"Mini" Update! (Patreon)

Hey everyone!

I just wanted to mention a few things real quick since we didn't exactly have an official update previewing the soon to be released Moemon. As said before, though, Piplup's family's sprite set is the only family currently done from the starters, and until the others get finalized I don't want to touch them.

Second, there will be a small release tomorrow - Kricketot and Kricketune. I'm particularly glad to work on these since we haven't had a red head (not counting Flareon) in awhile. Actually, I wanted them out last night, but I was delayed - which I'll talk about in a minute.

Third, the Legendary for this month will be out this weekend. Unlike before, there was no poll for these releases, because these Legendaries are a bit different. For example, with Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald, it's pretty straight-forward, Groudon, Kyogre, or Rayquaza.

With this Generation, Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, the odd one out is Giratina, who actually has two formes, and yes, two separate Moemon sprites for her Altered Forme and Origin Forme. This means Giratina will be a two-card release. 

You may ask, what about Deoxys? She has multiple forms as well, right? Well, yes, but Deoxys, as far as game mechanics goes, only appears in a specific form based on what game she is in, and cannot transition between them. Further, Deoxys only has one Moemon sprite -- which.. is actually receiving an update right now, so expect her to eventually be reworked, lol.

Without giving away any spoilers, I'm planning a "story arc" soon, which will serve as a way to a new format going forward, in terms of  how I run this project going forward.

Yeah, that probably doesn't make any sense right now, but basically what it means is "prioritizing releases" in a different way. Before the end of this month, there should be a big update post detailing everything planned.

So, anyways.

I've mentioned before having some teeth extracted, but what I may not have mentioned before is that I have TMJD - I've had it for years, it can't really be fixed outside of expensive surgery, and it causes a lot of problems. You can look that up if you're interested, but basically, since my last tooth extraction, I've had lots of problems with my already problematic jaw, which causes severe headaches and throbbing pain every single day. I literally have had a migraine for two weeks straight now, actually even longer than that, but on and off.

I'm not trying to throw a pity party or anything because that isn't the point, I just wanted to point out what's causing delays. From the beginning this project has always been for fun, and I'm still having lots of fun with it. I want to complete this project, because I do actually really like Pokemon/Moemon and KK's Dreator. It's always been an awesome outlet for creativity.

That said, you may have noticed over the last month things slowing down a bit. While I try to get at least 2 releases out per week, plus a Legendary thrown in, I don't feel like I'm capable of doing more than that going forward with the pain I'm having. Because of other conditions, I also only sleep about 2-4 hours a night, so I'm generally pretty tired as it is.

This isn't saying I'm quitting or anything. In fact, really, the only big issue sometimes is finding motivation to work on certain Moemon - "ugh, I really want to work on the Dragonite family, but I have to do Farfetch'd first.." - which brings us to THIS post today. Like I said, I don't want to spoil anything, but soon I should be able to prioritize Moemon I ACTUALLY want to work on first, instead of going in a certain order. 

If that still doesn't make sense, be sure to read the upcoming Update post at the end of this month for a better explanation with lots of previews and stuff.

Until then, see you next drop!