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Sam and Dan Games: Fundraiser! Phase 3
Help us keep making games and earn awesome prizes like Shiny Rayquaza!
Our Goal: $50,000
Latest PTD2 Update v1.37.1
The last PTD2 update again brought us some great new things. We kicked it off with Ditto, Onix and Scyther as new pokemon that you could transfer from ptd1 to ptd2. It goes without saying that Ditto is a great addition since you will be able to breed some of the previously unbreedable pokemon like golett and beldum. I hope their numbers will go up as time passes on. In addition to those I added the Metal Coat item that will enable you to evolve your Onix and Scyther into Steelix and Scizor respectively. The twist is that you need to find the Metal Coat somewhere in the game's story mode maps before you can unlock it to buy in the Item Store. I hope I can add more item hunts in the future like this. Like every week we also had a mystery gift which was Shiny Spheal which you can get all this week (as many as you want!) and we had a very limited giveaway for shiny snorunt. Last but not least I added a new story level to the game. You will battle with a Shadow Entei, watch out for his devastating Mean Lock/Fire ball combo. A small tip is to use pokemon like the Mystery Gift Spheal to take hits of the fireball for other pokemon. Good luck!
Fundraiser.. slow and steady
I haven't forgotten about the fundraiser but I feel like the prize for the 10 dollar mark just aren't as interesting as Rayquaza was at 5 dollars. What do you guys think would be a worthy prize for the 10 dollar mark? In case you don't know the current prize for 10 dollars is all the previous prizes plus your choice at Cosmoid Starter for your PTD2 account. Let me know in the comments below or on twitter.
Live Streaming
We all know I like to keep you guys updated on all my game development efforts. I updated the blog with my progress, I have a current status in the blog that I update. The next logical step is to show you guys directly and live what I'm doing. Nowadays live streaming is very simple to do. So the question is would you guys want to see a live stream here and there of me working on games? Obviously I would have to cut out certain things that I wouldn't want to show you. But again let me know what you think of this.
Baby Pokemon Incoming!
Originally with PTD1 to PTD2 transfers I wanted to go in pokedex order, but after last week of kind of picking and choosing I think it's more fun that way. So while reading some comments of last week's blog I noticed somebody mentioned magmar and electabuzz and that got me thinking. They have something in common which is they have prevolutions! (They also have evolutions but we won't get them this week) As a third pokemon to transfer it made sense to bring in Jynx which also has a preevolution! Babies for everyone I say!
Dawn Stone and other items
Like the week before I plan to bring the Dawn Stone to let you evolve your female Snorunts into Froslass. I don't however plan to add many more evolution items in the next week as I want to feature them in the story at other points in the game. So you won't be evolving your Magmars and Electabuzzes any time soon. Please don't ask :)
Mystery Gift
This week it looks like it's Dark's turn. Vote on the poll to see who will be the shiny Mystery Gift and who will be the Shiny Giveaway! I will hopefully be able to slow down people that are getting more than one set by using multiple accounts. Stay tuned.
Soft Level Cap Increased to 30! Plus get the moves that are in the game!
I'm also increasing the soft level cap to 30! (Aren't I nice?) I'm also changing it so that if the move is in the game then your pokemon can learn it regardless of the soft cap. This is something I've been wanting to do for a while and this week I will be tackling it. What this means is that lets say I increase the level cap to 30 like I am this week that means Gible can learn Dragon Claw at level 27. This is great news for somebody with a gible but what about somebody with a Gabite or Garchomp? They learn it at level 33. So before this meant that even if the move was there ready to be used, you didn't have access to it due to the soft cap. So I'm removing that limitation. If the move is ready to be used in the game then your pokemon will learn it. I will however be sticking to adding new moves based on the soft cap so keep that in mind.
Cosmoids Progress
I'm pretty happy with my Cosmoids progress for last week I got the creature swapping mechanic down and I"m pleased with my efforts. Sadly I didn't get much time to work on the new move mechanic but I hope to crush that down this week. In games usually you spend a lot of time building the base of the game. The core mechanics that the player will have to keep doing over and over so I take great care in trying to make these the best that they can be. Once you nail the basics down it is all about making the content which goes by a lot faster. In ptd this is similar to how long it took ptd2 to release and then how quickly I can make new moves now. Patience is the key but after you pass that stage everything starts speeding up.
Weekly Progress
Ah yes, the progress part of the blog. Like every week I will post the details of everything I'm working on and then throughout the week I will update it as I make things. So keep checking back and cheer me on as I complete the task for this week.
Current Status: Not Working. Update is out!
Cosmoids Progress Released!
- New Move Type (100%) - Targeted moves
- Mystery Gift (100%)
- PTD1 to PTD2 New Transfers (100%)
- Testing new abilities and attacks (100%)
- Dawn Stone (100%)
- Learning a move is no longer limited by soft cap restrictions (100%) - This will open up a bunch of moves for evolved pokemon.
- Add Luvdisc Giveaway pokemon to the adoption center (100%) - Out now!
- Soft Cap Increased to 30 (100%) - 31 new moves!
- Payback (100%)
- Mirror Shot (100%)
- Leaf Tornado (100%)
- Attract (100%)
- Dragon Claw (100%)
- Double-Edge (100%)
- Super Fang (100%)
- Rest (100%)
- Acrobatics (100%)
- Flame Chage (100%)
- Bug Buzz (100%)
- Me First (100%)
- Hex (100%)
- Aqua Tail (100%)
- Wake-Up Slap (100%)
- Selfdestruct (100%)
- Shadow Ball (100%)
- Spider Web (100%)
- Leaf Blade (100%)
- Aqua Jet (100%)
- Foul Play (100%)
- Iron Head (100%)
- Tailwind (100%)
- Endeavor (100%)
- Fire Punch (100%)
- ThunderPunch (100%)
- U-Turn (100%)
- Night Slash (100%)
- Hone Claws (100%)
- Dynamic Punch (100%)
- Autotomize (100%)
- New Pokemon (100%)
- Graphics (100%)
- Stats (100%)
- New Abilities (100%)
- Snow Cloak (100%)
- Cursed Body (100%)
- Vital Spirit (100%)
- Forewarn (100%)
- Dry Skin (100%)
- Super Luck (100%)
- Moxie (100%)
- New Attacks (100%)
- Ominous Wind (100%)
- Low Kick (100%)
- Shock Wave (100%)
- Heart Stamp (100%)
- Ice Punch (100%)
- Razor Wind (100%)
- Brick Break (100%)
- Evolutions (100%)
- Adding to Breeding Center (100%)
- Adding to Trading Center (100%)
- Bug Fixes (100%)
- Fixed a typo on Ash's dialog after beating Shadow Entei (100%)