This week, we are pleased to announce a successful run to Support Save-Point! With the current subscriptions, the board's hosting fees will be fully funded. However, do not get the wrong opinion as more funding is desired to cover other options such as off-site backups. Still, such costs have not been calculated as the fees for such are in flux.

This week, the conflicts in the Middle East took center stage in the News of the World as it was revealed that both China and Yemin, now sanctioned by the U.S. Trump Administration, have been funding and aiding the Houthis and their attacks in the Red Sea. And while the arsonist who torched a U.S. Governor's house in protest against Israel and the Israel/Hamas war, Hamas itself is now facing an unprecedented financial crisis, though it has weathered financial losses in the past. A temporary Easter ceasefire offered by Russia exists, but Ukraine is wary as Russian troops have repeatedly broken past ceasefires. But if it holds, U.S. President Trump hopes it may lead to a final peace deal. And for an afterthought, two of Democrats from the U.S. Congress have spent nearly a quarter million dollars on private jets the past couple of months, spending more money per flight that what most American makes in months, claiming to fight against Oligarchy.

For those curious What's up among our RMers, DerVVulfman took a break from spriting and went back to working on his Windows-like widget system. However, he discovered that his use of the Chdir command was interrupting the content loaded pathways in his project. When kyonides inquired why he used such an option, DerVVulfman relayed the command was used in a number of scripts, citing at least two. It was not long after that DerVVulfman returned and gave a shout that he was able to successfully replace the command and completed two more of the widgets he apparently has planned.

This week, Starmage invites all back to the Galaxy of Xenres. A mysterious wormhole appears, an unearthly structure emerges, and a band of heroes heads out in their starship to investigate the site in Project: Echelon. A mixture of science fiction and otherworldy entities, Starmage's game developed with RPGMaker MZ will keep you engaged in a character driven story with fast paced combat and galactic exploration.

A new chapter in the chronicles of Vyen appears. Starmage's latest tale, The Final Prayer, has you lead Princess Isolde of Respene as she and her kingdom are threatened with extinction by the ruthless Holy order of Gemeid. A first person 2.5D adventure, it contains custom art and a strategic combat system. It wan't long after its released that some issues were noticed and an upgrade was made available within mere hours of release.

Its been months since we had an update about Memorie. However, KDC showed up to say he's still with us and managed to retrieve both is current work and unexpectely some missing scripts from a previous build he recovered. But while he announced his return, he added that it may be his last post for a while as his Internet Provider is closing down and he will need to hunt for a new service.

As Starmage continues her Arts and Training Journey, she decided to take a detour and visit Remi-chan's world of Fantasia. As she did, one of Remi's character asked Starmage if he could pose for a fashion model portrait.

Demo upgrades and waiting graphics are What's up among RMers as Remi-chan updated some battles, be it the one visible in her recent post or another she talks about after discussing system optimization and quality of life changes. But as she awaits spritework from her artist, DerVVulfman began working on retooling the weapons in his Half Kaiser Battler project.

After two months, there have been more work accomplished upon kyonides's Klans XP, that being new classes and subclasses, corrections to base values, cost discounts and system rewrites.

If you want something zany for your game and needed to have an 80s feel, Eric Matyas is still Sharing His Original Music with two new re-recorded releases of 2021 works. Still crafting low-fidelity editions of his compositions, he remastered "Blob Monsters Return". Slow in percussion, most of the piece's timing is synth keyboard based, and laced with additional wave pop intruments. Not alone, Eric released the low-fidelity edition of "Disco Ants Go Clubbing" which has a medium drum/cymbals beat with synths galore for those ants partying at the local rave.

Venturing into the gallery set aside for Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread, we glimpse into her mind and bear witness to her planned battle between the heroes of her game and a hero of old gone psychotic. While only a sketch for both a later art piece and a warning of things to come, Remi also chose to doodle concept weapons which the angel of anarchy may carry into battle.

StrangeAutomaton made a brief announcement that the [noparse] bbcode tag has been re-added. A lesser known bbcode, it mimicks the basic properties of the classic [Code] tag which prevents any other codes within are parsed. However, a stronger tag, the [noparse] tag even blocks parsing of the [Code] tag as well.

Tensions are rising as the News of the World reports that China is furious when the Philippines made a deal to purchase US F-16 fighters, this as China's navy has been aggressively intruding within Philippine waters. While there were no casualties, Houthis terrorists fired upon a U.S. Aircraft Carrier. This as the U.S. targeted a relationship between a Houthi network and Russia selling to the Houthis millions in weapons and grain stolen from Ukraine. And NATO's strength now grows as a joint venture with the US created its own hypersonic missile to rival Russia's. In the world of automobiles, Jaguar paused sales to the US over President Trump's reciprocal tariffs. However, Japan's Nissan is considering to open up shop in the US to avoid the fees as Trump suggested. Hungary sides with Israel's Netenyahu and quits the International Criminal Court which put a warrant for his arrest, and the discovery of enough lithium brine in California to 375 million electric vehicles also hit this week's news.

Lawsuits have appeared within the News of the Cyber World as Elon Musk is suing CEO Sam Altman, Musk's effort to keep OpenAI free and public domain. And Meta/Facebook is faced with a lawsuit alledging that their 2022 recommendation systems amplified violent posts that led to ethnic violence in Ethiopia. Meanwhile, Nintendo is making news selling part of its company that developed Pokémon Go to a Saudi copany, advertised its release date for the Switch II for (£395UK, $508USD, $725CAD, 616€ Euro), and curtailed pre-orders in the US over Trump's reciprocal tarifs. More on TicTok and Meta also hit this week's cybernews.

Within the Maps and Screenshots thread, Remi-chan presented two new captures from her WIP Game, Fantasia. Both of them arena-styled battles with updated HP and Drive system bar graphics.

Of those working their crafts within the forum, DerVVulfman is still spriting if you were wondering What's up? He posted shots of a tanned bikini-clad figure as he reported he was done working on the underwear graphics for his female battler sprites. And at the end of the week, revealed that the left-handed male battler sprites have their lower underwear complete.

Last week, Starmage presented a let's play by Bugfrakgged of her game, Elf's Diary. But this week, she discovered that another let's play was made, one of her game entitled A Maiden's Ballad. Nearly two hours long, Bugfragged played as Starmage's central character who used her musical talents to aid her party as they journey outside their hometown of Rainsville.

For those looking for some darkened concrete textures, the Massive Library of Free Images being compiled by Eric Matyas. Three dark coarse textures have been supplied, one in a medium gray with dark splotches and the other two as dark as pitch.

As Starmage continues her Arts and Training Journey, she decided to try her hand at anthropomorphic characters, and sketched out a couple of fox people. The first is a bare chested male while the second is a fox lady in a strapless evening dress. Look for yourself as she may be leaning towards furry caricature arts.

Upon entering the gallery of Remi-chan's Neato Art, you will notice ore sketchworks. The first presentation is of her character of Fyori, redone with an augmented eye that also acts as a built-in sniper scope. Her second depicting how accurate Fyori can now accurately shoot from a distance. Her third, a study on wings as she sketched her familiar feline femme of Svoli in her angelic form. And lastly, her bowl-cut sporting character of Flannel, though with a more feminine appearane despite being a young lad.

Its been a while since hearing about Forum Updates Happening, but it appears that DerVVulfman had some plans. Possibly spurred on by Kaz and Remi-chan, he created an Archive Forum dedicated to RPG RPG Revolution, another indie RPG site lost over a decade ago. However, he couldn't save as much as he could with other boards in the past. Still, he received praise from KDC, and Remi-chan expressed that Save-Point has more staying power than other boards. Though she also placed a few bets against some other boards in her own manner.

When it comes to the News of the World, one wonders where to begin? Last week, it was found a reporter for The Atlantic was online with members of Trump's staff claiming war plans were revealed, this disputed by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. And this week, the same Judge Boasberg who ordered planes filled with Tren De Aragua members be returned to the US now claims to be in charge of the Signal app case. However, with all the judges working to stall the Trump administration on all fronts, DOJ Pam Bondi calls for the removal of Boasberg and two others who were Obama and Biden appointees under grounds that they are not impartial. The effort to streamline the US economy continues as DOGE posted that 300K unused credit cards. And following a victory in the Appeals Court, the State Department formally closed USAid. It may not be the only thing shuttered as even late-night host Bill Maher stated both PBS and NPR should stop receiving funds after seeing how the CEO of NPR's testimony revealed her bias at a Congressional hearing. And regarding security, the US arrested a top MS-13 leader in Virginia, revealed that the orchestrators of the Columbia Pro-Hamas protests had prior knowledge of the October 7th massacre, and a number of University Student Visas have been reviewed and revoked. Insofar as the Ukraine/Russia war, Russia is now having economic problems as the impact of increased military funding hurts their banking systems. Perhaps this and their recent aircraft losses led to talks for a Black Sea ceasefire. On another front, China refuses to say anything about getting involved in the war. However, they unveiled a new weapon, a device to cut the undersea cables connecting the world's internet. A democrat under threat of Censure for ridiculing Texas's Governor revealed to be funded by Big Pharma, King Charles back in the Hospital for observation, and much more hit this week's news.
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It appears that spritework is What's up among our RMers for the past few weeks. And for this week, DerVVulfman revealed that he is now working on bikini bottoms of sorts for his female Half Kaiser battlers. Meanwhile, combat is also on the mind of RMers, and Remi-chan has been toiling away on updating fights within her game, fixing up two this week whilst making plans to rework a third.

Within the Maps and screenshots thread, Remi-chan presented a clip showing a young maiden in blue encountering a white-clad alien who is not totally there.

> A Poll < This week, kyonides needs your help. He created a poll asking readers for assistance on Troop Details for his Klans XP, and wishes an opinion on what resources would be the most needed to acquire troops. For that, you have choices such as Gold, Iron, Faith and much more. So please visit, place your vote, and perhaps even give a little insighe on why you made your choice.

If you are up to killing some time, Starmage is pleased to present a Let'sPlay of her game, Elf's Dairy. A two-hour journey by Bugfragged, you journey through the world of Vyen as the master of a new guild created to aid others at a time of crisis.

Within kyonides's Ruby Scripting thread, he discusses streamlining statements to increase processing speed. Yes, he used default scripts to show how the developers could have streamlined the code more. But he notes that touching the original scripts isn't recommended.

This week, Erc Matyas continues Sharing His Original Music with a relaxing and contemplative work entitled "Solitude", a piece utilizing synthesized wind instruments slow and deep. But along with that, he visited two of his previous compositions from the new year and recorded low-fidelity renditions.

This week, two more seamless bark textures were added to Eric Matyas's Massive Library of Free Images, one dark brown and the other dark green.

This week, Starmage continues her Arts and Training Journey as she continues to make strides with different techniques. And only at the end of the week, she presented a new portrait of Lyrelle from BlueSkies 2. So pleased she was, the new illustration is now her current avatar.

Were you to check in on Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing!, you would see mere pencil sketches and cartoons she doodled. Do be warned of some lingering coarse language present.

If you decided to enter the foyer of Remi-chan's Cinematic Theatre, you would find a recent rewrite of a scene from one of Remi-chan's game, one where the sisters three must face a powerhouse possessed, a normally passive heart who had the strength to face down the demoness that hell itself fears.

This week, the hope of a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine hit the News of the World as President Trump made various calls, one suggesting the US take ownership of Ukraine's power plants to make Russia wary of attack. But a cease fire hadn't begun as Russian drones continue to strike. Meanwhile, violence in the middle east intensifies as Syria strikes back at Hezbollah for executing nationals, Israel shoots down Houthi missiles and the US launches attacks against Houthi bases. But while Iran responds to the attack on the Houthis, an Iranian official exposes Tehran's global assassination program. In the US, the Trump administration is facing legal battles, be it Judges blocking deportation orders of immigrants caught relaying Hamas propaganda online or judges freezing efforts despite the EPA alone finding a quarter of a Trillion slush funds set up by the Biden administration. But Florida Governor relayed to the press that this judicial sabotage was quite predictable. It was a shock this week when the Mayor of Istanbul was arrested on charges of terrorism. Many think it politically motivated Lawfare as the man is a political rival to President Erdogan, and worry that Turkey's democracy is endangered with autocratic rule. Three Tesla arsonists hit with federal charges, all with molotovs and one with a rifle fitted with a silencer, Greenpeace losing in court over trespassing, conspiracy and violence charges, Heathrow Airport's daylong closure, Pennsylvania Governor Fetterman's rebuttal to New York's AOC, the arrest of Philippines ex-President Duterte's for crimes against humanity, the death of George Foreman, and much more hit this week's news.
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This week, the skill of pixelwork spriting was What's up among RMers DerVVulfman and Remi-chan, he continuing work upon his Half Kaiser Battler Project, and she receiving new resoures from Rune and CoyoteCraft. Meanwhile kyonides warned all that RPGMaker Unite still exists, but DerVVulfman relayed that he saw it within a charity package with advertised prices overblown.

Continuing her voyage in replacing her AI generated art, Starmage not only replaced the cover art to A Maiden's Ballad, but delivered a major update, enhancing the visual splendor and battlesystem graphics whilst providing a new update trailer.

If you want something light and playful, the thread with Eric Matyas's Original Music and Sound FX now has three variations of his latest composition, "Pixel Balloons". A light but fast-paced drumbeat, eletric piano or chimes are just backdrops to the melodious synth pops .

More detailed brickwork by Eric Matyas has appeared within the Massive Library of Free Images, be it finely detailed cobblestone in moss green and blue-gray, or cinderblock and heavy brickwork ashen.

Just as there were two weeks ago, character sketches were released within Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing! Her first, a fae not only malevolent but a plague upon legendary bestowers of luck and promises. But her second, a fun loving and friendly denizen of the same realm where the Immoral Architect hails.

After entering the foyer of Remi-chan's Cinematic Theatre, those familiar with her past work would notice a wholly new reshot of the battle between heroes and heroines possessed. But while Remi-chan is trying to decide upon a voice for a central character for these scenes, she realizes the final reveal cinematic is still pressing.

There is plenty of material online to watch, so if you are interested in reaction content, you find that asking AVGB-KDGaming What are YouTubing?, that she found a doctor watching a British Reality show within a hospital. Meanwhile, Remi-chan reminisced about an animated adaptation of a webcomic that involved prohibition liquor-running cats with tommyguns. But revealed that an animated mini-epsisode for the series was also available for viewing.

Donald Trump hit the News of the World as ICE arrests and deportations of Tren De Aragua and like hardened criminals skyrocket, a later report showing the Biden Administration actively lied about their past arrests. And the US had launched major strikes against the Houthis, both refusing to stop until the Houthis disarm and as a strong message to Iran who is joining Russia and China in nuclear talks. Of China, their steel economy began to slip due to its housing crisis, but is caught on video using plenty of steel to make landing barge troop transports for a possible Taiwan invasion. Insofar as the Ukraine/Russia war, Russia made claim it had retaken Sudzha and Ukraine flatly denied reports that thousands of their troops were surrounded. The Greenland election sending a message that its land is not for sale, a French lawmaker demanding the return of the Statue of Liberty, US Democrats divided after the government funding bill passed, another lawsuit over spilt hot coffee after 30 years, the Macedonian Nightclub fire, and more hit this week's news.
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The News of the Cyber World at the end of the week was certainly SpaceX's rescue of the 9 month stranded astronauts. But with kudos for SpaceX, Musk had issues with a massive cyberattack against Twitter/X, the scope suggesting either a large entity or country involved. And lastly, the US's Social Security Administration is upgrading its bulky systems with AI using the new Hearing Recording and Transcriptions (HeaRT) system. The Chinese Billionaire Hobo and British Columbian Premier's threat to Canada's Tesla market also hit this week's news.

Game development is always What's up our RMers as DerVVulfman is continuing his spriting endeavors on ladies' bras, while AVGB-KBGaming wants to expand his knowledge on various RPG engines while working on a character survival game with some TES-like backstory. However, Remi-chan feels she is going through another case of burn-out, and warned AVGB-KBGaming how she strugged with one of the game engines just mentioned.

Starmage has remasteed Elf's Dairy, her game from 2018, changing battle mechanics where some characters now have more attack skills that have a 100% chance of success, changes to the Area-Of-Effect system, and added some Ale in time for Saint Patrick's Day. But like her other works, she has been replacing her AI generated art with her own work.

Starmage appeared within both her Astral Awakening and Once Upon the Woods contest games, replacing all the cover art generated by Leonardo A.I. with her own. But with Once Upon the Woods, game graphics have also been updated.

There are now new input options added to the HiddenChest RGSS Player Executable. This week, kyonides added Input.double_trigger? and Input.trigger_old options. However, he states that there are still issues with Input.repeat?

The high-energy electric pop of the 80s has been revived by the Original Music and Sound FX of Eric Matyas. His latest composition entitled "Arcade Space Quest" is a quick paced and filled replete with polysynth blasts and new age sweeps.

If you need an old wood texture, the Massive Library of Free Images that Eric Matyas has beein compiling now has two more. One of his newer textures is a rough dark brown color, the second grayed and aged.

A new face has appeared within Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing! Clad in a dark Yukata robe accented with sunflower and like bright flowers, a lady similar in design as Remi's Immoral Architect, but with deep crimson eyes. The background given by the artist is that she is indeed from the same realm as the characters dubbed 'The Twins', and gifted us with a companion speed draw.

This week, DerVVulfman unveiled some Shiny Themes and Shiny Buttons!. No longer are you limited to the default skin for the forum, but nine others. But along with that, the forum's top menu now contains a shiny gold donation button for those who wish to give a little gift for the site's maintenance and costs.

A bit of amusement was on the mind of Remi-chan early this past week, she not having to deal with Daylights Saving time in Australia.

This week, the News of the World had seen the Demoratic Party suffer public scrutiny for their behavior during President Trump's speech to congress, with Senator Fetterman criticizing his own part that they wouldn't even applaude for a young cancer survivor. But he wasn't alone in being critical as Chicago citizens now slam Democrats for attempting to use race to defend their sanctuary city policies, In the US's aim to securre their border, new reports show illegal crossings have dropped to only 3% of what it was under the Biden Administration. Charges are being filed against two members of the DHS who intentionally leaked information on ICE raids. And Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's aide self-deported himself back to Columbia, an illegal immigrant himself. Outside the US, Iran slammed the US after receiving a letter from President Trump asking to hold negotiations to halt its nuclear program. But regarding Ukraine, the rare earth mineral deal with Zelenskyy is still on board. The discovery of $20 Million in graft and the subsequent dropping of DEI in the University of Virginia, the stranded astronaut's claim Biden left them up at the I.S.S., the tragic death of Luxembourg’s Prince Frederick at 22, the bomb threat at Barnard College during their anti-Israeli protest, and more hit this week's news.

Starmage returned to update the cover art for Esper Unleashed, her submission to the 6th Annual Driftwood Gaming Game Jam. Rather than keeping the Leonardo AI generated art, she has been endeavoring to replace it all with content utilizing her own skills.

If anyone is working on a game that demands music that is low-fidelity, let's not forget that Eric Matyas has Original Music and Sound FX - Over 2000 Tracks that he is willing to share, though he does have quality selections that are in OggVorbis. While he has a large selection of pieces, he just released two remastered versions of compositions from only last month. However, Eric revisited one of his quirkier pieces and too reworked into a low-fidelity format.

This week, only one image of DerVV's Stream FrankenArts was revealed, but DerVVulfman appeared quite pleased with how it came out. A larger picture showing a very tiny Siletrea flying away in panic from a creature from Monster Hunter World, he goes into some detail on what techniques he used when merging the arts together.

If you decided to walk through the halls of the forum's gallery in order to view Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing, you would discover four new pencillings. While one of her characters is shooting coins out of her hand, two others are posing meek and mild. As to the fourth, meek and mild is certainyly not in his dictionary.

Her first released work since last year, a greeting card honoring Women's Day appeared within Starmage's Arts and Training Journey. Feel free to enjoy her artwork with characters rendered from Stellar Bewitching, Rave Heart and Heroes of the Seasons.

If you wish to Support Save-Point!, Kirito set up a KoFi where all donations would go towards hosting fees, time and expense and any necessary equipment.

The fact that Daylight Saving Time is approaching is What's on kyonides's mind.

This week's News of the World was the final moments between Ukraine's President Zelenskii and President Trump and VP Vance in the Oval Office. Even GOP Senator Lindsey Graham who had supported Zelenski in the past suggests someone new be in charge of Ukraine if Zelenski could not patch things up. However, there are calls to cancel President Trump's State visit to the UK, and a Norwegian Company suggested a boycott against the US Navy. The bodies of four hostages have been released by Hamas, followed by Israel's release of dozens of Palestinaian prisoners. And with that talks have entered the second phase for a sustained cease fire. However, China isn't helping matters having now supplied 1,000 tons of sodium perchlorate to Iran for their missile fuel production. The entertainment Industry suffered the loss of Michelle Trachtenberg, star of Harriet the Spy, and in both "Gossip Girl" and TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer at age 39. And the discovery of Two-Time Oscar winner Gene Hackman and his wife dead at home has many suspicious, Hackman and his wife found in separate rooms while their dog was also found dead within a closet. Their bodies found partially mummified in the dry New Mexico air. The US transport chief seeking to boost air traffic control hiring being over three-thousand short in staff, the ACLU and others sue to prevent the use of Guantanamo Bay for migrant detainees, Mel Gibson's call to fuel another recall effort against Governor Newsome citing criminal negilgence, and more hit this week's news.
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Zeriab's initial Thoughts on the Interpreter's Script Command edited by kyonides wasn't favorable, but found favor in a version released later. It was RPGMaker VXAce that inspired kyonides recent work on the Script handling method, though there was dialogue back and forth regarding what was classified as a true response. But when kyonides replied that he tests his work, DerVVulfman took note and aggravated discource went back and forth between the two.

Ace_V enjoyed using MapMaker (for RMXP) but had issues. And after kyonides recommended edits, DerVVulfman appeared and saw that the version available for download did not contain changes that he had intended days before. And after he released a gif showing how the tool worked with Ace_V's demo stripped down, Ace_V had solved his issues. But not long after, DerVVulfman uploaded a sixth version that handled empty map and issues with the filenames of saved map images.

For those working upon models or custom tilework, the Massive Library of Free Images for Everyone may have textures which you may have need. This week, Eric Matyas made half-a-dozen textures of metal showing oxidation, from rough to extreme. And a very dark texture depicting a rough of midnight blue is also available if desired.

Only two of DerVV's Stream FrankenArts were presented this week. Two pieces he worked on for Siletrea's Iceborne campaign, one an actual collaborative effort between the two. However, DerVVulfman interspersed his recent post with some comedy-related online gifs.

A bit early for easter, but a new work had appeared within Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing!. Her gallery now depicts a fairly sheepish figure in a tattered robe with her hood up. But while she carries a shepard's cane, she is no one to mess with.