Putting all current projects on hold in favor of something smaller and more generally appealing (hopefully!)

That's all, folks.

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PROJECTS UPDATE

I've recently gotten a new job and have less time to work on these, but I decided I'd give an overview of what's done on my two main ongoing projects.

Wrath of Filch Revamp:
- Filch and Mrs. Norris' mechanics have been plotted out (but not added to the world yet)
- Other game mechanics, such as paying off Peeves to cause a distraction, have also been plotted out
- The rest of the Hogwarts map layout has been decided, but not yet built

PokéMinigames:
- Wave 1 maps have been decided:
  - Cinnabar Island for Kanto
  - Olivine City for Johto
  - Mauville City (ORAS) for Hoenn
  - Canalave City for Sinnoh
  - Nimbasa City (B1W1) for Unova
  - Geosenge Town (destroyed) for Kalos
  - Po Town for Alola
  - Stow-on-Side for Galar
  - Artazon for Paldea
  - Plus 2 super secret bonus maps...
- Mauville City and Po Town are both about 50% done being built

Okay, it's not the map of all three floors, but the entire ground floor is done, both in-game and as a map graphic. (subject to change still)

The bits of lime green in the walls are warp points, and the light blue ones are staircases.

SYNOPSIS: You play as a first-year student who decides to go on a late-night expedition, but looks like you chose the wrong night for it - the common room locks behind you, and the password was scheduled to change at midnight. Your job now is to avoid caretaker Filch and his nosy cat Mrs. Norris until the morning arrives.

I'm completely reworking how the Harry Potter map works this time, to make it an actual game and not just a string of what you could barely call puzzles. In fact, the only things staying from the original version are the name (Wrath of Filch), some parts of the layout (though it's pretty heavily modified), and a few core mechanics - but presented in a new and more engaging way.

Also, Hogwarts has more than just one floor and a couple rooms now. It's still fairly small compared to the story, but I think 3 floors works well for the gameplay! Might add more later on if I ever want to add further complexity, but no guarantee yet. Some rooms from the original are gone in order to fit the new game better, such as the Quidditch Pitch - it's replaced by an open area in the grounds, containing some Herbology greenhouses as well as Hagrid's hut.

The Room of Requirement will be a sort of all-in-one main hub this time around! It's a room Filch can't enter, and it has things such as item storage, an item shop (Weasley's Wizard Wheezes returns), and a Floo fireplace that provides an alternate escape if Filch is guarding the door. (Time doesn't pass here, so you can't just camp out here and win.)

Also, Filch isn't just a reskinned zombie this time around. I'm making him work from scratch too, which will hopefully be a lot harder to cheese and provide an actual challenge. I'll be actually playtesting this time around too, so the initial release shouldn't be as broken as I allowed the original to be.

There will also be in-depth difficulty settings, not just easy/normal/hard presets, so you can really mix and match the gameplay as you wish. Want Filch to be super fast, but also remove Mrs. Norris? Done! Want certain hazards to not make noise anymore? Done. Want to make the game absolute hell for yourself for fun? Go right ahead!

I really want to make this into the experience that I originally wanted with Wrath of Filch, before I completely changed direction with a weird storyline that made no sense. This time, it's purely just evading Filch throughout the castle while you do things, which is a lot simpler and, I think, better.

The final reveal I have for you now is a screenshot of the (currently) most finished section of the build: the central courtyard! (insert "game footage not final, subject to change" spiel here). So, see you later, and cheers!



(P.S. my next update will be a full map of the game's layout, all three floors of it. This map will also appear in the Room of Requirement in-game.)

Remember that one Harry Potter map I made a while ago, that was really bad and nobody played?
The one I then deleted from my page?
Well...

This text file is going to be so bloated by the region maps' release... the selected text is just alternate form names (not counting Scarlet/Violet leaks)

Have fun digging through this when it releases :)

I'm getting back to work on the PokéMaps! That said, though, I'm reordering the release dates again.
Which brings me to an initial announcement:

PokéMinigames! Separate from the main PokéMaps, I'll be releasing and regularly updating a map where you can play certain minigames in different locations from across different regions!

The only minigame I'll confirm right now (since it's got a decent amount of work done) is multiplayer hide-and-seek! The launch version will have this and at least one other minigame, with one game map from each main-series region to play in!

It will be supported with updates as well, adding new waves of maps, maybe some new features, or even whole new minigames!
I don't have a release date or window yet, but it'll definitely launch before the first proper region map.

(Content from Scarlet and Violet will be included as well, so here's a fair spoiler warning just in case - even though S/V will be out for several months at the very least before PokéMinigames.)

That's all for now, though! Arrivederci!

I'm taking a break from PokéMaps to work on a smaller, simpler project. It still involves recreating a game in Minecraft, but the game in question has a lot less to it, so it's less of a chore to make.

That said, I've got a letter from a special guest, who requested me to show this to you.

KALOS MAP NEWS! (OR I GUESS, REGION MAPS NEWS?)

I'd like to officially announce that I'm shuffling the release order of the PokéMaps to match the order the regions came out in the main series. This decision is the result of several reasons I'll share in due course, as it's too early to talk about them yet. Sorry for being vague there, but I can't really go into detail yet.

Naturally, this means Kalos won't be coming out for a while. Instead, the next main release will be Kanto and Johto, combined into one map due to their proximity.

That said, there might be something coming sooner...

Anyway, that's all I've got for you now. Arrivederci!

The website now has a News page! Everything I post here will also go over there for a time, though I might fully move map updates to the website. For now, though, I'll post here too; I don't have a way to notify people about updates over there yet.

Every time there's something new on the News page, a banner will appear at the top of the page to let you know! These banners will last roughly 24 hours. If you haven't seen the site yet, it's over here!

Other than that, I don't really have much to say! I've been taking a little break from the PokéMaps, but that break is over now, so I'll give updates when I have them. Arrivederci, all!

P.S. Yes, that GIF I sent earlier today does have something to do with the PokéMaps :)