This week, DerVVulfman unveiled some Shiny Themes and Shiny Buttons!. No longer are you limited to the default skin for the forum, but nine others. But along with that, the forum's top menu now contains a shiny gold donation button for those who wish to give a little gift for the site's maintenance and costs.

A bit of amusement was on the mind of Remi-chan early this past week, she not having to deal with Daylights Saving time in Australia.

This week, the News of the World had seen the Demoratic Party suffer public scrutiny for their behavior during President Trump's speech to congress, with Senator Fetterman criticizing his own part that they wouldn't even applaude for a young cancer survivor. But he wasn't alone in being critical as Chicago citizens now slam Democrats for attempting to use race to defend their sanctuary city policies, In the US's aim to securre their border, new reports show illegal crossings have dropped to only 3% of what it was under the Biden Administration. Charges are being filed against two members of the DHS who intentionally leaked information on ICE raids. And Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's aide self-deported himself back to Columbia, an illegal immigrant himself. Outside the US, Iran slammed the US after receiving a letter from President Trump asking to hold negotiations to halt its nuclear program. But regarding Ukraine, the rare earth mineral deal with Zelenskyy is still on board. The discovery of $20 Million in graft and the subsequent dropping of DEI in the University of Virginia, the stranded astronaut's claim Biden left them up at the I.S.S., the tragic death of Luxembourg’s Prince Frederick at 22, the bomb threat at Barnard College during their anti-Israeli protest, and more hit this week's news.

Starmage returned to update the cover art for Esper Unleashed, her submission to the 6th Annual Driftwood Gaming Game Jam. Rather than keeping the Leonardo AI generated art, she has been endeavoring to replace it all with content utilizing her own skills.

If anyone is working on a game that demands music that is low-fidelity, let's not forget that Eric Matyas has Original Music and Sound FX - Over 2000 Tracks that he is willing to share, though he does have quality selections that are in OggVorbis. While he has a large selection of pieces, he just released two remastered versions of compositions from only last month. However, Eric revisited one of his quirkier pieces and too reworked into a low-fidelity format.

This week, only one image of DerVV's Stream FrankenArts was revealed, but DerVVulfman appeared quite pleased with how it came out. A larger picture showing a very tiny Siletrea flying away in panic from a creature from Monster Hunter World, he goes into some detail on what techniques he used when merging the arts together.

If you decided to walk through the halls of the forum's gallery in order to view Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing, you would discover four new pencillings. While one of her characters is shooting coins out of her hand, two others are posing meek and mild. As to the fourth, meek and mild is certainyly not in his dictionary.

Her first released work since last year, a greeting card honoring Women's Day appeared within Starmage's Arts and Training Journey. Feel free to enjoy her artwork with characters rendered from Stellar Bewitching, Rave Heart and Heroes of the Seasons.

If you wish to Support Save-Point!, Kirito set up a KoFi where all donations would go towards hosting fees, time and expense and any necessary equipment.

The fact that Daylight Saving Time is approaching is What's on kyonides's mind.

This week's News of the World was the final moments between Ukraine's President Zelenskii and President Trump and VP Vance in the Oval Office. Even GOP Senator Lindsey Graham who had supported Zelenski in the past suggests someone new be in charge of Ukraine if Zelenski could not patch things up. However, there are calls to cancel President Trump's State visit to the UK, and a Norwegian Company suggested a boycott against the US Navy. The bodies of four hostages have been released by Hamas, followed by Israel's release of dozens of Palestinaian prisoners. And with that talks have entered the second phase for a sustained cease fire. However, China isn't helping matters having now supplied 1,000 tons of sodium perchlorate to Iran for their missile fuel production. The entertainment Industry suffered the loss of Michelle Trachtenberg, star of Harriet the Spy, and in both "Gossip Girl" and TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer at age 39. And the discovery of Two-Time Oscar winner Gene Hackman and his wife dead at home has many suspicious, Hackman and his wife found in separate rooms while their dog was also found dead within a closet. Their bodies found partially mummified in the dry New Mexico air. The US transport chief seeking to boost air traffic control hiring being over three-thousand short in staff, the ACLU and others sue to prevent the use of Guantanamo Bay for migrant detainees, Mel Gibson's call to fuel another recall effort against Governor Newsome citing criminal negilgence, and more hit this week's news.
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Zeriab's initial Thoughts on the Interpreter's Script Command edited by kyonides wasn't favorable, but found favor in a version released later. It was RPGMaker VXAce that inspired kyonides recent work on the Script handling method, though there was dialogue back and forth regarding what was classified as a true response. But when kyonides replied that he tests his work, DerVVulfman took note and aggravated discource went back and forth between the two.

Ace_V enjoyed using MapMaker (for RMXP) but had issues. And after kyonides recommended edits, DerVVulfman appeared and saw that the version available for download did not contain changes that he had intended days before. And after he released a gif showing how the tool worked with Ace_V's demo stripped down, Ace_V had solved his issues. But not long after, DerVVulfman uploaded a sixth version that handled empty map and issues with the filenames of saved map images.

For those working upon models or custom tilework, the Massive Library of Free Images for Everyone may have textures which you may have need. This week, Eric Matyas made half-a-dozen textures of metal showing oxidation, from rough to extreme. And a very dark texture depicting a rough of midnight blue is also available if desired.

Only two of DerVV's Stream FrankenArts were presented this week. Two pieces he worked on for Siletrea's Iceborne campaign, one an actual collaborative effort between the two. However, DerVVulfman interspersed his recent post with some comedy-related online gifs.

A bit early for easter, but a new work had appeared within Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing!. Her gallery now depicts a fairly sheepish figure in a tattered robe with her hood up. But while she carries a shepard's cane, she is no one to mess with.

Of which News of the World are you interested? Is it the peace talks that US President Trump is working upon between Ukraine and Russia? Despite talks being underway, the war rages and Russia loses four major refineries, and a spyware facility to drone attacks followed by a large scale drone attack that targeted Kiev. And while Russia was pushed back to their current position and did not take all of Ukraine as they planned, Putin is already orhestrating a "Victory over NATO" propaganda engine. But as Putin makes plans, NATO makes its own preparations for troops within the Ukraine to ensure stability. Within the US, a Biden Appointed Judge rejected the lawsuit to prevent Elon Musk's DOGE from Federal systems. Already, Doge uncovered 20 Million in fraud within the Social Security for people over 100 years of age, up to 150 years old having checks cut no less. And the new commerce secretary welcomes DOGE to find any instance of fraud such as that. China is not too thrilled with the US after the State Department removed text from its website, line of text suggesting the independent nation of Taiwan (the remaining original Republic of China) be reunited or returned to the CCP. But then again, China ignores maritime law and deployed forces against a Canadian warship in the Taiwan strait despite any a state's sovereignty ends after the 12 nautical miles from its territorial waters. And as Hamas frees more Israeli hostages, Iran begins becoming more aggressive, claiming to arrest two British tourists and an unnamed Israeli under charges of espionage. A Massachusetts Teachers Union under fire for anti-semitism, the FAA under fire from 1000+ applicants denied employment and racial discrimination under the Biden administration, the Tupak Shakur murder trial delayed till next year, Pope Francis's critical condition, L.A.'s mayor criticized for firing the Fire Chief by the United Firefighter's union, violence committed by women in California soars, a stabbing at Berlin Holocaust Memorial, and more hit this week's news.
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This week the News of the Cyber World had good news and bad news for Elon Musk. While charges brought by the Biden Department of Justice for refusing to hire Illegal Aliens was droppped by the Trump administration, Musk's jaw must have dropped after hearing his rival's AI service recommend something worse than prison. For electric vehicles it is just unkind, as the US government is shutting down charging stations at their federal building and Walmart issued a recall on electric scooters after an apartment was sent ablaze over its lithium ion battery, the manufacturer actively ignoring calls for recall by the Consumer Product Safety Commission itself. Google to be hit by the European Union for moreviolations of the Digital Markets Act, Microsoft preparing a new GPT model, XBox pushing an AI model that developers actually argue against using, and more hit this week's cybernews.

Even though Remi-chan says she still suffers from burnout, asking her What's up would reveal that she is still getting some resources for her game, be it spritework from Rune or spritework from Coyote, In the meantime, she posted two more videos showing game footage reworked and revised.

Were you to venture into the Maps and screenshots thread, it would be a study in contrasts. Mel posted four scens from her game, an airship with both its interior and shot against a darkened sky with one image animated. And Remi-chan with four shots of her own with worlds, alien or otherwise as backdrops, whether a destoyed satellite-like outpost, an urban jungle or above a familiar blue-white sphere.

If you are looking for some Low Fidelity work, fear not for Eric Matyas Shaed More Original Music, His "Game Menu" from 2016 now has that Low Fi sound, and the more energetic "Mind Bender" from 2017 now has its energetic Calimba in fabulous Low Fidelity.

It was surprise to Remi-chan this week when venturing through the galleries to see that Her Own Neato Arty thread thing! did not contain her Valentine's Day art. No longer the flat colors,the Angel shares a moment with the demon meek, set against a starry sky lit wine. As expected, a speed draw is included.

A perfectionist in his trade, Rise Evil Demos updated his Art Deck by providing updated color patterns to some renders of Raira, the electric Nekomimi. But as he did, he added a couple more works such as Raira climbing a tree. But what would you expect of a cat?

When ones delves through the hallways of the forum's center for the creatives, they may venture upon some of Remi-chan's Writing Snippets~. And this week, she released a few pages involving the villains and antagonests the players will unvariably encounter, a shadow queen whose existance is older than the universe, a cherubim facing down the Priestess of the Moon, and the shephard of Eden itself. If reading is not your style, you may choose the 'books on tape' option at the bottom of Remi-chan's latest post.

Recently, we had Errors with the Attachments system. However, Kirito reported it was related to a bug discovered in the web server software we were using. Since then, Kirito changed it out, allowing the attachments to be accessible once again.

This week, DerVVulfman looked into forum security. However, he was worried about new registrants not appearing and created a poll asking Are the New Security Questions Too Hard?. It is a simple poll with just "Too Hard" and "Just Right"

Oh, friends. You look tired. Have some fun and ask kyonides the question of What are YouTubing?. That is if you don't think a Freddy Kruger Tier list won't give you nightmares tonight.

For those who are fans of PalWorld, it appears that Nintendo's Lawsuit against them had hit a Snag. Almost all of the patents that Nintendo filed have been rejected by the US Patent and Trademark Office, patents that form the basis of Nintendo's lawsuit.

This week, issues of animation speed was What's up with an RMer named Steel Beast 6Beets. He believed the issue of a common event delivering animations was slowed down by a Large Party script, to which caught the eye of DerVVulfman. He did a few changes, and noted a mere 2fps drop in speed during default attack animations. However, the custom ones from Steel Beast 6Beet's common event persist.

While there was nothing wrong with the tool itself, DerVVulfman returned with an updated copy of MapMaker (for RMXP), stating that the supplied INI file had an incorrect value assigned. Along with the explanation he gave as to the correction within the INI, he also supplied an updated version of the package's Readme file.

If any creatives needed a fast paced techno beat for their game, it is a good thing that Eric Matyas continues to work on his Original Music and Sound. Though under the weather last week, he returned with a new composition entitled "Cyberpunk Street Chase" that combines a simple but rapid fire drum beat with a good share of 80s styled digital harmonies.

Following the server upgrade that occurred two weeks prior, Kirito performed some more Software Modifications. In this, various custom features that were introduced into the forum's code have now been placed into a single plug-in. Because of this, features such as the spoilers do not need to be re-added each time the forum's software is upgraded.

This week's News of the World began with various actions by US President Trump, signing the Laken Riley act, how his use of Tariffs inspired both Mexico and Canada to begin working with him on border security, and the near halt of illegal immigrants appearing. However, all this is being attacked by groups wishing to re-open the border, leaks to ICE raids such as the ones after Tren De Aragua in Colorado, and keep USAID running despite the rank insubordination and an ongoing audit showing excessive spending with no accountability. Still, US recruitment has hit an all-time high. California continues losing companies to Texas like Realtor.com and Charles Schwab, Ukraine hitting Russia Command in Kursk, the possibility that California's Utilities started the wildfires, new sanctions on Iran's Oil, Panama pulls out of Chinese deal after US Rubio visit, Superbowl 2025, and more hit this week's news.
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This week, it was discovered that RPGMaker VXAce is available for Free on Steam as part of a promotional deal while two other promotional deals for the same engine still exist until this upcoming Monday (February 10th). Normally $69.99, it is a deal for anyone using Steam.

For those wondering What's up among the forum's RMers, DerVVulfman continues working on spriting resources for his Half Kaiser battlers, finishing the short-sleeved shirt resource, and continuing with footwear. Meanwhile, Remi-chan received new spritework from Rune (or Xiie), and wished to show it off.

Within the Maps and Screenshots Thread, Remi-chan posted four images to show off updated character graphics and backdrops from her current game project.

More work and more occupations have been added by kyonides to his Klans XP project. Tanners, scholars, city watch and more now populate the Klans, regional exploration and scoutshave been added, updated graphis have been implemented, and much more.

Quite a varity of tunes have appeared if you were looking for some Original Music and Sound FX. Eric Matyas composed "Pixel City Cruising" which combines a touch of cyber retro atop a heavy drum beat for an urban environment. More light hearted 80s and early 90s vibes can be felt with "Life's Good in Pixeltown". And with a classic one-two drum beat as an accent for an industrial type environment, "Candy Factory" recreates the vibes one may experience when playing chill and relaxing games like "The Lost Vikings". But do not forget, he has a large assortment of sound effects in which to sample.

As promised, new images appeared within DerVV's Stream FrankenArts topic. As SIletrea began playing Monster Hunter World, DerVVulfman sought to capture the feel of the game with large panels and a tiny figure facing towering behemoths. But despite the diminuitive size of her VTuber model, DerVVulfman relayed that Siletrea practically owned the combat whilst on the hunt.

Are you looking for something new in brickwork for a modern city? Are you interested in textures for a highly detailed stonework road? If so, you will want to visit the Massive Library of Free Images that Eric Matyas has been building. Whether traditional red brick, classic brickwork with a blue paintjob applied or more, you should find the recent updates appealing. But Eric did not merely post brickwork, but organic algae-like textures and solid blue stonework as well.

This week we received a sneak peek within Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing! for her upcoming Valentine's Day art piece. And rather than it being a case of evil doers or kitsune getting together as was the case last year, the piece involves two of Remi-chan's more long term characters.

If you flipped through the recent pages of Remi-chan's Writing Snippets~, you would come across a scene from Remi-chan's game spin-offs. And with it, you would see one of her established characters receiving a much needed pep talk in her youth.

As she has been replacing the pre-battle animated cut-scenes, the footage within Remi-chan's Cinematic Theatre is her current progress before a fight ensues between heroes old and new.