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Pokemon Rejuvenation Development Blog

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  1. Mindlack

    All in all, such a downer evening. 
     

    First, there’s this TV show which is even bleaker than usual, showing several meltdowns by very relatable characters.

     

    Then, thinking afterwards, I realized some unexpected implications of my fanfiction’s premises. It’s not relevant to the chapters currently online, but... it sheds some future plot points in different (and darker) lights. 
     

    Now I think I’m going to sleep before it gets even sadder. At least it’s not about anything really important. 

    1. Candy

      Candy

      Oof and it doesn’t help that the FEtR episode I posted was Devon Corp 😢

    2. Mindlack

      Mindlack

      That too, even though I almost forgot it -- tbh it had been earlier in the day. But now I'm thoroughly demotivated for whatever I could have done today.

       

      ...

       

      Well, it felt surprisingly better just writing it. I think I'm back to my studies now.^^

  2. Mindlack

    Chapter 28 of my Reborn story "The Odd One Out" is now online.

    I will neither confirm nor deny that the entire chapter is mostly a paranoid Gabriel freaking out about the voice-activated lights in the ruins. 

    I will neither confirm nor deny that the chapter title is a voluntary pun on the iconic sentence of some famous Orson Scott Card novel.  

     

    There is a rambling madman in the ruins... But a very dangerous one. Very, very dangerous. 

     

  3. Mindlack
    Now, I really should get back at writing, because my buffer is diminishing... But never mind, as usual in the week-ends, I can give you the next chapter. Chapter 28: The Enemy's Gate Character ratings:
  4. Mindlack
    Is there a truck to look underneath, maybe?
  5. Mindlack
    Yay, another post about code and optimization! Great (or terrifying?) findings as always! When I saw your announcement on Discord, I thought it rather unbelievable that Essentials could be so broken. But now that I'm reading this post, I found more surprising the fact that creating a new version crashed your computer. What really is in the game? What eldritch horror have you unleashed on your players?
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    Nice idea, but it gets easy after a while, no? I'm setting up a, um, randomized version, where the character counts of the latest tweets determine each keystroke (like, "odd" is enter, "even odd" is "right", "even even odd" is "up", and so on...)
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    I'm pretty sure there was an actual in-game scene where Erin asks Melia that kind of question, but I can't find it. Never mind; it can't get any wronger than the "AU" I came up with: Erin: Melia, can I ask you a question? Melia: Sure, what's on your mind? Erin: I wondered... if you trusted MC. Melia: That's a strange question. Do you have a particular reason to ask it? Erin: Just answer it naturally. Melia: Of course I trust them! We've been through so much and they've been great and reliable companions... Erin: Okay then. Melia: Except for
  8. Mindlack
    Lickitung hi, I'm half-bored, half-procrastinating
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    I think it's not a fact. IIRC, the Interceptor can die for real (with dire consequences) if they "fail" (i.e. die a mundane death) too many times.
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    Must... stop... responding... It's... becoming... so... irrelevant. Ugh. The impulse is too strong. Maybe next time I'll manage to restrain. I always thought that the underwater mechanic was a compromise between "realism" (whatever it might mean) and gameplay. Realistically, no non-aquatic Pokemon (or some that were specifically comfortable in water, like dolphins) should remain conscious after even, like, three turns underwater. Another hint about that is the behavior of moves like Fly and Dive (because the other Pokemon will naturally adjust their levels in the water
  11. Mindlack
    I'll grant you that I really didn't think of A). There are drawbacks though. Dragonite probably can't accelerate to supersonic speed on such short distances, needs several trips back and forth (and they don't even know where it's safe), and clearly can't fly even near supersonic speed without the wind/sonic bang horrifically mauling a human body (you know, like why you shouldn't stay outside in a hurricane, even if nothing fell on you, but at least three times worse). Maybe the other flying dragons could help, but does Saphira have her full team on her? B) seems to me like a l
  12. Mindlack
    I beg to disagree with your comparison. Yureyu and WTC are, when you think of it, rather mirroring each other, while Tanzan Cove is different. In Yureyu/WTC, we are teamed with another character to reclaim people Team Meteor abducted. In Yureyu, the Team Meteor members are antagonistic and callous, yet are defeated bloodlessly, while Team Meteor members "staffing" the WTC aren't like this at all, but many are stabbed to death. In Yureyu, neither the MC, nor Cain, nor anyone else want blood to come out. It's even dubious whether they would be capable of it. Also, i
  13. Mindlack
    I haven't re-read all that you made Saphira do, but I don't remember anything that was like a cold-blooded murder. I do remember an unambiguous full-blown assault launched against her home by terrorists who had already abducted her sister and are twice as many as there are battlers defending the house. Honestly, I feel that at this level we're mostly talking self-defence. (Not to say that the needless Meteor deaths weren't sad, but I feel that calling Saphira a murderer for this is a bit too much. Also, most of the blame lies with Sirius. Had he been a competent squad leader, he
  14. Mindlack
    Given how developed your story is, it's probably happening more often than you think! I'm quite worried about how badly Devon will mess everyone up (and hoping against hope the answer is: "not too much"). Also who is Violetta?
  15. Mindlack

    Part 2 of "The Odd One Out" has finally started. It's been a long break, but I hope it'll be worth it! 

  16. Mindlack
    Hello! The hiatus is finally over. I expected it to last two or three weeks but actually it went for five weeks. Time does slip by. Shameful confession: I used to judge fanfiction authors doing that kind of stuff. Couldn't they manage their schedules, plan ahead, or something? But, well... Now, I know better. Anyway, the second part of the story is starting... It should be faster-paced than the first part, in my outline the Shelly fight is in "only" five chapters! I hope you enjoy. Also, I noticed that we're almost at 3200 views now! That's great!
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    Great! A new story! That's an interesting prologue. I wonder if the Pokemon's behavior, and that "rage" mode were natural (whatever the word might mean in a Pokemon story), or if they had to do with Rejuv's, um, specificities... But they could be a way to follow the game's plot with Pokemon you like more instead of the more common encounters. I'm very interested to see what comes next!
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    I don't have any other information than the dev blog about Rejuv's dev pace, but I don't think V13 can be coming before at least three months. I'm saying '"three" because I really don't want to be wrong, seeing as how dev started last August and the progress bar isn't half done yet (of course there's been unexpected stuff, progression isn't linear, they had to wait for Gen 8, Jan's been ill, and so on). You very likely will not get any estimate for the release date from the dev team, because it's hard to predict and quite a bit is unexpected. (and if you actually got one, well, it wo
  19. Mindlack

    It turns out it's not a good idea to go try and play Reborn late at night, when you're not very good at the game, with a frail early game team and against an updated AI. 

    Who would have guessed?

     

     

    Anyway, there are now pictures (and, alas, an updated death count) for the latest (i.e. month old) chapter of my Reborn story, "The Odd One Out". It's likely (yet not certain) that the next chapter (and beginning of Part 2) will be released this week-end.  

  20. Mindlack
    Nice catch about the Mega Pokemon. Although, I can't really bring myself to see Erin as a traitor. She's found friends, which she lacked her whole life... I can't find plausible a genuine betrayal. However, there could definitely be a more convoluted scheme where a smart enough opponent impersonates an obviously corruptive character, whom Erin wouldn't trust, that suggests bad decisions, and a few very good ones. (spoilers for Star Wars 3) Or Erin pretends to betray the group at a smart opponent's (pretending to be dumb) request; except that the seemingly innocuous action he
  21. Mindlack
    Very true, but at some point he has to get an unlucky battle. (Then again, I thought the same when watching this very series, so perhaps I'm just jealous of how he manages to win while I struggle.)
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    I am not sure about the first one, but Venam should be in the sewers.
  23. Mindlack
    I'd suggest marketing it as a revolution in protective gear -- both stylish (for some definition of "style" at least) and inconspicuous (there's no way anyone saw the character art and thought "oh, she's wearing armor").
  24. Mindlack
    Just a random fact that I don't think anyone has pointed out in this thread yet (but I can't be the only one to wonder). Remember, we have rather solid evidence that Comet, Cosmia and Nim, under Crescent's orders, are conspiring to turn people to stone. The note that lured Talon to his (?) doom was in a red envelope. Yet, another streak of red envelopes appears in the lore: (spoilers WLL) This raises several issues: Crescent does not really act as an antagonist -- her most hostile action is her going out of her way to withhold information from us. And she wants us to smil
  25. Mindlack
    Unconditional support for the second line. The first line is a bit less clear to me: she was, but it was because it was a dumb plan executed idiotically that, moreover, endangered the main plan (Geara and Zetta trading Nim for Melia atop Valor Mountain). (1) I don't know, you're only paranoid if you're wrong. I'm not too sure about talking styles, and Erick is still a third choice for a Leader so I don't think he holds too much sway over West Gearen (it's supposed to be Blakeory territory iirc). (2) Perhaps. And we already have a new (or perhaps not, who knows) evi
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