version 1.0. Also aster's sprite should be between Amaria and the first double battle of the experience that makes me reluctant to go through ep18 again (Cain and Shelly) for those who accepted Blake's offer

right that one

there are some decision branches that i've never really seen so i don't know them too well

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4 hours ago, Egzample said:

So, the standard difficulty level gets split down into the lite mode and up into the dark mode, but there will be no option to play on ''regular'' difficulty level? Am I reading that right? 

why would we get rid of regular

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it has been pointed out that the first aster/eclipse fight is missing aster's sprite.

would someone please grant me death.

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28 minutes ago, DreamblitzX said:

(now actually on the version of this post that isn't the hidden deleted one)

i made an edit right after i posted and didn't want it there :C

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G R E E T I N G S

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1 hour ago, Anjuna said:

This isn't even entirely untrue

i am actually mr. gameshark creator of gamefreak and saphira has a special power that changes all of the numbers in your life to 173

all of them

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7 hours ago, ShogokiX said:

Zumi's "ÜN ÜN ÜN ÜN" powers everywhere now?

ugh it's ifunny but

https://ifunny.co/video/they-tryna-be-IFJqi6NN7

 

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8 hours ago, Cadmium48 said:

I mean,

Justice for Mesprit

The others don't matter but Mesprit is equal to Palkia

hold on let me check something

*flips through notes

*flips through a complete log of everything ever said on the internet

*flips through a compendium of all recorded thoughts in human history

huh, i don't think anyone's ever said that before.

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1 minute ago, peden said:

I am thinking of the 18th gym. 

Gold=Dragon

Purple=Saphira 

 

but what's in the box?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!

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On 1/14/2020 at 1:32 AM, Spedy said:

I'll pretend that you did

reacts are fixed

here, have two!

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Just now, DreamblitzX said:

I'm thinkin spicy legendary sidequest of some form? then again I would've thought like darkrai or hoopa but according to the progress bars (which never lie right?) they've not been started and of the completed ones not sure it would fit so maybe not hmmmmmmmmmm (surprisingly, hoopa is not a geenie in this context)

either way looks great
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