Hi everyone! It's been about a month since the last developer post, where I talked about revamping and improving a majority of the game. Today I'm here to talk about what's been done, and what's planned. But first, here are two regional redesigns, and two new regionals from one of our amazing spriters, PrismShrimp!
What's been done
When I wrote last months post, all that had been done was some changes to Chapter 1 and began to revamp Chapter 2. Now, the entire "Vanguard Academy Introduction" arc (chapters 1-6) have been improved. Chapter 7, now "Chapter 6" was also given some hefty changes, but we'll get into the new chapter order while I give a brief overview of the changes.
Chapter 2 no longer brings you right to Route Two. Instead, you will have to navigate through another area to reach the Academy, along with a new rival battle.
Chapter 3 has been extended past dealing with a few rats, and Calvin will now join you in your battles.
Chapter 4 and 5 have been merged into the new Chapter 4. I didn't see anything to add to these chapters, but they felt way to short by themselves.
Chapter 5, The Bronze exam, is now a gauntlet. Battle your way through a series of trainers and tough wild Pokemon before facing off against Clarity.
Chapter 6, You and Destiny will be sent to Qyilex to investigate a mysterious location.
There is one more big change in these chapters, but I will be keeping it behind close doors until release. I have a feeling you will all appreciate it though. Finally, I've decided that every Pokemon center will look different from one another. This is to hopefully give each town a unique feeling.
The new Arlen arc (Chapters 7-9)
On top of what I mentioned above, I've also started to work on the newly revamped Arlen story, which comes with a brand new chapter, Chapter 7.The arc will begin like it did before, you and Destiny will be invited to participate in the Arlen Tournament. And that's pretty much where the similarities end. Upon reaching Arlen city via train, you will be greeted by Calvin, who will invite you to a nearby cafe to explain how the city works, after exploring the district and catching up with Zeke and Rylas.
I don't want to spoil too much of the new content, so that's where I'll leave off, with that being only about a 1/4 of the new chapter. So instead I'll dive into a broader overview of all the new Arlen content. The arc will take place over the course of nine days, three days per chapter. Each day you'll do something different with different characters, some who will now appear earlier in the story than before. Chapter 9, the tournament chapter, will be much longer than before, throwing the player into a massive elimination game with a bunch of other trainers, before participating in the main event.
That's about it from me, but below I'll show off the trainer resprites for Calvin (by Prismshrimp), Dareth and Chelsea (by Simonz)!
I'm going to try and do this month by month until the release of 3.0, which no, I don't know the release window for yet. So please don't ask me. Once again, thank you for playing and showing your continued interest!
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