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On April 16th, 2012, Reborn release its first episode to the community. It was janky, incomplete, and thrown together within two weeks. I thought I would get bored of the project and drop it after another month. It was never expected to further than this site. Ten years later, thanks to the overflowing and resounding support of everyone both in and outside of the community, I honored and ecstatic to be able to bring you the final complete version of the game. Thank you so much to everyone who has helped us reach this point, been part of the community, or simply enjoyed the game and waited patiently. This belongs to all of us together. That said, this is still technically a beta version! So let's keep some things in mind! Please remember to save often! Turbulence is expected. Respect others' spoiler preferences Given the vast amount of content and players starting from various points, better safe than sorry when it comes to spoilers! Some people will not be playing early game or postgame right away, so please keep this in mind when posting images and making topic titles. This goes double for people datamining through game files and code. Keep it to yourself and let others have the joy of discovering things in game. Spoiler Lock will be in effect for ALL content until May 16th. Spoiler Lock will be in effect for Postgame content until July 16th. Until those dates, you are expected to keep content under spoilers out of courtesy to others. Please be sensitive about bringing this out of the community. Media coverage is a double-edged sword and is discouraged during the open beta. We are not disallowing streams, but please make sure that it is clear that this is still a beta if you are streaming before the public release. Discord is for discussion, NOT Bug Reporting. Liveblog, react, chat and hang out on the Discord. We recommend making threads for liveblogs and personal runs! Please keep spoilers in mind. But whatever you do, please do not report bugs through Discord. If you have a bug to post, start here. Guidelines for bug reporting are here Do not start the game from the following areas: Mosswater Factory Malchous Forest Obsidia Slums Rhodochrine Jungle Apophyll Cave Lapis Ward Route 2 Inside Pokecenters/Marts Calcenon City Route 3 Caves Agate City For returning save files, head to Calcenon City to continue the story! Some Notable Changes: Field effect changes are in the Readme as usual. Downloads Windows: Mirror A (Mega) Mirror B (Google Drive) Mac (updated 4/16/22): Mirror A (Mega) Mirror B (Google Drive) Linux: Mirror A (Mega) Mirror B (Google Drive) (Mirrors A and B are identical to each other-- just different download options of the same file) MAC USERS-- Please make sure to grab the latest patch off the discord if not already up to date. You can patch your game by going to Show Package Contents > Contents > Game and replacing the files there with this patch Make sure to hold alt to Merge files, NOT replace them. Please note that e19 requires a 64-bit OS and OpenGL 2.1+ to run. ------- Thank you all so so so much for being here, helping out, and letting us finish strong. Each of you interested in playing this may just be one person in the sea, but oceans are nothing without their droplets.

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I am tired and relieved and nervous and grateful, and I've said so many words already that I don't know if I want to say that many more. There's a million people I have to thank, and I haven't met most of you. But we're here, And I'm done. Rather than going on and on about my own gratitude, I prefer to let the work speak for itself. But you-- whoever you are, whenever you are-- I appreciate you for being here. Downloads are here. -- Reminders for returning players who did not participate in testing: Do not start the game from the following areas: Mosswater Factory Malchous Forest Obsidia Slums Rhodochrine Jungle Apophyll Cave Lapis Ward Route 2 Inside Pokecenters/Marts Calcenon City Route 3 Caves Agate City For returning save files, head to Calcenon City to continue the story! Some Notable Changes: Field effect changes are in the Readme as usual. -- One more bonus for anyone who might be interested. It's been a while since we put up some new wallpapers. I had commissioned a couple to help fill the three year gap between this and the previous release, but for potentially obvious reasons, I ended up not having the time to put them together until recently. So, why not take a gander here? I'll post the full versions below. If you need other aspect ratios, check the Wallpapers page. And now, it's time for me to step back. I'm not going anywhere. This is my home still. I have no intention to stop making games. Soon, it will be time for me to turn my attention back to Starlight. But as far as Pokemon Reborn goes, I'm done. I'm done. As for the game itself... who knows? Cass will be taking over development of any future polish updates. I will still be around for consultation, but I am moving on and we have no new content planned at this time. The possibility exists for the future. They say it takes a village to raise a child, and this game has been my child. You all as a community have already done so much to help it get to this point-- from modding to translation, making guides, and even just helping random newbies on the Discord-- so I leave it in your hands now. We'll see what we can do in the future to get more and more of you involved. We might have a celebration stream soon on Twitch or something. And though not soon, I also intend to do a developer commentary playthrough there as well in a few more months. Maybe look forward to it? For now, I am going to lay down and catch my breath. Love and gratitude, ~ -- hi this is cass! editing ame's post after the fact. she will never tell you this herself (which is why i gotta come in and do it) but there's a patreon for the dev team! you can support us and future work (starlight and whatever else comes up) there! also- do y'all remember that giant hand-drawn map of region that ame made? it's a poster now! you can get those here! and, finally, from myself and the rest of the dev team: we hope you enjoy the game! this is essentially volunteer work for us, so we just hope that y'all like what we put together.

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To keep you guys updated in the clearest way possible, I thought I should make this a thing. I'll throw a big thank you to the GOAT devs Jan and Ame for this groundbreaking graphic. >>The Development Blog has now moved! Find us now here https://www.rebornevo.com/deso/desodev/<< _________________________________________________________________ Pokemon Desolation Episode 6 Development Progress Ờ̴̩͐͐l̵̼̥͉̒ͅd̸̡̫̜̼́̀ ̶̡͙̫̒C̶̢̖̩͇̬͇̄̋̏̍ȍ̶̯̭̙̞͆̿͆͘ͅͅñ̴̺̭̩̥̐͑͋̀͘t̵̰̔̃͜é̴̢͖͉̭̙n̶͉͔̝͉͙͊̌̓͘t̶̲͎̟͕̮̼͒͐̎͗ ̸̱͔̹͉͋̒̿̎#̶̧̨̱̗͇̓̈#̷͙͈̣͇̀̊͑̇#̶͙̅̕#̴̧̨͕̳̍̍̒͘#̵̻̑̾͗̐̈́̒#̵̧̅̔̈̆#̷̼̆͋̑͘͝#̶̨̲̲͍̘̩̃̽̅͋̾͂#̴̬̖̀̊̔#̸̲̤̮̿#̵͇̿̌#̵͍͈̈̓͊̕#̴̨̹̣̌͛̋͘#̴͇̭̗̦̯̭̓͗́̒͛#̷̱̤̱̀̋̉#̴̛̤͖́̄#̸̰̜̘̱̤̆̇̃̕#̷͉͔̚#̵̡̯̼̗̳͇̂̄̋̈̈͝#̷̩͌̑͋͛̉ ̷̼̖͓̂̈́͂͊̈|̶̮͛̽͘ ̷͇̤̩͐̈́̃͗M̷̢̼̫̗̂͊̎̀̕ͅa̴̬̣͌ṕ̶̙̜̻̣̜̂́͛͝ ̵̼̩͊͒̈́Ừ̷͈̮̇͛͊͝p̵̗̰̎̎̈́̚͘͜d̴̫̣̤̭̬͒́a̸̲͕͉̝͇̚ţ̸̠͐̍̿͆͝͠é̴̩̯̕s̷͎̤͛̕ ̴̱̟̳̅͑̏̋(̶͚̫́̍̊̂%̷͉̃̃̏̎̑)̸̤͉͍̑͐̆̈́̽́ ̷͍̪̉̆̈́͝#̸̦͎̦̿̈#̴͕̒̚ͅ#̸̤̮͒̒̆̍#̸̲̺̞͂̀̿̊#̴̡̨̮̗̣͎͑͒̚#̸̛̹̏̋͘#̸̩͇̹͕̓#̶̜̗̙̃̈͑͊͊#̶̢̨̛͖̣̜ͅ#̸̨̙̟̱̹̫͂̏̈́̓#̸̮͚̺̙́͝#̸̰̼̗͒#̶̛̝͆́͗̕#̵͓̯͖͖̌ͅ#̴̨̯̋#̴̢̰̯̮̇#̴̧̱̼͈̍̋̈#̸̯͂̇̀͝ͅ#̶͓̹̻͆͐̈̂̀̕#̶̥͖͎͇̿̉͑ ̴̧̒|̷̡̱̲͕̙̉ ̴̧̠̫̝̠̏̏̇S̴̩͇͔̱͌c̵͙̙̍͜r̸̢̭̠̥̼̮̿i̷͓͓͎̿̇͛̍́̊p̶̛̜̟͙̱̩̔́͂̊t̵͔̘̥̔̊̃ ̶̡͈̻̙̽U̸̧̡̐p̷͇͙̟͖̘̃́͂d̷̨̙͉̙̦̈́͌͐͌͝a̶͇̺̼̎́̔̾͌͘t̴̥̐͊͠ḛ̷̡̦̽s̴̹̤̳̝̝͂̏ ̵̞͇̮̩͙̞̇̆%̷̡̡͊̉)̵͈͂͠ ̴̫͈͓̈̂̈́̔͛͝#̸̦͇͕̟͆̋͛̔̆̄#̵̬̠̯͆#̸̛̤̝̩̮̞͗͂̍̀͛͜#̵̖͖̲͔͈̭̅͊̚#̴̨̡̈́́̈́̈́̈́̚#̶̫͍̚#̵͙͈̈́#̶̝͚̣̫͆̓͗̊#̸͓͈̥̘̊̈́#̷̩̹̿̀͜#̴̹̘̥̙̥͊̌̇̂͊͜#̸̧̜͕͎̪̊͜͝#̸̘͍̺̻́#̶̢͔̪̪̟̞͊̾́#̴̡̯̃́̀̃#̴͎̓̿̈́͝͝#̸͉̰́#̵̪̾͂#̷̭͇̯̋͝ͅ#̴̧̬͍͖̗̻̓̔͆̇̕ ̶͖̤͍̞͆̎̃|̷̪̞̈́̈́̾̈́͠ ̷̧͚̱͍͕̜͝Ṗ̷͉̼̠͈͖͂a̸̜̩̪͈̱͐̃͆̄s̶̤͊̈́̃͘t̵̩̗̦̩̥̺͐̂͒ ̶̝̭̻͚͇̊͊ͅË̸͙͓́p̵̭̘̔̀i̷͉̬̙̘͍̓̃ŝ̶͈̓͋ȯ̶̘̜̍̃̑̈́͘ͅd̷̛̰͍̙̆̈ẹ̶̛̉̏͗ ̶̨͎͈͗̂̽R̴̡̞͚̩̦̀̊̍e̵̤̯̟̻̫͛͝ͅm̷̪̗̱̼̂̄͐͑ä̴͎́̅͗͝s̵͎͎͑ť̵̙̮̆̇̓ě̸̺͇͋͐̌́̚r̴̫͙͉̟̱̒͌͆͐̉͘s̷̬͙̻͉̰̦̉ ̶̯̽͋͋̄̀́(̸̛̞̙%̴͖̥̽)̷̘͈͚̟̒̀ ̶̡̛̙̙͎̹́̀̐̏͝#̵̢̺͎͒̀́̂̔#̵̧̭̞̳͕͆#̶̢̟̖̬̒̎͒͌͌͐ͅ#̸̢̪̦͚̻͑̏̈́#̴̲̘͙̒̔̈͐̃̍#̴̟̾#̶͚̥̺̭͒̔̏̔#̵̬͛̑̆̄͜͝#̶͙̂̃̄͑̅#̶̖̝̘̝͇̈̅̋̋#̵͓͈͗̿̌͒#̸͕̰̯͉̪͗#̴̲̞̜̞̙̱̓̏̈́̇͐̀#̸̣͖̍̌̌#̴̹̦̻̖̇̌̈́̿̚#̵̨̯̟͚͉͌̀̆̀̄͘#̵̤̻̪͚͇̖͑̍̏̎̽͘#̸̻̞̺͎̈̅#̵̺̪́#̷̠̭̣̉͐͛̅̈ ̸̯̃̀̏̂̈|̸͙̯͔̃̽́͗̈́ ̸͓̜͔͗̉̕͜M̶̹̆͌̐͗i̵͓̍s̴̨̛̛̤̑̈́̋c̷̘̟̹̗̩͝ ̵̼̘̤͈͙̆̈́̍̓́̍ͅ(̶̗͂͌̂̃%̷͌̅ͅ)̵̨̪̠̣̋̈̿͒̚͜ ̷̺̠̣̪͐̏̒͊͜͝͝-̸̬͒-̷̫̗̅͂-̴̦̞̞̜͎̐̅ͅ-̷̠́̽͝͠-̴̣̗̝̈́̈́͆͋-̶̠̀͜-̶̟̣͗-̵̝̦̫̹̎̀̄̾͝-̷̖͉̲̖̭͍͋̌͘-̵͉̍̀̆̚-̷̘̦̖̹͂͘-̵͈̖̠͈̀-̶̱͇͓̹̘̐͝-̷̮͖̤̙̘̗͋̃̊͌̎-̶̗̜̣̟͊̌͗͊͛͜͜-̸̛̭̈́-̴̪̹͈̘͚̒̈̓̚-̷̡̛̛͖̈́̉̀̃-̸̥̗̘̦̻́͘͘ͅ-̵̝̳̽̓̌-̵̝̗̒̎̒̿͠-̴̟͙͋̚-̴̧̧̭̫̪̬̍̆̐́́͝-̷̳͒-̴̡̻̬͌̀͆̐̂͝-̷̨̡̼̭̂͛̂͌̊̈́-̴̧̛̘͎̺͑͆̽̊-̶͚͙̝̚-̵̧̜̺́̍̓̂́-̴͇̳̜͗-̶̞̳̼̺̬̪͌̏-̶̠̻͈̥̖̀̈̊̆͆-̵̫̟͔̹̆̇-̵͎͍̗̼̟͐-̵͚̝͕̖̣̦̿̉͒-̵́͜-̸͈̥̠͉͇́-̸̱̼̝̫̳̪̐̄̂̿̀-̵̗̃̏̓̕͝-̷̜̱͑̀̄̇͋-̵̰̘̗́͐-̸̮̼̂̉-̷̧̻̝͋̓-̸̞̥̳̀-̸̪̻̦̱͍̑-̶̬̺͈̣̣͝-̸̧̣͕̘͙̰̃͐͒-̵̟͔͎̋̄͊̈́͘͜͝-̵̧̻͚̪̪̋̾̄̿͐͜-̴͔̩̣̒͐͗ ̴̗͉̜̙̐̒Ǹ̷̛͚̯̭̌͑̽͊ë̸̘̞̘͈͊̀̉w̵̡̤͇̙̮̄͋̓͜ ̷̲̟̑̌́͝ͅC̵̨̧̛͖̮̖̯̈́̈̅o̷̺̱͎̒̈́̂̓̒̕n̷̡̯̄t̵̬͔̝̰̿̀̅͛͝ę̶̧̻̳͕͖̀̚n̶̖͂̏̓͝t̴̞͙͚̫̙͋̉̓̈́͌ͅ:̸̒̑͜͝͝ ̷̺̭͙͂ ̶̣̱̣̬̲̇̌̍̑̕͝#̴̖͕̳̭̓̀#̵̛̲͕͔̫̗̫͊̀̑͠#̵̨̼̞̒́̾ͅ#̸̮͈̺͖̘́͊#̷̗̟̠̼̜̿̉͌ͅ#̸͍̭͇͕̃̏̂͗ͅ#̵̬̦̝̓͐̈́̌ͅ#̸̛̗͋̀͗#̵̨̮̩͕̗͓̉̉̈́͝͝͝#̴̪͍͇̝̎̓͘͝#̵̨̯̪̽̾͌#̴̛͔̱͓͈̠̈́̄̈́͠#̸̹̘͔̰̮͑̑͋̾̚̚#̸̡̛̛̑#̸͕̎͒ͅ#̵͖̦͗#̸͎̮̳̯͛́̀̃́#̴̗͙͚̭̺͌͐͊́͂#̸̤̬͈̼̃͛#̸̧̥͔̓̀̾͗ ̸̻͉̪̐̅͂͗̑̉|̴͙̺̼͐͛̏̚ ̶͍̐̽̋̈́S̴̗̼̪̪̣͉͗̀̾͝ț̷̥̦̹̟̰́ǫ̷͉̺̟̂̒r̸̠̮̖̫͚̓͘͜y̶̯͎͎̼̱̾ ̸̢̖͂̒́(̶̙̲̝̘͈͇̑̆̑̄̕%̵͙͚̘̀͝)̶̡̧̧̠̦̑͊ ̴͈̿#̴͍̳͚̳̬͈̓#̶̙̇͒#̶͎̬̘̞͇̪̽̏̌̕#̶̝̺̤̂͛̄͋#̴̯̗͕̺͔͉͑̈#̷̀̊͜#̶̛̻̩͇͉̄̋̂̿͠#̵̧̬̯̰͓̒̆̉͒̈͝#̴͇̩͐#̷̮́̇͛͋̕̚#̵̱̰̽̍̿̕#̵̝̅̏̌̚#̸̱͓͛̅̑̾͠#̸̨̦̻̖̈́̽̒̍͗#̸̰̺̥̞̐̅#̵̯̭̟̆̀̆̽̀͑#̶̡̻̎͆̎̀#̶̟͉̭̙̘͛̍#̴͖̖͇̹͒̇̂͂͊#̷̥̼̿̏́ ̵̨̺̯̍̀͑̕͝|̴͓̦̀̈́̄́̚͠ ̴̢̫͓̬̟͂͐̀͛̏͝M̶̨̪͕̮̋ả̴̜̯͊p̷̰̭̯̘̰̊ͅṗ̶̧̻̼̈́̉̈́̆͝ī̴̡͇̳n̸̝̺̼͊̎̍̓̊̔g̴̢̳̝͉̫̏̚ ̸̨̤͙̘̖̀̐͂̔͘̕(̶̞̝̿̌͌̀̀̋%̴̩̟̦͌̂̋̽)̴͉̣̀̈͜ ̴̥̥̰͚͓̹̈̆̀̀#̵̛̘̣̥̪̿̎̿͑̐#̴̢̫̪͍͈̺̌#̷͕͙̬͈͖̈̿̈̒͒͛#̶̡͔̰̰̜̞̍̉̿̄͝#̸̨̢̫̲͇̲̇͊#̶̟̬́#̶̰̘͊̒#̴̨͉̯̼͒#̵̖̏̔͆́̔͠#̷̲̰́̀̈́#̴̙̪̹͊͒̐͒͒͠ͅ#̸͔̖̰̫͖̣̓̾̓̅̇#̸̢̞̱̖̖̹͋̿̐̆#̷̛̫̪̠̩̓̈̈͒͠#̶̢̨͈̺͈̈́̆#̷̹̜̱̚#̶̼̳͔͝#̵̧̛̟͚͉̞̍̓͑͠#̴̲́#̴̖̮̆̈́̇͌͘ ̵̲̘͔͌̐͊̌̎̅|̷̤̣͆͐ ̶̧̞͖̠̹̖̽Ṡ̷̺̘͊̆͗c̴̟̖̬̐́r̶̡̛͕̗̰̫̈̈́̅̕i̸̗͉̜̫͝p̸͈͙̞͈̔̓͒̈́t̵͙͑̈̏̕i̸̛̱̎̎ṋ̴̢̙͈͊̂̓͘͜ǵ̵͎͚̫̦̣̞̾́͝ ̷̨̺̯̖̾̆̂̒̈́͜(̴͙͓̬͈́%̷̗̱́̀̕̚)̷̨͇͚̺̽̓͂ ̴̧̖̗͍̪̏̈́̃̋ͅ#̷͙̰̠͙͒͜#̴̞̹̪̀#̵̫͕̝̽̓#̸̣͖̗̻͒̃̒͋̎#̷͈́̆̈́͂#̵̡̫͈̒̈#̴̼̟͚̥̇͆̓͜#̴̛̥̯̻̫͙̬#̴͔̜̣̻̌͊̄̿͑̔#̷̨͈̤̤̅̉̀́̓͘#̶̟̞́͛̏̈́#̴̛̟͎̬͖#̴̹̒̈ͅͅ#̷̝͖͔͚̈̏̑ͅ#̸͎̉̚#̶̢̬̼͈̥̿̓̎͆̾̓#̸̨̜̘̘̫̈́͜#̵͎̫͖̎̂̅̾͘#̸̨͉̫̩̜̉̾ͅ#̷̫͂͆̒͐͘ ̵̣̗̘͚͎̽̚|̶̖̩̫̱̋͝ ̴̞̰̖͔̎̿͑Ṣ̶̉̃̎͐i̷̧̛̠̲̱͗d̶̦̮̲͖̻̐́̈́̇͜e̸̼̝̪̤̝̔̈́͊̾̀q̷͍̝̞̻͔̕͝͝u̵͎̒̈̓̐͘e̶̩̮̲͎͒̍ṡ̷̗̎̌̿͊͘t̴̳̙͓͚͌s̸̹͗ ̶͇̠̙̳̻̯̓(̶̳̫͎͌͜%̵̹͔͋̊͛̕)̷̲̆̐͠ ̵̠̞̻͛̀̎-̶̺́́-̷̡͍̖̽-̸̟̺̘̦͗̃-̵͔̭̣͌̾̕-̶̡̥̜̥͒͂͗́̆-̸͈̮͙͑̑͌͒͠-̶̰̗̞̈́́͗-̶̖̯͓͇͓̞̀̚-̸̡̡̨̭̞̭̿͗-̴̲̫̈́-̸̬̭͖̥̓̃-̸̱̒́̊-̸̺̯̃-̶̡̗͔̲͕͓̉̐-̷̨̲̯͎̏͝-̷̮̝̻͠-̴̟̳̼̠̩̃̏̌͝-̵̗̯̅͆̿͊̋̄-̸̬͎̗̗̒-̵͕̥̮̣̺̾͋̒̕͘͜͝-̵̨̜̞̈́͜-̴̛͇̮͔̒̉̈́̑͒-̵̻̺̪̑̅-̶̟́͑̔̅̚-̴̢̜̺̙̩͋̇̐-̷͙̙͔͋-̴̨̠̳͕̟̬̎́̔̉̀-̵͍̳͓́̂̕͝-̴̟͆͗̓͘-̸̢͂́̀̍͆̄ͅ-̵̡̗̞͗̈̈́̈̄͐-̷̨͓̟͈̩͌̌̾́͜-̸̝̻͖̫͈̣̍́̐͐̌̕-̸͚̿͐͊̇̽̊-̵̼͆͗̿̔͘-̷͇̝͇̖͒́ͅ-̵̥͚̒͘-̷̱͒̾̾̅͘-̶̢͇̼̙̹͆́̚-̵̙͓̹͚̫̪̇̍-̸̘̟̻̰͘-̴̦͚͈̟̆̿-̷̘̲̞̥̩̖́́̅͘-̶͈̦̘͚͂̾͗̃̈-̷̦̜̻̪̬̈͛̀-̵̖̳̹͈̀̂-̵̝͎̣̓̈́́́͊̆-̶̤͈͓̉͊̃̒̓̔-̶̤̥͓̰̠̓͋̂-̴̣̥̼̦̓ ̸̩̘͉̫̌͑͗̑̉̋#̴̰͗̃͒̕#̸̠̞͖̱͋̌͠#̴̧̣̩̈́͒͆̓͊͜#̷̘̓̄͗̓̕#̸̨̥̓#̶̫̺̜̄͊̏͂̆#̸̡̛̣̠̲̏ͅ#̴̢̛̫̤̘͕̈#̴͖̣̖͓̤̦̏̏̾̈́#̴̰̀̈́̀̕͝#̴̜̭̠̍̓̓͆͘#̷̨̨̞̿ͅ#̶͉̗̉͋̏#̶̫̖̪̱̃́̉͜#̷͚̲̻̩̀̒̔͠#̶̼̋#̵̖͚̲̫̻̄̈́̉̿̌͝#̴̳̯̤͓͊̾̚͠#̷̣̳̓͑̚͝#̴̛̠̩̟͚͎͑̈́̚ ̶̡̟͙͗̅̈́͒͝͠|̶̛̜̹ ̶̤̫́̓̐T̵̮̽̊ò̵̭̯̀͂ț̴̬͝a̷̭̝͓͆l̶̼̐̎̓ ̵̧̜̮̖̉̄͌̇(̸̯͓̺̪́̍̉̎͜ͅ%̶̤̲̋)̷̮̺̞̪̉ It's almost done ok. _________________________________________________________________ Yeah, there's a lot of grey, but we'll get there one day This thread will be locked (in order for all of my posts to be easily accessible), but don't worry, I will provide updates when I have things to report, that is, a few days after posting to Patreon. Development of Episode 6 should be a great time, especially now that Ruby, Posty and I have really got the gears turning in terms of efficiency. I'm excited to see what we will bring to the table, and I'm excited at the prospect of really stepping things up, especially with the feedback that I have received. I'm honestly stoked to see how well Desolation was received by the community, despite it's multi-year absence. We'll be in touch! Caz

Hacking complete. Bladestar takeover commencing...

W-lcome. We've been wait-ng. This epi-ode's art is bro-ght to you by Sleppu~ The us-al shindig: Bel-w is the l-st of not-ble chang-s (-ield Effect ch-nges will b- in -h- Re-dme)-- [removed for public release~] -nj-y!

Pod 011: Salvaged data from Unit JAN. I've been playing a lot of Nier: Automata lately, leave me alone.

PLEASE MAKE A POST IN THIS THREAD IF YOU HAVE ISSUES WITH ANY OF THESE MODS. I check on discord about once a year, more or less; hence, your best chance to get help from me is to come here, in the forum. (In case you're wondering, SWM stands for "Select Weather Mod": this was its name before it became a modpack, and when it came the time to rename it... I actually didn't ) (Btw I'm not crazy nor that original... it's somewhat of a citation, as this is literally how Trumpkin got his nickname) This modpack is for Pokemon Reborn; if you're looking for a Rejuvenation-compatible version, you can find it here: http://www.rebornevo.com/forum/index.php?/topic/33807-rejuvenation-modular-modpack-v11-patch-3/ You can also find this modpack's files versioned on GitHub: https://github.com/Waynolt/SWM-modular-modpack FAQ "Why is there no longer the mod XXX?" > It's a password in the base game now. "I can't find it in the passwords" > Look better; I've decided to not port a couple of mods, but 90% of the missing ones are in the base game now. Installation Download link: (v92 - updated 05/01/2025) https://github.com/Waynolt/SWM-modular-modpack/releases/latest/download/SWM_modular_modpack_E19.zip The link above will allow you to download a .zip archive. Inside of that archive you will find a "Readme.pdf" explanatory file and a "Mods" folder. To install, just drop the folder "Mods" into the folder "[Pokemon Reborn]\patch\" (At the end you should have a "[Pokemon Reborn]\patch\Mods" folder with a bunch of files inside.) This video from Lostelle explains it, showing each step required (it's a bit outdated - for example the location changed - but it's still good): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hc3Mo432C0 If playing on a Mac with Wineskin, then, as @Tacos suggests in this thread, do all the modding in a Reborn folder outside of the wrapper and then make a new wrapper with that folder (I have absolutely no idea whether this still applies though) Every component is stand-alone, and can be used on its own; please refer to the "brief summary" below for more info on each one. -------------------------------------------------- Brief summary of each mod component (Please remember to check and delete the components you do not want when you are installing this mod pack!) -------------------------------------------------- Compatibility with other mods Known incompatible mods: Already compatible, no patch needed: Probably compatible, or at least they used to be: If there's any I forgot about, sorry; simply ask about them. -------------------------------------------------- Changelog -------------------------------------------------- For previous Reborn episodes:

Update: 30/06/2020 Hey guys! Important update here! Desolation has been UPDATED to Episode 5 and MOVED! ALL NEW INFORMATION AND GAME UPDATES CAN BE FOUND AT THIS LINK! Yeah, we moved the thread so that we could have loads of sub-threads and things. Makes communication a whole lot easier! Thank you SO much for your ongoing support! Cheers, Caz

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this time will be a little different. we have the usual e19 scoreboard up, but after that there will be a second (much more significant) board for post-game. I'm still ironing out post-game's features exactly (also will be open to some suggestions) but I'm not turning my attention to that until the game's main story is completed. also... i may take somewhat of a break between the two to get something else going... y'all know? but that's not for a while yet. one thing at a time, darlings. one fraction of a percentage at a time.

Version 10 - Remember, I love you Cover art, by @Zumi ===================== So, If you were here around this time last year, you'd know that my computer died and I had no way of replacing it (Due to school bills, irl responsibilities, yada yada). But thanks to this wonderful community, I was able to gather funds to buy a new desktop! I thought about what I could do as a reward for those who donated, but then I told myself... Why not do something everyone would enjoy? Because there were people who could not donate, but helped gather others to help me out. What happens to them? So... I began working on a super secret project. A project only Zumi and I knew about at the time, and then later being my new formed Dev Team(tm). A secret project that seemed to cause a lot of discussi- *cough* not online *cough* Anyway, it's definitely not online, because that being the secret project would, in fact, be lame as hell. This time around ya boi brought in not one episode, but two. WAIT. Before you get ahead of yourself. The second episode does not continue the story line of the main game. It's a completely separate side episode that involves a certain leader we all know and forget about. Version -1 | Where Love Lies This side episode is a 4 chapter story that tells the tale of young Keta, and how he fell in love with Taelia. Playing this is completely optional and is not required to understand the main game's story. It does give a lot of juicy lore and info if you're into that stuff, I guess. Unfortunately, I'm going to have to give one final jab and tell you that this game won't be available to download until Friday, March 23rd. I planned on doing a dual release, but doing it this way will get certain people to shhhh about having nothing to do after completing the new main episode. Plus, understanding the side episode requires you to play the main episode first, so. Yeah, it all checks out. Finally a shout out to my Dev Team(tm). @Zumi @Winter @Alex @whomst'd've'n't @Ramiru @Azeria @Sir Wafflesand our new member @Ice Cream Sand Witch ! And thank you to my Beta Testers! We worked really hard to bring this episode to you, so I hope you enjoy it! It's an interesting episode that answers a lot of your burning questions. PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE PLAYING. SERIOUSLY, READ IT. DOWNLOAD LINKS: Pokemon Rejuvenation Version 10: Mega Mediafire PBS ----------------------------------------------------------- Pokemon Rejuvenation | Where Love Lies: Mega Mediafire Special Thanks to @Polaris and @Katastrophickid as usual. The og's~

Desolation isn't dead. However, that doesn't necessarily mean I have good news either. I made the developers mistake of promising a deadline that was impossible for me to meet and for that, I'm incredibly sorry. I made this post to confirm a few things: 1) The fans here are truly incredible. The knowledge that my fan game hasn't died yet is truly humbling. I owe it to everyone here to give the best possible experience for the next Episode. 2) Yes, I said, "next Episode" which means Desolation isn't dead - it's coming (slowly). 3) University is rough - med school doesn't really give you any free time here, that is where my lack of time comes from. I'm still working on the game. I will make further updates when things are coming up, otherwise, I won't really be on this forum too often. Thanks again for the continued support. This fanbase is incredible - the attitude from the fans here really inspires me to keep going with this project

Welcome to the official Desolation Art Gallery! How this'll work is that whenever I have enough art to show, I'll just reply to this topic with it and edit this main post to include it, along with the upload date of the newer images! Easier for you and me to keep track that way~ also some shameless plugs,,, my twitter, instagram and tumblr uwu Desolation Logo: Cover Art: Act Art: Character Art: Protagonists: Others: Character Icons: Protagonists: Others: Thanks for stopping by, everyone! I hope you liked the character art! **Note, This thread is for all Official Artwork for the Game, If you have created fanart, please post it in this thread here!**

Welcome to Pokémon Desolation - Story - What is a dream? A series of thoughts? Images? Sensations? No... perhaps it's something more? Welcome to the Ayrith Region, a large land mass split into several islands. Ayrith is clouded in mystery, with strange, inexpiable events happening in every corner. However, somewhere deep down, there is something more to this mystery. Something unexpected, impossible even. You will uncover this secret, and go down in history. What is your dream? Is it to be a hero? The outcome of Desolation is strongly based on the choices you make. Choose wisely. - Features - - Obtainable List - - Episode 5 - Somnium - Important Note 1: If you are updating from E4, you may continue to E5 content by entering your room in the Cellia Manor. Important Note 2: Episode 5 runs on a new, faster engine, MKXP. To run Desolation, use 'game-z.exe'. If you have issues with game-z, instead try running 'game.exe'. Finally, please note that during the update to Gen 7 and the movement to the new engine, many move ID's had to be shifted, resulting in a small number of instances where Pokemon have different moves than they should (ONLY in save files created prior to E5). - Download Links - 7 Badges are available as of this release. Version 5.1, 07/07/2020 For those of you updating from 5.0.4/5.05 and want a smaller, manual patch for 5.1 - download THIS file (4 MB) and extract its contents into Desolation's root directory (the one with game.exe), overriding the previous content. Do not load this update from the Manor Basement, Silver Rise, Bountilia Island OR Odis Village Windows Mirror 1: Mega (521 MB) Mirror 2: Drive (521 MB) Mac Mirror 1: Mega (524 MB) Mirror 2: Drive (524 MB) Created by Caz, Ruby Red, and Posty Thanks to andracass for creating a Mac version of the game Feels good to be back Want to lend me a hand? Support me on Patreon! Follow us on twitter! - Other Screenshots - - Credits - - Full Cover Art (downloadable) - PBS files can be downloaded by clicking here

This will be the same format as the one ShatteredSkys took over ever since Nickaboo left. For now, there will only be a column for Gen 1, then eventually we'll get to Gen 2. I just want this to be as accurate as possible. So let's get started. Please PM @Alex if the guide needs to be updated! Full Obtainable List: Gen 1: Gen 2: Gen 3: Gen 4: Gen 5: Gen 6: Gen 7:

~ These are excerpts from a post on our Patreon - you can find the full post there ~ ~ The Last Stretch ~ Sheesh, this last month really flew by, huh? It's been another very busy month for the team, but this time round it feels super rewarding since the majority of the work and grind is now out of the way. That's right - all major pre-E6 remasters/changes have been completed and tested, finally giving us the runway to finish things off for E6. In fact, as most of you are aware, E6 is almost entirely finished anyway - meaning that I've been able to test all of that too. _________________________________________________________________ Pokemon Desolation Episode 6 Development Progress Ờ̴̩͐͐l̵̼̥͉̒ͅd̸̡̫̜̼́̀ ̶̡͙̫̒C̶̢̖̩͇̬͇̄̋̏̍ȍ̶̯̭̙̞͆̿͆͘ͅͅñ̴̺̭̩̥̐͑͋̀͘t̵̰̔̃͜é̴̢͖͉̭̙n̶͉͔̝͉͙͊̌̓͘t̶̲͎̟͕̮̼͒͐̎͗ ̸̱͔̹͉͋̒̿̎#̶̧̨̱̗͇̓̈#̷͙͈̣͇̀̊͑̇#̶͙̅̕#̴̧̨͕̳̍̍̒͘#̵̻̑̾͗̐̈́̒#̵̧̅̔̈̆#̷̼̆͋̑͘͝#̶̨̲̲͍̘̩̃̽̅͋̾͂#̴̬̖̀̊̔#̸̲̤̮̿#̵͇̿̌#̵͍͈̈̓͊̕#̴̨̹̣̌͛̋͘#̴͇̭̗̦̯̭̓͗́̒͛#̷̱̤̱̀̋̉#̴̛̤͖́̄#̸̰̜̘̱̤̆̇̃̕#̷͉͔̚#̵̡̯̼̗̳͇̂̄̋̈̈͝#̷̩͌̑͋͛̉ ̷̼̖͓̂̈́͂͊̈|̶̮͛̽͘ ̷͇̤̩͐̈́̃͗M̷̢̼̫̗̂͊̎̀̕ͅa̴̬̣͌ṕ̶̙̜̻̣̜̂́͛͝ ̵̼̩͊͒̈́Ừ̷͈̮̇͛͊͝p̵̗̰̎̎̈́̚͘͜d̴̫̣̤̭̬͒́a̸̲͕͉̝͇̚ţ̸̠͐̍̿͆͝͠é̴̩̯̕s̷͎̤͛̕ ̴̱̟̳̅͑̏̋(̶͚̫́̍̊̂%̷͉̃̃̏̎̑)̸̤͉͍̑͐̆̈́̽́ ̷͍̪̉̆̈́͝#̸̦͎̦̿̈#̴͕̒̚ͅ#̸̤̮͒̒̆̍#̸̲̺̞͂̀̿̊#̴̡̨̮̗̣͎͑͒̚#̸̛̹̏̋͘#̸̩͇̹͕̓#̶̜̗̙̃̈͑͊͊#̶̢̨̛͖̣̜ͅ#̸̨̙̟̱̹̫͂̏̈́̓#̸̮͚̺̙́͝#̸̰̼̗͒#̶̛̝͆́͗̕#̵͓̯͖͖̌ͅ#̴̨̯̋#̴̢̰̯̮̇#̴̧̱̼͈̍̋̈#̸̯͂̇̀͝ͅ#̶͓̹̻͆͐̈̂̀̕#̶̥͖͎͇̿̉͑ ̴̧̒|̷̡̱̲͕̙̉ ̴̧̠̫̝̠̏̏̇S̴̩͇͔̱͌c̵͙̙̍͜r̸̢̭̠̥̼̮̿i̷͓͓͎̿̇͛̍́̊p̶̛̜̟͙̱̩̔́͂̊t̵͔̘̥̔̊̃ ̶̡͈̻̙̽U̸̧̡̐p̷͇͙̟͖̘̃́͂d̷̨̙͉̙̦̈́͌͐͌͝a̶͇̺̼̎́̔̾͌͘t̴̥̐͊͠ḛ̷̡̦̽s̴̹̤̳̝̝͂̏ ̵̞͇̮̩͙̞̇̆%̷̡̡͊̉)̵͈͂͠ ̴̫͈͓̈̂̈́̔͛͝#̸̦͇͕̟͆̋͛̔̆̄#̵̬̠̯͆#̸̛̤̝̩̮̞͗͂̍̀͛͜#̵̖͖̲͔͈̭̅͊̚#̴̨̡̈́́̈́̈́̈́̚#̶̫͍̚#̵͙͈̈́#̶̝͚̣̫͆̓͗̊#̸͓͈̥̘̊̈́#̷̩̹̿̀͜#̴̹̘̥̙̥͊̌̇̂͊͜#̸̧̜͕͎̪̊͜͝#̸̘͍̺̻́#̶̢͔̪̪̟̞͊̾́#̴̡̯̃́̀̃#̴͎̓̿̈́͝͝#̸͉̰́#̵̪̾͂#̷̭͇̯̋͝ͅ#̴̧̬͍͖̗̻̓̔͆̇̕ ̶͖̤͍̞͆̎̃|̷̪̞̈́̈́̾̈́͠ ̷̧͚̱͍͕̜͝Ṗ̷͉̼̠͈͖͂a̸̜̩̪͈̱͐̃͆̄s̶̤͊̈́̃͘t̵̩̗̦̩̥̺͐̂͒ ̶̝̭̻͚͇̊͊ͅË̸͙͓́p̵̭̘̔̀i̷͉̬̙̘͍̓̃ŝ̶͈̓͋ȯ̶̘̜̍̃̑̈́͘ͅd̷̛̰͍̙̆̈ẹ̶̛̉̏͗ ̶̨͎͈͗̂̽R̴̡̞͚̩̦̀̊̍e̵̤̯̟̻̫͛͝ͅm̷̪̗̱̼̂̄͐͑ä̴͎́̅͗͝s̵͎͎͑ť̵̙̮̆̇̓ě̸̺͇͋͐̌́̚r̴̫͙͉̟̱̒͌͆͐̉͘s̷̬͙̻͉̰̦̉ ̶̯̽͋͋̄̀́(̸̛̞̙%̴͖̥̽)̷̘͈͚̟̒̀ ̶̡̛̙̙͎̹́̀̐̏͝#̵̢̺͎͒̀́̂̔#̵̧̭̞̳͕͆#̶̢̟̖̬̒̎͒͌͌͐ͅ#̸̢̪̦͚̻͑̏̈́#̴̲̘͙̒̔̈͐̃̍#̴̟̾#̶͚̥̺̭͒̔̏̔#̵̬͛̑̆̄͜͝#̶͙̂̃̄͑̅#̶̖̝̘̝͇̈̅̋̋#̵͓͈͗̿̌͒#̸͕̰̯͉̪͗#̴̲̞̜̞̙̱̓̏̈́̇͐̀#̸̣͖̍̌̌#̴̹̦̻̖̇̌̈́̿̚#̵̨̯̟͚͉͌̀̆̀̄͘#̵̤̻̪͚͇̖͑̍̏̎̽͘#̸̻̞̺͎̈̅#̵̺̪́#̷̠̭̣̉͐͛̅̈ ̸̯̃̀̏̂̈|̸͙̯͔̃̽́͗̈́ ̸͓̜͔͗̉̕͜M̶̹̆͌̐͗i̵͓̍s̴̨̛̛̤̑̈́̋c̷̘̟̹̗̩͝ ̵̼̘̤͈͙̆̈́̍̓́̍ͅ(̶̗͂͌̂̃%̷͌̅ͅ)̵̨̪̠̣̋̈̿͒̚͜ ̷̺̠̣̪͐̏̒͊͜͝͝-̸̬͒-̷̫̗̅͂-̴̦̞̞̜͎̐̅ͅ-̷̠́̽͝͠-̴̣̗̝̈́̈́͆͋-̶̠̀͜-̶̟̣͗-̵̝̦̫̹̎̀̄̾͝-̷̖͉̲̖̭͍͋̌͘-̵͉̍̀̆̚-̷̘̦̖̹͂͘-̵͈̖̠͈̀-̶̱͇͓̹̘̐͝-̷̮͖̤̙̘̗͋̃̊͌̎-̶̗̜̣̟͊̌͗͊͛͜͜-̸̛̭̈́-̴̪̹͈̘͚̒̈̓̚-̷̡̛̛͖̈́̉̀̃-̸̥̗̘̦̻́͘͘ͅ-̵̝̳̽̓̌-̵̝̗̒̎̒̿͠-̴̟͙͋̚-̴̧̧̭̫̪̬̍̆̐́́͝-̷̳͒-̴̡̻̬͌̀͆̐̂͝-̷̨̡̼̭̂͛̂͌̊̈́-̴̧̛̘͎̺͑͆̽̊-̶͚͙̝̚-̵̧̜̺́̍̓̂́-̴͇̳̜͗-̶̞̳̼̺̬̪͌̏-̶̠̻͈̥̖̀̈̊̆͆-̵̫̟͔̹̆̇-̵͎͍̗̼̟͐-̵͚̝͕̖̣̦̿̉͒-̵́͜-̸͈̥̠͉͇́-̸̱̼̝̫̳̪̐̄̂̿̀-̵̗̃̏̓̕͝-̷̜̱͑̀̄̇͋-̵̰̘̗́͐-̸̮̼̂̉-̷̧̻̝͋̓-̸̞̥̳̀-̸̪̻̦̱͍̑-̶̬̺͈̣̣͝-̸̧̣͕̘͙̰̃͐͒-̵̟͔͎̋̄͊̈́͘͜͝-̵̧̻͚̪̪̋̾̄̿͐͜-̴͔̩̣̒͐͗ ̴̗͉̜̙̐̒Ǹ̷̛͚̯̭̌͑̽͊ë̸̘̞̘͈͊̀̉w̵̡̤͇̙̮̄͋̓͜ ̷̲̟̑̌́͝ͅC̵̨̧̛͖̮̖̯̈́̈̅o̷̺̱͎̒̈́̂̓̒̕n̷̡̯̄t̵̬͔̝̰̿̀̅͛͝ę̶̧̻̳͕͖̀̚n̶̖͂̏̓͝t̴̞͙͚̫̙͋̉̓̈́͌ͅ:̸̒̑͜͝͝ ̷̺̭͙͂ ̶̣̱̣̬̲̇̌̍̑̕͝#̴̖͕̳̭̓̀#̵̛̲͕͔̫̗̫͊̀̑͠#̵̨̼̞̒́̾ͅ#̸̮͈̺͖̘́͊#̷̗̟̠̼̜̿̉͌ͅ#̸͍̭͇͕̃̏̂͗ͅ#̵̬̦̝̓͐̈́̌ͅ#̸̛̗͋̀͗#̵̨̮̩͕̗͓̉̉̈́͝͝͝#̴̪͍͇̝̎̓͘͝#̵̨̯̪̽̾͌#̴̛͔̱͓͈̠̈́̄̈́͠#̸̹̘͔̰̮͑̑͋̾̚̚#̸̡̛̛̑#̸͕̎͒ͅ#̵͖̦͗#̸͎̮̳̯͛́̀̃́#̴̗͙͚̭̺͌͐͊́͂#̸̤̬͈̼̃͛#̸̧̥͔̓̀̾͗ ̸̻͉̪̐̅͂͗̑̉|̴͙̺̼͐͛̏̚ ̶͍̐̽̋̈́S̴̗̼̪̪̣͉͗̀̾͝ț̷̥̦̹̟̰́ǫ̷͉̺̟̂̒r̸̠̮̖̫͚̓͘͜y̶̯͎͎̼̱̾ ̸̢̖͂̒́(̶̙̲̝̘͈͇̑̆̑̄̕%̵͙͚̘̀͝)̶̡̧̧̠̦̑͊ ̴͈̿#̴͍̳͚̳̬͈̓#̶̙̇͒#̶͎̬̘̞͇̪̽̏̌̕#̶̝̺̤̂͛̄͋#̴̯̗͕̺͔͉͑̈#̷̀̊͜#̶̛̻̩͇͉̄̋̂̿͠#̵̧̬̯̰͓̒̆̉͒̈͝#̴͇̩͐#̷̮́̇͛͋̕̚#̵̱̰̽̍̿̕#̵̝̅̏̌̚#̸̱͓͛̅̑̾͠#̸̨̦̻̖̈́̽̒̍͗#̸̰̺̥̞̐̅#̵̯̭̟̆̀̆̽̀͑#̶̡̻̎͆̎̀#̶̟͉̭̙̘͛̍#̴͖̖͇̹͒̇̂͂͊#̷̥̼̿̏́ ̵̨̺̯̍̀͑̕͝|̴͓̦̀̈́̄́̚͠ ̴̢̫͓̬̟͂͐̀͛̏͝M̶̨̪͕̮̋ả̴̜̯͊p̷̰̭̯̘̰̊ͅṗ̶̧̻̼̈́̉̈́̆͝ī̴̡͇̳n̸̝̺̼͊̎̍̓̊̔g̴̢̳̝͉̫̏̚ ̸̨̤͙̘̖̀̐͂̔͘̕(̶̞̝̿̌͌̀̀̋%̴̩̟̦͌̂̋̽)̴͉̣̀̈͜ ̴̥̥̰͚͓̹̈̆̀̀#̵̛̘̣̥̪̿̎̿͑̐#̴̢̫̪͍͈̺̌#̷͕͙̬͈͖̈̿̈̒͒͛#̶̡͔̰̰̜̞̍̉̿̄͝#̸̨̢̫̲͇̲̇͊#̶̟̬́#̶̰̘͊̒#̴̨͉̯̼͒#̵̖̏̔͆́̔͠#̷̲̰́̀̈́#̴̙̪̹͊͒̐͒͒͠ͅ#̸͔̖̰̫͖̣̓̾̓̅̇#̸̢̞̱̖̖̹͋̿̐̆#̷̛̫̪̠̩̓̈̈͒͠#̶̢̨͈̺͈̈́̆#̷̹̜̱̚#̶̼̳͔͝#̵̧̛̟͚͉̞̍̓͑͠#̴̲́#̴̖̮̆̈́̇͌͘ ̵̲̘͔͌̐͊̌̎̅|̷̤̣͆͐ ̶̧̞͖̠̹̖̽Ṡ̷̺̘͊̆͗c̴̟̖̬̐́r̶̡̛͕̗̰̫̈̈́̅̕i̸̗͉̜̫͝p̸͈͙̞͈̔̓͒̈́t̵͙͑̈̏̕i̸̛̱̎̎ṋ̴̢̙͈͊̂̓͘͜ǵ̵͎͚̫̦̣̞̾́͝ ̷̨̺̯̖̾̆̂̒̈́͜(̴͙͓̬͈́%̷̗̱́̀̕̚)̷̨͇͚̺̽̓͂ ̴̧̖̗͍̪̏̈́̃̋ͅ#̷͙̰̠͙͒͜#̴̞̹̪̀#̵̫͕̝̽̓#̸̣͖̗̻͒̃̒͋̎#̷͈́̆̈́͂#̵̡̫͈̒̈#̴̼̟͚̥̇͆̓͜#̴̛̥̯̻̫͙̬#̴͔̜̣̻̌͊̄̿͑̔#̷̨͈̤̤̅̉̀́̓͘#̶̟̞́͛̏̈́#̴̛̟͎̬͖#̴̹̒̈ͅͅ#̷̝͖͔͚̈̏̑ͅ#̸͎̉̚#̶̢̬̼͈̥̿̓̎͆̾̓#̸̨̜̘̘̫̈́͜#̵͎̫͖̎̂̅̾͘#̸̨͉̫̩̜̉̾ͅ#̷̫͂͆̒͐͘ ̵̣̗̘͚͎̽̚|̶̖̩̫̱̋͝ ̴̞̰̖͔̎̿͑Ṣ̶̉̃̎͐i̷̧̛̠̲̱͗d̶̦̮̲͖̻̐́̈́̇͜e̸̼̝̪̤̝̔̈́͊̾̀q̷͍̝̞̻͔̕͝͝u̵͎̒̈̓̐͘e̶̩̮̲͎͒̍ṡ̷̗̎̌̿͊͘t̴̳̙͓͚͌s̸̹͗ ̶͇̠̙̳̻̯̓(̶̳̫͎͌͜%̵̹͔͋̊͛̕)̷̲̆̐͠ ̵̠̞̻͛̀̎-̶̺́́-̷̡͍̖̽-̸̟̺̘̦͗̃-̵͔̭̣͌̾̕-̶̡̥̜̥͒͂͗́̆-̸͈̮͙͑̑͌͒͠-̶̰̗̞̈́́͗-̶̖̯͓͇͓̞̀̚-̸̡̡̨̭̞̭̿͗-̴̲̫̈́-̸̬̭͖̥̓̃-̸̱̒́̊-̸̺̯̃-̶̡̗͔̲͕͓̉̐-̷̨̲̯͎̏͝-̷̮̝̻͠-̴̟̳̼̠̩̃̏̌͝-̵̗̯̅͆̿͊̋̄-̸̬͎̗̗̒-̵͕̥̮̣̺̾͋̒̕͘͜͝-̵̨̜̞̈́͜-̴̛͇̮͔̒̉̈́̑͒-̵̻̺̪̑̅-̶̟́͑̔̅̚-̴̢̜̺̙̩͋̇̐-̷͙̙͔͋-̴̨̠̳͕̟̬̎́̔̉̀-̵͍̳͓́̂̕͝-̴̟͆͗̓͘-̸̢͂́̀̍͆̄ͅ-̵̡̗̞͗̈̈́̈̄͐-̷̨͓̟͈̩͌̌̾́͜-̸̝̻͖̫͈̣̍́̐͐̌̕-̸͚̿͐͊̇̽̊-̵̼͆͗̿̔͘-̷͇̝͇̖͒́ͅ-̵̥͚̒͘-̷̱͒̾̾̅͘-̶̢͇̼̙̹͆́̚-̵̙͓̹͚̫̪̇̍-̸̘̟̻̰͘-̴̦͚͈̟̆̿-̷̘̲̞̥̩̖́́̅͘-̶͈̦̘͚͂̾͗̃̈-̷̦̜̻̪̬̈͛̀-̵̖̳̹͈̀̂-̵̝͎̣̓̈́́́͊̆-̶̤͈͓̉͊̃̒̓̔-̶̤̥͓̰̠̓͋̂-̴̣̥̼̦̓ ̸̩̘͉̫̌͑͗̑̉̋#̴̰͗̃͒̕#̸̠̞͖̱͋̌͠#̴̧̣̩̈́͒͆̓͊͜#̷̘̓̄͗̓̕#̸̨̥̓#̶̫̺̜̄͊̏͂̆#̸̡̛̣̠̲̏ͅ#̴̢̛̫̤̘͕̈#̴͖̣̖͓̤̦̏̏̾̈́#̴̰̀̈́̀̕͝#̴̜̭̠̍̓̓͆͘#̷̨̨̞̿ͅ#̶͉̗̉͋̏#̶̫̖̪̱̃́̉͜#̷͚̲̻̩̀̒̔͠#̶̼̋#̵̖͚̲̫̻̄̈́̉̿̌͝#̴̳̯̤͓͊̾̚͠#̷̣̳̓͑̚͝#̴̛̠̩̟͚͎͑̈́̚ ̶̡̟͙͗̅̈́͒͝͠|̶̛̜̹ ̶̤̫́̓̐T̵̮̽̊ò̵̭̯̀͂ț̴̬͝a̷̭̝͓͆l̶̼̐̎̓ ̵̧̜̮̖̉̄͌̇(̸̯͓̺̪́̍̉̎͜ͅ%̶̤̲̋)̷̮̺̞̪̉ It's almost done ok. _________________________________________________________________ - Meeting the bestest boy in Cellia again - So... what's left, Caz? Well, not much, actually... but more than I can easily explain. Nevertheless, I'll try my best by separating content into the bits and pieces that remain. 1) Old content: all that really remains here is the completion, testing, and balancing of new fields, as well as internal testing to rule out significant bugs. 2) New content: Asides from a chunk of plot at the end of the episode, all sidequests and main story content are complete. After the last few bits of plot are done, the team will need to internally test new content for balancing and significant bugs. 3) Miscellaneous tasks left to complete (things like bug fixing, items, reflections, map icons, etc.). THIS is the part that is difficult to quantify. 4) Testing testing testing testing - we're running this bad boy on a new engine that is a combined effort from Reborn, Rejuv, and ReDeso teams. There are many bugs yet to iron out - but it's starting to look pretty polished. 5) Closed testing and finally Patreon testing: these are self-explanatory - Patreon testing will occur immediately after closed testing. - Development-wise, it's safe to say that the nightmare has finally passed... - Long story short - our workload is quite manageable now (the worst has certainly passed) so we're in a good place, and we're almost there! The content remakes took FAR longer than I originally planned (as I had never gone to such lengths to update past content), but I absolutely know it was worth it. So if there's anything to apologize for - it's my poor estimation of how long that content would take to complete! Whatever the case - we're on the home run, now. Or the final stretch, whatever you want to call it. Let's get it yo~ Cellia East does not support or condone gambling... right? So Desolation doesn't have its own arcade yet, apparently. It almost didn't in this episode either... but then I realized that the arcade was literally MADE for Cellia East. It had to make it into E6, no matter what. So... we pulled some strings, and Ruby got to work, along with a super helpful member of the community, Ace, on making sure we got our own arcade up and running! Here's a sneak peek at the arcade, including our own graphics for the Slot Machine and Voltorb Flip! Once again, a round of applause for every member of the team who got involved to make sure that players could still go gambling in the place where it made the most sense... Cellia East. Can't wait for you guys to see this spot for yourselves. The last wee screenshot dump, I swear... Alright, without much more to personally add in this update... I present to you the last official screenshot dump from my own internal testing ventures. After that, you'll get to hear a long awaited update from the Post Man himself! - Cellia Manor Glow-up, courtesy of Ruby - - A fiery situation down in the Undercity... - - Another look at the direction we've taken the Grid... - - Me squaring up for the first time in Cellia East... - - Visiting the Cellia Prison to find the true faces of crime... - - Absolutely NYOOMING... - - And finally, taking a much-needed break. - Now that I'm all caught up... it's time to finish the deed. The game's almost there, folks. Anyway, that's all from me. Let's hear what Posty's been up to over the last few months, shall we? Postman, dropping some fresh mail at your door Howdy folks, your local postman here! It’s been a good bit since I’ve written up something like this for our development updates, but besides being in the midst of job hunting and wishing for a certain cryo archer to come home (spoiler alert: she didn’t.), I’ve been hard at work on one of the core elements of Desolation. Gameplay and Balance When I originally joined the team during EP5 development, my main task on the team was updating and overhauling trainer’s teams, redoing the concepts of important fights, and adjusting encounters to accommodate for Gen 7 at the time, as well as giving the player more options throughout (also axing Scyther, lol.). Since then, not only has my role in the team expanded, but I’ve improved along the way in all aspects. Where am I going with this? Well, once again I’ve gone through and updated every fight in the game, introduced Gen 8 into the mix, changed up my formula on how I conduct fights, and made a few somewhat big changes. Also Fields, I’ll get into that in a bit. Encounters Gen 8 has been introduced to the region of Ayrith. I worked alongside Crim to place these new friends across the map, sorting out some events for a few of them… And ofc adjusting teams now that we have these new lil creatures on our beautiful islands! (Caz absolutely loves Gen 8, also Wiglett). Alongside Gen 8, there will be some new faces at some points in the game, and some familiar faces have either been moved back or axed… or jailed. Pokemon availability is an important part to the game, I want to make sure we give out a reasonable amount of Pokemon for players to build unique teams in each playthrough, so I hope that these changes lead to some fun team building! Seeds Yes, you heard that right. Like Reborn and Rejuvenation, Desolation now has Seeds. They had always been in the files, but why were they never implemented? Honestly? No Idea, heck I forgot about their existence in EP5 and didn’t want to go around shoving Seeds across the map for the player to obtain when we mainly just wanted to get EP5 out to the public. So now you’ll notice a bunch of battles will utilize them! Which should shape up the overall gameplay and make things a little bit spicier! Level Curve This is a short note but, we have decided to adjust the level curve to help with balance: Old Curve - 20, 35, 45, 50, 60, 65, 70 New Curve - 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 65, 70 This new curve should help with some of the earlier game fights and mainly, the overall flow of the game. The Overhaul Moving onto the next topic of conversation, the actual overhaul. Some of you may remember a google form I put out a while back that asked the community (you guys!) which fights you felt were a bit too strong, too weak, or felt they were just right. This was extremely useful to go through so thank you to everyone who took the time to fill that out! With this in mind, there were some individuals who were clearly a bit too strong for that point in the game. Yes, I’m looking at you, Aderyn. Honestly? I don’t know what happened! If you saw her EP4 team and compared it, you would genuinely think that she was nerfed! Nope! Aderyn has been a problem child for the longest time now. Who would have thought somehow removing Honchkrow’s Life Orb would make it even more of a menace… That fight pains me and I’m sorry for everyone who struggled with her. I have changed her up, in more ways than one. This leads me to the main point. Fields. Desolation has a few “custom” fields, however, to be personally honest, in EP5, these fields were quite unfinished. Giving a few buffs here and there and overall, not having much impact. It made some fights feel a bit… weird? Let's go with that. So alongside these updates, I have finished these fields. I sat down, wrote out a bunch of notes, and made these fields, well actual fields! (don’t worry, I will be including a field manual in some form so you all know how to use them to your own advantage!), big shout out to Yumil for doing the scripting side of things and giving me feedback on it. Let me go in depth a bit about one of the more used fields in important fights: Darkness Field As of EP5, to put it bluntly, Darkness Field has been essentially a carbon copy of Dark Crystal Cavern from Reborn but removing some of the buffed moves and adding a few of our own. For EP6, this is not the case. Instead, it is now its own unique field… with stages! The concept behind this field is well, the more the field is consumed in the shadows, the more and stronger buffs Dark types will get. Seeds will work differently depending on which stage of the field you are on. In the battles that take place on this field, you will have to think about whether or not you want to advance the field to the highest stage. There will be moves to push the field to the next stage, and some moves that will move it back a stage, some abilities, status effects, and moves will all vary in power depending on the stage the field is currently in. Fights that take place on this field will really take advantage of this so you’ll have to come up with a strategy in order to get past them. Sometimes brute force won’t be enough… New Fields EP6 will be introducing some new fields into the mix! In the last update, we showcased this screenshot and hinted at new field effects to go alongside optimized gym battles. Well… we are proud to introduce the Crowd Field! The concept behind this field? Well, you gotta impress the crowd! It’s in the name… Crowds like this tend to like a good all-out brawl, so make sure you put up one while fighting on this field. Using physical contact moves will benefit you a lot more than trying to control the opponent’s mind with some psychic attacks. Think of this like a boxing match, the more punches you land, the more the crowd will cheer you on. And sometimes, crowds don’t like seeing a one-sided match, so I hope you weren’t planning on a quick sweep in this fight... if you are, then all I will say is good luck! Some of you might have guessed who we fight here (I would imagine the majority of you aha), especially since said trainer didn’t have a field prior to this update. And that’s all I’ll say on that front. Summary Boy that was a wall of text, for a quick TL;DR summary: - Overhauls to important fights, and also every trainer in the game. - Encounters have been updated, including Gen 8. - Seeds are now in the Game! - Level Curve was slightly adjusted. - Fields have been updated, including new fields (Crowd Field and others). Well, that just about wraps up what I have for this update, a good amount of text on what has been both fun and painful to do! So I do hope that you all find enjoyment in these changes, in both an “oh boy I hope Aderyn doesn’t kick my ass so bad that I need to grab a fast electric type to win” way and in a challenging way. I will continue to balance the game to hopefully ensure a fun experience for all! That’s all for me, now I will return to the depths of Dota and Dev Hell. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope Posty's update has got you excited for what's coming gameplay-wise to Desolation! Normally, Darius would show off a track at this point in the update, but we only decided to feature one on Patreon this month, and as such, we won't be featuring any here this month. I hope Posty's words were more than enough to keep you on your toes. If you're keen to hear Darius' track (Baron's Theme), you can find it on our Patreon. Final Thoughts Boy, oh, boy... it's been a wild few months for the team working on Desolation. I'm super grateful that we've made it through that grind, with the lot of us finally being able to envision that light at the end of the tunnel. Personally, seeing the fruits of our labor has made it all worth it... and soon, you'll be able to see them too! This is, ultimately, a whole new game, and the foundation for all of our future work. Development for the next episode, E7, will, as a result, be certainly more streamlined. However, we've gotta finish the job here first, so let's keep at it. We'll be in touch. Caz

~ Excerpts from Patreon ~ ~ Starting your Quest... ~ Hey Reborn! New month, new update! So let's cut to chase and talk about what's new. Spoiler alert - there's some cool stuff in this one. This month's update is particularly important, as we have taken a broader look at things that we have needed to improve from both a UI and RPG perspective in order to make the game run more seamlessly. Two major ways we've decided to increase accessibility to the game's RPG elements is through character selection and an in-game quest log - both of which being completed features that are ready to go for Episode 6! So, let's dive in... ~ Ruby's WIP of Hardy, after he becomes a lieutenant of the Black Foxes ~ Character Selection ~ To kick things off, I had best talk about how we have altered character selection and the role of gender. From E6 onwards, your character look and gender will be completely separate variables. Initially, we settled on having two new non-binary protagonists, which were unveiled by Ruby some time ago. However, it seemed obvious later on to completely separate these altogether. You can now, for example, select your gender as 'female' or 'non-binary' and continue to select Chad or Diego as your character model. To celebrate the full extent of these changes, we have decided to completely overhaul the character selection menu at the beginning of the game. Let's see what Ruby's been up to: After introducing yourself to Rosetta, you will be brought to this elegant menu in which you can choose your starting character - be it Daniela, Sienna, Robin, Chad, Diego, or Avery. If these profiles aren't enough for you to make a decision, you can feel free to select one of these characters and bring up a secondary menu (shown in Patreon only just for now). From these selections, you can see your transition sprite, trainer sprite, and overworld sprite. Ruby has made a great stylized template for all six characters. If you feel like you'd like to change characters later on, this remains a feature in Cellia Central. For those of you who are worried about the selection of your gender in your E5 save - the game will ask you to clarify your gender when you begin E6 content. There's more to characters in E6 - including features that we are keeping closer to the chest for now. It's an exciting time to be working on the game, that's for sure. ~ Quest Log ~ Oh boy, it's happening. One of the most HEAVILY requested features in Desolation has been to implement a Quest Log for the game that informs the player of what they have done, and where they need to go next. I put this off the longest period of time, mostly due to my own technical limitations - however, we were 100% saved by one member of the Reborn community - Yumil. Yumil has been working on the Quest Log for some time, alongside his other fan-game additions, so we would like to give him a massive shout-out from us for pioneering this component of the game and getting it to work so well. Feel free to send a thank-you his way for the effort he has put into this. That aside, let's get into what he has created... Firstly, the menu can be accessed in the PokeGear, as shown here: At first glance, the menu doesn't really show much of anything - as undiscovered quests will appear as '???' until they are discovered later on. When you are exploring the in-game world, you will interact with NPC's and other characters that will trigger quests to be started. Once a quest is started, or an objective is complete, you will be prompted with this update: After you are prompted, you can access the Quest Log to see your newly discovered quest... When you access this newly discovered quest, you will be met with your completed objectives, and the next objective you need to complete, as prompted by the quest-giving NPC you previously interacted with: Orange represents an incomplete quest or objective, and green represents a completed quest or objective. For better representation of this, this is what a completed quest looks like: When a quest is completed, it is shifted to the bottom of the Quest Log and marked "DONE": So yeah - that basically explains it. It was originally intended to exclusively track side-quests, but as we developed it further it was clear that it could be certainly used for main quests as well. As such, the side-quest and main-quest tab has been separated and can be switched between. Finally, we've also decided to have a bit of in-game fun with the quest log... you'll certainly find out how so soon enough! Again, massive shoutout to Yumil for all the work he has put into this feature. We wouldn't have been able to bring in this awesome feature without him. It's been super fun writing and implement the main quests for this game (although I'm not sure how much fun Posty has had to do the same with the side quests). Also a wee shout-out for Ruby and Crim who worked on many of the sidequest names. This pretty much wraps up our content for this month. I've been working on the story on the side, of course, but for obvious reasons, I am keeping that in-house for the moment. Cheers for the support everyone, let's keep this going! xoxo Caz

~ Excerpts from Patreon ~ ~ Urban Smoke and Nature's Bliss ~ Hey everyone, long time no see. It's that time of the month again where I jumble together a number of items we've worked on, and try to find a theme that links everything together. It's certainly a reach to call that process a success this month, but it's the thought that counts. Today, I'll briefly discuss our inner workings in a number of locations, including Cellia East and some... well, areas we've decided to leave unnamed. - A snippet of one of Ruby's masterpieces that will appear in-game. - To begin with, let's take a step back to see how the greenery has been growing: Old Content #################### | Map Updates (80%) #################### | Script Updates (55%) #################### | Misc (65%) -------------------------------------------------- #################### | Total (67%) New Content: #################### | Story (65%) #################### | Mapping (90%) #################### | Scripting (55%) #################### | Sidequests (75%) -------------------------------------------------- #################### | Total (71%) Yup, it's getting there. Bear in mind that these parameters are educated guesses more than anything. Anyway, now onto the actual update. Big Smoke and Blinding Lights Work continues on the bright lights of Cellia East. Only now, the end is actually within sight. Frankly, it's very comforting to actually see that nightlife coming together exactly as intended. It's been a long time coming, but it's definitely getting there. Thanks for hanging in there, you must be... The last few bits and pieces in Cellia East includes completing and tidying up some sidequests, and finishing the eventing processes within the Prison. These are all areas that have been previously revealed. After that, we can finally say with certainty that we're proud of the overall package that we call "Cellia", which is an exciting prospect. There's also a lot of balancing that still needs to go in within this area, including battles, item placement, quest rewards etc. It's the largest city area that has been created for the game thus far, so there's a lot of tweaks that need to be done for us to avoid things going awry at launch. A final reason as to why Cellia East has taken so long is one that I have iterated many times before. This district is my first real attempt to nail the world outside of the main story. Not just NPC's, but characters within sidequests, and the stories they have to tell. I want to make sure that every story is interesting within itself. This is something that I'm dedicated to, in order to reduce filler, and increase the amount of interesting and thought-provoking plotlines to explore. A Breath of Fresh Air Some of you may recall that we actually ventured outside of the dark and catastrophic atmospheres of Cellia and the Dreamscape in a past update. Well, we figured that it's been long enough since we broadened our horizons, and decided to share that with you. Obviously, it's clear that we've kept everything outside of Cellia and the Dreamscape pretty carefully under wraps, and we'll continue to do the same... at least for a little longer. But... there's definitely room here for at least a couple of screenshots. Yeah... your eyes aren't deceiving you. There's actually a world outside of the city! Firstly, you'll immediately note that the general aesthetic of this area is pretty unique, especially compared to past areas. This is because the talents of Crim, both from a graphical and mapping perspective (with help from everyone's favorite post-man, Posty), have allowed this entire section of the game become a unique area with its own personal feeling. I'm really proud of the work they've done on this, and following, areas. I can't beat around the bush - there's still lots to do. From the main story, to side quests, to general world-building... it's a lot. However, I feel like I can express some genuine happiness in saying that the end is actually within sight. There is an endpoint, and I feel as though we are no longer lost within a swamp of dev tasks. I find that pretty exciting, and I hope you do too. That'll be all for now, folks. Cheers for sticking with me! Till next time, Caz

Merry early Christmas everyone!! This took much longer than I expected, but that's fine. It happens. We move on. V11 Cover Art: ~Patreon~ Before I continue, I wanted to say that I've opened up a Patreon! I love creating stuff, but time and money make things difficult. I would really, really, REALLY, appreciate it if you considered supporting me on Patreon. It'll give me more time to work on Rejuv and other projects I have in the works~ Plus you'll gain some cool perks like my Discord server + other things Support me on Patreon!! ~Rejuvenation Club!!~ I know, technically, there was already a club for Rejuv, but I wanted there to be one ran by me so that I can organize things better! You can join that club here. *All bug reports and troubleshooting stuff should be put in the club from now on. I'll only really be checking there! PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE PLAYING: Oh, and one more thing.... Enjoy!

~ Excerpts from Patreon ~ ~ New and Familiar Faces ~ Well, it's about that time again. Except... this time it's a little bit different. So, this update is a pretty important one, and concerns steps we felt were necessary for the future of this game. But don't worry - it's all good news! Let's not waste any more time. Myself, Posty, Crim, and Ruby had a lengthy discussion recently about the future of Desolation, and the steps that would be necessary to allow the game to fulfill the potential we believe it has. There is a lot to be done - a lot of updates that are both "catch-up" per se, and also additions that are entirely novel. There was a lot to handle, and not enough of Caz to go around. There was one obvious conclusion that we reached: if we wanted the game to be as great as we thought it could be, we needed help. Furthermore, we knew there were people that were just as willing, and just as passionate about the game, that could help accelerate things, and even improve them. So here we are, at this update. To welcome Desolation into the new year, we are welcoming three new faces, a couple of which you are likely to know already. Andracass Firstly, let's give a warm welcome to andracass, the entity more or less engineering Reborn's and Rejuv's scripts from the ground up, who is now formally on our development team as well. She has been helping us out for a long time, and it made sense that she was given a more formal role allowing her to work with our scripts with ease, rather than having to liaise with my (often small) brain. This has already been super useful for us, and I'm looking forward to how things roll moving forward. You can often find her around the reborn server, or in our Patreon server telling us to use vscode. It's great to have her on board. Yumil 2) The second new addition some of you may already know as one of the longer-term patrons on this server - Yumil. I have been working with Yumil on implementing some of his scripts privately for some time, most of which you will have seen as the Quest Log, which was featured here previously. Yumil has taken some time to briefly re-introduce himself, so I won't steal his thunder anymore: "Hi hello there I’m Yumil. If you’ve been playing Deso for the past year or so you might have run into some of the things I did for the game, like the 100% guide – don’t listen to me telling you to use it, listen to Caz saying he uses it despite, y’know, making the game (or a good chunk of the Wiki, or the tvtropes page). Aside from writing a lot of text, I like coding – I do it for a living and according to my bosses I’m pretty good at it. You might remember back when Caz introduced the Quest Log to you in a previous dev post – yeah, I made that. So, as of today, I’m joining the team in an official capacity after something like, idk, a year of messing around with RPG maker for fun. It’s an honor! I hope you’ll enjoy the stuff I’ve worked to create. Some of the stuff I made you can expect to find in Deso besides the quest log: 1) NPC reactions: yeah I might have taught the NPCs to call you out if you abuse items to win, or to comment that they got swept, or on the contrary, almost had you. They also notice if you changed your team since the last time you fought them in the story. That kinda thing. Here have an example of Shiv commenting a few different things across rematching him: (Ignore the decorum I might have turned the boat cabin into my own little experiment playground.) 2) An encounter rate slider – listen Deso’s encounter rate in silver rise drove me off the wall so I figured I’d be the change I want to see in the world. So yeah, I made a thing where you can set a multiplier to the existing encounter rate, all the way to 0% and up to like, 10K%. You get your shiny hunting QOL and I get to traverse silver rise in a fifth of what it takes now without opening a mortgage on repels, we all win. There's some more stuff it’s prolly best to keep under wraps for now – let’s just say that if at some point the game’s script inflicts mental damage to you personally you can probably blame me for enabling Caz’s weirdest ideas. You’re welcome." And that's all from Yumil - he's done a lot for the game in the past, and I have no doubt he'll continue to take things to the next level in this more official capacity. It's an absolute pleasure to have him. Darius Finally, the newest member of our development team is something we've always wanted to have onboard, and it's incredible slowly seeing that dream being realized - Desolation now has its own musical composer - Darius! Darius joined us recently, and after hearing a few of the tracks he has created, it's become clear that this is the next best thing for the game. We're super excited to have him on board. He's also here to introduce himself: Hey everyone! My name is Darius and I'm a freelance composer for different Pokemon fan-games. I have been writing music for a few years now and have been a musician for 14 years. Music is an interesting aspect of a Pokemon game because it's not necessarily needed for development but adds so much to the atmosphere of a game. My specialties are Area and Encounter themes, but I really like writing battle themes as well! I'm so excited to join the Deso team and make a lot of really cool music for you all! Feel free to reach out to me or check out my portfolio at: http://dariusmusiccompany.org/ https://musescore.com/dariusm Once again, it's a fantastic privilege and opportunity to have a composer like Darius on the team. Just to tide everyone over, we'll show a pair of Darius' recent tracks: Firstly, we have the first rendition of Ava's theme. Themes such as this are planned to fluctuate somewhat under different circumstances, which is a pretty cool thing to work with. - Ava Theme - Secondly, we have one of Darius' recent works on another fan-game. This is one of the tracks he has been working on. It represents where he is at from a fan-game composition point of view pretty well. - Mt Athreos - Once again, I am super pleased to have Cass, Yumil, and Darius on the team. This allows the experts to focus on their fields and optimize them far better than I could, and also allows me to focus on what I do best - the story. The future is pretty exciting. ~ A peek at Crim's new Ace Trainer sprites ~ That pretty much concludes my update for the new year. Things are pretty exciting around here, but there is still much to be done. We'll be in touch guys. Cheers, Caz

~ Snippet from Patreon ... it's about the friends we made along the way! Hi guys! Just a quick update today. I've finished up with the final bits of writing for Episode 6, and I've very happy with how it's turned it. There's still some side quest stories that I want to iron out, but following that and we'll be starting to chop through things at a faster pace. I wanted to dedicate this post to showing off some of the work that Posty and Ruby have been doing, and illustrating how much their role has expanded since they jumped on this rickety wagon. Firstly, Ruby is now playing a much larger role in the design elements of the environment, with Cellia East being our first look at Ruby's work in turning a city map into a fun, engaging, and unique experience. Here is a small spoiler-free showcase of some of the pieces she has been working on. Ruby's created some over cool things that I'd love to show off, but we're keeping that stuff hidden for now! I want to give Posty a shoutout here as well! When he first joined on he was solely involved in balancing teams, but his role has expanded quite a bit since then. He's been doing quite a bit of mapping, and his recent maps, in particular, have been awesome! Here's a snippet of the kind of stuff he's been up to in the Dreamscape, which we're greatly expanding upon in Episode 6. I'm really looking forward to all of you checking out what we have in store for the Dreamscape! I've got quite a bit planned for this area in Episode 6. Taking the feedback from Episode 5 into account, I really do feel like this will be a staple of the game in the future. Anyway, this is it for now. Cheers for the ongoing support guys! I've been really busy with medical school lately, but things are coming along quite nicely. I'm still alive, I guess. 'Till next time, homies. Caz

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~ These are excerpts from a post on our Patreon - you can find the full post there ~ ~ Looking back... for the last time ~ Once again, we find ourselves at the end of an extremely busy and productive month. We are all working incredibly hard to pull things together, and are now deep into internal testing! Most of our efforts have been focused on bringing past content up to par with E6, and we're really happy with how things are going. This update will be more of what we saw in the last update... so we can probably call this update part 2 of that. So yeah, expect loads of screenshots without much of my yammering on. _________________________________________________________________ Pokemon Desolation Episode 6 Development Progress Old Content #################### | Map Updates (100%) #################### | Script Updates (90%) #################### | Past Episode Remasters (100%) #################### | Misc (95%) -------------------------------------------------- New Content: #################### | Story (95%) #################### | Mapping (98%) #################### | Scripting (95%) #################### | Sidequests (100%) -------------------------------------------------- #################### | Total (97%) _________________________________________________________________ Important PSA: The Future of Content Remakes To begin, I need to discuss a topic that I see thrown around pretty frequently - that is, how frequently I will be remaking early game content, and what this means for your current save. I have heard some players wonder if it's worth replaying from the beginning, and even some players consider waiting until the full release of the game (in however many years that is). Firstly, my philosophy around remaking early game content is similar to how I approach life in general, and my work as a junior doctor in a large city hospital - I don't like wasting time - whether it be my own time or others. As a result, there are two rules I wish to follow: 1) Do not waste the player's time. 2) Do not force the player to restart the game unless absolutely necessary. To be clear, I do not like remaking content. I am a forward-focused person who wants to focus on the future as much as possible. I am only remaking the early game of Desolation as it is severely outdated in comparison to later in the game, and because I needed to address certain character issues that I was not satisfied with. This is the culmination of years of feedback and is an opportunity to finally give a more balanced experience to players. My goal was to do this remake ONCE, and to leave it at that - and I am sticking with that. To clear any animosity around this discussion, I will create a short FAQ: 1) Will there be more large remakes in the future? A) No. Of course, there will be some fine-tuning, etc. that is present in each episode, but there will be no more significant changes. As I said, I only want to do something like this ONCE. 2) Should I wait until the game is fully released to play? A) This is up to you, but I believe that equal enjoyment comes from playing the game episodically or continuously. I write episodes to be fairly standalone (while still contributing to the overall plot) so that each episode feels fun and unique. Furthermore, Desolation is planned to be ten episodes in total - so it would be a LONG time until the full release. For me, creating Desolation is a journey that I would very much like others to undertake with me! 3) Should I restart my save from scratch? A) My number one goal was to not waste the player's time. This means that you DO NOT need to restart your save from scratch. There have been significant changes in the story and how characters go from A to B, but the end result is the same. This means that you are not at a disadvantage if you do not restart. That being said, if you were looking to start again, this would be the time to do it as I have no intention of making any more large-scale remakes. I hope this summarizes my thoughts on content remakes, and I hope this clears up how you should proceed with your future playthroughs. I hope everyone continues to undertake this journey with me! PS: This segment has been added to the FAQ if you want to double check anything. Speaking of Content Remakes... Now, back to our regular schedule. The team has been working really hard to wrap up our early game remakes, and we have made excellent progress thus far. In fact, all MAJOR work has been done - simply leaving fine-tuning of the later episodes over the next couple of weeks to fully complete this work. While this has been going on, the team has begun internal testing to iron out whatever bugs we find along the way. It's a lot of work... but we're making great progress, and the results are now speaking for themselves. We're covering all bases - from dialogue to graphical improvements, to eventing changes, new effects, etc. The goal is to go through it once and make a more complete experience for new players. One of the major remakes is that of Route 4, and the Blackview Outskirts, which have both been completely remade from scratch. The northernmost part of Route 4 offers a slight reprieve before witnessing the effects of Blackview's waste... The middle and south portions of Route 4 illustrate a marked change in the environment, as you enter the neglected outskirts of Blackview... Finally, you make your way through the smog-ridden slums of Blackview, before finally entering the city itself. You find yourself in the midst of radical industrialization, with the smog raining neatly down on you as a reminder that nothing here will ever be the same... But hey, at least we finally have signs marking major locations in the city! Amelia's had a bit of a facelift, along with the location we meet her in... Aurora has also entered the development scene... with a brand new facelift! We continue to work to optimize Gym Battles and team-balancing (Posty is suffering). Not to mention brand new field effects to go along with them... And finally... the creation of brand new scenes! All of these new additions have been completed already! Healing in Style! That's not all when it comes to remakes, however... because boy, Ruby, and Crim have been busy! What if I told you that our brilliantly talented artists decided to sit down and re-create every city and town healing center in the game? Or would it be better if I just showed you a few... but not all, of course! 1) Redcliff Town 2) Route 2 and Celeste City 3) Blackview City 4) Cellia Central and Docks 5) Cellia East Ruby, framing the picture... As discussed in the previous update, Ruby has also worked on numerous menu frames for E6. Let's show off a few, yeah? Maybe I'll even show off in some new locations... 1) Cellia (Central/Dockside) 2) Cellia (East) 3) Dreamscape 4) Crescent That's all I really planned on sharing in terms of remake content for this episode. How about we round this update out with some tracks from Darius? Making puns or alliteration for Darius tracks is too hard, so I'll take this month off... No, seriously. It's difficult. Anyway, any good development update requires some news from our main beat dropper, Darius. Again, just click on the hyperlink if you're keen for a listen! Once again, there's an extra track on our Patreon up for listening (the new Ranger's Theme) - so if you feel like you're wanting some more tracks - you can find them on our Patreon! Again, just click on the hyperlink if you're keen for a listen! ~ Crescent Theme ~ you can click on the hyperlink above to listen to the track! "This was also a really difficult piece for me to get down. With my school picking back up a couple weeks ago, I found myself having less and less time to compose which really bothered me because I knew exactly where I wanted to go with this piece, I just needed to actually sit down and write it. If I had to describe this theme for Team Crescent in one word, it'd be "sleuthy" (which I don't actually think is a world but I digress) and one of its prominent features is the stacking drum rhythm. Stacking refers to an ostinato (recurring theme) that builds in complexity as the piece continues, and in this case, it is utilized to signal the String quartet that supports the melodic pattern. This theme takes a great deal of inspiration from Rachmaninoff's "Prelude in C# minor" - highly recommend taking a listen btw, Rach is one of my favorite Romantic composers - especially in the middle section of the piece which follows a similar chromatic sequence. You may recognize the initial drum pattern as well which I wrote in reference to Pokemon Reborn's Peridot Ward Theme! Unlike the Ranger theme, Team Crescent is very string focused which is exemplified during the string soli interlude. This piece was an absolute joy to write and although they were a little skeptical about my vision at first, they ended up really liking the compositional liberties and overall feel of the piece, so I thank them for their trust in me. Super excited to see where this one gets implemented, and thank you if you have made it this far. Until next time!" That basically rounds out this month's content drop. As I have said, we are deep into internal testing, which means that other forms of testing, including Patreon Alpha Testing, are just over the horizon. We're almost there, it's just taking a little longer than I originally planned. Remember, the main takeaway from this post is that this will be the last major remake and that even despite this, you still don't need to restart your save, even though it may be encouraged. The content remakes should be finished over the next couple of weeks, which will leave us with numerous chores to complete before we are ready to extend our testing circle. Please bear with us as we try to finish things up - we're working as fast as we can! As usual - if you feel like supporting us as we approach the finish line, want to see some extra sneak peeks, or are keen to get involved in testing when it starts, find us over at our Patreon! Once again, thank you for the support. Caz

~ Excerpts from Patreon ~ ~ Old Times ~ It is now July... which makes this a pretty important month for us in the ol' dev team. In fact, this month celebrates one year since we put our hearts on our sleeves and revived Desolation by dropping Episode 5. Boy, time has really flown. We feel extremely privileged to have received such incredible support from everyone since the initial release, and during this long development period. Honestly, thank you guys so much! On the theme of reflecting on the old times, I thought I'd spend a bit of this update looking back on some old locations and people... and how we've modernized them just a bit. The New Let's begin with some new stuff. Well, work continues on the eventing side of the Dreamscape's new area, the Waterscape. It's much larger than the Dreamscape we are used to in E5 and full of new stories to hear... and secrets to unfold. As was the goal for the original Dreamscape - exploration outside of the main course is paramount and will be greatly rewarded. Besides, there's nothing like helping some folks in need, or spending some time to prove that you're the best, I guess. You won't travel to every area in the Dreamscape in the new Episode of Desolation, so make sure that you take some time to have a look around... it might help you out later! This part of development is taking a long time, as it is much less linear than most other areas we are used to, meaning there are a lot more gaps to fill - I want this area to feel like it's full of content, rather than just empty space - every corner should be well-utilized! In conclusion, it's an experiment that I still want to realize to its maximum potential. In my mind, the Dreamscape is a mostly open-world experience, and Ayrith is pretty linear, and E6 will mostly reflect this. Moving quickly on... The Old(?) I query whether this is actually 'old' content... because it isn't really. We've done a bit of overhaul work recently on the majority of the outdoor maps on Amaria Island, just to help bring them to the polish of newer locations such as Cellia East. It's come along rather nicely. This one just reflects some changes to trees, a new sand tile, and some better transitioning between the grass and the sand. This one is more comprehensive, featuring increased detail, some new tiles, and an overhaul of the existing trees. This one just has some logs lol. Yes, a bridge exists here but events don't appear on the view I used to get these screenshots. Don't harass me for this error pls xo But for real, it's nice to see some of these areas look just a wee bit sharper. Speaking of old stuff looking sharper... this brings us to the fun part of this update... an update to the Rangers! Ruby has gone ham once again and redesigned the existing Rangers that you may remember from early Rangers quests. With their increased future importance, it felt fair to give them more familiar faces going forward. For now, I'll simply share with you the concept sketches that Ruby created: The three characters (from left to right) are Myrtle, Dan, and Lucas. I'm as excited to see them in-game as I hope you are! Again, I'm very excited to see these characters feature in the E6 update, and feel just a bit more alive. Anyway - that concludes the update for today. In a general sense, development is going well, and I'm extremely happy with our current progress. We're getting there, and we're proud of what we're creating. It's a fun ride! Again, thanks for the support from everyone here. I can't believe it's already been one year since we came back - here's to many more! Until next time, Caz

It was funny for a while. But that was a while ago. This really isn't just about -that- question though. It's about a lot of questions that newcomers tend to show up and ask. They're just wee littles. They didn't know we had an FAQ for the game. They didn't know someone asked the same damn question in the discord chat two hours ago, and they didn't know that was a known bug. Cuz honestly, who's gonna scroll through walls of text and topics if you just want a quick answer so you can keep playing your gosh-darned pocketmans? I'm not saying that it's ideal for users to not look through pre-existing topics, or that we shouldn't encourage them to use pre-existing resources..... but not everyone is going to think to do that in the first place. And so, for those times when someone does end up asking a common or should-be-obvious question, I'd like to ask you all, as veteran/senior/senpai members of the site, a favor: Please be patient with others. It very well may be the seventh person today to show up asking if Mega Evolution is in the game yet. I understand that after so many times of seeing that question, it gets frustrating. It's like how have you managed to not see the answer to this yet when someone probably just said it half an hour ago and also eight times yesterday?? ...But is it really that person's fault? It may be obvious to you but for someone who just found the game two hours ago and has been having fun but was curious and just wants to ask a hopefully-friendly community for a quick answer (and they might even be a bit nervous about speaking up at all)-- getting a snappy reply back can feel really bad. In fact, it can be the difference between them fucking right off, or hey, maybe they like it here and end up being someone who sticks around to help other newcomers too. Whenever I talk about this, I'm reminded of a certain comic. Many of you are probably intimately familiar with it: And if you haven't seen it before, then I guess you're one of-- oh. nevermind. I won't go for the low-hanging fruit. But that's just things that everyone knows-- let alone things no one knows (including me!!) like when is episode 17 going to be out. And when someone is asking something like that, it's usually not out of impatience so much as it is a genuine excitement or curiosity. It's something people can look forward to. After hearing that question so much as regulars around the site, I totally get how it would become grating over a while. But you know what? I've been doing this-- answering those kinds of questions-- a lot longer and a lot more than most of you. And if I can still be patient with those people-- and I can-- then you can too. I would love to lead by example in that regard, and I hope that some of you have seen that when I can, I do. But I definitely can't always be there. I can't always be paying to the chat or all the forum topics-- There's just not enough time, and even more limiting, I only have so much energy to spend towards such things as well. ...Which is also exactly why I need everyone else to step up. And also? I get it-- maybe you don't have the energy to type out a pleasant response to the same question for the 100th time total. It happens. In that case... rather than typing something passive aggressive or that makes you sound annoyed with another person, just-- don't. That's preferable. It's like that old platitude-- if you don't have anything nice to say......... let someone else say it instead. But let's make sure that, whatever we say, we can be proud of it as a community. It would really mean a lot to me to see people come together on this more. Thanks for listening.

~ This post is taken from our Patreon ~ ~ A Crown of Brilliant, Blinding Silver ~ Alright - I'm going to keep this update short and to the point since there is not much to say. Things are going extremely well currently, and we're very, very excited for you to see and play the game we have worked so hard on very soon. Unofficial-official concept of an E6 location... Ruby did this as schoolwork, okay. Firstly, let me just be transparent about the plan moving forward before I move on to the rest of the update: 1) We are currently working on internal testing. There are a few things to tidy up in terms of balance and major bugs. 2) Following this, we will slightly expand this internal testing to include a few more people. This will be within the next two weeks. 3) Next, we will expand testing/early access to VIP patrons on the server (Delphinium tier). If you would like to be involved with that, here is the link. 4) We will then release to the community. Time frames for this are not set in stone, but things are moving quite quickly now. Please bear with me as we tidy things up and get ready to release the game. Now, with the big stuff out of the way... What does it mean to be the best? So... we've revealed Reeve, a major new character in Desolation... but as I've said, there are numerous new characters yet to enter the fold. I thought I would take the opportunity today to reveal... wait, what... three of them?! Enter three members of our Elite Four... Atlas, Azura, and Damon! Indeed, despite all the events that have unfolded in the game, the most powerful trainers in the Region have yet to rear their heads? I wonder why that is... "The Elite Four, situated on Hydreilius Island, are the most revered and prestigious group of trainers in the Ayrith Region. Their strength, integrity, kindness, and nobility is unquestioned. As a result, it is not unusual to see their faces scattered across billboards and local advertisements. While only three members exist on the walls of buildings and promotions, a fourth exists purely by word of mouth... the fate of this other member, however, is unclear. Atlas, the Dragon-Fire hero, Azura, the Rock-Ice queen, and Damon, the Ghost-Dark nomad, form the foundation of what it means to be a powerful trainer in Ayrith... yet, their lack of physical presence does not go unnoticed..." We will reveal more about these incredible trainers soon. For now, I just want to show you some concept art of these trainers. Ruby designed Atlas and Azura, and Crim designed Damon. Both have done an absolutely fantastic jobs on bringing these characters to life, and portrayed them perfectly! Atlas, the Dragon-Fire member of the Elite Four, as designed by Ruby Azura, the Rock-Ice member of the Elite Four, as designed by Ruby. Damon, the Ghost-Dark member of the Elite Four Once again, massive kudos needs to be given to Ruby and Crim for their continued excellence in designing characters. As I said, you'll learn more about these mysterious characters soon, but for now, you'll have to be content with seeing their faces around the city... Anyway, that'll conclude this month's update. Apologies for its length, but there is very little to show this month without revealing massive spoilers. The team is working extremely hard on finishing up - and given the first part of this update, it can be assumed that we are very close. Once again, I will be posting more frequent updates on the Patreon server as we start to navigate testing. I can't wait for you all to see what we have created. Caz Unofficial-official concept of an E6 location... Ruby did this as schoolwork, okay.

~ These are excerpts from a post on our Patreon - you can find the full post there ~ ~ The King of the Jungle ~ Welcome back to our monthly shenanigans - this will be a fun one! This update will focus on my progress with the final sidequests of the episode, as well as looks into Ruby's work remaking characters and areas, a music drop from Darius, and finally... the reveal of a major character entering in Episode 6! Previous updates have drawn us into the outer areas of Ayrith, but now, as we get closer to release... it's time to start back at the heart of this episode - the nightlife jungle known as Cellia East. Let's get underway, shall we? Bars. _________________________________________________________________ Pokemon Desolation Episode 6 Development Progress Old Content #################### | Map Updates (99%) #################### | Script Updates (85%) #################### | Misc (90%) -------------------------------------------------- #################### | Total (91%) New Content: #################### | Story (95%) #################### | Mapping (98%) #################### | Scripting (85%) #################### | Sidequests (100%) -------------------------------------------------- #################### | Total (95%) _________________________________________________________________ An expansive world, with many stories to be told... This month, I have been wrapping up the final sidequests of E6. It's well-known at this point that E6 is focusing heavily on exploration, and using side content as a medium to deliver concepts relevant to the main story. I've always wanted sidequests to feel as though they can stand alone as stories, but utilizing the greater concepts in Desolation to make these stories even more immersive is something that I've really leaned into in E6. Of course, this also allows me to experiment with numerous recurring characters that have been, for the most part, absent from the main storyline... Bringing these characters forward into these new areas and allowing them to develop further has been really great in E6 - and I'm looking forward to seeing how things move forward with them in the future. It's also been fantastic to see how characters originally intended to have minimal time on the screen have been given their own two feet to stand on, especially by being bumped up by Ruby's artistic expertise. Case and point is this guy. Admittedly, it has taken me longer than I intended to wrap up these longer sidequests. Of course, telling the stories I want to tell often ends in these quests being longer than originally planned, leading to longer development times. However, it's paramount to me that I'm satisfied with each story told within this world, so it's worth the wait! A Fresh Coat of Paint Even cities as large and expansive as Cellia sometimes require a fresh coat of paint, and Ruby has been pretty busy making sure things hold up. One of our aims was to improve immersion as much as possible within these cities, and one of the most important ways to do this was to extend graphical overhauls into the gameplay itself, namely, battles. As such, Ruby has designed a selection of new backdrops for all our Ayrith cities! Yes, the Popplio is called Bidoof, don't ask. This is Cellia East's new battle backdrop, which I am happy to say has achieved the goal of really immersing the player in the realm of the district. As usual, Ruby has really smashed it with the colors and overall aesthetic. Here is the backdrop for Blackview, paired with its new counterpart, just so you can see how sorely these updates were required... Even small updates like this have been paramount in improving immersion in Ayrith's major cities, so I'm really happy with Ruby's work in bringing these areas to life. The remakes of course extend past battle backdrops, as you've seen from numerous previous updates. With complete character redesigns, other parts of the game have also required a redesign. For example, here is the new intro screen with Ruby's Rosetta redesign... I hope you're excited to be welcomed to Cellia (again)! The King of the Jungle! Now, finally, for what everyone has been waiting for... the reveal of one of our new major characters, the King of the Cellia Jungle, and the Gym Leader of Cellia East, Reeve! Meet Reeve, Cellia East's most historical entrepreneur turned excessive partygoer and Gym Leader. Reeve embodies what it means to live in Cellia East - he is cool, calm, and collected, but absolutely LIVES for the party. He owns Cellia's most prestigious fashion brand, Surge, and partially owns Cellia East's flagship nightclub, Bar 101. Anyone that's anyone knows who Reeve is... from the lowest thugs in the Cellia Outskirts, all the way to the businessmen and women of the Cellia Council... for better or for worse. What this dynamic entrepreneurial tycoon has to offer you, however, remains to be seen. Perhaps there is more to Reeve than meets the eye... after all, his past is riddled by obscurity... Reeve is absolutely one of our crowning achievements of this episode, and we're extremely excited for you to meet him. It's been a long time coming for him to finally reach the community spotlight... but in Ayrith, he's been in the spotlight of the nightlife for a long, long time... DJ Darius' Delicious Desolation Delicacies I don't know why I referred to music as delicious but it's too late for me to turn back now. Just own it. Whatever the case, Reeve wasn't going to sneak his way into this update without showing off one of his beats, was he? On our Patreon, Darius also shows off Ryder's new theme - so head along there if you want to give that a listen! Let's hear DJ Darius describe the meaning behind the music himself, yeah? Remember, you can just click the name of the track to have a listen! ~ Reeve's Theme ~ you can click on the hyperlink above to listen to the track! "Reeve’s theme was much more difficult for me than I had anticipated. When I originally wrote this, I was thinking of a way to make it fit in with the already existing theme for Cellia East, which is why the two tracks are in the same key. However, as I developed this piece further, it became clear that I needed some historical allusions to bring it together. This piece is a prime example of 1950s jazz music and the runs throughout the alto & tenor saxophone are distant quotes from, the Legend himself, John Coltrane. Reeve is a star and stars deserve some flourish and glamor. The repeating bassline and chord progression are based on Latin Jazz harmony and similar examples can be found in modern tango music among other things which makes you want to throw your hands up and dance! This is Cellia East, and it’s time to party! Reeve is here to make sure you’re having a good time. After all, celebrities’ personalities are entirely based on their public image right? It’s not like there’s anything else he’s feeling behind the scenes…" That essentially brings us to the end of this update. All hands are on deck, and I am extremely proud of how hard the team is working to bring everything together. I know people are hoping for a release date to be announced, but in a project such as this, where every element is essentially being remade from scratch (from the gameplay and scripting side - LITERALLY from scratch), the moving parts make it difficult to truly predict when the game will be ready for testing. This uncertainty makes nothing concrete - and without this reassurance, I am not comfortable in announcing a release timeframe, as above all else, the wellbeing of the team is my absolute top priority. The content that I am now revealing, however, should be a reasonable hint at how close we are to wrapping up. Testing will start when it starts, and if you're a patron to Desolation, you will have the first opportunity to get involved and immerse yourself in the story (as well as seeing some other goodies)! We're grinding our way to the finish, and it has been so fantastic seeing the teams' reactions to some of the things we have created. One last push, yeah? Until next time, Caz

Just vibing.

I lied. The topic title was just to trick you into clicking here. And you fell for it. Sorry, not sorry. I wanted to stop and take a moment in between all the well-wishes and resolutions of the holiday, and thank everyone. This community has been around in some form for close to ten years now. Holy wowsy does that sound like a lot. It doesn't feel like it though. For the first three years or so, this site was nothing but a place for some of friends of mine to connect, swap friend codes on D/P and knock each other's in-game teams into the ground. I had no intentions of making a league or game, of this becoming a popular place, or of it even sticking around when B/W came out. And yet here we are. To say my expectations were exceeded would be an understatement. My expectations have been smashed into the tiniest particles known to mankind and scattered to the four winds. I am surprised and amazed every day coming on here, or Tumblr, or Youtube, or Arceus knows where, and seeing so many people excited about the game, excited to be here, maybe just excited to talk to friends they've made here-- I don't know. It's breathtaking. A lot of the time the impact of it misses me. Then I go and try to write a topic like this and I start crying because I'm so glad that this could happen.. Stop it, Ame, you're at work, this is unprofessional... Dammit. >~< I said before this place started as a community of just my friends. In a way, it still is. Maybe we've only spoken briefly in passing on the server, PM, what have you, or maybe you only know me as a character in a game, or the avatar that posts updates far too infrequently, or maybe you're staring at this post in mild skepticism because how could I possibly be implying that you're my friend... Even so, I would like to think that's the case. Maybe closely, casually, indirectly, you're still here to support me in some sense, and even though I can't possibly respond to and engage everyone all the time I would still like to support you. So thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for being here, and being a part of all of this. It means the world to me. Here's to another year. <3

~ Excerpts from Patreon ~ ~ Some Welcome Guests... ~ Hey everyone, it's been one heck of a month, so let's get cracking on what is certainly one of our better updates! To begin, I just wanted to mention I have been spending a significant amount of time playing Elden Ring since it came out. Many of you might know that a lot of inspiration for the story I've been writing has come from the Soulsbourne series, so it's always a great opportunity for me to wrack my brain on how to improve when games like this come out. It's been pretty exciting, for sure. _________________________________________________________________ Pokemon Desolation Episode 6 Development Progress Old Content #################### | Map Updates (85%) #################### | Script Updates (85%) #################### | Misc (85%) -------------------------------------------------- #################### | Total (85%) New Content: #################### | Story (75%) #################### | Mapping (90%) #################### | Scripting (85%) #################### | Sidequests (85%) -------------------------------------------------- #################### | Total (83%) _________________________________________________________________ Also, wow... Reborn testing is well underway. I just wanted to give a huge shoutout to those guys and all the work they have done. It has been such an enormous undertaking, and it's great to see their hard work finally paying off. Yumil and Cass have both been hard at work on the testing and scripting side of Reborn, but will be returning a bit more here when things are underway in the Reborn HQ. Now, onto business: I hope your manor has enough beds... So, you remember how you used to have those caves under the manor that were particularly great for specialized training, and how they were just automatically ready to be used upon being unlocked? Well, gone are the days of convenience. My first port of call after replaying some Dark Souls was to make things more inconvenient. Just kidding. I saw an opportunity to bring more life to the manor, and I took it. How? Well, breeders for each specialized cave can now be unlocked in Cellia and beyond... and all of them have a variety of stories and quests that allow you to do this. In simple terms, once you find one of these breeders, you can help them with whatever task needs doing (or just outright pay them) and in return, they will provide you with their services, specializing in a particular stat, and populating the corresponding cave with what you need. However, it is worth noting that it won't always be immediately apparent which NPC's are actually breeders, and tasks that lead you to unlock these important vendors are not always what you would expect... So in conclusion... as per usual, while in Cellia it's important to keep your eyes and ears open... you never know who or what might prove to be helpful. As I have stated many times previously - these updates are to bring more life to Cellia, and particularly Cellia East. I can't wait to see people spend hours in Cellia East (just like I've been spending hours in Limgrave). Now, moving on... ~ Nothing to see here, just a brief snippet of one of the new characters Ruby has been designing... perhaps we might see them soon? ~ Finding the perfect note... Speaking of Cellia East, Darius has had the honor of being able to work on its own original track. After all, this was meant to be the first experience of this game that was entirely original, so what better way to commemorate that than with original music? To celebrate, I thought we might just share that track with you all here! You can find it in the link below: --- Cellia East Soundtrack --- I'm really proud of the team for working together to create this experience, and I can't wait for you to all play it later this year. As a little teaser, a few of the new original tracks Darius will be working on include Shiv's theme, Aurora's theme, and Garret's theme! Keep your ears open for those! That's all from Darius for this month, but more is on the way. ~ What's this? Could it be a snippet of one variation of the cover art of Episode 6?! ~ A bright future, after I get out of jail that is... All in all, I'm having a great time working on the game at the moment, and things are going swimmingly. In E6, there is mostly main story content to create, and almost all of the major side content is now complete. I'm just completing some final bits and bobs in the final location in Cellia, the Cellia Outskirts Prison. From there, it will be smooth sailing to the finish line (I hope). As you know, I hate putting release dates on things (the events of the last two years prove that anything can happen), but keep your eyes and ears peeled for updates... they're on the way! I've also had the privilege of being able to work on content in future episodes, designing some areas, and writing story sequences in certain places. Shifting focus and writing other areas has always been a great way for me to de-stress without sacrificing the quality of anything. There's a lot of great stuff coming in future episodes! This concludes this month's update. It's been a load of fun for me working on this game, especially now with Yumil and Cass taking on the scripting brunt of things. I get to enjoy writing and eventing, the two aspects of game creation that I personally get the most out of, so things are pretty great! As usual, thanks for the support! Our Patreon is always available if you would like to be part of our exclusive server, and receive early-looks at updates! Until next time, Caz

~ A Team Effort ~ Howdy folks, long time no see. It's been a long couple of months, that's for sure. I finished up my final exams earlier this month, so that's a huge relief. As discussed a number of times previously, this is a great thing for this game, as a huge amount of my time was just dedicated to studying for the latter half of this year. Anyway, you're not here to listen to my ramblings about life, so I may as well get to rambling about the game. In fact, you'll find later that I got two others to ramble with me! Let's get started with one of these things, as I know a number of people attach sentiment to these numbers: Pokemon Desolation Episode 6 Development Progress Old Content #################### | Map Updates (80%) #################### | Script Updates (85%) #################### | Misc (85%) -------------------------------------------------- #################### | Total (83%) New Content: #################### | Story (70%) #################### | Mapping (90%) #################### | Scripting (85%) #################### | Sidequests (80%) -------------------------------------------------- #################### | Total (82%) We're certainly getting there. As you can see, a lot of recent time has been going into scripting, more of which I will cover in this update. ~ A snapshot of Aaron, as part of character art for the game. ~ To begin with, I have been working on what I believe to be the most tedious part of development, at least personally. Scripting. Yes, I am currently in the developer depths updating the game to gen 8, as well as updating to the new version of the engine employed by other favorite fan games. It's a long and frustrating process, but I am beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. With this, we can finally work on updating our battles, encounters, and quest rewards to accommodate for gen 8. With the engine optimizations, this should allow for greater performance in larger areas, allowing me to fill up new areas, such as Cellia East, with more content without sacrificing performance. Here's more or less what I'm working on: After this is done, my focus will return to the main story, as well as the last major sidequest that I left half-finished before realizing it was time to get to this new engine. I hope you guys are excited about seeing a much-improved engine for Desolation. Now, as promised, I didn't come alone! Next up, I brought Crim along to discuss the creation of remakes for old/entirely original NPC's. Today, we're going to be talking about the new Ace Trainers - the trainer class I've been the keenest on giving a new identity. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi, I’m crim I draw stuff sometimes! The process, at least for NPC classes is mainly wanting to make them match together yet still be distinct. A lot of personality can be communicated within the sprite so I’m quite excited to work on these, even if they’re just NPC classes it’s fun to give little bits their own personality through expression, or pose/ trying to make their poses fit together. The process for these concepts wasn’t really anything pointed, but I definitely wanted to make them look well-dressed / kinda classy— especially since Ace Trainers are a step up above the rest. Also because people in suits are pretty. For colors, I just sort of what I think looks nice - palettes are fun to pick. I didn’t want to make them too outlandish since they're NPC's, so keeping bright accent colors subtler- things like that, are important. That was a lot of words for “hairstreaks pretty hehe”. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ That's it from Crim in this update, now, we'll hear from Posty's side of things! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Howdy folks! It’s your local Postman delivering you some juicy Devsolation updates straight to your doorstep! Caz gave me a little segment on this post to talk about what I’ve been up to these past few months. Well besides sitting at home browsing the job market 24/7 to being in gacha hell trying to pull one specific character pain and suffering incarnate, I’ve been expanding my role a lot more on the team and have now dove headfirst into eventing! When I first joined the team back in 2019, the main tasks that I took on were balancing the game in terms of battles and the availability of Pokemon, a true text file editor. Then I began learning the ropes with mapping (which is now what I’m looking to do for a job!), and now I’m taking a crack at eventing. Now why am I telling you all of this? What relevance does this have to this update? Well, I thought I would share with you all a little sneak peek at what I’ve been working on! With my new eventing powers, I have been working on sidequests, and will be working on more with future releases! It has been quite the experience and honestly enjoyable to be working on this side of development, and I seriously can’t wait to show off all of this to you all! This quest in particular focuses around the Visinite Current, a new area that is accessible within Episode 6. Sadly, this is all I can show you of the quest, guess we’ll have to leave what happens for you to discover! Anyways, that wraps up what I have to offer, I’m really excited to soon be able to share with you all what myself and the others have been working on. Until then, I’ll pass it back to Caz to finish off this post… (see what I did there, post, posty, haha okay goodbye). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Big thanks to Posty and Crim for writing sections for this post - I assumed y'all weren't too interested in seeing me in scripting hell, so I'm glad they gave you guys something cool to check out. The point is, I'm really proud of the work everyone is putting in, and I'm excited for the future of this game. ~ The new badge Ruby has created for E6, can you guess the Typing? ~ That'll wrap up the update for this month guys. As I've said, I'm excited about the future, especially after we've got this shift to the new engine and gen 8 complete. There's an exciting world in E6 for everyone to explore, and we're getting closer to that being realized. Until next time, Caz

EDIT: The guide is updated to E19! This means that the guide now contains spoilers for E19 content. Credit to @CosmanCosmin for creating their own updated version of the guide and helping with updates. You can find their guide here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lhsFND-Zc6vwquBpYmYODVOYHLhsuXvs1j8Gfu9It8k/edit?usp=sharing --- This is a list that shows at a quick look what different Pokemon are available at any given time in game in a monotype run. Each spoiler is a new badge length of the game, including the most readily available member of the evolution line of the Pokemon, and does not mention Pokemon available in previous areas. Italics indicate Pokemon that will evolve into a type. Underline indicates Pokemon that will lose that type by their final evolution (mainly, for collecting, unless you want to use badge 17 Azurill for Normal type) *Asterisks* indicate Pokemon who are available by chance or choice earlier in the game, then reliably again later in the game. If you miss a chance or want all options of a choice, follow the asterisks to the second usage. Strikethrough indicates Pokemon which will have a mega-evolution that changes into the target type, such as Sceptile -> Dragon. Whether or not these are legal for your monotype run are up to you. All types that do not feature any new Pokemon will be listed at the bottom of each spoiler tag. There are some passwords that can help you: this guide assumes you will use the "mono[type]" password for each respective type: this guarantees/changes certain encounters. There are other passwords that can give certain Pokemon earlier: these will be indicated. Starters NOTE: To obtain Eevee as a starter, use "eeveeplease" password. To obtain Vulpix or Alolan Vulpix as a starter, use "vulpixpls" password. To obtain Porygon as a starter, use "monowoke" password. Bug: N/A Dark: Froakie/Litten/Eevee* Dragon: Charmander/Treecko* Electric: Eevee Fairy: Popplio/Eevee/A.Vulpix* Fighting: Chespin/Torchic/Chimchar/Tepig* Fire: Charmander/Cyndaquil/Torchic/Chimchar/Tepig/Fennekin/Litten/Eevee/Vulpix* Flying: Charmander/Rowlet* Ghost: Rowlet Grass: Bulbasaur/Chikorita/Treecko/Turtwig/Snivy/Chespin/Rowlet/Eevee* Ground: Turtwig/Mudkip* Ice: Eevee/A.Vulpix* Normal: Eevee/Porygon* Poison: Bulbasaur Psychic: Fennekin/Eevee* Rock: N/A Steel: Piplup* Water: Squirtle/Totodile/Mudkip/Piplup/Oshawott/Froakie/Popplio/Eevee* Episode 1: Reborn, the City of Ruin Bug: Spinarak, Combee, Pineco, Caterpie, Ledyba, Wurmple, Burmy, Kricketot, Surskit, Grubbin/Joltik* Dark: Poochyena, Stunky, Purrloin Dragon: Noibat, Swablu Electric: Pachirisu, Tynamo, Blitzle, Grubbin/Joltik* Fairy: Igglybuff, Swablu Fighting: N/A Fire: Pansear Flying: Pidgey, Hoothoot, Combee, Delibird, Spearow, Caterpie, Ledyba, Wurmple, Noibat, Burmy, Swablu, Woobat, Surskit Ghost: Drifloon Grass: Cherubi, Burmy-L, Budew, Sunkern Ground: Burmy-S, Swinub Ice: Delibird, Swinub Normal: Bidoof, Meowth, Minccino, Patrat, Pidgey, Rattata, Hoothoot, Spearow, Whismur, Swablu, Igglybuff, Teddiursa, Zigzagoon, Skitty Poison: Ekans, Spinarak, Gulpin, Grimer, Wurmple, Stunky, Trubbish, Budew Psychic: Woobat, Munna, Espurr Rock: Aron, Dwebble Steel: Aron, Pineco, Burmy-T Water: Bidoof, Finneon, Goldeen, Surskit, Panpour Episode 2: Reap What's Been Sewn Bug: Venonat Dark: Pancham Dragon: N/A Electric: Plusle, Minun, Shinx, Pichu, Electrike Fairy: Swirlix Fighting: Crabrawler, Mankey, Pancham, Buneary Fire: Numel, Litleo, Slugma Flying: Pidove, Hoppip, Ducklett, Mantyke Ghost: Frillish Grass: Hoppip, Bellsprout, Oddish, Lotad, Bounsweet, Snover Ground: Numel, Onix, Nidoran M. Ice: Crabrawler, Vanillite, Snover, Seel/Spheal* Normal: Pidove, Glameow, Buneary, Sentret, Slakoth, Castform, Happiny, Lillipup, Litleo, Yungoos Poison: Bellsprout, Oddish, Venonat, Koffing, Nidoran M. Psychic: Spoink, Pichu, Bronzor/Drowzee* Rock: Onix, Bonsly, Slugma, Nosepass Steel: Klink, Onix, Bronzor, Nosepass Water: Ducklett, Lotad, Mantyke, Clauncher/Clamperl/Seel/Spheal/Remoraid/Frillish* Episode 3: Domino NOTE: To obtain Aevian Misdreavus during this part, use the "aevianmissy" password. Bug: Beedrill, Scatterbug, Sewaddle, Paras, Nincada, Larvesta Dark: Pawniard/Sneasel* Dragon: Mareep, Axew/Trapinch* Electric: Emolga, Mareep, Dedenne, Chinchou, Helioptile, Elekid Fairy: Snubbull, Morelull, Dedenne, Togepi/Azurill/Cottonee/A.Vulpix*, Carbink/Mime Jr.* Fighting: Stufful, Makuhita, Shroomish Fire: Fletchling, Growlithe, Larvesta/Vulpix/Litwick* Flying: Scatterbug, Emolga, Doduo, Drifloon, Farfetch'd, Fletchling, Nincada, Taillow, Tropius, Togepi/Starly* Ghost: Phantump, Shuppet, Nincada, Litwick/Gastly*, Misdreavus-Aevian Grass: Carnivine, Sewaddle, Pansage, Paras, Tangela, Petilil, Fomantis, Morelull, Skiddo/Deerling*, Tropius, Phantump, Shroomish/Cottonee*, Misdreavus-Aevian Ground: Bunnelby, Phanpy, Nincada*, Barboach, Trapinch Ice: Cryogonal, Sneasel/A.Vulpix* Normal: Bunnelby, Helioptile, Doduo, Aipom, Stufful, Farfetch'd, Fletchling, Taillow, Girafarig/Deerling*, Stantler, Furfrou, Kecleon, Spinda, Zangoose, Starly Poison: Beedrill, Seviper, Gastly/Mareanie* Psychic: Mime Jr., Staryu, Girafarig Rock: Carbink, Rockruff Steel: Pawniard Water: Chinchou, Barboach, Psyduck, Staryu/Azurill/Mareanie* Episode 4: Aftershocks Bug: N/A Dark: A.Rattata, A.Meowth, Zorua Dragon: Skrelp Electric: N/A Fairy: Spritzee Fighting: N/A Fire: Ponyta* Flying: N/A Ghost: Pumpkaboo Grass: Pumpkaboo Ground: Diglett, Geodude, Sandshrew Ice: N/A Normal: Dunsparce, A.Rattata Poison: Skrelp Psychic: Gothita, Chingling, Unown Rock: Geodude Steel: N/A Water: Buizel*, Skrelp Episode 5: Escape! From Reborn City Bug: Skorupi Dark: Nuzleaf, Houndour/Carvanha*, Skorupi, Scraggy Dragon: N/A Electric: Voltorb, Togedemaru Fairy: Mawile Fighting: Scraggy, Croagunk Fire: Houndour* Flying: Natu Ghost: Duskull, Yamask, Golett Grass: Nuzleaf Ground: Nidorina, Golett/Baltoy* Ice: Cubchoo, Smoochum, A.Sandshrew, Amaura, Bergmite Normal: Porygon Poison: Skorupi, Nidorina, Croagunk Psychic: Solrock/Lunatone*, Smoochum, Natu, Baltoy Rock: Solrock/Lunatone*, Amaura Steel: Mawile, A.Sandshrew, Togedemaru Water: Carvanha* Episode 6: Poison In Vein Bug: Shuckle, Dwebble Dark: Murkrow, Corphish Dragon: Turtonator Electric: Stunfisk Fairy: N/A Fighting: Throh, Meditite, Sawk Fire: Heatmor/Turtonator* Flying: Murkrow Ghost: Sandygast Grass: N/A Ground: Stunfisk, A.Diglett, Sandygast Ice: N/A Normal: Ditto Poison: N/A Psychic: Meditite Rock: Binacle, Shuckle, Corsola, Shieldon Steel: A.Diglett, Shieldon Water: Binacle, Krabby, Corphish, Corsola, Pyukumuku Episode 7: Poison in Vain Bug: Yanma, Shelmet, Venipede Dark: Inkay, Spiritomb Dragon: Exeggcute Electric: N/A Fairy: N/A Fire: Cubone Fighting: N/A Flying: Yanma, Zubat Ghost: Spiritomb, Cubone Grass: Exeggcute, Foongus Ground: Palpitoad, Wooper, Shellos, Cubone Ice: N/A Normal: N/A Poison: Foongus, Venipede, Zubat Psychic: Exeggcute, Inkay, Solosis Rock: N/A Steel: N/A Water: Palpitoad, Wooper, Shellos Episode 8: Of Fathers Forgotten Bug: Karrablast, Volbeat, Illumise, Anorith, Cutiefly Dark: Sandile, Eevee, Cacnea, Houndour*, Carvanha* Dragon: N/A Electric: Eevee, A.Geodude, Oricorio Fairy: Eevee, Cutiefly, Comfey, Audino Fighting: Poliwag, Tepig* Fire: Darumaka, Eevee, Tepig*, Oricorio, Houndour* Flying: Chatot, Archen, Oricorio, Pikipek Ghost: Misdreavus, Oricorio Grass: Deerling*, Maractus/Cacnea*, Eevee, Lileep, Chikorita* Ground: Sandile, Baltoy* Ice: Eevee Normal: Deerling*, Chatot, Smeargle, Eevee, Pikipek, Audino Poison: Tentacool Psychic: Bruxish, Eevee, Oricorio, Elgyem, Solrock*, Lunatone* Rock: Kabuto, Omanyte, Lileep, Anorith, Cranidos, Tirtouga/Archen*, Solrock*, Lunatone*, A.Geodude Steel: Karrablast Water: Squirtle*, Basculin, Luvdisc, Poliwag, Eevee, Kabuto, Omanyte, Tirtouga, Bruxish, Clauncher*, Remoraid*, Tentacool Episode 9: Sister's Keeper Bug: Durant Dark: N/A Dragon: N/A Electric: N/A Fairy: N/A Fighting: N/A Fire: N/A Flying: N/A Ghost: N/A Grass: N/A Ground: Hippopotas Ice: N/A Normal: N/A Poison: N/A Psychic: N/A Rock: N/A Steel: Durant Water: N/A Episode 10: Into Darkness Bug: Heracross/Pinsir*, Dewpider Dark: N/A Dragon: N/A Electric: N/A Fairy: Flabebe Fighting: Heracross, Tyrogue, Passimian Fire: Ponyta* Flying: Sigilyph, Pinsir Ghost: N/A Grass: Skiddo* Ground: Mudbray Ice: N/A Normal: Tauros, Bouffalant, Miltank, Girafarig*, Komala, Oranguru Poison: Qwilfish Psychic: Sigilyph, Oranguru, Drowzee* Rock: N/A Steel: N/A Water: Buizel*, Qwilfish, Dewpider, Wishiwashi Episode 11: Out of Light Bug: Silvally-Bug Dark: Sableye, Silvally-Dark Dragon: Axew*, Tyrunt, Silvally-Dragon Electric: Rotom Fairy: Carbink* Fighting: N/A Fire: Litwick*, Cyndaquil* Flying: N/A Ghost: Dhelmise, Sableye, Litwick*, Rotom Grass: Dhelmise Ground: Golett* Ice: Seel* Normal: Lickitung, Type:Null Poison: N/A Psychic: Wynaut, Bronzor*, Abra, Silvally-Psychic Rock: Tyrunt, Roggenrola Steel: N/A Water: Alomomola, Piplup*, Seel* Episode 12: Demarcation Bug: N/A Dark: Absol, Vullaby Dragon: Horsea, Trapinch* Electric: N/A Fairy: Clefairy Fighting: Chespin*, Timburr, Machoke, Hawlucha, Mienfoo Fire: Vulpix* Flying: Rufflet, Hawlucha, Vullaby Ghost: Snorunt Grass: Chespin* Ground: Rhyhorn Ice: Snorunt, Spheal* Normal: Rufflet Poison: N/A Psychic: N/A Rock: Rhyhorn Steel: N/A Water: Horsea, Spheal* Episode 13: Cascade Bug: N/A Dark: Pawniard* Dragon: Druddigon Electric: Magnemite Fairy: Cottonee* Fighting: N/A Fire: Salandit, Silvally-Fire Flying: Starly*, Gligar Ghost: N/A Grass: Cottonee* Ground: Gligar Ice: N/A Normal: Kangaskhan, Munchlax Poison: Salandit Psychic: N/A Rock: N/A Steel: Magnemite Water: Wailmer Episode 14: //outlier.corruption Bug: N/A Dark: N/A Dragon: Drampa Electric: N/A Fairy: A.Vulpix*, Silvally-Fairy Fighting: Riolu, Silvally-Fighting Fire: Magby, Rotom-H Flying: Rotom-F, Silvally-Flying Ghost: Silvally-Ghost Grass: Turtwig*, Rotom-M Ground: Turtwig* Ice: A.Vulpix*, Rotom-C Normal: Drampa Poison: N/A Psychic: N/A Rock: Relicanth Steel: Riolu Water: Relicanth, Clamperl*, Rotom-W Episode 15: Never After Bug: N/A Dark: Sneasel*, A.Grimer Dragon: N/A Electric: N/A Fairy: N/A Fighting: N/A Fire: Fennekin* Flying: N/A Ghost: N/A Grass: Silvally-Grass Ground: N/A Ice: Lapras, Sneasel* Normal: N/A Poison: A.Grimer, Mareanie* Psychic: Fennekin* Rock: N/A Steel: N/A Water: Totodile*, Lapras, Feebas, Mareanie*, Silvally-Water Episode 16: A City, Reborn Bug: Wimpod, Grubbin*, Joltik* Dark: N/A Dragon: Treecko*, Charmander* Electric: Grubbin*, Joltik*, Silvally-Electric Fairy: Klefki, Popplio*, Ralts, Mime Jr.* Fighting: Ralts Fire: Charmander*, Torkoal Flying: Charmander*, Aerodactyl, Wingull Ghost: N/A Grass: Treecko* Ground: Mudkip*, Drilbur Ice: Shellder Normal: N/A Poison: N/A Psychic: Ralts, Beldum, Slowpoke Rock: Aerodactyl, Tirtouga*, Archen* Steel: Klefki, Drilbur, Beldum Water: Mudkip*, Frillish*, Shellder, Slowpoke, Staryu*, Wingull, Popplio*, Wimpod Episode 17: Rust Thicker Than Water Bug: Heracross*, Pinsir* Dark: Litten, Magikarp Dragon: Gible, Goomy Electric: N/A Fairy: Mimikyu, Togepi* Fighting: Chimchar* Fire: Litten*, Chimchar* Flying: Magikarp, Skarmory, Rowlet*, Minior, Togepi* Ghost: Honedge, Mimikyu Grass: Cacturne*, Maractus* Ferroseed, Rowlet*, Bulbasaur* Ground: Gible Ice: Silvally-Ice Normal: N/A Poison: Silvally-Poison Psychic: N/A Rock: Minior Steel: Skarmory, Ferroseed, Honedge, Silvally-Steel Water: Magikarp, Phione, Oshawott* Episode 18: Void-Kissed Bug: Scyther, Larvesta Dark: Larvitar, Deino, Froakie*, Litten* Dragon: Dratini, Bagon, Deino, Jangmo-o, Poipole Electric: N/A Fairy: Marill* Fighting: Torchic*, Jangmo-o Fire: Torchic*, Larvesta, Litten* Flying: Scyther, Dratini, Bagon Ghost: Gastly* Grass: Shroomish*, Snivy* Ground: Larvitar, Silvally-Ground Ice: N/A Normal: Azurill Poison: Gastly*, Poipole Psychic: N/A Rock: Larvitar, Silvally-Rock Steel: Scyther Water: Marill, Froakie*, Oshawott* Episode 19: Pokemon Reborn Prank'd. You can actually obtain every non-legendary Pokemon before Hardy, so you should be able to have caught all non-legendaries of your type by this point. Postgame Tier 1 Bug: N/A Dark: N/A Dragon: N/A Electric: N/A Fairy: N/A Fighting: N/A Fire: N/A Flying: N/A Ghost: N/A Grass: N/A Ground: N/A Ice: N/A Normal: N/A Poison: N/A Psychic: Cresselia Rock: N/A Steel: N/A Water: N/A Postgame Tier 2 Bug: N/A Dark: N/A Dragon: N/A Electric: Zapdos, Raikou Fairy: N/A Fighting: N/A Fire: Moltres, Entei Flying: Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres Ghost: N/A Grass: N/A Ground: N/A Ice: Articuno, Regice Normal: N/A Poison: N/A Psychic: Uxie, Mesprit, Azelf Rock: Regirock Steel: Registeel Water: Suicune Postgame Tier 3 Bug: N/A Dark: Guzzlord Dragon: Guzzlord Electric: Thundurus Fairy: N/A Fighting: Terrakion, Cobalion, Keldeo, Virizion Fire: N/A Flying: Tornadus, Thundurus, Landorus Ghost: N/A Grass: Virizion Ground: Landorus Ice: N/A Normal: Regigigas Poison: N/A Psychic: N/A Rock: Terrakion Steel: Cobalion Water: Keldeo Postgame Tier 4 Bug: N/A Dark: Hoopa-U Dragon: Zygarde-10 Electric: Zeraora Fairy: Magearna Fighting: Meloetta-P Fire: Blacephalon, Victini, Volcanion Flying: N/A Ghost: Blacephalon, Hoopa-C, Misdreavus-Aevian Grass: Celebi, Misdreavus-Aevian Ground: Zygarde-10 Ice: N/A Normal: Meloetta Poison: Nihilego Psychic: Meloetta-A, Hoopa, Celebi, Victini Rock: Nihilego, Stakataka Steel: Magearna, Stakataka Water: Volcanion Postgame Tier 5 Bug: N/A Dark: N/A Dragon: Latias, Latios Electric: Tapu Koko Fairy: Diancie, Tapu Bulu, Tapu Fini, Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele Fighting: N/A Fire: Heatran Flying: N/A Ghost: N/A Grass: Tapu Bulu Ground: N/A Ice: N/A Normal: N/A Poison: N/A Psychic: Latias, Latios, Tapu Lele, Jirachi Rock: Diancie Steel: Jirachi, Heatran Water: Manaphy, Tapu Fini Postgame Tier 6 Bug: Genesect Dark: Darkrai Dragon: Dialga, Palkia Electric: N/A Fairy: N/A Fighting: Marshadow Fire: N/A Flying: Shaymin-S Ghost: Marshadow Grass: Shaymin, Kartana Ground: N/A Ice: N/A Normal: N/A Poison: N/A Psychic: N/A Rock: N/A Steel: Dialga, Genesect, Kartana Water: Palkia Postgame Tier 7 Bug: Buzzwole Dark: N/A Dragon: Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Giratina Electric: Zekrom Fairy: N/A Fighting: Buzzwole Fire: Ho-oh, Reshiram Flying: Celesteela, Ho-oh, Lugia Ghost: Cosmog, Giratina Grass: N/A Ground: N/A Ice: Kyurem Normal: N/A Poison: N/A Psychic: Lugia, Cosmog, Deoxys Rock: N/A Steel: Celesteela, Cosmog Water: N/A Postgame Tier 8 Bug: Pheromosa Dark: Yveltal Dragon: Zygarde-50/100, Rayquaza, Necrozma Electric: Xurkitree Fairy: Xerneas Fighting: Pheromosa, Mewtwo Fire: Groudon Flying: Rayquaza, Yveltal Ghost: Necrozma-DW Grass: N/A Ground: Zygarde-50/100, Groudon Ice: N/A Normal: N/A Poison: N/A Psychic: Mew, Mewtwo, Necrozma Rock: N/A Steel: Necrozma-DM Water: Kyogre Post-Postgame At least for beating the game, with a plate, you can add a legendary to your squad no matter which type you're playing! Bug: Arceus-Bug Dark: Arceus-Dark Dragon: Arceus-Dragon Electric: Arceus-Electric Fairy: Arceus-Fairy Fighting: Arceus-Fighting Fire: Arceus-Fire Flying: Arceus-Flying Ghost: Arceus-Ghost Grass: Arceus-Grass Ground: Arceus-Ground Ice: Arceus-Ice Normal: Arceus Poison: Arceus-Poison Psychic: Arceus-Psychic Rock: Arceus-Rock Steel: Arceus-Steel Water: Arceus-Water Enjoy your monotypes!

~ Excerpts from Patreon ~ ~ Clubs, Corporations, and Corruption ~ It's been a long time since I posted a substantial update on this development blog, so I thought it was time to get everyone here up to speed, and make sure you hadn't completely forgotten about me. Firstly, wow - it's 2021, and I haven't even made a post yet. Although this is late, I really hope everyone had a fantastic holiday season, and that 2021 shapes out to be better than 2020. While 2020 wasn't a great year for most, it was a big year for Desolation - we launched Episode 5, which featured huge upgrades graphically and mechanically, as well as the continuation of the story you know and love. I also got to publicly celebrate bringing Posty, Ruby, and Crim into the team and the future of this project. In 2021, we really hope we can share with you how we've continued to grow this game, and we're really excited for you to try it. Now... I may as well get started... with some percentages, I guess. Pokemon Desolation Episode 6 Development Progress Old Content #################### | Map Updates (45%) #################### | Script Updates (30%) #################### | Misc (25%) -------------------------------------------------- #################### | Total (33%) New Content: #################### | Story (40%) #################### | Mapping (55%) #################### | Scripting (40%) #################### | Sidequests (40%) -------------------------------------------------- #################### | Total (44%) I never really updated these bars, so I thought it might be good to get some grey out of the picture. Development is going about as smoothly as I could hope, all things considered, and we've made some great progress recently. Our personal release window still hasn't changed (I mean, it's ready when it's ready hehe ;]), which is all I can really hope for. I won't blabber on about that stuff, because I'm sure you guys just want to see some screenshots, art, and features... so let's move on, shall we? Aurora WIP by Ruby I'll kick things off with a quick look at one of the most important pillars of Cellia East... its sprawling nightlife. ~ Clubs ~ The holiday seasons has passed, but there's no shame in getting your groove on! The renowned nightlife of Cellia East comes in all shapes and forms, and if you want to party, there's no better place to do so than at Bar 101, Cellia East's exclusive nightclub. Don't let that deter you, though... there's other places you can party in Cellia... The nightclub is a great place to show off some moves, or even see some other characters pull some stunts, but it's also more than that. The nightclub acts as a hub where you can interact with some of the other characters of Desolation in a more informal setting. After all, the characters we all love need to loosen up eventually. Be it at the bar, in the VIP areas, or on the dancefloor... there's always someone to hang out with. You might fight yourself at the club quite frequently in the coming episode... ~ Corporations and Corruption ~ Cellia East, and the wider Cellia, is mostly looked after by the Cellia Council, located in Cellia East. This is an assortment of legal, structural, and research teams that look to improve the lives of those who live in Cellia. However, it's increasingly difficult to look after these citizens in the wake of the economic crisis left by the Foxes, particularly on the rebuilding Cellia North. The council itself has fallen on particularly tough times, and its ability to fund initiatives within the city has been cut short. This particularly harms the Research and Development Team... who may have to resort to other means to get the money they need for their research... Which is of course, a situation you might find yourself caught up in. Do remember... you don't always have to do the right thing, at least not in Cellia East. ~ Looking back ~ In developing this future content, there's nothing wrong with looking back at what you've done, and figuring out exactly where to improve things. For Desolation, there's some obvious points. For now, I wanted to share with you an update on the cruise ship that was meant to take you to Cellia in the first place. It is no secret that the graphical elements of this entire sequence were pretty outdated, which is why we've put a lot of effort into remaking this entire area from scratch, so players can feel the work our artists have put into the game from the get-go, instead of waiting for newer episode content. Here's a sneak peek: I've got to admit, even as a WIP it's a massive improvement to what things looked like before. Maybe you could even go for a swim. There's a lot of interior work going on as well, although I'm under specific instruction from Posty (who is pioneering the remake of the boat maps) to leave more of that for later. Anyway, I'm sure you get the idea. We're aiming for a massive upgrade of this area overall, to back up upgrades to other earlier areas, like the Keneph Beach. We're really looking forward to you guys playing through these areas! ------------------------ To wrap up - this is just a little peek at what's to come. I've been working on a ton of spoiler-ridden story content lately, which has made updates require a little more... savvy. As I develop these new areas and ideas, I really want to expand them to a point where they really fit into the world of Cellia East. It's a lengthy process, but I'm just so incredibly excited about Cellia East that I want it to be perfect. There's a lot of different beats that are being worked on simultaneously. It's no secret at this point that Episode 6 is the largest undertaking we've had, and it's an enormous amount of work. However, it isn't insurmountable, and I'm excited about where things are heading. This year is going to be Desolation's biggest, and we can't wait for everyone to see what's next! Cheers Caz Note: The majority of this content is from Patreon - if you'd really like to support us and what we do, you can do so there <3

Q&A about a potential Beta for my game: There is no beta and there won't be a beta. If I'm going to release a game, I want it to be fully playable. So, the only time anyone will be able to play the game, is when it is 100% finished. I appreciate everyone's respect for my game, but, you will have to bide your patience, for at least another year or so, because this stuff takes time. I'm only 1 guy, and I have to pay for a lot of the stuff that's in my game. Which is up there in the 5 digit's range of money spent on this game. Greetings Pokemon fans! I am sure you are all wondering, "What is Pokemon Symphonic Horizon, and what is with the name?" Simply put: This is a game that has been in the works for a few years now, but I never really had it see the public's eye until now. As for the name, the Symphonic part of the name is to highlight the game's mystic and ominous tone, while the Horizon part symbolizes the vastness and adventure like feel to the game. Pokemon Symphonic Horizon is primarily story based, and will have you talk to characters for a good several minutes, to learn that characters backstory or just to understand their personalities. I wanted to have a game feel like a proper RPG, and capture the feeling of emotion, especially since my game's main thing is its tone. This is not a traditional Pokemon game as one would think; there are gym battles, but they are not the center piece of the story, also the game is mainly tied to a story, as I previously mentioned. I mainly wanted to create something that wasn't the same old Pokemon game that has been done a thousand times over. Instead, I wanted to portray the game with as much characterization, and personality as possible. The overarching tone of the game was meant to portray a feeling of emotion, and make the player feel what the characters are feeling. This isn't a game where you play as an avatar of yourself, but rather these characters are their own person. Which, shows at the beginning since you are not able to rename your main character or anyone else for that matter; they are ingrained into their personality, and that is what I set out to achieve. Story Anime Animation Title Screen Vice Braving Age: 16 - Pokemon Symphonic Horizon Age: 18 - Pokemon Symphonic Horizon 2: Dawn of a New World Quotes Marissa Brennan Age: 3 - Pokemon Symphonic Horizon: Verdant Tales {End of the Road Arc} Age: 14 - Pokemon Symphonic Horizon Age: 16 - Pokemon Symphonic Horizon 2: Dawn of a New World Vivian Vance Age: 2 - Pokemon Symphonic Horizon: Verdant Tales {Nero's Disappearance Arc} Age: 6 - Pokemon Symphonic Horizon: Verdant Tales {End of the Road Arc} Age: 16 - Pokemon Symphonic Horizon Age: 18 - Pokemon Symphonic Horizon 2: Dawn of a New World Krista Harper Age: 16 - Pokemon Symphonic Horizon Age: 18 - Pokemon Symphonic Horizon 2: Dawn of a New World Hiro Monochroma Age: 1 - Pokemon Symphonic Horizon: Verdant Tales {Nero's Disappearance Arc} Age: 5 - Pokemon Symphonic Horizon: Verdant Tales {End of the Road Arc} Age: 15 - Pokemon Symphonic Horizon Age: 17 - Pokemon Symphonic Horizon 2: Dawn of a New World Allan Monochroma Age: 2 - Pokemon Symphonic Horizon: Verdant Tales {Nero's Disappearance Arc} Age: 6 - Pokemon Symphonic Horizon: Verdant Tales {End of the Road Arc} Age: 16 - Pokemon Symphonic Horizon Age: 18 - Pokemon Symphonic Horizon 2: Dawn of a New World Things That Are In My Game Variable Trainer System - You are able to use all 6 of the playable main characters throughout the game. They all utilize their own team of Pokemon and MUST be trained, or else. This script is fundamentally what makes my game what it is, and is the primary aspect of my game's plot, gameplay, and everything! (Unique Script) Day/Night System - This provides a day to night function like most Pokemon fan games nowadays. Encouragement System - This script is complicated and is used in conjunction with the Variable Trainer System, and allows for your Pokemon to get a voice of encouragement from one of the other characters that can boost one of your Pokemon's stats based on unfavorable circumstances. (Unique Script) Jumping - Marissa's exclusive acrobatic abilities used to help navigate otherwise impossible terrain. Multiple Continents to explore - Not like Regions, it is all one region, but separated into four different continents, making this one of the hugest Pokemon games that spans one region! See Region map here: Unlockable Costumes - And no to anyone who thinks that this is Trainer Customization, it is not that. This basically allows for you to unlock pre-set costumes at certain points in the game, along with side quests, and change into them at any point when unlocked. SUPER HUGE SAFARI ZONE! - Basically at the Southern Continent of Lumia, half of the continent is a Safari Zone. That in itself is enormous, and totally explorable. TM Compatibility List - Just like in Gen 6 where there is a list of compatibilites that TM's will have when you are buying them from a vendor at a store. Gen 6 Moves and Abilities - It utilizes the Gen 6 Project and all it's features. Pokemon World Tournament - Just like from Gen 5 BW2 this includes the World Tournament, or as I like to call it: The Battle Colosseum, where you go up the ranks and challenge all the leaders, and Champions! However, the Champions have to be unlocked after you complete certain side-quests. Anime Style Cutscenes - I know what you are also gonna say, "OMG, BUT ISN'T THAT HARD TO DO!?" Yes, and no. If you know the right people, and have the money and want to murder your wallet, than no it is not that hard. There are scenes in the game where there are short 5-10 second long cutscenes of anime stylized animation, and trust me, a lot of them weren't cheap :L My poor wallet OTL Very Secret Thing That I Cannot Actually Mention Yet - It is a secret for the time being. *Puts on shades and casually walks away* EV/IV System - This is for the really anal-retentive people who really love to see their EV's and IV's Wonder Trade - Everybody's favorite its Wonder Tra- oh. Mega Evolution - Who honestly doesn't know what this is? JK, but there is Mega Evolution, and it is awesome. Riding Pokemon - Yup, but only specific Pokemon, i.e. Zebstrika and Gogoat Character Abilities - Yup, this time around the main Characters now have their own abilities that can be used in battle and in the overworld. I have the abilities for the characters listed up above. Vast Postgame - After the main storyline is finished, you have the choice of re-battling the final boss or exploring Lumia for more secrets, side-quests, and Legendary Pokemon that weren't capable of being caught during the main game. Custom Moves - I have created several new original moves with their own new animations, example being Mist Blades for Greninja. 100+ TM's - YUP, even more TM's for you to sink your teeth into! Things That Aren't Going To Be in My Game Multiple Regions - I am not really a huge fan of multiple regions, especially for a story driven Pokemon Game. I mainly wanted the focus to be ON the Lumia Region and the crisis that it is undergoing, having another region added into the game would only get in the way of the plot, and that is what we call in the Writing Industry as "PADDING" and you don't want that for a primarily story driven game focused on the main region of the game. The Usual Pokemon Storyline - I wanted to make a Pokemon game that made you not go through the many things that have already been done with other Pokemon game, instead I wanted mine to feel more like an RPG where you actually stop, listen to your partners talk and let the story unfold, and have a very engaging plot that isn't focused on just getting 8 badges and fighting the Elite Four. Nuzlockeability - I know I probably just alienated a lot of people by saying that, but there is no way that you can nuzlocke this game, given that you CANNOT remove the Signature Main Pokemon of each Character. For example: Vice cannot remove Eevee from his team until you finish all of the post-game content. Vivian cannot remove Shaymin from her party. Hiro cannot remove Dialga, etc. Not only that, but the structure and just the general nature of my game basically makes it impossible to nuzlocke, since my game is also VERY non-traditional. Traditional Pokemon Starter Obtaining - Yeah, basically each character starts out with their own unique Pokemon, such Vice starting out with Eevee. However, he finds the Eevee locked inside of a sealed item box near a grave, so take that for what you will. Skit Conversations! See videos below Region Map VIDEOS!! Credits (most of these people I don't even use, I just remember making a list and they ended up in the document of credits XD) Maruno - Pokemon Essentials Luka S.J. Elite Battle Script Rialynarts - Art Designer WesleyFG =zerudez UltimoSpriter 0NegaXFMP0 Heavy-Metal-Lover TyranitarDark Alucus, Alistair, Calis projects and/or Kyledove UltimoSpriter Rossay Alstair and PHO Rayquaza zetavares852 robie392 Celiana ThatsSoWitty LotusKing MoonTIK BoOmxBiG EVoLiNa chimcharsfireworkd Minorthreat0987 WilsonScarloxy 0NegaXFMP0 Dewity zetavares852 AshnixsLaw Yani-kurai Alucus spaceemotion LogiedanT-T Aigue--marine

~ Excerpts from Patreon ~ ~ Third Act ~ Hey everyone! Just thought I'd check in with you all in a super quick update. There's not much spoiler-free stuff to report on today, so I'll keep it super brief. To start with, here's this little graphic that gives everyone a bit of reassurance that things are ticking along... Old Content #################### | Map Updates (70%) #################### | Script Updates (50%) #################### | Misc (50%) -------------------------------------------------- #################### | Total (57%) New Content: #################### | Story (55%) #################### | Mapping (70%) #################### | Scripting (50%) #################### | Sidequests (50%) -------------------------------------------------- #################### | Total (56%) Eventually this thing will be finished up. Otherwise, things are coming along slowly, but definitely getting there. In the meantime, here's a wee snippet of something Ruby has been working on: Okay, this one is pretty fun. I recently played through Crisis Core: FFVII and noticed that they concluded significant events in a really cool way - using a stylized snippet from the previous events that really help you reflect on everything that's just happened. I thought this would be an excellent feature, and with Ruby's skill and our own self-moderation, we planned exactly how this would play out in-game. Each 'Act' in the game is actually very long, and there are only a total of three Act screens thus far. For example, the first act begins after the events on the boat, and is only completed after the events that transpire shortly after Emily is defeated. These screens, therefore, signify a short segment to sit back and reflect when truly story-altering events have just occurred. We've had a lot of fun with these, and I'm sure you will too. As it stands, I'd say that Ruby is about 75% done with these (although this is completely a guess as, surprisingly, Ruby and I are not the same people), so there's definitely some cause for excitement. Again, show her some love - it's so cool for me to see these characters bought to life in such a dynamic way, and it's one of the things that really gets me motivated. Here are some maps that Posty has worked on recently from the prison area, just to illustrate some of his work. They're a WIP, and will have some additions soon: Anyway, that's it for today! Apologies that it's a bit of a short update. I've been working heavily on story, which I try to keep pretty separate from these updates. Thanks for stopping by, we'll be back soon! Caz

~ Excerpts from Patreon ~ ~ Justice is Served ~ Hey Reborn, it's been a good ol' month, so we are BACK at it. I hope everyone enjoyed the stream we conducted over on the Reborn server some time ago - we had a load of fun with that. We've also just had a load of fun in general on development for this month, so without further ado... let's get started! As the developers, we've really been doing the time this month when it comes to bringing this game to life just a tad more. So, to repay you, the fans, we thought you'd do the time too... in prison. Episode 6 drops you into the midst of Cellia East, a sprawling developmental marvel of Cellia that features the best the city has to offer... but not everything is perfect on that side of town, as it also features two other locations that are somewhat less welcoming - the Cellia Dockside and Cellia Outskirts. These locations serve to temper out Cellia East the slightest bit and let you know that the foundation of every beautiful location in this game has, at its core, a sinister undertone. The Foxes? Team Crescent? Or more? For now, it's hard to say what's unfolding on this side of town. Whatever the case, something in this town is not as it seems... It might feel like Cellia East keeps increasing in scale to the point where it'd be the largest city content drop of any episode... and that feeling would be right. Cellia East is doubtlessly the most ambitious cityscape that I've built, and seeing everything fit together so well is truly satisfying. Within the heart of the Cellia Outskirts, you'll find the Cellia Prison. How, or why, you end up here... is up for debate. Whatever the case, it looks like when Episode 6 drops, we'll all be doing some time here. It's not so bad, really. For now, that's it from me. Cheers again for the support, and we'll be in touch soon! Caz

~ A Quick Update ~ Oh, hey. It's me... posting non-Patreon excerpts? What a crazy time we live in. Guess we really are in 2023, huh? Anyway, belated happy holidays everyone! I hope everyone managed to squeeze some much needed time off to catch up with their friends and family. I know I certainly did! Now, I'm sure you're all here ready for me to announce when we're planning on releasing Desolation to the community - I know it's been in high demand, and I know that you guys have been waiting a LONG time for it. So... without further ado, let me get you all up to speed. To be clear, we have completed alpha testing and are currently about half-way through beta testing. After that period, we will need to tidy some things up to get the Episode ready for launch for the rest of you guys. As for timeframes, we're aiming for the next 2-3 weeks. I hesitate to give you guys an exact release date as, of course, things can change, but we're very, very close. Here's some bloopers just to keep you going: Finally, before I go, I just want to give a quick shoutout to Darius' Youtube channel! He will soon be posting his work on the game's soundtrack there for you to check out just before E6's release, so stay tuned! His channel can be found here! We've worked really hard to reach this point, and I am so grateful to everyone that has worked on this episode, including the team themselves, reborn/rejuv devs for helping out, as well as testers themselves. We wouldn't have pulled this off without you guys. Almost there! Cheers, Caz

~ These are excerpts from a post on our Patreon - you can find the full post there ~ ~ Tales from the Testing Trenches ~ Hey everyone! Welcome to the end of November (well mid December now...), and therefore, the start of the last chapter of 2022! This is a very exciting time of year for the Deso team. For us, we are deep into the alpha testing process, and getting the game ready for beta/early access. It's almost there, actually... I myself have just graduated from medical school, and am taking a short break from development during the games early alpha stages, as this will be the one short vacation I probably get in the next few years. I'm basically writing this update from somewhere in rural Italy. Anyway. Don’t worry - this will not delay the release date or anything - Posty has been truly excellent at running things in my stead. Now, we are currently eyeing an early access/beta release date later this month for our Delphinium tier and above supporters, but this will be dependent on us being satisfied that the game is to a level of polish that we are proud of. That means that we need to have resolved most bugs, and will not kick off early access until this is done. While you’re waiting on that, however, I have a few small tidbits to share with you. Firstly, I will discuss Yumil’s amazing new Battle Reactions system in some more detail, and then I will let Posty tell you some tales from the testing trenches. Battle Reactions Yumil actually completed the first iteration of a Battle Reactions system a couple of years ago, when he first joined the team. Since then, the foundations of the game were completely remade from scratch, and things had to change. Despite that, the reactions are back, and they’re here to stay. The system essentially works as follows: “Boss” battles will now “record” your battle against them, and make certain comments based off your actions, or how well certain members of your team did during the battle. Reactions then display as dialogue following the battle. These can include your winning margin, such as varying comments for if you win 6-0, 4-0, or if it is a close battle, as well as comments on which of your team performed the best, or comments on which moves you spammed and many more! There are numerous reactions that trainers have, and almost all major boss fights have this system incorporated to some degree. For E6, these reactions are purely in the form of additional dialogue. However, we have created and tested functions that are a bit more complicated, such as the possibility of items, new 'mons, or even possible manor decorations being given if certain outcomes are met. These will be something that we explore in E7, but for now, just know that these reactions exist. Now then, let's hear from Posty, who is currently leading the charge on the alpha testing process... Tales from the Trenches Howdy Folks! It’s the one and only postman delivering some latest news regarding the state that Desolation is currently in. To start off with some big news… Desolation is now currently in Alpha Testing! Yes that’s right, we have finally gathered the community’s FINEST specimens to be our test subjects and run through the broken shards that is the game to make sure the game is bug-free! This ain’t an easy task, filled with crashes, weird little glitches, Aaron appearing from outta nowhere, alpha testing is a huge task and we appreciate all our testers for wanting to help us out! Some of our testers are testing older E5 saves, while others are starting out fresh, so by the time beta comes around, it should be a far smoother experience than what some of our alpha testers have already faced. Of course some things will slip through the cracks, and since we are now on a newer engine with a whole new codebase (which we share with Reborn and Rejuvenation!), we’ll most likely miss some stuff, so we still need people to report bugs. With that in mind, alpha testing will be lasting a few weeks and then we’ll look to move into the next stage of testing. With Caz away on vacation right now, I have been the one leading the charge with alpha testing, so it has definitely been a new experience for me. But rest assured we haven’t crashed and burned yet, haha… Anyways, to finish off this segment, have a few bloopers from our alpha testing and what we have experienced thus far with absolutely no context whatsoever! And with that, I’m out :] Now, back to Caz! -Posty And that about covers it from us! As I said, the team is deeply rooted in alpha testing trying to iron everything out. We are aiming for a late December early access release/beta for our Delphinium and above supporters over at Patreon, and the community will have it after that portion of testing is complete, but please bear in mind that any timeframes we offer are subject to the number of bugs that continue to appear. Nothing is set in stone, but I’ll keep everyone posted. Finally, for full transparency about early access - it will ONLY be available to those who are subscribed to the Delphinium supporter tier BEFORE early access goes live. Not during, and not after. This is to maintain a level of fairness towards our current supporters, many of which have been around for quite some time. Now, just before I leave... here is a snippet of the alternate cover art for E6! What any of this means, however, well... we'll leave that for you to decide! It's not long until you find out for yourself! If you'd like to see the full cover art, as well as more updates, please check out our Patreon! Cheers, Caz

~ These are excerpts from a post on our Patreon - you can find the full post there ~ ~ Off The Road, Through The Bush... ~ Hey everyone! Welcome back to my monthly essay - hope you guys are pumped for what's to come. This month really sped by, that's for sure. It feels like no time has passed at all since we announced Artem, as well as the rest of last month's content. For us, we've certainly been on the grind lately with development work. We're very excited for the next few months - that is, finishing the game, testing, release, and really seeing the fruits of our labor all come together. However, there are still a number of steps that need to happen before that, so let's just take it one step at a time, and start with this update, yeah? This update will cover my progress on the story, as well as some sneak peeks and artistic insight from Ruby, followed, as usual, by a fantastic track created by our composer, Darius. Let's get into it! Testing will be starting sometime in the near future - if you want to play the game early through the alpha, be sure to check out our Patreon! To start with, here are some bars (tm) _________________________________________________________________ Pokemon Desolation Episode 6 Development Progress Old Content #################### | Map Updates (95%) #################### | Script Updates (85%) #################### | Misc (85%) -------------------------------------------------- #################### | Total (89%) New Content: #################### | Story (95%) #################### | Mapping (98%) #################### | Scripting (85%) #################### | Sidequests (95%) -------------------------------------------------- #################### | Total (93%) _________________________________________________________________ The Great Outdoors So - to begin, I am in the midst of finishing up the final areas of the game and wrapping up the story. It's been a long time coming, but I'm super proud! The mapping for these areas is now entirely complete, which is a fantastic milestone because, as you may have noticed from our progress indicators, we map, event, and develop each area in turn, rather than just mapping everything at once - which should indicate how close we now are! After these last events are completed, there will be a generous list of miscellaneous things to complete before we are ready for testing - but it's not entirely clear how long these things will take. Obviously, it'll take some time, so please, bear with us! With that out of the way, let's get a breath of fresh air and check out some of the episode's new outdoor areas! These areas, with full transparency, are on one of the game's new islands - Arcanius - where we will certainly spend some time over future episodes. Let's showcase a few areas here, yeah? This is a screenshot from Sunshell Town, one of the new areas you'll be able to access in Episode 6. This is a small seaside town that we have shown in a previous update - but now the area is more developed, and this screenshot is taken at night. Crim has done a fantastic job with the graphical elements of this area, and Posty worked meticulously to put as much great content as he could into this wee town. I'm really proud of the work they did for this area. This screenshot is from an outdoor route that you will traverse in Episode 6. Once again, the screenshot is taken at night. Posty and Crim did a fantastic job here giving this area its own unique identity. I wonder what kind of story will unfold here? Finally, these next few screenshots are from another area in E6 that we've recently finalized and packed full of content, and I'm really happy with how it's worked out. I won't reveal the name of this area, or that "content", but you simply need to know that the team is super proud of it, 'aight. This area has an electric-type theme to it, so we've really gone all-in with the blue and the bright colors amongst the fog. Hats off to Crim for doing the majority of the work here - it's turned out great and I'm excited to see you guys explore it soon (tm). Now, obviously, this is a fair smattering of new outdoor areas for you to explore, as well as the endless city jungle that is Cellia East. We haven't entirely shifted outdoors, however... as the most hidden secrets in Arcanius aren't exactly out in the open, waiting to be found... #*#&%*%$*( $#&#$&#&#&$*($*(*($ #(&*$&($*&($(*(#$*(*()#(#( > Are you sure, really sure? We can't afford to mess this up again. > I have never been more so. This is our destiny, after all. > And can we control it? > Of course. Why would you ever doubt me? > Something that powerful can't come for free. At the very least, she taught me that. > I don't play with chance, not anymore. You have nothing to fear. > And if you're wrong? > Hmph... when have I ever been wrong? #(&*$&($*&($(*(#$*(*()#(#( $#&#$&#&#&$*($*(*($ #*#&%*%$*( So, that'll more or less conclude my contributions to this update. Now then... let's involve some of the gang, yeah? The Clinical Director of Ruby's Plastic Surgery Clinic - Ruby herself: Ok, this place really needs its own name, anyway: "Yooo it's me Ruby with my first little explanation post thingy? idk what these are called lol I just wanna get a word out B) Hope y'all are doing well! You might've noticed I've been doing a massive overhaul of the old E5 sprites, and that has a big reason behind it more than just general polish. During development for E5 my art style was starting to change since having the same style for around 5-6 years (thanks to demon slayer kimetsu no yaiba I have learned to embrace the typical weeb anime style when it was much different lol ). It's been 2 years since E5 now and my style has fully changed from what it used to be 3 years ago, making me very unhappy with my older work and the style I made them in. I'm happy with my style now so I don't see or want any dramatic change in the future (besides upping my skills ;D) so no need to worry about that hehe, I promise this won't become an episodic thing of massive overhauls due to the reason stated a second earlier. I can attest to the fact that the others will physically come to my apartment and restrain me if I even dare think of another overhaul like this in the near future lmao. Anyway, with that out of the way and off my chest, maps! in E6 y'all will get to explore a map made by yours truly~ It's my first map in general and one that I made all the tiles for successfully without lying in the dirt and wishing the earth to reclaim me. Before Crim was brought on the team, for E5 I did very little tile work and only did a few things for E6 here and there, until now. I had earlier knowledge of mapping from just messing around in RPG maker for fun a while before coming on the team, so I knew the ins and outs already (and I was the one to teach Posty >;D ). I'm pleased to have my role expand to be able to help Crim, and to make the game environment more unique alongside her work! I'm really looking forward to your reactions and seeing if any of you can guess what map I made! ehehe ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)" Speaking of Ruby's stylistic evolution - let's see how some more of our characters have fared, yeah? This month, we're featuring Scarlett, Aaron, Ava, Aurora, Emily, and Rosetta. You can see that Ruby has really had her work cut out for her, and we're super grateful - just look at the results! I spend every update rambling on about how grateful I am to have Ruby dedicate so much time to these characters - but it should be obvious to everyone why, they look fantastic. I'm so excited to see everyone get to interact with the whole gang again next episode - we're almost there! Now, there's certainly more... well, novel character creations from Ruby, but we've decided to save the first major reveal for next month's update - so stay tuned... that'll be a biggie! DJ Darius... another one Darius is back to share another track used in E6 of Desolation. As I often say, Darius is more or less a prodigy when it comes to this, so I'm super grateful to have him on the team - in my opinion, the best is yet to come - trust me, you'll see what I mean when you get to play! Heads up that Darius shares two tracks this month over on our Patreon! Let's hear DJ Darius describe the meaning behind the music himself, yeah? Remember, you can just click the name of the track to have a listen! ~ Garret's Theme ~ you can click on the hyperlink above to listen to the track! "Garret's theme: Garret is an interesting character because of how "liberally" he views the laws of Cellia city. He was a tough character to write for and I went through several iterations before Caz and the team found one they were happy with. Boasting overdrive and distortion guitars, Garret's theme is meant to hit hard and overwhelm with persistent percussion. This theme takes inspiration from quite a few different sources: From Chopin's Waltz in C# Minor to Pokemon BW2's Lentimas Town to "Jersey Anniversary" on YouTube to Astor Piazzola's Libertango. It's a mashup of themes and genres because Garret's a mashup of emotions and a complex character: calm, cool, and collected when he's talking with the gang or giving orders to his goons, and brash, fierce, and strong in battle or when facing against the Black Foxes. One cool feature about this track is that the percussion/drumset that you hear throughout is actually ripped from Pokemon HGSS, and the guitars are taken from Cyrus' theme in Pokemon DPPT." Now, that more or less concludes this update. In terms of a few housekeeping items and clarifications: 1) Yes, we're close to finishing E6 development. Thank god. 2) We don't know exactly when we will begin testing, nor do we know when we will release. We're optimistic, but I'm sure you can appreciate that we will have a better and more concrete timeframe when we're a touuuuch closer to release. 3) Yes, patrons of the Delphinium tier or above WILL be part of beta testing experience - HYPE! I can't wait to see all of your reactions. If you're keen to play the game earlier, our Patreon can be found here. It's been a long journey, but we're almost there. Until next time, Caz

Hey, so it's been a while and I realize there hasn't been many updates on what's going on, so I'm writing this up to shed some light. A sort of mini Q&A. Why is development slower than usual? - TL:DR, I've been in a pretty poor spot health-wise, which has resulted in me barely working on the game. Motivation and energy are very low right now so it's hard to do more than one or two events a day. I'm trying to do as much as I can, but I ask that you be patient with me during this cycle. I'll get back into the groove of things sooner or later. Why is this thread locked? - I don't necessarily like this thread being locked, but based off previous threads eventually turning into nothing but off-topic conversations, posts that say nothing but "x% hype!!", and the occasional impatient user asking why such and such isn't out yet, I've decided that this is the best course of action, at least for now. It also makes archiving and viewing posts much easier. Even if development is slow, don't you have something to show? - So, you're right, I do have things to show, and I will admit, a downside to this thread being locked is that I don't have a reason to check it unless significant progress has been made, and as such a lot of the juicier updates are posted on my Patreon. I've neglected this thread quite a bit, and that's why I'm writing up this post right now. I have to make more of a conscious effort to update the public whenever I can. Soooooo, from now on, one week after a post has been made on Patreon, I will then update everyone on here. I have exciting things to share with you, but I don't want to just text dump after doing this mini Q&A... So I'll leave you with this.

Important note: the download links in this thread are the only official download links and the only ones that can be trusted to be up to date. There are other game-hosting sites that made their own custom download links of Spork without my knowledge or permission, and those links are outdated. Some of them are older versions of episode 8, and some of them are episode 4.5. I've had people message me thinking they were stuck because they downloaded years-old episodes from one of those sites. STORY You and your big sister, Emily, are on vacation in the Ceolis region. Although both of you already have a Pokemon, they've just been pets for you up until now and so neither you or Emily have ever battled before. Along with exploring the region, you and Emily decide to try out the Ceolis League and test each others' skills along the way. Sometimes, you'll cross paths with an organization called Team Portal. Team Portal has a leader, three admins, and an army of agents. The admins are Barker, Felicia, and Quinn. Barker's areas are business and physical labor. Felicia is a magician. Quinn handles water-related missions. The leader's identity as well as Team Portal's objective are for you to discover on your own as you play the game, so I won't mention those here. I will mention that Team Portal isn't an "evil" team, as the concept of evil doesn't exist in the Spork universe. Not even their leader approves of their actions, but they don't think they have any other way of achieving their goal. During your adventure, you'll come across a species of beings called Sea Stars that aren't human or Pokemon. They were the first inhabitants of Ceolis and have their own society. The region is named after one of them; Ceolis became the Champion after the Pokemon League was first established. However, at the start of the game, his whereabouts have been unknown, and he resigned from being Champion just before the last time he was seen. The story is more lighthearted than most fangames as well as the canon games. Death does not exist here. That doesn't just mean that no characters will die, it also means death literally isn't something that happens to people or Pokemon. Ceolis has 18 Gyms, one for each type. There are no level caps or field effects. While the main story and postgame are complete, the game is still updated regularly with revamps, bug fixes, and other various improvements. FEATURES -Can choose any first-form Pokemon as your starter (including standalone Pokemon that don't evolve and legendaries) -In addition to the EV/IV screen on Pokemons' summary pages, there are also EV training centers with rooms for each stat. There are three of these in Ceolis. The first one has Pokemon that give 1 EV in their respective stat, the second give 2, and the third give 3. -Holiday Pokemon that you can turn into and access exclusive areas (4 total) -You can sing and join an idol group in the postgame -Eeveelution Zodiac: at the False Fortunes tent in the town where the 3rd gym is, you can choose a birth month. Each birth month is associated with Eevee or an Eeveelution and provides different overworld benefits -Battle Frontier. There are five facilities total. The Battle Tower and Battle Factory are among them, and the other three are new. -Sidequest areas similar to Rejuvenation's help centers and Desolation's rangers' guilds. There are five total. Each has its own theme. There's the Ranger HQ, Police Station, Pokemon Research Institute, Help Section in the Sea Star Society, and a fifth which contains major postgame spoilers. -An NPC who can teach any type of Hidden Power to a Pokemon (available at an area between the 7th and 8th gym) -All Pokemon have max happiness by default -can turn debug mode on and off by speaking to a tree in Pokemon Centers -changed gender mechanics: infatuation and the move Captivate work on all genders (including genderless Pokemon) unless they're immune like through the Oblivious ability all Combee and Salandit are female for evolution convenience both male and female Kirlia can evolve into Gallade, and both male and female Snorunt can evolve into Froslass Pokemon can breed with Pokemon of the same gender SCREENSHOTS EPISODE 8 DOWNLOAD LINK Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dM3LZhlVfzw6CMwJ1hSKK2gA57fwNlr1/view Mediafire: http://www.mediafire.com/file/w8bdb6j8ltoqjt8/Spork_8.zip/file A wild Pokemon availability list is included in the game's folder. DELICIA'S DELICIOUS DREAMLAND Delicia's Delicious Dreamland is a sidegame focused on Delicia and Felicia that takes place years before the start of Pokemon Spork. In addition to other events, Delicia's Delicious Dreamland shows: -Delicia meeting her first three Pokemon and making her start as a trainer -Felicia performing her first magic show -How Felicia and Delicia ended up joining Team Portal SCREENSHOTS DELICIA'S DELICIOUS DREAMLAND DOWNLOAD LINK Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lzle0Jtj9-JlB7lwdGAP73Hai04-29zw/view Mediafire: http://www.mediafire.com/file/mzo6e6mh57ea7vb/Delicias_Delicious_Dreamland.zip/file

https://bigjra.github.io/rejuvenation/ Update, Nov 7 2024: Hi everyone, BIGJRA here. I'm excited to announce that I lied about that the walkthrough was not going to updated for V13.5... as I have completed the walkthrough through all of the game's current content! You can access the new version as usual on my site: . As I am just one guy playing through an utterly massive game there are bound to be things I missed, so I kindly ask that any mistakes you observe while playing and using the walkthrough are reported to me. I made a discord server earlier this year that you can join for more frequent updates and discussion - a link to it is on the site's banner. More details and a look inside the making of this walkthrough will be posted in the discord if you are curious. Cheers and enjoy! A link to a discord for discussion and collaboration: https://discord.gg/3r83avH4sv

A little bit overdue for this one. I think I've gotten far enough with my prep work that allows this thread to go up! So what's there to expect with v13.5? +Updated Gen 8 DLC moves/movesets +DLC mon inclusions. (Galarian Slowpoke, etc.) +New Sidequests. +Small main story addition +Quality of Life additions. +New Aevian forms. +And more! Of course, all of this will be elaborated on in future posts, but for now I'll let these marinate in your minds for now.

~ These are excerpts from a post on our Patreon - you can find the full post there ~ ~ Who said you can't change the past? ~ Welcome back to this month's update, where we rewrite history. Well, at least the history for this game. In my opinion, this month has doubtlessly been the most productive, grindy month of E6's development. It's been a lot, that's for sure. This update will feature an in-depth look at early game area remakes, Ruby's idea processes being these graphical advancements, and of course, some tunes by Darius' to keep you interested while you read through. Let's get underway, shall we? For completion, here's some bars. I need to highlight however that, due to our plans for past content changing dramatically this month - these bars don't really resemble what kind of work was done. _________________________________________________________________ Pokemon Desolation Episode 6 Development Progress Old Content #################### | Map Updates (99%) #################### | Script Updates (90%) #################### | Past Episode Remasters (80%) #################### | Misc (95%) -------------------------------------------------- New Content: #################### | Story (95%) #################### | Mapping (98%) #################### | Scripting (90%) #################### | Sidequests (100%) -------------------------------------------------- #################### | Total (95%) _________________________________________________________________ Now, let's get started on the real update... A Fresh Start Last month was of course a huge milestone for us, as we ticked off the final side-quest of the episode. As I have iterated on numerous occasions, it was imperative for me to find ways to reward exploration in a more open landscape for this episode, and thus it was important to create numerous engaging, yet concise stories throughout both Cellia and wider Ayrith. This episode has really helped me sharpen my story-writing skills overall, which leads us to, well... an interesting and very intense month of development. The next task on my to-do list was to trawl through the early game and make improvements to the dialogue, the events, and the overall flow of the story. So it was obviously time to get started on a new save, right? I loaded up the game, picked my character, and started a new adventure. And, well... that didn't last for very long. Whether the quality of the early game simply wasn't that great by any standards, or if it's just that my personal standards have risen substantially, it didn't take me long to realize that the early-game just wasn't working for me anymore. A simple re-tool was not going to be enough to reach the quality threshold I'm aiming for. Thus, I reached a crossroads - do I continue to keep fine-tuning a broken set of events, or do I simply smash it to smithereens, and make something that can actually work? So there I was... completely remaking the early game from scratch. Oops. S/O to Crim, once again, for these incredible cruise ship tiles! Yes, what was originally meant to be a dialogue tune-up with some slightly better eventing has turned into a complete rework in the early game. Of course, this has been extremely time-consuming for everyone involved, and this has certainly pushed back my gauge of how close release for this episode is, even if only slightly. However, I have no doubt that this update is absolutely essential to this game. It is no secret that the quality of Desolation seemingly improves as you progress, but I have always wanted players who are just entering the game for the first time to have a true sense of what they're getting into... and this update is our first real shot to pull this off. Consistency is key, y'know? This early-game update project features completely remade dialogue, events, and maps. It introduces different sets of characters at different times, and sets up future events much earlier within the story. When I went about rewriting these early game events, I did so with the intention of tying the game into a more culminative experience, as opposed to what is currently numerous plot threads that don't hold together as well as they could. My other objective with these rewrites was to offer more development and continuity for characters that sorely required them. I won't disclose which characters I'm talking about in particular, but critics of the early game will have no difficulty in inferring some of the changes I have made. What does this mean for development time? Well, with full transparency... it means a little bit, I guess? I suspected the remake project would initially take a few weeks, but when I completely shifted how much I ACTUALLY wanted to do, it became apparent that it was no small feat, and more time was required. I have been working extremely hard this last month on the re-imagination of these early areas, but I still haven't completed the work I want, and there is still much to be done. I suspect this pushes things back a few more weeks, but it's impossible to say exactly how long this will take. Once again, I am extremely proud of what the team has accomplished for this episode, and I believe that these remakes are essential to guarantee a more even quality bar throughout the game. I want everything that Desolation offers to be appreciated, and not just the new content. I am so excited for you guys to see what this remastered game has to offer. Now, I could ramble on and on about my reasoning for undertaking such a large ordeal, but I'm sure that based on my previous comments, no one is surprised by this decision at all. So instead, I'll just throw up some of the reworked areas for you, with some brief thoughts by yours truly. It's a little cozier with Connor by the campfire than you might previously remember. Can't remake his attitude, I'm afraid. That's your job as the player, after all. We figured it'd be nice if you could actually, you know, see which starter you want to spend the rest of the game with. Unless you store it in a PC and never look at it again. Kuiki's "villagers" have certainly seen a glow-up, but are more hostile than ever. Shiv still knows how to act all dark and mysterious. No one could cure that. At least the huts look, you know... ALMOST livable. Croagunk is still alive... for now :) It even got a new cave for you to steal it from. We decided that the cave was in some need of a glow-up, but it didn't get much brighter, I'm afraid. And how about a VASTLY improved Beamer Grid! For Ruby to become an unstoppable force, all I needed to say was "purple". Just thought I'd give you some evidence that battles do in fact work... mostly. Yumil has been hard at work in overhauling the game's scripts in conjunction with the Reborn team, and I'm super stoked with how things are shaping up under the hood. Here's a quick look at the new aesthetic of Route 2. It's cooler, calmer, sharper, and matches well with the personality of this area's Gym Leader, Aderyn. That's not to mention the new and improved Rangers Guild... Which clearly had some more money thrown into it. I'm sure the Ranger's aren't complaining. Finally, that takes us to Celeste City, which has had a significant redesign to be far more in keeping with the personality of its Gym Leader, who is hiding at the bottom of that second screenshot. Long story short, Ruby has done some tremendous work on redesigning these areas, and looking back and admiring the difference is really astonishing. While I am confident, I can only hope that my story recreations are up to the quality bar that Ruby establishes with the art. And that pretty much sums up what I want to show from the remake project so far. Once again, this is an enormous undertaking, and I am dedicating huge amounts of time to completing it in a timely fashion. Now... with that stuff out of the way, let's see what others have to say, yeah? A word from our sponsor, Ruby's Clinic, by Ruby herself.. Well, you've heard enough from me. I couldn't feature such a huge graphical overhaul without Ruby herself talking a bit about it, right? Take it away! "Hi, I am back once more and have been in a predicament ever since the start of this month. I've run out of things to do :) Ok not necessarily, but anything I had to do for E6 and polishes of my own work I've long since finished. You've seen plenty of my sprite revamps, but late last month I also finished polishing up, like, all the old character art. That was painful but I'm probably an overly self-critical masochist bc I switched art programs while working on the old art and have a new pc that doesn't have that old art app so I had to draw over the old pics cuz I can't access the files now lol... but i did it anw. At least I'm happy with the art now \o/ Oh yeah, those will all be updated during the release of E6 so you guys gotta wait i'm sowwy ANYWAY. Out of stuff that I didn't really need to do but went looking for like a lil gremlin cuz I love working on deso to a fault (debatable), I hope you all love the new frames I made,, it took a lot of trial and error bc it's weird how they work and idk how to explain so have fun with that? Anyway, like Reborn based some(?) of their dialogue/menu frames off of their gym leaders, I decided a fun lil thing to do would be to make them based on some of our locations in-game as well as key, uhh.... story things? Some of which include, the Dreamscape, the Cellia branches (that differ a lot), as well as some lowkey frames based on the two major teams~ Besides that, lately I've been working on some map recolorings to simply polish them up! The ones I've done atm have more reasoning, but I'm planning on doing some more before the ep drop. I thought that Celeste could use a teeny recolor since at the moment, most of the leaders and the places they reside in correspond to their aesthetic/type while Celeste was like a generic town lol. Thus, I also did Route 2 to fit. The same is said for the MC's manor, which was previously occupied by Nova, so I tried to make it fit her color scheme more! And to tie it all together, I've made a couple custom buildings cuz wtf I enjoy tileset work now??? who am i. Anyway, while working on Route 2 it felt like the old rangers building was staring at me threateningly so I had enough, destroyed it and painted over its corpse. That's not even all the old big buildings I've nuked lol. I also edited and mapped out the interior of them to fit the exterior~ Omg I almost forgot- So, the Beamer Grid is insane now? I just like galaxy neon stuff and purple. Funny coming from me who goes by RubyRed, huh? Caz actually had me take a look at that and I thoroughly enjoyed making it Extra As Hell but it was worth it~ It was his idea anyway to make it starry galaxy-like but I went overboard as I do with anything I work on hehe. Also, since it's called the Beamer "grid" I added a lil grid-like pattern to make it stick out more~ Okok ty all for reading this way too long segment about what I've been up to. I'll continue to uh..... look for more things to do until I can't and drive myself insane probably, but I hope at least it'll be pretty and colorful~ I'm looking forward to what you all think!" Yeah, so Ruby pretty much just went crazy and overhauled everything. You know how it is. I don't know where we'd be without her. DJ Darius dropping some beats... A blog update would not be complete without some beats for the man himself, Darius. I hope your ears are ready. Once again, there's an extra track on our Patreon up for listening (the new Cellia Council theme) - so if you feel like you're wanting some more tracks - you can find them on our Patreon! Again, just click on the hyperlink if you're keen for a listen! ~ Black Foxes Theme ~ you can click on the hyperlink above to listen to the track! "This theme is all focused on the buildup. From the first interaction you have with the Foxes, they seem like an ordinary street gang, but as you progress through the story, you realized how organized and intentional they are. The Saw Synthesizer playing runs throughout helps to tie the chord progression together, which is completely necessary considering how the chords are filled with crunchy, clashing diminished, and augmented tonalities. The horns in the background are also significant, ripped straight from Pokemon R/S/E. They help the music swell and work well to reverberate during the intense sections. The oboe is the lone wolf (or should I say fox) in this tune, as it is the only woodwind melody throughout. Oboes have an interesting timbre because they are woodwind instruments but are also reed-ed like saxophones. This makes the sound quality sound much more nasally and gives the tune some sophistication instead of a wishy-washy flute sound. I can't wait for you all to see where this theme gets used in-game! Thanks for reading my ramblings." Well, that pretty much wraps up this month's update. After this remake business is complete, we'll just have to sprinkle on the finishing touches, and then we'll be pretty much done. I'm so excited for everyone to play what we have created. The team has worked so hard over the last month, and the payoff is incredible. To a large degree, Desolation has been remade from the ground up, and I can't wait to see all of your reactions. As usual - if you feel like supporting us as we approach the finish line, want to see some extra sneak peeks, or are keen to get involved in testing when it starts, find us over at our Patreon! Until next time, Caz

I've updated this guide to be more spoiler-safe for any new players coming here. Each sticker will be in its own spoiler section, which will be labeled according to which gym leader fight it is available for. If you're new to the game and want to avoid spoilers, I suggest you don't open them until you're just about to fight the gym leader listed. For example: if you just beat the 2nd gym leader and open the "available before the 3rd gym leader" section, you'll get spoiled on what happens in between those two gym fights. NOTE: Stickers listed in this color were available prior to episode 13 but were reset. If your save file predates episode 13 and you're just now coming back to the game, go back to the NPCs that gave you them and get them again. #1. Available Immediately Obsidia Ward I'm not even going to put this one in a spoiler because there's nothing to spoil. It's impossible to miss: When going into the Department Store for the first time, talk to either the woman in the elevator or the woman next to the right counter. They give you your first sticker free as a promotion. The only spoiler to be had here is that there's a department store in this game, which you already knew since you clicked on this guide. If you come here after the episode 13 reset, then it's given silently, being recognized in the game's code but not told to you in text. #2. Available before the 3rd gym leader #3. Also available before the 3rd gym leader # 4. Available before the 5th gym leader # 5. Available before the 6th gym leader # 6. Available before the 7th gym leader # 7. Available before the 8th gym leader # 8. Available before the 10th gym leader # 9. Available before the 12th gym leader # 10. Available before the 17th gym leader # 11. Available before the final gym leader And for those of you who want to know what's sold on which floors, because you're too lazy to find out yourself:

~ Shrouded In Mystery ~ Hey everyone! It's good to be back giving you all an update on things! I couldn't really organize our inner workings into a single theme, so you'll just have to bear with a smattering of... well, things. Due to the chaotic nature of everyone's lives at the moment, we've all been working on different stuff at different times. This means there aren't really clear sections on what I'll be talking about, so I hope you like... uh... words. Let's get started. - A very early WIP concept Ruby has been working on - For me, life has been pretty crazy lately. I'm about to sit my final exams for medical school, so my life has consisted of essentially living in the hospital, then working when I'm not there. The most exciting part is that the end is in sight... but I'm just not quite there yet. This has meant that I haven't had ample time to stick to one task (like I usually do) i.e. main story, longer side quests, and questlines, etc. Instead, I've been working on a lot of 'stuff' throughout the month. This includes shorter side quests, scripting, and graphical updates, as well as some general tinkering. It's all useful stuff that I've more or less been procrastinating, really. On the bright side, I have had some pretty great output on the writing side of things, but I'll leave that for another update. Now, enough of me moaning. I've stolen the spotlight ranting about myself long enough, so I'll show off some of Posty and Crim's work too. Posty's been busy working on many of the new areas that we will explore outside of the city in E6. He's beginning to deeply expand his role, and I'm pretty proud of the guy. Lately, he's started branching out into side quest building as well. This has sped things up more than you can imagine. We're working at slightly different points of the game, but it means that the gaps are being filled in far more quickly. Speaking of side quests, I just wanted to mention that there was a wee update to the quest log look. It might stand to change some more, but I thought I'd keep you all in the loop. Finally, I'd like to touch on an area Crim has spent a huge amount of time working on, and it definitely paid. It's definitely the highlight of this monthly update, which again makes me super grateful to have her around. The colors and atmosphere in this area are pretty great, and I can't wait for you to see it in E6. Note: A gif version of this area showing the animations can be found on patreon! Yeah, it's pretty good fun bringing this area together. What's it meant to be used for? Well... we'll leave that in mystery just for the time being. Once again, super proud of Crim's work. Well, that's it for this month's update. Once again, I apologize for the disjointed nature of our inner workings. It's just been a chaotic time outside of development. We're hanging in there, and I'm glad you're hanging in with us. Till next time, Caz

~ Excerpts from Patreon ~ ~How much neon do we need? How about... an entire city!~ Oh, hey. It's certainly been a while - sorry about that. Anyway, yup, we darn did it. After some careful deliberation, we decided to go completely bonkers and make a district entirely neon... In concept, I knew getting the feeling and atmosphere for Cellia East right would be very difficult, but after an awful amount of time, and several changes to its theme, I'm pretty satisfied with the result. Without further ado, here's what I've come up with ~ Yeah, we've got purple lights. Why? Because normal lights don't do justice for the never-ending party in Cellia East. Boy, am I excited to bring this place to life. Ah yes, the one partygoer in Cellia East. Okay, truth be told - it doesn't look exactly riveting at the moment. I've got to get round to fully populating Cellia East and giving NPC's a meaningful story in this small neon microcosm. I really want to create this perfect little part of the game where every nook and cranny feels like a joy to explore, and for each part to feel like it has a story to tell. Despite Cellia East being party-central, I thought it'd be nice to add some greenery to one of the city districts for once. It's a nice change of pace. Anyway, there's still much to be done with East. I'm really happy with how progress is coming along, and I'm excited for all of you to play through what I have in store in the future. Posty's work on mapping (with our existing tile sets), as well as Ruby's work on characters and new, complex tiles really lets me focus on systematically building an experience that I'm truly proud of. I'm finding myself spending much more time on details, and perfecting each little part that I work on. It's really fun, and I haven't had this much of a blast developing stuff in a while. That's all from me. We've got some cool new things cooking outside of Cellia East... and in due course, we'll reveal all. All I can say is that the creativity from the team is really starting to shine through! Thanks again for the support! Caz