The Weekly Gazette 12-17-2023

[DerVVulfman]

(December 11 to December 17, 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

Illegal immigration hit the News of the World whether Biden's own border security admits that the walls work, or that Arizona's Democratic Governor now calls the National Guard. Though under a Congressional Subpoena, President Biden's son refused to give a formal deposition. In fact, he claims he would leave the country were Donald Trump to become president again. And after revealing six points of evidence, the House GOP formerly approved the Biden Impeachment inquiry. The war between Israel and Hamas continues, with reports showing how Hamas tortured the prisoners now released, and reports of Hamas members arrested in Europe for murder conspiracy charges. Meanwhile, terror-sponsored missile attacks plague international shipping in the Red Sea. Newly Elected President Milei's attack on corruption and expansion of child care credit, the ethics and election interference lawsuit against the January 6 Federal Judge, Tunisia's rage over the latest Denzel Washington movie for historical appropriation, the Boston Mayor's 'No-White' Holiday Party, the Turkish PM's fatal heart attack after raging against Israel, and much more hit this week's news.
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Tech Talk

One's point of view may be at risk according to this week's News of the Cyber World as editors of the Wikipedia are working as damage control, removing comments over Harvard's President regarding plagiarism and her congressional testimony. AI chatbots also hit the news as Microsoft's Bing Chat has been giving wild conspiracy theories while Twitter/X's Grok has been found to provide solely a left-slanted perspective. And while some may be wary of government control over free speech, the NewsGuard corporation demands all reports to be spun to favor government narratives. Fortnite's victory against Google's anti-competetive policies, Amazon's victory against the E.U., and Elon Musk's trilogy of trouble also hit Cybernews this week.

The threat of Chinese Hackers has reared its head as the Washington Post reported over two dozens successful cyberattacks made against the U.S. Infrastructure, whether it be Hawaiian water utilities, oil and gas pipelines, electric power grids and more.

Games Development

Development Discussion

Map design and graphic upgrades appeared to be What's up among our RMers. KasperKalamity remarked to Steel Beast 6Beets how easy it was to convert his RPGMaker XP tilesets to his newer editor. And Remi-chan showed off some of the work she's been toiling away upon while adding a new quest-log system to her game. Meanwhile, kyonides contemplates a system which allows party members to purchase items to use whilst still in battle.

Within the Maps and screenshots thread, we find that kyonides has been working on the menu for his script that lets you buy items whilst in battle, appearing first as an item menu with split screens, but later evolving to show item quantities and how long before items appear in the party inventory. Meanwhile, Remi-chan is re-recording cutscenes to show off.

Upcoming Projects

Currently, Starmage is engaged in a Christmas Game Jam, and his entry is entitled Heroes of Christmas. The game will have a visual novel style of story telling, and is set upn the world of Vyen. But as decorations are being set for Christmas, the Goblin Kind appears with a desire to destroy any chance of merrymaking and holiday cheer.

Material Development

Scripts Database

If you're fed up using the rectangle box highlight system and would prefer to have a pointer indicator instead, the Kursor made by kyonides might be for you. Available for the main three ruby-script engines, kyonides had been working on it through the week, givng updates and taking reports to eliminate errors.

Following a request by CarlosDavilla, kyonides applied one final update to KyoAlert. This update provides the number of items provided to the heroes.

Creativity Section

Music and Audio

Music is a thing which can lend a certain ambience to your game. Fortunately, Eric Matyas continues to Share His Original Music such as "The Voyage Begins" Said composition he made this week may make one think of a light boat ride in the amazons. If you have need for a laid-back piece, "Dreamy Hollow". And for someone who may wish to make a game for the holidays, "Pop's Strange Toy Shop" and its light chimes may please your.

Art and Design

On venturing into the gallery known as Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing, you may now gaze upon two winged maidens standing off against each other. However, there isn't one render but two, the first including five additional flaming swords presented in a very arcane pattern.

Well, that's it for this week.

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