[OFFICIAL Q&A] Ask the Rejuvenation dev team: 2024 edition!

1 hour ago, Lavamites said:

1. Will there be more regional variants? Are there any ideas we can get a little sneak peak on?

2. Tips for getting better at using RPG Maker XP to make a fan game? I know how to use RPG Maker, but I don't know how to use it well, or any real tips outside of the basics.

Again, wanna flaming fairy, maybe a regional Macargo to show that snail some love

Which gym leaders would be considered the most attractive by the general public of Aevium? (out of the adult gym leaders, I mean.) Or just which gym leader most popular among the Aevians if that question is a little too much.

what shadow pokemon have under/overperformed? any underrated sleeperpicks? were there any interesting ones that got scrapped in development? any plans to give trainer's pokemons shadow moves or is that purely for the benefit of the player (would be funny to fight xen grunts/mages/admins with purified shadow mons/move)?

can you make a speedrun bulk password next update, "sr" as shorthand to make it faster to input thanks. here's a test run i did :3

mintpack, powerpack, nohms, antidote, rolls, pinata, 31ivs, nointro

EDIT: actually probably include freemegaz too in case someone wants to run terajuma%, not that it would be useful early for a normal speedrun.

is there any part of the game that you are still unsatisfied with and are looking to revamp in later versions, or is the objective now solely to focus on e14+ content?

So... any chances for the A Gang to get their third official artworks -- this time in their Kugearen outfits? Or maybe a fourth in their Darchlight appearances? Or even a fifth in their Xenogene quest formalwears?

Renegade exclusive clothing drip?

Time for yet another incredibly lore important question that has unimaginable implications for the future of the game:

What is Dylan's "nickname" for MC? Why wasn't it written out? WHAT DOES [####] MEAN?

Is it something that bad or is it just a bit about him saying something inappropriate?

Will Ana as an Mc ever get some love?

For all of the new CGs in 13.5 what was the most fun to create?

1) Will the player eventually get access to all the moves used exclusively by Gym leaders and boss trainers? Like Angie's Cold Truth?

2) How many more regional forms and crests does the team plan on implementing into the game? (They are some of my absolute favourite features of this game)

3) How large is the post-game planned to be? Is it planned to be relatively brief or very expansive like Pokemon Reborns?
 

Also I just wanted to say Thank You for making such an absolutely horrendously good game, I have been playing since early versions and I never expected the project to become this big and amazing, really excited to see what you guys have planned for the future and I hope you take your time and take care of yourselves. Much love .

I am gonna take zumi's example and put the answers in a spoiler box to not have this massive block of text:
 

okay fine gonna post so far, i had more answered but forum ate it
so be back in a few minutes or something

So a lore questions
Does other interceptors, such as: V, Spacea, Tiempa and Crescent actually have an ability to access Zeight without obelisk
Also, does stars in New Game chess really symbolise Interceptors ?

Hi dev team, can't really think of an actual lore question or anything, at least not one that i could get an answer to (god knows we've done enough discussion in the community discord about that crescent situation in act 1 :')) but i was wondering... what are gourmet treats? are they like pokemon treats? sweets? biscuits? basically is Nim eating actual human food or is this another nimoment.

also thanks for making such an amazing game, i couldn't bring myself to step away from it's community if i wanted to, even months after my last full run

Which Aevian form do you guys think is the best and why is Aevian Volcarona so OP?

I also really hope my boi Deagan gets some art later on.

To lazy to find my original comment and feel like having fun s now. But what's the adoption process like in aevium? And feel free to ignore this part but will there be a post game quest to go through said steps of adoption... (mostly kidding about the post game one)

On 5/5/2024 at 4:59 PM, wingdings said:

Here's a weird one that I don't think anyone has asked: What are your favorite and least favorite field conditions in Rejuvenation? Personally i'm an enjoyer of City and Concert Field-- you guys cooked with those-- and hate that goddamn fucking swamp

Alternatively, what are your favorite/least favorite specific battles? Either from a design point of view (designing cool fights is fun) or to actually play.

Also, without getting into spoilers, what characters are you most excited for in terms of future content/development (besides the obvious like Melia and other main characters, if possible)?

Unbelievable work on the game from ALL OF YOU by the way. Rejuvenation is a triumph of hard work and creative drive, and it means a great deal to me to see a game of this caliber exist for a franchise I love very dearly, even (especially) in an unofficial capacity. So thank you :)

Okay the forum has ate my typed out answer to this 4 times by now so let's just only get this one out of the way

obvious answer first
mirror arena is one of my least favorite fields, i simply do not like pokemon evasion mechanics, i do realize E19 reborn made this field better, but my view of it will forever remain tainted
okay now for the hotter takes:
i don't really like concert as it is right now, form a design point of view, it just ended up being in a very weird spot, where it needs to work as a first gym leader field (a pretty big ask for a stage field cause first gym leader fields are best if they are a bit more simple) but also work as a interesting multi stage field. concert stages were also supposed to be more volatile, shifting up and down very easily, and up it does that but not down, meaning in most battles it gets to stage 4 and stays there,

favorite fields:
glitch: i like how this turns the entire game on it's head usually
swamp: the speeddrops give the battles a suprisingly different dynamic that one can play around or abuse
deep earth: just great fun to play around with, definetly my favorite of the new fields

as for future characters, i cannot really answer that, most devs don't really know where the story is going either (besides jan and zumi) so i cannot really speak to this as the question intended
so i am just gonna say that i personally am looking forward (in the same sense as a non dev, cause i actually don't know) to finding out what madame X's and Indriad's deals are the whys and hows to their goals

Here is a few I think nobody will ask and I seem to be the only person bugged by them among my friends 

1.What happened to the Dark stone Madame X stole from Celine? Does she just have Zekrom in her backpocket right beside the Yveltal?

2.were does Rejuvenation fall into the "Reborniverse" timeline? We know it's after Reborn from cameos in the game but is it before or after Desolation?

3.In the event that Crescent or the MC die again, does one die with the other?

Is our last life shared with hers?

4.WHO IS MADAM-

Ok ok I'm kidding 

What's the deal with the house you get sent to when you lose a battle? Is it a Melias "Inner workings" situation? Does the A gang just party in there for eternity and you are not invited? Is the Venam soul hotel joke CANON?

And lastly 5.

If Madame X can Thanossnap any member of Team Xen at any given time then what purpose do X grunts serve?

Are they like the Inquisitors from Star Wars and just hunt them because she couldn't be bothered to do it herself?

Will you make a bonus meme chapter for the choice of your character leaving Aevium at the start of the game and how their life goes if they escape Rejuv story.

On 5/5/2024 at 5:05 PM, Lunartone said:

As someone who enjoys writing dialogue, which characters do you like writing dialogue for? (and if you want to answer, which characters are harder to write dialogue for) 

mr. luck is funny to write for in the rare occasion that i as a coder even write dialogue (usually only single sentances)

On 5/5/2024 at 6:10 PM, FernStoleMyBike said:

Was this QnA a good idea?

the monkey's paw curls, the forum is trying it's hardest to make me not want to answer by having to write them out 4 times
 

On 5/5/2024 at 7:23 PM, nhehvnukl said:

Any particular reason why the Madame X appearance during the "mc gets teleported to Xen's base" segment was removed?

 

Also, love the game

she was simply never intended to be there in the first place, she was just visible early for a later xen lounge event and shouldn't have been
That being said i did find it funny while she was there kinda imagined her watching her executives run around chasing someone and thinking "what are these idiots doing?"

23 hours ago, Breezy64 said:

First off: I absolutely LOVE all the changes done to the Terajuma arc. Love everything flowing together a lot better, and I appreciate being able to have Flora content earlier.

1.) In terms of teams for gym leaders, villains, and basically everyone, what's the ratio between "We think this Pokemon fits this character the best" and "This Pokemon fits the team from a gameplay sense"? Or is that even something ya'll think of and it's just a go off of vibes type of thing?

 

2.) Who are your favorites villains/antagonists in the story? And why are they both Flora and Angie in that order?

2.1.) Who are the gaslight/gatekeep/girlboss of Rejuv. I'd like to offer forward Clear/Crescent/Flora in that order.

 

3.) Is the criminal Cleffa friends with the Corsola with knives? Do they have a dark and mysterious past together?

 

It's usually weighted toward what mon fits the character more, and then how to make them work in a particular battle second, there may be the rare exceptions but that's usually how it goes, but even in that order one can usually find some pretty mean setups for battles so it's not terribly limiting for balancing (atleast thats what it seems to me, azery, and alex can probably talk more about that from the balance side)

2.1) may i offer cassandra for either gatekeep or girlboss? (in both cases replacing crescent, and flora shifting to the open spot) clear is gaslight 100% there is no contest

3) they are actually rival gangs, the corsola picked up knives to fight it

22 hours ago, ant682 said:

1: Are any new aevian forms being made (love the ones we have)

2: Aside from implementing gen 9 are you planning on revisiting early game

3: What part of the game did you find hardest to test

1) it's certainly on the table, i cannot speak beyond that
3) maybe not part but i suffer immensely everytime i see a landsurf spot that was missed, cause these things will not calm down

22 hours ago, sharffffff said:

Hey devs!

I've got two very important questions:

 

1. Which of the main cast needs a vacation the most? You can only choose one, so be careful with this choice. Only one of them gets to be relaxed and hydrated, others must keep suffering.

 

2. So we all know Nim has to consume souls to survive. Do all souls "taste" the same to her, or do they have different "flavors" depending on whatever traits that human possessed in life? Or do they all just taste like nothing and get absorbed through whatever in Storm-9 is going on (this is a boring option)?

 

Thank you for your time :)

1) melia is an obvious option but she also had 3 more years than the rest of the cast to cope, which makes it either better or worse, depending on how you look at it
erin has had her life uprooted, she seems to be dealing with it decently well
honestly i'd go with aelita, she doesn't really show it but poor girl has been through a lot in the span of 6 months including the death of her father, electroshock torture, multiple revelations about her origin that are kinda messed up, being written out of history once, and more

2) i mean ig they would taste like something, if nim has taste for something spicy (in the literal sense) then maybe try geara, all that anger i feel would translate as spicy (although ig there is less anger these days)

22 hours ago, Aiden-Revenant said:

I think this has happened in the past, but will existing crests be changed if their use is too niche/not very useful? Like don't get me wrong, I have tried most of the available ones and they are great, but for example to this day i still don't get the use of infernape's crest. Is it supposed to make them more deffensive starter instead of an offensive one? I mean infernape has some good support attacks, but I would still rather use it offensively than deffensively, as their types are more offensive based and has great moves and coverage both in special and physical attacks.

Also, this is just a silly question, but will there be more events with Jolene and Volta in either already existing chapters or in E14? They both have great designs but they lack a lot of protagonism in the story, speacially jolene which seems to have great charisma but only appears in one mission, weird with her being also an E8 as Karen, Tesla, Alexandra and Dylan, who are all great.

Finally, a praise for all the work you guys are putting on the game, and in episode 13.5. I absolutely LOVED mamans redesign and that you made Neved a more prevalent figure in the story, and I adore the new Terajuma plot and redesign.

i mean we have changed crests before due to balance reasons both ways, sometimes changing their entire effect (i think fearow changed like multiple times) so crests may change if we think they are not good enough
that being said i disagree with infernape here, the goal of the crest was never to strengthen infernape's strong points cause those are already very good, it was to open up a different avenue of play
fire is actually a suprisingly good defensive type that rarely gets to be that due to fire pokemon being mostly offensively minded, and as you said infernape has a pretty good support pool it doesn't usually get to use
and that's where the crest comes in, now if you prefer offensive infernape, then yes the crest isn't really for you
but others may in fact appreciate the different playstyle
as for volta and jolene, i sadly cannot answer that one, since it is about future content, but jolene being on the E8, is basically guaranteed to show up in the future, I think i can say without it being spoilers at all.

20 hours ago, SilverAngelus said:

Hi, thank you for doing this again!

 

1) Eizen?

2) Do you have any advice for someone that does not have the heart to play their own Renegade save file but wants to know what the hype is about it? Asking for a friend.

3) Would Eizen go ballistic if he found out about the concept of interceptors? (If he, at any point of the game did, I probably didn't see that yet/can't recall?)

4) If Eizen took one of those "what Pokemon am I" quizzes, which one would he be? (My guess is

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Terapagos. Estranged blue timeline Pokemon for the win :)

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1) Eizen!
2) kinda depends on what the issue is
in most cases i have seen of people not wanting to play renegade, they have issue with being mean to the characters, to which i have found it's not necessary at all to be mean to even the main characters (the ones that give renegade points by being on bad terms with) with the "correct" main story choices you can get to renegade route while melia and co even love you (some may consider this worse)
3) considering how he pops up in the weirdest spots, i am not sure that he isn't already aware, this mean lives in the walls of your home, rent free
4) honestly a good option, i don't really have a better idea (hahah missigno)

I wanted to ask a question about mod writing, if someone wanted to make a mod that uses in game characters but not major story ones, what would be the rules around what they can do?

1. Will future episodes have Gen 9 Pokemon in them?

2. Do you need to complete both the Paragon and Renegade routes to get the full story?

3. What will you all do after Rejuv is complete?

4. What Crest is your favorites that you've designed?

5. Eizen?

Loved the game and going to be starting a Renegade Mono-rock run (Keta is going to be painful) got a few questions for all:

1) What is your favorite starter pick and why?

2) What is your favorite Avian form, or what Pokemon do you want to have an Avian form (Mine is Amperous!)

3) Any plans to rebalance some of the weaker starters?

Hi!! Thanks for all of your hard work and for feeding the ducks. So this is a very silly question but I literally just remembered this happening and I wanted to know if that was a real memory or if it was worm brain. The short version is, were Adam and Dylan supposed to be a thing in a previous version? Or am I making it up

Long version incoming: Idk why I remember this, but I recall Adam saying something about finding "suave manly tones" (the real thing was longer and more specific) being attractive in V12 maybe? And then later in GDC, Dylan is threatening MC to not tell Jenny about him, and he's like "my suave manly tones might make me seem nice, but if you tell Jenny about this you'll be sorry" or something like that. The real phrase they used was longer and more descriptive, but it was just so specific that it seemed like too much of a coincidence to have been used twice like that, so I took it as kind of a little easter egg kinda thing. Obvs with like Sam and Odessa's sister it wouldn't make too much sense anymore, but on the off chance it was real I thought it would be a fun ask! Thanks so much again!!

Aevian forms are pretty preposterously powerful on average (No Guard Sing Lapras, Galvanize Boomburst Toxtricity, Multiscale Gyarados, Volcarona in general, Parasect's whole thing, etc...); was this intentional, or did the people responsible for balancing them just do whatever they thought was cool and say screw the consequences? ;P

Hi Devs. I think my big question is I was wondering what does Amber's spotify playlist look like? Like, Who would she listen to, what kind of artists inspire her? That kinda thing. Personally, I was thinking bands like Muse or Santana but im curious as to what the staff's opinion is.

(For all devs)

1. What's the strangest/funniest hypothesis you've seen about 13.5 and the story so far?

2. Have you been eating/sleeping properly? ^_^

(For Crim and Zumi)

how TF were you able to balance Reborn zine work with Rejuv dev work (laughs like Eizen)

Any teasers for which Legendaries will become available next?

1. Do you intend to give Saki a Tinkaton in the future?
2. Are the space hags still alive in the Paragon Route?
3. Are we potentially getting more cameos and/or story elements with characters from the other two games?
4.

Hello hello!

This might sound like a bit of a weird one, but...what, exactly, is the hierarchy of Team Xen? As, while it's clear that Madame X is at the top and generic Xen grunts are at the bottom, what is the in-between? Are Mages on the same level as Executives? Are Deathwings between Executives and Admins? Are there actual differences between Executives (Zetta, Geara etc.) and Admins (Cassandra, presumably Nastasia)?

Can Saki fortnite dance?

Thanks for taking our questions, I have four that hopefully aren't too spoilery in regards to Kieran and Clear if that's alright?

1. Will Kieran ever realise that he's allowed a team of 6?

2. Has Clear ever thought to quit being 'evil' and start up her own business?

3. When they impersonate others(Jean/Xara/Risa/Aelita etc), do they dress up and act the part, transform visually using their visors or some other piece of tech, or is it an illusion using Clear's Beheeyem(I'm assuming this is the case with Aelita in the Axis Hidden Lab)?

4. What is the functionality of their visors? I'm assuming it's more than just an aesthetic choice since 

Also what does it look like from their perspective? Is it just a red tint, AR like an Apple Vision Pro, or something more complex?

Hi! I'm a huge fan of the game. I've been playing it since the first versions. First of all, you have done a great job polishing the game. I love the art, the story, the aevian pokemon etc.

Thank you all so much for giving us such a polished and well-made game! 

So, question number one..

1.Will the protagonist always have so many souls inside his/her body?

2. What will happen to Melia? Is she going to have a happy ending? 

3. Is Madame X someone from a parallel timeline?

4. Which pokemon are the most requested to have aevian forms?

5. Is someone of the main cast going to die in the end?

On 5/6/2024 at 1:31 AM, Moto said:

Lets say I was making a mod that had an Ice/Ghost type Mega Tyranitar, what would be the best ability to give it? 

this question is for one specific person

what a strange question, as everyone that has ever looked at a ttar knows, the main thing a ttar needs is definetly more bulk, so you give it ice scales, or even filter
best to put this particular ttar on frozen dimensional aswell,
the old kind, that still halved fire

On 5/6/2024 at 3:02 AM, Fiwam said:

When you agree to help K/C and officially join renegade, does something physically happen that changes the MC slightly? The effect seems immediate with the new interceptium-Z and the A-gang not vouching for MC when Crescent tries to attack shortly after, even Venam/Amber comment on how aggressive out fighting style was vs the Azelf... Maybe this MC had this mindsight from the start and the "deal" just pushed them to become more honest about it???

it's sort of like that

On 5/6/2024 at 7:17 AM, verisage said:

Which gym leaders would be considered the most attractive by the general public of Aevium? (out of the adult gym leaders, I mean.) Or just which gym leader most popular among the Aevians if that question is a little too much.

out of just the (adult) gym leaders, valarie for the women, for the men it would be a matter of taste
given certain reactions of the fan base talon would be up there, martin would be up there for those that prefer the beardy muscly kind
if we included the known E8 members then tesla being a model would definetly take the cake for the women

popularity would put amber in the race as a musician, venam aswell

On 5/6/2024 at 7:45 AM, bloo123 said:

what shadow pokemon have under/overperformed? any underrated sleeperpicks? were there any interesting ones that got scrapped in development? any plans to give trainer's pokemons shadow moves or is that purely for the benefit of the player (would be funny to fight xen grunts/mages/admins with purified shadow mons/move)?

now here is an interesting ask cause shadow's often fall under the rader even with us, let me think about that one
well an overperformer that was cut back down to size during testing was shadow pidove, in addition to dual wing beat it still has, it also had victory dance, that thing was mildly insane
i have seen some hilarious things of shadow lurantis,
and one of the the shadow movesets i definetly love in theory that i don't believe i have seen too much off (which i can be entirely wrong on, i haven't looked at playthroughs in the community to much recently)
is shadow manectric which gets mat block and frost breath

.....

ok so will torchic be finally added in the upcoming version ? ( as in like an event pokemon )
 

and will you be giving starter pokemons  aevian forms too ?

Thank you so much for opening up the floor for questions! I know it takes a lot of time and energy. 13.5 has been my favorite update by FAR and I am so hype for the end of Act 2 next release!! Thank you for everything you do 

1. What characters/in-game scenes would you like to see more fanart for? (asking for a friend hehe)
2. Are there any plans to update WLL in the future (not a demand, no pressure at all, I am just curious!)? Not necessarily mechanically, but even just character-wise. I recently replayed it for the first time in several years and noticed that Clear seems to act a bit more outspoken, cruel, and unhinged when compared with her dialogue and actions in the recent updates of the main game. Has her personality/character changed over time? Or am I maybe just seeing something that isn't really there? [hah]
3. I've seen a lot of allusions to Greek mythology throughout Rejuv (cursed house of [Talon] Atreides, Eriena -> Erinyes/Furies, the "Underworld" [coolest take on this EVER btw], Delpha -> Delphi, etc.). Are there others I have missed, or are there potentially references to other mythologies that you particularly enjoy? 
4. Most annoying/common misconceptions/misinterpretations about anything in the game?
5. If you can answer this, are there any consequences planned for destroying the panel in the Underground sanctuary, or was this more an interesting moral quandary to test? It took me FOREVER to make a decision there--amazing job! 

Holds Rejuv gently, like bamhurger...

First of all, y'all are awesome and do amazing work. You're so loved and appreciated and I cant wait till v14 to start all of this over again XD.
Secondly, a few silly (and not so silly) questions:

[1]. As there are many forms of the protag, each later revealed to be individuals - what is each dev's favorite protag?
[2]. Of the protag forms, which is most likely to beat Madame X with a metal bat?
[3]. We have Spacea and Tiempa, will we get to see an incarnation of Giratina too (If we haven't already)?
[4]. Lastly, what's a character that you all would like to implement a secret fight for? (Truck Guy OWO?)

1 hour ago, Skarot said:

Holds Rejuv gently, like bamhurger...

 

First of all, y'all are awesome and do amazing work. You're so loved and appreciated and I cant wait till v14 to start all of this over again XD.
Secondly, a few silly (and not so silly) questions:

[1]. As there are many forms of the protag, each later revealed to be individuals - what is each dev's favorite protag?
[2]. Of the protag forms, which is most likely to beat Madame X with a metal bat?
[3]. We have Spacea and Tiempa, will we get to see an incarnation of Giratina too (If we haven't already)?
[4]. Lastly, what's a character that you all would like to implement a secret fight for? (Truck Guy OWO?)

just to answer number 3, we know the giratina we see along the way is griselda

Just a some simple question

1. do you guys plan to change existing pokemon in anyway like adding a secondary type, changing stats, or changing movepools?

2. do you plan to add other unique battle items like crests in the future?

3. whats the thought processs behind what pokemon you guys choose to have a aevian form?

4. haxorus mega when?

What are the plans after rejuvenation?

Hoo boy this is gonna be a long one, so I'll just post it all in a big spoiler tag to avoid making several screens worth of post. There will not be any more spoiler tags within so consider yourselves warned on that note. Also if I didn't answer then it's likely because I simply don't have an answer or the other devs would have a more informed answer (or they've already been answered)

 Again sorry if I didn't answer yours as they were either already asked or just outside of my area of work or something someone else could answer better (I still haven't played Renegade cuz :(((((( )

I have a couple of questions regarding relationships and their current standings that have gone unexplored, at least so far, in the story (If I overlooked/forgotten about something then my B!)

1. What are Alexandra's feelings on Nim and Venam atm? Alex was originally Nim's only friend when everyone else was against her and Nim eventually thanks her by turning one of her employees intro stone out of malice. I know Venam's upset with Nim but I don't think Alex was given an opportunity to express disappointment, frustration, or guilt over the consequences of her choices and for someone who she had faith in. Has Nim's actions affected the relationship between Venam and Alex in anyway?

2.In relation to Nim, what are Saki/Val/Adam's feeling on missing out on the final battle of Terajuma and do they resent Crescent for robbing them the opportunity to save their friends and for indirectly exposing them to Clear? I loved Crescent's character development in .Karma files but I felt there was more room to explore the consequences of some of her actions and how she hurt some of the people close to the MC (Jenner portal yonking/Sharon push/Nancy disrespect), including the MC themselves. Do you feel Crescent's actions on Mt. Valor (attempting to kill Sharon/removing Saki, Val, & Adam from the team) played a role in the MC getting killed for the 1st time, and on a score of 1 to 10 what would you rate Crescent's ability to be a "guardian angel" for the MC.

sadas

2.1 During the .Karma files, Crescent reflects on her actions and behavior, especially regarding lying to Ren, and even reunites Zetta and Melia at the end of 13.5, but one thing that has yet to be brought up was Crescent yonking Jenner and abandoning him in the alternate dimension. Does Melia know what Crescent did to her father or is this something Crescent gonna have to come clean with? How would Melia react to the news?

3. How much of Terajuma Crescent was the real her vs Clear Crescent?

Thank you guy's so much for this awesome game! I've been around since 2019 and it's been giving me brain worms ever since. Looking forward to V14!

10 hours ago, Falirion said:

well an overperformer that was cut back down to size during testing was shadow pidove, 

Well, it does evolve into a POWERFUL Staraptor.

7 minutes ago, DinosaurDude25 said:

I have a couple of questions regarding relationships and their current standings that have gone unexplored, at least so far, in the story (If I overlooked/forgotten about something then my B!)

 

1. What are Alexandra's feelings on Nim and Venam atm? Alex was originally Nim's only friend when everyone else was against her and Nim eventually thanks her by turning one of her employees intro stone out of malice. I know Venam's upset with Nim but I don't think Alex was given an opportunity to express disappointment, frustration, or guilt over the consequences of her choices and for someone who she had faith in. Has Nim's actions affected the relationship between Venam and Alex in anyway?

 

2.In relation to Nim, what are Saki/Val/Adam's feeling on missing out on the final battle of Terajuma and do they resent Crescent for robbing them the opportunity to save their friends and for indirectly exposing them to Clear? I loved Crescent's character development in .Karma files but I felt there was more room to explore the consequences of some of her actions and how she hurt some of the people close to the MC (Jenner portal yonking/Sharon push/Nancy disrespect), including the MC themselves. Do you feel Crescent's actions on Mt. Valor (attempting to kill Sharon/removing Saki, Val, & Adam from the team) played a role in the MC getting killed for the 1st time, and on a score of 1 to 10 what would you rate Crescent's ability to be a "guardian angel" for the MC.

 

Thank you guy's so much for this awesome game! I've been around since 2019 and it's been giving me brain worms ever since. Looking forward to V14!

not devs but just a little tidbit for 2: the "crescent" at valor cliffside that pushed sharon and fights saki/val/adam is actually Clear

23 minutes ago, glitchedcat said:

 

not devs but just a little tidbit for 2: the "crescent" at valor cliffside that pushed sharon and fights saki/val/adam is actually Clear

Crap I forgot about that. Imma have to edit my question. That makes a lot of sense then. I remember Venam asking "Why did you lie to Nim?" and not ask "Why did you yonk our friends?" Thanks for the reminder!

Hi, i only have two really silly question

1- i always wonderer why venam's mega isn't a poison type? 

2- the battle mecanic against Palkia and Dialga it's awesome. Do you plan on add similar battles situations for Drift pokemon ?

Firstly, I want to express my excitement for the development of v14. I've been eagerly anticipating this release, and I'm particularly intrigued by the upcoming raid at Xen HQ.

I have a couple of questions:

• Apart from the new content in the Xen HQ raid, are there any plans to revise other parts of the story, similar to what was done for the Terajuma saga?
• Is it possible to access ALL of the game's soundtracks in the audio folder? I've been searching for the source file for the soundtrack of the battle with Nancy before the Rift Chandelure.

13 minutes ago, B3r1itz said:

Is it possible to access ALL of the game's soundtracks in the audio folder? I've been searching for the source file for the soundtrack of the battle with Nancy before the Rift Chandelure.

Not a dev but sometimes tracks are manipulated in-engine, a famous example of this being the theme that plays in one of the Elite Four rooms in Reborn's postgame. That's probably the case here.

5 hours ago, Djiini said:

Not a dev but sometimes tracks are manipulated in-engine, a famous example of this being the theme that plays in one of the Elite Four rooms in Reborn's postgame. That's probably the case here.

In Rejuvenation specifically, unless this has changed in 13.5 and I just haven't reached it yet, the Rift Gyarados map had some map-level effect that reduced the pitch on it all playing BGM no matter what it was.

1) Is Aevium part of Poke-Europe? I recall something about it being close to Kalos or to Galar or something, I somehow got the idea it'd be near Iceland... which could mean Miera was literally, geographically, at Chernobyl.

2) 13.5's art direction looks tight, everything just seems to fit together so much better colour wise, it has this unique visual tone. Was that a huge amount of focused work or did it sort of just naturally happen?

3) We know Jan is The Writer, but how does it work? Is there like a script people paste into RMXP events?

3a) On that note, who writes or comes up with some of the really cool stuff we see like the Ch.12 pan from one floor of the ship to the other, or the camera moves for the Erin/Kanon ice fight? Or is Jan personally eventing half of these into RMXP?

4) Who snuck all those TWEWY references into the game? I kept doing this.

5) M2

6) How many unused/beta versions of custom tracks are there that we haven't heard? For example - Eizen's theme has this great, perfect melody that just fits, and I wonder if it's just popping in fully formed like magic or if its a struggle of constantly iterating different melodies/mixes, and a long paper trail of beta themes that we didn't hear that just never quite worked. (For me I feel like I kind of oscillate between either just nailing it the first time or in permanent "no the mix isn't quite right" hell.)

hey, will the next update cover the story climax?

can we get more M2 goth artworks
thanks

Is the game programmed with Set mode in mind, rather than Shift mode, or vice versa?

Furthermore, would you generally  recommend maximizing the  EVs in two stats or spreading them out more evenly (for those of us who stick with the same team or two from start to finish)?

Will Xenogene have a continuation in the future, or will it be a one time thing? I noticed that Ren kept thinking that some things with the script sounded "familiar", is there a reason why?

Which protags is everyone's favorite? Personally I really love Aevis' redesign! I am fond of Aevia too (her alt outfit/hairdo is realllly good)

For ng+ if you decide to input the puppet master's passcodes, what's the in-game explanation for dream Delpha if you choose to catch her? Is she just a clone, a paradox, or just something not to think too deeply into and it's just there for shits n giggles? (also can i just say, i absolutely love Delpha's design? I wish this was what delphox ended up being sooo bad)

ALSO. I gotta know. was M2 blowing up Valor mountain just jan taking their frustration out on the mountain itself because it feels very pointed and after just going through it again i must agree and even say blow it up again?

also will we ever get official art of-- [THIS USER HAS DISAPPEARED UNDER MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES]

1. When will you guys plan on adding choice items? Surely it will be soon because some of the mons I want to use work best with a choice item

2. When will you guys add missing tms too, like swords dance + calm mind + stone edge

3. 

Ight I got 2 questions.

1: any lore reasoning for any spontaneous mega evolving without trainers. (The charizard with tapu koko for example.) friend of mine called it stupid.

2 am I stupid and misread a line? When did venam and melia start going out for them to suddenly have a break up in karma files?

keep up the good work. I love this game and especially this cast even if there may be disunions in this game I disagree with or don’t like. It’s still a blast.

On 5/5/2024 at 12:45 PM, RJPS1000 said:

out of all the characters in rejuvenation which are each of yours favoruite's in terms of overall character?

Aelita is your favourite and mine. Otherwise, it's hard to pick any one, really, esp this version with lots of characters getting glow ups. Every time I think about ranking favourites it's too hard lmao.

On 5/5/2024 at 12:47 PM, RaeNoceda said:

What has been each of y'all's favorite part of the game to work on?

I like doing sidequest trainers and bosses just because usually I can be a bit sillier there! I really enjoyed how some of the fields came out though; Deep Earth and City/Back Alley were mostly my proposals iirc? and I liked how they came out.

On 5/5/2024 at 12:51 PM, ShadowQuilava said:

There doesn't have to be direct details on the question, But with the custom TM Moves, like Slash and Burn and Irritation, are there plans on making more Custom TM Moves of the types that dont have one yet?

If there is good enough reason to, or we can think of a good enough idea that isn't just for the sake of it, then sure. Most custom TMs were already in from earlier versions, so they've just been kept in and updated if necessary. There is an idea I want to sparkle on with though...

On 5/5/2024 at 1:16 PM, AxelRod45 said:

For a more genuine question: how excited are you guys for working on Rejuv post-V14, with the end of this incredible story in sight?

 

Dumb question for everyone/anyone not named Jan: On a scale of 0-11, how comically evil has Jan been acting during development overall?

I'm very excited, I've only seen just the start of things and man, there was a casual "Jan what the fuck" counter for a reason.

On 5/5/2024 at 2:04 PM, kaiciu_creates said:

I have a couple of questions (if that's alright)

 

Will terrestrialization ever be a thing in the game? Balancing it would seem like a nightmare with Field Effects, Megas, and Z moves.

 

What are your favorite MC Kugerean designs?

 

and what's your favorite chapter?

1. No Tera, sorry. I do encourage modders to try it out though, it's just more stuff to deal with on our end.
2. It's hard to choose a favourite... Perhaps Aero!
3. It's not one chapter but Terajuma is just really fun and good right now.

On 5/5/2024 at 2:26 PM, 2tousent said:

1: Any Aevian forms that the devs feel overperformed or underperformed? Wether it be in terms of balance, or just overall popularity (i'm pretty sure some of them are more popular than others)

2: Any chance the WLL characters get official art? it would be neat to see the young versions of these people (there's only so much their sprites can portray)

1. Volcarona is definitely overpowered, and some other things like Lapras might be, a bit strong and I would want to readjust myself, but I don't want to really take away from people. Also, we can use them against you as much as you can use them. Bronzong is a case of the gimmick kind of working against it, and it's hard to try to change this in a way that isn't really *forced*.

On 5/5/2024 at 3:56 PM, Lung Stealer said:

When making crests, what's generally the idea?
Like on a scale of "This crest will be a balanced buff for __ so it should be added" to "This crest would be really cool so it should be added" where does the team fall? Obviously it varies, but is there a general stance on this?

I go "X deserves a crest" and we go from there lmao. Jan forced me to make Zoroark crest then Fal and Az came in and made it what it is now - after a lot of issues. Fuck Illusion. We also try not to force crests anymore, even if one of a group get it, cause it sometimes leads to unsatisfying results. As for any crest suggesters if the suggestion sheet comes up, try to avoid "sets trick room/hail/random field thing on switchin" crests, cause they'll be usually be overlooked.

On 5/5/2024 at 3:59 PM, wingdings said:

Here's a weird one that I don't think anyone has asked: What are your favorite and least favorite field conditions in Rejuvenation? Personally i'm an enjoyer of City and Concert Field-- you guys cooked with those-- and hate that goddamn fucking swamp

Alternatively, what are your favorite/least favorite specific battles? Either from a design point of view (designing cool fights is fun) or to actually play.

Also, without getting into spoilers, what characters are you most excited for in terms of future content/development (besides the obvious like Melia and other main characters, if possible)?

Unbelievable work on the game from ALL OF YOU by the way. Rejuvenation is a triumph of hard work and creative drive, and it means a great deal to me to see a game of this caliber exist for a franchise I love very dearly, even (especially) in an unofficial capacity. So thank you :)

1. City and Deep Earth are big. I think Concert has left me a little wanting more, and Colosseum right now feels like it works better on paper than practice. Also reworking Swamp was fun because I feel like before it felt really specific to a poisonous swamp and not just like, marshes and bogs and fens that have a great deal of life in it.
2. I'm not sure if I have a least favourite, but my favourites is like. Most of the new boss fights tbh. The new Master of Nightmares fight is really good now I feel, and when silly stuff works I really like it, for example Ren's fight on Helojak: Never gonna see Nasty Plot Corviknight serve like that elsewhere. Before 13.5, I didn't like Spirit Keta's fight because it was annoying to balance just due to the nature of high BST mons making it difficult to balance in a satisfying way, and it often got some kind of complaint. It felt like we just had to work too hard to hold back with it that it now being optional boss fight later is good for us to work with a bit more freedom.

On 5/5/2024 at 8:07 PM, ant682 said:

1: Are any new aevian forms being made (love the ones we have)

2: Aside from implementing gen 9 are you planning on revisiting early game

3: What part of the game did you find hardest to test

1. Wouldn't you like to know, weather boy?
2. Any kind of early game changes from now on will most likely just be adjustments or touch ups that would happen normally.
3. Bosses with specific mechanics. They often required coding to be done elsewhere and balancing them required new ways of looking at it, especially during alphan and beta testing and taking in people's reports.

On 5/5/2024 at 8:35 PM, Aiden-Revenant said:

I think this has happened in the past, but will existing crests be changed if their use is too niche/not very useful? Like don't get me wrong, I have tried most of the available ones and they are great, but for example to this day i still don't get the use of infernape's crest. Is it supposed to make them more deffensive starter instead of an offensive one? I mean infernape has some good support attacks, but I would still rather use it offensively than deffensively, as their types are more offensive based and has great moves and coverage both in special and physical attacks.

Also, this is just a silly question, but will there be more events with Jolene and Volta in either already existing chapters or in E14? They both have great designs but they lack a lot of protagonism in the story, speacially jolene which seems to have great charisma but only appears in one mission, weird with her being also an E8 as Karen, Tesla, Alexandra and Dylan, who are all great.

Finally, a praise for all the work you guys are putting on the game, and in episode 13.5. I absolutely LOVED mamans redesign and that you made Neved a more prevalent figure in the story, and I adore the new Terajuma plot and redesign.

Crests can and probably will be changed if needed! Noctowl for one got changed because it was kinda useless before, and now is a pretty niche stalling crest. As for Infernape crest, I've been wanting to try that one for a bit, perhaps it can be made earlier or something because it isn't a power up as much as it is a style change. As has been said, Infernape is a pretty good mon so it doesn't necessarily need more power. Generally people do tend to like offensive Pokemon more than Defensive though, just due to ease of use and especially in a game like Rejuvenation, there is a higher and more accessible power ceiling due to seeds and fields, making some defensive options harder to use.

On 5/5/2024 at 8:58 PM, SmilodonLady said:

Two questions here that are on different ends of the spectrum since both have interesting potential answers.

 

1. When making the movesets characters use on their pokemon, how much of it is just the 'optimal' set and how much is thematic? Since I know that you can make quite the statement with a moveset in some cases.

 

2. What characters would/wouldn't be willing to accept being treated more like a weird/unofficial sibling/cousin by the player after a certain point? Purely platonic relationships going on here, I'm not about to open that can of cursed worms.

 

Anyways, I love the game and can't wait to see what V14 has in store.

Answering part 1 here: There is definitely some optimisation going especially in the later game, and some characters will have some mons that don't seem to "fit" them. The way I view it, however, is that people probably just won't catch pokemon that fit their own aesthetic, but also based on the character's own likes and favourite pokemon too; sometimes going too hard on a theme can bite back and end up with a surface level read of the character. Aevis is a Huntail stan, I just know it! 

On 5/5/2024 at 11:51 PM, O_Castigado said:

1. (For all devs) How are you?
2. Regarding the 4 endings, is there a recommended order to play them?

I am good! Probably!

On 5/5/2024 at 11:58 PM, kyle3927 said:

There's no need to tell to who, but there is some new crests being added in v14?

 

There is definitely at least one crest, and I'll leave a hint for it:
"Throw that ass in a circle"

okay thats all the questions on page 1 I'll do page 2 in one business week or three

Any chances of more Aevians being available in Floria Island? I know that some of my friends were disappointed with the distribution of Aevians and would prefer some more in the early bits. 

14 hours ago, B3r1itz said:

Firstly, I want to express my excitement for the development of v14. I've been eagerly anticipating this release, and I'm particularly intrigued by the upcoming raid at Xen HQ.

 

I have a couple of questions:

• Apart from the new content in the Xen HQ raid, are there any plans to revise other parts of the story, similar to what was done for the Terajuma saga?
• Is it possible to access ALL of the game's soundtracks in the audio folder? I've been searching for the source file for the soundtrack of the battle with Nancy before the Rift Chandelure.

That's a slowed down version of Mood - Reflective, which is glitchxcity's turffield lofi track

How does the process of "difficulty balancing" really work for you guys? Are specific mons considered beyond earlygame, and what traits make a boss "too hard" in your eyes, or "too easy"?

Crests are one of the biggest things Rejuv has that sets it apart from other games like it. How do you guys feel about them as a concept?

Rejuv has a lot of DNA from Spike Chunsoft VNs like Danganronpa or Zero Escape, especially the Nightmare School segments in V13. What's your full take on those series? What are your thoughts on the newer ones, AI: The Somnium Files -nirvanA Initiative- and Rain Code?

11 hours ago, Alex said:

"Throw that ass in a circle"

Oh no…

Hello Dev team. I hope you're all doing well these days.

So I have a couple of questions for Jan:

1: This one was from last Q&A: How do you feel about being able to put Adrienn and Aya in Rejuvenation? This game was inspired by Reborn after all.

2: As a writer, what were your goals with Flora as a character and villain?

3: When and why did you decide to make a route split that allows the player to join her team, only for her to betray you? 

4: Lastly, how do feel about her now that you've removed the route where you join her, but expanded on her character, after having gained more experience as a writer? 

So far, we've been introduced to quite a few gym leaders way before their gym battle at the end of a chapter. Are the next gym leaders going to be written into a sidequest or the main story in past chapters or are we going to battle them during the chapter they are introduced? 

Same question but for the E8 members as well. We're already at the 15th gym but it seems like half of the E8 is absent so far. 

Thank you so much for all the effort you put in this game

Can i ask 2 questions? (i don't know if you already answered them)

1. Will other crossover characters (like Shiv from Pokemon Desolation) make their appearance?
2. What is Kieran's unique power? i know Eden's and Clear's but not Kieran's (maybe i just didn't understand it)

4 hours ago, SomeoneNotReal said:

So far, we've been introduced to quite a few gym leaders way before their gym battle at the end of a chapter. Are the next gym leaders going to be written into a sidequest or the main story in past chapters or are we going to battle them during the chapter they are introduced? 

 

Same question but for the E8 members as well. We're already at the 15th gym but it seems like half of the E8 is absent so far. 

we know the last 3 gym leaders (if everything goes according to plan, its allen, alice, and damien), and the e8 we know of are jolene, tesla, karen, dylan, and alexandra (she's the strongest one so thats why shes the stand-in champion rn), cairo might be one, so that leaves 2-3 we dont know of.

I saw some questions about the gen 9 mons and terastallize. So i actually have 2 other questions about that.

1) If you going to change hail into snow?? (But plz balance the interactions with the fields that benefit ice types; thinking about Angie fight with permanent snow or something is giving me nightmares)

2) If you going to change the reworked or balanced abilities and moves like the Protean (and Libero) abilities?? 

(Actually i just want to use Meowscarada with pre-nerf Protean)

First thing first, oh my Arceus, I was hoping for a Q&A, so as I dared with your colleagues from desolation I'll get to the main dish here! but it is obligatory to thank you heartily for this splendid game and the beautiful world you have created around it, may your souls always be rejuvenated -

So a huge thanks to Jan, Crim, Nym, Soulja, Dallas, Winter, Zumi ,Haru, Falirion, Sardines, Cass, Alex, Azery ,Ramiru, Dream, IceCreamSandWitch, Autumn! even just to have the patience to watch yet another Q&A and I really hope I don't seem too inquisitive hehe, obviously I will be very happy for any answer and any of you, you are all wonderful people ^-^

( Hi from Italy by the way, started from v13, always love to play and mentally think/translate on my language u.u )

I really hope I haven't been too wrong about the limits of a Q&A, all that remains to say is good work :)

Hey, loving the game so far and all the effort you guys are putting into it!

Just a small question from me, how old is Adrest?

oh it's been a while since i took part in one of these.

I actually have a question about the identity of Madame X.

Obviously not about who she is because that would be a spoiler.

But just out of curiosity, at what point of the games development did Jan make up his mind about the true identity of madame x and did he have multiple candidates at some points?

Qs to the Devs: Will we meet Nora at some point? Will there be an option to have Flora join ~ the good guys ~? What other Aevian forms will there be?

In general I just wanna send all the devs my love - you and your work are absolutely amazing! I am blown away by all you have done so far - Rejuv is just a gorgeous, amazing, fun, joyful game! Even the sad, difficult, or even plain emotionally exhausting moments are just so lovely, so intense, so gorgeous that I am just blown away!

So yeah, thank you for your work, and hopefully you'll keep on enjoying your time with this game :D

hey guys love the work and saw from what jan put on twitter that gen 9 will be added and it does make me curious, but could seem obvious, but will the teams of people we fight in rejuv be changed? like for instance some of the shadows change to gen 9 mons or even gym leaders get changes to their teams? I know you guys might not answer for obvious reasons but seeing changes like that when you guys updated the game had me hyped to keep replaying the game after each update but I can understand if you guys don't want to spoil anything :)

This has probably been asked before, but around which version did you come up with the overall story we have now? (Rather than just adding in parts with no real plan, like I think Jan once mentioned doing in the original Terajuma)

(Also thx for the extra ping Zumi! completely forgot about the Q&A)

Edit: Don't let Saki see that the url for this ends in 69

Hi Jan, Zumi & Team. First off- I want to say as a lifelong pokemon fan, this is easily the best and my favorite pokemon game of all time. Thank you all for putting out this masterpiece of a game. My questions for y'all are:

1.  What happened to the Mewtwo Crescent had? I was fully expecting to face it during the fight with her. Was it just too OP for her team or did y'all just want to try and give Aevian Bronzong more spotlight.

2. Why is Madame X/Team Xen only after Melia? Do they not know about Erin/Alice/Allen?

3.  When is the Lopunny Mega Stone going to be in the game?

4.  Is the ADMIN Quest going to affect the story at all in any way with the decision we made?

5.  Who from Team Xen is most likely to be redeemed & least likely to be redeemed?

6. Favorite Shinys?

Appreciate y'all for doing this, and cannot wait for V14.0 to come out!

1. Will V14 take 1 million years of development like v13.5 or will it be faster?

2. will there be renegade and paragon exclusive sidequests because renegade has near to  no New sidequests and some are locked behind paragon i would love more exclusive side quests for both paths.

3. who is the most faithful worker in the team and puts in effort everyone appreciates?(other than Jan)

4. who is the slaker who avoids work at any cost or in general does the least of it? (if there is one)

5. Do you guys do rejuv as a side game or its main way to make yourself do work 

I really love the game and would appreciate it if you reply and answer some of my questions. Some of them are straight up dum but try to answer the ones you are comfortable with.

thank you for reading!

1. Idk if you can answer to this one, but Vitus can't have children because he is the incarnation of death(Yveltal) or because he is an Overseer?
2. What is Jenner's full name? Is Jenner his first name or last name? The reason why i i'm asking this is because everyone calls him jenner, both his close friends and people who knows him as a pokemon prof.
3. How does Garufan "magic" works? And what are its limits and drawbacks? If we consider Shaidya a garufan sorcerer and not an immortal being like Mr. Luck, we could say that it is powerful enough to works on an Overseer like Vitus(Anathea love spell), and if it is the case i could guess that it is something related to the core(?), but what i'm really curious of is related to what Maman is capable of with it, like she literally built entire houses using it(even though she still need the raw materials to bulid them.), and she didn't even looked too tired after that.
    

So I come again!!
1, I have an art related question I totally forgot about:
Will Taelia have art/plot significance in the future? Because currently we don't really see her at all despite her being one of the most important characters (to Aelita) lorewise. 
Again this may be a little spoilery but i just wanna a yes/no answer so I know ma gurl is getting the justice she deserves

2. Technical Question:

Will rejuv ever get those little tidbit after-battle dialogue that deso does? the ones that depend on how good you did in that battle?  because it will be really fun to see how angie reacts to us 6v1-ing her :)

3. Lore question: who burned down the wispy tower? is it someone we've already met? have there ever been any good guesses by the community?

Do other trainers need badges or some equivalent to keep leveling up their Pokémon or is the level cap just a gameplay thing?

What would Melia's original gym team have looked like if things went as planned?

Way down the line when things are finished are their plans for any battle frontier-esque post game?

Any concepts for fields that you had to scrap or tone down out of it being too mechanically ambitious and difficult to implement?

What kanji are in Saki's name?

1) may or may not be too spoilery, will renegade!MC be able to get the 2 more needed mall stamps?

2) Way back in early SWSH days, Jan said that Eternatus would be used for something... Is that still in the plans?

1. I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask this but I know you all are gonna do more Aevian forms. Is there someone specific I could talk to about 1? I have an idea for Arbok.

2. Anyone can answer this. Out of all the characters in the game, who do you wish would have more interaction with each other? For me, I’d love to see more interaction with Aelita & Venam. I feel like while they do talk sometimes, it’s nothing like how they talk with the MC, Melia or even Ren.

3. Is there gonna be some kind of character crossover with Desolation? What I mean is with Reborn, Adrienn & Aya are in Rejuv. Do you plan on having a couple of the Desolation people in Rejuv?

What inspired Melia? She seems to have some religious symbolism and a lot of alternative versions. What's going on there?

I haven't thought about this in a while but I saw Zumi mention it in once of her responses and now I need to know.
Were there ever plans to allow the player to actually join Bladestar or was Flora's path always supposed to play out more or less how it does now? Was it always going to play out how it did in older versions (going to the base under the botanical gardens and some other stuff I can't remember) or was that created because the original idea was scrapped?

Will Crescent find atonement? And, without Beheeyem, Clear can’t manipulate illusions, can she?

Out of all the characters, who has the most trauma?