The Weekly Gazette 04-27-2025

[DerVVulfman]

April 21 to April 27, 2025

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

General Chat

While this week's News of the World was focused upon the loss of Pope Franis, many wonder who the next as the College of Cardinals prepares to gather at the Vatican to make that decision. With the Easter cease fire over, Ukraine and Russia trade attacks once more, Kyiv-aligned operatives against Russia blowing up a major railway to the front lines while Moscow has claimed its forces have retaken the Kursk region while finally admitting it has indeed deployed North Korean troops to the frontlines. For illegal aliens within the US, the Supreme Court granted leniency on those who are applying to voluntarily leave the US without prosecution. However, other judges within the US have been caught violating the law, one Judge in New Mexico disbarred and arrested for harboring a Tren De Aragua member in possession of multiple firearms while another in Wisconsin taken into custody along with the illegal migrant whom she tried to help evade further arrest. And tensions in the Middle East couldn't be higher as the Houthis threatened further escalation against the United States, this despite the Houthis being the terror group attacking any traffick in the Red Sea. And as the US begins to bolster Israel's defenses with transport aircrafts out of Germany, Trump is working to have talks with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei over its nuclear program, this as reports show Iran intested in having a stake in the US's nuclear sector. The vehicular attack and murder spree at the Lapu Lapu Filipino Canadian Festival, China's first joint air force exercise with Egypt to show off its new warplanes, investigations into illegal fundraising tactics, and more hit this week's news.
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Games Development

Development Discussion

If you were curious as to What's up with any RM developer, DerVVulfman continued working on his windows-like widgets project, and now has a funtional Drive, Folder and File List box collection. He stated it needs work, adding a dropdown if optional patterns are present to limit files by their extensions and handling the way the text appears within the lists.

Complete Projects

This week, Starmage released the first trailer for Project: Echelon, a sci-fi game where a rag-tag band of skilled individuals must set off and face an invasion from outside their galaxy. Exploration, drama, battles, and if the trailer is of any indication, a heavy metal soundtrack.

A trailer has emerged, showcasing the first-person dungeon exploration and combat of The Final Prayer by Starmage. But do not let that fool you as The Final Prayer is a rich story that takes Isolde, a princess separate from the common rabble, and throws her into the real world as dark forces threaten not only her, but her people and entire kingdom.

Material Development

Scripts Database

RPGMaker XP (RGSS) Engine

Last week, DerVVulfman created Adeyemi's Armament Proficiency to allow actors to learn different weapon styles and grant different levels of attack scores. But it had a flaw when it attempted to determine the level of experience if an actor knows two weapon styles, a flaw that DerVVulfman fixed this week.

Based upon his work from last week, DerVVulfman crafted Adeyemi's Armor Proficiency, a script that lets actors increase their defense potential when wearing armor in which they are trained to use. However, it only grants protection against physical attacks and affords no protetion against magicka at all.

If you felt the need to have a shop so sparce that it only had one of any item on its shelves, then KSingleItemShop for RPGMaker XP is just for you. A script by kyonides, it allows game developers to make it possible that stores have but only one of any item on their shelves.

RPGMaker VX/VXAce (RGSS2/3) Engines

This week, kyonides asked himself why shops seem to have an infinite number of items. But in reply to his own query, he decided to craft the KSingleItemShop for RPGMaker VXAce, allowing game developers to make it possible that stores have but only one of any item on their shelves.

Resources Database

2D Resources

Last week,Ace_V sprited a police officer. But if you had need of one armed with a truncheon or baton, the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V now includes that as well.

Creativity Section

Art and Design

It was two weeks ago that a practice sketch was made depicting a chaotic angel tested the strength of three young maidens. However, it was this week that one can behold within Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing The Cosmic Sniper Fyori and her three cousins in full color glory. But do not let the roseate of her apparel lul you, for she brandishes both blade and ballistics in this bout with her barely bound bretheren. As most oft, a youtube video of her speed draw is also available for your viewing and listening pleasure, this time condensing fourteen hours into but less than twenty minutes.

Well, that's it for this week.

"I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back." - Fred Allen (1894–1956)

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