The Weekly Gazette 5-17-2026

[DerVVulfman]

(May 11 to May 17, 2026)

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

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General Chat

This week, it was atrocities committed by Iran that his this week's edition of News of the World, with the execution of a promising aerospace engineer accused of being both a CIA operative and a member of the Mosaad and the execution of protestor Mohammad Abbasi and the psychological torture inflicted on his family. Tensions flare as the fragile ceasefire appears to be coming to an end with Iran threatening the use of small attack subs while it launches drone strikes at the UAE's Nuclear Power Plant near Abu Dhabi. But now it is not the US and Israel that has demanded that Iran never have nuclear capabilities, but even Chinese President XI has made that call after talks with US President Trump this past week.

What was an invasion that was horribly lopsided in favor of Moscow has turned into a nightmare for Russia's Vladimir Putin, the 73-ear old's health being called into question after his very quiet and melancholy appearance during their Victory Day parade last week. With the maelstrom of attacks and relentless missile barrages endured, Ukraine's military strategy of attack drone use took seed and flourished. And now, twenty countries are interested in Ukraine-manufactured drones with contracts already signed by four. Still, Russia continues to attack while many believe this will be Putin's last year, drone strikes targeting kindergartens just moments after their ceasefire ended, and killing dozens in missile strikes in Kyiv.

In the US, Democrats are facing backlash as California's Governor Newsome is being called out for not dropping the exorbitant Gas Tax, New York's Governor Hochul for pushing and enflaming the Long Island Rail Road strike for political points. And from prison, the founder of the non-profit Feeding our Futures, has gone on record to say Rep. Ilhan Omar was indeed aware and involved in the $250 million scam Covid Fraud scam. As towards court drama in the US, former Californian Democratic Mayor Eileen Wang pled guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government. And Democrats are now pleading with the Supreme Court to permit the redistricting that was struck down by Virginia's own Courts that found the redistricting illegal and even said it was before the attempt was made. 31-year-old Elias Rodriguez is facing the death penalty for the Hamas-inspired killing of two Israeli embassy staff members last May. And due to a deadlocked jury, a third mistrial involving disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein over rape charges was declared.

In the UK, things are not just dreary for Prime Minister Keir Starmer, but grim and desloate as his falling popularity and party losses have his allies turn against him. But despite repeated calls for his resignation, Starmer remains defiant and held off immediate challenges this past week. Also in the UK, a group of protestors waving Palestinian flags called for the assassination of the co-founded the English Defence League and organizer of the "Unite the Kingdom" rally, Tommy Robinson. Caught on camera, the protestors chanted vile messages that included demands that Robinson be assassinated like Turning Point USA founder, Charlie Kirk. And its not a good day for police officers charged with protecting the Royal Family at Windsor Castle, as allegations have been levied against them for leaving their posts and falling asleep on duty.

The charging of former Cuban Dictator Raul Castro over the shooting down of two Cessna 337 Skymaster aircrafts in 1996, the bombshell report showing dozens of Hong Kong-based companies have helped Iran evade Western sanctions while funneling money to their terror network, the United Arab Emirates quietly carrying out counter-strikes against a key Iranian oil refinery before the US Iran ceasefire began, drones out of Ukraine torching one of Russia’s biggest explosives plants in an overnight blitz, three more arrested after another anti-Israel mob clashes with counter-protesters near a NYC synagogue, Taiwan's correct insistence it is a soverign and independent nation following the US Chinese talks, violent men in Cuba creating videos with guns and staged fist fights to promote attacks on women who reject them, passengers on board a Disney Cruise Line in Singapore stranded on board with all facilities shut down, and more hit this week's news.

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Tech Talk

The continuing battle over OpenAI and its broken promise to remain free hit News of the Cyber World this week, with some disclosures that Microsoft may have a hand in Sam Altman's choice to make it a for-profit product. And as one battle disastrously ends for Meta, another looms as a Californian court is hitting Facebook with a suit over pushing actual scam advertisements worth billions throughout the US. And both Meta and Google are also on the hotseat as it was revealed they spent millions on advertising safe use of their apps within children's content be it Sesame Street, the Girl Scouts, or the like. For those seeking internet security, the use of AI Chatbots is not recommended as millions have found themselves haveing been Doxxed, their information publically shared without concent. It is not concent that Iran is demanding of Internet Users, but all their information be it banking, family records, and pledges not to share any information that would harm the regime. Indeed, Iran's current lockdown on the internet is still in force, and those using it are being ordered under duress to post dozens of pro-Iranian content in social media. The Wayco RoboTaxi recall, dishwashing robots, Musk's settlement with the SEC and more hit this week's cyber-news.

Games Development

Development Discussion

Bustling and bussing were the thoughts if you asked Remi-chan What's up in RMing as she completed one of the various obstacle maps traversed by one of her game's three sisters. And following some weather twaks, she followed up with rewrites to Disc 2 content, and plans to focus on cutting down some dialogue felt too lengthy. Her characterset artist continued to bustle through work, providing one more police officer sprite and a aprite of a winged maiiden in red. But from that, Remi-chan's portrait artist has to bus back home, he and his family missed the trip to get back home.

This week, Remi-chan has been working on myriad revisions of her game's dialogue. And in the Maps and screenshots thread, you will bare witness.

Material Development

Scripts Database

Script Requests

To enhance his game, Ace_V put forth a detailed and multi-tiered request for a Shop system that buys only specific items and much more. Four separate facets in the system as DerVVulfman discovered, and began working upon, detailing the different stages of development and supplyying a demo that initially covered 75% of the requested features. Error reports appeared with some odd issues that showed in Ace_V's attempt to use the software when it worked fine in a released demo. However, DerVVulfman reported he completed the task with a final feature that involved item restocking. It was not long after that kyonides queried if certain messages within shops were necessary and queried if a form of customer appreciation system would be a nice addition.

RPGMaker XP (RGSS) Engine

This weekend, kyondes presented for RPGMaker XP users, KustomPriceShop XP. A system that lets game developers use custom prices for individual stores rather than relying upon the costs defined within the database itself. It was not long after that he updated it with a form of shop-keeper client relations system where the more the player purchases from an individual the more appreciative the clerk will be.

In response to Ace_V's request, DerVVulfman released Aced Shops a script he began working upon just days before, and one that fulfilled the requests of a buy-only or sell-only shop, a shop that could carry limited quantities of items that could later be refilled, shops that could set individual prices in opposition to the default database prices, and one that could limit the items that could be sold back. DerVVulfman added a notice that his instructions are rather sparce, but he intends to return to the script later.

Resources Database

2D Resources

This week, no brides nor grooms appeared among the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V, no thugs nor goons. Instead, we are gifted some Chinese Koi banners, decorative flags in the shape of Koi, Colorful flags to celebrate China's Children's day, Ace_V originally intended their release last week but was distracted by a hectic schedule where he released his second thug in burgundy.

Creativity Section

Art and Design

The gildend doors to the forum's museup opened once more as the gallery dedicated to Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing! has received one more work, and a seascape at that. But no soft waves gently crest nor ripple for the wooden ships daring to cross. No good are the myriad cannons mounted upon the bow of the frigates aimed at the small femiine figure ahead. For the small figure is but a miniscule part of the sea itself, a vicious and viscuous that dooms all who crosses, Rich in lapis and sapphire with surf of ice, the work took an unprecedented seventeen hours to craft, and even the speed draw lasts nearly half an hour to view.

Literature

Within the forum's library, works continue to flourish. And the pages of Remi-chan's Writing Snippets~ likewise grow. An age of sail has been romanticised with tales of pirates and adventure. But for those that sale a sea that is itself alive and hungry, an age of sail is horror and extinction. It is not bleak for those who sail upon a sea of viscuous slime, it is a death sentence. And what makes the scenarior all the more monstrous is that the sea itself is aware and ever hungry.

Well, that's it for this week.

“You have to be odd to be number one.” - Theodor Seuss Geisel - Dr. Seuss (1904-1991)

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