The Weekly Gazette 07-13-2025

[DerVVulfman]

(July 7 to July 13, 2025)

Welcome dear readers to the latest issue of the Weekly Gazette! Here in the Gazette, we give you the news in brief of what occurred in the past week as well as provide any news happening in Save-Point itself

Official Area

Occasions

It was back in 2010 that Eric_WarriorOfEden had joined our community. But at that time, he went by the name of "EricandtheCheat". But now he has returned once more to the community for scripts and resources after having to deal with general life issues.

Appearing this week is Amysaurus, an artist who grew up in other RPG communities and had now decided to join ours. She has worked on some game jams and is currently moonlighting as an artist for an RPG game right now. Outside, she is a press operator, and a fan of all things Dinosaur.

General Chat

One should never think that China would skip a day without being in the News of the World. Armed chinese vessels have been skirting disputed islands and bombers threatening collision with jets around Japan. In answer to this, Japan gives full authority to shoot down any Chinese drones while they boost their missile defense. And following this, the Philippines too plans to increase their naval power in response to Chinese aggression. But its not only those nations in the Pacific that have issues with China, but Germany for using laser beams to blind NATO pilots and Ukraine who arrested two Chinese nationals spying on Ukraine's anti-Ship missile program. Finland, felling as apprehensive to Russia like many other Eastern European nations now joins Ukraine in abandoning the Ottowa accords that forbid landmine use. This followed the largest record drone attack by Russia against Ukraine, and the assassination of Ukraine's SBU Colonel by two now-killed Russian FSB agents. Because of the aggression, NATO frontline nations now work on their own Iron Dome while the US decides to send more weapons to Ukraine. Despite all that, North Korea plans to support Russia's invasion no matter what. Just as Pakistan had done for the peace deal created between it and India, Israel's Netanyahu had also nominated US President Trump over hopes for a Middle East Peace. But not all see it that way as Iran's Ayatollah Khomeni announcing a Fatwa, or legally sanctioned assassination, of President Trump, this despite there having been threats by Iran on Trump's life. Insofar as Iran's nuclear capabilities, Iran kicked out the International Atomic Energy Agency claiming a double-standard, even though it was found Iran had reached a 60% enrichment level, beyond the 20% needed solely for powergrid use. And appearing defiant, Iran threatens a harsh response if Israel or anyone attacks despite their missile and air bases decimated. Within the US, there is now a criminal investigation into what was called Russiagate, already finding that former CIA Director Brennan, and former FBI Director Comey were not only aware of the Steele Dossier but actively pushed its fraudulent case against President Trump. And crackdowns on illegal aliens continue as the Trump administration now bars Federal Workforce resources, sues California for spiked food prices, and raids a California marijuana plantation with 200 illegal aliens and 10 migrant minors under child slave labor; 10 among the roughly 300K minors that vanished under the Biden administration. The DOJ released its findings on the matter of Jeffrey Epstein, footage not previously shown while saying that he did commit suicide, and claiming that there were no client list among the files. Not everyone is on board with that, and calling for a Special Prosecutor to release the files. The ancient tomb of Te K'ab Chaak, the first known ruler of Caracol in Belize, Mexico's President Sheinbaum blasting Trump over a boycott of cattle due to a rise of Screwworm infestations, the Houthis released video displaying a deadly Red Sea attack, and more hit this week's news.
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Games Development

Development Discussion

It appears that some spriting is hard if you chose to ask DerVVulfman What's Up as an RMer. Still working upon the Half Kaiser battlers, he now endeavers to craft Kimonos.

Material Development

Tools

After an inquiry made by DerVVulfman, kyonides gave the HiddenChest RGSS Player Executable the innate ability to read and write from .Ini files, not only that of Game.Ini itself. And the executable is able to have its primary Game.Ini file be given the same name as itself, this in the event someone chooses to rename the Game.Exe to a name of their choosing. It went through a few updates, but now offers yet one more feature previously unavailable without using Win32API protocols.

Resources Database

2D Resources

Do your clowns need to wash off all the makeup? Do you want a sudden shower scene such as that from the Hitchcock movie Psycho? If that is the case the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V may be able to assist. For now, there is are new character sprites allowing you to have showerheads, knobs, and running water.

Creativity Section

Music and Audio

For those who enter DoubleX's Music Room, they will find that he had completed two new compositions. Beyond Redemption is his sixteeenth release. And at the very beginning of this work, a clarinet follows the keyboard melody as if it were a continuous malady that befelled one beyond hope. The second was Used Up Goner, DoubleX's seventeenth composition. Beginnning with a deep resonating saxophone, its somber melody is once again followed by a clarinet that appears to symbolize the feeling that there is no hope going back.

Art and Design

The weather is warm and sunny, a perfect time for Starmage to continue her Arts and Training Journey. And this week, she encountered the read bearded Ferrus from The Lost Myth.by MozTheTiger. It is almost as if a memorandum was sent out as Ferrus took note of Starmage's presence and struck a pose as any fashion model with lack of apparel would.

A new illustration has been added to Demos "Rise Evil" Kerrigan's [Thread-9311]Art Deck[/Thread], that being a fun-in-the-sun fan portrait based on characters by Remi-chan. One of the three lead heroines from Fantasia having a wholesome moment playing with the eight-year-old nekomata she and others saved.

Well, that's it for this week.

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. – Terry Pratchett

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