Community Battles / Overseer Files Story Expansion Mod (In-Development)

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25/02/2024 Dev Blog

 

I'm a day late on this one, whoops! Anyways, starting off with team updates, field banlist, and some other things. Lets go
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Wave 3 Updates

So, we have started accepting teams from the Wave 3 submissions, as you've probably seen. At the current moment, we are up to 120 unique teams.
So, yeah, that's a lot, and we are anticipating around 20 more teams if the field slots fill up.

And on the topic of fields, we are currently down to 18 fields remaining, which is still quite a bit. The remaining fields are the following:
Electric, Misty, Volcanic, Swamp, Rainbow, Icy, Rocky, Forest, Short-Circuit, Wasteland, Beach, Cave, Crystal Cavern, Mountain, Snowy Mountain, Blessed, Corrupted Cave, and Back Alley
You can find the list document here

The Pokemon ban list has also been updated, and can be found on the link provided above. Check the link before making a submission please!
Submit a team here

Over all, team building and testing has been going on a lot in the public Discord, and man, you guys are cooking up some really crazy teams, and sprites.
You guys also cooked up a cult, nice job Halcy. The Snack Squad is recruiting btw.
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Character Reveal

It has been a minute since we've done one of these.
So, without further ado, introducing Ari
Art & Design by IronicOmens

This Renegade Interceptor can be found throughout the main story, and through a lore-important sidequest.
She was directly outcast by the Overseers for her attempts to sabotage the Pinnacle, where she must now live out her days in the outskirts of society.
She will be more prominent and important in the Renegade Route, but will also show up occasionally in the Paragon route as well. 

And now, let us reveal one of her partners.
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Aevian Form Reveal

So, here is one of Ari's Pokemon, being one of our new Aevian Forms, which we also teased around a month ago, so! Here it is.
 

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Aevian Skrelp & Dragalge
Art & Design by IronicOmens
(Stop stealing my dev blogs thanks)

Dex Entries:
Ice/Poison Type

Aevian Skrelp: These variants are much smaller and more lethargic than their Kalosian counterparts due to the harshness of their ecosystems, which have been strained by human intervention and overfishing. 
Aevian Dragalge: This virulent Pokemon is of a highly vengeful nature, it will stalk sea vessels that meander into its territory and sink them without mercy. Many aquatic Pokemon follow along, as entire ecosystems have been formed from ships sunken by Aevian Dragalge.

This form also comes with it's own custom ability!
Intoxication: Stat changes inflicted by this Pokemon onto other Pokemon are doubled in effect.
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Carl Art Contest Results

About a week ago, we did a art contest in the Discord, where we challenged the community to draw Aevian Noibat, or Noivern. The winner would receive an Aevian Noivern on their team.
Now, the original plan was to have one winner, but the community had other ideas.
Three art pieces tied, and with that, 3 people received Aevian Noivern on their team. Here are the winners.


Arts by: RoninTDL, Minbo, and Baraayas


Congrats to the winners! And thank you to everyone who submitted! All of your art was amazing.
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That is all for this week! We will have more updates, team related posts, and general shenanigans in the Discord server, so feel free to join if you haven't already! 
Discord Invite
 

[Halcy]

Hehehe

[Infernis_artz]

Yippee!!

 

[RoninTDL]

Snack Squad represent!!

[SoulN7]

Snack Squad is here, ladies and gentlemen.

 

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09/03/2024 Dev Blog
Sleep is calling for me, but I'm still here, so lets get into it.
Over all, this post is mostly recaps of stuff I've been teasing in the Discord server, because I really just can't shut up. It's just too much fun! Obviously I'm not just gonna throw teasers and dip though.
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Community Events

Alright, so we've had a lot of community events going on since the last post.
Firstly: We held a vote for a custom Aevian form designed by the community. The votes were for Aevian Sawsbuck, Vivillon, and Aggron. And of course, Sawsbuck and Aggron tied, sorry Vivillon enjoyers.
Infernis has been working on the Aggron sprites, and Omens has been working on the Sawsbuck, so expect a full reveal for those once they have been completed.

Right after that we started a more "meme" event. People started designing powerpoint presentations for team changes, so we turned it into an event, which is currently on going.
Write a presentation on why you should have something on your team, and we will review them, and pick 3 of them. Pretty fun I guess.

And on top of that, Infernis is hosting a Showdown tournament in the Discord server, which will be done on the Dawn Showdown page, meaning crests will be included in the battles, as well as some other Rejuv content. Check the Discord announcements for details and the banlist, and contact Infernis if you have questions.
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Teaser Content

Last week I made a bunch of videos, said nothing, and posted them on YouTube. What were those videos you're asking yourself? Interceptor Protagonists. Yep.
These fights will be present in the mod. It is undecided whether or not they will be apart of the main story, or some sort of sidequest, however, I am leaning on Renegade route :)
The fights aren't final, and will probably end up having some changes down the line, but they're still fun to watch. Each one has a custom Aevian form from the mod, and 2 are brand new, which I will be revealing in a moment. Feel free to check out the videos here: Aevis, Aevia, Aria, Axel, Alain, Aero.

 

No Ana fight yet, I'm sorry Ana fans! That fight will be made and revealed once we have a sprite made for it.
Additionally, all of the Interceptor sprites are made by heretodefyfate on Tumblr, please go check out their page!
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New Forms

So, as I mentioned before, we teased two new forms in the Interceptor fight videos. So here they are.

 

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Aevian Incineroar
Sprites & Art by Omens
Incineroar done the right way! Some people may recognize this sprite, as it's not exactly new. I yoinked this from Omens and threw it in as a form. Finally, Incineroar is not ugly.

Fire/Dark Type
Dex Entry: Aevian Incineroar has only been recently re-discovered in the world, thought to have gone extinct. Historical records show it will set its entire territory ablaze to mark it, having been responsible for many forest fires.



Aevian Purrloin / Liepard
also by Omens
You guys like cats? No? Well too bad, here's another cat!

Grass/Poison Type
Dex Entry: This Pokémon comes from a mirrored dimension, where it is well adapted to camouflaged within miraged trees.

Purrloin sprite not done yet, I promise it will be cute.

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So, nothing too much for new stuff if you've been keeping up in the Discord server. Next post should have something that we haven't shown off yet.
See you all then! I'm going back to maps, and team stuff.

Discord Invite




 

[OmegaStellarSolare]

Cool design for Aevian Incineroar, despite the same type. I hope it's way faster than Torracat.

[The 11th Dimension]

My favorite Aevian form so far has to be Thievul. Not because it's the best (though I would rank it pretty high, possibly even the best by a slight margin) But because it takes a normally boring pokemon & makes it really cool.

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Hello everyone
Due to the on going DMCA issue in the fan-game community as a whole, we are moving all content updates to our Discord server for the time being.
Sorry for the inconvenience 

https://discord.gg/OverseerFiles

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20/04/2024 Dev Blog
We're back to the forums! The last two posts were done through Google Docs, however, I believe that its safe to return back to the forums, and continue here. I will link the last two Dev Blogs at the end of this post for anyone who missed them.

So, what has been going on lately? Well, we're down to 4 cNPC slots left. Once those are filled, submissions will finally be closed for good (unless someone pulls their team from the mod, or other unstated reasons)
And for this weeks post, I will be going over some unnamed map teasers, the remaining legendaries, paradox's, and Silvally forms, a new character reveal, and of course, another Aevian form. So let's get to it.
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Map Teasers

So, I posted two images in the Discord server, showcasing a snippet of some maps I'm working on, and now I'm sharing them here, and not giving any other context! yet
More info on this map, and teasers will be given at a later date, it is a pretty important spot in the story however.

Now, for actual stuff I haven't revealed yet.
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Legendary Adoption Phase

Okay, so we're doing this a bit early. Starting today, members with accepted teams will be able to submit a request for a legendary, ultra beast, paradox, or Silvally form, that is not in current use for their team. There will be a specific applications that will need to be filled out in the Discord server.
It also should go without saying that new members submitting a team to the mod will have priority over the remaining legendaries.

The application will consist of the following question:
- cNPC Name
- Field & Format (Singles or Doubles)
- Previous Team
- New Team (With the requested mon)
- Why you should have the mon, and how does it synergize with the team/field.

Teams that already have a Legendary, or any other the other forms will likely not receive a second one on their team, so keep that in mind.
This adoption period will end once all remaining forms have been sent to a cNPC team.

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Character Reveal

Introducing, the goober, Solus.
More often found during Excursions than within the Pinnacle's cities itself, Solus is quite amicable with Pinnacle life and is usually seen going from one task to another. That, or smuggling obscene amounts of GourmetTreats across the Pinnacle...
A fair contributor to Pinnacle society they may be, Solus prefers to live in the outskirts and thus when not on the job you may find them in more peculiar places than other story NPCs like Vincent and Melody!
They will be more prominent during the Paragon route but will show up a fair few times throughout Renegade as well. Le goob.



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Form Reveal

I'm starting to run out of forms that I can reveal without major spoilers, so here's one that isn't fully finished yet, but has artwork made for it.
 

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Aevian Fomantis & Lurantis
Art & Design by Halcy

Fire/Fighting Type
Fomantis - Having their biology altered by Mt. Valor's rage, they patrol the mountain as its sentries.
Lurantis - These variants silently stalk those who traverse their territory, and those deemed a threat are struck down in a flash.

 

 

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That's all for this weeks post! The next post will be on May 4th

https://discord.gg/OverseerFiles

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05/04/2024 Dev Blog

To start off this post, I will be sharing some pretty big news.
In terms of team submissions, we have finally filled out all slots team slots for every field in the game (excluding the forbidden three).
With that, we have over 130 custom community submitted teams added into the mod!

As of right now, we are hosting the final team update phase in the Discord server, which will last until May 9th.
With this team update wave, you will be eligible to change one Pokemon on your team, as long as it is not a Legendary, Mythical, Ultra Beast, Paradox, or Silvally Form.
After the 1 week is up, submissions and team updates will be closed for good, with Lore and Sprite changes remaining open for the foreseeable future.

Thank you to everyone who submitted their teams! In total we received over 300 unique submissions to the mod.
I am finally glad to say that Wave 3 is done! I can finally focus on something that isn't adding in new teams.

And with that aside, on to the of the post.


As of like, 3 days ago, we kidnapped recruited a new spriter from the community Discord server. With people being busy and stuff, we kinda needed some help with the work load.
So, with that, please welcome Chrysanthemum to the Overseer team. They've already produced a handful of sprites for the mod, and we will be showcasing a few in a moment.


And now, for your bi-weekly Aevian form.
This one was designed by Omens, and sprited by Chrysanthemum!

Aevian Skiddo & Gogoat
Water Type
Aevian Skiddo - Amicable and excitable beings, Aevian Skiddo will often frolic along the shorelines with people and Pokemon alike.
Aevian Gogoat - Living completely on the ocean's surface, Aevian Gogoats will trot along the waves and are revered by sailors for their ability to calm the sea itself.




And finally, something that has also been revealed in the public server already.
We will be hosting our next community event once the public server reaches 500 members. As of posting, we are currently at around 455 members.
This event will allow you to obtain the exclusive Overseer Aevian forms for your team, as well as participate with other community members! We will provide more information on this event once we are closer to the event goal!

As for future posts like this one, I will no longer be guaranteeing a bi-weekly posting schedule.
A lot of content that we have been working on contains major spoilers that I really can't showcase too much, without giving away major hints, so! Future posts may contain less information, while still containing Aevian form reveals, and some other general community updates.
Additionally, the teasers channel in the public Discord server will be used to showcase snippets of content that doesn't require a full paragraph of text to describe, so stay tuned there as well.

As for the next guaranteed post, we have one planned for June 1st, and I am unsure if there will be another one for May, but I will keep you all updated!
Until next time!

https://discord.gg/OverseerFiles