another classic moment where i blink and suddenly two weeks passed (Patreon)

i will not stop complaining about it though

unlike most dead times between posts, there was at least a whole ass road trip involved with this one. we flew out cross country, road tripped back, had a stellar time at the grand canyon and mesa verde. i'd post pictures but the ones i took don't come anywhere near to doing them justice. we'll be going on one more trip later this month so there might be a bit of quiet time, but other than that, we're all speeds ahead. that said, i'm very grateful to have the freedom to take these journeys as they come up, so thank you all for supporting us and allowing us to do it <3

anyway, let's talk about some of the stuff we were doing before and after the trip, which was focusing on updating some of the content around episode 2 of the story (julia > florinia). if you want to be surprised by these changes when  you play e19, maybe skip the rest of, or part of this post. first, i'll be posting general improvements to the game and its content, and then i will post a second list talking about some of the changes to the story, and finally the finished map from the previous patron discord stream. there will be a break between the sections, so feel free to drop out at whatever point you decide you wanna hide spoilers.

sound good? let's go.

General Improvements

• the blacksteam gambler who formerly awarded the protect TM can now be forced to always flip in the player's favor if leading with a pokemon that has Super Luck
• the circus high striker event can be forced to always hit a high roll if leading with a Pokemon that has Sheer Force, Guts, Huge Power or Pure Power
• the medicine from Spinel has been renamed to Herbal Extract instead of being Medicine ™ brand medicine. it can also be purchased in bulk, and can be used in battle as a full heal
• per patron request, an option has been added to the menu to turn off field effect indicators in battle 
• the mining UI's colors have been adjusted, and the default key to switch between tools is now displayed
• makuhita has been awarded one (1) gentle axe and is now an event post-florinia
• slakoth, crabbrawler and alolan meowth can now be gotten earlier.
• the link stone guy in the slums that no one knows about has been moved inside so maybe someone will find him ever. but probably not 
• a connection from the slums to the railnet has been added, making flash, aron and some other things available earlier
• the slums have been remapped. it is now possible, after clearing them the first time, to walk through them with no risk of encounters
• obsidia park is now a little bit wider pre-restore
• skitty is now obtainable before Julia
• a new early game NPC will now trade watchog for nosepass
• lillipup now only has to be found once before it can be collected at onyx
• zangoose can now be found earlier and only has to be found once to be caught
• scyther is now no longer a 1% encounter rate. yikes.
• snover and mantyke have been added to the onyx arcade as prizes.
• long jumps no longer yeet the player off the entire top of the screen

now for story ish things. if you want to be surprised, git.

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Story Changes

• taka can now be found before going through the slums
• serra can now be encountered before fighting florinia
• it is now possible to skip the second rival battle with victoria
• corey can be encountered in the slums
• amaria now gives the cut TMX in coral ward. don't read into this.
• cal and shelly can be seen hanging out in the early game now
• the old obsidia park map has been remade and added back into the story
• victoria now participates in the forray into obsidia park
• hardy now appears in the onyx trainer's school

and now for the map. once again, if you don't wanna see it.... don't click i guess? ok

park map 

ok that's all for today bye <3