Hey POL! Because of the technical difficulties with the site that we were having last month, unfortunately there wasn’t a progress update for January 1st. However, now it’s February 1st, and I’m happy to say that we’ll resume the monthly updates starting now!

Unfortunately, some personal things happened to me over the end of December and into the beginning of January, (which about coincided with when POL was down) so I missed some stuff in that time interval, but I’m back now and everything’s all better with that! The rest of the staff, however, made really good progress over the past 2 months. When the POL forums went out, the wiki and other resources that we use also went out, so for a while we were unable to get much done. However, Platinum set up another place where we could coordinate stuff and transfer files easily, and once that was in place, we were able to get a lot more done.

Mapping-wise, the POL-exclusive maps are finally being made. We have several tilers and mappers who have taken on that task, and they’re getting done at a pretty good pace. Other than those, the Kanto maps are complete and ready to be put in game!

The wiki has made a lot of progress, too. Now that it’s up and running, the team is able to continue adding information for POL. They recently found copies of a lot of the coins that they were looking for, as well as some other items that have helped expand the resources that we have for POL.

Graphics is still the slowest section, but from what I’ve been hearing, it’s starting to pick up a little bit, which is a good sign!

As always, if you have any questions or comments or anything, just post them here! And if you’re interested in helping out, just let me know and I can answer your questions and get you set up with that!

BOEM! Finished my exams, two days ago, but I was partying all days. Haha, I'm so happy.

I'm glad you guys are making progress and now that I'm done with my exams and have bought a laptop I can do some random stuff on my laptop, during my trip on the train to go to school.

Therefore I need to ask three questions:
- Mapping: I've used to check maps for you guys, although not much, since the lack of time and a computer, but the Kanto maps are being done or in final progress. That's good, sadly I'm not much a great mapping artist and I can make some copies of maps, but not making them from scratch. So if there are still maps that have to be checked or if you guys are starting on Johto maps already, I can do the job.

Anyhow, you guys need help here?

- Wiki: I used to just copy/paste the first couple of lines from bulbagarden, so people who check the wiki know which type is the pokémon, the evolving cycle and the move/item-database. To be honest, I didn't eat much cheese of big wiki-editing, like adding images, or difficult tables, but I can make the difference between usefull info and garbage. Therefore I can only contribute text. Like explaining the effect of an item etc, but not difficult tables.

Anyhow, you guys need help here?

- Graphic:I'm going to be honest, I'm still learning the ropes of working with THE GIMP and I can't do much yet, but I'm learning. Since this section is progressing the slowest I'd like to know, what tasks does a graphical artist get. Is it making sprites? Making animations? Fan-Art? Commercial Art? etc...

Anyhow, you guys need help here?

- What I think:
Since mapping is mostly done, I think I can't do much here, only if you guys are already planning to make the johto-maps. If so, I'd like help you guys with it, but I need the editor and the tiling file, since my old computers HD crashed and I lost all my files.
As for the wiki-part, this is not, something I can do without internet, so this contribution will be minor and only if I'm absolutely bored xD
At last we have the graphics and although I do not have any experience at all, I think it would be most beneficial, if I contribute on this section, since it's progressing the slowest. Therefore I'd like to have some sort of application and a guideline to become a graphical artist, even if it's just for me to see how much I still have to learn, before I can pass the application test.

My Regard,
dibardi

Hey dibardi! We can definitely use your help!

For Mapping, we still have a few maps that need to be made that I'm sure you can help with. We are also getting ready to start another region, and I'm sure that we could use your help there. Don't worry, you won't have to make custom maps if you don't want to!

For the Wiki, I can't really answer that question. I haven't talked to Creoix in a while. I'll try to talk to him soon and see what else we need for that, and then I can get back to you! Or maybe he'll see this thread and post in here about the Wiki :)

For graphics, right now I believe what we need is spriting for items and accessories. You wouldn't have to do any animation or fan art or anything. Basically, you'd be given a set of items and you'd be asked to turn them into sprites that we can use in-game.

Mapping: ok, great, I just need to get the mapping program and tiling set, since I lost all my data on my old computer.
Wiki: I'll send a PM to Creoix to read this thread if he has time.
Graphics: I'm sure I'm not going to pass the test, but anyhow, I want to do the test so I can work on my spriting skills to pass it on a second attempt. So, who's in charge for giving a spriting/tiling test/direction/info?

Glad so hear that the Kanto mapping is finished! We're moving at a good pace, and I hope it stays like that until the game is completed. Also, I was wondering if I could help out with the game by any chance. Other than that, keep up the good work!

I'll send you a PM with the spriting test in just a few minutes! As for mapping stuff, I'll talk to Platinum and see what we can do about that :)

You're definitely welcome to help out! Do you know what you would like to help with?

I could probably sprite a few items, too. I just need size and palette constraints

(Sorry for the late response) I guess I'd like to help out with spriting items if that's O.K. with you guys. If not, then I'd be glad to help with anything else.

Yep, that's definitely fine! I'll send you the spriting test in a PM so you can complete it when you have time :)

EDIT: I'll send it to both of you :3

Nice