The Weekly Gazette 11-03-2024

[DerVVulfman]

(October 28 to November 3, 2024)

Welcome dear readers to the latest issue of the Weekly Gazette! Here in the Gazette, we give you the news in brief of what occurred in the past week as well as provide any news happening in Save-Point itself

Official Area

Announcements and Updates

Last week's news about Forum Updates Happening was that all the salvagable script content from the now-closed RPG Maker Central website was finally uploaded and archived. But this week, DerVVulfman stated he was not entirely done, using the Internet archive to visit the site under its previous banner of RPG Maker VXAce. Sadly, the Internet Archive had very little of the forum under the original name, and the blogs and websites the authors used to store their content had vanished and was unable to be rescued. However, he was able to acquire a couple dozen more scripts that would have perished otherwise.

Occasions

A ghost making its presence known before Halloween seemed a fitting entrance indeed for xxphantomxstarx. A fan of games like Sonic the Hedgehog and Silent Hill, he is experienced in the use of RPGMaker MV though is considering the use of Godot for some projects, his current projects being Sonic and Magical Girl fangames. He was greeted by DerVVulfman whom suggested that such a ghostly figure may fit right in amongst wiccans, demons and werewolves. And then greets came by way of Remi-chan whom suggested our forum to our new poltergeist.

General Chat

Just before Halloween, DerVVulfman decided to check out some videos. If you were inclined to approach him and ask ":What are YouTubing?", he might have jumped and wonderd if "Somebody's Watching Me".

This week, little was relayed about the News of the World, except content detrimental to the U.S.'s Biden Administration. The stenographer who recorded President Biden's statement that labeled Trump supporters, and essentially half the nation, as garbage came forward to state the White House itself had altered the official record, essentially changing it to rewrite history. And following that, Mark Cuban, the creator of Shark Tank, delivered a semblance of an apology after being blasted for calling women around former President Trump weak and dumb. Meanwhile, the mainstream media went after Trump, once again taking statements out of context when the former President relayed how Liz Cheney would be terrible if put in charge of the military, labeling her a "war hawk" who would send soldiers into war without knowing what it would be like to face rifles aimed at her. In this, the media chose to take the statement of rifles aimed at her, and falsely stated that Trump suggested that she be put before a firing squad. There is that, and the dismal jobs report at the end of October which was the only news reported this week.

Tech Talk

This week, the News of the Cyber World was in total disbelief when Russia levied an absurd fine upon Google that was higher than the GDP of every nation in the world combined, this for Google baring Russia's propaganda engine ever since they invaded Ukraine and flooded Youtube with propaganda content. While Google's use of AI had boosted the tech giant's revenue by 15%, trouble reared its head. The very day a Federal judge ruled that Google itself was a Monopoly, Google's own president gave an illegal gag order to all employees not to discuss the ongoing anti-trust cases. Meanwhile, a revolt is forming within Amazon as five-hundred employees sent a letter to the CEO in protest of the full five-day work week schedule, demanding a three-day work week remain in place. As Amazon states 90% agree with the change and the current 3-day work week made collaborative projects more difficult, the letter claims the return to the original schedule was unrealistic.

Games Development

Development Discussion

If you were wondering What's up with RMers like kyonides, the concept of having enemies already afflicted with a status ailment before battle was prevalent. Meanwhile, Remi-chan provided screenshots from the tutorial arc of her game, whilst also releasing a near-complete visual of one of her game's NPCs courtesy of her character sprite artist.

Code Support

Tepe asked for a means to get DerVVulfman's Immense Events to work with Mr. Mo's ABS v 5.5, an action battle system that DerVVulfman was quite familiar, noting in some instances that MrMo had no influence on the new additions since version 4.5. Days after Tepe put forth the inquiry, DerVVulfman released a variation that accomodated the battle system that Tepe was using as well as MrMo's original. And after Tepe looked into preventing those delivering missile-based attacks, and then tackled skill-based attacks between events. And upon the first of the month, DerVVulfman put together a script for Tepe to prevent specific enemies from being knocked back after being hit. Still, Tepe is encountering some issues, but DerVVulfman presented video footage that he could not replicate the issue, and asked Tepe to see if he could find a way to recreate the issues.

Material Development

Scripts Database

RPGMaker XP (RGSS) Engine

If you have need for enemies already under the influence of a status effect when combat starts, kyonides crafted KEnemyStates for users of the RPGMaker XP engine.

If you have need for enemies already under the influence of a status effect when combat starts, kyonides crafted KEnemyStates for users of the RPGMaker XP engine.

RPGMaker VX/VXAce (RGSS2/3) Engines

For those who have need for enemies already suffering from an ailment of under the influence of a boon before battle starts, kyonides created KEnemyStates for both the RPGMaker VX and VXAce engines.

Creativity Section

Music and Audio

Eric Matyas has found enjoyment re-recording his previous tracks in a low-fidelity format. So if anyone wished to peruse the library of his Original Music and Sound FX, you would find he has new lofi editions of half-a-dozen ominous tracks just before this Halloween.

Art and Design

Instead of a single full-color portrait, Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing! was gifted with four sketches. The first sketch was that of Thewl, an inegmatic lass with a scarf and hood, with her panda ears showing through. After that, the other three sketches were in keeping with the spooky season, a party-animal skeleton, a scithe wielding femme fatale with an unsettling grin, and lastly a fireball flinging female with not a care for anyone or anything.

For those that need brickwork for a house or structure, the Massive Library of Free Images by Eric Matyas now has three new seamless textures. In a ruddish brown, darkened crimson, or a faded clay, you may find something that fits.

Literature Section

A new chapter appeared within the binder of Remi-chan's Writing Snippets~, lore revealing the events preceding all of her other works, let alone her gaming universe. And within the tale woven, Remi-chan explored the past of a returning character, and the anguish she felt after the ultimate betrayal.

Filmography

A recent post within Remi-chan's Cinematic Theatre presents a cutscene from game, but after an extensive remaster of the audio track, showcasing the latest vocal actress added to the cast.

Well, that's it for this week.

"People say, 'But Betty, Facebook is a great way to connect with old friends.' Well, at my age, if I want to connect with old friends I need an Ouija board." - Betty White (1922-2021)

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