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PMD ROM Hacking News of the 4th July 2022
Abridged on Hiatus
By Decimeter in the Abridged Discord server
@everyone boop
so ive been off discord for break for a bit and i feel like i should say something about abridged itself
this is mainly towards the people who are in this server for the hack itself and not the communityfor now, i'm putting abridged on hiatus and i'll try to be on discord alot less so i can pursue game development, during my time away ive realized that this is what i want to do with my life
theres just something about people playing my work and getting feedback on it and being able to meet new people through it that i really likeidk when i'll work on it and i'm sorry i never got chaps 1-6 out, and also sorry there wont be much for a while
i fully understand if you want to leave too, i'll also make a quick video addressing the hiatus soon
if you decide to stay, thank you 🙏
Pikachu's Great Aventure update
On the SkyTemple Discord server by Haifan
Chapter 1 is fully complete and we plan releasing a demo when finished with Chapter 4.
Azure Sky continue
By Mr. L in the SkyTemple Discord server
well I guess this is the week of announcements
Azure Sky has been on kind of an unofficial hiatus due to college and life things as well as lack of motivation, but I've lately been getting back into it a bit
stay tuned
PMDO 0.5.18
The new updater backs up your save files before updating. The dungeon generator also supports wrapped maps. Aside from that, a number of community-reported issues have been fixed.
Complete changelog and download on GitHub
New Podcast with Slumbreon
By yakkomon in his Discord guild
The next SkyTemple podcast is now available (and also on Spotify!) https://youtu.be/0fDEILwIaeA
Update for psychics puppets
By Adex in the SkyTemple Discord guild
Well… Idk how to spoil stuff, so I'll just put XXXXX for the spoilers, and ignored the first par about the enhancements of two moves
* All cutscenes are now skippable by pressing Start! Skipping a cutscene will immediately jump the player to the next overworld or dungeon segment!
* Completing XXXXX will unlock Pressure Mode, in which your defensive stats are decreased, attacking stats increased, and damaging moves sealed after one use. This can be toggled by pressing R in the overworld!
* Completing XXXXX will unlock Playground Mode, in which you can input a Pokémon species number and play as them from that point on! Species can be changed by pressing R in the overworld!
* Upon game completion, you will have access to a custom debug menu whenever you start the game from the Top Menu!
* When buying from Kecleon Market, you will be notified of how much IQ you have.
* When losing to the final boss(es), their HP will be lowered by 50 HP for each loss. Consequently, the final boss has been buffed.
* Added 1 technically 4 optional dungeons and 1 technically 43 optional bosses that can only be accessed with Playground Mode.
* Various bugfixes and other changes. For more details, see the Change Log.Save files from the previous version are no longer compatible! Attempting to load a previous version's save file will delete the save data.
Please note that this release has no new major story content.
Download: https://hacks.skytemple.org/h/puppets
(there is also a complete copy, including spoilers, that can be downloaded here : psychicspuppetschangelog.txt. Of course, it can also be found on the Discord)
New Community Assets
Pokémon
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Audino Shiny by Caitemis
Sprite Added
Bidoof Shiny by Scizivire and Emmuffin
Bidoof Shiny Female by Lovi and Emmuffin
Corviknight by nataniel-sama and Anonymous
Sprite Changed
Corviknight Shiny by Anonymous
Sprite Added
Furfrou Kabuki by baronessfaron
Portrait Added
Grumpig by JFain and CHUNSOFT
Portrait Added
Kyogre Primal Shiny by Keldaan
Portrait Added
Missingno_ Sprigatito by Emmuffin and Anonymous
Portrait Added
Pignite by NeroIntruder and Emboarger
Sprite Changed
Pignite Shiny by Murpi and Emboarger
Sprite Changed
Pikachu Gigantamax by baronessfaron
Portrait Added
Popplio by Fable and Anonymous
Portrait Added
Popplio Shiny by Waffluffe and Anonymous
Portrait Added
Primarina by baronessfaron, Emboarger, Anonymous and someone with the discord id <@!225139021079117824>
Portrait Added
Primarina Shiny by Anonymous
Portrait Added
Salamence by Emmuffin and CHUNSOFT
Sprite Added
Salamence Shiny by Prismatic and Emmuffin
Sprite Added
Salazzle Shiny by Emboarger and Axcel
Portrait Added
Tepig by NeroIntruder, Emboarger and someone with the discord id <@!704349360929898516>
Sprite Changed
Tepig Shiny by Emboarger and someone with the discord id <@!704349360929898516>
Sprite Changed
Voltorb Hisui by Axcel
Sprite Added
Zoroark Hisui by baronessfaron, Emboarger and someone with the discord id <@!632712420778836009>
Portrait Added
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