The Weekly Gazette 10-29-2023

[DerVVulfman]

(October 23 to October 29, 2023)

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

As expected, the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas was reported throughout the News of the World, Spain calling for a coalition to combat Hamas, all while China and Russia blocked Hamas condemnation. Iran not only refuses to condemn Hamas, but praises it while threatening the U.S. over its support to Israel. Meanwhile, Iranian proxies attack U.S. bases. Illegal aliens are among issues around the world, 1,600 hitting the shores of the Canary Islands, 20 drowned in an accident sailing near Italy, smugglers arrested in Macedonia, Germany deporting illegal aliens on a mass scale, 150K+ aliens apprehended illegally crossing the Arizona border, and Texas officially criminilizing illegal border crossings. The U.S. House of Representatives now has a new Speaker, and quickly drafted the "Evict Act" to deport Palestinian Illegal Aliens due to the current Israel/Hamas crisis. Despite this, President Biden's intent not to deport any visa-holding Pro-Hamas supporters. Two Cartel Kidnappers sentenced to 1650 years in prison, a Democrat adviser resigns over his Holocaust jokes, the Louvre pyramid vandalized by climate activists, sabotage to necessary international undersea telecom cable, and more hit this week's news.

Tech Talk

Headaches with electric vehicles, social media lawsuits and more were reported in the News of the Cyber World. Automobile makers realize there's a lack of demand for them, and GM is offering $1400 to EV Chevy Bolt owners to install a diagnostic device to check bad batteries while the 2020-2022 vehicles are on recall. Google was just slapped with a $1 Million dollar verdict in gender discrimination, and Meta is now under a massive lawsuit for harming the mental health of children while simultaneously collecting data on underage minors without parental concent. A criminal Bitcoin laundering scheme in New York City, Okta Identity management hacked with its authentication database contents stolen, TicTok spending close to $30 Million annually to DC lobbyists, and much more were among the cybernews this week.

Games Development

Development Discussion

If you were curious about What's up with other RMers, Remi-chan continued doing work on her game, Fantasia. She had some words with one of her artists but garnered work from another, so behold the kitsune and fairy characters she made available to view.

Tutorials

DerVVulfman found an old article by a game developer named Angroth. Written in 2004, Beta Testers is a read for both game developers and testers alike.

Material Development

Event Systems Database

As a change of pace, DerVVulfman decided to make BLACKJACK event systems for both RPGMaker XP and RPGMaker VX. Self admitted that they are bare bones with no graphics or special features, the demos only deal with the basics of the game.

Scripts Database

Seeing that RPGMaker VXAce lacked weather system control within the battlesystem, kyonides crafted BattleWeather ACE to let you deal with rain or snow effects during combat.

RPGMaker VX opted to eliminate battlebacks and used an odd background during battle. Seeing this, theChangeBattleBack VX was written by kyonides to let you set the combat backdrops of your choosing.

If you want a simple way to become a more powerful spellcaster as time goes on, the SkillUpgrade script that kyonides made for RPGMaker XP could be for you.

Based upon a request, the AlertWindow ACE allows users to create test pop-up windows similar to the Map Name window. Designed by kyonides for RPGMaker VXAce, it was later upgraded with optional ways to close the window, added control codes similar to message window codes, and text alignment.

Creativity Section

Art and Design

The recent addition to Remi-chan's Neato Arty Thread Thing is in time for Trick or Treat, and wants those sweet candy treats. But do not dismiss her for her apparent diminuitive size. She is used to getting her way. Just in time, this Halloween treat also comes with a speed draw.

Well, that's it for this week.

"Halloween is the beginning of the holiday shopping season. That’s for women. The beginning of the holiday shopping season for men is Christmas Eve." - David Letterman

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