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    We understand? Ok good.

     

    Hi, it's May now. I've been pretty busy with irl stuff as per usual, but I've gotten a lot done if the two screenshots above aren't any indication.
    As of right now (besides 2 small things), both the Paragon and Renegade Routes are completed.
    That is the main content of the game and omfg I am so ready to be 100% done. I'm very close to being there.

    So what does this mean? Well, there's still some polishing/updates I'm doing in other places that will need some time to get done.
    As well as completely implementing new Aevian forms, fixing positioning, etc. etc.. etc.

    That being said, I'd like to get some sort of testing started in the next month or so.
    Been another long journey folks, but it's smooth sailing past this unlucky number.

     

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    Ok, now it is Zumi's turn to speak:

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    "Hiya!! Zumi hijacking the post for a brief moment to talk about the track you're about to listen to. This one may be a bit of a surprise to some people as this isn't exactly a new track, but instead a new version of a track I previously composed that some may be familiar with already. Normally I'd try to be a bit more vague about the purpose of the track-- and despite having said over and over that the project it's from is dead, I've always wanted to give it one last farewell, one which Jan was kind enough to help out with. So I'm bringing the project back one last time through Rejuv... In a stripped down form, with some music overhauls to go along with it! I've already teased it slightly before, but make sure to explore GDC during 13.5's story if you're on the Paragon route-- you may just across what's been my little passion project for this dev cycle, and it'd mean a lot to me if people checked it out!"

     

     

    But that's it for this dev post. A small one, but a lot of what is new is TOP SECRET!!!!!! So you'll just have to wait just a littttleee bit longer. I promise.
    This will probably be the last dev post for this cycle. Next post will let everyone know when testing has begun or whatever. 

    Thanks for your patience and I hope you all have a good week. 

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    OmegaSolare
    1 minute ago, Chrixai said:

    Excited because TESTING SOON YEEEE, scared for release because............ Renegade route..... beware...... STILL MORE EXCITED 😆 

    I’m excited for the opposite : The Paragon Route.

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    Cursed Angel

    paragon or renegade? that is the question.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    as for me, I probably choose paragon since I am not particularly one for personal betrayals, but to each their own I suppose.

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    SoulN7

    Awesome, I'm glad we got new infos! But I have a question: since Aevia got new design but, from the screens her second outfit was the same, her second outfit will be updated? 

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    11 minutes ago, SoulN7 said:

    Awesome, I'm glad we got new infos! But I have a question: since Aevia got new design but, from the screens her second outfit was the same, her second outfit will be updated? 

    I assume you mean her backsprite? Yeah, that will be updated! It just hasn't been done yet. On release everything will be updated properly :).

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    SoulN7
    5 minutes ago, Jan said:

    I assume you mean her backsprite? Yeah, that will be updated! It just hasn't been done yet. On release everything will be updated properly :).

    Yeah, I meant that. Thanks for the answer! 

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    Sylvaret

    Just popping in to say thanks for all your hard work--again~  Tbh I haven't gotten far in Rejuv at all; never made it past the 2nd gym.  It's mostly because other games have hooked me, but I'm planning to finally, actually get into the game once you get 13.5 out.  I've heard about certain plot points and events surrounding the protagonist...things that speak to me personally, due to my own experiences.  How profoundly they speak to me is what I'm most looking forward to.

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    Charon

    I am very much looking forward to this! And I have to find a way to make myself push through a Renegade route sometime, since I find it hard to be enough of a dickhead to everyone to get on it...

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    Kerat

    Are there any early-game changes pre-v13 in this update or can I start a new playthrough now without worrying too much about major changes to the story?

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    VMeemes
    1 hour ago, Kerat said:

    Are there any early-game changes pre-v13 in this update or can I start a new playthrough now without worrying too much about major changes to the story?

     

    As of now from what I remember from other dev posts, Jan and the other devs have placed in a mercy ruling for v13.5. Because there are events on Terajuma Island that would be long gone by now because you would in theory do them on your very first visit in the story, the devs have made it so that in v13.5, you can access that event and part of the Island story.

     

    However they also pointed out that this only extends to v13.5. Once v14 proper comes out, the Terajuma Island story events will be reset back into place timeline wise. The only other things that are effected by this as far as I am aware of is the free Aevian Feebas you get at Gearen City no longer being available post v14.

     

    You should be good for the time being.

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    1 hour ago, 13thCloud said:

    Are you still going to show the results of the balance changes from the survey? Or are they a bit too much into spoiler territory?

     

    There's already been some posts about it, but the full results will not be published yet as we've yet to see whether the difficulty has gone down as intended— maybe after that I'll do a comparison post. We do want to be transparent about changes made to pain points that were pointed out thanks to the survey, so a list of balance changes will most likely be included with the game's update release and with an explanation as of why.

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    Tavs

    This game is incredible. Thanks for the effort. Looking forward to finding the spot where the soundtrack is played.

     

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    LotzofBucketz

    Im a Bit confused. When you sag that Paragon and Renegade Route have been completed do you mean like you’ve finished the entirety of the Story for Rejuvenation or have you just finished the changes necessary to activate both the routes from what’s available up to V13? Does that also mean V14 goes all the way through the last couple gym Leaders to the E8 and Champion?

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    10 hours ago, LotzofBucketz said:

    Im a Bit confused. When you sag that Paragon and Renegade Route have been completed do you mean like you’ve finished the entirety of the Story for Rejuvenation or have you just finished the changes necessary to activate both the routes from what’s available up to V13? Does that also mean V14 goes all the way through the last couple gym Leaders to the E8 and Champion?

     

    The routes being completed means that the content for the new routes for as far as the story goes in 13.5 is practically done bar a couple of small things. The last version to be released is slated to be V16 as of right now, so no, the remaining leaders and the E8/Champion will not be fought immediately in V14, as well as that the routes will be continued in future updates as well. We've still got a bit to go and gotta spread out content across updates!

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    LotzofBucketz
    4 hours ago, Zumi said:

     

    The routes being completed means that the content for the new routes for as far as the story goes in 13.5 is practically done bar a couple of small things. The last version to be released is slated to be V16 as of right now, so no, the remaining leaders and the E8/Champion will not be fought immediately in V14, as well as that the routes will be continued in future updates as well. We've still got a bit to go and gotta spread out content across updates!

    Oh ok that makes sense. Thank you for clarifying that for me.

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    Kuma45

    If I wanted to restart the game (because my save is gone -.-) would you recommend to wait for the update because it has many changes to the game before the update or can I just start a new game?

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    On 5/4/2023 at 5:23 AM, nirmaan said:

    hello buddy so congrats on (almost) completion of 13.5V. So I was interested to how many hours of gameplay will add to it then ?

    I don't really have an estimate! It's hard to say right now. 

     

    20 hours ago, Kuma45 said:

    If I wanted to restart the game (because my save is gone -.-) would you recommend to wait for the update because it has many changes to the game before the update or can I just start a new game?

    I'd just wait at this point.

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    Kuma45
    51 minutes ago, Jan said:

    I don't really have an estimate! It's hard to say right now. 

     

    I'd just wait at this point.

    Ok great. Thanks for the quick answer 

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    rrr3334

    Hi I've been wanting to start Rejuvenation but decided to wait for the next update. My only concern is if there are any sort of impactful story decisions like there were in Reborn that occur throughout the game and would decisions made in the early-mid game have an impact that we won't know about.

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    (for example Anna route)

     

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    4 hours ago, rrr3334 said:

    Hi I've been wanting to start Rejuvenation but decided to wait for the next update. My only concern is if there are any sort of impactful story decisions like there were in Reborn that occur throughout the game and would decisions made in the early-mid game have an impact that we won't know about.

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    (for example Anna route)

     

    There are decisions that can lead to different endings yes, but it is a point-based system. So messing up/missing a certain decision will not lock you out of a certain ending. The path of which your route is decided is calculated near the end of v13 main story content. 13.5 begins the routes to those endings based on that. Every important decision is pretty blatant with its importance. The game will always communicate (visually and sometimes through text) which decisions are impactful and which aren't. 

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    Shadow Angel

    Congratulations! Though it'll be a long time before I play 13.5 because I'm currently slowly making my way through Reborn's final version for the last 5 months. It took me 16 months to finish Rejuv V13 (Jul '21 - Nov '22) and I'm currently only 5 badges into Reborn, so I don't anticipate that being complete anytime soon. Nevertheless, I can guarantee that I will eventually be playing 13.5!

    also deso v6 eventually

     

    Thanks!

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    rrr3334
    18 hours ago, Jan said:

    There are decisions that can lead to different endings yes, but it is a point-based system. So messing up/missing a certain decision will not lock you out of a certain ending. The path of which your route is decided is calculated near the end of v13 main story content. 13.5 begins the routes to those endings based on that. Every important decision is pretty blatant with its importance. The game will always communicate (visually and sometimes through text) which decisions are impactful and which aren't. 

    Thanks for the reply!

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    nirmaan
    On 5/5/2023 at 10:48 PM, Jan said:

    I don't really have an estimate! It's hard to say right now. 

     

    I'd just wait at this point.

    thanks for the quick reply

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    8 hours ago, Battle-Dragoon20 said:

    So, is the paragon and renegade endings basically just good and bad, or is it more than just that?

     

    Yes but also it is a bit more than just that. Both are technically canon as explained in a previous post, they just show a different "side" of the story! Also, both routes will have two endings depending on your choices made throughout the game.

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    Samtale
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    that whirlpool sprite looks so good along with everything else. The graphics just keep getting better, hope by final release we get 3ds graphics.

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    Alice Bell

    Okay so important question as someone who JUST started the v13 stuff recently. (I play in chunks)

     

    Is 13.5 going to have enough early game content overhauled to necessitate another replay-? (I mean I likely will anyway but still)

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    Raging_01

    Welp, once the update drops i'm gonna play through the game twice. One timeline i'll be nice and do most, if not all sidequests and the second timeline will be me just being a menace.

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    Justintrainer21

    dang so excited I even got my gf and some of my friends on your games like reborn and this and I can wait but it is so hard to when your games are so good and idk but hope one day we can do passwords to make some interesting runs in rejuv like we are able to in reborn but Jan I know it takes time so take your time and enjoy making this fantastic game man. :)

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    TheSoaringRaven
    On 5/3/2023 at 7:26 AM, Cursed Angel said:

    paragon or renegade? that is the question.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    as for me, I probably choose paragon since I am not particularly one for personal betrayals, but to each their own I suppose.

    paragon for me
    I can't really be or like being mean for the life of me

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    On 5/12/2023 at 2:50 AM, Alice Bell said:

    Okay so important question as someone who JUST started the v13 stuff recently. (I play in chunks)

     

    Is 13.5 going to have enough early game content overhauled to necessitate another replay-? (I mean I likely will anyway but still)

    Terajuma's been redone pretty much entirely and GDC got a massive overhaul ad well, so you decide whether that's worth playing again!

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    More_Chromosome

    Could it be possible that the v13.5 launch for july or august of this year and is the V14 potentially the last episode or do you want more content before the end game ?

     

    Thanks in advance, love your game.

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    Med Down

    Kinda a silly question, but is there a good way to be notified on when the update drops? I've blanket muted the Discord server, but like is there a specific channel that I should unmute?

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    On 5/13/2023 at 10:01 PM, Med Down said:

    Kinda a silly question, but is there a good way to be notified on when the update drops? I've blanket muted the Discord server, but like is there a specific channel that I should unmute?

     

    Best thing you can do is unmute the Rejuv updates channel (called #rejupdates🆕 on the discord), we post any important updates there including any posts about version releases. There's also a Rejuv Pings role you can pick up in the bots channel on the server!

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    Panda Masala

    Great job! Really takes one hell of a something for someone to make a project out of raw, unadulterated passion without any form of pay. To this day, you're still working on it. Keep fighting the good fight, champ.

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    On 6/29/2023 at 9:36 PM, Cerulean said:

    The bucket could mean testing in other words beta testing phase?

    I've been trying to analyse what the bucket means for so long, I thought that too, or maybe it's a bait and troll, if I was in their place, I would totally throw out a random png and see how they hyper analyse it just for shits and giggles

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    4 hours ago, axe-16 said:

    I've been trying to analyse what the bucket means for so long, I thought that too, or maybe it's a bait and troll, if I was in their place, I would totally throw out a random png and see how they hyper analyse it just for shits and giggles

    That's true. I would do the same thing. 😂

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    Gunner9315

    Hi Jan & Zumi,

    Will the new legendaries such as Urshifu, the two new Regis, Calyrex and it's horses as well as the three Galarian birds be added to version 14.0?

     

    I really wanna try using them under debug mode.

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    sleeplessarcher

    Howdy! I’m super excited to see what comes from this new update. The game is phenomenal and I can’t wait to play it again. My only question is about the balance - will there be changes to the normal mode that don’t make it so restrictive and difficult? I know there’s been quite a few posts detailing why v13 normal mode is unbalanced so I’m wondering if any leeway has been made on that.

     

     

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    On 7/6/2023 at 2:10 AM, sleeplessarcher said:

    Howdy! I’m super excited to see what comes from this new update. The game is phenomenal and I can’t wait to play it again. My only question is about the balance - will there be changes to the normal mode that don’t make it so restrictive and difficult? I know there’s been quite a few posts detailing why v13 normal mode is unbalanced so I’m wondering if any leeway has been made on that.

     

     

    I think there was a post about some changes being made to particularly difficult battles and unbalanced fields, I'll see if I can find the links to them

     

    Link ONE - field and gym leader changes: 

    Link TWO - Boss battles 

     

     

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    I said I'd find the links for them, so I did
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