From Pika: As mentioned in https://hacknews.pmdcollab.org/doku.php?id=org:discontinuation, Marius has decided to stop updating the newsletter by himself. After having a discussion with him, I decide to be one who is responsible for writing the newspaper in future. Also, I will try my best to make things that Marius has planned as shown below into reality.

From Marius when he was still writing the draft of this newspaper: Given that the newsletter took me quite some time (and planned to decide what I’ll do with it, to allow me to spend more time on other things), I took the decision that I’ll use more automation. From this newsletter onward, messages from some Discord announcement channel will be automatically imported here (And I’ll not thank Discord for making it easier. If only I were allowed to use self-bot… Had to make a browser extension that perform network sniffing…). I’ll still do a bit of proofreading afterward, removing some messages, giving them titles, etc…

Message by The kitchen sunk on Discord

Hey everyone, I’m happy to announce that Pokéwanderer’s next major update, 6.1: The Bidoof Update is now live!

What it adds:

• All of Special Episode 1 is complete, including some changes to cutscenes
• All Craggy Coast and Mt. Horn Cutscenes involving Bidoof have been edited(Mt. Horn and Rock Path are still not finished currently)
• Bidoof’s stats and learnpool are modified, Snover is slightly changed too.
• Various smaller, non-Bidoof related balancing changes
• Move linking is now impossible

For information on the full patch notes, ask me in DMs.
https://hacks.skytemple.org/h/Pok%C3%A9wanderer

Note that the download link point to version 0.6.3.7 as of now

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Pokéwanderer update 0.7 is live!

What it adds:
-Mt. Horn and Rock Path are finished
-Riolu received a major learnset overhaul
-Better newcomer accessibility: new, modified Dungeon tips and “Controls” screen
-Various bugs were fixed
-🤫 New, special cutscenes if you fail enough times in Craggy Coast
https://hacks.skytemple.org/h/Pok%C3%A9wanderer

Pokéwanderer update 0.8 has now been released!

What it adds:
-Foggy Forest and Forest Path are now complete
-Skitty has received a significant general overhaul
-Electrivire now appears at the Foggy Forest base camp
-Recruitment and Eggs can no longer appear as mission rewards
-Updated Cutscenes related to Foggy Forest
-At long last, Pokéwanderer has its own custom title screen logo!!!
https://hacks.skytemple.org/h/Pok%C3%A9wanderer

Message by Okami on Discord

Second part of Lonely Roads is here! Huge thanks to Adex, The kitchen sunk, and Stolen Burrito for all the help they provided with this part. Now goes up to the beginning of chapter 7. A huge jump from the first part which didnt even finish Chapter 3. So much new stuff has been added and I'm super excited for what's to come! Part III is already in the works! https://hacks.skytemple.org/h/lonely_roads

Message by J. L. Polybius on Discord

By CorvidaeCurbade
Patch with the US ROM of Explorers of Sky.
Average play duration: 20 minutes for each path
Content warning: Swears, old school humor, stares (8^y), 4th wall ignorance

An Espurr named Dave stands in front of Wigglytuff's Guild, wanting to see the funny.
A Skitty named [hero] winds up on the shoal in the wrong timeline after a misfortune involving the sea. (?)
https://hacks.skytemple.org/h/meow_destiny

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Message by Nikola on Discord

Some silly formatting errors were noticed in the current version of BLORG, so here's a new version with a few very minor (but visually noticeable) fixes

download

Message by Dutch-Spaniard on Discord

Gates to Infinity Demake has been updated to v0.1.4

First of all, I’m renaming the hack to simply “Gates to Infinity Demake” instead of “Explorers of Infinity”.

This is just a minor update so nothing new is added. Just updated snd_stream, added some bgm’s, fixed some bugs, and increased the patch size by another 100MB.

https://hacks.skytemple.org/h/explorers_of_infinity

Message by ChrisSema on Discord

Late, but not least, my HOTY trailer for Grovyles Story.
A hack around Grovyles backstory, after almost a year Act 2 is coming out.
https://youtu.be/VgMB9sgD_hQ

Message by yakkomon on Discord

Now that the trailer posting has slowed down here's the next teaser for Darkrai's Revenge. Will Mitchell turn towards the darkness? https://youtu.be/WvyDK4QucLE

Message by Espik on Discord

Hello everyone! I'm gonna take this time to thank you all once again for voting for Cryptic Conundrum for the Hack Jam 4 community vote! In related news, Cryptic Conundrum v1.1 is now released! Now with bonus content! Go play it here now!
https://skytemple.org/cryptic_conundrum

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Message by Parker_Ryland on Discord

Oh no guys oh gosh oh no
God my faucet is leaking all over the announcements chat
Oh no its leaking.
I'm so sorry guys I'm sorry about the leak

(Refer to the video here: https://discordapp.com/channels/710190644152369162/769498453126283274/1055171352534990889)

DECEIT UPDATE!

ITS DONE!!!
except.
For One
Small
Thing.

KECLEON VOICE LINES

ONCE I GET THEM
AND I ADD THEM IN
IM GONNA REWATCH THE WHOLE THING, DO SOME LAST MINUTE EDITS
AND CHAPTER 3 WILL BE READY FOR RELEASE

Pika: There was actually a premiere which can be found here: https://youtu.be/NLlQH0QKces.

Message by Cait_Sith on Discord

Coming in the near future…

(Please refer to the image attached here: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/769498453126283274/1053877812903297054/EoDL2.png)

Message by Solargress on Discord

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF6ctM6cEBk
Explorers of pain trailer :()
(DISCLAIMER: this hack does not really take itself seriously. The INSANE edge is part of the humor)

Join my discord server if you want news on the hacks development: https://discord.gg/yJsfzxKa

Message by Smingle on Discord

Since it premiered in the HOTY stream, I've decided to upload the 0.2 Teaser Trailer for Infinite Labyrinth here! I hope you're looking forward to it 🙂
https://youtu.be/BmBBEP5mS0s

Message by Dutch-Spaniard on Discord

Well since everyone else is promoting their HoTY trailers, I might as well link mine.
https://youtu.be/_mGY988vo7E

Message by FunnyKecleonMeme on Discord

https://youtu.be/PPc7A_Djdzo
See above

Message by Argonien on Discord

Guess I'm also gonna join in on that: https://youtu.be/zbfMEjXrTA0

Message by JuanmaSG on Discord

I like the trend, heres mine, enjoy and theorise! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RBRrbYTCGs

Message by Pazkallan on Discord

https://youtu.be/W0vFEHMbxJw
We’ll also join the trend

Message by Decimeter on Discord

https://youtu.be/MJ6lzIyIY58
sure why not

Message by Irdkwia on Discord

I should post that too

(Refer to the video here: https://discordapp.com/channels/710190644152369162/769498453126283274/1068579947427401738)

Message by techticks on Discord

I've heard that we're posting HOTY trailers

(Refer to the video here: https://discordapp.com/channels/710190644152369162/769498453126283274/1069263422790848654)

Message by MaxSchersey on Discord

With the Hack of the Year stream coming soon in January, I wanted to open the floor to any creators wishing to get in on our community showcase!

As an intermission between award winner announcements, the Hack of the Year stream will feature submitted trailers for hacks, much in the style of the SkyTemple Hack Showcase streams from 2021. In addition to using hack trailers as part of intermissions, we are open to trailers for other PMD material as well, as long as it's adjacent enough to the subject matter of this server/the stream.

Trailer Specifications:
* Please try to keep it between 30-60 seconds
* All Skytemple Discord guidelines apply
* No licensed music that will get the stream muted
* Render your trailer with a 16:9 aspect ratio, even if all of your footage is natively 4:3

DM me with your link by January 7th to be included. Thanks!

Message by PMDO #announcements on Discord

Version 0.6.7 Released
Main change is the rework for Poison and Burn effects, as well as a learnset menu in the Pokemon summary thanks to @Trio- ! More bug fixes included as usual. Most other content updates are pushed back to next patch.

Message by Tainted on Discord

2023

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